Saturn Award ceremony 1976

The 3rd Saturn Award ceremony took place on January 31, 1976. The most important innovation was the first-time awarding of actor awards.

The most successful production with five awards was Frankenstein Junior .

Nominations and winners

category	Award winners	Movie	Nominations
Best science fiction film		Rollerball	The boy and his dog The Stepford women
Best horror film		Frankenstein Junior	Jessy - The Stairway to Death Fire Beetle The Phantom in Paradise The Rocky Horror Picture Show Vampira
Best fantasy film		Doc Savage - The man made of bronze	no further nominations
Best director	Mel Brooks	Frankenstein Junior	no further nominations
Best script	Harlan Ellison Ib J. Melchior	Special award for the entire work	no further nominations
Best camera	Douglas Slocombe	Rollerball	no further nominations
Best music	Miklós Rózsa	Special award for the entire work	no further nominations
Best special effects	Doug Napp Bill Taylor John Carpenter Dan O'Bannon	Dark Star	no further nominations
Best stop motion animation	Jim Danforth		no further nominations
Best equipment	Robert De Vestel Dale Hennesy	Frankenstein Junior	no further nominations
Best make-up	William Tuttle	Frankenstein Junior	no further nominations
Best Actor	Don Johnson James Caan	The boy and his dog rollerball	no further nominations
Best main actress	Katharine Ross	The Stepford wives	no further nominations
Best supporting actor	Marty Feldman	Frankenstein Junior	no further nominations
The best supporting actress	Ida Lupino	At night when the corpses are screaming	no further nominations
Best advertisement	Clark Ramsey	The White shark	no further nominations

category	Award winners	Movie	Nominations
Outstanding Film Award		The White shark
Life Career Award	Fritz Lang