1978 Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards

The 4th Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards, honoring the best in film for 1978, were announced on 16 December 1978.

4th LAFCA Awards
Date	December 16, 1978
Highlights
Best Picture	Coming Home

Winners

• Best Picture:
  • Coming Home
• Best Director:
  • Michael Cimino – The Deer Hunter
  • Runners-up: Woody Allen – Interiors and Alan Parker – Midnight Express
• Best Actor:
  • Jon Voight – Coming Home
  • Runner-up: Gary Busey – The Buddy Holly Story
• Best Actress:
  • Jane Fonda – Coming Home, Comes a Horseman and California Suite
  • Runner-up: Ingrid Bergman – Autumn Sonata (Höstsonaten)
• Best Supporting Actor:
  • Robert Morley – Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe?
• Best Supporting Actress (tie):
  • Maureen Stapleton – Interiors
  • Mona Washbourne – Stevie
• Best Screenplay:
  • Paul Mazursky – An Unmarried Woman
  • Runners-up: Woody Allen – Interiors and Larry Gelbart and Sheldon Keller – Movie Movie
• Best Cinematography:
  • Néstor Almendros – Days of Heaven
  • Runners-up: Sven Nykvist – Pretty Baby
• Best Music Score:
  • Giorgio Moroder – Midnight Express
• Best Foreign Film:
  • Madame Rosa (La vie devant soi) • France
• New Generation Award:
  • Gary Busey
• Career Achievement Award:
  • Orson Welles

External links

• 4th Annual Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards