7th Saturn Awards

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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.

Ridley Scott, Best Director winner

George Hamilton, Best Actor winner

Mary Steenburgen, Best Actress winner

Arte Johnson, Best Supporting Actor winner

Veronica Cartwright, Best Supporting Actress winner

Nicholas Meyer, Best Writing winner

Miklós Rózsa, Best Music winner

Douglas Trumbull, Best Special Effects co-winner

William Shatner, Life Career Award co-winner

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