Academy Awards archive

E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial Oscar Nominations & Wins

E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial has 9 Academy Award records in the AwardWentTo archive, including 4 wins.

Wins recorded in the archive

All 9 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.

E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial: all recorded nominations and wins
Film yearCategory / credited nomineeRecorded result
Film year1982Cinematography
Credited nominee / recipientAllen Daviau
Nomination recorded
Recorded winner in this categoryGandhi
Billy Williams, Ronnie Taylor
Film year1982Best Director
Credited nominee / recipientSteven Spielberg
Nomination recorded
Recorded winner in this categoryGandhi
Richard Attenborough
Film year1982Film Editing
Credited nominee / recipientCarol Littleton
Nomination recorded
Recorded winner in this categoryGandhi
John Bloom
Film year1982Original Score
Credited nominee / recipientJohn Williams
Win recorded
Film year1982Best Picture
Credited nominee / recipientSteven Spielberg and Kathleen Kennedy, Producers
Nomination recorded
Recorded winner in this categoryGandhi
Richard Attenborough, Producer
Film year1982Sound Mixing
Credited nominee / recipientRobert Knudson, Robert Glass, Don Digirolamo, Gene Cantamessa
Win recorded
Film year1982Sound Editing
Credited nominee / recipientCharles L. Campbell, Ben Burtt
Win recorded
Film year1982Visual Effects
Credited nominee / recipientCarlo Rambaldi, Dennis Muren, Kenneth F. Smith
Win recorded
Film year1982Original Screenplay
Credited nominee / recipientMelissa Mathison
Nomination recorded
Recorded winner in this categoryGandhi
John Briley

Who else was nominated?

Compare E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial 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.

Cinematography 1982 film year · Ceremony 55
Cinematography winner historyAll 1982 film-year results
Best Director 1982 film year · Ceremony 55
Best Director winner historyAll 1982 film-year results
Film Editing 1982 film year · Ceremony 55
Film Editing winner historyAll 1982 film-year results
Original Score 1982 film year · Ceremony 55
Original Score winner historyAll 1982 film-year results
Best Picture 1982 film year · Ceremony 55
  • E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial This film
    Steven Spielberg and Kathleen Kennedy, Producers
    Nominee
  • Gandhi
    Richard Attenborough, Producer
    ★ Winner
  • Missing
    Edward Lewis and Mildred Lewis, Producers
    Nominee
  • Tootsie
    Sydney Pollack and Dick Richards, Producers
    Nominee
  • The Verdict
    Richard D. Zanuck and David Brown, Producers
    Nominee
Best Picture winner historyAll 1982 film-year results
Sound Mixing 1982 film year · Ceremony 55
  • Das Boot
    Milan Bor, Trevor Pyke, Mike Le-Mare
    Nominee
  • E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial This film
    Robert Knudson, Robert Glass, Don Digirolamo, Gene Cantamessa
    ★ Winner
  • Gandhi
    Gerry Humphreys, Robin O'Donoghue, Jonathan Bates, Simon Kaye
    Nominee
  • Tootsie
    Arthur Piantadosi, Les Fresholtz, Dick Alexander, Les Lazarowitz
    Nominee
  • Tron
    Michael Minkler, Bob Minkler, Lee Minkler, Jim La Rue
    Nominee
Sound Mixing winner historyAll 1982 film-year results
Sound Editing 1982 film year · Ceremony 55
  • Das Boot
    Mike Le-Mare
    Nominee
  • E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial This film
    Charles L. Campbell, Ben Burtt
    ★ Winner
  • Poltergeist
    Stephen Hunter Flick, Richard L. Anderson
    Nominee
Sound Editing winner historyAll 1982 film-year results
Visual Effects 1982 film year · Ceremony 55
  • Blade Runner
    Douglas Trumbull, Richard Yuricich, David Dryer
    Nominee
  • E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial This film
    Carlo Rambaldi, Dennis Muren, Kenneth F. Smith
    ★ Winner
  • Poltergeist
    Richard Edlund, Michael Wood, Bruce Nicholson
    Nominee
Visual Effects winner historyAll 1982 film-year results
Original Screenplay 1982 film year · Ceremony 55
Original Screenplay winner historyAll 1982 film-year results
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