Satellite Awards 2012
The 17th ceremony of the Satellite Awards , which the International Press Academy awards (IPA) every year in various film and media categories, took place on Sunday, 16 December 2012 at the Intercontinental Hotel in Los Angeles instead. Films and series from 2012 were honored at the 17th Satellite Awards .
Special awards
- Mary Pickford Award (for outstanding contributions to the entertainment industry) - Terence Stamp
- Tesla Award (for innovative achievements in film production) - Walter Murch
- Auteur Award (for a unique control over the film production elements) - Paul Williams
- Humanitarian Award (for real changes in the film industry and beyond) - Benh Zeitlin ( Beasts of the Southern Wild )
- Satellite Honor Award - Bruce Davison
- Outstanding young talent (Outstanding New Talent) - Quvenzhané Wallis (Beasts of the Southern Wild)
Film winners and nominees
Best movie
- James Bond 007: Skyfall
- Lincoln
- The Sessions - When words touch
- Argo
- Beasts of the Southern Wild
- Zero Dark Thirty
- Life of Pi: Shipwreck with Tiger
- Moonrise Kingdom
- Les Misérables
Best Actor
Bradley Cooper - Silver Linings
- Joaquin Phoenix - The Master
- Daniel Day-Lewis - Lincoln
- Hugh Jackman - Les Misérables
- Omar Sy - Pretty much best friends
- Denzel Washington - Flight
- John Hawkes - The Sessions - When words touch
Best main actress
Jennifer Lawrence - Silver Linings
- Jessica Chastain - Zero Dark Thirty
- Laura Linney - Hyde Park on Hudson
- Keira Knightley - Anna Karenina
- Émilie Dequenne - Our Children
- Laura Birn - Purgatory
- Emmanuelle Riva - love
Best supporting actor
Javier Bardem - James Bond 007: Skyfall
- Robert De Niro - Silver Linings
- John Goodman - Flight
- Philip Seymour Hoffman - The Master
- Tommy Lee Jones - Lincoln
- Eddie Redmayne - Les Misérables
The best supporting actress
Anne Hathaway - Les Misérables
- Amy Adams - The Master
- Samantha Barks - Les Misérables
- Judi Dench - James Bond 007: Skyfall
- Hélène Florent - Café de Flore
- Helen Hunt - The Sessions - When words touch
Best documentary
- Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry
- The Central Park Five
- Kill First - The Israeli Secret Service
- Marina Abramović: The Artist is Present
- The Pruitt-Igoe Myth
- Searching for Sugar Man
- West of Memphis
Best foreign language film
Pieta , South Korea
Pretty best friends , France
- Dear , Austria
- Beyond the Hills (După dealuri) , Romania
- Nader and Simin - A Separation , Iran
- Caesar must die (Cesare deve the) , Italy
- Kon-Tiki , Norway
- Our children (À perdre la raison) , Belgium
- The Queen and the Personal Physician (En kongelig affære) , Denmark
- Rebel , Canada
Best film (animated film or real / animated film)
- Merida - Legend of the Highlands
- Frankenweenie
- Ice Age 4 - Full Postponed
- Madagascar 3: Escape through Europe
- ParaNorman
- Ralph is enough
Best director
David O. Russell - Silver Linings
- Ben Affleck - Argo
- Kathryn Bigelow - Zero Dark Thirty
- Kim Ki-duk - Pietà
- Ben Lewin - The Sessions - When words touch
- Steven Spielberg - Lincoln
Best adapted script
David Magee - Life of Pi: Shipwreck with Tiger
- Tom Stoppard - Anna Karenina
- Chris Terrio - Argo
- Tony Kushner , John Logan and Paul Webb - Lincoln
- David O. Russell - Silver Linings
- Ben Lewin - The Sessions - When words touch
Best original script
- John Gatins - Flight
- Éric Toledano and Olivier Nakache - Pretty best friends
- Paul Thomas Anderson - The Master
- Wes Anderson and Roman Coppola - Moonrise Kingdom
- Kim Ki-duk - Pieta
Best film score
- Dario Marianelli - Anna Karenina
- Benh Zeitlin and Dan Romer - Beasts of the Southern Wild
- John Williams - Lincoln
- Jonny Greenwood - The Master
- Thomas Newman - James Bond 007: Skyfall
Best movie song
“ Suddenly ” by Herbert Kretzmer , Claude-Michel Schönberg and Alain Boublil - Les Misérables
- "Fire in the Blood / Snake Song" by Nick Cave and Warren Ellis - Lawless - The Outlaws
- "Learn Me Right" by Mumford & Sons - Merida - Legend of the Highlands
- "Love Always Comes As a Surprise" by Peter Asher and David A. Stewart - Madagascar 3: Escape through Europe
- " Skyfall " by Adele and Paul Epworth - James Bond 007: Skyfall
- "Still Alive" by Paul Williams - Paul Williams Still Alive
Best camera
Claudio Miranda - Life of Pi: Shipwreck with Tiger
- Seamus McGarvey - Anna Karenina
- Ben Richardson - Beasts of the Southern Wild
- Janusz Kamiński - Lincoln
- Mihai Mălaimare Junior - The Master
- Roger Deakins - James Bond 007: Skyfall
Best visual effects
Jim Gibbs, Kevin Baillie, Michael Lantieri and Ryan Tudhope - Flight
- Dan Glass, Geoffrey Hancock and Stéphane Ceretti - Cloud Atlas
- Chris Corbould and Paul J. Franklin - The Dark Knight Rises
- Bill Westenhofer and Guillaume Rocheron - Life of Pi: Shipwreck with Tiger
- Charley Henley , Martin Hill and Richard Stammers - Prometheus - Dark Characters
- Andrew Whitehurst , Asregadoo Arundi and Steven Begg - James Bond 007: Skyfall
Best film editing
Jay Cassidy and Crispin Struthers - Silver Linings
- Alexander Berner - Cloud Atlas
- Jeremiah O'Driscoll - Flight
- Chris Dickens and Melanie Ann Oliver - Les Misérables
- Lisa Bromwell - The Sessions - When words touch
- Dylan Tichenor and William Goldenberg - Zero Dark Thirty
Best sound editing
Andy Nelson , John Warhurst , Lee Walpole and Simon Hayes - Les Misérables
- Baard H. Ingebretsen and Tormod Ringnes - Kon-Tiki
- Drew Kunin , Eugene Gearty , Philip Stockton and Ron Bartlett - Life of Pi: Shipwreck with Tiger
- Dennis Leonard , Dennis S. Sands , Randy Thom, and William B. Kaplan - Flight
- Doug Hemphill , Mark P. Stoeckinger , Ron Bartlett , Simon Hayes and Victor Ray Ennis - Prometheus - Dark Characters
- Andy Nelson, Chris Munro and Craig Henighan - Snow White and the Huntsman
Best production design
Rick Carter , Curt Beech, David Crank and Leslie McDonald - Lincoln
- Sarah Greenwood , Niall Moroney, Thomas Brown, Nick Gottschalk and Tom Still - Anna Karenina
- James Hambidge, Kevin Kavanaugh, Naaman Marshall and Nathan Crowley - The Dark Knight Rises
- Anna Lynch-Robinson and Eve Stewart - Les Misérables
- David Crank and Jack Fisk - The Master
- Niels Sejer - The Queen and the Personal Physician
Best costume design
Manon Rasmussen - The Queen and the Personal Physician
- Paco Delgado - Les Misérables
- Jacqueline Durran - Anna Karenina
- Kym Barrett and Pierre-Yves Gayraud - Cloud Atlas
- Christian Gasc and Valerie Ranchoux - Farewell my Queen!
- Colleen Atwood - Snow White and the Huntsman
Best ensemble
- Samantha Barks , Helena Bonham Carter , Sacha Baron Cohen , Russell Crowe , Anne Hathaway , Hugh Jackman , Eddie Redmayne , Amanda Seyfried
Television winners and nominees
Best TV Series (Drama)
Best TV Series (Comedy / Musical)
Best genre series
- American horror story
- Arrow
- Fringe - borderline cases of the FBI
- Grim
- Once Upon a Time - Once Upon a Time ...
- revolution
- Supernatural
Best mini-series or best TV movie
- Birdsong
- The Crimson Petal and the White
- Game Change - The Sarah Palin Effect
- Hemingway & Gellhorn
- Luther
- Sherlock
- Wallander
Best Actor in a Series (Drama)
- Bryan Cranston - Breaking Bad
- Jeff Daniels - The Newsroom
- Jon Hamm - Mad Men
- Jonny Lee Miller - Elementary
- Timothy Olyphant - Justified
Best Actress in a Series (Drama)
- Connie Britton - Nashville
- Michelle Dockery - Downton Abbey
- Julianna Margulies - Good Wife
- Hayden Panettiere - Nashville
- Chloë Sevigny - Hit & Miss
Best Actor in a Series (Comedy / Musical)
Johnny Galecki - The Big Bang Theory
- Will Arnett - Up All Night
- Don Cheadle - House of Lies
- Louis CK - Louie
- Joel McHale - Community
- Jim Parsons - The Big Bang Theory
Best Actress in a Series (Comedy / Musical)
Kaley Cuoco - The Big Bang Theory
- Christina Applegate - Up All Night
- Laura Dern - Enlightened - enlightenment with obstacles
- Lena Dunham - Girls
- Julia Louis-Dreyfus - Veep - The Vice President
- Amy Poehler - Parks and Recreation
Best Actor in a Miniseries or a TV Movie
Benedict Cumberbatch - Sherlock
- Kenneth Branagh - Wallander
- Kevin Costner - Hatfields & McCoy
- Idris Elba - Luther
- Woody Harrelson - Game Change - The Sarah Palin Effect
- Clive Owen - Hemingway & Gellhorn
Best Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie for TV
Julianne Moore - Game Change - The Sarah Palin Effect
- Gillian Anderson - Great expectations
- Romola Garai - The Crimson Petal and the White
- Nicole Kidman - Hemingway & Gellhorn
- Sienna Miller - The Girl
- Sigourney Weaver - Political Animals
Best supporting actor
- Powers Boothe - Nashville
- Jim Carter - Downton Abbey
- Peter Dinklage - Game of Thrones
- Giancarlo Esposito - Breaking Bad
- Evan Peters - American Horror Story
The best supporting actress
- Mayim Bialik - The Big Bang Theory
- Christina Hendricks - Mad Men
- Sarah Paulson - Game Change - The Sarah Palin Effect
- Maya Rudolph - Up All Night
- Mare Winningham - Hatfields & McCoys