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1979 - Results

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1979 Results

  • Winner

    Richard Dreyfuss

    The Goodbye Girl
    Actor
    Nominee

    Brad Davis

    Midnight Express
    Actor
    Nominee

    Anthony Hopkins

    Magic
    Actor
    Nominee

    Peter Ustinov

    Death On The Nile
    Actor
  • Winner

    Jane Fonda

    Julia
    Actress
    Nominee

    Marsha Mason

    The Goodbye Girl
    Actress
    Nominee

    Anne Bancroft

    The Turning Point
    Actress
    Nominee

    Jill Clayburgh

    An Unmarried Woman
    Actress
  • Winner

    Star Wars

    John Williams
    Anthony Asquith Award for Original Film Music
    Nominee

    Close Encounters Of The Third Kind

    John Williams
    Anthony Asquith Award for Original Film Music
    Nominee

    Julia

    Georges Delerue
    Anthony Asquith Award for Original Film Music
    Nominee

    Saturday Night Fever

    The Bee Gees
    Anthony Asquith Award for Original Film Music
  • Winner

    Julia

    Douglas Slocombe
    Cinematography
    Nominee

    Close Encounters Of The Third Kind

    Vilmos Zgismond
    Cinematography
    Nominee

    The Duellists

    Frank Tidy
    Cinematography
    Nominee

    Superman

    Geoffrey Unsworth
    Cinematography
  • Winner

    Death On The Nile

    Anthony Powell
    Costume Design
    Nominee

    The Duellists

    Tom Rand
    Costume Design
    Nominee

    Julia

    • Anthea Sylbert
    • Joan Bridge
    • Annalisa Nasalli Rocca
    Costume Design
    Nominee

    Star Wars

    John Mollo
    Costume Design
  • Winner

    Midnight Express

    Alan Parker
    Direction
    Nominee

    Close Encounters Of The Third Kind

    Steven Spielberg
    Direction
    Nominee

    Julia

    Fred Zinnemann
    Direction
    Nominee

    A Wedding

    Robert Altman
    Direction
  • Winner

    Julia

    Film
    Nominee

    Star Wars

    Film
    Nominee

    Close Encounters Of The Third Kind

    Film
    Nominee

    Midnight Express

    Film
  • Winner

    Midnight Express

    Gerry Hambling
    Film Editing
    Nominee

    Close Encounters Of The Third Kind

    Michael Kahn
    Film Editing
    Nominee

    Julia

    Walter Murch
    Film Editing
    Nominee

    Star Wars

    • Paul Hirsch
    • Marcia Lucas
    • Richard Chew
    Film Editing
  • Winner

    Christopher Reeve

    Superman
    Most Promising Newcomer To Leading Film Roles
    Nominee

    Brad Davis

    Midnight Express
    Most Promising Newcomer To Leading Film Roles
    Nominee

    Marybeth Hurt

    Interiors
    Most Promising Newcomer To Leading Film Roles
    Nominee

    Melanie Mayron

    Girlfriends
    Most Promising Newcomer To Leading Film Roles
  • Winner

    • Les Bowie
    • Colin Chilvers
    • Denys Coop
    • Roy Field
    • Derek Meddings
    • Zorin Perisic
    • Wally Veevers

    Special Visual Effects Team – Superman
    Non Competitive
    Outstanding British Contribution To Cinema
  • Winner

    Close Encounters Of The Third Kind

    Joe Alves
    Production Design
    Nominee

    Julia

    • Gene Callahan
    • Willy Holt
    • Carmen Dillon
    Production Design
    Nominee

    Star Wars

    John Barry
    Production Design
    Nominee

    Superman

    John Barry
    Production Design
  • Winner

    The Silent Witness

    David Rolfe
    Robert Flaherty Award (Feature Length Film, Documentary In Content)
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    Julia

    Alvin Sargent
    Screenplay
    Nominee

    Close Encounters Of The Third Kind

    Steven Spielberg
    Screenplay
    Nominee

    The Goodbye Girl

    Neil Simon
    Screenplay
    Nominee

    A Wedding

    • John Considine
    • Patricia Resnick
    • Allan Nicholls
    • Robert Altman
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  • Winner

    Hokusai: An Animated Sketchbook

    Tony White
    Short Factual Film
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    Planet Water

    Derek Williams
    Short Factual Film
    Nominee

    Sunday Muddy Sunday

    Lindsay Dale
    Short Factual Film
    Nominee

    I'll Find A Way

    Beverly Shaffer
    Short Factual Film
  • Winner

    Star Wars

    • Sam Shaw
    • Robert R Rutledge
    • Gordon Davidson
    • Gene Corso
    • Derek Ball
    • Don MacDougall
    • Bob Minkler
    • Ray West
    • Mike Minkler
    • Lester Fresholtz
    • Richard Portman
    • Ben Burtt
    Soundtrack
    Nominee

    Close Encounters Of The Third Kind

    • Gene Cantamessa
    • Buzz Knudson
    • Don MacDougall
    • Robert Glass
    • Steve Katz
    • Frank Warner
    • Richard Oswald
    • David Horton
    • Sam Gemette
    • Gary S Gerlich
    • Chet Slomka
    • Neil Burrow
    Soundtrack
    Nominee

    Saturday Night Fever

    • Michael Colgan
    • Les Lazarowitz
    • John K Wilkinson
    • Robert Glass Jr
    • John T Reitz
    Soundtrack
    Nominee

    Superman

    • Chris Greenham
    • Gordon K McCallum
    • Peter Pennell
    • Michael Hopkins
    • Pat Foster
    • Stan Fiferman
    • John Foster
    • Roy Charman
    • Norman Bolland
    • Brian Marshall
    • Charles Schmitz
    • Dick Ragusa
    • Chris Large
    Soundtrack
  • Winner

    Twenty Times More Likely

    Robert Young
    Specialised Film
    Nominee

    How A Man Schall Be Armyd

    Anthony Wilkinson
    Specialised Film
    Nominee

    Play Safe

    David Eady
    Specialised Film
    Nominee

    Leonard Lewis

    Safety Net
    Specialised Film
  • Winner

    John Hurt

    Midnight Express
    Supporting Actor
    Nominee

    Gene Hackman

    Superman
    Supporting Actor
    Nominee

    Jason Robards

    Julia
    Supporting Actor
    Nominee

    François Truffaut

    Close Encounters Of The Third Kind
    Supporting Actor
  • Winner

    Geraldine Page

    Interiors
    Supporting Actress
    Nominee

    Angela Lansbury

    Death On The Nile
    Supporting Actress
    Nominee

    Maggie Smith

    Death On The Nile
    Supporting Actress
    Nominee

    Mona Washbourne

    Stevie
    Supporting Actress

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