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British Academy Awards: 1979

BAFTA Film Award

Best Film


Winner:
	Julia (1977)
Other Nominees:
	Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) Midnight Express (1978) Star Wars (1977)

Best Actor


Winner:
	Goodbye Girl, The (1977) - Richard Dreyfuss
Other Nominees:
	Death on the Nile (1978) - Peter Ustinov Magic (1978) - Anthony Hopkins

Best Actress


Winner:
	Julia (1977) - Jane Fonda
Other Nominees:
	Goodbye Girl, The (1977) - Marsha Mason Turning Point, The (1977) - Anne Bancroft Unmarried Woman, An (1978) - Jill Clayburgh

Best Supporting Actor


Winner:
	Midnight Express (1978) - John Hurt
Other Nominees:
	Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) - François Truffaut Julia (1977) - Jason Robards Superman (1978) - Gene Hackman

Best Supporting Actress


Winner:
	Interiors (1978) - Geraldine Page
Other Nominees:
	Death on the Nile (1978) - Angela Lansbury Death on the Nile (1978) - Maggie Smith Stevie (1978) - Mona Washbourne

Best Direction


Winner:
	Midnight Express (1978) - Alan Parker
Other Nominees:
	Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) - Steven Spielberg Julia (1977) - Fred Zinnemann Wedding, A (1978) - Robert Altman

Best Screenplay


Winner:
	Julia (1977) - Alvin Sargent
Other Nominees:
	Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) - Steven Spielberg Goodbye Girl, The (1977) - Neil Simon Wedding, A (1978) - John Considine; Patricia Resnick; Allan F. Nicholls; Robert Altman

Best Cinematography


Winner:
	Julia (1977) - Douglas Slocombe
Other Nominees:
	Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) - Vilmos Zsigmond Duellists, The (1977) - Frank Tidy Superman (1978) - Geoffrey Unsworth

Best Production Design / Art Direction


Winner:
	Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) - Joe Alves
Other Nominees:
	Julia (1977) - Gene Callahan (I); Willy Holt; Carmen Dillon Star Wars (1977) - John Barry (III) Superman (1978) - John Barry (III)

Best Costume Design


Winner:
	Death on the Nile (1978) - Anthony Powell (I)
Other Nominees:
	Duellists, The (1977) - Tom Rand Julia (1977) - Anthea Sylbert; Joan Bridge; Annalisa Nasalli-Rocca Star Wars (1977) - John Mollo

Best Sound


Winner:
	Star Wars (1977) - Sam Shaw; Robert R. Rutledge; Gordon Davidson (I); Gene Corso; Derek Ball; Don MacDougall; Bob Minkler; Ray West (I); Michael Minkler; Les Fresholtz; Richard Portman (I); Ben Burtt
Other Nominees:
	Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) - Gene S. Cantamessa; Robert Knudson; Don MacDougall; Robert Glass (I); Stephen Katz (II); Frank E. Warner; Richard Oswald (II); David Horton (I); Sam Gemette; Gary S. Gerlich; Chester Slomka; Neil Burrow Saturday Night Fever (1977) - Michael Colgan (II); Les Lazarowitz; John Wilkinson (I); Robert W. Glass Jr.; John T. Reitz Superman (1978) - Chris Greenham; Gordon K. McCallum; Peter Pennell; Mike Hopkins; Pat Foster; Stan Fiferman; John Foster (VII); Roy Charman; Norman Bolland; Brian Marshall; Charles Schmitz; Richard Raguse; Chris Large

Best Film Editing


Winner:
	Midnight Express (1978) - Gerry Hambling
Other Nominees:
	Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) - Michael Kahn (I) Julia (1977) - Walter Murch Star Wars (1977) - Paul Hirsch; Marcia Lucas; Richard Chew

Best Short Factual Film


Winner:
	Hokusai: An Animated Sketchbook (1978) - Tony White (I)
Other Nominees:
	I'll Find a Way (1977) - Beverly Shaffer (II) Planet Water (1978) - Derek Williams (I) Sunday Muddy Sunday (1978) - Lindsay Dale

Best Short Fictional Film


Nominees:
	- Not awarded.

Best Newcomer


Winner:
	Superman (1978) - Christopher Reeve
Other Nominees:
	Girlfriends (1978) - Melanie Mayron Interiors (1978) - Mary Beth Hurt Midnight Express (1978) - Brad Davis

Best Specialised Film


Winner:
	Twenty Times More Likely (1978) - Robert Young
Other Nominees:
	How a Man Schall Be Armyd (1978) - Anthony Wilkinson Play Safe (1978/I) - David Eady Safety Net (1978) - Leonard Lewis

Michael Balcon Award


Winners:
	Les Bowie Colin Chilvers Denys N. Coop Roy Field Derek Meddings Zoran Perisic Wally Veevers

Anthony Asquith Award for Film Music


Winner:
	Star Wars (1977) - John Williams
Other Nominees:
	Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) - John Williams Julia (1977) - Georges Delerue Saturday Night Fever (1977) - Barry Gibb; Maurice Gibb; Robin Gibb

Flaherty Documentary Award


Winner:
	Silent Witness, The (1978)

BAFTA TV Award

Best Film Cameraman


Winner:
	"Voyage of Charles Darwin, The" (1978) - David Whitson; Maurice Tibbles

Best Film Editor


Nominees:
	"Pennies from Heaven" (1978) (mini) - David Martin (II)

Best Actor


Winner:
	"Edward & Mrs. Simpson" (1980) (mini) - Edward Fox
Other Nominees:
	"Pennies from Heaven" (1978) (mini) - Bob Hoskins

Best Actress


Winner:
	"Lillie" (1978) (mini) - Francesca Annis - Also for Comedy of Errors, The (1978/I) (TV).
Other Nominees:
	"Edward & Mrs. Simpson" (1980) (mini) - Cynthia Harris

Best Costume Design


Nominees:
	"Lillie" (1978) (mini) - Frances Tempest

Best Design


Nominees:
	"Edward & Mrs. Simpson" (1980) (mini) - Allan Cameron

Best Factual Series


Nominees:
	"Body in Question, The" (1978) - Patrick Uden

'Harlequin' (Drama/Light Entertainment)


Winner:
	"Grange Hill" (1978) - Anna Home; Colin Cant

Best Drama Series/Serial


Winner:
	"Edward & Mrs. Simpson" (1980) (mini) - Andrew Brown (I); Waris Hussein

Academy Fellowship


Winner:
	David Attenborough