Academy Award for Best Visual Effects 1980
52nd Academy Awards · held April 14, 1980 · 5 nominees
- Winner Alien · Brian Johnson, Carlo Rambaldi, Dennis Ayling, H. R. Giger, Nick Allder
- Nominee 1941 · A. D. Flowers, Greg Jein, William A. Fraker
- Nominee Moonraker · Derek Meddings, John Evans, Paul Wilson
- Nominee Star Trek: The Motion Picture · David K. Stewart, Douglas Trumbull, Grant McCune, John Dykstra, Richard Yuricich, Robert Swarthe
- Nominee The Black Hole · Art Cruickshank, Danny Lee, Eustace Lycett, Harrison Ellenshaw, Joe Hale, Peter Ellenshaw