# 7th Saturn Awards

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.

### 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 |

### Special awards
#### Hall of Fame

* The Rocky Horror Picture Show

#### Life Career Award

* Gene Roddenberry
* William Shatner

#### George Pal Memorial Award

* John Badham

#### Most Popular International Performer

* Roger Moore

#### Outstanding Achievement to the Academy

* Robert V. Michelucci
* William G. Wilson Jr.