Awards & Winners

1978 Academy Awards

Check winners and nominees of 1978 Academy Awards. Check awards winners of 1979 Scientific and Technical Academy Awards and 51st Academy Awards. (Click on the Award name to show winners and nominees)

Check Academy Awards winners & nominees for 1978 award ceremonies 1979 Scientific and Technical Academy Awards and 51st Academy Awards.
1979 Scientific and Technical Academy Awards 51st Academy Awards

1979 Scientific and Technical Academy Awards »

Academy Award for Best Technical Achievement

Karl Macher, Glenn M. Berggren

(for the development and introduction of the Cinelux-ULTRA Lens for 35mm Motion Picture Projection)
Academy Award for Best Technical Achievement

David J. Degenkolb, Arthur L. Ford, Fred Scobey

(for the development of a Method to Recycle Motion Picture Laboratory Photographic Wash Waters by Ion Exchange)
Academy Award for Best Technical Achievement

Kiichi Sekiguchi

(for the development of the CINE-FI Auto Radio Sound System for Drive-In Theaters)
Academy Award for Best Technical Achievement

Leonard Chapman

(for the design and manufacture of a small, mobile, motion picture camera platform known as the Chapman Hustler Dolly)
Academy Award for Best Technical Achievement

James L. Fisher

(for the design and manufacture of a small, mobile, motion picture camera platform known as the Fisher Model Ten Dolly)
Academy Award for Best Technical Achievement

Robert Stindt

(for the design and manufacture of a small, mobile, motion picture camera platform known as the Stindt Dolly)
Academy Scientific and Technical Award (Award of Merit)

Eastman Kodak

(For the research and development of a Duplicating Color film for Motion Pictures.)
Academy Scientific and Technical Award (Award of Merit)

Stefan Kudelski

(For the continuing research, design and development of the Nagra Production Sound Recorder for Motion Pictures.)
Academy Scientific and Technical Award (Award of Merit)

Panavision, Robert E. Gottschalk

(For the concept, design and continuous development of the Panaflex Motion Picture Camera System.)
Academy Scientific and Technical Award (Scientific and Engineering award)

Ray Dolby, Ioan Allen, David Robinson, Stephen M. Katz, Philip S.J. Boole

(For the development and implementation of an improved Sound Recording and Reproducing System for Motion Picture Production and Exhibition.)
John A. Bonner Medal of Commendation

Linwood G. Dunn

(In appreciation for outstanding service and dedication in upholding the high standards of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.)
John A. Bonner Medal of Commendation

Loren L. Ryder

(In appreciation for outstanding service and dedication in upholding the high standards of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.)
John A. Bonner Medal of Commendation

Waldon O. Watson

(In appreciation for outstanding service and dedication in upholding the high standards of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.)

51st Academy Awards »

Academy Award for Best Picture

Barry Spikings, Michael Deeley, Michael Cimino, John Peverall

Honored for : The Deer Hunter

Nominations »

Nominee Nominated Work
Paul Mazursky An Unmarried Woman
Anthony Ray An Unmarried Woman
David Puttnam Midnight Express
Alan Marshall Midnight Express
Warren Beatty Heaven Can Wait
Jerome Hellman Coming Home
John Peverall The Deer Hunter
Michael Deeley The Deer Hunter
Barry Spikings The Deer Hunter
Michael Cimino The Deer Hunter
Academy Award for Best Actor

Jon Voight

Honored for : Coming Home
(Role: Luke Martin)

Nominations »

Nominee Nominated Work
Warren Beatty Heaven Can Wait
Role: Joe Pendleton
Gary Busey The Buddy Holly Story
Role: Buddy
Robert De Niro The Deer Hunter
Role: Michael
Laurence Olivier The Boys from Brazil
Role: Ezra Lieberman
Jon Voight Coming Home
Role: Luke Martin
Academy Award for Best Director

Michael Cimino

Honored for : The Deer Hunter

Nominations »

Nominee Nominated Work
Hal Ashby Coming Home
Woody Allen Interiors
Alan Parker Midnight Express
Buck Henry Heaven Can Wait
Warren Beatty Heaven Can Wait
Michael Cimino The Deer Hunter
Academy Award for Best Actress

Jane Fonda

Honored for : Coming Home
(Role: Sally Hyde)

Nominations »

Nominee Nominated Work
Ingrid Bergman Autumn Sonata
Role: Charlotte Andergast
Ellen Burstyn Same Time, Next Year
Role: Doris
Geraldine Page Interiors
Role: Eve
Jill Clayburgh An Unmarried Woman
Role: Erica
Jane Fonda Coming Home
Role: Sally Hyde
Academy Award for Best Short Film (Animated)

Eunice Macaulay, John Weldon

Honored for : Special Delivery

Nominations »

Nominee Nominated Work
Eunice Macaulay Special Delivery
John Weldon Special Delivery
Nico Crama Oh My Darling
Will Vinton Rip Van Winkle
Academy Award for Best Film Editing

Peter Zinner

Honored for : The Deer Hunter

Nominations »

Nominee Nominated Work
Peter Zinner The Deer Hunter
Robert Swink The Boys from Brazil
Don Zimmerman Coming Home
Gerry Hambling Midnight Express
Stuart Baird Superman
Academy Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role

Christopher Walken

Honored for : The Deer Hunter
(Role: Nick)

Nominations »

Nominee Nominated Work
Christopher Walken The Deer Hunter
Jack Warden Heaven Can Wait
Richard Farnsworth Comes a Horseman
John Hurt Midnight Express
Bruce Dern Coming Home
Academy Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role

Maggie Smith

Honored for : California Suite
(Role: Diana Barrie)

Nominations »

Nominee Nominated Work
Meryl Streep The Deer Hunter
Role: Linda
Maureen Stapleton Interiors
Role: Pearl
Penelope Milford Coming Home
Role: Viola Munson
Dyan Cannon Heaven Can Wait
Role: Julia Farnsworth
Maggie Smith California Suite
Role: Diana Barrie
Academy Award for Best Original Song

Paul Jabara

Honored for : Last Dance
(Thank God It's Friday)

Nominations »

Nominee Nominated Work
Paul Jabara Last Dance
Thank God It's Friday
John Farrar Hopelessly Devoted to You
Grease
Marvin Hamlisch The Last Time I Felt Like This
Same Time, Next Year
Alan Bergman The Last Time I Felt Like This
Same Time, Next Year
Marilyn Bergman The Last Time I Felt Like This
Same Time, Next Year
Charles Fox Ready To Take a Chance Again
Foul Play
Norman Gimbel Ready To Take a Chance Again
Foul Play
Richard M. Sherman When You're Loved
The Magic of Lassie
Robert B. Sherman When You're Loved
The Magic of Lassie
Academy Award for Best Cinematography

Néstor Almendros

Honored for : Days of Heaven

Nominations »

Nominee Nominated Work
Néstor Almendros Days of Heaven
Vilmos Zsigmond The Deer Hunter
William A. Fraker Heaven Can Wait
Robert L. Surtees Same Time, Next Year
Oswald Morris The Wiz
Academy Award for Best Original Music Score

Giorgio Moroder

Honored for : Midnight Express

Nominations »

Nominee Nominated Work
Giorgio Moroder Midnight Express
Jerry Goldsmith The Boys from Brazil
Ennio Morricone Days of Heaven
Dave Grusin Heaven Can Wait
John Williams Superman
Academy Award for Best Production Design

Paul Sylbert, Edwin O'Donovan, George Gaines

Honored for : Heaven Can Wait

Nominations »

Nominee Nominated Work
Angelo P. Graham The Brink's Job
George R. Nelson The Brink's Job
Dean Tavoularis The Brink's Job
Bruce Kay The Brink's Job
Philip Rosenberg The Wiz
Robert Drumheller The Wiz
Tony Walton The Wiz
Edward Stewart The Wiz
Paul Sylbert Heaven Can Wait
Edwin O'Donovan Heaven Can Wait
George Gaines Heaven Can Wait
Albert Brenner California Suite
Marvin March California Suite
Mel Bourne Interiors
Daniel Robert Interiors
Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature

Arnold Shapiro

Honored for : Scared Straight!

Nominations »

Nominee Nominated Work
Arnold Shapiro Scared Straight!
Albert Lamorisse The Lovers' Wind
Alan Root Mysterious Castles of Clay
Jean-Pierre Dutilleux Raoni
Barry Hugh Williams Raoni
Michel Gast Raoni
Anne Bohlen With Babies and Banners: Story of the Women's Emergency Brigade
Lyn Goldfarb With Babies and Banners: Story of the Women's Emergency Brigade
Lorraine Gray With Babies and Banners: Story of the Women's Emergency Brigade
Academy Award for Best Documentary Short Subject

Ben Shedd, Jacqueline Phillips Shedd

Honored for : The Flight of the Gossamer Condor

Nominations »

Nominee Nominated Work
Jacqueline Phillips Shedd The Flight of the Gossamer Condor
Ben Shedd The Flight of the Gossamer Condor
Jerry Aronson The Divided Trail: A Native American Odyssey
K. K. Kapil An Encounter with Faces
August Cinquegrana Goodnight Miss Ann
J. Gary Mitchell Squires of San Quentin
Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film

Bertrand Blier

Honored for : Get Out Your Handkerchiefs
(Country: France; in French)

Nominations »

Nominee Nominated Work
Bertrand Blier Get Out Your Handkerchiefs
Country: France; in French
Hans W. Geißendörfer The Glass Cell
Country: German Federal Republic; in Deutsch
Zoltán Fábri Hungarians
Country: Hungary
Dino Risi Viva Italia!
Country: Italy; in Italian
Ettore Scola Viva Italia!
Country: Italy; in Italian
Mario Monicelli Viva Italia!
Country: Italy; in Italian
Stanislav Rostotsky White Bim Black Ear
Country: Union of Soviet Socialist Republics; in Russian
Academy Award for Best Writing Adapted Screenplay

Oliver Stone

Honored for : Midnight Express

Nominations »

Nominee Nominated Work
Walter Newman Bloodbrothers
Oliver Stone Midnight Express
Bernard Slade Same Time, Next Year
Neil Simon California Suite
Elaine May Heaven Can Wait
Warren Beatty Heaven Can Wait
Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay

Waldo Salt, Nancy Dowd, Robert C. Jones

Honored for : Coming Home

Nominations »

Nominee Nominated Work
Ingmar Bergman Autumn Sonata
Louis Garfinkle The Deer Hunter
Michael Cimino The Deer Hunter
Deric Washburn The Deer Hunter
Quinn K. Redeker The Deer Hunter
Woody Allen Interiors
Paul Mazursky An Unmarried Woman
Waldo Salt Coming Home
Robert C. Jones Coming Home
Nancy Dowd Coming Home
Academy Award for Best Costume Design

Anthony Powell

Honored for : Death on the Nile

Nominations »

Nominee Nominated Work
Renié Caravans
Tony Walton The Wiz
Anthony Powell Death on the Nile
Patricia Norris Days of Heaven
Paul Zastupnevich The Swarm
Academy Award for Best Original Song Score

Joe Renzetti

Honored for : The Buddy Holly Story

Nominations »

Nominee Nominated Work
Joe Renzetti The Buddy Holly Story
Jerry Wexler Pretty Baby
Quincy Jones The Wiz
Academy Award for Best Short Film (Live Action)

Taylor Hackford

Honored for : Teenage Father

Nominations »

Nominee Nominated Work
Taylor Hackford Teenage Father
Jim Belcher A Different Approach
Fern Field A Different Approach
Andrew Sugerman Mandy's Grandmother
Seth Pinsker Strange Fruit
Academy Award for Best Sound Mixing

Richard Portman, William McCaughey, Aaron Rochin, Darin Knight

Honored for : The Deer Hunter

Nominations »

Nominee Nominated Work
Richard Portman The Deer Hunter
William McCaughey The Deer Hunter
Aaron Rochin The Deer Hunter
Darin Knight The Deer Hunter
Tex Rudloff The Buddy Holly Story
Joel Fein The Buddy Holly Story
Curly Thirlwell The Buddy Holly Story
Willie D. Burton The Buddy Holly Story
John Wilkinson Days of Heaven
Robert W. Glass, Jr. Days of Heaven
John T. Reitz Days of Heaven
Barry Thomas Days of Heaven
Robert Knudson Hooper
Robert Glass Hooper
Don MacDougall Hooper
Jack Solomon Hooper
Gordon K. McCallum Superman
Graham V. Hartstone Superman
Nicolas Le Messurier Superman
Roy Charman Superman
Special Achievement Academy Award

Les Bowie, Colin Chilvers, Denys Coop, Roy Field, Derek Meddings, Zoran Perisic

Honored for : Superman
(Visual Effects)
Academy Honorary Award

Walter Lantz

(for bringing joy and laughter to every part of the world through his unique animated motion pictures)
Academy Honorary Award

Laurence Olivier

(for the full body of his work, for the unique achievements of his entire career and his lifetime of contribution to the art of film)
Academy Honorary Award

King Vidor

(for his incomparable achievements as a cinematic creator and innovator)
Academy Honorary Award

Museum of Modern Art Department of Film

(for the contribution it has made to the public's perception of movies as an art form)