10th Satellite Awards
The 10th Satellite Awards, honoring the best in film and television of 2005, were given on December 17, 2005.
Special achievement awards
Auteur Award – George ClooneyMary Pickford Award – Gena Rowlands
Nikola Tesla Award – Stan Winston
Outstanding New Talent – '''Rupert Friend'''
Motion picture winners and nominees
Best Actor – Drama
Philip Seymour Hoffman – Capote- Jake Gyllenhaal – Jarhead
- Tommy Lee Jones – The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada
- Heath Ledger – Brokeback Mountain
- Viggo Mortensen – A History of Violence
- David Strathairn – ''Good Night, and Good Luck''
Best Actor – Musical or Comedy
- Kevin Costner – The Upside of Anger
- Robert Downey Jr. – Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
- Cillian Murphy – Breakfast on Pluto
- Bill Murray – Broken Flowers
- Joaquin Phoenix – ''Walk the Line''
Best Actress – Drama
- Toni Collette – In Her Shoes
- Julianne Moore – The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio
- Robin Wright Penn – Nine Lives
- Charlize Theron – North Country
- Ziyi Zhang – ''Memoirs of a Geisha''
Best Actress – Musical or Comedy
- Joan Allen – The Upside of Anger
- Claire Danes – Shopgirl
- Judi Dench – Mrs Henderson Presents
- Keira Knightley – Pride & Prejudice
- Joan Plowright – ''Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont''
Best Animated or Mixed Media Film
- Chicken Little
- Corpse Bride
- Howl's Moving Castle
- ''Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit''
Best Art Direction and Production Design
- Kingdom of Heaven
- Memoirs of a Geisha
- Modigliani
- Sin City
- ''Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith''
Best Cinematography
- 2046 – Christopher Doyle
- Charlie and the Chocolate Factory – Philippe Rousselot
- Kung Fu Hustle – Poon Hang-Sang
- Memoirs of a Geisha – Dion Beebe
- Sin City – Robert Rodriguez
Best Costume Design
- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
- Kingdom of Heaven
- Memoirs of a Geisha
- Modigliani
- ''The White Countess''
Best Director
- George Clooney – Good Night, and Good Luck
- Chris Columbus – Rent
- James Mangold – Walk the Line
- Rob Marshall – Memoirs of a Geisha
- Bennett Miller – ''Capote''
Best Documentary Film
- Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room
- Favela Rising
- March of the Penguins
- Murderball
- ''New York Doll''
Best Editing
- Good Night, and Good Luck
- Jarhead
- Kung Fu Hustle
- Sin City
- ''War of the Worlds''
Best Film – Drama
- Capote
- Cinderella Man
- A History of Violence
- Memoirs of a Geisha
- ''The War Within''
Best Film – Musical or Comedy
- Happy Endings
- Hustle & Flow
- Kung Fu Hustle
- Rent
- ''Shopgirl''
Best Foreign Language Film
- 2046, China/France/Germany/Hong Kong
- Innocent Voices, Mexico/Puerto Rico/United States
- Lila Says, France/UK
- Turtles Can Fly, France/Iran/Iraq
- Walk on Water, Israel/Sweden
Best Original Score
- "Brokeback Mountain" – Gustavo Santaolalla
- "The Constant Gardener" – Alberto Iglesias
- "Corpse Bride" – Danny Elfman
- "Memoirs of a Geisha" – John Williams
- "Sin City" – Robert Rodriguez
Best Original Song
- "In the Deep" performed by Bird York – Crash
- "Hustler's Ambition" performed by 50 Cent – Get Rich or Die Tryin'
- "Magic Works" – Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
- "Broken" – ''Kiss Kiss Bang Bang''
Best Screenplay – Adapted
- Brokeback Mountain – Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana
- Capote – Dan Futterman
- Jarhead – William Broyles Jr.
- Shopgirl – Steve Martin
- Walk the Line – Gill Dennis and James Mangold
Best Screenplay – Original
- Crash – Paul Haggis and Bobby Moresco
- Happy Endings – Don Roos
- Nine Lives – Rodrigo García
- The Squid and the Whale – Noah Baumbach
- The War Within – Ayad Akhtar, Joseph Castelo, and Tom Glynn
Best Sound
- Kung Fu Hustle
- Rent
- Sin City
- ''The White Countess''
Best Supporting Actor – Drama
- Chris Cooper – Capote
- Jake Gyllenhaal – Brokeback Mountain
- Edward Norton – Kingdom of Heaven
- Mickey Rourke – Sin City
- Peter Sarsgaard – ''Jarhead''
Best Supporting Actor – Musical or Comedy
- Tom Arnold – Happy Endings
- Corbin Bernsen – Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
- Steve Coogan – Happy Endings
- Craig T. Nelson – The Family Stone
- Jason Schwartzman – ''Shopgirl''
Best Supporting Actress – Drama
- Amy Adams – Junebug
- Maria Bello – A History of Violence
- Li Gong – Memoirs of a Geisha
- Shirley MacLaine – In Her Shoes
- Frances McDormand – ''North Country''
Best Supporting Actress – Musical or Comedy
- America Ferrera – The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants
- Diane Keaton – The Family Stone
- Rachel McAdams – The Family Stone
- Michelle Monaghan – Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
- Qiu Yuen – ''Kung Fu Hustle ''
Best Visual Effects
- Kingdom of Heaven
- Kung Fu Hustle
- Sin City
- ''War of the Worlds''
Outstanding Motion Picture Ensemble
Television winners and nominees
Best Actor – Drama Series
Hugh Laurie – House, M.D.- Denis Leary – Rescue Me
- Ian McShane – Deadwood
- Dylan Walsh – Nip/Tuck
- Jake Weber – ''Medium''
Best Actor – Musical or Comedy Series
- Stephen Colbert – The Colbert Report
- Kevin Connolly – Entourage
- Jason Lee – My Name Is Earl
- Tony Shalhoub – Monk
- James Spader – ''Boston Legal''
Best Actor – Miniseries or TV Film
- Kenneth Branagh – Warm Springs
- Christian Campbell – Reefer Madness: The Movie Musical
- Ted Danson – Our Fathers
- Rupert Everett – Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Silk Stocking
- Ed Harris – ''Empire Falls''
Best Actress – Drama Series
- Patricia Arquette – Medium
- Jennifer Beals – The L Word
- Kristen Bell – Veronica Mars
- Geena Davis – Commander in Chief
- Joely Richardson – ''Nip/Tuck''
Best Actress – Musical or Comedy Series
Mary-Louise Parker – Weeds
- Candice Bergen – Boston Legal
- Lauren Graham – Gilmore Girls
- Elizabeth Perkins – ''Weeds''
Best Actress – Miniseries or TV Film
- Natascha McElhone – Revelations
- Geraldine McEwan – Agatha Christie's Marple
- S. Epatha Merkerson – Lackawanna Blues
- Cynthia Nixon – Warm Springs
- Keri Russell – ''The Magic of Ordinary Days''
Best Miniseries
- Agatha Christie's Marple
- Empire Falls
- Into the West
- Revelations
- ''The Virgin Queen''
Best Series – Drama
- Grey's Anatomy
- Lost
- Nip/Tuck
- Rescue Me
- ''Rome''
Best Series – Musical or Comedy
- Boston Legal
- The Colbert Report
- Entourage
- ''My Name Is Earl''
Best Supporting Actor – Miniseries or TV Film
- Tim Blake Nelson – Warm Springs
- Paul Newman – Empire Falls
- Ruben Santiago-Hudson – Their Eyes Were Watching God
- William Shatner – ''Boston Legal''
Best Supporting Actress – Miniseries or TV Film
- Shohreh Aghdashloo – 24
- Jane Alexander – Warm Springs
- Camryn Manheim – Elvis
- Sandra Oh – Grey's Anatomy
- Polly Walker – ''Rome''
Best TV Film
- Kidnapped
- Lackawanna Blues
- The Magic of Ordinary Days
- Our Fathers
- Sometimes in April
- ''Warm Springs''