1983 Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards

9th LAFCA Awards
Date	December 17, 1983
Highlights
Best Picture	Terms of Endearment

The 9th Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards, honoring the best filmmaking of 1983, were announced on 17 December 1983.

Winners

• Best Picture:
  • Terms of Endearment
  • Runner-up: Tender Mercies
• Best Director:
  • James L. Brooks – Terms of Endearment
  • Runner-up: Bruce Beresford – Tender Mercies
• Best Actor:
  • Robert Duvall – Tender Mercies
  • Runner-up: Tom Conti – Reuben, Reuben
• Best Actress:
  • Shirley MacLaine – Terms of Endearment
  • Runner-up: Jane Alexander – Testament
• Best Supporting Actor:
  • Jack Nicholson – Terms of Endearment
  • Runner-up: John Lithgow – Terms of Endearment and Twilight Zone: The Movie
• Best Supporting Actress:
  • Linda Hunt – The Year of Living Dangerously
  • Runner-up: Cher – Silkwood
• Best Screenplay:
  • James L. Brooks – Terms of Endearment
  • Runner-up: Lawrence Kasdan and Barbara Benedek – The Big Chill
• Best Cinematography:
  • Sven Nykvist – Fanny and Alexander (Fanny och Alexander)
  • Runner-up: Hiro Narita – Never Cry Wolf
• Best Music Score:
  • Philip Glass – Koyaanisqatsi
  • Runner-up: Billy Goldenberg – Reuben, Reuben
• Best Foreign Film:
  • Fanny and Alexander (Fanny och Alexander) • Sweden/France/West Germany
• Experimental/Independent Film/Video Award:
  • Michael Snow – So Is This
• New Generation Award:
  • Sean Penn
• Career Achievement Award:
  • Myrna Loy
• Special Citation:
  • Restored versions of A Star Is Born and The Leopard

External links

• 9th Annual Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards