The 7th Saturn Awards, honoring the best in science fiction, fantasy and horror film in 1979, were held on July 26, 1980.
Winners and nominees Below is a complete list of nominees and winners. Winners are highlighted in bold.
Film awards Best Science Fiction Film Best Fantasy Film Alien The Black Hole Moonraker Star Trek: The Motion Picture Time After Time The Muppet Movie Arabian Adventure Dinner for Adele The Last Wave Nutcracker Fantasy Best Horror Film Best Foreign Film Dracula The Amityville Horror Love at First Bite The Mafu Cage Phantasm Dinner for Adele Circle of Iron Message from Space Nosferatu the Vampyre Patrick Starcrash Best Film Produced for Under $1,000,000 Planet of Dinosaurs The Clonus Horror Best Actor Best Actress George Hamilton – Love at First Bite as Count Vladimir Dracula Frank Langella – Dracula as Count Dracula Christopher Lee – Arabian Adventure as Caliph Alquazar Malcolm McDowell – Time After Time as H. G. Wells William Shatner – Star Trek: The Motion Picture as Captain James T. Kirk Mary Steenburgen – Time After Time as Amy Robbins Persis Khambatta – Star Trek: The Motion Picture as Ilia Margot Kidder – The Amityville Horror as Kathleen "Kathy" Lutz Susan Saint James – Love at First Bite as Cindy Sondheim Sigourney Weaver – Alien as Ripley Best Supporting Actor Best Supporting Actress Arte Johnson – Love at First Bite as Renfield Richard Kiel – Moonraker as Jaws Leonard Nimoy – Star Trek: The Motion Picture as Spock Donald Pleasence – Dracula as Dr. John Seward David Warner – Time After Time as Dr. John Leslie Stevenson / Jack the Ripper Veronica Cartwright – Alien as Lambert Pamela Hensley – Buck Rogers in the 25th Century as Princess Ardala Jacquelyn Hyde – The Dark as De Renzy Marcy Lafferty – The Day Time Ended as Beth Williams Nichelle Nichols – Star Trek: The Motion Picture as Uhura Best Director Best Writing Ridley Scott – Alien John Badham – Dracula Nicholas Meyer – Time After Time Peter Weir – The Last Wave Robert Wise – Star Trek: The Motion Picture Nicholas Meyer – Time After Time Jack Burns and Jerry Juhl – The Muppet Movie Gerry Day and Jeb Rosebrook – The Black Hole Robert Kaufman – Love at First Bite Dan O'Bannon – Alien Best Music Best Costumes Miklós Rózsa – Time After Time Ken Thorne – Arabian Adventure John Barry – The Black Hole Paul Williams – The Muppet Movie Jerry Goldsmith – Star Trek: The Motion Picture Jean-Pierre Dorleac – Buck Rogers in the 25th Century Jean-Pierre Dorleac – Battlestar Galactica (Episode: "Pilot") Gisela Storch – Nosferatu the Vampyre Robert Fletcher – Star Trek: The Motion Picture Sal Anthony and Yvonne Kubis – Time After Time Best Make-up Best Special Effects William J. Tuttle – Love at First Bite Pat Hay – Alien Tom Savini – Dawn of the Dead Peter Robb-King – Dracula Fred Phillips, Janna Phillips, and Ve Neill – Star Trek: The Motion Picture John Dykstra, Douglas Trumbull, and Richard Yuricich – Star Trek: The Motion Picture Nick Allder and Brian Johnson – Alien Peter Ellenshaw – The Black Hole John Evans and John Richardson – Moonraker Robbie Knott – The Muppet Movie
Special awards
Hall of Fame The Rocky Horror Picture Show
Life Career Award Gene Roddenberry William Shatner
George Pal Memorial Award John Badham
Most Popular International Performer Roger Moore
Outstanding Achievement to the Academy Robert V. Michelucci William G. Wilson Jr.
External links 1980 Awards at IMDb Official Saturn Awards website