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Academy Awards, USA 1980

Event held on 14 April 1980 in Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, L.A. County Music Center, Los Angeles, California, USA

Oscar

Best Picture

Won
Kramer vs. Kramer (1979), Stanley R. Jaffe

Nominated
All That Jazz (1979), Robert Alan Aurthur

Nominated
Apocalypse Now (1979), Francis Ford Coppola, Fred Roos, Gray Frederickson, Tom Sternberg

Nominated
Breaking Away (1979), Peter Yates

Nominated
Norma Rae (1979), Tamara Asseyev, Alexandra Rose

Best Actor in a Leading Role

Won
Kramer vs. Kramer (1979), Dustin Hoffman

Nominated
...And Justice for All. (1979), Al Pacino

Nominated
All That Jazz (1979), Roy Scheider

Nominated
Being There (1979), Peter Sellers

Nominated
The China Syndrome (1979), Jack Lemmon

Best Actress in a Leading Role

Won
Norma Rae (1979), Sally Field

Nominated
Chapter Two (1979), Marsha Mason

Nominated
The China Syndrome (1979), Jane Fonda

Nominated
The Rose (1979), Bette Midler

Nominated
Starting Over (1979), Jill Clayburgh

Best Actor in a Supporting Role

Won
Being There (1979), Melvyn Douglas

Nominated
Apocalypse Now (1979), Robert Duvall

Nominated
The Black Stallion (1979), Mickey Rooney

Nominated
Kramer vs. Kramer (1979), Justin Henry

Nominated
The Rose (1979), Frederic Forrest

Best Actress in a Supporting Role

Won
Kramer vs. Kramer (1979), Meryl Streep

Nominated
Breaking Away (1979), Barbara Barrie

Nominated
Kramer vs. Kramer (1979), Jane Alexander

Nominated
Manhattan (1979), Mariel Hemingway

Nominated
Starting Over (1979), Candice Bergen

Best Director

Won
Kramer vs. Kramer (1979), Robert Benton

Nominated
All That Jazz (1979), Bob Fosse

Nominated
Apocalypse Now (1979), Francis Ford Coppola

Nominated
Breaking Away (1979), Peter Yates

Nominated
La cage aux folles (1978), Edouard Molinaro

Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen

Won
Breaking Away (1979), Steve Tesich

Nominated
...And Justice for All. (1979), Valerie Curtin, Barry Levinson

Nominated
All That Jazz (1979), Robert Alan Aurthur, Bob Fosse

Nominated
The China Syndrome (1979), Mike Gray, T.S. Cook, James Bridges

Nominated
Manhattan (1979), Woody Allen, Marshall Brickman

Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium

Won
Kramer vs. Kramer (1979), Robert Benton

Nominated
Apocalypse Now (1979), John Milius, Francis Ford Coppola

Nominated
La cage aux folles (1978), Francis Veber, Edouard Molinaro, Marcello Danon, Jean Poiret

Nominated
A Little Romance (1979), Allan Burns

Nominated
Norma Rae (1979), Irving Ravetch, Harriet Frank Jr.

Best Cinematography

Won
Apocalypse Now (1979), Vittorio Storaro

Nominated
1941 (1979), William A. Fraker

Nominated
All That Jazz (1979), Giuseppe Rotunno

Nominated
The Black Hole (1979), Frank V. Phillips

Nominated
Kramer vs. Kramer (1979), Néstor Almendros

Best Art Direction-Set Decoration

Won
All That Jazz (1979), Philip Rosenberg, Tony Walton, Edward Stewart, Gary J. Brink

Nominated
Alien (1979), Michael Seymour, Leslie Dilley, Roger Christian, Ian Whittaker

Nominated
Apocalypse Now (1979), Dean Tavoularis, Angelo P. Graham, George R. Nelson

Nominated
The China Syndrome (1979), George Jenkins, Arthur Jeph Parker

Nominated
Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979), Harold Michelson, Joseph R. Jennings, Leon Harris, John Vallone, Linda DeScenna

Best Costume Design

Won
All That Jazz (1979), Albert Wolsky

Nominated
Agatha (1979), Shirley Russell

Nominated
Butch and Sundance: The Early Days (1979), William Ware Theiss

Nominated
La cage aux folles (1978), Piero Tosi, Ambra Danon

Nominated
The Europeans (1979), Judy Moorcroft

Best Sound

Won
Apocalypse Now (1979), Walter Murch, Mark Berger, Richard Beggs, Nathan Boxer

Nominated
1941 (1979), Robert Knudson, Robert Glass, Don MacDougall, Gene S. Cantamessa

Nominated
The Electric Horseman (1979), Arthur Piantadosi, Les Fresholtz, Michael Minkler, Al Overton Jr.

Nominated
Meteor (1979), William L. McCaughey, Aaron Rochin, Michael J. Kohut, Jack Solomon

Nominated
The Rose (1979), Theodore Soderberg, Douglas O. Williams, Paul Wells, James E. Webb

Best Film Editing

Won
All That Jazz (1979), Alan Heim

Nominated
Apocalypse Now (1979), Richard Marks, Walter Murch, Gerald B. Greenberg, Lisa Fruchtman

Nominated
The Black Stallion (1979), Robert Dalva

Nominated
Kramer vs. Kramer (1979), Gerald B. Greenberg

Nominated
The Rose (1979), Robert L. Wolfe, Carroll Timothy O'Meara

Best Effects, Visual Effects

Won
Alien (1979), H.R. Giger, Carlo Rambaldi, Brian Johnson, Nick Allder, Denys Ayling

Nominated
1941 (1979), William A. Fraker, A.D. Flowers, Gregory Jein

Nominated
The Black Hole (1979), Peter Ellenshaw, Art Cruickshank, Eustace Lycett, Danny Lee, Harrison Ellenshaw, Joe Hale

Nominated
Moonraker (1979), Derek Meddings, Paul Wilson, John Evans

Nominated
Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979), Douglas Trumbull, John Dykstra, Richard Yuricich, Robert Swarthe, David K. Stewart, Grant McCune

Best Music, Original Song

Won
Norma Rae (1979), David Shire, Norman Gimbel

Nominated
10 (1979), Henry Mancini, Robert Wells

Nominated
Ice Castles (1978), Marvin Hamlisch, Carole Bayer Sager

Nominated
The Muppet Movie (1979), Paul Williams, Kenny Ascher

Nominated
The Promise (1979), David Shire, Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman

Best Music, Original Score

Won
A Little Romance (1979), Georges Delerue

Nominated
10 (1979), Henry Mancini

Nominated
The Amityville Horror (1979), Lalo Schifrin

Nominated
The Champ (1979), Dave Grusin

Nominated
Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979), Jerry Goldsmith

Best Music, Original Song Score and Its Adaptation or Best Adaptation Score

Won
All That Jazz (1979), Ralph Burns

Nominated
Breaking Away (1979), Patrick Williams

Nominated
The Muppet Movie (1979), Paul Williams, Kenny Ascher

Best Short Film, Animated

Won
Every Child (1979), Derek Lamb

Nominated
Dream Doll (1979), Bob Godfrey, Zlatko Grgic

Nominated
It's So Nice to Have a Wolf Around the House (1979), Paul Fierlinger

Best Short Film, Live Action

Won
Board and Care (1979), Sarah Pillsbury, Ron Ellis

Nominated
Bravery in the Field (1979), Roman Kroitor, Stefan Wodoslawsky

Nominated
Oh Brother, My Brother (1979), Carol Lowell, Ross Lowell

Nominated
The Solar Film (1980), Saul Bass, Michael Britton

Nominated
Solly's Diner (1980), Harry Mathias, Jay Zuckerman, Larry Hankin

Best Documentary, Short Subjects

Won
Paul Robeson: Tribute to an Artist (1979), Saul J. Turell

Nominated
Dae (1979), Risto Teofilovski

Nominated
Koryo Celadon (1979), Donald A. Connolly, James R. Messenger

Nominated
Nails (1979), Phillip Borsos

Nominated
Remember Me (1979), Dick Young

Best Documentary, Features

Won
Best Boy (1979), Ira Wohl

Nominated
Generation on the Wind (1979), David Vassar

Nominated
Going the Distance (1979), Paul Cowan, Jacques Bobet

Nominated
The Killing Ground (1979), Steve Singer, Tom Priestley

Nominated
The War at Home (1979), Glenn Silber, Barry Alexander Brown

Best Foreign Language Film

Won
The Tin Drum (1979)

Nominated
To Forget Venice (1979)

Nominated
Mama Turns 100 (1979)

Nominated
Panny z Wilka (1979)

Nominated
A Simple Story (1978)

Special Achievement Award

Won
The Black Stallion (1979), Alan Splet

Honorary Award

Won
Hal Elias

Won
Alec Guinness

Medal of Commendation

Won
John Aalberg, Charles G. Clarke

Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award

Won
Ray Stark

Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award

Won

Academy Award of Merit

Won

Scientific and Engineering Award

Won

Technical Achievement Award

Won

Won

Won
A.D. Flowers, Logan Frazee

Won
Ross Lowell

Won
Bruce Lyon, John Lamb

Won
Zoran Perisic

Won

Won
Irwin Young, Paul Kaufman

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