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 AwardGeorge Clooney
Mary Pickford AwardGena Rowlands
Nikola Tesla AwardStan Winston
Outstanding New Talent – '''Rupert Friend'''

Motion picture winners and nominees

Best Actor – Drama

Philip Seymour HoffmanCapote
  • 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

Terrence HowardHustle & Flow
  • 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

Felicity HuffmanTransamerica
  • 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

Reese WitherspoonWalk the Line
  • 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

The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Good Night, and Good Luck
  • Kingdom of Heaven
  • Memoirs of a Geisha
  • Modigliani
  • Sin City
  • ''Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith''

    Best Cinematography

The Constant GardenerCésar Charlone
Pride & Prejudice
  • Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
  • Kingdom of Heaven
  • Memoirs of a Geisha
  • Modigliani
  • ''The White Countess''

    Best Director

Ang LeeBrokeback Mountain
  • 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

Mad Hot Ballroom
Brokeback Mountain
  • Good Night, and Good Luck
  • Jarhead
  • Kung Fu Hustle
  • Sin City
  • ''War of the Worlds''

    Best Film – Drama

Brokeback Mountain
  • Capote
  • Cinderella Man
  • A History of Violence
  • Memoirs of a Geisha
  • ''The War Within''

    Best Film – Musical or Comedy

Walk the Line
Äideistä parhain , Finland/Sweden
  • 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

"Kingdom of Heaven" – Harry Gregson-Williams
"A Love That Will Never Grow Old" performed by Emmylou HarrisBrokeback Mountain
  • "In the Deep" performed by Bird YorkCrash
  • "Hustler's Ambition" performed by 50 CentGet Rich or Die Tryin'
  • "Magic Works" – Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
  • "Broken" – ''Kiss Kiss Bang Bang''

    Best Screenplay – Adapted

Memoirs of a GeishaRobin Swicord
Good Night, and Good Luck – George Clooney and Grant Heslov
Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith
Danny HustonThe Constant Gardener
  • 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

Val KilmerKiss Kiss, Bang Bang
  • 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

Laura LinneyThe Squid and the Whale
  • 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

Rosario DawsonRent
  • 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

Star Wars: Episode IIIRevenge of the Sith
  • Kingdom of Heaven
  • Kung Fu Hustle
  • Sin City
  • ''War of the Worlds''

    Outstanding Motion Picture Ensemble

'Crash'''''

Television winners and nominees

Best Actor – Drama Series

Hugh LaurieHouse, M.D.
  • Denis Leary – Rescue Me
  • Ian McShane – Deadwood
  • Dylan Walsh – Nip/Tuck
  • Jake Weber – ''Medium''

    Best Actor – Musical or Comedy Series

Jason BatemanArrested Development
  • 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

Jonathan Rhys MeyersElvis
  • 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

Kyra SedgwickThe Closer
  • 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

Felicity Huffman – Desperate Housewives
Mary-Louise ParkerWeeds

  • Candice Bergen – Boston Legal
  • Lauren Graham – Gilmore Girls
  • Elizabeth Perkins – ''Weeds''

    Best Actress – Miniseries or TV Film

Kristen BellReefer Madness: The Movie Musical
  • 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

Elvis
  • Agatha Christie's Marple
  • Empire Falls
  • Into the West
  • Revelations
  • ''The Virgin Queen''

    Best Series – Drama

House, M.D.
  • Grey's Anatomy
  • Lost
  • Nip/Tuck
  • Rescue Me
  • ''Rome''

    Best Series – Musical or Comedy

The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
  • Boston Legal
  • The Colbert Report
  • Entourage
  • ''My Name Is Earl''

    Best Supporting Actor – Miniseries or TV Film

Randy QuaidElvis
  • 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

Lisa EdelsteinHouse, M.D.
  • Shohreh Aghdashloo – 24
  • Jane Alexander – Warm Springs
  • Camryn Manheim – Elvis
  • Sandra Oh – Grey's Anatomy
  • Polly Walker – ''Rome''

    Best TV Film

Reefer Madness: The Movie Musical
  • Kidnapped
  • Lackawanna Blues
  • The Magic of Ordinary Days
  • Our Fathers
  • Sometimes in April
  • ''Warm Springs''