Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back
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Academy Awards, USA
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1981 Won Oscar Best Sound
Bill Varney
Steve Maslow
Gregg Landaker
Peter Sutton

Special Achievement Award
Brian Johnson
Richard Edlund
Dennis Muren
Bruce Nicholson
For visual effects (statuette).
Nominated Oscar Best Art Direction-Set Decoration
Norman Reynolds
Leslie Dilley
Harry Lange
Alan Tomkins
Michael Ford

Best Music, Original Score
John Williams

 
Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1981 Won Saturn Award Best Actor
Mark Hamill

Best Director
Irvin Kershner

Best Science Fiction Film
Best Special Effects
Brian Johnson
Richard Edlund

Nominated Saturn Award Best Costumes
John Mollo

Best Music
John Williams

Best Supporting Actor
Billy Dee Williams

Best Writing
Leigh Brackett
Lawrence Kasdan

 
BAFTA Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1981 Won Anthony Asquith Award for Film Music
John Williams

Nominated BAFTA Film Award Best Production Design/Art Direction
Norman Reynolds

Best Sound
Peter Sutton
Ben Burtt
Bill Varney

 
Golden Globes, USA
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1981 Nominated Golden Globe Best Original Score - Motion Picture
John Williams

 
Golden Screen, Germany
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1981 Won Golden Screen 
 
Grammy Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1981 Won Grammy Best Album of Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or Television Special
John Williams

 
Hugo Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1981 Won Hugo Best Dramatic Presentation
 
People's Choice Awards, USA
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1981 Won People's Choice Award Favorite Motion Picture
 
Satellite Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2005 Nominated Golden Satellite Award Best Classic DVD
For the Star Wars Trilogy.
Also for Star Wars (1977) and Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983).
Best Overall DVD
For the Star Wars Trilogy.
Also for Star Wars (1977) and Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983).
 
Writers Guild of America, USA
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1981 Nominated WGA Award (Screen) Best Comedy Adapted from Another Medium
Leigh Brackett
Lawrence Kasdan

 

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