1980 Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards

The 6th Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards, honoring the best filmmaking of 1980, were announced on 20 December 1980 and given on 9 January 1981.

Winners

• Best Picture:
• Raging Bull
• Best Director:
• Roman Polanski – Tess
• Runner-up: Richard Rush – The Stunt Man
• Best Actor:
• Robert De Niro – Raging Bull
• Runner-up: John Hurt – The Elephant Man
• Best Actress:
• Sissy Spacek – Coal Miner's Daughter
• Runner-up: Mary Tyler Moore – Ordinary People
• Best Supporting Actor:
• Timothy Hutton – Ordinary People
• Runner-up: Joe Pesci – Raging Bull
• Best Supporting Actress:
• Mary Steenburgen – Melvin and Howard
• Best Screenplay:
• John Sayles – Return of the Secaucus 7
• Best Cinematography:
• Ghislain Cloquet and Geoffrey Unsworth – Tess
• Best Music Score:
• Ry Cooder – The Long Riders
• Best Foreign Film:
• The Tin Drum (Die Blechtrommel) • West Germany/France/Poland/Yugoslavia
• Experimental/Independent Film/Video Award (tie):
• Yvonne Rainer – Journeys from Berlin/1971
• Joel DeMott – Demon Lover Diary
• New Generation Award:
• Carroll Ballard
• Career Achievement Award:
• Robert Mitchum

References

External links

• 6th Annual Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards