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