1979 National Society of Film Critics Awards



14th NSFC Awards January 3, 1980

Best Film:  Breaking Away  The 14th National Society of Film Critics Awards, given on January 3, 1980, honored the best filmmaking of 1979.

Best Picture
1. Breaking Away 2. Kramer vs. Kramer 3. Manhattan 4. 10

Best Director
1. Woody Allen – Manhattan 1. Robert Benton – Kramer vs. Kramer 3. Peter Yates – Breaking Away 4. Blake Edwards – 10

Best Actor
1. Dustin Hoffman – Kramer vs. Kramer and Agatha 2. Peter Sellers – Being There 3. Nick Nolte – North Dallas Forty 4. Jack Lemmon – The China Syndrome 5. Klaus Kinski – Nosferatu the Vampyre (Nosferatu: Phantom der Nacht) and Woyzeck 5. Richard Pryor – Richard Pryor: Live in Concert 5. Roy Scheider – All That Jazz

Best Actress
1. Sally Field – Norma Rae 2. Hanna Schygulla – The Marriage of Maria Braun (Die Ehe der Maria Braun) 3. Bette Midler – The Rose 4. Diane Keaton – Manhattan

Best Supporting Actor
1. Frederic Forrest – Apocalypse Now and The Rose 2. Melvyn Douglas – Being There and The Seduction of Joe Tynan 3. Paul Dooley – Breaking Away 4. James Mason – Murder by Decree 4. James Woods – The Onion Field

Best Supporting Actress
1. Meryl Streep – Kramer vs. Kramer, Manhattan and The Seduction of Joe Tynan 2. Barbara Harris – The Seduction of Joe Tynan 3. Jane Alexander – Kramer vs. Kramer 3. Barbara Barrie – Breaking Away

Best Screenplay
1. Steve Tesich – Breaking Away 2. Woody Allen and Marshall Brickman – Manhattan 3. Robert Benton – Kramer vs. Kramer 4. Jerzy Kosinski and Robert C. Jones – Being There 5. Blake Edwards – 10

Best Cinematography
1. Caleb Deschanel – The Black Stallion and Being There 2. Vittorio Storaro – Apocalypse Now and Agatha 3. Néstor Almendros – Kramer vs. Kramer 4. Gordon Willis – Manhattan