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British Academy Film Awards

33rd edition

  • March 20, 1980
  • United Kingdom

The 33rd British Academy Film Awards, more commonly known as the BAFTAs, took place on 20 March 1980 at the Grosvenor House Hotel in London, honouring the best national and foreign films of 1979. Presented by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts, accolades were handed out for the best feature-length film and documentaries of any nationality that were screened at British cinemas in 1979.

Awards

Movie People Status
Best Picture
Manhattan Woody Allen - as producer(s) Winner
Apocalypse Now Francis Ford Coppola - as producer(s)
The China Syndrome James Bridges - as producer(s)
The Deer Hunter Michael Cimino - as producer(s)
Best Director
Apocalypse Now Francis Ford Coppola Winner
Yanks John Schlesinger
The Deer Hunter Michael Cimino
Manhattan Woody Allen
Best Actor in a Leading Role
The China Syndrome Jack Lemmon Winner
Apocalypse Now Martin Sheen
The Deer Hunter Robert De Niro
Manhattan Woody Allen
Best Actress in a Leading Role
The China Syndrome Jane Fonda Winner
Manhattan Diane Keaton
California Suite Maggie Smith
The Deer Hunter Meryl Streep
Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Apocalypse Now Robert Duvall Winner
The Deer Hunter Christopher Walken
Saint Jack Denholm Elliott
Alien John Hurt
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Yanks Rachel Roberts Winner
The Europeans Lisa Eichhorn
Manhattan Mariel Hemingway
Manhattan Meryl Streep
Most Promising Newcomer to Leading Film Roles
Breaking Away Dennis Christopher Winner
The Buddy Holly Story Gary Busey
That Summer! Ray Winstone
Alien Sigourney Weaver
Best Screenplay
Manhattan Woody Allen, Marshall Brickman Winner
The China Syndrome Mike Gray, T. S. Cook, James Bridges
The Deer Hunter Deric Washburn
Yanks Colin Welland, Walter Bernstein
Best Documentary Feature Film
The Tree of Wooden Clogs Ermanno Olmi Winner
Best Cinematography
The Deer Hunter Vilmos Zsigmond Winner
Apocalypse Now Vittorio Storaro
Manhattan Gordon Willis
Yanks Dick Bush
Best Original Score
Days of Heaven Ennio Morricone Winner
Alien Jerry Goldsmith
Apocalypse Now Carmine Coppola, Francis Ford Coppola
Yanks Richard Rodney Bennett
Best Film Editing
The Deer Hunter Peter Zinner Winner
Alien Terry Rawlings
Apocalypse Now Richard Marks, Walter Murch, Gerald B. Greenberg, Lisa Fruchtman
Manhattan Susan E. Morse
Best Sound
Alien Derrick Leather, Jim Shields, Bill Rowe Winner
Apocalypse Now Nat Boxer, Richard Cirincione, Walter Murch
The Deer Hunter Darin Knight, Jim Klinger, Richard Portman
Manhattan James Sabat, Dan Sable, Jack Higgins
Best Production Design
Alien Michael Seymour Winner
Apocalypse Now Dean Tavoularis
The Europeans Jeremiah Rusconi
Yanks Brian Morris
Best Costume Design
Yanks Shirley Ann Russell Winner
Agatha Shirley Ann Russell
Alien John Mollo
The Europeans Judy Moorcroft
Best Short Film (Live Action)
Butch Minds the Baby Peter Webb Winner
Dilemma Clive Mitchell
Dream Doll Bob Godfrey
Mr. Pascal Alison de Vere
BAFTA Fellowship
John Huston Winner
Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema Award
Children's Film Foundation Winner
Statistics

Most Awarded

2 or more wins
  • Alien 2
  • Apocalypse Now 2
  • The China Syndrome 2
  • The Deer Hunter 2
  • Manhattan 2
  • Yanks 2

Most Nominated

3 or more nominations
  • Manhattan 10
  • Apocalypse Now 9
  • The Deer Hunter 9
  • Alien 7
  • Yanks 7
  • The China Syndrome 4
  • The Europeans 3

Most Unluckiest

wins / nominations
  • Manhattan 2 / 10
  • Apocalypse Now 2 / 9
  • The Deer Hunter 2 / 9
  • Alien 2 / 7
  • Yanks 2 / 7
  • The Europeans 0 / 3
  • The China Syndrome 2 / 4

Only one nomination

12 movies:
  • Agatha
  • Breaking Away
  • The Buddy Holly Story
  • Butch Minds the Baby
  • California Suite
  • Days of Heaven
  • Dilemma
  • Dream Doll
  • Mr. Pascal
  • Saint Jack
  • That Summer!
  • The Tree of Wooden Clogs