| <<< The 51st Academy Awards | 1979 >>> |
| Best Picture |
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The Deer Hunter
Barry Spikings, Michael Deeley, Michael Cimino and John Peverall, Producers |
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Coming Home
Jerome Hellman, Producer |
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Heaven Can Wait
Warren Beatty, Producer |
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Midnight Express
Alan Marshall and David Puttnam, Producers |
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An Unmarried Woman
Paul Mazursky and Tony Ray, Producers |
| Directing |
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The Deer Hunter
Michael Cimino |
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Coming Home
Hal Ashby |
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Heaven Can Wait
Warren Beatty, Buck Henry |
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Interiors
Woody Allen |
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Midnight Express
Alan Parker |
| Actor in a Leading Role |
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Jon Voight
Coming Home |
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Warren Beatty
Heaven Can Wait |
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Gary Busey
The Buddy Holly Story |
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Robert De Niro
The Deer Hunter |
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Laurence Olivier
The Boys from Brazil |
| Actress in a Leading Role |
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Jane Fonda
Coming Home |
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Ingrid Bergman
Autumn Sonata |
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Ellen Burstyn
Same Time, Next Year |
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Jill Clayburgh
An Unmarried Woman |
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Geraldine Page
Interiors |
| Actor in a Supporting Role |
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Christopher Walken
The Deer Hunter |
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Bruce Dern
Coming Home |
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Richard Farnsworth
Comes a Horseman |
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John Hurt
Midnight Express |
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Jack Warden
Heaven Can Wait |
| Actress in a Supporting Role |
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Maggie Smith
California Suite |
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Dyan Cannon
Heaven Can Wait |
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Penelope Milford
Coming Home |
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Maureen Stapleton
Interiors |
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Meryl Streep
The Deer Hunter |
| Writing (Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium) |
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Midnight Express
Oliver Stone |
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Bloodbrothers
Walter Newman |
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California Suite
Neil Simon |
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Heaven Can Wait
Elaine May, Warren Beatty |
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Same Time, Next Year
Bernard Slade |
| Writing (Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen) |
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Coming Home
Story by Nancy Dowd; Screenplay by Waldo Salt, Robert C. Jones |
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Autumn Sonata
Ingmar Bergman |
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The Deer Hunter
Story by Michael Cimino, Deric Washburn, Louis Garfinkle, Quinn K. Redeker; Screenplay by Deric Washburn |
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Interiors
Woody Allen |
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An Unmarried Woman
Paul Mazursky |
| Film Editing |
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The Deer Hunter
Peter Zinner |
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The Boys from Brazil
Robert E. Swink |
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Coming Home
Don Zimmerman |
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Midnight Express
Gerry Hambling |
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Superman
Stuart Baird |
| Cinematography |
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Days of Heaven
Nestor Almendros |
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The Deer Hunter
Vilmos Zsigmond |
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Heaven Can Wait
William A. Fraker |
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Same Time, Next Year
Robert Surtees |
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The Wiz
Oswald Morris |
| Art Direction |
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Heaven Can Wait
Art Direction: Paul Sylbert, Edwin O'Donovan; Set Decoration: George Gaines |
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The Brink's Job
Art Direction: Dean Tavoularis, Angelo Graham; Set Decoration: George R. Nelson, Bruce Kay |
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California Suite
Art Direction: Albert Brenner; Set Decoration: Marvin March |
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Interiors
Art Direction: Mel Bourne; Set Decoration: Daniel Robert |
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The Wiz
Art Direction: Tony Walton, Philip Rosenberg; Set Decoration: Edward Stewart, Robert Drumheller |
| Costume Design |
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Death on the Nile
Anthony Powell |
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Caravans
Renie Conley |
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Days of Heaven
Patricia Norris |
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The Swarm
Paul Zastupnevich |
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The Wiz
Tony Walton |
| Special Achievement Award (Visual Effects) |
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Superman
Les Bowie, Colin Chilvers, Denys Coop, Roy Field, Derek Meddings, Zoran Perisic |
| Music (Original Score) |
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Midnight Express
Giorgio Moroder |
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The Boys from Brazil
Jerry Goldsmith |
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Days of Heaven
Ennio Morricone |
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Heaven Can Wait
Dave Grusin |
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Superman
John Williams |
| Music (Original Song) |
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Thank God It's Friday
Last Dance in "Thank God It's Friday" Music and Lyrics by Paul Jabara |
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Grease
Hopelessly Devoted To You in "Grease" Music and Lyrics by John Farrar |
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Same Time, Next Year
The Last Time I Felt Like This in "Same Time, Next Year" Music by Marvin Hamlisch; Lyrics by Alan Bergman and Marilyn Bergman |
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Foul Play
Ready To Take A Chance Again in "Foul Play" Music by Charles Fox; Lyrics by Norman Gimbel |
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The Magic of Lassie
When You're Loved in "The Magic of Lassie" Music and Lyrics by Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman |
| Music (Adaptation Score) |
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The Buddy Holly Story
Joe Renzetti |
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Pretty Baby
Jerry Wexler |
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The Wiz
Quincy Jones |
| Sound |
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The Deer Hunter
Richard Portman, William McCaughey, Aaron Rochin, Darin Knight |
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The Buddy Holly Story
Tex Rudloff, Joel Fein, Curly Thirlwell, Willie Burton |
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Days of Heaven
John K. Wilkinson, Robert W. Glass, Jr., John T. Reitz, Barry Thomas |
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Hooper
Robert Knudson, Robert J. Glass, Don MacDougall, Jack Solomon |
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Superman
Gordon K. McCallum, Graham Hartstone, Nicolas Le Messurier, Roy Charman |
| Foreign Language Film |
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Get Out Your Handkerchiefs
France |
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The Glass Cell
German Federal Republic |
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Hungarians
Hungary |
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Viva Italia!
Italy |
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White Bim Black Ear
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics |
| Documentary (Feature) |
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Scared Straight!
Arnold Shapiro, Producer |
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The Lovers' Wind
Albert Lamorisse, Producer |
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Mysterious Castles of Clay
Alan Root, Producer |
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Raoni
Jean-Pierre Dutilleux, Barry Williams and Michel Gast, Producers |
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With Babies and Banners: Story of the Women's Emergency Brigade
Anne Bohlen, Lyn Goldfarb and Lorraine Gray, Producers |
| Documentary (Short Subject) |
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The Flight of the Gossamer Condor
Jacqueline Phillips Shedd and Ben Shedd, Producers |
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The Divided Trail: A Native American Odyssey
Jerry Aronson, Producer |
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An Encounter with Faces
K.K. Kapil, Producer |
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Goodnight Miss Ann
August Cinquegrana, Producer |
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Squires of San Quentin
J. Gary Mitchell, Producer |
| Short Film (Live Action) |
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Teenage Father
Taylor Hackford, Producer |
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A Different Approach
Jim Belcher and Fern Field, Producers |
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Mandy's Grandmother
Andrew Sugerman, Producer |
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Strange Fruit
Seth Pinsker, Producer |
| Short Film (Animated) |
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Special Delivery
Eunice Macaulay and John Weldon, Producers |
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Oh My Darling
Nico Crama, Producer |
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Rip Van Winkle
Will Vinton, Producer |
| Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award |
| Leo Jaffe |