6th Saturn Awards

The 6th Saturn Awards were awarded to media properties and personalities deemed by the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films to be the best in science fiction, fantasy and horror released in 1978. They were awarded on February 24, 1979.^[1]

6th Saturn Awards
Date	February 24, 1979
Site	California, U.S.
Highlights
Most awards	Superman (5)
Most nominations	Heaven Can Wait (8) Superman (8)
← 5th Saturn Awards 7th →

Winners and nominees

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

 

Philip Kaufman, Best Director winner

 

Warren Beatty, Best Actor winner and Best Writing co-winner

 

Margot Kidder, Best Actress winner

 

Burgess Meredith, Best Supporting Actor winner

 

Dyan Cannon, Best Supporting Actress winner

 

Elaine May, Best Writing co-winner

 

John Williams, Best Music winner

 

Rick Baker, Best Make-up co-winner

Film awards

Best Science Fiction Film	Best Fantasy Film
Superman The Boys from Brazil Capricorn One The Cat from Outer Space Invasion of the Body Snatchers	Heaven Can Wait The Lord of the Rings The Marvelous Visit Watership Down The Wiz
Best Horror Film
The Wicker Man Dawn of the Dead Halloween Magic The Medusa Touch Piranha
Best Actor	Best Actress
Warren Beatty – Heaven Can Wait as Joe Pendleton Christopher Lee – The Wicker Man as Lord Summerisle Laurence Olivier – The Boys from Brazil as Ezra Lieberman Christopher Reeve – Superman as Superman / Clark Kent / Kal-El Donald Sutherland – Invasion of the Body Snatchers as Matthew Bennell	Margot Kidder – Superman as Lois Lane Brooke Adams – Invasion of the Body Snatchers as Elizabeth Driscoll Geneviève Bujold – Coma as Dr. Susan Wheeler Ann-Margret – Magic as Peggy Ann Snow Diana Ross – The Wiz as Dorothy
Best Supporting Actor	Best Supporting Actress
Burgess Meredith – Magic as Ben Greene Michael Ansara – The Manitou as John Singing Rock Michael Jackson – The Wiz as Scarecrow James Mason – Heaven Can Wait as Mr. Jordan Leonard Nimoy – Invasion of the Body Snatchers as Dr. David Kibner	Dyan Cannon – Heaven Can Wait as Julia Farnsworth Uta Hagen – The Boys from Brazil as Frieda Maloney Mabel King – The Wiz as Evilene Valerie Perrine – Superman as Eve Teschmacher Brenda Vaccaro – Capricorn One as Kay Brubaker
Best Director	Best Writing
Philip Kaufman – Invasion of the Body Snatchers Warren Beatty and Buck Henry – Heaven Can Wait Richard Donner – Superman Robin Hardy – The Wicker Man Franklin J. Schaffner – The Boys from Brazil	Elaine May and Warren Beatty – Heaven Can Wait Heywood Gould – The Boys from Brazil Cliff Green – Picnic at Hanging Rock Anthony Shaffer – The Wicker Man Alfred Sole and Rosemary Ritvo – Alice, Sweet Alice
Best Music	Best Costumes
John Williams – Superman Paul Giovanni – The Wicker Man Jerry Goldsmith – The Boys from Brazil Jerry Goldsmith – Magic Dave Grusin – Heaven Can Wait	Theoni V. Aldredge – Eyes of Laura Mars Yvonne Blake and Richard Bruno – Superman Patricia Norris – Capricorn One Theadora Van Runkle and Richard Bruno – Heaven Can Wait Tony Walton – The Wiz
Best Make-up	Best Special Effects
William J. Tuttle and Rick Baker – The Fury Thomas R. Burman and Edouard F. Henriques – Invasion of the Body Snatchers Lee Harman, Vincent Callaghan, and Lynn Donahue – Eyes of Laura Mars Joe McKinney and Thomas R. Burman – The Manitou Stan Winston – The Wiz	Colin Chilvers – Superman Ira Anderson Jr. – Damien: Omen II Henry Millar (Van der Veer Photo Effects) – Capricorn One Dell Rheaume and Russel Hessey – Invasion of the Body Snatchers Albert Whitlock – The Wiz
Special awards
Best Animation	Best Cinematography
Watership Down	Russell Boyd – Picnic at Hanging Rock
Best Editing	Best Production Design
Joe Dante and Mark Goldblatt – Piranha	John Barry – Superman
Best Publicist	Best Sound
Julian F. Myers	Mark Berger, Art Rochester, and Andy Wiskes – Invasion of the Body Snatchers
Best Television Performance	Golden Scroll of Merit
Eric Greene (for juvenile acting) – Space Academy	Stanley Chase (for theatrical motion picture production) – Colossus: The Forbin Project
Honorary Award	Life Career Award
Margaret Hamilton	Christopher Lee

References

1. "Past Saturn Award Recipients". Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films. Retrieved June 11, 2022.

External links

• 1979 Awards at IMDb
• Official Saturn Awards website