12th Satellite Awards

12th Satellite Awards
Date	December 16, 2007
Highlights
Best drama film	No Country for Old Men
Best comedy/musical film	Juno
Best director	Joel and Ethan Coen for No Country for Old Men
Best television drama	Dexter
Best television comedy	Pushing Daisies

The 12th Satellite Awards, honoring the best in film- and television-making in 2007, were given on December 16, 2007.

Winners and nominees

Auteur Award

• Julian Schnabel for his work on the film The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (Le scaphandre et le papillon).

Film

Best Actor - Drama

• Viggo Mortensen – Eastern Promises
  • Christian Bale – Rescue Dawn
  • Josh Brolin – No Country for Old Men
  • Frank Langella – Starting Out in the Evening
  • Tommy Lee Jones – In the Valley of Elah
  • Denzel Washington – American Gangster

Best Actor - Musical or Comedy

• Ryan Gosling – Lars and the Real Girl
  • Don Cheadle – Talk to Me
  • Richard Gere – The Hoax
  • Ben Kingsley – You Kill Me
  • Clive Owen – Shoot 'Em Up
  • Seth Rogen – Knocked Up

Best Actress - Drama

• Marion Cotillard – The Passionate Life of Edith Piaf (La môme)
  • Julie Christie – Away from Her
  • Angelina Jolie – A Mighty Heart
  • Keira Knightley – Atonement
  • Laura Linney – The Savages
  • Tilda Swinton – Stephanie Daley

Best Actress - Musical or Comedy

• Ellen Page – Juno
  • Amy Adams – Enchanted
  • Cate Blanchett – I'm Not There
  • Katherine Heigl – Knocked Up
  • Nicole Kidman – Margot at the Wedding
  • Emily Mortimer – Lars and the Real Girl

Best Animated or Mixed Media Film

• Ratatouille
  • 300
  • Beowulf
  • The Golden Compass
  • Persepolis
  • The Simpsons Movie

Best Art Direction and Production Design

• Elizabeth: The Golden Age
  • Across the Universe
  • Amazing Grace
  • The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
  • Hairspray
  • Sunshine

Best Cast

• Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
  • Albert Finney
  • Rosemary Harris
  • Ethan Hawke
  • Philip Seymour Hoffman
  • Brian F. O'Byrne
  • Amy Ryan
  • Michael Shannon
  • Marisa Tomei

Best Cinematography

• The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (Le scaphandre et le papillon) – Janusz Kamiński
  • Across The Universe – Bruno Delbonnel
  • The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford – Roger Deakins
  • The Golden Compass – Henry Braham
  • There Will Be Blood – Robert Elswit
  • Zodiac – Harris Savides

Best Costume Design

• Elizabeth: The Golden Age
  • Amazing Grace
  • Atonement
  • Goya's Ghosts
  • Hairspray
  • The Passionate Life of Edith Piaf (La môme)

Best Director

• Joel and Ethan Coen – No Country for Old Men
  • David Cronenberg – Eastern Promises
  • Olivier Dahan – The Passionate Life of Edith Piaf (La môme)
  • Ang Lee – Lust, Caution (Se, jie)
  • Sidney Lumet – Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
  • Sarah Polley – Away from Her

Best Documentary Film

• Sicko
  • The 11th Hour
  • Darfur Now
  • The King of Kong
  • Lake of Fire
  • No End In Sight

Best Editing

• American Gangster
  • The Bourne Ultimatum
  • Eastern Promises
  • The Lookout
  • The Passionate Life of Edith Piaf (La môme)
  • No Country for Old Men

Best Film - Drama

• No Country for Old Men
  • 3:10 to Yuma
  • Away From Her
  • Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
  • Eastern Promises
  • The Lookout

Best Film - Musical or Comedy

• Juno
  • Hairspray
  • Knocked Up
  • Lars and the Real Girl
  • Margot at the Wedding
  • Shoot 'Em Up

Best Foreign Language Film

• Lust, Caution (Se, jie) • Taiwan
  • 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days (4 luni, 3 saptamani si 2 zile) • Romania
  • The Passionate Life of Edith Piaf (La môme) • France
  • Offside • Iran
  • The Orphanage (El orfanato) • Spain
  • Ten Canoes • Australia

Best Original Score

• "The Kite Runner" – Alberto Iglesias
  • "The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford" – Nick Cave
  • "Atonement" – Dario Marianelli
  • "Eastern Promises" – Howard Shore
  • "The Lookout" – James Newton Howard
  • "Ratatouille" – Michael Giacchino

Best Original Song

• "Grace is Gone" written by Clint Eastwood and Carole Bayer Sager – Grace Is Gone
  • "Come So Far" written by Marc Shaiman – Hairspray
  • "Do You Feel Me" written by Diane Warren – American Gangster
  • "If You Want Me" written by Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova – Once
  • "Lyra" written by Kate Bush – The Golden Compass
  • "Rise" written by Eddie Vedder – Into the Wild

Best Screenplay - Adapted

• Atonement – Christopher Hampton
  • Away from Her – Sarah Polley
  • The Kite Runner – David Benioff
  • Lust, Caution (Se, jie) – Hui-Ling Wang and James Schamus
  • No Country for Old Men – Joel and Ethan Coen
  • Zodiac – James Vanderbilt

Best Screenplay - Original

• Juno – Diablo Cody
  • Before the Devil Knows You're Dead – Kelly Masterson
  • Eastern Promises – Steven Knight
  • Lars and the Real Girl – Nancy Oliver
  • The Lookout – Scott Frank
  • Michael Clayton – Tony Gilroy

Best Sound (Mixing and Editing)

• The Bourne Ultimatum
  • 300
  • The Golden Compass
  • I Am Legend
  • The Passionate Life of Edith Piaf (La môme)
  • Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End

Best Supporting Actor

• Casey Affleck – The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
• Tom Wilkinson – Michael Clayton
  • Javier Bardem – No Country for Old Men
  • Brian Cox – Zodiac
  • Jeff Daniels – The Lookout
  • Ben Foster – 3:10 to Yuma

Best Supporting Actress

• Amy Ryan – Gone Baby Gone
  • Ruby Dee – American Gangster
  • Taraji P. Henson – Talk to Me
  • Saoirse Ronan – Atonement
  • Emmanuelle Seigner – The Passionate Life of Edith Piaf (La môme)
  • Tilda Swinton – Michael Clayton

Best Visual Effects

• 300
  • Beowulf
  • The Bourne Ultimatum
  • Enchanted
  • The Golden Compass
  • Transformers

Television

Best Actor - Drama Series

• Michael C. Hall – Dexter
  • Eddie Izzard – The Riches
  • Hugh Laurie – House
  • Denis Leary – Rescue Me
  • Bill Paxton – Big Love
  • James Woods – Shark

Best Actor - Musical or Comedy Series

• Stephen Colbert – The Colbert Report
  • Alec Baldwin – 30 Rock
  • Steve Carell – The Office
  • Ricky Gervais – Extras
  • Zachary Levi – Chuck
  • Lee Pace – Pushing Daisies

Best Actor - Miniseries or TV Film

• David Oyelowo – Five Days
  • Jim Broadbent – Longford
  • Robert Lindsay – The Trial of Tony Blair
  • Aidan Quinn – Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
  • Tom Selleck – Jesse Stone: Sea Change
  • Toby Stephens – Jane Eyre

Best Actress - Drama Series

• Ellen Pompeo – Grey's Anatomy
  • Glenn Close – Damages
  • Minnie Driver – The Riches
  • Sally Field – Brothers and Sisters
  • Kyra Sedgwick – The Closer
  • Jeanne Tripplehorn – Big Love

Best Actress - Musical or Comedy Series

• America Ferrera – Ugly Betty
  • Tina Fey – 30 Rock
  • Anna Friel – Pushing Daisies
  • Patricia Heaton – Back to You
  • Felicity Huffman – Desperate Housewives
  • Julia Louis-Dreyfus – The New Adventures of Old Christine

Best Actress - Miniseries or TV Film

• Samantha Morton – Longford
  • Ellen Burstyn – Oprah Winfrey Presents: Mitch Albom's For One More Day
  • Queen Latifah – Life Support
  • Debra Messing – The Starter Wife
  • Sharon Small – Inspector Lynley Mysteries
  • Ruth Wilson – Jane Eyre

Best Cast

• Mad Men
  • Bryan Batt
  • Anne Dudek
  • Michael Gladis
  • Jon Hamm
  • Christina Hendricks
  • January Jones
  • Vincent Kartheiser
  • Robert Morse
  • Elisabeth Moss
  • Kiernan Shipka
  • Maggie Siff
  • John Slattery
  • Rich Sommer
  • Aaron Staton

Best Series - Drama

• Dexter
  • Brothers and Sisters
  • Friday Night Lights
  • Grey's Anatomy
  • Mad Men
  • The Riches

Best Series - Musical or Comedy

• Pushing Daisies
  • Chuck
  • Extras
  • Flight of the Conchords
  • Ugly Betty
  • Weeds

Best Miniseries

• The Amazing Mrs. Pritchard
  • The Company
  • Jane Eyre
  • Five Days
  • The Starter Wife

Best TV Film

• Oprah Winfrey Presents: Mitch Albom's For One More Day
  • Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
  • Life Support
  • Longford
  • The Trial of Tony Blair
  • The Wind in the Willows

Best Supporting Actor - Series, Miniseries or TV Film

• David Zayas – Dexter
  • Harry Dean Stanton – Big Love
  • Michael Emerson – Lost
  • Justin Kirk – Weeds
  • T.R. Knight – Grey's Anatomy
  • Masi Oka – Heroes
  • Andy Serkis – Longford

Best Supporting Actress - Series, Miniseries or TV Film

• Vanessa L. Williams – Ugly Betty
  • Polly Bergen – Desperate Housewives
  • Judy Davis – The Starter Wife
  • Rachel Griffiths – Brothers and Sisters
  • Jaime Pressly – My Name Is Earl
  • Chandra Wilson – Grey's Anatomy

Awards breakdown

Film

3 / 3 Juno: Best Actress and Film-Musical or Comedy & Screenplay-Original

2 / 6 No Country for Old Men: Best Director & Film-Drama

1 / 2 Elizabeth: The Golden Age: Best Costume Design

1 / 2 Ratatouille: Best Animated or Mixed Media Film

1 / 3 300: Best Visual Effects

1 / 3 The Bourne Ultimatum: Best Sound

1 / 3 Michael Clayton: Best Supporting Actor(tie)

1 / 4 American Gangster: Best Editing

1 / 4 The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford: Best Supporting Actor(tie)

1 / 4 Lars and the Real Girl: Best Actor-Musical or Comedy

1 / 5 Atonement: Best Screenplay-Adapted

1 / 6 Eastern Promises: Best Actor-Drama

1 / 7 The Passionate Life of Edith Piaf (La môme): Best Actress-Drama