The fifty-second Academy Awards were held on Monday, April 14, 1980 at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion of the Los Angeles Music Center. Johnny Carson hosted the event.
The 1979 Academy Award Winners
Picture: Kramer vs. KramerActor: Dustin Hoffman (Kramer vs. Kramer)
Actress: Sally Field (Norma Rae)
Supporting Actor: Melvyn Douglas (Being There)
Supporting Actress: Meryl Streep (Kramer vs. Kramer)
Director: Robert Benton (Kramer vs. Kramer)
Adapted Screenplay: Robert Benton (Kramer vs. Kramer)
Original Screenplay: Steve Tesich (Breaking Away)
Song: "It Goes Like It Goes" (Norma Rae)
Score: A Little Romance (Original) / All That Jazz (Adaptation)
Cinematography: Apocalypse Now
Costume Design: All That Jazz
Art / Set Decoration: All That Jazz
Film Editing: All That Jazz
Foreign Language Film: The Tin Drum (Federal Republic of Germany)
Sound: Apocalypse Now
Visual Effects: Alien
Short Films: Every Child (Animated) / Board and Care (Live Action)
Documentaries: Paul Robeson: Tribute to an Artist (Short) / Best Boy (Feature)
