13th Satellite Awards
The 13th Satellite Awards, honoring the best in film and television of 2008, were given on December 14, 2008.
Special achievement awards
Auteur Award – Baz LuhrmannMary Pickford Award – Louis Gossett Jr.
Nikola Tesla Award – Rick Baker
Outstanding New Talent – Brandon Walters
Motion picture winners and nominees
Best Actor – Drama
Richard Jenkins – The Visitor- Leonardo DiCaprio – Revolutionary Road
- Frank Langella – Frost/Nixon
- Sean Penn – Milk
- Mickey Rourke – The Wrestler
- Mark Ruffalo – What Doesn't Kill You
Best Actor – Musical or Comedy
- Josh Brolin – W.
- Michael Cera – Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist
- Brendan Gleeson – In Bruges
- Sam Rockwell – Choke
- Mark Ruffalo – The Brothers Bloom
Best Actress – Drama
- Anne Hathaway – Rachel Getting Married
- Melissa Leo – Frozen River
- Meryl Streep – Doubt
- Kristin Scott Thomas – I've Loved You So Long
- Kate Winslet – The Reader
Best Actress – Musical or Comedy
- Catherine Deneuve – A Christmas Tale
- Kat Dennings – Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist
- Lisa Kudrow – Kabluey
- Debra Messing – Nothing like the Holidays
- Meryl Streep – Mamma Mia!
Best Animated or Mixed Media Film
- Bolt
- Horton Hears a Who!
- The Sky Crawlers
- The Tale of Despereaux
- Waltz with Bashir
Best Art Direction and Production Design
- Brideshead Revisited
- City of Ember
- The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
- The Duchess
- Revolutionary Road
Best Cinematography
- Brideshead Revisited
- Changeling
- The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
- The Duchess
- Snow Angels
Best Costume Design
- Australia
- Brideshead Revisited
- City of Ember
- The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
- Sex and the City
Best Director
- Stephen Daldry – The Reader
- Ron Howard – Frost/Nixon
- Tom McCarthy – The Visitor
- Christopher Nolan – The Dark Knight
- Gus Van Sant – Milk
Best Documentary Film
Man on Wire
- Encounters at the End of the World
- Pray the Devil Back to Hell
- Religulous
- Waltz with Bashir
Best Editing
- Australia
- The Dark Knight
- Frost/Nixon
- Quantum of Solace
- Slumdog Millionaire
Best Film – Drama
- Frost/Nixon
- Frozen River
- Milk
- The Reader
- Revolutionary Road
Best Film – Musical or Comedy
- Choke
- In Bruges
- Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist
- Tropic Thunder
- Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Best Foreign Language Film
- Caramel • France / Lebanon
- The Class • France
- Let the Right One In • Sweden
- Padre Nuestro • Argentina
- Reprise • Norway
Best Original Score
- Australia – David Hirschfelder
- Horton Hears a Who! – John Powell
- Milk – Danny Elfman
- Quantum of Solace – David Arnold
- WALL-E – Thomas Newman
Best Original Song
- "By the Boab Tree" – Australia
- "Down to Earth" – WALL-E
- "If the World" – Body of Lies
- "Jai Ho" – Slumdog Millionaire
- "The Wrestler" – The Wrestler
Best Screenplay – Adapted
- The Curious Case of Benjamin Button – Eric Roth and Robin Swicord
- Doubt – John Patrick Shanley
- Elegy – Philip Roth
- The Reader – David Hare
- Revolutionary Road – Justin Haythe
- Slumdog Millionaire – Simon Beaufoy
Best Screenplay – Original
- Australia – Baz Luhrmann
- Frozen River – Courtney Hunt
- Milk – Dustin Lance Black
- Seven Pounds – Grant Nieporte
Best Sound
- Australia
- The Day the Earth Stood Still
- Iron Man
- Quantum of Solace
- WALL-E
Best Supporting Actor
- Robert Downey Jr. – Tropic Thunder
- James Franco – Milk
- Philip Seymour Hoffman – Doubt
- Heath Ledger – The Dark Knight
- Rade Šerbedžija – Fugitive Pieces
Best Supporting Actress
- Beyoncé – Cadillac Records
- Penélope Cruz – Elegy
- Anjelica Huston – Choke
- Sophie Okonedo – The Secret Life of Bees
- Emma Thompson – Brideshead Revisited
Best Visual Effects
- The Dark Knight
- The Day the Earth Stood Still
- Iron Man
- Quantum of Solace
Television winners and nominees
Best Actor – Drama Series
Bryan Cranston – Breaking Bad- Gabriel Byrne – In Treatment
- Michael C. Hall – Dexter
- Jon Hamm – Mad Men
- Jason Isaacs – Brotherhood
- David Tennant – Doctor Who
Best Actor – Musical or Comedy Series
- Alec Baldwin – 30 Rock
- Danny DeVito – It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
- David Duchovny – Californication
- Jonny Lee Miller – Eli Stone
- Lee Pace – Pushing Daisies
Best Actor – Miniseries or TV Film
- Benedict Cumberbatch – The Last Enemy
- Ralph Fiennes – Bernard and Doris
- Stellan Skarsgård – God on Trial
- Kevin Spacey – Recount
- Tom Wilkinson – Recount
Best Actress – Drama Series
- Glenn Close – Damages
- Kathryn Erbe –
- Sally Field – Brothers and Sisters
- Holly Hunter – Saving Grace
- Kyra Sedgwick – The Closer
Best Actress – Musical or Comedy Series
- Christina Applegate – Samantha Who?
- America Ferrera – Ugly Betty
- Tina Fey – 30 Rock
- Julia Louis-Dreyfus – The New Adventures of Old Christine
- Mary-Louise Parker – Weeds
Best Actress – Miniseries or TV Film
- Jacqueline Bisset – An Old Fashioned Thanksgiving
- Laura Linney – John Adams
- Phylicia Rashad – A Raisin in the Sun
- Susan Sarandon – Bernard and Doris
- Julie Walters –
Best Miniseries
- John Adams
- The Last Enemy
Best Series – Drama
- Brotherhood
- In Treatment
- Life on Mars
- Mad Men
- Primeval
Best Series – Musical or Comedy
- 30 Rock
- The Colbert Report
- It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
- Pushing Daisies
- Skins
Best Supporting Actor – Miniseries or TV Film
- Željko Ivanek – Damages
- Harvey Keitel – Life on Mars
- John Noble – Fringe
- John Slattery – Mad Men
- Jimmy Smits – Dexter
Best Supporting Actress – Miniseries or TV Film
- Kristin Chenoweth – Pushing Daisies
- Laura Dern – Recount
- Sarah Polley – John Adams
- Dianne Wiest – In Treatment
- Chandra Wilson – Grey's Anatomy
Best TV Film
- Bernard and Doris
- God on Trial
- The Memory Keeper's Daughter
- Recount
New Media winners and nominees
Best Classic DVD
The Godfather, The Godfather Part II, and The Godfather Part III- Beetlejuice
- Diva
- Dracula
- High Noon
- The Mummy
- Psycho
- Road House
- Touch of Evil
- Young Frankenstein
Best DVD Extras
- 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days
- Across the Universe
- The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
- The Bank Job
- Eight Men Out
- Gone Baby Gone
- High Noon
- Into the Wild
- WALL-E
Best DVD Release of a TV Show
- 30 Rock
- The Tudors
Outstanding Action/Adventure Game
- Dead Space
- LittleBigPlanet
- Super Mario Galaxy
- Super Smash Bros. Brawl
Outstanding Music/Rhythm Game
- Guitar Hero World Tour
- Patapon
- Rock Band
- SingStar
Outstanding Overall Blu-Ray
- The Dark Knight
- The Godfather, The Godfather Part II, and The Godfather Part III
- Iron Man
- WALL-E
Outstanding Overall DVD
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- Atonement
- The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
- Juno
- Lars and the Real Girl
- Lust, Caution
- Michael Clayton
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- The Visitor
Outstanding Puzzle/Strategy Game
- Professor Layton and the Curious Village
- Sid Meyer's Civilization Revolution
- Spore
Outstanding Sports/Racing Game
- Burnout Paradise
- FIFA 09
- Mario Kart Wii
- Wii Fit
Outstanding Youth DVD
- '
- Cars
- Enchanted
- Nim's Island
- One Hundred and One Dalmatians
- Sleeping Beauty
- The Spiderwick Chronicles
- WALL-E
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- Watership Down
Awards breakdown
Film
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Television
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