6th Saturn Awards

The 6th Saturn Awards was the sixth ceremony in which media properties and personalities related to the science fiction, fantasy and horror which were released in the year 1977 were awarded by the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films. The ceremony was held on February 24 of 1979.^{[1] [2]}

Below is a complete list of nominees and winners. Winners are highlighted in bold.

Best Director

• Invasion of the Body Snatchers - Philip Kaufman
• Heaven Can Wait - Warren Beatty, Buck Henry
• The Boys from Brazil - Franklin J. Schaffner
• The Wicker Man - Robin Hardy
• Superman - Richard Donner

Best Actor

• Heaven Can Wait - Warren Beatty
• The Wicker Man - Christopher Lee
• The Boys from Brazil - Laurence Olivier
• Superman - Christopher Reeve
• Invasion of the Body Snatchers - Donald Sutherland

Best Actress

• Superman - Margot Kidder
• Invasion of the Body Snatchers - Brooke Adams
• Coma - Geneviève Bujold
• The Wiz - Diana Ross
• Magic - Ann-Margret

Best Supporting Actor

• Magic - Burgess Meredith
• Heaven Can Wait - James Mason
• Invasion of the Body Snatchers - Leonard Nimoy
• The Manitou - Michael Ansara
• The Wiz - Michael Jackson

Best Supporting Actress

• Heaven Can Wait - Dyan Cannon
• The Boys from Brazil - Uta Hagen
• Superman - Valerie Perrine
• The Wiz - Mabel King
• Capricorn One - Brenda Vaccaro

Best Music

• John Williams - Superman
• The Boys from Brazil - Jerry Goldsmith
• Heaven Can Wait - Dave Grusin
• Magic - Jerry Goldsmith
• The Wicker Man - Paul Giovanni

Best Writing

• Heaven Can Wait - Elaine May, Warren Beatty
• The Boys from Brazil - Heywood Gould
• Communion - Alfred Sole, Rosemary Ritvo
• Picnic at Hanging Rock - Cliff Green
• The Wicker Man - Anthony Shaffer

Best Fantasy Film

• Heaven Can Wait
• The Lord of the Rings
• The Marvelous Visit (La Merveilleuse Visite)
• Watership Down
• The Wiz

Best Horror Film

• The Wicker Man
• Halloween
• Dawn of the Dead
• Magic
• The Medusa Touch
• Piranha

Best Science Fiction Film

• Superman
• The Boys from Brazil
• The Cat from Outer Space
• Invasion of the Body Snatchers
• Twilight's Last Gleaming

Best Animation

• Watership Down

Best Special Effects

• Superman - Colin Chilvers
• Capricorn One - Henry Millar (Van der Veer Photo Effects)
• Damien: Omen II - Ira Anderson Jr.
• Invasion of the Body Snatchers - Dell Rheaume, Russel Hessey
• The Wiz - Albert Whitlock

Best Make-Up

• The Fury - William Tuttle, Rick Baker
• Invasion of the Body Snatchers - Thomas R. Burman, Edouard F. Henriques
• Eyes of Laura Mars - Lee Harman, Vincent Callaghan, Lynn Donahue
• The Manitou - Joe McKinney, Thomas R. Burman
• The Wiz - Stan Winston

Best Costumes

• Eyes of Laura Mars - Theoni V. Aldredge
• Capricorn One - Patricia Norris
• Heaven Can Wait - Theadora Van Runkle, Richard Bruno
• Superman - Yvonne Blake, Richard Bruno
• The Wiz - Tony Walton

Best Television Performance

• Space Academy - Eric Greene

Best Production Design

• Superman - John Barry

Best Editing

• Piranha - Mark Goldblatt, Joe Dante

Best Set Decoration

• Star Wars - Roger Christian

Best Publicist

• Julian F. Myers

Best Cinematography

• Picnic at Hanging Rock - Russell Boyd

Special Awards

Golden Scroll of Merit

• Colossus: The Forbin Project - Stanley Chase

Special Honorary Award

• Margaret Hamilton

Life Career Award

• Christopher Lee

References

External links

• Official Saturn Awards website
• http://akas.imdb.com/event/ev0000004/1979