36th British Academy Film Awards

36th British Academy Film Awards
Date	1983
Highlights
Best Film	Gandhi
Best Actor	Ben Kingsley Gandhi
Best Actress	Katharine Hepburn On Golden Pond
Most awards	Gandhi (5)
Most nominations	Gandhi (16)

The 36th British Film Awards, given by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts in 1983, honoured the best films of 1982.

Winners and nominees

Best Film

Gandhi

• E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
• Missing
• On Golden Pond

Best Actor

Ben Kingsley in Gandhi

• Jack Lemmon in Missing
• Henry Fonda in On Golden Pond
• Warren Beatty in Reds
• Albert Finney in Shoot the Moon

Best Supporting Actor

Jack Nicholson in Reds

• Edward Fox in Gandhi
• Roshan Seth in Gandhi
• Frank Finlay in The Return of the Soldier

Best Actress

Katharine Hepburn in On Golden Pond

• Jennifer Kendal in 36 Chowringhee Lane
• Sissy Spacek in Missing
• Diane Keaton in Reds

Best Supporting Actress

Rohini Hattangadi in Gandhi
Maureen Stapleton in Reds

• Candice Bergen in Gandhi
• Jane Fonda in On Golden Pond

Best Direction

Richard Attenborough for Gandhi

• Steven Spielberg for E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
• Costa-Gavras for Missing
• Mark Rydell for On Golden Pond

Best Screenplay

Missing - Costa-Gavras and Donald Stewart

Best Foreign Language Film

Christ Stopped at Eboli