7th Saturn Awards explained

Number:	7
Award:	Saturn Awards
Date:	July 26, 1980
Site:	California, U.S.
Most Wins:	Alien Love at First Bite Time After Time (3)
Last:	6th
Next:	8th

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 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 – as Captain James T. Kirk	*Mary Steenburgen – Time After Time* as Amy Robbins** Persis Khambatta – 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 – 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 – as Uhura
Best Director	Best Writing
Ridley Scott – Alien John Badham – Dracula Nicholas Meyer – Time After Time Peter Weir – The Last Wave Robert Wise –	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 –	Jean-Pierre Dorleac – Buck Rogers in the 25th Century Jean-Pierre Dorleac – Battlestar Galactica (Episode: "Pilot") Gisela Storch – Nosferatu the Vampyre Robert Fletcher – 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 –	John Dykstra, Douglas Trumbull, and Richard Yuricich – 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

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