The winners of the 13th Annual Satellite Awards, honoring the best in film and television in 2008, were announced on December 14, 2008.

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Top 10 films [link]

Film categories [link]

Best Film - Drama

Slumdog Millionaire

Best Film - Musical or Comedy

Happy-Go-Lucky

Best Foreign Language Film

Gomorrah • Italy

Best Documentary Film

Anita O'Day: The Life of a Jazz Singer
Man on Wire

Best Actor - Drama

Richard Jenkins - The Visitor

Best Actor - Musical or Comedy

Ricky Gervais - Ghost Town

Best Actress - Drama

Angelina Jolie - Changeling

Best Actress - Musical or Comedy

Sally Hawkins - Happy-Go-Lucky

Best Supporting Actor

Michael Shannon - Revolutionary Road

Best Supporting Actress

Rosemarie DeWitt - Rachel Getting Married

Best Director

Danny Boyle - Slumdog Millionaire

Best Animated or Mixed Media Film

WALL-E

Best Art Direction and Production Design

Australia

Best Cinematography

Australia

Best Costume Design

The Duchess

Best Editing

Iron Man

Best Original Score

Slumdog Millionaire - A.R. Rahman

Best Original Song

"Another Way to Die" - Quantum of Solace

Best Screenplay - Adapted

Frost/Nixon - Peter Morgan

Best Screenplay - Original

The Visitor - Thomas McCarthy

Best Sound (Mixing and Editing)

The Dark Knight

Best Visual Effects

Australia

Television categories [link]

Best Series - Drama

Dexter

Best Series - Musical or Comedy

Tracey Ullman's State of the Union

Best Miniseries

Cranford

Best TV Film

Filth: The Mary Whitehouse Story

Best Actor - Drama Series

Bryan Cranston - Breaking Bad

Best Actor - Musical or Comedy Series

Justin Kirk - Weeds

Best Actor - Miniseries or TV Film

Paul Giamatti - John Adams

Best Actress - Drama Series

Anna Paquin - True Blood

Best Actress - Musical or Comedy Series

Tracey Ullman - Tracey Ullman's State of the Union

Best Actress - Miniseries or TV Film

Judi Dench - Cranford

Best Supporting Actor - Series, Miniseries or TV Film

Nelsan Ellis - True Blood

Best Supporting Actress - Series, Miniseries or TV Film

Fionnula Flanagan - Brotherhood

Awards breakdown [link]

Film [link]

Winners:

3 / 6 Slumdog Millionaire: Best Director, Film-Drama and Original Score
3 / 9 Australia: Best Art Direction/Production Design, Cinematography and Visual Effects
2 / 2 Happy-Go-Lucky: Best Actress and Film-Musical or Comedy
2 / 3 The Visitor: Best Actor-Drama and Original Screenplay
1 / 1 Ghost Town: Best Actor-Musical or Comedy
1 / 1 Gomorrah: Best Foreign Language Film
1 / 2 Changeling: Best Actress-Drama
1 / 2 Rachel Getting Married: Best Supporting Actress
1 / 3 The Duchess: Best Costume Design
1 / 3 Iron Man: Best Editing
1 / 3 WALL-E: Best Animated or Mixed Media Film
1 / 5 The Dark Knight: Best Sound
1 / 5 Frost/Nixon: Best Adapted Screenplay
1 / 5 Quantum of Solace: Best Original Song
1 / 5 Revolutionary Road: Best Supporting Actor

Losers:

0 / 6 Milk
0 / 4 Brideshead Revisited, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, The Reader
0 / 3 Choke, Doubt, Frozen River, Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist, The Wrestler
0 / 2 The Day the Earth Stood Still, Elegy, In Bruges

Television [link]

Winners:

2 / 2 Cranford: Best Actress-Miniseries or TV Film and Miniseries
2 / 2 Tracey Ullman's State of the Union: Best Actress and Series-Musical or Comedy
2 / 2 True Blood: Best Actress-Drama and Supporting Actor
1 / 1 Breaking Bad: Best Actor-Drama
1 / 2 Filth: The Mary Whitehouse Story: Best TV Film
1 / 2 Weeds: Best Actor-Musical or Comedy Series
1 / 3 Dexter: Best Series-Drama
1 / 3 Brotherhood: Best Supporting Actress
1 / 4 John Adams: Best Actor-Miniseries or TV Film

Losers:

0 / 4 Recount
0 / 3 30 Rock, Bernard and Doris, In Treatment, Mad Men, Pushing Daisies
0 / 2 Damages, God on Trial, Life on Mars

External links [link]


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Satellite Awards

The Satellite Awards are annual awards given by the International Press Academy that are commonly noted in entertainment industry journals and blogs. The awards were originally known as the Golden Satellite Awards. The award ceremonies take place each year at the InterContinental Hotel in Century City, Los Angeles.

In 2011, Satellite nominations in the motion picture categories have been pared down from 22 to 19 classifications; the change reflects the merger of drama and comedy under a general Best Picture heading, including the Best Actor/Actress headings and the Supporting headings.

Award categories

Film

  • Best Actor (includes previous drama, musical, and comedy awards*)
  • Best Actress (includes previous drama, musical, and comedy awards*)
  • Best Animated or Mixed Media Feature
  • Best Art Direction (and Production Design)
  • Best Cast (or Best Ensemble) (2004present)
  • Best Cinematography
  • Best Costume Design
  • Best Director
  • Best Documentary Film
  • Best Editing
  • Best Film (includes previous drama, musical, and comedy awards*)
  • 17th Satellite Awards

    The 17th Satellite Awards, honoring the year's outstanding performers, films, television shows, DVDs, and interactive media, were presented by the International Press Academy at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza in Los Angeles on December 16, 2012. Nominations were announced on December 3. Satellite nominations in the motion picture categories have been pared down from 22 to 19 classifications; the change reflects the merger of drama and comedy under a general Best Picture heading.

    The film Silver Linings Playbook won the most awards with five, including Best Film. The most television awards went to Homeland and The Big Bang Theory, with each winning three, including Best Drama Series and Best Comedy Series, respectively.

    Special achievement awards

    Mary Pickford Award (for outstanding contribution to the entertainment industry) – Terence Stamp

    Nikola Tesla Award (for visionary achievement in filmmaking technology ) – Walter Murch

    Auteur Award (for singular vision and unique artistic control over the elements of production) – Paul Williams

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