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The Empire Strikes Back Oscar Nominations & Wins

The Empire Strikes Back has 4 Academy Award records in the AwardWentTo archive, including 2 wins.

Wins recorded in the archive

All 4 award records

Counts reflect film-linked records in this archive. Historical, special and honorary awards may be included; these are not a verified competitive-award total. Years identify the source film eligibility year.

The Empire Strikes Back: all recorded nominations and wins
Film yearCategory / credited nomineeRecorded result
Film year1980Art Direction
Credited nominee / recipientArt Direction: Norman Reynolds, Leslie Dilley, Harry Lange, Alan Tomkins; Set Decoration: Michael Ford
Nomination recorded
Recorded winner in this categoryTess
Art Direction: Pierre Guffroy, Jack Stephens
Film year1980Original Score
Credited nominee / recipientJohn Williams
Nomination recorded
Recorded winner in this categoryFame
Michael Gore
Film year1980Sound Mixing
Credited nominee / recipientBill Varney, Steve Maslow, Gregg Landaker, Peter Sutton
Win recorded
Film year1980Special Achievement Award (Visual Effects)
Credited nominee / recipientBrian Johnson, Richard Edlund, Dennis Muren, Bruce Nicholson
Win recorded

Who else was nominated?

Compare The Empire Strikes Back with the film-linked nominees recorded in the same category and ceremony. Each performance or song keeps its own credit; winners are marked in gold.

Comparisons are shown only for unambiguous competitive results. Honorary awards, ties and groups with unresolved source notes remain in the award history above.

Art Direction 1980 film year · Ceremony 53
  • Coal Miner's Daughter
    Art Direction: John W. Corso; Set Decoration: John M. Dwyer
    Nominee
  • The Elephant Man
    Art Direction: Stuart Craig, Bob Cartwright; Set Decoration: Hugh Scaife
    Nominee
  • The Empire Strikes Back This film
    Art Direction: Norman Reynolds, Leslie Dilley, Harry Lange, Alan Tomkins; Set Decoration: Michael Ford
    Nominee
  • Kagemusha (The Shadow Warrior)
    Yoshiro Muraki
    Nominee
  • Tess
    Art Direction: Pierre Guffroy, Jack Stephens
    ★ Winner
Art Direction winner historyAll 1980 film-year results
Original Score 1980 film year · Ceremony 53
Original Score winner historyAll 1980 film-year results
Sound Mixing 1980 film year · Ceremony 53
  • Altered States
    Arthur Piantadosi, Les Fresholtz, Michael Minkler, Willie D. Burton
    Nominee
  • Coal Miner's Daughter
    Richard Portman, Roger Heman, Jim Alexander
    Nominee
  • The Empire Strikes Back This film
    Bill Varney, Steve Maslow, Gregg Landaker, Peter Sutton
    ★ Winner
  • Fame
    Michael J. Kohut, Aaron Rochin, Jay M. Harding, Chris Newman
    Nominee
  • Raging Bull
    Donald O. Mitchell, Bill Nicholson, David J. Kimball, Les Lazarowitz
    Nominee
Sound Mixing winner historyAll 1980 film-year results
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