Awards for 2012

Satellite Award

Best Motion Picture, Documentary

WINNER

Chasing Ice

NOMINEES

Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry
The Gatekeepers
The Pruitt-Igoe Myth
West of Memphis
Searching for Sugar Man
The Central Park Five
Marina Abramovic: The Artist Is Present

Best Motion Picture

WINNER

Silver Linings Playbook

NOMINEES

Les Misérables
The Sessions
Moonrise Kingdom
Life of Pi
Zero Dark Thirty
Beasts of the Southern Wild
Argo
Lincoln
Skyfall

Best Motion Picture, International Film

WINNERS

The Intouchables
France
Pieta
South Korea

NOMINEES

Caesar Must Die
Italy
Kon-Tiki
Norway
Amour
Austria
War Witch
Canada
Beyond the Hills
Romania
Our Children
Belgium
A Royal Affair
Denmark

Best Motion Picture, Animated or Mixed Media

WINNER

Rise of the Guardians

NOMINEES

Brave
Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted
Ice Age: Continental Drift
Frankenweenie
Wreck-It Ralph

Best Actor in a Series, Drama

WINNER

Homeland: Damian Lewis

NOMINEES

Elementary: Jonny Lee Miller
Justified: Timothy Olyphant
Mad Men: Jon Hamm
The Newsroom: Jeff Daniels
Breaking Bad: Bryan Cranston

Best Actor in a Motion Picture

WINNER

Silver Linings Playbook: Bradley Cooper

NOMINEES

The Intouchables: Omar Sy
Flight: Denzel Washington
The Master: Joaquin Phoenix
Lincoln: Daniel Day-Lewis
Les Misérables: Hugh Jackman
The Sessions: John Hawkes

Best Actor in a Series, Comedy or Musical

WINNER

The Big Bang Theory: Johnny Galecki

NOMINEES

Community: Joel McHale
The Big Bang Theory: Jim Parsons
House of Lies: Don Cheadle
Up All Night: Will Arnett
Louie: Louis C.K.

Best Actress in a Series, Drama

WINNER

Homeland: Claire Danes

NOMINEES

Nashville: Hayden Panettiere
Hit & Miss: Chloë Sevigny
Downton Abbey: Michelle Dockery
The Good Wife: Julianna Margulies
Nashville: Connie Britton

Best Actress in a Motion Picture

WINNER

Silver Linings Playbook: Jennifer Lawrence

NOMINEES

Amour: Emmanuelle Riva
Hyde Park on Hudson: Laura Linney
Zero Dark Thirty: Jessica Chastain
Our Children: Émilie Dequenne
Anna Karenina: Keira Knightley
Purge: Laura Birn

Best Actress in a Series, Comedy or Musical

WINNER

The Big Bang Theory: Kaley Cuoco

NOMINEES

Parks and Recreation: Amy Poehler
Enlightened: Laura Dern
Up All Night: Christina Applegate
Girls: Lena Dunham
Veep: Julia Louis-Dreyfus

Best Actor in a Supporting Role

WINNER

Skyfall: Javier Bardem

NOMINEES

Silver Linings Playbook: Robert De Niro
Lincoln: Tommy Lee Jones
The Master: Philip Seymour Hoffman
Les Misérables: Eddie Redmayne
Flight: John Goodman

Best Actress in a Supporting Role

WINNER

Les Misérables: Anne Hathaway

NOMINEES

Skyfall: Judi Dench
The Sessions: Helen Hunt
The Master: Amy Adams
Les Misérables: Samantha Barks
Café de Flore: Hélène Florent

Best Director

WINNER

Silver Linings Playbook: David O. Russell

NOMINEES

Lincoln: Steven Spielberg
Pieta: Ki-duk Kim
Zero Dark Thirty: Kathryn Bigelow
The Sessions: Ben Lewin
Argo: Ben Affleck

Best Screenplay, Original

WINNER

Zero Dark Thirty: Mark Boal

NOMINEES

Moonrise Kingdom: Roman Coppola, Wes Anderson
Pieta: Ki-duk Kim
Flight: John Gatins
The Intouchables: Eric Toledano, Olivier Nakache
The Master: Paul Thomas Anderson

Best Screenplay, Adapted

WINNER

Life of Pi: David Magee

NOMINEES

Argo: Chris Terrio
Lincoln: Tony Kushner
Silver Linings Playbook: David O. Russell
The Sessions: Ben Lewin
Anna Karenina: Tom Stoppard

Best Cinematography

WINNER

Life of Pi: Claudio Miranda

NOMINEES

Lincoln: Janusz Kaminski
Skyfall: Roger Deakins
Beasts of the Southern Wild: Ben Richardson
Anna Karenina: Seamus McGarvey
The Master: Mihai Malaimare Jr.

Best Art Direction & Production Design

WINNER

Lincoln: Curt Beech, David Crank, Leslie McDonald, Rick Carter

NOMINEES

The Dark Knight Rises: Naaman Marshall, James Hambidge, Nathan Crowley, Kevin Kavanaugh
Anna Karenina: Sarah Greenwood, Nick Gottschalk, Niall Moroney, Thomas Brown, Tom Still
The Master: Jack Fisk, David Crank
A Royal Affair: Niels Sejer
Les Misérables: Anna Lynch-Robinson, Eve Stewart

Best Costume Design

WINNER

A Royal Affair: Manon Rasmussen

NOMINEES

Farewell, My Queen: Christian Gasc, Valérie Ranchoux
Les Misérables: Paco Delgado
Anna Karenina: Jacqueline Durran
Snow White and the Huntsman: Colleen Atwood
Cloud Atlas: Kym Barrett, Pierre-Yves Gayraud

Best Film Editing

WINNER

Silver Linings Playbook: Crispin Struthers, Jay Cassidy

NOMINEES

Les Misérables: Melanie Oliver, Chris Dickens
Flight: Jeremiah O'Driscoll
The Sessions: Lisa Bromwell
Cloud Atlas: Alexander Berner
Zero Dark Thirty: Dylan Tichenor, William Goldenberg

Best Sound (Editing & Mixing)

WINNER

Les Misérables: Simon Hayes, Lee Walpole, Andy Nelson, John Warhurst

NOMINEES

Kon-Tiki: Tormod Ringnes, Baard H. Ingebretsen
Flight: William B. Kaplan, Dennis S. Sands, Randy Thom, Dennis Leonard
Life of Pi: Drew Kunin, Ron Bartlett, Eugene Gearty, Philip Stockton
Prometheus: Ron Bartlett, Doug Hemphill, Mark P. Stoeckinger, Simon Hayes, Victor Ray Ennis
Snow White and the Huntsman: Chris Munro, Craig Henighan, Andy Nelson

Best Visual Effects

WINNER

Flight: Jim Gibbs, Kevin Baillie, Ryan Tudhope, Michael Lantieri

NOMINEES

The Dark Knight Rises: Chris Corbould, Paul J. Franklin
Cloud Atlas: Stephane Ceretti, Dan Glass, Geoffrey Hancock
Life of Pi: Bill Westenhofer, Guillaume Rocheron
Prometheus: Martin Hill, Charley Henley, Richard Stammers
Skyfall: Andrew Whitehurst, Steven Begg, Asregadoo Arundi

Best Original Song

WINNER

Les Misérables: Claude-Michel Schönberg, Hugh Jackman, Herbert Kretzmer, Alain Boublil
-"Suddenly"

NOMINEES

Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted: Peter Asher, David A. Stewart
-"Love Always Comes as a Surprise"
Lawless: Emmylou Harris, Nick Cave, Warren Ellis
-"Fire In The Blood/Snake Song"
Skyfall: Adele, Paul Epworth
-"Skyfall"
Paul Williams Still Alive: Paul Williams
-"Still Alive"
Brave: Birdy, Mumford & Sons
- "Learn Me Right"

Best Original Score

WINNER

Argo: Alexandre Desplat

NOMINEES

The Master: Jonny Greenwood
Skyfall: Thomas Newman
Beasts of the Southern Wild: Benh Zeitlin, Dan Romer
Anna Karenina: Dario Marianelli
Lincoln: John Williams

Best Role Playing Game

WINNER

Mass Effect 3

NOMINEES


Dark Souls-Prepare to Die Edition
Diablo III
Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning

Best Action/Adventure Game

WINNER

Dishonored

NOMINEES

Binary Domain
Minecraft Xbox360 Edition
Assassin's Creed III
The Walking Dead: The Game - Episode 5: No Time Left

Best Mobile Game

WINNER


Super Monsters Ate My Condo, Adult Swim Digital

NOMINEES

Horn

Amazing Alex, Rovio

Huebrix, Yellow Monkey Studios

Wildblood, Gameloft

Best Actor in a Miniseries or a Motion Picture Made for Television

WINNER

Sherlock: Benedict Cumberbatch

NOMINEES

Hatfields & McCoys: Kevin Costner
Luther: Idris Elba
Hemingway & Gellhorn: Clive Owen
Wallander: Kenneth Branagh
Game Change: Woody Harrelson

Best Actress in a Miniseries or a Motion Picture Made for Television

WINNER

Game Change: Julianne Moore

NOMINEES

Great Expectations: Gillian Anderson
Hemingway & Gellhorn: Nicole Kidman
The Girl: Sienna Miller
The Crimson Petal and the White: Romola Garai
Political Animals: Sigourney Weaver

Best Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television

WINNER

Justified: Neal McDonough

NOMINEES

Nashville: Powers Boothe
Downton Abbey: Jim Carter
American Horror Story: Evan Peters
Game of Thrones: Peter Dinklage
Breaking Bad: Giancarlo Esposito

Best Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television

WINNER

Downton Abbey: Maggie Smith

NOMINEES

Game Change: Sarah Paulson
Mad Men: Christina Hendricks
Hatfields & McCoys: Mare Winningham
Up All Night: Maya Rudolph
The Big Bang Theory: Mayim Bialik

Best Television Series, Comedy or Musical

WINNER

The Big Bang Theory

NOMINEES

Happy Endings
Up All Night
Modern Family
Parks and Recreation
Community
Girls
The Office

Best Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television

WINNER

Hatfields & McCoys

NOMINEES

Game Change
Wallander
Luther
Birdsong
Sherlock
Hemingway & Gellhorn
The Crimson Petal and the White

Best Television Series, Drama

WINNER

Homeland

NOMINEES

Breaking Bad
Nashville
The Newsroom
Game of Thrones
Downton Abbey
Justified
The Good Wife

Best Television Series, Genre

WINNER

The Walking Dead

NOMINEES

Arrow
Grimm
Fringe
American Horror Story
Once Upon a Time
Revolution
Supernatural

Special Achievement Award

Best Ensemble, Motion Picture

WINNER

Les Misérables: Aaron Tveit, Eddie Redmayne, Amanda Seyfried, Colm Wilkinson, Sacha Baron Cohen, Samantha Barks, Russell Crowe, Helena Bonham Carter, Isabelle Allen, Anne Hathaway, Hugh Jackman, Natalya Angel Wallace, Daniel Huttlestone

Outstanding New Talent

WINNER

Beasts of the Southern Wild: Quvenzhané Wallis

Auteur Award

WINNER

Paul Williams

Mary Pickford Award

WINNER

Terence Stamp

Nicola Tesla Award

WINNER

Walter Murch

Outstanding Service in the Entertainment Industry

WINNER

Bruce Davison

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