Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA: 1984

Saturn Award

Date:

24 March

Best Actor


Winner:
	Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983) - Mark Hamill (I)
Other Nominees:
	Blue Thunder (1983) - Roy Scheider Dead Zone, The (1983) - Christopher Walken Superman III (1983) - Christopher Reeve WarGames (1983) - Matthew Broderick (I)

Best Actress


Winner:
	Brainstorm (1983) - Louise Fletcher
Other Nominees:
	High Road to China (1983) - Bess Armstrong Mausoleum (1983/I) - Bobbie Bresee Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983) - Carrie Fisher WarGames (1983) - Ally Sheedy

Best Supporting Actor


Winner:
	Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983) - John Lithgow (I)
Other Nominees:
	Something Wicked This Way Comes (1983) - Jonathan Pryce Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983) - Billy Dee Williams Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983) - Scatman Crothers WarGames (1983) - John Wood (I)

Best Supporting Actress


Winner:
	Blue Thunder (1983) - Candy Clark
Other Nominees:
	Brainstorm (1983) - Natalie Wood (I) Octopussy (1983) - Maud Adams Psycho II (1983) - Meg Tilly Superman III (1983) - Annette O'Toole

Best Director


Winner:
	WarGames (1983) - John Badham
Other Nominees:
	Brainstorm (1983) - Douglas Trumbull Dead Zone, The (1983) - David Cronenberg Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983) - Richard Marquand Zelig (1983) - Woody Allen

Best Writing


Winner:
	Something Wicked This Way Comes (1983) - Ray Bradbury
Other Nominees:
	Dead Zone, The (1983) - Jeffrey Boam Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983) - Lawrence Kasdan; George Lucas Strange Invaders (1983) - Bill Condon; Michael Laughlin (I) WarGames (1983) - Lawrence Lasker; Walter F. Parkes

Best Costumes


Winner:
	Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983) - Aggie Guerard Rodgers; Nilo Rodis-Jamero
Other Nominees:
	Hunger, The (1983) - Milena Canonero Krull (1983) - Anthony Mendleson Pirates of Penzance, The (1983) - Tom Rand Something Wicked This Way Comes (1983) - Ruth Myers

Best Special Effects


Winner:
	Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983) - Richard Edlund; Dennis Muren; Ken Ralston (I)
Other Nominees:
	Brainstorm (1983) - Entertainment Effects Group Never Say Never Again (1983) - Ian Wingrove Something Wicked This Way Comes (1983) - Lee Dyer Strange Invaders (1983) - Chuck Comisky; Kenneth Jones (VI); Lawrence E. Benson; Private Stock Effects Inc.

Best Music


Winner:
	Brainstorm (1983) - James Horner
Other Nominees:
	Entity, The (1981) - Charles Bernstein (I) Krull (1983) - James Horner Something Wicked This Way Comes (1983) - James Horner Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983) - John Williams (I)

Best Horror Film


Winner:
	Dead Zone, The (1983)
Other Nominees:
	Christine (1983) Cujo (1983) Keep, The (1983) Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983)

Best Science Fiction Film


Winner:
	Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983)
Other Nominees:
	Blue Thunder (1983) Brainstorm (1983) Strange Invaders (1983) WarGames (1983)

Best Fantasy Film


Winner:
	Something Wicked This Way Comes (1983)
Other Nominees:
	High Road to China (1983) Krull (1983) Never Say Never Again (1983) Octopussy (1983)

Best Make-Up


Winner:
	Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983) - Phil Tippett; Stuart Freeborn
Other Nominees:
	Hunger, The (1983) - Dick Smith (II); Carl Fullerton Nightmares (1983) - James R. Scribner Something Wicked This Way Comes (1983) - Gary Liddiard; James R. Scribner Strange Invaders (1983) - Ken Brooke