British Academy Film Awards 1980
The 33rd British Academy Film Awards · Held March 20, 1980 · 16 categories · everything in 1980
Best Film
- Winner Manhattan · Woody Allen
- Nominee Apocalypse Now · Francis Ford Coppola
- Nominee The China Syndrome · James Bridges
- Nominee The Deer Hunter · Michael Cimino
Best Direction
- Winner Francis Ford Coppola · Apocalypse Now
- Nominee Woody Allen · Manhattan
- Nominee Michael Cimino · The Deer Hunter
- Nominee John Schlesinger · Yanks
Best Actor in a Leading Role
- Winner Jack Lemmon · The China Syndrome
- Nominee Martin Sheen · Apocalypse Now
- Nominee Woody Allen · Manhattan
- Nominee Robert De Niro · The Deer Hunter
Best Actress in a Leading Role
- Winner Jane Fonda · The China Syndrome
- Nominee Maggie Smith · California Suite
- Nominee Diane Keaton · Manhattan
- Nominee Meryl Streep · The Deer Hunter
Best Actor in a Supporting Role
- Winner Robert Duvall · Apocalypse Now
- Nominee John Hurt · Alien
- Nominee Denholm Elliott · Saint Jack
- Nominee Christopher Walken · The Deer Hunter
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
- Winner Rachel Roberts · Yanks
- Nominee Meryl Streep · Manhattan
- Nominee Mariel Hemingway · Manhattan
- Nominee Lisa Eichhorn · The Europeans
Best Screenplay
- Winner Manhattan · Woody Allen, Marshall Brickman
- Nominee The China Syndrome · Mike Gray, T. S. Cook, James Bridges
- Nominee The Deer Hunter · Deric Washburn
- Nominee Yanks · Colin Welland, Walter Bernstein
Best Documentary
- Winner The Tree of Wooden Clogs · Ermanno Olmi
Most Promising Newcomer to Leading Film Roles
- Winner Dennis Christopher · Breaking Away
- Nominee Sigourney Weaver · Alien
- Nominee Ray Winstone · That Summer!
- Nominee Gary Busey · The Buddy Holly Story
Best Original Music
- Winner Days of Heaven · Ennio Morricone
- Nominee Alien · Jerry Goldsmith
- Nominee Apocalypse Now · Carmine Coppola, Francis Ford Coppola
- Nominee Yanks · Richard Rodney Bennett
Best Cinematography
- Winner The Deer Hunter · Vilmos Zsigmond
- Nominee Apocalypse Now · Vittorio Storaro
- Nominee Manhattan · Gordon Willis
- Nominee Yanks · Dick Bush
Best Editing
- Winner The Deer Hunter · Peter Zinner
- Nominee Alien · Terry Rawlings
- Nominee Apocalypse Now · Richard Marks, Walter Murch, Gerald B. Greenberg, Lisa Fruchtman
- Nominee Manhattan · Susan E. Morse
Best Production Design
- Winner Alien · Michael Seymour
- Nominee Apocalypse Now · Dean Tavoularis
- Nominee The Europeans
- Nominee Yanks · Brian Morris
Best Costume Design
- Winner Yanks · Shirley Ann Russell
- Nominee Agatha · Shirley Ann Russell
- Nominee Alien · John Mollo
- Nominee The Europeans · Judy Moorcroft
Best Sound
- Winner Alien · Bill Rowe
- Nominee Apocalypse Now · Nat Boxer, Walter Murch
- Nominee Manhattan
- Nominee The Deer Hunter · Darin Knight, Richard Portman
Best British Short Film
- Winner Butch Minds the Baby
- Nominee Dilemma
- Nominee Dream Doll · Bob Godfrey
- Nominee Mr. Pascal · Alison de Vere