Academy Awards archive

The River Oscar Nominations & Wins

The River has 5 Academy Award records in the AwardWentTo archive, including 1 win.

Wins recorded in the archive

All 5 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 River: all recorded nominations and wins
Film yearCategory / credited nomineeRecorded result
Film year1984Best Actress
Credited nominee / recipientSissy Spacek

Mae Garvey

Nomination recorded
Recorded winner in this categoryPlaces in the HeartEdna Spalding
Sally Field
Film year1984Cinematography
Credited nominee / recipientVilmos Zsigmond
Nomination recorded
Recorded winner in this categoryThe Killing Fields
Chris Menges
Film year1984Original Score
Credited nominee / recipientJohn Williams
Nomination recorded
Recorded winner in this categoryA Passage to India
Maurice Jarre
Film year1984Sound Mixing
Credited nominee / recipientNick Alphin, Robert Thirlwell, Richard Portman, David Ronne
Nomination recorded
Recorded winner in this categoryAmadeus
Mark Berger, Tom Scott, Todd Boekelheide, Chris Newman
Film year1984Special Achievement Award (Sound Effects Editing)
Credited nominee / recipientKay Rose
Win recorded

Who else was nominated?

Compare The River 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.

Best Actress 1984 film year · Ceremony 57
Best Actress winner historyAll 1984 film-year results
Cinematography 1984 film year · Ceremony 57
Cinematography winner historyAll 1984 film-year results
Original Score 1984 film year · Ceremony 57
Original Score winner historyAll 1984 film-year results
Sound Mixing 1984 film year · Ceremony 57
  • Amadeus
    Mark Berger, Tom Scott, Todd Boekelheide, Chris Newman
    ★ Winner
  • Dune
    Bill Varney, Steve Maslow, Kevin O'Connell, Nelson Stoll
    Nominee
  • A Passage to India
    Graham V. Hartstone, Nicolas Le Messurier, Michael A. Carter, John Mitchell
    Nominee
  • The River This film
    Nick Alphin, Robert Thirlwell, Richard Portman, David Ronne
    Nominee
  • 2010
    Michael J. Kohut, Aaron Rochin, Carlos De Larios, Gene S. Cantamessa
    Nominee
Sound Mixing winner historyAll 1984 film-year results
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