1980 Oscars 52nd Academy Awards |
Winners Announced: April 14, 1980 Red Carpet Trivia
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1980 Oscar Nominees and Winners |
| Best Picture: Kramer vs. Kramer – Stanley R. Jaffe, producer (WINNER) All That Jazz – Robert Alan Aurthur, producer (posthumous nomination) Apocalypse Now – Francis Coppola, producer; Fred Roos, Gray Frederickson and Tom Sternberg, co-producers Breaking Away – Peter Yates, producer Norma Rae – Tamara Asseyev and Alex Rose, producers |
| Best Director: Robert Benton – Kramer vs. Kramer (WINNER) Bob Fosse – All That Jazz Francis Ford Coppola – Apocalypse Now Peter Yates – Breaking Away Édouard Molinaro – La Cage aux Folles |
| Best Actor: Dustin Hoffman – Kramer vs. Kramer as Ted Kramer (WINNER) Jack Lemmon – The China Syndrome as Jack Godell Al Pacino – …And Justice for All. as Arthur Kirkland Roy Scheider – All That Jazz as Joseph “Joe” Gideon Peter Sellers – Being There as Chance |
| Best Actress: Sally Field – Norma Rae as Norma Rae Webster (WINNER) Jill Clayburgh – Starting Over as Marilyn Holmberg Jane Fonda – The China Syndrome as Kimberly Wells Marsha Mason – Chapter Two as Jennie MacLaine Bette Midler – The Rose as Mary Rose Foster |
| Best Supporting Actor: Melvyn Douglas – Being There as Ben Rand (WINNER) Robert Duvall – Apocalypse Now as Lieutenant Colonel William “Bill” Kilgore Frederic Forrest – The Rose as Huston Dyer Justin Henry – Kramer vs. Kramer as Billy Kramer Mickey Rooney – The Black Stallion as Henry Dailey |
| Best Supporting Actress: Meryl Streep – Kramer vs. Kramer as Joanna Kramer (WINNER) Jane Alexander – Kramer vs. Kramer as Margaret Phelps Barbara Barrie – Breaking Away as Evelyn Stoller Candice Bergen – Starting Over as Jessica Potter Mariel Hemingway – Manhattan as Tracy |
| Best Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen: Breaking Away – Steve Tesich (WINNER) All That Jazz – Robert Alan Aurthur (posthumous nomination) and Bob Fosse …And Justice for All – Valerie Curtin and Barry Levinson The China Syndrome – Mike Gray, T. S. Cook, and James Bridges Manhattan – Woody Allen and Marshall Brickman |
| Best Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium: Kramer vs. Kramer – Robert Benton based on the novel by Avery Corman (WINNER) Apocalypse Now – Francis Coppola and John Milius based on the novel Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad La Cage aux Folles – Francis Veber, Édouard Molinaro, Marcello Danon and Jean Poiret based on the play by Jean Poiret A Little Romance – Allan Burns based on the novel E=MC2 mon amour by Patrick Cauvin Norma Rae – Irving Ravetch and Harriet Frank Jr. based on the book Crystal Lee, a Woman of Inheritance by Hank Leiferman |
| Best Foreign Language Film: The Tin Drum (Federal Republic of Germany – West) (WINNER) The Maids of Wilko (Poland) Mama Turns 100 (Spain) A Simple Story (France) To Forget Venice (Italy) |
| Best Documentary Feature: Best Boy – Ira Wohl (WINNER) Generation on the Wind – David A. Vassar Going the Distance – Paul Cowan and Jacques Bobet The Killing Ground – Steve Singer and Tom Priestley The War at Home – Glenn Silber and Barry Alexander Brown |
| Best Documentary Short Subject: Paul Robeson: Tribute to an Artist – Saul J. Turell (WINNER) Dae – Risto Teofilovski Koryo Celadon – Donald A. Connolly and James R. Messenger Nails – Phillip Borsos Remember Me – Dick Young |
| Best Live Action Short Film: Board and Care – Sarah Pillsbury and Ron Ellis (WINNER) Bravery in the Field – Roman Kroitor and Stefan Wodoslawsky Oh Brother, My Brother – Carol Lowell and Ross Lowell The Solar Film – Saul Bass and Michael Britton Solly’s Diner – Harry Mathias, Jay Zukerman and Larry Hankin |
| Best Animated Short Film: Every Child – Derek Lamb (WINNER) Dream Doll – Bob Godfrey Its So Nice to Have a Wolf Around the House – Paul Fierlinger |
| Best Original Score: A Little Romance – Georges Delerue (WINNER) 10 – Henry Mancini The Amityville Horror – Lalo Schifrin The Champ – Dave Grusin Star Trek: The Motion Picture – Jerry Goldsmith |
| Best Original Song Score and Its Adaptation or Adaptation Score: All That Jazz – Ralph Burns (WINNER) Breaking Away – Patrick Williams The Muppet Movie – Songs by Paul Williams and Kenny Ascher; Adaptation by Paul Williams |
| Best Original Song: “It Goes Like It Goes” from Norma Rae – Music by David Shire; Lyrics by Norman Gimbel (WINNER) “I’ll Never Say Goodbye” from The Promise – Music by David Shire; Lyrics by Alan and Marilyn Bergman “It’s Easy to Say” from 10 – Music by Henry Mancini; Lyrics by Robert Wells “Rainbow Connection” from The Muppet Movie – Music and Lyrics by Paul Williams and Kenny Ascher “Through the Eyes of Love” from Ice Castles – Music by Marvin Hamlisch; Lyrics by Carole Bayer Sager |
| Best Sound: Apocalypse Now – Walter Murch, Mark Berger, Richard Beggs and Nat Boxer (WINNER) 1941 – Robert Knudson, Robert Glass, Don MacDougall and Gene Cantamessa The Electric Horseman – Arthur Piantadosi, Les Fresholtz, Michael Minkler and Al Overton Jr. Meteor – William McCaughey, Aaron Rochin, Michael J. Kohut and Jack Solomon The Rose – Theodore Soderberg, Douglas Williams, Paul Wells and Jim Webb |
| Best Costume Design: All That Jazz – Albert Wolsky (WINNER) Agatha – Shirley Russell Butch and Sundance: The Early Days – William Ware Theiss The Europeans – Judy Moorcroft La Cage aux Folles – Piero Tosi and Ambra Danon |
| Best Art Direction: All That Jazz – Art Direction: Philip Rosenberg and Tony Walton; Set Decoration: Edward Stewart and Gary J. Brink (WINNER) Alien – Art Direction: Michael Seymour, Leslie Dilley and Roger Christian; Set Decoration: Ian Whittaker Apocalypse Now – Art Direction: Dean Tavoularis and Angelo P. 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 and John Vallone; Set Decoration: Linda DeScenna |
| Best Cinematography: Apocalypse Now – Vittorio Storaro (WINNER) 1941 – William A. Fraker All That Jazz – Giuseppe Rotunno The Black Hole – Frank Phillips Kramer vs. Kramer – Néstor Almendros |
| Best Film Editing: All That Jazz – Alan Heim (WINNER) Apocalypse Now – Richard Marks, Walter Murch, Gerald B. Greenberg and Lisa Fruchtman The Black Stallion – Robert Dalva Kramer vs. Kramer – Jerry Greenberg The Rose – Robert L. Wolfe and C. Timothy O’Meara |
| Best Visual Effects: Alien – H. R. Giger, Carlo Rambaldi, Brian Johnson, Nick Allder and Dennis Ayling (WINNER) 1941 – Gregory Jein, William A. Fraker and A. D. Flowers The Black Hole – Peter Ellenshaw, Art Cruickshank, Eustace Lycett, Danny Lee, Harrison Ellenshaw and Joe Hale Moonraker – Derek Meddings, Paul Wilson and John Evans Star Trek: The Motion Picture – Douglas Trumbull, John Dykstra, Richard Yuricich, Robert Swarthe, Dave Stewart and Grant McCune |
| Special Achievement Award: Alan Splet for sound effects editing in The Black Stallion |
| Academy Honorary Awards: Hal Elias Alec Guinness |
| Medal of Commendation: John O. Aalberg Charles G. Clarke John G. Frayne |
| Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award: Robert Benjamin |
| Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award: Ray Stark |
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