16th Satellite Awards

16th Satellite Awards
Date	December 18, 2011 (2011-12-18)
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Best film	The Descendants
Best director	Nicolas Winding Refn for Drive
Best television drama	Justified
Best television comedy	It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia
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The 16th Satellite Awards, honoring the year's outstanding performers, films, television shows, DVDs, and interactive media, were presented by the International Press Academy at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza in Los Angeles on Sunday, December 18, 2011. Nominations were announced on December 1. Satellite nominations in the motion picture categories have been pared down from 22 to 19 classifications; the change reflects the merger of drama and comedy under a general Best Picture heading.

Motion Picture winners and nominees

Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold.

Auteur Award

Peter Bogdanovich

Best Film	Best Director
The Descendants The Artist Drive The Help Hugo Midnight in Paris Moneyball Shame Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy War Horse	Nicolas Winding Refn – Drive Tomas Alfredson – Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy Woody Allen – Midnight in Paris Michel Hazanavicius – The Artist Steve McQueen – Shame John Michael McDonagh – The Guard Alexander Payne – The Descendants Martin Scorsese – Hugo Steven Spielberg – War Horse Tate Taylor – The Help
Best Actor	Best Actress
Ryan Gosling – Drive George Clooney – The Descendants Leonardo DiCaprio – J. Edgar Michael Fassbender – Shame Brendan Gleeson – The Guard Tom Hardy – Warrior Woody Harrelson – Rampart Gary Oldman – Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy Brad Pitt – Moneyball Michael Shannon – Take Shelter	Viola Davis – The Help Glenn Close – Albert Nobbs Olivia Colman – Tyrannosaur Vera Farmiga – Higher Ground Elizabeth Olsen – Martha Marcy May Marlene Meryl Streep – The Iron Lady Charlize Theron – Young Adult Emily Watson – Oranges and Sunshine Michelle Williams – My Week with Marilyn Michelle Yeoh – The Lady
Best Supporting Actor	Best Supporting Actress
Albert Brooks – Drive Kenneth Branagh – My Week with Marilyn Colin Farrell – Horrible Bosses Jonah Hill – Moneyball Viggo Mortensen – A Dangerous Method Nick Nolte – Warrior Christopher Plummer – Beginners Andy Serkis – Rise of the Planet of the Apes Christoph Waltz – Carnage Hugo Weaving – Oranges and Sunshine	Jessica Chastain – The Tree of Life Elle Fanning – Super 8 Lisa Féret – Mozart's Sister Judy Greer – The Descendants Rachel McAdams – Midnight in Paris Janet McTeer – Albert Nobbs Carey Mulligan – Shame Vanessa Redgrave – Coriolanus Octavia Spencer – The Help Kate Winslet – Carnage
Best Original Screenplay	Best Adapted Screenplay
The Tree of Life – Terrence Malick The Artist – Michel Hazanavicius The Guard – John Michael McDonagh Mozart's Sister – René Féret Shame – Abi Morgan and Steve McQueen Tyrannosaur – Paddy Considine	The Descendants – Alexander Payne, Jim Rash, and Nat Faxon The Adventures of Tintin – Edgar Wright, Joe Cornish, and Steven Moffat Albert Nobbs – Glenn Close and John Banville The Help – Tate Taylor Moneyball – Steven Zaillian and Aaron Sorkin War Horse – Lee Hall and Richard Curtis
Best Animated or Mixed Media Film	Best Foreign Language Film
The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn Kung Fu Panda 2 The Muppets Puss in Boots Rango Rio	Mysteries of Lisbon – Mistérios de Lisboa (Portugal) 13 Assassins – 十三人の刺客 (Japan/United Kingdom) Faust (Russia) The Kid with a Bike – Le Gamin au vélo (Belgium/France/Italy) Las Acacias (Argentina) Le Havre (Finland/France/Germany) Miss Bala (Mexico) Mozart's Sister – Nannerl, la sœur de Mozart (France) A Separation (Iran) The Turin Horse – A torinói ló (Hungary)
Best Documentary Film	Best Cinematography
Senna American: The Bill Hicks Story Cave of Forgotten Dreams The Interrupters My Perestroika One Lucky Elephant Pina Project Nim Tabloid Under Fire: Journalists in Combat	War Horse – Janusz Kamiński The Artist – Guillaume Schiffman Drive – Newton Thomas Sigel Faust – Bruno Delbonnel Hugo – Robert Richardson The Tree of Life – Emmanuel Lubezki
Best Original Score	Best Original Song
Soul Surfer – Marco Beltrami Drive – Cliff Martinez Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 – Alexandre Desplat Super 8 – Michael Giacchino War Horse – John Williams Water for Elephants – James Newton Howard	"Lay Your Head Down" – Albert Nobbs "Bridge of Light" – Happy Feet Two "Gathering Stories" – We Bought a Zoo "Hello Hello" – Gnomeo and Juliet "Life's a Happy Song" – The Muppets "Man or Muppet" – The Muppets
Best Visual Effects	Best Art Direction and Production Design
Hugo Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 Rise of the Planet of the Apes Super 8 Transformers: Dark of the Moon War Horse	The Artist Anonymous Faust Hugo Mysteries of Lisbon Water for Elephants
Best Film Editing	Best Sound (Editing and Mixing)
The Guard The Descendants Drive Shame War Horse Warrior	Drive Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 Super 8 Transformers: Dark of the Moon The Tree of Life War Horse
Best Costume Design	Best Ensemble (Cast)
Water for Elephants Anonymous The Artist Faust Jane Eyre Mysteries of Lisbon	The Help Anna Camp Jessica Chastain Viola Davis Nelsan Ellis Bryce Dallas Howard Dana Ivey Allison Janney Leslie Jordan Brian Kerwin Chris Lowell Ahna O'Reilly David Oyelowo Sissy Spacek Octavia Spencer Mary Steenburgen Emma Stone Cicely Tyson Mike Vogel

Television winners and nominees

Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold.

Outstanding Performance in a TV Series (Special Achievement Award)

Jessica Lange – American Horror Story

Best Drama Series	Best Comedy or Musical Series
Justified – FX Boardwalk Empire – HBO Breaking Bad – AMC Friday Night Lights – NBC / DirecTV Sons of Anarchy – FX Treme – HBO	It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia – FX The Big C – Showtime Community – NBC Episodes – Showtime Louie – FX Modern Family – ABC
Best Miniseries or TV Film	Best Genre Series
Mildred Pierce – HBO Cinema Verite – HBO Downton Abbey – PBS Page Eight – PBS Thurgood – HBO Too Big to Fail – HBO	American Horror Story – FX Game of Thrones – HBO Once Upon a Time – ABC Torchwood – BBC True Blood – HBO The Walking Dead – AMC
Best Actor in a Drama Series	Best Actress in a Drama Series
Timothy Olyphant – Justified Steve Buscemi – Boardwalk Empire Kyle Chandler – Friday Night Lights Bryan Cranston – Breaking Bad William H. Macy – Shameless Wendell Pierce – Treme	Claire Danes – Homeland Connie Britton – Friday Night Lights Mireille Enos – The Killing Julianna Margulies – The Good Wife Katey Sagal – Sons of Anarchy Eve Myles – Torchwood
Best Actor in a Miniseries or TV Film	Best Actress in a Miniseries or TV Film
Jason Isaacs – Case Histories Hugh Bonneville – Downton Abbey Idris Elba – Luther Laurence Fishburne – Thurgood William Hurt – Too Big to Fail Bill Nighy – Page Eight	Kate Winslet – Mildred Pierce Taraji P. Henson – Taken from Me: The Tiffany Rubin Story Diane Lane – Cinema Verite Jean Marsh – Upstairs, Downstairs Elizabeth McGovern – Downton Abbey Rachel Weisz – Page Eight
Best Actor in a Musical or Comedy Series	Best Actress in a Musical or Comedy Series
Louis C.K. – Louie Martin Clunes – Doc Martin Charlie Day – It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia Matt LeBlanc – Episodes Joel McHale – Community Elijah Wood – Wilfred	Martha Plimpton – Raising Hope Zooey Deschanel – New Girl Felicity Huffman – Desperate Housewives Laura Linney – The Big C Melissa McCarthy – Mike & Molly Amy Poehler – Parks and Recreation
Best Supporting Actor in a Series, Miniseries, or TV Movie	Best Supporting Actress in a Series, Miniseries, or TV Movie
Peter Dinklage – Game of Thrones and Ryan Hurst – Sons of Anarchy (TIE) Ty Burrell – Modern Family Donald Glover – Community Walton Goggins – Justified Neil Patrick Harris – How I Met Your Mother Guy Pearce – Mildred Pierce James Woods – Too Big to Fail	Vanessa L. Williams – Desperate Housewives Michelle Forbes – The Killing Kelly Macdonald – Boardwalk Empire Margo Martindale – Justified Maya Rudolph – Up All Night Maggie Smith – Downton Abbey Sofía Vergara – Modern Family Evan Rachel Wood – Mildred Pierce

External links

• International Press Academy website