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1978
1980
Awards & Top Films
1979
Historical Award Archive
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— Award selections for 1979 were not recorded. The categories below show nominees and winners from other award organizations.
Won
Nominee
Top 10 Films of 1979
1
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Kramer vs. Kramer
No award data
2
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The Rose
No award data
3
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Apocalypse Now
No award data
4
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Being There
No award data
5
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Breaking Away
No award data
6
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Norma Rae
No award data
7
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The Champ
No award data
8
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La Cage aux Folles
No award data
9
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10
No award data
10
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Starting Over
No award data
Film
Live-Action Feature
Breaking Away
Producer:
Peter Yates
Oscar
Globe
NBR
Kramer vs. Kramer
Producer:
Stanley R. Jaffe
Oscar
NBR
BAFTA
Manhattan
Producer:
Woody Allen
NBR
BAFTA
The Deer Hunter
Producer:
Michael Cimino
Oscar
BAFTA
Apocalypse Now
Producers:
Francis Coppola
,
Fred Roos
,
Gray Frederickson
,
Tom Sternberg
,
co-producers
, and
Francis Ford Coppola
Oscar
NBR
BAFTA
Being There
Globe
NBR
BAFTA
The China Syndrome
Producer:
James Bridges
NBR
BAFTA
10
Globe
All That Jazz
Producer:
Robert Alan Aurthur
Oscar
Hair
Globe
Norma Rae
Producers:
Tamara Asseyev
and
Alex Rose
Oscar
North Dallas Forty
NBR
The Europeans
NBR
The Rose
Globe
Time After Time
NBR
Yanks
NBR
International Feature
La Cage aux Folles
Producer:
Édouard Molinaro
Globe
NBR
Soldier of Orange
Producer:
Paul Verhoeven
Globe
The Europeans
Producer:
James Ivory
Globe
The Marriage of Maria Braun
Producer:
Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Globe
Till Marriage Do Us Part
Producer:
Luigi Comencini
Globe
Documentary
The Tree of Wooden Clogs
Producer:
Ermanno Olmi
BAFTA
Directing & Editing
Directing
Robert Benton
Kramer vs. Kramer
Oscar
Globe
DGA
Francis Ford Coppola
Apocalypse Now
Oscar
Globe
DGA
Myrna Loy
Myrna Loy
NBR
John Schlesinger
Yanks
NBR
Peter Yates
Breaking Away
Oscar
Globe
DGA
James Bridges
The China Syndrome
Globe
DGA
Bob Fosse
All That Jazz
Oscar
Hal Ashby
Being There
Globe
Édouard Molinaro
La Cage aux Folles
Oscar
Woody Allen
Manhattan
DGA
Editing
Alan Heim
All That Jazz
Oscar
BAFTA
Peter Zinner
The Deer Hunter
Oscar
BAFTA
Richard Marks
,
Walter Murch
,
Lisa Fruchtman
, and
Gerald B. Greenberg
Apocalypse Now
Oscar
BAFTA
Jerry Greenberg
Kramer vs. Kramer
Oscar
BAFTA
Terry Rawlings
Alien
BAFTA
Susan E. Morse
Manhattan
BAFTA
Robert Dalva
The Black Stallion
Oscar
Robert L. Wolfe
and
C. Timothy O'Meara
The Rose
Oscar
Acting
Actor in a Leading Role
Dustin Hoffman
Kramer vs. Kramer
Oscar
Globe
BAFTA
Peter Sellers
Being There
Oscar
NBR
BAFTA
Jack Lemmon
The China Syndrome
Oscar
Globe
BAFTA
Roy Scheider
All That Jazz
Oscar
BAFTA
Al Pacino
And Justice For All
Oscar
Globe
Martin Sheen
Apocalypse Now
BAFTA
Woody Allen
Manhattan
BAFTA
Jon Voight
The Champ
Globe
Robert De Niro
The Deer Hunter
BAFTA
James Woods
The Onion Field
Globe
Actress in a Leading Role
Sally Field
Norma Rae
Oscar
NBR
Maggie Smith
California Suite
Oscar
BAFTA
Jane Fonda
The China Syndrome
Oscar
BAFTA
Meryl Streep
The Deer Hunter
Oscar
BAFTA
Bette Midler
The Rose
Oscar
BAFTA
Marsha Mason
Chapter Two
Oscar
Diane Keaton
Manhattan
BAFTA
Jill Clayburgh
Starting Over
Oscar
Actor in a Supporting Role
Robert Duvall
Apocalypse Now
Oscar
BAFTA
Christopher Walken
The Deer Hunter
Oscar
BAFTA
Melvyn Douglas
Being There
Oscar
Paul Dooley
Breaking Away
NBR
John Hurt
Alien
BAFTA
Justin Henry
Kramer vs. Kramer
Oscar
Denholm Elliott
Saint Jack
BAFTA
Mickey Rooney
The Black Stallion
Oscar
Frederic Forrest
The Rose
Oscar
Actress in a Supporting Role
Meryl Streep
Kramer vs. Kramer
Oscar
NBR
BAFTA
Manhattan
NBR
BAFTA
The Seduction of Joe Tynan
NBR
Kramer vs. Kramer
Robert Benton based on the novel by Avery Corman
Oscar
Breaking Away
Steve Tesich
Oscar
Rachel Roberts
Yanks
BAFTA
Mariel Hemingway
Manhattan
Oscar
BAFTA
A Little Romance
Allan Burns based on the novel E=mc2 mon amour by Patrick Cauvin
Oscar
Barbara Barrie
Breaking Away
Oscar
Apocalypse Now
Francis Coppola and John Milius based on the novel Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad
Oscar
La Cage aux Folles
Francis Veber, Édouard Molinaro, Marcello Danon and Jean Poiret based on the play by Jean Poiret
Oscar
Norma Rae
Irving Ravetch and Harriet Frank Jr. based on the book Crystal Lee, a Woman of Inheritance by Hank Leiferman
Oscar
The China Syndrome
Mike Gray, T. S. Cook, and James Bridges
Oscar
All That Jazz
Robert Alan Aurthur and Bob Fosse
Oscar
Candice Bergen
Starting Over
Oscar
Lisa Eichhorn
The Europeans
BAFTA
...And Justice
Valerie Curtin and Barry Levinson
Oscar
Manhattan
Woody Allen and Marshall Brickman
Oscar
Writing
Screenplay (Original)
Steve Tesich
Breaking Away
Oscar
Globe
WGA
James Bridges
,
Mike Gray
,
T.S. Cook
, and
T. S. Cook
The China Syndrome
Oscar
Globe
WGA
Robert Benton
Kramer vs. Kramer
Globe
Woody Allen
and
Marshall Brickman
Manhattan
Oscar
WGA
Barry Levinson
and
Valerie Curtin
...And Justice for All.
Oscar
Blake Edwards
10
WGA
Bob Fosse
and
Robert Alan Aurthur
All That Jazz
Oscar
Francis Ford Coppola
and
John Milius
Apocalypse Now
WGA
Robert C. Jones
Being There
Globe
Harriet Frank Jr.
Norma Rae
Globe
Screenplay (Adapted)
Robert Benton
Kramer vs. Kramer
Globe
WGA
Robert C. Jones
and
Jerzy Kosiński
Being There
Globe
WGA
Harriet Frank Jr.
and
Irving Ravetch
Norma Rae
Globe
WGA
Allan Burns
A Little Romance
WGA
Steve Tesich
Breaking Away
Globe
James L. Brooks
Starting Over
WGA
James Bridges
The China Syndrome
Globe
Visual
Cinematography
Giuseppe Rotunno
All That Jazz
Oscar
BAFTA
Vittorio Storaro
Apocalypse Now
Oscar
BAFTA
Vilmos Zsigmond
The Deer Hunter
Oscar
BAFTA
William A. Fraker
1941
Oscar
Néstor Almendros
Kramer vs. Kramer
Oscar
Gordon Willis
Manhattan
BAFTA
Frank Phillips
The Black Hole
Oscar
Dick Bush
Yanks
BAFTA
Art Direction
Set Decoration: Ian Whittaker
,
Leslie Dilley
,
Art Direction: Michael Seymour
,
Roger Christian
, and
Michael Seymour
Alien
Production design:
Set Decoration: Ian Whittaker
,
Leslie Dilley
,
Art Direction: Michael Seymour
,
Roger Christian
, and
Michael Seymour
Oscar
BAFTA
Art Direction: Philip Rosenberg
,
Tony Walton
,
Set Decoration: Edward Stewart
, and
Gary J. Brink
All That Jazz
Production design:
Art Direction: Philip Rosenberg
,
Tony Walton
,
Set Decoration: Edward Stewart
, and
Gary J. Brink
Oscar
BAFTA
Art Direction: Dean Tavoularis
,
Angelo P. Graham
,
Set Decoration: George R. Nelson
, and
Dean Tavoularis
Apocalypse Now
Production design:
Art Direction: Dean Tavoularis
,
Angelo P. Graham
,
Set Decoration: George R. Nelson
, and
Dean Tavoularis
Oscar
BAFTA
Set Decoration: Linda DeScenna
,
Art Direction: Harold Michelson
,
Joe Jennings
,
Leon Harris
, and
John Vallone
Star Trek: The Motion Picture
Production design:
Set Decoration: Linda DeScenna
,
Art Direction: Harold Michelson
,
Joe Jennings
,
Leon Harris
, and
John Vallone
Oscar
Art Direction: George Jenkins
and
Set Decoration: Arthur Jeph Parker
The China Syndrome
Production design:
Art Direction: George Jenkins
and
Set Decoration: Arthur Jeph Parker
Oscar
Jeremiah Rusconi
The Europeans
Production design:
Jeremiah Rusconi
BAFTA
Brian Morris
Yanks
Production design:
Brian Morris
BAFTA
Costuming
Albert Wolsky
All That Jazz
Oscar
BAFTA
Shirley Ann Russell
Yanks
BAFTA
Shirley Russell
and
Shirley Ann Russell
Agatha
Oscar
BAFTA
Judy Moorcroft
The Europeans
Oscar
BAFTA
John Mollo
Alien
BAFTA
William Ware Theiss
Butch and Sundance: The Early Days
Oscar
Piero Tosi
and
Ambra Danon
La Cage aux Folles
Oscar
Effects
Brian Johnson
,
Carlo Rambaldi
,
H. R. Giger
,
Nick Allder
, and
Dennis Ayling
Alien
Oscar
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William A. Fraker
,
Gregory Jein
, and
A. D. Flowers
1941
Oscar
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List of submissions to the 52nd Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
Oscar
Derek Meddings
,
Paul Wilson
, and
John Evans
Moonraker
Oscar
Ray Stark
Ray Stark
Oscar
Robert Benjamin
Robert Benjamin
Oscar
Dave Stewart
,
John Dykstra
,
Douglas Trumbull
,
Richard Yuricich
,
Robert Swarthe
, and
Grant McCune
Star Trek: The Motion Picture
Oscar
Peter Ellenshaw
,
Art Cruickshank
,
Eustace Lycett
,
Danny Lee
,
Harrison Ellenshaw
, and
Joe Hale
The Black Hole
Oscar
Alan Splet.
The Black Stallion
Oscar
Sound & Music
Original Score
Carmine Coppola
and
Francis Ford Coppola
Apocalypse Now
Globe
BAFTA
Ennio Morricone
Days of Heaven
BAFTA
Jerry Goldsmith
Alien
Globe
BAFTA
Henry Mancini
10
Globe
Georges Delerue
A Little Romance
Globe
Jerry Goldsmith
Star Trek: The Motion Picture
Globe
Lalo Schifrin
The Amityville Horror
Globe
Carmine Coppola
The Black Stallion
Globe
Richard Rodney Bennett
Yanks
BAFTA
Original Song
Unknown Song
The Rose
Music & lyrics:
Amanda McBroom
Globe
Unknown Song
Ice Castles
Music & lyrics:
Marvin Hamlisch
and
Carole Bayer Sager
Globe
Unknown Song
Starting Over
Music & lyrics:
Marvin Hamlisch
and
Carole Bayer Sager
Globe
Unknown Song
The Main Event
Music & lyrics:
Paul Jabara
and
Bruce Roberts
Globe
Unknown Song
The Muppet Movie
Music & lyrics:
Paul Williams
and
Kenny Ascher
Globe
Sound Mixing
Bill Rowe
Alien
BAFTA
Walter Murch
and
Nat Boxer
Apocalypse Now
BAFTA
James Sabat
,
Dan Sable
, and
Jack Higgins
Manhattan
BAFTA
Richard Portman
and
Darin Knight
The Deer Hunter
BAFTA
Sound Editing
Bill Rowe
Alien
BAFTA
Walter Murch
and
Nat Boxer
Apocalypse Now
BAFTA
James Sabat
,
Dan Sable
, and
Jack Higgins
Manhattan
BAFTA
Richard Portman
and
Darin Knight
The Deer Hunter
BAFTA