The 9th Golden Satellite Awards, honoring the best in film and television of 2004, were presented by the International Press Academy on January 23, 2005.
Special achievement awards
Mary Pickford Award <small>(for outstanding contribution to the entertainment industry)</small> â Susan Sarandon
Nikola Tesla Award <small>(for introducing video-assist and video playback techniques, which have become industry standards)</small> â Jerry Lewis
Outstanding New Talent â Freddie Highmore
Motion picture winners and nominees
Best Actor â Drama
Don Cheadle â Hotel Rwanda
Best Actor â Musical or Comedy
Jamie Foxx â Ray
Best Actress â Drama
Hilary Swank â Million Dollar Baby
Best Actress â Musical or Comedy
Annette Bening â Being Julia
Best Animated or Mixed Media Film
The Incredibles
Best Art Direction and Production Design
De-Lovely
Best Cinematography
House of Flying Daggers (Shi mian mai fu) â Zhao Xiaoding
Best Costume Design
Vanity Fair â Beatrix Aruna Pasztor
Best Director
Mel Gibson â The Passion of the Christ
Best Documentary Film
Super Size Me
Best Editing
Collateral â Jim Miller and Paul Rubell
Best Film â Drama
Hotel Rwanda
Best Film â Musical or Comedy
Sideways
Best Foreign Language Film
The Sea Inside (Mar adentro), Spain
Best Original Score
"" â John Swihart
Best Original Song
"Million Voices" written by Jerry Duplessis, Andrea Guerra, and Wyclef Jean â Hotel Rwanda
Best Screenplay â Adapted
Million Dollar Baby â Paul Haggis
Best Screenplay â Original
Ray â James L. White
Best Sound
Collateral
Best Supporting Actor â Drama
Christopher Walken â Around the Bend
Best Supporting Actor â Musical or Comedy
Thomas Haden Church â Sideways
Best Supporting Actress â Drama
Gena Rowlands â The Notebook
Best Supporting Actress â Musical or Comedy
Regina King â Ray
Best Visual Effects
The Aviator (TIE) <br /> House of Flying Daggers (Shi mian mai fu) (TIE)
Outstanding Motion Picture Ensemble
Sideways
Television winners and nominees
Best Actor â Drama Series
Matthew Fox â Lost
Best Actor â Musical or Comedy Series
Jason Bateman â Arrested Development
Best Actor â Miniseries or TV Film
Jamie Foxx â '
Best Actress â Drama Series
Laurel Holloman â The L Word
Best Actress â Musical or Comedy Series
Portia de Rossi â Arrested Development
Best Actress â Miniseries or TV Film
Dianne Wiest â The Blackwater Lightship
Best Miniseries
The Lost Prince
Best Series â Drama
Nip/Tuck
Best Series â Musical or Comedy
Desperate Housewives
Best Supporting Actor â Miniseries or TV Film
Bill Nighy â The Lost Prince
Best Supporting Actress â Miniseries or TV Film
Anjelica Huston â Iron Jawed Angels
Best TV Film
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New Media winners and nominees
For the game categories, only nominees are listed; winners are unknown:
Best Classic DVD
La Dolce Vita
Best Documentary DVD
Broadway: The American Musical
- Ancient Mysteries and Rise and Fall of the Spartans <small>(for the "Troy â Unearthing the Legend" DVD)</small>
- Brooklyn Bridge, The Statue of Liberty, Huey Long, The Congress, Thomas Hart Benton, , and <small>(for the Ken Burns' America Collection)</small>
- Capturing the Friedmans
- Fahrenheit 9/11
- In the Footsteps of Alexander the Great
- It's All True
- Seven Up!, 7 Plus Seven, 21 Up, 28 Up, 35 Up, and 42 Up (for the "Up" film series)
- Spellbound
- Super Size Me
Best DVD Extras
Maria Full of Grace <small>(for the documentary)</small>
Best DVD Release of TV Shows
Seinfeld
Outstanding Game Based on a Previous Medium
Outstanding Overall DVD
Spider-Man 2
Outstanding Platform Action/Adventure Game
Outstanding Puzzle/Strategy Game
Outstanding Sports Game
Outstanding Youth DVD
The Iron Giant
Awards breakdown
Film
Winners:
3 / 4 Hotel Rwanda: Best Actor & Film â Drama / Best Original Song
3 / 7 Ray: Best Actor â Musical or Comedy / Best Supporting Actress â Musical or Comedy / Best Screenplay â Original
3 / 7 Sideways: Best Film â Musical or Comedy / Best Supporting Actor â Musical or Comedy / Outstanding Motion Picture Ensemble
2 / 2 Million Dollar Baby: Best Actress â Drama / Best Screenplay â Adapted
2 / 5 Collateral: Best Editing / Best Sound
2 / 6 House of Flying Daggers (Shi mian mai fu): Best Cinematography / Best Visual Effects
1 / 1 Around the Bend: Best Supporting Actor â Drama
1 / 1 The Notebook: Best Supporting Actress â Drama
1 / 1 The Passion of the Christ: Best Director
1 / 1 Super Size Me: Best Documentary Film
1 / 2 Being Julia: Best Actress â Musical or Comedy
1 / 2 The Incredibles: Best Animated or Mixed Media Film
1 / 2 Napoleon Dynamite: Best Original Score
1 / 2 The Sea Inside (Mar adentro): Best Foreign Language Film
1 / 2 Vanity Fair: Best Costume Design
1 / 3 De-Lovely: Best Art Direction and Production Design
1 / 11 The Aviator: Best Visual Effects
Losers:
0 / 11 The Phantom of the Opera
0 / 6 Kinsey, Spider-Man 2
0 / 4 Closer, '
0 / 3 Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, Maria Full of Grace, The Merchant of Venice, Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow
0 / 2 Alfie, Finding Neverland, Garden State, Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events, The Motorcycle Diaries (Diarios de motocicleta), The Polar Express, Vera Drake, A Very Long Engagement (Un long dimanche de fiançailles), The Woodsman
Television
Winners:
2 / 2 ': Best Actor â Miniseries or TV Film / Best TV Film
2 / 3 Arrested Development: Best Actor & Actress â Musical or Comedy Series
2 / 4 The Lost Prince: Best Miniseries / Best Supporting Actor â Miniseries or TV Film
1 / 2 Iron Jawed Angels: Best Supporting Actress â Miniseries or TV Film
1 / 2 The L Word: Best Actress â Drama Series
1 / 2 Nip/Tuck: Best Series â Drama
1 / 3 The Blackwater Lightship: Best Actress â Miniseries or TV Film
1 / 3 Lost: Best Actor â Drama Series
1 / 4 Desperate Housewives: Best Series â Musical or Comedy Series
Losers:
0 / 4 Something the Lord Made
0 / 3 The Life and Death of Peter Sellers
0 / 2 The Bernie Mac Show, Boston Legal, Deadwood, Gilmore Girls, Helter Skelter, Prime Suspect: The Last Witness, Scrubs
References