At the 1982 Academy Awards, "Raiders of the Lost Ark" received five awards: Best Film Editing (Michael Kahn); Best Production Design (Norman Reynolds, Leslie Dilley, and Michael D. Ford); Best Sound (Bill Varney, Steve Maslow, Gregg Landaker, and Roy Charman); Best Sound Editing (Ben Burtt and Richard L. Anderson); and Best Visual Effects (Richard Edlund, Kit West, Bruce Nicholson, and Joe Johnston). The film received a further four nominations: Best Picture (losing to historical drama "Chariots of Fire"); Best Cinematography (losing to "Reds"); Best Director (losing to Warren Beatty for the drama "Reds"); and Best Original Score (losing to Vangelis for "Chariots of Fire"). It tied with the drama film "Ragtime" for the third-most nominations, behind "On Golden Pond" and "Reds".