7th Saturn Awards

7th Saturn Awards
Date	July 26, 1980
Site	California, U.S.
Highlights
Most awards	Alien, Love at First Bite, Time After Time (3)
Most nominations	Star Trek: The Motion Picture (10)

The 7th 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 in 1979. They were awarded 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.

Douglas Trumbull, Best Special Effects 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 Christopher Lee – Arabian Adventure as Alquazar Frank Langella – Dracula as Count Dracula William Shatner – Star Trek: The Motion Picture as James T. Kirk Malcolm McDowell – Time After Time as H. G. Wells	Mary Steenburgen – Time After Time as Amy Robbins Sigourney Weaver – Alien as Ellen Ripley Margot Kidder – The Amityville Horror as Kathy Lutz Susan Saint James – Love at First Bite as Cindy Sondheim Persis Khambatta – Star Trek: The Motion Picture as Ilia
Best Supporting Actor	Best Supporting Actress
Arte Johnson – Love at First Bite as Renfield Donald Pleasence – Dracula as Dr. John Seward Richard Kiel – Moonraker as Jaws Leonard Nimoy – Star Trek: The Motion Picture as Spock David Warner – Time After Time as 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 Peter Weir – The Last Wave Robert Wise – Star Trek: The Motion Picture Nicholas Meyer – Time After Time	Nicholas Meyer – Time After Time Dan O'Bannon – Alien Gerry Day, Jeb Rosebrook – The Black Hole Robert Kaufman – Love at First Bite Jack Burns, Jerry Juhl – The Muppet Movie
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, 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, Ve Neill – Star Trek: The Motion Picture	John Dykstra, Douglas Trumbull, Richard Yuricich – Star Trek: The Motion Picture Nick Allder, Brian Johnson – Alien Peter Ellenshaw – The Black Hole John Evans, John Richardson – Moonraker Robbie Knott – The Muppet Movie

Special awards

George Pal Memorial Award

• John Badham

Hall of Fame

• The Rocky Horror Picture Show

Life Career Award

• Gene Roddenberry
• William Shatner

Most Popular International Performer

• Roger Moore

Outstanding Achievement to the Academy

• Robert V. Michelucci

External links

• Official Saturn Awards website
• https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000004/1980