6th Saturn Awards

6th Saturn Awards
Date	February 24, 1979
Site	California, U.S.
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The 6th Saturn Awards was the sixth ceremony in which media properties and personalities related to the science fiction, fantasy and horror which were released in the year 1978 were awarded by the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films. The ceremony was held on February 24, 1979.^[1]

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
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 (La Merveilleuse Visite) Watership Down The Wiz
Best Horror Film
The Wicker Man Halloween Dawn of the Dead Magic The Medusa Touch Piranha
Best Actor	Best Actress
Warren Beatty – Heaven Can Wait as Joe Pendleton/Leo Farnsworth/Tom Jarrett Christopher Lee – The Wicker Man as Lord Summerisle Laurence Olivier – The Boys from Brazil as Ezra Lieberman Christopher Reeve – Superman as Clark Kent/Superman 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 Susan Wheeler Diana Ross – The Wiz as Dorothy Ann-Margret – Magic as Peggy Ann Snow
Best Supporting Actor	Best Supporting Actress
Burgess Meredith – Magic as Ben Greene James Mason – Heaven Can Wait as Mr. Jordan Leonard Nimoy – Invasion of the Body Snatchers as David Kibner Michael Ansara – The Manitou as John Singing Rock Michael Jackson – The Wiz as Scarecrow	Dyan Cannon – Heaven Can Wait as Julia Farnsworth Uta Hagen – The Boys from Brazil as Frieda Maloney Valerie Perrine – Superman as Eve Teschmacher Mabel King – The Wiz as Evilene, the Wicked Witch of the West Brenda Vaccaro – Capricorn One as Kay Brubaker
Best Director	Best Writing
Philip Kaufman – Invasion of the Body Snatchers Warren Beatty, Buck Henry – Heaven Can Wait Franklin J. Schaffner – The Boys from Brazil Robin Hardy – The Wicker Man Richard Donner – Superman	Elaine May, Warren Beatty – Heaven Can Wait Heywood Gould – The Boys from Brazil Alfred Sole, Rosemary Ritvo – Communion Cliff Green – Picnic at Hanging Rock Anthony Shaffer – The Wicker Man
Best Music	Best Costumes
John Williams - Superman Jerry Goldsmith – The Boys from Brazil Dave Grusin – Heaven Can Wait Jerry Goldsmith – Magic Paul Giovanni – The Wicker Man	Theoni V. Aldredge – Eyes of Laura Mars Patricia Norris – Capricorn One Theadora Van Runkle, Richard Bruno – Heaven Can Wait Yvonne Blake, Richard Bruno – Superman Tony Walton – The Wiz
Best Make-up	Best Special Effects
William Tuttle, Rick Baker – The Fury Thomas R. Burman, Edouard F. Henriques – Invasion of the Body Snatchers Lee Harman, Vincent Callaghan, Lynn Donahue – Eyes of Laura Mars Joe McKinney, Thomas R. Burman – The Manitou Stan Winston – The Wiz	Colin Chilvers – Superman Henry Millar (Van der Veer Photo Effects) – Capricorn One Ira Anderson Jr. – Damien: Omen II Dell Rheaume, Russel Hessey – Invasion of the Body Snatchers Albert Whitlock – The Wiz

Special awards[]

Best Animation[]

• Watership Down

Best Television Performance[]

• 'Space Academy -

Best Production Design[]

• Superman - John Barry

Best Editing[]

• Piranha - Mark Goldblatt, Joe Dante

Best Set Decoration[]

• Star Wars - Roger Christian

Best Publicist[]

Best Cinematography[]

• Picnic at Hanging Rock - Russell Boyd

Special Awards[]

Golden Scroll of Merit[]

• Colossus: The Forbin Project - Stanley Chase

Special Honorary Award[]

• Margaret Hamilton

Life Career Award[]

• Christopher Lee

References[]

External links[]

• Official Saturn Awards website
• https://web.archive.org/web/20161206011155/http://akas.imdb.com/event/ev0000004/1979