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52nd Academy Awards

April 14, 1980 · Honoring films from 1979

BEST PICTURE
Poster for Kramer vs. Kramer
Stanley R. Jaffe
Kramer vs. Kramer
BEST DIRECTOR
Photo of Robert Benton
Robert Benton
Kramer vs. Kramer
BEST ACTOR
Photo of Dustin Hoffman
Dustin Hoffman
Kramer vs. Kramer
BEST ACTRESS
Photo of Sally Field
Sally Field
Norma Rae
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Poster for Kramer vs. Kramer
Robert Benton
Kramer vs. Kramer
Category:
1979 (52nd)
Best Actor in a Leading Role
Dustin Hoffman
Ted Kramer, Kramer vs. Kramer
Jack Lemmon
Jack Godell, The China Syndrome
Al Pacino
Arthur Kirkland, ...And Justice for All
Roy Scheider
Joe Gideon, All That Jazz
Peter Sellers
John Chance, the gardener (aka Chauncey Gardiner), Being There
Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Melvyn Douglas
Benjamin Rand, Being There
Robert Duvall
Lieutenant Colonel Kilgore, Apocalypse Now
Frederic Forrest
Dyer, The Rose
Justin Henry
Billy Kramer, Kramer vs. Kramer
Mickey Rooney
Henry Dailey, The Black Stallion
Best Actress in a Leading Role
Sally Field
Norma Rae, Norma Rae
Jill Clayburgh
Marilyn Homberg, Starting Over
Jane Fonda
Kimberly Wells, The China Syndrome
Marsha Mason
Jennie MacLaine, Chapter Two
Bette Midler
Rose, The Rose
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Meryl Streep
Joanna Kramer, Kramer vs. Kramer
Jane Alexander
Margaret Phelps, Kramer vs. Kramer
Barbara Barrie
Mrs. Stohler, Breaking Away
Candice Bergen
Jessica Potter, Starting Over
Mariel Hemingway
Tracy, Manhattan
Best Art Direction
Philip Rosenberg, Tony Walton, Edward Stewart, Gary Brink
All That Jazz
Michael Seymour, Les Dilley, Roger Christian, Ian Whittaker
Alien
Dean Tavoularis, Angelo Graham, George R. Nelson
Apocalypse Now
George Jenkins, Arthur Jeph Parker
The China Syndrome
Harold Michelson, Joe Jennings, Leon Harris, John Vallone, Linda DeScenna
Star Trek - The Motion Picture
Best Picture
Stanley R. Jaffe
Kramer vs. Kramer
Robert Alan Aurthur
All That Jazz
Francis Coppola, Fred Roos, Gray Frederickson, Tom Sternberg
Apocalypse Now
Peter Yates
Breaking Away
Tamara Asseyev, Alex Rose
Norma Rae
Best Cinematography
Vittorio Storaro
Apocalypse Now
Giuseppe Rotunno
All That Jazz
Frank Phillips
The Black Hole
Nestor Almendros
Kramer vs. Kramer
William A. Fraker
1941
Best Costume Design
Albert Wolsky
All That Jazz
Shirley Russell
Agatha
William Ware Theiss
Butch and Sundance: The Early Days
Judy Moorcroft
The Europeans
Piero Tosi, Ambra Danon
La Cage aux Folles
Best Director
Robert Benton
Kramer vs. Kramer
Bob Fosse
All That Jazz
Francis Coppola
Apocalypse Now
Peter Yates
Breaking Away
Edouard Molinaro
La Cage aux Folles
Best Documentary (Feature)
Ira Wohl
Best Boy
David A. Vassar
Generation on the Wind
Paul Cowan, Jacques Bobet
Going the Distance
Steve Singer, Tom Priestley
The Killing Ground
Glenn Silber, Barry Alexander Brown
The War at Home
Best Documentary (Short Subject)
Saul J. Turell
Paul Robeson: Tribute to an Artist
Risto Teofilovski
Dae
Donald A. Connolly, James R. Messenger
Koryo Celadon
Phillip Borsos
Nails
Dick Young
Remember Me
Best Film Editing
Alan Heim
All That Jazz
Richard Marks, Walter Murch, Gerald B. Greenberg, Lisa Fruchtman
Apocalypse Now
Robert Dalva
The Black Stallion
Jerry Greenberg
Kramer vs. Kramer
Robert L. Wolfe, C. Timothy O'Meara
The Rose
Best Foreign Language Film
Federal Republic of Germany
The Tin Drum
Poland
The Maids of Wilko
Spain
Mama Turns a Hundred
France
A Simple Story
Italy
To Forget Venice
Best Original Score
Georges Delerue
A Little Romance
Lalo Schifrin
The Amityville Horror
Dave Grusin
The Champ
Jerry Goldsmith
Star Trek - The Motion Picture
Henry Mancini
10
Best Original Song Score and Its Adaptation -or- Best Adaptation Score
Ralph Burns
All That Jazz
Patrick Williams
Breaking Away
Paul Williams, Kenny Ascher
The Muppet Movie
Best Original Song
David Shire, Norman Gimbel
“It Goes Like It Goes”, Norma Rae
David Shire, Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman
“I'll Never Say 'Goodbye'”, The Promise
Henry Mancini, Robert Wells
“It's Easy To Say”, 10
Paul Williams, Kenny Ascher
“The Rainbow Connection”, The Muppet Movie
Marvin Hamlisch, Carole Bayer Sager
“Through The Eyes Of Love”, Ice Castles
Best Animated Short Film
Derek Lamb
Every Child
Bob Godfrey, Zlatko Grgic
Dream Doll
Paul Fierlinger
It's So Nice to Have a Wolf around the House
Best Live Action Short Film
Sarah Pillsbury, Ron Ellis
Board and Care
Roman Kroitor, Stefan Wodoslawsky
Bravery in the Field
Carol Lowell, Ross Lowell
Oh Brother, My Brother
Saul Bass, Michael Britton
The Solar Film
Harry Mathias, Jay Zukerman, Larry Hankin
Solly's Diner
Best Sound
Walter Murch, Mark Berger, Richard Beggs, Nat Boxer
Apocalypse Now
Arthur Piantadosi, Les Fresholtz, Michael Minkler, Al Overton
The Electric Horseman
William McCaughey, Aaron Rochin, Michael J. Kohut, Jack Solomon
Meteor
Robert Knudson, Robert J. Glass, Don MacDougall, Gene S. Cantamessa
1941
Theodore Soderberg, Douglas Williams, Paul Wells, Jim Webb
The Rose
Special Achievement Award (Sound Editing)
Alan Splet
The Black Stallion
Best Visual Effects
H.R. Giger, Carlo Rambaldi, Brian Johnson, Nick Allder, Denys Ayling
Alien
Peter Ellenshaw, Art Cruickshank, Eustace Lycett, Danny Lee, Harrison Ellenshaw, Joe Hale
The Black Hole
Derek Meddings, Paul Wilson, John Evans
Moonraker
William A. Fraker, A. D. Flowers, Gregory Jein
1941
Douglas Trumbull, John Dykstra, Richard Yuricich, Robert Swarthe, Dave Stewart, Grant McCune
Star Trek - The Motion Picture
Best Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium
Robert Benton
Kramer vs. Kramer
John Milius, Francis Coppola
Apocalypse Now
Francis Veber, Edouard Molinaro, Marcello Danon, Jean Poiret
La Cage aux Folles
Allan Burns
A Little Romance
Irving Ravetch, Harriet Frank Jr.
Norma Rae
Best Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen
Steve Tesich
Breaking Away
Robert Alan Aurthur, Bob Fosse
All That Jazz
Valerie Curtin, Barry Levinson
...And Justice for All
Mike Gray, T.S. Cook, James Bridges
The China Syndrome
Woody Allen, Marshall Brickman
Manhattan