# 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.

## 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 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 |