1980 Los Angeles Film Critics Association 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.

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

External links

• 6th Annual Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards