Academy Awards archive
Poltergeist Oscar Nominations & Wins
Poltergeist has 3 Academy Award records in the AwardWentTo archive, including 0 wins.
Wins recorded in the archive
No winning records for Poltergeist are represented in this archive. Its recorded nominations are listed below.
All 3 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.
| Film year | Category / credited nominee | Recorded result |
|---|---|---|
| Film year1982 | Original Score Credited nominee / recipientJerry Goldsmith | Nomination recorded |
| Film year1982 | Sound Editing Credited nominee / recipientStephen Hunter Flick, Richard L. Anderson | Nomination recorded |
| Film year1982 | Visual Effects Credited nominee / recipientRichard Edlund, Michael Wood, Bruce Nicholson | Nomination recorded Recorded winner in this categoryE.T. The Extra-Terrestrial Carlo Rambaldi, Dennis Muren, Kenneth F. Smith |
Who else was nominated?
Compare Poltergeist 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.
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Original Score 1982 film year · Ceremony 55
- ★ Winner
- GandhiNomineeRavi Shankar, George Fenton
- Nominee
- Poltergeist This filmNominee
- Nominee
Sound Editing 1982 film year · Ceremony 55
- Nominee
- E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial★ WinnerCharles L. Campbell, Ben Burtt
- Poltergeist This filmNomineeStephen Hunter Flick, Richard L. Anderson
Visual Effects 1982 film year · Ceremony 55
- Blade RunnerNomineeDouglas Trumbull, Richard Yuricich, David Dryer
- E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial★ WinnerCarlo Rambaldi, Dennis Muren, Kenneth F. Smith
- Poltergeist This filmNomineeRichard Edlund, Michael Wood, Bruce Nicholson
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