Awards for 2004

Saturn Award

Best Performance by a Younger Actor

WINNER

Peter Pan: Jeremy Sumpter

NOMINEES

Agent Cody Banks: Frankie Muniz
Freaky Friday: Lindsay Lohan
The Last Samurai: Sôsuke Ikematsu
The Missing: Jenna Boyd
Peter Pan: Rachel Hurd-Wood

Best Actor

WINNER

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King: Elijah Wood

NOMINEES

Big Fish: Albert Finney
The Last Samurai: Tom Cruise
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King: Viggo Mortensen
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl: Johnny Depp
Willard: Crispin Glover

Best Actress

WINNER

Kill Bill: Vol. 1: Uma Thurman

NOMINEES

Freaky Friday: Jamie Lee Curtis
Hulk: Jennifer Connelly
The Missing: Cate Blanchett
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: Jessica Biel
Underworld: Kate Beckinsale

Best Supporting Actor

WINNER

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King: Sean Astin

NOMINEES

Kill Bill: Vol. 1: Sonny Chiba
The Last Samurai: Ken Watanabe
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King: Ian McKellen
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King: Andy Serkis
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl: Geoffrey Rush

Best Supporting Actress

WINNER

Finding Nemo: Ellen DeGeneres

NOMINEES

Kill Bill: Vol. 1: Lucy Liu
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: Peta Wilson
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King: Miranda Otto
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl: Keira Knightley
Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines: Kristanna Loken

Best Director

WINNER

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King: Peter Jackson

NOMINEES

28 Days Later...: Danny Boyle
Kill Bill: Vol. 1: Quentin Tarantino
The Last Samurai: Edward Zwick
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl: Gore Verbinski
X2: Bryan Singer

Best Writing

WINNER

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King: Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens, Peter Jackson

NOMINEES

28 Days Later...: Alex Garland
Finding Nemo: Andrew Stanton, Bob Peterson, David Reynolds
Freaky Friday: Heather Hach, Leslie Dixon
Kill Bill: Vol. 1: Quentin Tarantino
X2: Dan Harris, Michael Dougherty

Best Costumes

WINNER

Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl: Penny Rose

NOMINEES

The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: Jacqueline West
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King: Ngila Dickson, Richard Taylor
The Matrix Revolutions: Kym Barrett
Peter Pan: Janet Patterson
X2: Louise Mingenbach

Best Special Effects

WINNER

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King: Jim Rygiel, Joe Letteri, Randall William Cook, Alex Funke

NOMINEES

Hulk: Dennis Muren, Edward Hirsh, Colin Brady, Michael Lantieri
The Matrix Revolutions: John Gaeta, Kim Libreri, George Murphy, Craig Hayes
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl: John Knoll, Hal T. Hickel, Terry D. Frazee, Charles Gibson
Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines: Pablo Helman, Danny Gordon Taylor, Allen Hall, John Rosengrant
X2: Michael L. Fink, Richard E. Hollander, Stephen Rosenbaum, Mike Vézina

Best Music

WINNER

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King: Howard Shore

NOMINEES

Finding Nemo: Thomas Newman
Hulk: Danny Elfman
Looney Tunes: Back in Action: Jerry Goldsmith
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl: Klaus Badelt
X2: John Ottman

Best Fantasy Film

WINNER

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

NOMINEES

Big Fish
Freaky Friday
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
Peter Pan
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl

Best Horror Film

WINNER

28 Days Later...

NOMINEES

Cabin Fever
Final Destination 2
Freddy vs. Jason
Jeepers Creepers II
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Underworld

Best Animated Film

WINNER

Finding Nemo

NOMINEES

Brother Bear
Looney Tunes: Back in Action
Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas

Best Make Up

WINNER

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King: Richard Taylor, Peter King

NOMINEES

The Haunted Mansion: Rick Baker, Bill Corso, Robin L. Neal
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl: Ve Neill, Martin Samuel
Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines: Jeff Dawn, John Rosengrant
Underworld: Trefor Proud, Balázs Novák
X2: Gordon J. Smith

Best Science Fiction Film

WINNER

X2

NOMINEES

Hulk
Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life
The Matrix Revolutions
Paycheck
Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines

Best DVD Special Edition Release

WINNER

The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
For the Extended Edition.

NOMINEES

Black Hawk Down
Finding Nemo
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Identity
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl

Best DVD Classic Film Release

WINNER

The Adventures of Robin Hood

NOMINEES

20000 Leagues Under the Sea
Once Upon a Time in the West
Dead of Night
The Lion King
Road Games

Best Action/Adventure/Thriller Film

WINNER

Kill Bill: Vol. 1

NOMINEES

Cold Mountain
Identity
The Italian Job
The Last Samurai
The Missing

Best DVD Collection

WINNER

Raiders of the Lost Ark, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
For "The Adventures of Indiana Jones DVD Collection".

NOMINEES

Mystery Science Theater 3000
For "Mystery Science Theater 3000 Collection" 2 - 4.
The Ace of Hearts, The Unknown, Laugh, Clown, Laugh, Lon Chaney: A Thousand Faces
For "The Lon Chaney Collection".
Alien, Aliens, Alien³, Alien: Resurrection
For the "Alien Quadrilogy".
The Hunt for Red October, Patriot Games, Clear and Present Danger, The Sum of All Fears
For "The Jack Ryan Special Edition DVD Collection".
X-Men, X2
For the "X Men Collection".

Best DVD Release

WINNER

Bionicle: Mask of Light

NOMINEES

Anatomy 2
The Hitcher II: I've Been Waiting
Interstate 60: Episodes of the Road
May
Millennium Actress

Best Actor in a Television Series

WINNER

Angel: David Boreanaz

NOMINEES

Alias: Michael Vartan
Star Trek: Enterprise: Scott Bakula
Smallville: Tom Welling
Stargate SG-1: Richard Dean Anderson
Stargate SG-1: Michael Shanks

Best Actress in a Television Series

WINNER

Joan of Arcadia: Amber Tamblyn

NOMINEES

Alias: Jennifer Garner
Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Sarah Michelle Gellar
Dead Like Me: Ellen Muth
Smallville: Kristin Kreuk
Tru Calling: Eliza Dushku

Best Supporting Actor in a Television Series

WINNER

Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel: James Marsters

NOMINEES

Alias: Victor Garber
Angel: Alexis Denisof
Carnivàle: Nick Stahl
Smallville: John Glover
Smallville: Michael Rosenbaum

Best Supporting Actress in a Television Series

WINNER

Angel: Amy Acker

NOMINEES

Angel: Charisma Carpenter
Battlestar Galactica: Katee Sackhoff
Star Trek: Enterprise: Jolene Blalock
Mutant X: Victoria Pratt
Stargate SG-1: Amanda Tapping

Best DVD Television Release

WINNER

Firefly
For "The Complete Firefly".

NOMINEES

Battlestar Galactica
For "Battlestar Galactica Complete Epic Series".
Hercules: The Legendary Journeys
For "Hercules: The Legendary Adventures" 1 - 2.
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
For "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine" 1 - 7.
Taken
Wiseguy
For "Wiseguy", season 1, part 1 - 2.

Best Television Presentation

WINNER

Battlestar Galactica

NOMINEES

Children of Dune
DreamKeeper
Star Wars: Clone Wars
The Diary of Ellen Rimbauer
Riverworld

Best Network Television Series

WINNERS

Angel
Tied with CSI: Crime Scene Investigation.
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Tied with Angel.

NOMINEES

Alias
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Star Trek: Enterprise
Smallville

Best Syndicated/Cable Television Series

WINNER

Stargate SG-1

NOMINEES

Andromeda
Carnivàle
Dead Like Me
Stephen King's Dead Zone
Farscape

Cinescape Genre Face of the Future Award

Female

WINNER

Alias: Melissa George

NOMINEES

24: Reiko Aylesworth
Cabin Fever: Cerina Vincent
Cradle 2 the Grave, Bad Boys II: Gabrielle Union
Kill Bill: Vol. 1: Chiaki Kuriyama
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl: Keira Knightley

Male

WINNER

Underworld: Scott Speedman

NOMINEES

24: James Badge Dale
Jake 2.0: Christopher Gorham
For episode "The Tech (#1.1)".
Freddy vs. Jason: Jason Ritter
The Matrix Reloaded, The Matrix Revolutions: Clayton Watson
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: Shane West

Filmmaker's Showcase Award

WINNER

Eli Roth
One of the new voices in horror filmmaking, writer/director Eli Roth debuted in the world of film with a bang. His film, Cabin Fever proved to be one of the most successful independently-financed film releases of 2003. This award is given to a filmmaker who has made an indelible mark in quality genre filmmaking.

Visionary Award

WINNER

Paul G. Allen
Investor and Philanthropist Paul G. Allen creates and advances world-class projects that change and improve the way people live, learn, work, and experience the world through arts, education, entertainment and technology. He co-founded Microsoft with Bill Gates in 1976 and remained the company's chief technologist until he left in 1983. He is Founder/Chairman of Vulcan, Inc. and Chairman of Charter Communications. He gives back to the community through his six various foundations. This summer, he will open a museum, The Science Fiction Experience, which will inspire appreciation of science fiction's history, creativity, and contribution. The museum is based in Seattle. We honor Paul G. Allen this year for his pioneering efforts in software development and philanthropic causes.

George Pal Memorial Award

WINNER

Ridley Scott
One of our generation's finest filmmakers, Ridley began his career as a set designer for the BBC in the 60's. He soon became a television director working on such Brit shows as Z Cars. He soon began his own company and showed his talent in directing innovative commercials in the 70's. He directed his first film, The Duellists, in 1977. He would follow this up with Alien and Blade Runner which are both considered groundbreaking works of the genre. Other classic films directed by Ridley include: Legend, Black Rain, Gladiator, Hannibal and Black Hawk Down. He is considered a legend in the genres we honor.

Life Career Award

WINNER

Blake Edwards
A producer/director/writer, Blake Edwards has had a distinguished career beginning in the 40's as an actor (Strangler of the Swamp). He turned to writing radio scripts and soon found himself working at Columbia. He turned his writing skill to producing and directing. Some of his best films include: Experiment in Terror, The Great Race, and the hugely successful Pink Panther Film Series (with the British comic 'Peter Sellers' ). He is most renowned for his serious work, Breakfast at Tiffany's and Days of Wine and Roses.

Lifetime Achievement Award

WINNER

John Williams
Considered one of the great composers of our lifetime, John Williams has been writing music for over 40 years. He began by playing piano at 20th Century Fox in 1956. He quickly moved up to writing music for such television shows as Gilligan's Island, Lost in Space, The Time Tunnel and Land of the Giants. He composed his first feature film in 1967 with Valley of the Dolls (which was nominated for an Academy Award). His body of work includes Jaws, E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial, the Star Wars trilogy, Superman and the recent Harry Potter films. For years he's captivated live audiences as the conductor for the Boston Pops.

President's Award

WINNER

Gale Anne Hurd
Gale Anne Hurd is one of the finest producers working in film today. Her efforts in nurturing new young talent is well known in the industry. She is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Stanford University. She began working for Roger Corman in 1977 and learned much about the industry. She collaborated with James Cameron on four masterpieces of the genre: The Terminator, Aliens, The Abyss and Terminator 2: Judgment Day. She has produced many successful films including: Armageddon, The Relic, Cast a Deadly Spell and Hulk. She receives this award for her dedication to quality genre entertainment and follows in the tradition set down by our Academy's Founder, Dr. Donald A. Reed.

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