BAFTA 1979: British Academy Film Awards (Movies from 1978)
1977
9 nominations - 1 award
Nominations - Close Encounters of the Third Kind
- Best Film
- Best Director (Steven Spielberg)
- Best Supporting Actor (François Truffaut)
- Best Screenplay (Steven Spielberg)
- Best Cinematographer (Vilmos Zsigmond)
- Best Editing (Michael Kahn)
- Best Music Score (Gene S. Cantamessa, Robert Knudson, Don MacDougall, Robert Glass, Stephen Katz, Frank E. Warner, Richard Oswald, David M. Horton, Sam Gemette, Gary S. Gerlich, Chester Slomka, Neil Burrow)
- Best Production Design (Joe Alves) Winner
- Anthony Asquith Award for Film Music (John Williams)