Oscar Nominations and Winners (1979)

Best Picture

• All That Jazz
• Apocalypse Now
• Breaking Away
• Kramer vs. Kramer
• Norma Rae

Best Director

• Bob Fosse (All That Jazz)
• Francis Ford Coppola (Apocalypse Now)
• Peter Yates (Breaking Away)
• Robert Benton (Kramer vs. Kramer)
• Edouardo Molinaro (La Cage Aux Folles)

Best Actor in a Leading Role

• Dustin Hoffman (Kramer vs. Kramer)
• Jack Lemmon (The China Syndrome)
• Al Pacino (...And Justice for All)
• Roy Scheider (All That Jazz)
• Peter Sellers (Being There)

Best Actor in a Supporting Role

• Melvyn Douglas (Being There)
• Robert Duvall (Apocalypse Now)
• Frederic Forrest (The Rose)
• Justin Henry (Kramer vs. Kramer)
• Mickey Rooney (The Black Stallion)

Best Actress in a Leading Role

• Jill Clayburgh (Starting Over)
• Sally Field (Norma Rae)
• Jane Fonda (The China Syndrome)
• Marsha Mason (Chapter Two)
• Bette Midler (The Rose)

Best Actress in a Supporting Role

• Jane Alexander (Kramer vs. Kramer)
• Barbara Barrie (Breaking Away)
• Candice Bergen (Starting Over)
• Mariel Hemingway (Manhattan)
• Meryl Streep (Kramer vs. Kramer)

Best Adapted Screenplay

• Apocalypse Now (John Milius and Francis Ford Coppola)
• Kramer vs. Kramer (Robert Benton)
• La Cage Aux Folles (Franics Veber, Eduardo Molinaro, Marcello Danon and Jean Poiret)
• A Little ROmance (Allan Burns)
• Norma Rae (Irving Ravetch and Harriet Frank Jr.)

Best Original Screenplay

• All That Jazz (Alan Aurthur and Bob Fosse)
• ...And Justice For All (Valerie Curtin and Barry Levinson)
• Breaking Away (Steve Tesich)
• The China Syndrome (Mike gray, T.S. Cook and James Bridges)
• Manhattan (Woody Allen and Marshall Brickman)

Best Foreign Language Film

• The Maids of Wilko (Poland)
• Mama Turns a Hundred (Spain)
• A Simple Story (France)
• The Tin Drum
• To Forget Venice (Italy)

Art Direction

• Alien
• All That Jazz
• Apocalypse Now
• The China Syndrome
• Star Trek - The Motion Picture

Cinematography

• All That Jazz
• Apocalypse Now
• The Black Hole
• Kramer vs. Kramer
• 1941

Costume Design

• Agatha
• All That Jazz
• Butch and Sundance: The Early Days

Documentary Feature

• Best Boy
• Generation on the Wind
• Going the Distance
• The Killing Ground
• The War at Home

Documentary Short Subject

• Dae
• Koryo Celadon
• Nails
• Paul Robeson: Tribute to an Artist
• Remember Me

Film Editing

• All That Jazz
• Apocalypse Now
• THe Black Stallion
• Kramer vs. Kramer
• The Rose

Adaptation Score

• All That Jazz (Ralph Burns)
• Breaking Away (Patrick Williams)
• The Muppet Movie (Paul Williams and Kenny Ascher)

Original Score

• The Amityville Horror (Lalo Schifrin)
• The Champ (Dave Grusin)
• A Little Romance (Georges Delerue)
• Star Trek - The Motion Picture (Jerry Goldsmith)
• 10 (Henry Mancini)

Original Song

• "It Goes Like It Goes" (Norma Rae) Music by David Shire. Lyrics by Norman Gimbel.
• "The Rainbow Connection" (The Muppet Movie) Music and Lyrics by Paul Willaims and Kenny Ascher.
• "It's Easy to Say" (10) Music by Henry Mancini. Lyrics by Robert Wells.
• "Through the Eyes of Love" (Ice Castles) Music by Marvin Hamlisch. Lyrics by Carole Bayer Sager.
• "I'll Never Say 'Goodbye'" (The Promise) Music by David Shire. Lyrics by Alan and Marilyn Bergman.

Animated Short Film

• Dream Doll
• Every Child
• It's So Nice to Have a Wolf Around the House

Live Action Short Film

• Board and Care
• Bravery in the Field
• Oh Brother, My Brother
• The Solar Film
• Solly's Diner

Sound

• Apocalypse Now
• The Electric Horseman
• Meteor
• 1941
• The Rose

Sound Editing

• The Black Hole

Visual Effects

• Alien
• The Black Hole
• Moonraker
• 1941
• Star Trek - The Motion Picture