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13th Satellite Awards

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Best drama film
  
Slumdog Millionaire

Best television drama
  
Dexter

Other ceremonies
  
2007, 2009

Best comedy/musical film
  
Happy-Go-Lucky

Date
  
14 December 2008

Best director
  
Danny Boyle for Slumdog Millionaire

Best television comedy
  
Tracey Ullman's State of the Union

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

Contents

Top 10 films

  • Ballast
  • Changeling
  • Doubt
  • The Dark Knight
  • Frost/Nixon
  • Frozen River
  • Milk
  • The Reader
  • Revolutionary Road
  • Slumdog Millionaire
  • Auteur Award

  • Baz Luhrmann for his signature scope and style of filmmaking.
  • Best Actor - Drama

    Richard Jenkins - The Visitor

  • Leonardo DiCaprio - Revolutionary Road
  • Frank Langella - Frost/Nixon
  • Sean Penn - Milk
  • Mickey Rourke - The Wrestler
  • Mark Ruffalo - What Doesn't Kill You
  • Best Actor - Musical or Comedy

    Ricky Gervais - Ghost Town

  • Josh Brolin - W.
  • Michael Cera - Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist
  • Brendan Gleeson - In Bruges
  • Sam Rockwell - Choke
  • Mark Ruffalo - The Brothers Bloom
  • Best Actress - Drama

    Angelina Jolie - Changeling

  • Anne Hathaway - Rachel Getting Married
  • Melissa Leo - Frozen River
  • Meryl Streep - Doubt
  • Kristin Scott Thomas - I've Loved You So Long (Il y a longtemps que je t'aime)
  • Kate Winslet - The Reader
  • Best Actress - Musical or Comedy

    Sally Hawkins - Happy-Go-Lucky

  • Kat Dennings - Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist
  • Catherine Deneuve - A Christmas Tale (Un conte de Noël)
  • Lisa Kudrow - Kabluey
  • Debra Messing - Nothing Like the Holidays
  • Meryl Streep - Mamma Mia!
  • Best Animated or Mixed Media Film

    WALL-E

  • Bolt
  • Horton Hears a Who!
  • The Sky Crawlers
  • The Tale of Despereaux
  • Waltz with Bashir (Vals im Bashir)
  • Best Art Direction and Production Design

    Australia

  • Brideshead Revisited
  • City of Ember
  • The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
  • The Duchess
  • Revolutionary Road
  • Best Cinematography

    Australia

  • Brideshead Revisited
  • Changeling
  • The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
  • The Duchess
  • Snow Angels
  • Best Costume Design

    The Duchess

  • Australia
  • Brideshead Revisited
  • City of Ember
  • The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
  • Sex and the City
  • Best Director

    Danny Boyle - Slumdog Millionaire

  • Stephen Daldry - The Reader
  • Ron Howard - Frost/Nixon
  • Tom McCarthy - The Visitor
  • Christopher Nolan - The Dark Knight
  • Gus Van Sant - Milk
  • Best Documentary Film

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

  • Encounters at the End of the World
  • Pray the Devil Back to Hell
  • Religulous
  • Waltz with Bashir (Vals im Bashir)
  • Best Editing

    Iron Man

  • Australia
  • The Dark Knight
  • Frost/Nixon
  • Quantum of Solace
  • Slumdog Millionaire
  • Best Film - Drama

    Slumdog Millionaire

  • Frost/Nixon
  • Frozen River
  • Milk
  • The Reader
  • Revolutionary Road
  • Best Film - Musical or Comedy

    Happy-Go-Lucky

  • Choke
  • In Bruges
  • Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist
  • Tropic Thunder
  • Vicky Cristina Barcelona
  • Best Foreign Language Film

    Gomorrah • Italy

  • Caramel • France/Lebanon
  • The Class (Entre les murs) • France
  • Let the Right One In (Låt den rätte komma in) • Sweden
  • Reprise • Norway
  • Sangre de mi sangre • Argentina
  • Best Original Score

    Slumdog Millionaire - A.R. Rahman

  • Australia - David Hirschfelder
  • Horton Hears a Who! - John Powell
  • Milk - Danny Elfman
  • Quantum of Solace - David Arnold
  • WALL-E - Thomas Newman
  • Best Original Song

    "Another Way to Die" - Quantum of Solace

  • "By the Boab Tree" - Australia
  • "If the World" - Body of Lies
  • "Jai Ho" - Slumdog Millionaire
  • "Down to Earth" - WALL-E
  • "The Wrestler" - The Wrestler
  • Best Screenplay - Adapted

    Frost/Nixon - Peter Morgan

  • The Curious Case of Benjamin Button - Eric Roth and Robin Swicord
  • Doubt - John Patrick Shanley
  • Elegy - Philip Roth
  • The Reader - David Hare
  • Revolutionary Road - Justin Haythe
  • Slumdog Millionaire - Simon Beaufoy
  • Best Screenplay - Original

    The Visitor - Tom McCarthy

  • Australia - Baz Luhrmann
  • Frozen River - Courtney Hunt
  • Milk - Dustin Lance Black
  • Seven Pounds - Grant Nieporte
  • Best Sound (Mixing and Editing)

    The Dark Knight

  • Australia
  • The Day the Earth Stood Still
  • Iron Man
  • Quantum of Solace
  • WALL-E
  • Best Supporting Actor

    Michael Shannon - Revolutionary Road

  • Robert Downey, Jr. - Tropic Thunder
  • James Franco - Milk
  • Philip Seymour Hoffman - Doubt
  • Heath Ledger - The Dark Knight (posthumous)
  • Rade Sherbedgia - Fugitive Pieces
  • Best Supporting Actress

    Rosemarie DeWitt - Rachel Getting Married

  • Penélope Cruz - Elegy
  • Anjelica Huston - Choke
  • Beyoncé - Cadillac Records
  • Sophie Okonedo - The Secret Life of Bees
  • Emma Thompson - Brideshead Revisited
  • Best Visual Effects

    Australia

  • The Dark Knight
  • The Day the Earth Stood Still
  • Iron Man
  • Quantum of Solace
  • Best Actor - Drama Series

    Bryan Cranston - Breaking Bad

  • Gabriel Byrne - In Treatment
  • Michael C. Hall - Dexter
  • Jon Hamm - Mad Men
  • Jason Isaacs - Brotherhood
  • David Tennant - Doctor Who
  • Best Actor - Musical or Comedy Series

    Justin Kirk - Weeds

  • Alec Baldwin - 30 Rock
  • Danny DeVito - It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
  • David Duchovny - Californication
  • Jonny Lee Miller - Eli Stone
  • Lee Pace - Pushing Daisies
  • Best Actor - Miniseries or TV Film

    Paul Giamatti - John Adams

  • Benedict Cumberbatch - The Last Enemy
  • Ralph Fiennes - Bernard and Doris
  • Stellan Skarsgård - God on Trial
  • Kevin Spacey - Recount
  • Tom Wilkinson - Recount
  • Best Actress - Drama Series

    Anna Paquin - True Blood

  • Glenn Close - Damages
  • Kathryn Erbe - Law and Order: Criminal Intent
  • Holly Hunter - Saving Grace
  • Sally Field - Brothers and Sisters
  • Kyra Sedgwick - The Closer
  • Best Actress - Musical or Comedy Series

    Tracey Ullman - Tracey Ullman's State of the Union

  • Christina Applegate - Samantha Who?
  • America Ferrera - Ugly Betty
  • Tina Fey - 30 Rock
  • Julia Louis-Dreyfus - The New Adventures of Old Christine
  • Mary-Louise Parker - Weeds
  • Best Actress - Miniseries or TV Film

    Judi Dench - Cranford

  • Jacqueline Bisset - An Old Fashioned Thanksgiving
  • Laura Linney - John Adams
  • Phylicia Rashad - A Raisin in the Sun
  • Susan Sarandon - Bernard and Doris
  • Julie Walters - Filth: The Mary Whitehouse Story
  • Best Series - Drama

    Dexter

  • Brotherhood
  • In Treatment
  • Life on Mars
  • Mad Men
  • Primeval
  • Best Series - Musical or Comedy

    Tracey Ullman's State of the Union

  • 30 Rock
  • The Colbert Report
  • It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
  • Pushing Daisies
  • Skins
  • Best Miniseries

    Cranford

  • John Adams
  • The Last Enemy
  • Best TV Film

    Filth: The Mary Whitehouse Story

  • The Memory Keeper's Daughter
  • Bernard and Doris
  • God on Trial
  • Recount
  • 24: Redemption
  • Best Supporting Actor - Series, Miniseries or TV Film

    Nelsan Ellis - True Blood

  • Zeljko Ivanek - Damages
  • Harvey Keitel - Life on Mars
  • John Noble - Fringe
  • John Slattery - Mad Men
  • Jimmy Smits - Dexter
  • Best Supporting Actress - Series, Miniseries or TV Film

    Fionnula Flanagan - Brotherhood

  • Kristin Chenoweth - Pushing Daisies
  • Laura Dern - Recount
  • Sarah Polley - John Adams
  • Dianne Wiest - In Treatment
  • Chandra Wilson - Grey's Anatomy
  • Film

    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

    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

    References

    13th Satellite Awards Wikipedia