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
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