17th Satellite Awards


The 17th Satellite Awards is an award ceremony honoring the year's outstanding performers, films, television shows, home videos and interactive media, presented by the International Press Academy at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza in Century City, Los Angeles. The winners were announced on December 16, 2012.
The film Silver Linings Playbook won the most awards with five, including Best Film and Best Director. Meanwhile, the most television awards went to Homeland and The Big Bang Theory, with each winning three.

Special achievement awards

Auteur Award – Paul Williams
Humanitarian Award – Benh Zeitlin
Mary Pickford Award – Terence Stamp
Nikola Tesla Award – Walter Murch
Honorary Satellite Award – Bruce Davison and Brian Edwards
Newcomer Award – Quvenzhané Wallis

Motion picture winners and nominees

Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold.
Best FilmBest Director

Silver Linings Playbook
  • Argo
  • Beasts of the Southern Wild
  • Les Misérables
  • Life of Pi
  • Lincoln
  • Moonrise Kingdom
  • The Sessions
  • Skyfall
  • Zero Dark Thirty
David O. Russell – Silver Linings Playbook
  • Ben Affleck – Argo
  • Kathryn Bigelow – Zero Dark Thirty
  • Kim Ki-duk – Pietà
  • Ben Lewin – The Sessions
  • Steven Spielberg – Lincoln
Best ActorBest Actress
Bradley Cooper – Silver Linings Playbook
  • Daniel Day-Lewis – Lincoln
  • John Hawkes – The Sessions
  • Hugh Jackman – Les Misérables
  • Joaquin Phoenix – The Master
  • Omar Sy – The Intouchables
  • Denzel Washington – Flight
Jennifer Lawrence – Silver Linings Playbook
  • Laura Birn – Purge
  • Jessica Chastain – Zero Dark Thirty
  • Émilie Dequenne – Our Children
  • Keira Knightley – Anna Karenina
  • Laura Linney – Hyde Park on Hudson
  • Emmanuelle Riva – Amour
Best Supporting ActorBest Supporting Actress
Javier Bardem – Skyfall
  • Robert De Niro – Silver Linings Playbook
  • John Goodman – Flight
  • Philip Seymour Hoffman – The Master
  • Tommy Lee Jones – Lincoln
  • Eddie Redmayne – Les Misérables
Anne Hathaway – Les Misérables
  • Amy Adams – The Master
  • Samantha Barks – Les Misérables
  • Judi Dench – Skyfall
  • Hélène Florent – Café de Flore
  • Helen Hunt – The Sessions
Best Original ScreenplayBest Adapted Screenplay
Zero Dark Thirty – Mark Boal
Life of Pi – David Magee
Best Animated or Mixed Media FilmBest Foreign Language Film
Rise of the Guardians
  • Brave
  • Frankenweenie
  • '
  • '
  • ParaNorman
  • Wreck-It Ralph
The Intouchables

Pietà
  • Amour
  • Beyond the Hills
  • Caesar Must Die
  • Kon-Tiki
  • Our Children
  • A Royal Affair
  • War Witch
Best Documentary FilmBest Cinematography
Chasing Ice
  • '
  • The Central Park Five
  • The Gatekeepers
  • Marina Abramović: The Artist is Present
  • The Pruitt-Igoe Myth
  • Searching for Sugar Man
  • West of Memphis
Life of Pi – Claudio Miranda
Best Original ScoreBest Original Song
Argo – Alexandre Desplat
"Suddenly" – Les Misérables
  • "Fire in the Blood/Snake Song" – Lawless
  • "Learn Me Right" – Brave
  • "Love Always Comes As a Surprise" – '
  • "Skyfall" – Skyfall
  • "Still Alive" – Paul Williams Still Alive
Best Visual EffectsBest Art Direction and Production Design
Flight
Lincoln
Best Film EditingBest Sound
Silver Linings Playbook
  • Cloud Atlas
  • Flight
  • Les Misérables
  • The Sessions
  • Zero Dark Thirty
Les Misérables
  • Flight
  • Kon-Tiki
  • Life of Pi
  • Prometheus
  • Snow White and the Huntsman
Best Costume DesignBest Ensemble
A Royal Affair
  • Anna Karenina
  • Cloud Atlas
  • Farewell, My Queen
  • Les Misérables
  • Snow White and the Huntsman
Les Miserábles

Television winners and nominees

Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold.
Best Drama SeriesBest Comedy or Musical Series

Homeland – Showtime
  • Breaking Bad – AMC
  • Downton Abbey – PBS
  • Game of Thrones – HBO
  • The Good Wife – CBS
  • Justified – FX
  • The Newsroom – HBO
  • Nashville – ABC
The Big Bang Theory – CBS
  • Community – NBC
  • Girls – HBO
  • Happy Endings – ABC
  • Modern Family – ABC
  • The Office – NBC
  • Parks and Recreation – NBC
  • Up All Night – NBC
Best Miniseries or Television FilmBest Genre Series
Hatfields & McCoys – History
The Walking Dead – AMC
  • ' – FX
  • Arrow – The CW
  • Fringe – Fox
  • Grimm – NBC
  • Once Upon a Time – ABC
  • Revolution – NBC
  • Supernatural – The CW
Best Actor in a Drama SeriesBest Actress in a Drama Series
Damian Lewis – Homeland as Nicholas Brody
Claire Danes – Homeland as Carrie Mathison
Best Actor in a Musical or Comedy SeriesBest Actress in a Musical or Comedy Series
Johnny Galecki – The Big Bang Theory as Dr. Leonard Hofstadter
  • Will Arnett – Up All Night as Chris Brinkley
  • Don Cheadle – House of Lies as Marty Kaan
  • Louis C.K. – Louie as Louie
  • Joel McHale – Community as Jeff Winger
  • Jim Parsons – The Big Bang Theory as Dr. Sheldon Cooper
Kaley Cuoco – The Big Bang Theory as Penny
  • Christina Applegate – Up All Night as Reagan Brinkley
  • Laura Dern – Enlightened as Amy Jellicoe
  • Lena Dunham – Girls as Hannah Horvath
  • Julia Louis-Dreyfus – Veep as Vice President Selina Meyer
  • Amy Poehler – Parks and Recreation as Leslie Knope
Best Actor in a Miniseries or Television FilmBest Actress in a Miniseries or Television Film
Benedict Cumberbatch – Sherlock as Sherlock Holmes
Julianne Moore – Game Change as Sarah Palin
  • Gillian Anderson – Great Expectations as Miss Havisham
  • Romola Garai – The Crimson Petal and the White as Sugar
  • Nicole Kidman – Hemingway & Gellhorn as Martha Gellhorn
  • Sienna Miller – The Girl as Tippi Hedren
  • Sigourney Weaver – Political Animals as Elaine Barrish
Best Supporting Actor in a Series, Miniseries, or Television FilmBest Supporting Actress in a Series, Miniseries, or Television Film
Neal McDonough – Justified as Robert Quarles
  • Powers Boothe – Nashville as Lamar Wyatt
  • Jim Carter – Downton Abbey as Charles Carson
  • Peter Dinklage – Game of Thrones as Tyrion Lannister
  • Giancarlo Esposito – Breaking Bad as Gus Fring
  • Evan Peters – American Horror Story: Asylum as Kit Walker
Maggie Smith – Downton Abbey as Violet, Dowager Countess of Grantham'
  • Mayim Bialik – The Big Bang Theory as Dr. Amy Farrah Fowler
  • Christina Hendricks – Mad Men as Joan Harris
  • Sarah Paulson – Game Change as Nicolle Wallace
  • Maya Rudolph – Up All Night as Ava Alexander
  • Mare Winningham – Hatfields & McCoys'' as Sally McCoy

New Media winners and nominees

Awards breakdown

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