30th Saturn Awards

30th Saturn Awards
Date	May 5, 2004
Site	California, U.S.

The 30th Saturn Awards, honoring the best in science fiction, fantasy and horror film and television in 2003, were held on May 5, 2004 at the Universal Sheraton Hotel in Los Angeles, California.

The five Best Film categories were respectively won by X2 (Science Fiction), The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (Fantasy), 28 Days Later (Horror), Kill Bill: Volume 1 (Action, Adventure or Thriller), and Finding Nemo (Animation). The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King received the most nominations with thirteen (including two Best Actor nominations and three Best Supporting Actor nominations), and the most wins with eight.

The ceremony marked the only time a person received one single nomination for two different works: James Marsters won the award for Best Supporting Actor on Television for his work on the TV series Buffy the Vampire Slayer and its spin-off series Angel; he portrayed the same character, Spike, in both. Ellen DeGeneres also became the first actress to win an award for voice acting, and the third person to do so after Robin Williams and Scott Weinger in 1992, both for Aladdin.

Winners and nominees

Film

Best Science Fiction Film	Best Fantasy Film
X2 Hulk Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life The Matrix Revolutions Paycheck Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines	The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King Big Fish Freaky Friday The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen Peter Pan Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
Best Horror Film	Best Action/Adventure/Thriller Film
28 Days Later Cabin Fever Final Destination 2 Freddy vs. Jason Jeepers Creepers II The Texas Chainsaw Massacre Underworld	Kill Bill: Volume 1 Cold Mountain Identity The Italian Job The Last Samurai The Missing
Best Director	Best Writing
Peter Jackson - The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King Danny Boyle - 28 Days Later Bryan Singer - X2 Quentin Tarantino - Kill Bill: Volume 1 Gore Verbinski - Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl Edward Zwick - The Last Samurai	Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens and Peter Jackson - The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King Heather Hach and Leslie Dixon - Freaky Friday Dan Harris and Michael Dougherty - X2 Alex Garland - 28 Days Later... Andrew Stanton, Bob Peterson and David Reynolds - Finding Nemo Quentin Tarantino - Kill Bill: Volume 1
Best Actor	Best Actress
Elijah Wood - The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King Tom Cruise - The Last Samurai Johnny Depp - Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl Albert Finney - Big Fish Crispin Glover - Willard Viggo Mortensen - The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King	Uma Thurman - Kill Bill: Volume 1 Kate Beckinsale - Underworld Jessica Biel - The Texas Chainsaw Massacre Cate Blanchett - The Missing Jennifer Connelly - Hulk Jamie Lee Curtis - Freaky Friday
Best Supporting Actor	Best Supporting Actress
Sean Astin - The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King Sonny Chiba - Kill Bill: Volume 1 Ian McKellen - The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King Geoffrey Rush - Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl Andy Serkis - The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King Ken Watanabe - The Last Samurai	Ellen DeGeneres - Finding Nemo Keira Knightley - Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl Kristanna Loken - Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines Lucy Liu - Kill Bill: Volume 1 Miranda Otto - The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King Peta Wilson - The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
Best Performance by a Younger Actor	Best Music
Jeremy Sumpter – Peter Pan Jenna Boyd - The Missing Rachel Hurd-Wood - Peter Pan Sosuke Ikematsu - The Last Samurai Lindsay Lohan - Freaky Friday Frankie Muniz - Agent Cody Banks	Howard Shore - The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King Klaus Badelt - Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl Danny Elfman - Hulk Jerry Goldsmith - Looney Tunes: Back in Action Thomas Newman - Finding Nemo John Ottman - X2
Best Costume	Best Make-up
Penny Rose - Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl Kym Barrett - The Matrix Revolutions Ngila Dickson and Richard Taylor - The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King Louise Mingenbach - X2 Janet Patterson - Peter Pan Jacqueline West - The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen	Richard Taylor and Peter King - The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King Rick Baker, Bill Corso and Robin L. Neal - The Haunted Mansion Jeff Dawn and John Rosengrant - Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines Ve Neill and Martin Samuel - Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl Trefor Proud; Balázs Novák - Underworld Gordon J. Smith - X2
Best Special Effects	Best Animated Film
Jim Rygiel, Joe Letteri, Randall William Cook and Alex Funke - The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King Michael L. Fink; Richard E. Hollander; Stephen Rosenbaum; Mike Vézina - X2 John Gaeta, Kim Libreri, George Murphy and Craig Hayes - The Matrix Revolutions Pablo Helman; Danny Gordon Taylor; Allen Hall; John Rosengrant - Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines John Knoll; Hal T. Hickel; Terry D. Frazee; Charles Gibson - Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl Dennis Muren; Edward Hirsh; Colin Brady; Michael Lantieri - Hulk	Finding Nemo Brother Bear Looney Tunes: Back in Action Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas

Television

Best Network Television Series	Best Syndicated/Cable Television Series
Angel (tie) CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Alias Buffy the Vampire Slayer Enterprise Smallville	Stargate SG-1 Andromeda Carnivàle Dead Like Me The Dead Zone Farscape
Best Actor on Television	Best Actress on Television
David Boreanaz - Angel Richard Dean Anderson - Stargate SG-1 Scott Bakula - Enterprise Michael Shanks - Stargate SG-1 Michael Vartan - Alias Tom Welling - Smallville	Amber Tamblyn - Joan of Arcadia Eliza Dushku - Tru Calling Jennifer Garner - Alias Sarah Michelle Gellar - Buffy the Vampire Slayer Kristin Kreuk - Smallville Ellen Muth - Dead Like Me
Best Supporting Actor on Television	Best Supporting Actress on Television
James Marsters - Angel and Buffy the Vampire Slayer Alexis Denisof - Angel Victor Garber - Alias John Glover - Smallville Michael Rosenbaum - Smallville Nick Stahl - Carnivàle	Amy Acker - Angel Jolene Blalock - Enterprise Charisma Carpenter - Angel Victoria Pratt - Mutant X Katee Sackhoff - Battlestar Galactica Amanda Tapping - Stargate SG-1
Best Television Presentation
Battlestar Galactica Children of Dune Star Wars: Clone Wars The Diary of Ellen Rimbauer Dreamkeeper Riverworld

Home video

Best DVD or Blu-ray Release	Best DVD Special Edition Release
Bionicle: Mask of Light Anatomie 2 The Hitcher II: I've Been Waiting Interstate 60 May Sennen joyû	The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers - for the Extended Edition Black Hawk Down Finding Nemo Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets Identity Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
Best Classic Film Release	Best DVD Movie Collection
The Adventures of Robin Hood 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea C'era una volta il West Dead of Night The Lion King Roadgames	The Adventures of Indiana Jones DVD Collection Mystery Science Theater 3000 Collection vol. 2 - 4 The Lon Chaney Collection Alien Quadrilogy The Jack Ryan Special Edition DVD Collection X Men Collection
Best DVD Television Release
Firefly - For The Complete Firefly Battlestar Galactica - For Battlestar Galactica Complete Epic Series Hercules: The Legendary Journeys - For Hercules: The Legendary Adventures seasons 1 - 2 Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - For Star Trek: Deep Space Nine seasons 1 - 7 Taken Wiseguy - For Wiseguy season 1, part 1 - 2

Special Achievements

• Filmmaker's Showcase Award: Eli Roth
• Visionary Award: Paul G. Allen
• The George Pal Memorial Award: Ridley Scott
• The Life Career Award: Blake Edwards
• Lifetime Achievement Award: John Williams
• The President's Memorial Award: Gale Anne Hurd

External links

• The Official Saturn Awards Site
• The Official Saturn Awards Site with Nominations and Winners of 2003