12th Saturn Awards

12th Saturn Awards
Date	June 9, 1985
Site	California, U.S.
Highlights
Most awards	Gremlins (5)
Most nominations	Gremlins (9)

The 12th Saturn Awards, honoring the best in science fiction, fantasy and horror film in 1984, were held on June 9, 1985.

Winners and nominees

Below is a complete list of nominees and winners. Winners are highlighted in bold.

Jeff Bridges, Best Actor winner.

Daryl Hannah, Best Actress winner.

Tracey Walter, Best Supporting Actor winner.

Joe Dante, Best Director winner.

James Cameron and Gale Anne Hurd, Best Writing winners.

Jerry Goldsmith, Best Music winner.

Film awards

Best Science Fiction Film	Best Fantasy Film
The Terminator Dune Starman 2010: The Year We Make Contact Star Trek III: The Search for Spock	Ghostbusters Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom The NeverEnding Story Splash
Best Horror Film	Best Performance by a Younger Actor
Gremlins Dreamscape Firestarter A Nightmare on Elm Street Creature	Noah Hathaway – The NeverEnding Story as Atreyu Drew Barrymore – Firestarter as Charlene "Charlie" McGee Jsu Garcia – A Nightmare on Elm Street as Rod Lane Corey Feldman – Gremlins as Pete Fountaine Jonathan Ke Quan – Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom as Short Round
Best Actor	Best Actress
Jeff Bridges – Starman as Starman George Burns – Oh, God! You Devil as God / Harry O. Tophet Harrison Ford – Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom as Indiana Jones Arnold Schwarzenegger – The Terminator as Terminator William Shatner – Star Trek III: The Search for Spock as James T. Kirk	Daryl Hannah – Splash as Madison Karen Allen – Starman as Jenny Hayden Nancy Allen – The Philadelphia Experiment as Allison Hayes Linda Hamilton – The Terminator as Sarah Connor Helen Slater – Supergirl as Kara Zor-El / Linda Lee / Supergirl
Best Supporting Actor	Best Supporting Actress
Tracey Walter – Repo Man as Miller John Candy – Splash as Freddie Bauer John Lithgow – The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension as Dr. Emilio Lizardo / Lord John Whorfin Dick Miller – Gremlins as Murray Futterman Robert Preston – The Last Starfighter as Centauri	Polly Holliday – Gremlins as Ruby Deagle Kirstie Alley – Runaway as Jackie Rogers Judith Anderson – Star Trek III: The Search for Spock as Vulcan High Priestess Grace Jones – Conan the Destroyer as Zula Mary Woronov – Night of the Comet as Audrey
Best Director	Best Writing
Joe Dante – Gremlins James Cameron – The Terminator Ron Howard – Splash Leonard Nimoy – Star Trek III: The Search for Spock Steven Spielberg – Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom	James Cameron and Gale Anne Hurd – The Terminator Earl Mac Rauch – The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension Chris Columbus – Gremlins Willard Huyck and Gloria Katz – Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom Alex Cox – Repo Man
Best Music	Best Costume
Jerry Goldsmith – Gremlins Ralph Burns – The Muppets Take Manhattan Giorgio Moroder and Klaus Doldinger – The NeverEnding Story Michel Colombier – Purple Rain Brad Fiedel – The Terminator	Bob Ringwood – Dune John Mollo – Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes Anthony Powell – Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom Robert Fletcher – Star Trek III: The Search for Spock Patricia Norris – 2010: The Year We Make Contact
Best Make-up	Best Special Effects
Stan Winston – The Terminator Giannetto De Rossi – Dune Greg LaCava – Gremlins Tom Smith – Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom Robert J. Schiffer – Splash	Chris Walas – Gremlins Barry Nolan – Dune Ralph Winter – Star Trek III: The Search for Spock Lawrence E. Benson – Creature Richard Edlund – 2010: The Year We Make Contact

Special awards

George Pal Memorial Award

• Douglas Trumbull

President's Award

• Jack Arnold

External links

• Official Website
• Past Winners Database. 1984 12th Saturn Awards