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1977
1979
Awards & Top Films
1978
Historical Award Archive
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— Award selections for 1978 were not recorded. The categories below show nominees and winners from other award organizations.
Won
Nominee
Top 10 Films of 1978
1
-
Alice
No award data
2
-
Midnight Express
No award data
3
-
Heaven Can Wait
No award data
4
-
Coming Home
No award data
5
-
The Deer Hunter
No award data
6
-
Same Time, Next Year
No award data
7
-
Foul Play
No award data
8
-
Autumn Sonata
No award data
9
-
California Suite
No award data
10
-
Death on the Nile
No award data
Film
Live-Action Feature
Julia
Producer:
Fred Zinnemann
Oscar
NBR
BAFTA
Heaven Can Wait
Producer:
Warren Beatty
Oscar
Globe
The Deer Hunter
Producers:
Michael Cimino
,
Barry Spikings
,
Michael Deeley
, and
John Peverall
Oscar
BAFTA
Midnight Express
Producers:
David Puttnam
,
Alan Marshall
, and
Alan Parker
Oscar
NBR
BAFTA
Star Wars
Producer:
George Lucas
Oscar
NBR
BAFTA
An Unmarried Woman
Producers:
Paul Mazursky
and
Anthony Ray
Oscar
NBR
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Producer:
Steven Spielberg
NBR
BAFTA
Coming Home
Producer:
Jerome Hellman
Oscar
NBR
Movie Movie
Globe
NBR
California Suite
Globe
Comes a Horseman
NBR
Days of Heaven
NBR
Foul Play
Globe
Girl Friends
NBR
Grease
Globe
Interiors
NBR
Pretty Baby
NBR
Superman
NBR
International Feature
Autumn Sonata
Producer:
Ingmar Bergman
Globe
NBR
A Dream of Passion
Producer:
Jules Dassin
Globe
Death on the Nile
Producer:
John Guillermin
Globe
Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands
Producer:
Bruno Barreto
Globe
Get Out Your Handkerchiefs
Producer:
Bertrand Blier
Globe
Lemon Popsicle
Producer:
Boaz Davidson
Globe
Documentary
The Silent Witness – David Rolfe
BAFTA
Directing & Editing
Directing
Michael Cimino
The Deer Hunter
Oscar
Globe
DGA
Ingmar Bergman
Autumn Sonata
NBR
Hal Ashby
Coming Home
Oscar
Globe
DGA
Alan Parker
Midnight Express
Oscar
Globe
DGA
Paul Mazursky
An Unmarried Woman
Globe
DGA
Warren Beatty
and
Buck Henry
Heaven Can Wait
Oscar
DGA
Woody Allen
Interiors
Oscar
Globe
Terrence Malick
Days of Heaven
Globe
Editing
Peter Zinner
The Deer Hunter
Oscar
BAFTA
Gerry Hambling
Midnight Express
Oscar
BAFTA
Paul Hirsch
,
Marcia Lucas
, and
Richard Chew
Star Wars
Oscar
BAFTA
Michael Kahn
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Oscar
BAFTA
Walter Murch
Julia
Oscar
BAFTA
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Oscar
[https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000003/1987 Academy Awards, USA: 1979] Internet Movie Database
[https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000003/1987 Academy Awards, USA: 1979] Internet Movie Database
Oscar
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Oscar
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Oscar
Don Zimmerman
Coming Home
Oscar
Leo Jaffe
Leo Jaffe
Oscar
List of submissions to the 51st Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
List of submissions to the 51st Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
Oscar
Stuart Baird
Superman
Oscar
Robert E. Swink
The Boys From Brazil
Oscar
Acting
Actor in a Leading Role
Jon Voight
Coming Home
Oscar
Globe
NBR
Richard Dreyfuss
The Goodbye Girl
Oscar
BAFTA
Laurence Olivier
The Boys From Brazil
Oscar
NBR
Anthony Hopkins
Magic
Globe
BAFTA
Brad Davis
Midnight Express
Globe
BAFTA
Robert de Niro
The Deer Hunter
Oscar
Globe
Peter Ustinov
Death on the Nile
BAFTA
Warren Beatty
Heaven Can Wait
Oscar
Gregory Peck
The Boys From Brazil
Globe
Gary Busey
The Buddy Holly Story
Oscar
Actress in a Leading Role
Jane Fonda
Coming Home
Oscar
Julia
Oscar
BAFTA
Anne Bancroft
The Turning Point
Oscar
NBR
BAFTA
Ingrid Bergman
Autumn Sonata
Oscar
NBR
Geraldine Page
Interiors
Oscar
BAFTA
Jill Clayburgh
An Unmarried Woman
Oscar
BAFTA
Marsha Mason
The Goodbye Girl
Oscar
BAFTA
Ellen Burstyn
Same Time, Next Year
Oscar
Actor in a Supporting Role
Richard Farnsworth
Comes a Horseman
Oscar
NBR
John Hurt
Midnight Express
Oscar
BAFTA
Christopher Walken
The Deer Hunter
Oscar
BAFTA
Jason Robards
Julia
Oscar
BAFTA
François Truffaut
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
BAFTA
Bruce Dern
Coming Home
Oscar
Jack Warden
Heaven Can Wait
Oscar
Gene Hackman
Superman
BAFTA
Actress in a Supporting Role
Maggie Smith
California Suite
Oscar
BAFTA
Death on the Nile
BAFTA
Angela Lansbury
Death on the Nile
NBR
BAFTA
Geraldine Page
Interiors
Oscar
BAFTA
Midnight Express
Oliver Stone based on the book by Billy Hayes and William Hoffer
Oscar
Coming Home
Story by Nancy Dowd; Screenplay by Waldo Salt and Robert C. Jones
Oscar
Meryl Streep
The Deer Hunter
Oscar
BAFTA
Same Time
Bernard Slade based on his play
Oscar
Next Year
Bernard Slade based on his play
Oscar
Penelope Milford
Coming Home
Oscar
Heaven Can Wait
Elaine May and Warren Beatty based on the play by Harry Segall
Oscar
Dyan Cannon
Heaven Can Wait
Oscar
Autumn Sonata
Ingmar Bergman
Oscar
Maureen Stapleton
Interiors
Oscar
California Suite
Neil Simon based on his play
Oscar
An Unmarried Woman
Paul Mazursky
Oscar
Mona Washbourne
Stevie
BAFTA
The Deer Hunter
Story by Michael Cimino, Deric Washburn, Louis A. Garfinkle and Quinn Redeker; Screenplay by Deric Washburn
Oscar
Bloodbrothers
Walter Newman based on the novel by Richard Price
Oscar
Interiors
Woody Allen
Oscar
Writing
Screenplay (Original)
Robert C. Jones
,
Waldo Salt
, and
Nancy Dowd
Coming Home
Oscar
Globe
WGA
Oliver Stone
Midnight Express
Globe
Larry Gelbart
and
Sheldon Keller
Movie Movie
WGA
Paul Mazursky
An Unmarried Woman
Oscar
Globe
WGA
Woody Allen
Interiors
Oscar
Globe
WGA
Deric Washburn
,
Michael Cimino
,
Louis Garfinkle
,
Quinn K. Redeker
, and
Quinn Redeker
The Deer Hunter
Oscar
Globe
WGA
Robert Altman
,
John Considine
,
Patricia Resnick
, and
Allan F. Nicholls
A Wedding
WGA
Ingmar Bergman
Autumn Sonata
Oscar
Terrence Malick
Days of Heaven
WGA
Colin Higgins
Foul Play
Globe
Julius J. Epstein
,
Max Shulman
,
Alan Mandel
, and
Charles Shyer
House Calls
WGA
Chris Miller
,
Harold Ramis
, and
Douglas Kenney
National Lampoon's Animal House
WGA
Frank D. Gilroy
Once in Paris...
WGA
Screenplay (Adapted)
Oliver Stone
Midnight Express
Globe
WGA
Warren Beatty
and
Elaine May
Heaven Can Wait
WGA
Paul Mazursky
An Unmarried Woman
Globe
Walter Newman
Bloodbrothers
WGA
Neil Simon
California Suite
WGA
Robert C. Jones
Coming Home
Globe
Colin Higgins
Foul Play
Globe
Wendell Mayes
Go Tell the Spartans
WGA
Woody Allen
Interiors
Globe
W.D. Richter
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
WGA
Bernard Slade
Same Time, Next Year
WGA
Robert Benton
,
Mario Puzo
,
David Newman
, and
Leslie Newman
Superman
WGA
Deric Washburn
The Deer Hunter
Globe
Peter Stone
Who Is Killing The Great Chefs of Europe?
WGA
Robert Stone
and
Judith Rascoe
Who'll Stop the Rain
WGA
Visual
Cinematography
Vilmos Zsigmond
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Oscar
BAFTA
Douglas Slocombe
Julia
Oscar
BAFTA
Vilmos Zsigmond
The Deer Hunter
Oscar
BAFTA
Néstor Almendros
Days of Heaven
Oscar
William A. Fraker
Heaven Can Wait
Oscar
Robert Surtees
Same Time, Next Year
Oscar
Geoffrey Unsworth
Superman
BAFTA
Frank Tidy
The Duellists
BAFTA
Oswald Morris
The Wiz
Oscar
Art Direction
Joe Alves
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Production design:
Joe Alves
Oscar
BAFTA
John Barry
Star Wars
Production design:
John Barry
Oscar
BAFTA
Art Direction: Paul Sylbert
,
Set Decoration: George Gaines
, and
Edwin O'Donovan
Heaven Can Wait
Production design:
Art Direction: Paul Sylbert
,
Set Decoration: George Gaines
, and
Edwin O'Donovan
Oscar
Set Decoration: Marvin March
and
Art Direction: Albert Brenner
California Suite
Production design:
Set Decoration: Marvin March
and
Art Direction: Albert Brenner
Oscar
Art Direction: Mel Bourne
and
Set Decoration: Daniel Robert
Interiors
Production design:
Art Direction: Mel Bourne
and
Set Decoration: Daniel Robert
Oscar
Carmen Dillon
,
Gene Callahan
, and
Willy Holt
Julia
Production design:
Carmen Dillon
,
Gene Callahan
, and
Willy Holt
BAFTA
John Barry
Superman
Production design:
John Barry
BAFTA
Art Direction: Dean Tavoularis
,
Angelo P. Graham
,
Set Decoration: George R. Nelson
, and
Bruce Kay
The Brink's Job
Production design:
Art Direction: Dean Tavoularis
,
Angelo P. Graham
,
Set Decoration: George R. Nelson
, and
Bruce Kay
Oscar
Set Decoration: Edward Stewart
,
Art Direction: Tony Walton
,
Philip Rosenberg
, and
Robert Drumheller
The Wiz
Production design:
Set Decoration: Edward Stewart
,
Art Direction: Tony Walton
,
Philip Rosenberg
, and
Robert Drumheller
Oscar
Costuming
Anthony Powell
Death on the Nile
Oscar
BAFTA
John Mollo
Star Wars
Oscar
BAFTA
Anthea Sylbert
and
Joan Bridge
Julia
Oscar
BAFTA
Renié
Caravans
Oscar
Patricia Norris
Days of Heaven
Oscar
Tom Rand
The Duellists
BAFTA
Paul Zastupnevich
The Swarm
Oscar
Tony Walton
The Wiz
Oscar
Sound & Music
Original Score
Giorgio Moroder
Midnight Express
Globe
John Williams
Star Wars
BAFTA
John Williams
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Globe
BAFTA
Bee Gees
Saturday Night Fever
Globe
BAFTA
Bill Conti
An Unmarried Woman
Globe
Georges Delerue
Julia
BAFTA
John Williams
Superman
Globe
Chuck Mangione
The Children of Sanchez
Globe
Leonard Rosenman
The Lord of the Rings
Globe
Original Song
Unknown Song
Thank God It's Friday
Music & lyrics:
Alec Constandinos
Globe
Unknown Song
Foul Play
Music & lyrics:
Charles Fox
and
Norman Gimbel
Globe
Unknown Song
Grease
Music & lyrics:
Barry Gibb
and
John Farrar
Globe
Unknown Song
Same Time, Next Year
Music & lyrics:
Alan Bergman
,
Marvin Hamlisch
, and
Marilyn Bergman
Globe
Sound Mixing
Ben Burtt
,
Michael Minkler
,
Les Fresholtz
, and
Robert Rutledge
Star Wars
BAFTA
Robert Knudson
,
Gene Cantamessa
,
Robert Glass
, and
Don MacDougall
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
BAFTA
John T. Reitz
,
Les Lazarowitz
,
John Wilkinson
, and
Robert W. Glass Jr.
Saturday Night Fever
BAFTA
Mike Hopkins
,
Roy Charman
,
Gordon McCallum
, and
Chris Greenham
Superman
BAFTA
Sound Editing
Ben Burtt
,
Michael Minkler
,
Les Fresholtz
, and
Robert Rutledge
Star Wars
BAFTA
Robert Knudson
,
Gene Cantamessa
,
Robert Glass
, and
Don MacDougall
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
BAFTA
John T. Reitz
,
Les Lazarowitz
,
John Wilkinson
, and
Robert W. Glass Jr.
Saturday Night Fever
BAFTA
Mike Hopkins
,
Roy Charman
,
Gordon McCallum
, and
Chris Greenham
Superman
BAFTA