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Film

Best Science Fiction Film

	Superman
	The Boys from Brazil
	Capricorn One
	The Cat from Outer Space
	Invasion of the Body Snatchers

Best Fantasy Film

	Heaven Can Wait
	The Lord of the Rings
	The Marvelous Visit
	Watership Down
	The Wiz

Best Horror Film

	The Wicker Man
	Dawn of the Dead
	Halloween
	Magic
	The Medusa Touch
	Piranha

Best Director

	Philip Kaufman - Invasion of the Body Snatchers
	Warren Beatty and Buck Henry - Heaven Can Wait
	Richard Donner - Superman
	Robin Hardy - The Wicker Man
	Franklin J. Schaffner - The Boys from Brazil

Best Actor

	Warren Beatty - Heaven Can Wait as Joe Pendleton
	Christopher Lee - The Wicker Man as Lord Summerisle
	Laurence Olivier - The Boys from Brazil as Ezra Lieberman
	Christopher Reeve - Superman as Superman / Clark Kent / Kal-El
	Donald Sutherland - Invasion of the Body Snatchers as Matthew Bennell

Best Actress

	Margot Kidder - Superman as Lois Lane
	Brooke Adams - Invasion of the Body Snatchers as Elizabeth Driscoll
	Geneviève Bujold - Coma as Dr. Susan Wheeler
	Ann-Margret - Magic as Peggy Ann Snow
	Diana Ross - The Wiz as Dorothy

Best Supporting Actor

	Burgess Meredith - Magic as Ben Greene
	Michael Ansara - The Manitou as John Singing Rock
	Michael Jackson - The Wiz as Scarecrow
	James Mason - Heaven Can Wait as Mr. Jordan
	Leonard Nimoy - Invasion of the Body Snatchers as Dr. David Kibner

Best Supporting Actress

	Dyan Cannon - Heaven Can Wait as Julia Farnsworth
	Uta Hagen - The Boys from Brazil as Frieda Maloney
	Mabel King - The Wiz as Evilene
	Valerie Perrine - Superman as Eve Teschmacher
	Brenda Vaccaro - Capricorn One as Kay Brubaker

Best Writing

	Elaine May and Warren Beatty - Heaven Can Wait
	Heywood Gould - The Boys from Brazil
	Cliff Green - Picnic at Hanging Rock
	Anthony Shaffer - The Wicker Man
	Alfred Sole and Rosemary Ritvo - Alice, Sweet Alice

Best Editing

Joe Dante and Mark Goldblatt - Piranha

Best Cinematography

Russell Boyd - Picnic at Hanging Rock

Best Production Design

John Barry - Superman

Best Costumes

	Theoni V. Aldredge - Eyes of Laura Mars
	Yvonne Blake and Richard Bruno - Superman
	Patricia Norris - Capricorn One
	Theadora Van Runkle and Richard Bruno - Heaven Can Wait
	Tony Walton - The Wiz

Best Make-up

	William J. Tuttle and Rick Baker - The Fury
	Thomas R. Burman and Edouard F. Henriques - Invasion of the Body Snatchers
	Lee Harman, Vincent Callaghan, and Lynn Donahue - Eyes of Laura Mars
	Joe McKinney and Thomas R. Burman - The Manitou
	Stan Winston - The Wiz

Best Special Effects

	Colin Chilvers - Superman
	Ira Anderson Jr. - Damien: Omen II
	Henry Millar (Van der Veer Photo Effects) - Capricorn One
	Dell Rheaume and Russel Hessey - Invasion of the Body Snatchers
	Albert Whitlock - The Wiz

Best Music

	John Williams - Superman
	Paul Giovanni - The Wicker Man
	Jerry Goldsmith - The Boys from Brazil
	Jerry Goldsmith - Magic
	Dave Grusin - Heaven Can Wait

Best Sound

Mark Berger, Art Rochester, and Andy Wiskes - Invasion of the Body Snatchers

Best Animation

Watership Down

Television

Best Television Performance

Eric Greene (for juvenile acting) - Space Academy

Special Awards

Golden Scroll of Merit

Stanley Chase (for theatrical motion picture production) - Colossus: The Forbin Project

Honorary Award

Margaret Hamilton

Life Career Award

Christopher Lee