Best Dramatic Presentation, 1980

Alien

Ridley Scott; Screenplay by Dan O’Bannon; Story by Dan O’Bannon and Ronald Shusett

Also on the ballot

  • Time After Time (1979)Nicholas Meyer; Screenplay by Nicholas Meyer; Story by Karl Alexander & Steve Hayes
  • Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979)Robert Wise; Screenplay by Harold Livingston; Story by Alan Dean Foster and Gene Roddenberry
  • The Muppet Movie (1979)James Frawley; Written by Jack Burns and Jerry Juhl
  • The Black Hole (1979)Gary Nelson; Screenplay by Jeb Rosebrook and Gerry Day; Story by Jeb Rosebrook and Bob Barbash & Richard H. Landau