The 52nd Academy Awards (1979): Nominees and Winners

NOMINATIONS		AWARDS
9 9 8 5 4 4 4 3 3 3	All That Jazz Kramer vs. Kramer Apocalypse Now Breaking Away The China Syndrome Norma Rae The Rose 1941 La Cage aux Folles Star Trek - The Motion Picture	5 4 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1	Kramer vs. Kramer All That Jazz Apocalypse Now Norma Rae Alien Being There Best Boy Board and Care Breaking Away Every Child A Little Romance Paul Robeson: Tribute to an Artist The Tin Drum
NOMINATION/WIN TALLY LEGEND Best Picture winner Best Picture nominee Nominations are listed for all films receiving 3 or more

PICTURE (Best Picture)

• All That Jazz - Robert Alan Aurthur
• Apocalypse Now - Francis Coppola, Fred Roos, Gray Frederickson, Tom Sternberg
• Breaking Away - Peter Yates
• Kramer vs. Kramer - Stanley R. Jaffe
• Norma Rae - Tamara Asseyev, Alex Rose

DIRECTING

• All That Jazz - Bob Fosse
• Apocalypse Now - Francis Coppola
• Breaking Away - Peter Yates
• La Cage aux Folles - Edouard Molinaro
• Kramer vs. Kramer - Robert Benton

ACTOR (Actor in a Leading Role)

• Dustin Hoffman - Kramer vs. Kramer
• Jack Lemmon - The China Syndrome
• Al Pacino - ...And Justice for All
• Roy Scheider - All That Jazz
• Peter Sellers - Being There

ACTRESS (Actress in a Leading Role)

• Jill Clayburgh - Starting Over
• Sally Field - Norma Rae
• Jane Fonda - The China Syndrome
• Marsha Mason - Chapter Two
• Bette Midler - The Rose

SUPPORTING ACTOR (Actor in a Supporting Role)

• Melvyn Douglas - Being There
• Robert Duvall - Apocalypse Now
• Frederic Forrest - The Rose
• Justin Henry - Kramer vs. Kramer
• Mickey Rooney - The Black Stallion

SUPPORTING ACTRESS (Actress in a Supporting Role)

• Jane Alexander - Kramer vs. Kramer
• Barbara Barrie - Breaking Away
• Candice Bergen - Starting Over
• Mariel Hemingway - Manhattan
• Meryl Streep - Kramer vs. Kramer

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY (Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen)

• All That Jazz - Robert Alan Aurthur, Bob Fosse
• ...And Justice for All - Valerie Curtin, Barry Levinson
• Breaking Away - Steve Tesich
• The China Syndrome - Mike Gray, T.S. Cook, James Bridges
• Manhattan - Woody Allen, Marshall Brickman

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY (Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium)

• Apocalypse Now - John Milius, Francis Coppola
• La Cage aux Folles - Francis Veber, Edouard Molinaro, Marcello Danon, Jean Poiret
• Kramer vs. Kramer - Robert Benton
• A Little Romance - Allan Burns
• Norma Rae - Irving Ravetch, Harriet Frank Jr.

ORIGINAL SONG

• "I'll Never Say 'Goodbye'" - The Promise - Music by David Shire; Lyric by Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman
• "It Goes Like It Goes" - Norma Rae - Music by David Shire; Lyric by Norman Gimbel
• "It's Easy To Say" - 10 - Music by Henry Mancini; Lyric by Robert Wells
• "The Rainbow Connection" - The Muppet Movie - Music, Lyric by Paul Williams, Kenny Ascher
• "Through the Eyes of Love" - Ice Castles - Music by Marvin Hamlisch; Lyric by Carole Bayer Sager

ORIGINAL SCORE

• The Amityville Horror - Lalo Schifrin
• The Champ - Dave Grusin
• A Little Romance - Georges Delerue
• Star Trek - The Motion Picture - Jerry Goldsmith
• 10 - Henry Mancini

ORIGINAL SONG SCORE (Original Song Score and Its Adaptation -or- Adaptation Score)

• All That Jazz - Adaptation Score by Ralph Burns
• Breaking Away - Adaptation Score by Patrick Williams
• The Muppet Movie - Song Score by Paul Williams, Kenny Ascher; Adaptation Score by Paul Williams

FILM EDITING

• All That Jazz - Alan Heim
• Apocalypse Now - Richard Marks, Walter Murch, Gerald B. Greenberg, Lisa Fruchtman
• The Black Stallion - Robert Dalva
• Kramer vs. Kramer - Jerry Greenberg
• The Rose - Robert L. Wolfe, C. Timothy O'Meara

CINEMATOGRAPHY

• All That Jazz - Giuseppe Rotunno
• Apocalypse Now - Vittorio Storaro
• The Black Hole - Frank Phillips
• Kramer vs. Kramer - Nestor Almendros
• 1941 - William A. Fraker

ART DIRECTION

• Alien - Art Direction: Michael Seymour, Les Dilley, Roger Christian; Set Decoration: Ian Whittaker
• All That Jazz - Art Direction: Philip Rosenberg, Tony Walton; Set Decoration: Edward Stewart, Gary Brink
• Apocalypse Now - Art Direction: Dean Tavoularis, Angelo Graham; Set Decoration: George R. Nelson
• The China Syndrome - Art Direction: George Jenkins; Set Decoration: Arthur Jeph Parker
• Star Trek - The Motion Picture - Art Direction: Harold Michelson, Joe Jennings, Leon Harris, John Vallone; Set Decoration: Linda DeScenna

COSTUME DESIGN

• Agatha - Shirley Russell
• All That Jazz - Albert Wolsky
• Butch and Sundance: The Early Days - William Ware Theiss
• La Cage aux Folles - Piero Tosi, Ambra Danon
• The Europeans - Judy Moorcroft

SOUND

• Apocalypse Now - Walter Murch, Mark Berger, Richard Beggs, Nat Boxer
• The Electric Horseman - Arthur Piantadosi, Les Fresholtz, Michael Minkler, Al Overton
• Meteor - William McCaughey, Aaron Rochin, Michael J. Kohut, Jack Solomon
• 1941 - Robert Knudson, Robert J. Glass, Don MacDougall, Gene S. Cantamessa
• The Rose - Theodore Soderberg, Douglas Williams, Paul Wells, Jim Webb

SOUND EFFECTS (Special Achievement Award)

• The Black Stallion - Alan Splet

VISUAL EFFECTS

• Alien - H.R. Giger, Carlo Rambaldi, Brian Johnson, Nick Allder, Denys Ayling
• The Black Hole - Peter Ellenshaw, Art Cruickshank, Eustace Lycett, Danny Lee, Harrison Ellenshaw, Joe Hale
• Moonraker - Derek Meddings, Paul Wilson, John Evans
• 1941 - William A. Fraker, A. D. Flowers, Gregory Jein
• Star Trek - The Motion Picture - Douglas Trumbull, John Dykstra, Richard Yuricich, Robert Swarthe, Dave Stewart, Grant McCune

FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM

• The Maids of Wilko - Poland
• Mama Turns a Hundred - Spain
• A Simple Story - France
• The Tin Drum - Federal Republic of Germany
• To Forget Venice - Italy

DOCUMENTARY (Feature)

• Best Boy - Ira Wohl
• Generation on the Wind - David A. Vassar
• Going the Distance - Paul Cowan, Jacques Bobet
• The Killing Ground - Steve Singer, Tom Priestley
• The War at Home - Glenn Silber, Barry Alexander Brown

DOCUMENTARY (Short Subject)

• Dae - Risto Teofilovski
• Koryo Celadon - Donald A. Connolly, James R. Messenger
• Nails - Phillip Borsos
• Paul Robeson: Tribute to an Artist - Saul J. Turell
• Remember Me - Dick Young

SHORT FILM (Animated)

• Dream Doll - Bob Godfrey, Zlatko Grgic
• Every Child - Derek Lamb
• It's So Nice to Have a Wolf Around the House - Paul Fierlinger

SHORT FILM (Live Action)

• Board and Care - Sarah Pillsbury, Ron Ellis
• Bravery in the Field - Roman Kroitor, Stefan Wodoslawsky
• Oh Brother, My Brother - Carol Lowell, Ross Lowell
• The Solar Film - Saul Bass, Michael Britton
• Solly's Diner - Harry Mathias, Jay Zukerman, Larry Hankin

HONORARY AWARDS

• To Alec Guinness for advancing the art of screen acting through a host of memorable and distinguished performances.
• To Hal Elias for his dedication and distinguished service to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

IRVING G. THALBERG MEMORIAL AWARD

• Ray Stark

JEAN HERSHOLT HUMANITARIAN AWARD

• Robert Benjamin

MEDAL OF COMMENDATION

• To Charles G. Clarke in appreciation for outstanding service and dedication in upholding the high standards of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
• To John G. Frayne in appreciation for outstanding service and dedication in upholding the high standards of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
• To John O. Aalberg in appreciation for outstanding service and dedication in upholding the high standards of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

SCIENTIFIC AND/OR TECHNICAL AWARD - TYPE I (Academy Award of Merit)

• To MARK SERRURIER for the progressive development of the Moviola from the 1924 invention of his father, Iwan Serrurier, to the present Series 20 sophisticated film editing equipment. [Editorial]

SCIENTIFIC AND/OR TECHNICAL AWARD - TYPE II (Plaque)

• To NEIMAN-TILLAR ASSOCIATES for the creative development and to MINI-MICRO SYSTEMS, INCORPORATED, for the design and engineering of an Automated Computer-Controlled Editing Sound System (ACCESS) for motion picture post-production. [Sound]

SCIENTIFIC AND/OR TECHNICAL AWARD - TYPE III (Certificate)

• To BRUCE LYON and JOHN LAMB for the development of a Video Animation System for testing motion picture animation sequences. [Cartoon Process]
• To IRWIN YOUNG, PAUL KAUFMAN and FREDRIK SCHLYTER of Du Art Film Laboratories, Incorporated, for the development of a Computer-controlled Paper Tape Programmer System and its applications in the motion picture laboratory. [Laboratory]
• To MICHAEL V. CHEWEY, WALTER G. EGGERS and ALLEN HECHT of M-G-M Laboratories for the development of a Computer-controlled Paper Tape Programmer System and its applications in the motion picture laboratory. [Laboratory]
• To ROSS LOWELL of Lowel-Light Manufacturing, Incorporated, for the development of compact lighting equipment for motion picture photography. [Lighting]
• To PHOTO RESEARCH DIVISION OF KOLLMORGEN CORPORATION for the development of the Spectra Series II Cine Special Exposure Meter for motion picture photography. [Photography]
• To JAMES S. STANFIELD and PAUL W. TRESTER for the development and manufacture of a device for the repair or protection of sprocket holes in motion picture film. [Projection]
• To ZORAN PERISIC of Courier Films, Limited, for the Zoptic Special Optical Effects Device for motion picture photography. [Special Photographic]
• To A. D. FLOWERS and LOGAN R. FRAZEE for the development of a device to control flight patterns of miniature airplanes during motion picture photography. [Stage Operations]