40th Saturn Awards

The 40th Saturn Awards, honoring the best in science fiction, fantasy and horror film and television in 2013, was held on June 26, 2014, in Burbank, California. The awards were presented by the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films. The nominations were announced February 25, 2014.

Overview

In the film categories, Gravity won five of its eight nominations, including Best Science Fiction Film, Best Director for Alfonso Cuarón, and Best Actress for Sandra Bullock. In the television categories, Breaking Bad and The Walking Dead each won three awards, respectively. Breaking Bad won Best Television Presentation and The Walking Dead won Best Syndicated/Cable Television Series.
Two new categories were added this year, Best Comic-to-Film Motion Picture and Best Performance by a Younger Actor in a Television Series. Adaptations of comic-books were usually nominated in the fantasy or science fiction categories, while the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films was previously only rewarding young actors in motion pictures. The Saturn Award for Best Horror or Thriller Film was also split into two categories: [Saturn Award for Saturn Award for Best Horror Film|Best Horror Film|Best Horror] and Best Thriller. With Chandler Riggs's nomination for Best Performance by a Younger Actor in TV Series, The Walking Dead became the first series to be nominated in all six television acting categories of the Saturn Awards. Riggs went on to win the award.
Writer/producer Bryan Fuller received the Dan Curtis Legacy Award. Actor Malcolm McDowell received The Life Career Award. Special effects creator Greg Nicotero received The George Pal Memorial Award and author Marc Cushman received a Special Recognition Award for his recent Star Trek book publications.

Winners and nominees

Film

Best Science Fiction Film	Best Fantasy Film
GravityEnder's GameThe Hunger Games: Catching FirePacific RimRiddickStar Trek Into Darkness	HerAbout TimeThe Hobbit: The Desolation of SmaugJack the Giant SlayerOz the Great and PowerfulThe Secret Life of Walter Mitty
Best Horror Film	Best Thriller Film
The ConjuringCarrieMamaThe PurgeThis Is the EndWarm Bodies	World War ZPrisonersThe CallThe EastNow You See MeThe Place Beyond the Pines
Best Action or Adventure Film	Best International Film
Fast & Furious 6The Book ThiefJack Ryan: Shadow RecruitThe Lone RangerLone SurvivorRush	Big Bad WolvesBlancanievesA HijackingHow I Live NowStokerThe World's End
Best Animated Film	Best Comic-to-Film Motion Picture
FrozenDespicable Me 2From Up on Poppy HillMonsters University	Iron Man 3Man of SteelThor: The Dark WorldThe Wolverine
Best Director	Best Writing
Alfonso Cuarón – Gravity J. J. Abrams – Star Trek Into Darkness Peter Berg – Lone Survivor Peter Jackson – The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug Francis Lawrence – The Hunger Games: Catching Fire Guillermo del Toro – Pacific Rim	Spike Jonze – Her Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens, Peter Jackson and Guillermo del Toro – The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug Joel Coen and Ethan Coen – Inside Llewyn Davis Alfonso Cuarón and Jonás Cuarón – Gravity Jennifer Lee – Frozen Edgar Wright and Simon Pegg – The World's End
Best Actor	Best Actress
Robert Downey Jr. – Iron Man 3 as Tony Stark / Iron Man Oscar Isaac – Inside Llewyn Davis as Llewyn Davis Simon Pegg – The World's End as Gary King Joaquin Phoenix – Her as Theodore Twombley Brad Pitt – World War Z as Gerry Lane Ben Stiller – The Secret Life of Walter Mitty as Walter Mitty	Sandra Bullock – Gravity as Ryan Stone Halle Berry – The Call as Jordan Turner Martina Gedeck – The Wall as Die Frau Jennifer Lawrence – The Hunger Games: Catching Fire as Katniss Everdeen Emma Thompson – Saving Mr. Banks as P.L. Travers Mia Wasikowska – Stoker as India Stoker
Best Supporting Actor	Best Supporting Actress
Ben Kingsley – Iron Man 3 as Trevor Slattery Daniel Brühl – Rush as Niki Lauda George Clooney – Gravity as Matt Kowalski Benedict Cumberbatch – Star Trek Into Darkness as Khan Noonien Singh Harrison Ford – Ender's Game as Hyrum Graff Tom Hiddleston – Thor: The Dark World as Loki Bill Nighy – About Time as James Lake	Scarlett Johansson – Her as Samantha Nicole Kidman – Stoker as Evelyn Stoker Melissa Leo – Prisoners as Holly Jones Evangeline Lilly – The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug as Tauriel Jena Malone – The Hunger Games: Catching Fire as Johanna Mason Emily Watson – The Book Thief as Rosa Hubermann
Best Performance by a Younger Actor	Best Music
Chloë Grace Moretz – Carrie as Carrie White Asa Butterfield – Ender's Game as Ender Wiggin Sophie Nélisse – The Book Thief as Liesl Meminger Saoirse Ronan – How I Live Now as Daisy Ty Simpkins – Iron Man 3 as Harley Keener Dylan Sprayberry – Man of Steel as Clark Kent / Superman	Frank Ilfman – Big Bad Wolves Danny Elfman – Oz the Great and Powerful Howard Shore – The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug Brian Tyler – Iron Man 3 Brian Tyler – Now You See Me John Williams – The Book Thief
Best Production Design	Best Editing
Dan Hennah – The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug Philip Messina – The Hunger Games: Catching Fire Andrew Neskoromny and Carol Spier – Pacific Rim Andy Nicholson – Gravity Jan Roelfs – 47 Ronin Robert Stromberg – Oz the Great and Powerful	Alfonso Cuarón and Mark Sanger – Gravity Peter Amundson and John Gilroy – Pacific Rim Alan Edward Bell – The Hunger Games: Catching Fire Mark Day – About Time Daniel P. Hanley and Mike Hill – Rush Christian Wagner, Kelly Matsumoto and Dylan Highsmith – Fast & Furious 6
Best Costume	Best Make-up
Trish Summerville – The Hunger Games: Catching Fire Gary Jones – Oz the Great and Powerful Michael Kaplan – Star Trek Into Darkness Wendy Partridge – Thor: The Dark World Beatrix Aruna Pasztor – Great Expectations Penny Rose – 47 Ronin	Donald Mowat – Prisoners Patrick Baxter, Jane O'Kane and Roger Murray – Evil Dead Peter King, Rick Findlater and Richard Taylor – The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug Howard Berger, Janie Kelman and Peter Montagna – Lone Survivor Fae Hammond, Mark Coulier and Kirstin Chalmers – Rush Karen Cohen, David White and Elizabeth Yianni-Georgiou – Thor: The Dark World
Best Special Effects	Best Independent Film
Tim Webber, Chris Lawrence, David Shirk and Neil Corbould – Gravity Joe Letteri, Eric Saindon, David Clayton and Eric Reynolds – The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug Joe Letteri, John Desjardin and Dan Lemmon – Man of Steel John Knoll, James E. Price, Clay Pinney and Rocco Larizza – Pacific Rim Patrick Tubach, Ben Grossmann and Burt Dalton – Star Trek Into Darkness Jake Morrison, Paul Corbould and Mark Breakspear – Thor: The Dark World	12 Years a SlaveGreat ExpectationsInside Llewyn DavisThe Invisible WomanOut of the FurnaceUpside Down

Television

Acting

Best Actor on Television	Best Actress on Television
*Mads Mikkelsen – Hannibal* as Hannibal Lecter** * Kevin Bacon – The Following as Ryan Hardy * Bryan Cranston – Breaking Bad as Walter White * Hugh Dancy – Hannibal as Will Graham * Freddie Highmore – Bates Motel as Norman Bates * James Spader – The Blacklist as Raymond Reddington * Noah Wyle – Falling Skies as Tom Mason	*Vera Farmiga – Bates Motel* as Norma Bates** * Jennifer Carpenter – Dexter as Debra Morgan * Anna Gunn – Breaking Bad as Skyler White * Jessica Lange – American Horror Story: Coven as Fiona Goode * Rachel Nichols – Continuum as Kiera Cameron * Keri Russell – The Americans as Elizabeth Jennings
Best Supporting Actor on Television	Best Supporting Actress on Television
*Aaron Paul – Breaking Bad* as Jesse Pinkman** * Nikolaj Coster-Waldau – Game of Thrones as Jaime Lannister * Erik Knudsen – Continuum as Alec Sadler * David Lyons – Revolution as General Sebastian Monroe * Dean Norris – Under the Dome as Big Jim Rennie * James Purefoy – The Following as Joe Carroll	*Melissa McBride – The Walking Dead* as Carol Peletier** * Kathy Bates – American Horror Story: Coven as Delphine LaLaurie * Sarah Carter – Falling Skies as Maggie * Gwendoline Christie – Game of Thrones as Brienne of Tarth * Michelle Fairley – Game of Thrones as Catelyn Stark * Elizabeth Mitchell – Revolution as Rachel Matheson
Best Guest Star on Television	Best Performance by a Younger Actor in a Television Series
*Robert Forster – Breaking Bad* as Ed** * Stephen Collins – Falling Skies as President Hathaway * Danny Huston – American Horror Story: Coven as The Axeman * David Morrissey – The Walking Dead as Governor * Charlotte Rampling – Dexter as Dr. Evelyn Vogel * Gina Torres – Hannibal as Bella Crawford	*Chandler Riggs – The Walking Dead* as Carl Grimes** * Colin Ford – Under the Dome as Joe McAlister * Jared S. Gilmore – Once Upon a Time as Henry Mills * Jack Gleeson – Game of Thrones as Joffrey Baratheon * Connor Jessup – Falling Skies as Ben Mason * Mackenzie Lintz – Under the Dome as Norrie Calvert-Hill

Home video

Best DVD or Blu-ray Release	Best DVD or Blu-ray Collection
Big Ass Spider!The Brass TeapotCurse of ChuckyMischief NightSolomon KaneTwixtYou're Next	Chucky: The Complete CollectionThe Bowery Boys Collection: Volumes 2 and 3Friday the 13th: The Complete CollectionJames Dean Ultimate Collector's CollectionMad Max TrilogyZatoichi the Blind Swordsman
Best Classic Film Release	Best DVD or Blu-ray TV Series
Halloween 35th Anniversary EditionFantastic VoyageThe HauntingHouse of WaxNosferatuThe Wicker Man	Star Trek: The Next Generation: Seasons 3, 4 and 5The Adventures of Superboy: The Complete Third SeasonSearch: The Complete SeriesUnder the Dome: Season OneThe Walking Dead: The Complete Third SeasonThe White Queen: Season One

Multiple awards and nominations

;Film

Awards	Nominations	Film
5	8	Gravity
3	4	Her
3	5	Iron Man 3
2	2	Big Bad Wolves

;Television

Awards	Nominations	Series
3	5	Breaking Bad
3	4	The Walking Dead
2	4	Hannibal