Awards for 1978
Oscar
Best Picture
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Best Actor in a Leading Role
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Best Actress in a Leading Role
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Best Actor in a Supporting Role
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Julia: Jason Robards
Jason Robards was not present at the ceremony. Presenters Maggie Smith and Michael Caine accepted the award on his behalf.
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Best Actress in a Supporting Role
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Best Director
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Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen
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Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium
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Best Cinematography
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Best Art Direction-Set Decoration
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Best Costume Design
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Best Sound
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Best Film Editing
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Best Effects, Visual Effects
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Best Music, Original Song
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Best Music, Original Score
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Best Music, Original Song Score and Its Adaptation or Best Adaptation Score
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Best Short Film, Animated
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Best Short Film, Live Action
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Best Documentary, Short Subjects
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Best Documentary, Features
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Best Foreign Language Film
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Special Achievement Award
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Star Wars: Ben Burtt (as Benjamin Burtt Jr.)
For sound effects. (For the creation of the alien, creature and robot voices.)
Honorary Award
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Margaret Booth
For her exceptional contribution to the art of film editing in the motion picture industry.
Medal of Commendation
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Gordon Sawyer,
Sidney P. Solow
In appreciation for outstanding service and dedication in upholding the high standards of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award
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Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award
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Academy Award of Merit
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Garrett Brown (The Cinema Products Corp. Engineering Staff under the supervision of John Jurgens)
For the invention and development of Steadicam.
The award was presented outside the technical awards ceremony as part of the main ceremony on 3 April.
Scientific and Engineering Award
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Joseph D. Kelley (Glen Glenn Sound), Emory M. Cohen (Glen Glenn Sound), Barry K. Henley (Glen Glenn Sound), Hammond H. Holt (Glen Glenn Sound), John Agalsoff Sr. (Glen Glenn Sound)
For the concept and development of a post-production audio processing system for motion picture films.
(Panavision, Inc.)
For the concept and engineering of the improvements incorporated in the Panaflex Motion Picture Camera.
John Dykstra,
Alvah J. Miller,
Jerry Jeffress
For the development of the Dykstraflex Camera (Dykstra) and the engineering of the Electronic Motion Control System (Miller/Jeffress used in concert for multiple exposure visual effects motion picture photography.
(Eastman Kodak Co.)
For the development and introduction of a new duplicating film for motion pictures.
Stefan Kudelski (Nagra Magnetic Recorders, Inc.)
For the engineering of the improvements incorporated in the Nagra 4.2L sound recorder for motion picture production.
Technical Achievement Award
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Ernst F. Nettman (Astrovision Division of Continental Camera Systems, Inc.)
For the engineering of its Snorkel Aerial Camera System.
(EECO (Electronic Engineering Co. of California))
For developing a method for interlocking non-sprocketed film and tape media used in motion picture production.
Bernhard Kuhl (OSRAM GmbH), Werner Block (OSRAM GmbH)
For the development of the HMI high-efficiency discharge lamp for motion picture lighting.
(Panavision, Inc.)
For the design of Panalite, a camera-mounted controllable light for motion picture photography.
(Panavision, Inc.)
For the engineering of the Panahead gearhead for motion picture cameras.
(Piclear, Inc.)
For originating and developing an attachment to motion picture projectors to improve screen image quality.
company.