1980 Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards

6th LAFCA Awards
6th LAFCA Awards
Date	December 20, 1980
Highlights
Best Picture	Raging Bull

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.^[1]^[2]

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

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