17th Satellite Awards

17th Satellite Awards
Date	December 16, 2012
Highlights
Best film	Silver Linings Playbook
Best director	David O. Russell for Silver Linings Playbook
Best television drama	Homeland
Best television comedy	The Big Bang Theory

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.^[1]

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

Honorary Satellite Award – Bruce Davison and Brian Edwards^[2][3][4]

Newcomer Award – Quvenzhané Wallis in Beasts of the Southern Wild

Humanitarian Award (for making a difference in the lives of those in the artistic community and beyond) – Benh Zeitlin for Beasts of the Southern Wild

Source:^[5]

Motion picture winners and nominees

Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold.^[5]

Best Film	Best Director
Silver Linings Playbook Argo Beasts of the Southern Wild Les Misérables Life of Pi Lincoln Moonrise Kingdom The Sessions Skyfall Zero Dark Thirty	David O. Russell – Silver Linings Playbook Ben Affleck – Argo Kathryn Bigelow – Zero Dark Thirty Kim Ki-duk – Pietà Ben Lewin – The Sessions Steven Spielberg – Lincoln
Best Actor	Best Actress
Bradley Cooper – Silver Linings Playbook Daniel Day-Lewis – Lincoln John Hawkes – The Sessions Hugh Jackman – Les Misérables Joaquin Phoenix – The Master Omar Sy – The Intouchables Denzel Washington – Flight	Jennifer Lawrence – Silver Linings Playbook Laura Birn – Purge Jessica Chastain – Zero Dark Thirty Émilie Dequenne – Our Children Keira Knightley – Anna Karenina Laura Linney – Hyde Park on Hudson Emmanuelle Riva – Amour
Best Supporting Actor	Best Supporting Actress
Javier Bardem – Skyfall Robert De Niro – Silver Linings Playbook John Goodman – Flight Philip Seymour Hoffman – The Master Tommy Lee Jones – Lincoln Eddie Redmayne – Les Misérables	Anne Hathaway – Les Misérables Amy Adams – The Master Samantha Barks – Les Misérables Judi Dench – Skyfall Helene Florent – Café de Flore Helen Hunt – The Sessions
Best Original Screenplay	Best Adapted Screenplay
Zero Dark Thirty – Mark Boal Flight – John Gatins The Intouchables – Eric Toledano and Olivier Nakache The Master – Paul Thomas Anderson Moonrise Kingdom – Wes Anderson and Roman Coppola Pietà – Kim Ki-duk	Life of Pi – David Magee Anna Karenina – Tom Stoppard Argo – Chris Terrio Lincoln – Tony Kushner Silver Linings Playbook – David O. Russell The Sessions – Ben Lewin
Best Animated or Mixed Media Film	Best Foreign Language Film
Rise of the Guardians Brave Frankenweenie Ice Age: Continental Drift Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted ParaNorman Wreck-It Ralph	The Intouchables (France) (tie) Pietà (South Korea) (tie) Amour (Austria) Beyond the Hills (Romania) Caesar Must Die (Italy) Kon-Tiki (Norway) Our Children (Belgium) A Royal Affair (Denmark) War Witch (Canada)
Best Documentary Film	Best Cinematography
Chasing Ice Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry The Central Park Five The Gatekeepers Marina Abramović: The Artist is Present The Pruitt-Igoe Myth Searching for Sugar Man West of Memphis	Life of Pi – Claudio Miranda Anna Karenina – Seamus McGarvey Beasts of the Southern Wild – Ben Richardson Lincoln – Janusz Kamiński The Master – Mihai Mălaimare Jr. Skyfall – Roger Deakins
Best Original Score	Best Original Song
Argo – Alexandre Desplat Anna Karenina – Dario Marianelli Beasts of the Southern Wild – Benh Zeitlin and Dan Romer Lincoln – John Williams The Master – Jonny Greenwood Skyfall – Thomas Newman	"Suddenly" – Les Misérables "Fire in the Blood/Snake Song" – Lawless "Learn Me Right" – Brave "Love Always Comes As a Surprise" – Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted "Skyfall" – Skyfall "Still Alive" – Paul Williams Still Alive
Best Visual Effects	Best Art Direction and Production Design
Flight Cloud Atlas The Dark Knight Rises Life of Pi Prometheus Skyfall	Lincoln Anna Karenina The Dark Knight Rises Les Misérables The Master A Royal Affair
Best Film Editing	Best Sound (Editing and Mixing)
Silver Linings Playbook Cloud Atlas Flight Les Misérables The Sessions Zero Dark Thirty	Les Misérables Flight Kon-Tiki Life of Pi Prometheus Snow White and the Huntsman
Best Costume Design	Best Ensemble (Cast)
A Royal Affair Anna Karenina Cloud Atlas Farewell, My Queen Les Misérables Snow White and the Huntsman	Les Miserábles Hugh Jackman, Russell Crowe, Anne Hathaway, Amanda Seyfried Eddie Redmayne, Samantha Barks, Helena Bonham Carter, Sacha Baron Cohen

Television winners and nominees

Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold.^[5]

Best Drama Series	Best Comedy or Musical Series
Homeland – Showtime Breaking Bad – AMC Downton Abbey – PBS Game of Thrones – HBO The Good Wife – CBS Justified – FX The Newsroom – HBO Nashville – ABC	The Big Bang Theory – CBS Community – NBC Girls – HBO Happy Endings – ABC Modern Family – ABC The Office – NBC Parks and Recreation – NBC Up All Night – NBC
Best Miniseries or TV Film	Best Genre Series
Hatfields & McCoys – History Birdsong – PBS The Crimson Petal and the White – BBC America Game Change – HBO Hemingway & Gellhorn – HBO Luther – BBC America Sherlock – PBS Wallander – PBS	The Walking Dead – AMC American Horror Story: Asylum – FX Arrow – The CW Fringe – Fox Grimm – NBC Once Upon a Time – ABC Revolution – NBC Supernatural – The CW
Best Actor in a Drama Series	Best Actress in a Drama Series
Damian Lewis – Homeland as Nicholas Brody Bryan Cranston – Breaking Bad as Walter White Jeff Daniels – The Newsroom as Will McAvoy Jon Hamm – Mad Men as Don Draper Jonny Lee Miller – Elementary as Sherlock Holmes Timothy Olyphant – Justified as Raylan Givens	Claire Danes – Homeland as Carrie Mathison Connie Britton – Nashville as Rayna Jaymes Michelle Dockery – Downton Abbey as Lady Mary Crawley Julianna Margulies – The Good Wife as Alicia Florrick Hayden Panettiere – Nashville as Juliette Barnes Chloë Sevigny – Hit & Miss as Mia
Best Actor in a Musical or Comedy Series	Best Actress in a Musical or Comedy Series
Johnny Galecki – The Big Bang Theory as Dr. Leonard Hofstadter Will Arnett – Up All Night as Chris Brinkley Don Cheadle – House of Lies as Marty Kaan Louis C.K. – Louie as Louie Joel McHale – Community as Jeff Winger Jim Parsons – The Big Bang Theory as Dr. Sheldon Cooper	Kaley Cuoco – The Big Bang Theory as Penny Christina Applegate – Up All Night as Reagan Brinkley Laura Dern – Enlightened as Amy Jellicoe Lena Dunham – Girls as Hannah Horvath Julia Louis-Dreyfus – Veep as Vice President Selina Meyer Amy Poehler – Parks and Recreation as Leslie Knope
Best Actor in a Miniseries or TV Film	Best Actress in a Miniseries or TV Film
Benedict Cumberbatch – Sherlock as Sherlock Holmes Kenneth Branagh – Wallander as Kurt Wallander Kevin Costner – Hatfields & McCoys as Devil Anse Hatfield Idris Elba – Luther as Det. John Luther Woody Harrelson – Game Change as Steve Schmidt Clive Owen – Hemingway & Gellhorn as Ernest Hemingway	Julianne Moore – Game Change as Sarah Palin Gillian Anderson – Great Expectations as Miss Havisham Romola Garai – The Crimson Petal and the White as Sugar Nicole Kidman – Hemingway & Gellhorn as Martha Gellhorn Sienna Miller – The Girl as Tippi Hedren Sigourney Weaver – Political Animals as Elaine Barrish
Best Supporting Actor in a Series, Miniseries, or TV Movie	Best Supporting Actress in a Series, Miniseries, or TV Movie
Neal McDonough – Justified as Robert Quarles Powers Boothe – Nashville as Lamar Wyatt Jim Carter – Downton Abbey as Charles Carson Peter Dinklage – Game of Thrones as Tyrion Lannister Giancarlo Esposito – Breaking Bad as Gus Fring Evan Peters – American Horror Story: Asylum as Kit Walker	Maggie Smith – Downton Abbey as Violet, Dowager Countess of Grantham Mayim Bialik – The Big Bang Theory as Dr. Amy Farrah Fowler Christina Hendricks – Mad Men as Joan Harris Sarah Paulson – Game Change as Nicolle Wallace Maya Rudolph – Up All Night as Ava Alexander Mare Winningham – Hatfields & McCoys as Sally McCoy

New media winners

Best Action/Adventure Game	Best Mobile Game
Binary Domain (Yakuza Studio) Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition (4J Studios, Mojang) The Walking Dead (Telltale Games) Dishonored (Arkane Studios) Assassin's Creed III (Ubisoft)	Super Monsters Ate My Condo (Adult Swim Digital) Amazing Alex (Rovio Entertainment) Wildblood (Gameloft) Horn (Phosphor Games) Huebrix (Yellow Monkey Studios)
Best Role Playing Game
Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning (38 Studios, Big Huge Games) Diablo III (Blizzard Entertainment) Mass Effect 3 (BioWare) Dark Souls-Prepare to Die Edition (From Software)

References

1. 2012 Satellite Winners, December 2012.
2. "Vanessa Williams, Brian Edwards and Cindy Crawford". Hollywood.com. Retrieved February 27, 2015.
3. Quendrith Johnson (June 1, 2012). "Enter Talking, Exit Charmed: That’s Brian Edwards". Press Academy. Retrieved February 27, 2015.
4. http://www.hollywood.com/general/vanessa-williams-cindy-crawford-at-the-2012-satellite-awards-60058240/#/ms-7414/1
5. 'Silver Linings Playbook' Wins Five Satellite Awards, Including Best Picture, Kilday, Gregg The Hollywood Reporter December 16, 2012.

External links

• International Press Academy website