Academy Awards

1979 Academy Awards - Film Editing WinnerThe Deer HunterPeter ZinnerAn in-depth examination of the ways in which the U.S. Vietnam War impacts and disrupts the lives of people in a small industrial town in Pennsylvania.Amazon1979 Academy Awards - Film Editing NomineesComing HomeDon ZimmermanAmazonMidnight ExpressGerry HamblingAmazonSupermanStuart BairdAmazonThe Boys from BrazilRobert SwinkAmazon

1980 Academy Awards - Film Editing WinnerAll That JazzAlan HeimDirector/choreographer Bob Fosse tells his own life story as he details the sordid life of Joe Gideon, a womanizing, drug-using dancer.Amazon1980 Academy Awards - Film Editing NomineesApocalypse NowRichard MarksAmazonKramer vs. KramerGerald B. GreenbergAmazonThe Black StallionRobert DalvaAmazonThe RoseRobert L. WolfeAmazon

1981 Academy Awards - Film Editing WinnerRaging BullThelma SchoonmakerThe life of boxer Jake LaMotta, whose violence and temper that led him to the top in the ring destroyed his life outside of it.Amazon1981 Academy Awards - Film Editing NomineesCoal Miner's DaughterArthur SchmidtAmazonFameGerry HamblingAmazonThe CompetitionDavid E. BlewittAmazonThe Elephant ManAnne V. CoatesAmazon

1982 Academy Awards - Film Editing WinnerRaiders of the Lost ArkMichael KahnIn 1936, archaeologist and adventurer Indiana Jones is hired by the U.S. government to find the Ark of the Covenant before Adolf Hitler's Nazis can obtain its awesome powers.Amazon1982 Academy Awards - Film Editing NomineesChariots of FireTerry RawlingsAmazonOn Golden PondRobert L. WolfeAmazonRedsDede AllenAmazonThe French Lieutenant's WomanJohn BloomAmazon

1983 Academy Awards - Film Editing WinnerGandhiJohn BloomMohandas K. Gandhi's character is fully explained as a man of nonviolence. Through his patience, he is able to drive the British out of the subcontinent. And the stubborn nature of Jinnah and his commitment towards Pakistan is portrayed.Amazon1983 Academy Awards - Film Editing NomineesAn Officer and a GentlemanPeter ZinnerAmazonDas BootHannes NikelAmazonE.T. the Extra-TerrestrialCarol LittletonAmazonTootsieFredric SteinkampAmazon

1984 Academy Awards - Film Editing WinnerThe Right StuffGlenn FarrThe story of the original Mercury 7 astronauts and their macho, seat-of-the-pants approach to the space program.Amazon1984 Academy Awards - Film Editing NomineesBlue ThunderFrank MorrissAmazonFlashdanceBud S. SmithAmazonSilkwoodSam O'SteenAmazonTerms of EndearmentRichard MarksAmazon

1985 Academy Awards - Film Editing WinnerThe Killing FieldsJim ClarkA journalist is trapped in Cambodia during tyrant Pol Pot's bloody 'Year Zero' cleansing campaign, which claimed the lives of two million 'undesirable' civilians.Amazon1985 Academy Awards - Film Editing NomineesA Passage to IndiaDavid LeanAmazonAmadeusNena DanevicAmazonRomancing the StoneDonn CambernAmazonThe Cotton ClubBarry MalkinAmazon

1986 Academy Awards - Film Editing WinnerWitnessThom NobleWhen a young Amish boy is sole witness to a murder, policeman John Book goes into hiding in Amish country to protect him until the trial.Amazon1986 Academy Awards - Film Editing NomineesA Chorus LineJohn BloomAmazonOut of AfricaFredric SteinkampAmazonPrizzi's HonorRudi FehrAmazonRunaway TrainHenry RichardsonAmazon

1987 Academy Awards - Film Editing WinnerPlatoonClaire SimpsonA young soldier in Vietnam faces a moral crisis when confronted with the horrors of war and the duality of man.Amazon1987 Academy Awards - Film Editing NomineesAliensRay LovejoyAmazonHannah and Her SistersSusan E. MorseAmazonThe MissionJim ClarkAmazonTop GunBilly WeberAmazon

1988 Academy Awards - Film Editing WinnerThe Last EmperorGabriella CristianiThe story of the final Emperor of China.Amazon1988 Academy Awards - Film Editing NomineesBroadcast NewsRichard MarksAmazonEmpire of the SunMichael KahnAmazonFatal AttractionMichael KahnAmazonRoboCopFrank J. UriosteAmazon