Best Picture & Directing
Best Picture
Winner
Annie Hall
Charles H. Joffe, producer
The Goodbye Girl
Julia
Star Wars
The Turning Point
Best Director
Winner
Woody Allen
Annie Hall
Steven Spielberg— Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Fred Zinnemann— Julia
George Lucas— Star Wars
Herbert Ross— The Turning Point
Acting
Best Actor
Winner
Richard Dreyfuss
The Goodbye Girl
Woody Allen— Annie Hall
Richard Burton— Equus
Marcello Mastroianni— A Special Day
John Travolta— Saturday Night Fever
Best Actress
Winner
Diane Keaton
Annie Hall
Anne Bancroft— The Turning Point
Jane Fonda— Julia
Shirley MacLaine— The Turning Point
Marsha Mason— The Goodbye Girl
Best Supporting Actor
Winner
Jason Robards
Julia
Mikhail Baryshnikov— The Turning Point
Peter Firth— Equus
Alec Guinness— Star Wars
Best Supporting Actress
Winner
Vanessa Redgrave
Julia
Leslie Browne— The Turning Point
Quinn Cummings— The Goodbye Girl
Melinda Dillon— Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Writing
Best Original Screenplay
Winner
Woody Allen, Marshall Brickman
Annie Hall
Neil Simon— The Goodbye Girl
Robert Benton— The Late Show
George Lucas— Star Wars
Arthur Laurents— The Turning Point
Best Adapted Screenplay
Winner
Alvin Sargent
Julia
Peter Shaffer— Equus
Gavin Lambert, Lewis John Carlino— I Never Promised You a Rose Garden
Larry Gelbart— Oh, God!
Luis Buñuel, Jean-Claude Carrière— That Obscure Object of Desire
Music
Best Original Score
Winner
John Williams
Star Wars
Georges Delerue— Julia
Maurice Jarre— Mohammad, Messenger of God
Marvin Hamlisch— The Spy Who Loved Me
Best Score (Adaptation)
Winner
Jonathan Tunick
A Little Night Music
Al Kasha, Joel Hirschhorn, Irwin Kostal— Pete's Dragon
Richard M. Sherman, Robert B. Sherman, Angela Morley— The Slipper and the Rose
Best Original Song
Winner
"You Light Up My Life" — Joseph Brooks
You Light Up My Life
“Someone’s Waiting for You” — Sammy Fain, Carol Connors, Ayn Robbins— The Rescuers
“The Slipper and the Rose Waltz” — Richard M. Sherman, Robert B. Sherman— The Slipper and the Rose
“Nobody Does It Better” — Marvin Hamlisch, Carole Bayer Sager— The Spy Who Loved Me
“Candle on the Water” — Al Kasha, Joel Hirschhorn— Pete's Dragon
“You Light Up My Life” — Joseph Brooks— You Light Up My Life
Technical
Best Cinematography
Winner
Vilmos Zsigmond
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Fred J. Koenekamp— Islands in the Stream
Douglas Slocombe— Julia
William A. Fraker— Looking for Mr. Goodbar
Robert Surtees— The Turning Point
Best Film Editing
Winner
Michael Kahn
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Walter Murch— Julia
Walter Hannemann, Angelo Ross— Smokey and the Bandit
Paul Hirsch, Marcia Lucas, Richard Chew— Star Wars
William Reynolds— The Turning Point
Art Direction & Costume
Best Art Direction
Winner
John Barry, Norman Reynolds, Leslie Dilley, Roger Christian
Star Wars
George C. Webb, Mickey S. Michaels— Airport '77
Joe Alves, Dan Lomino, Phil Abramson— Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Ken Adam, Peter Lamont, Hugh Scaife— The Spy Who Loved Me
Albert Brenner, Marvin March— The Turning Point
Best Costume Design
Winner
John Mollo
Star Wars
Edith Head, Burton Miller— Airport '77
Anthea Sylbert— Julia
Florence Klotz— A Little Night Music
Irene Sharaff— The Other Side of Midnight
Sound & Visual Effects
Best Sound Recording
Winner
Don MacDougall, Ray West, Bob Minkler, Derek Ball
Star Wars
Richard Knudson, Robert J. Glass, Don MacDougall, Gene S. Cantamessa— Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Walter Gross, Dick Alexander, Tom Beckert, Robin Gregory— The Deep
Robert Knudson, Robert J. Glass, Richard Tyler, Jean-Louis Ducarme— Sorcerer
Theodore Soderberg, Paul Wells, Douglas O. Williams, Jerry Jost— The Turning Point
Best Visual Effects (Special Achievement)
Winner
John Stears, John Dykstra, Richard Edlund, Grant McCune, Robert Blalack
Star Wars
Documentary & Short Films
Best Animated Short
Winner
Sand Castle
Co Hoedeman, National Film Board of Canada
Ishu Patel— The Bead Game
John Hubley, Faith Hubley, Garry Trudeau— The Doonesbury Special
James Picker, Robert Grossman, Craig Whitaker— Jimmy the C
Best Documentary Feature
Winner
Who Are the DeBolts? And Where Did They Get Nineteen Kids?
John Korty
Robert Dornhelm, Earle Mack— The Children of Theatre Street
Bill Brind, Torben Schioler, Tony Ianzelo— High Grass Circus
Harry Rasky— Homage to Chagall — The Colours of Love
James Klein, Julia Reichert, Miles Mogulescu— Union Maids
International Film
Best Foreign Language Film
Winner
Madame Rosa
France — Moshe Mizrahi
Iphigenia
Operation Thunderbolt
A Special Day
That Obscure Object of Desire