20th Satellite Awards


The 20th 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.
The nominations were announced on December 1, 2015. The winners were announced on February 21, 2016.
The film The Martian led all nominees with nine, including Best Film and Best Director.

Special achievement awards

Auteur Award – Robert M. Young
Humanitarian Award – Spike Lee
Mary Pickford Award – Louise Fletcher
Nikola Tesla Award – HIVE Lighting Plasma Wizards
Breakthrough Performance Award – Jacob Tremblay
Special Award for Breakthrough Comedian – Amy Schumer

Motion picture winners and nominees

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

Spotlight
  • The Big Short
  • Black Mass
  • Bridge of Spies
  • Brooklyn
  • Carol
  • The Martian
  • The Revenant
  • Room
  • Sicario
Tom McCarthy – Spotlight
Best ActorBest Actress
Leonardo DiCaprio – The Revenant
Saoirse Ronan – Brooklyn
Best Supporting ActorBest Supporting Actress
Christian Bale – The Big Short
Alicia Vikander – The Danish Girl
Best Original ScreenplayBest Adapted Screenplay
Spotlight – Tom McCarthy and Josh Singer
Steve Jobs – Aaron Sorkin
Best Animated or Mixed Media FilmBest Foreign Language Film
Inside Out
  • Anomalisa
  • The Good Dinosaur
  • The Peanuts Movie
  • The Prophet
  • Shaun the Sheep Movie
Son of Saul
Best Documentary FilmBest Cinematography
Amy

The Look of Silence
  • Becoming Bulletproof
  • Best of Enemies
  • Cartel Land
  • Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief
  • He Named Me Malala
  • The Hunting Ground
  • '
  • Where to Invade Next
 – John Seale
Best Original ScoreBest Original Song
Carol – Carter Burwell
"Til It Happens to You" – The Hunting Ground
  • "Cold One" – Ricki and the Flash
  • "Love Me like You Do" – Fifty Shades of Grey
  • "One Kind of Love" – Love & Mercy
  • "See You Again" – Furious 7
  • "Writing's on the Wall" – Spectre
Best Visual EffectsBest Art Direction and Production Design
The Walk
  • Everest
  • Jurassic World
  • '
  • The Martian
  • Spectre
Bridge of Spies – Adam Stockhausen
Best Film EditingBest Sound
Sicario – Joe Walker
The Martian
  • Inside Out
  • Jurassic World
  • '
  • Sicario
  • Spectre
Best Costume DesignBest Ensemble – Motion Picture
The Assassin – Wen-Ying Huang
Spotlight''
  • Brian d'Arcy James
  • Michael Keaton
  • Rachel McAdams
  • Mark Ruffalo
  • Liev Schreiber
  • John Slattery
  • Stanley Tucci

Television winners and nominees

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

Better Call Saul – AMC
Silicon Valley – HBO
  • Brooklyn Nine-Nine – Fox
  • Jane the Virgin – The CW
  • Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll – FX
  • The Spoils Before Dying – IFC
  • Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt – Netflix
  • Veep – HBO
Best MiniseriesBest Television Film
Flesh and Bone – Starz
Stockholm, Pennsylvania – Lifetime
  • Bessie – HBO
  • Killing Jesus – Nat Geo
  • Nightingale – HBO
Best Actor in a Drama SeriesBest Actress in a Drama Series
Dominic West – The Affair as Noah Solloway
Claire Danes – Homeland as Carrie Mathison
Best Actor in a Musical or Comedy SeriesBest Actress in a Musical or Comedy Series
Jeffrey Tambor – Transparent as Maura Pfefferman
Taylor Schilling – Orange Is the New Black as Piper Chapman
Best Actor in a Miniseries or TV FilmBest Actress in a Miniseries or TV Film
Mark Rylance – Wolf Hall as Thomas Cromwell
Sarah Hay – Flesh and Bone as Claire Robbins
Best Supporting Actor in a Series, Miniseries or TV FilmBest Supporting Actress in a Series, Miniseries or TV Film
Christian Slater – Mr. Robot as Mr. Robot
Rhea Seehorn – Better Call Saul as Kim Wexler
Best Genre SeriesBest Ensemble – Television Series
The Walking Dead – AMC
  • ' – FX
  • Game of Thrones – HBO
  • Humans – AMC
  • Into the Badlands – AMC
  • Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell – BBC America / BBC One
  • The Leftovers – HBO
  • Orphan Black – BBC America
  • Penny Dreadful – Showtime
American Crime
  • W. Earl Brown
  • Richard Cabral
  • Caitlin Gerard
  • Felicity Huffman
  • Timothy Hutton
  • Regina King
  • Benito Martinez
  • Penelope Ann Miller
  • Elvis Nolasco
  • Johnny Ortiz'''

New Media winners and nominees

Multiple winners

Film