The 12th Satellite Awards, honoring the best in film and television of 2007, were given on December 16, 2007.^[1]

Special achievement awards

Auteur Award (for his work on the film The Diving Bell and the Butterfly) – Julian Schnabel

Mary Pickford Award (for outstanding contribution to the entertainment industry) – Kathy Bates

Nikola Tesla Award (for his visual effects in films, especially with computer digital rendering and compositing) – Dennis Muren

Motion picture winners and nominees

Best Actor – Drama

Viggo Mortensen – Eastern Promises

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

Best Actor – Comedy or Musical

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 – La Vie en Rose (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 – Comedy or Musical

Elliot 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 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
• La Vie en Rose (La môme)

Best Director

Joel Coen and Ethan Coen – No Country for Old Men

• David Cronenberg – Eastern Promises
• Olivier Dahan – La Vie en Rose (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 Film – Comedy or Musical

Juno

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

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 Editing

American Gangster

• The Bourne Ultimatum
• Eastern Promises
• La Vie en Rose (La môme)
• The Lookout

Best Foreign Language Film

Lust, Caution (Se, jie) • Taiwan

• 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days (4 luni, 3 saptamani si 2 zile) • Romania
• La Vie en Rose (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 Markéta Irglová) – 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 Coen 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

The Bourne Ultimatum

• 300
• The Golden Compass
• I Am Legend
• La Vie en Rose (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 (TIE)
Tom Wilkinson – Michael Clayton (TIE)

• 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 – La Vie en Rose (La môme)
• Tilda Swinton – Michael Clayton

Best Visual Effects

300

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

Outstanding Motion Picture Ensemble

Before the Devil Knows You're Dead

Television winners and nominees

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 – Comedy or Musical 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 Motion Picture Made for Television

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 & Sisters
• Kyra Sedgwick – The Closer
• Jeanne Tripplehorn – Big Love

Best Actress – Comedy or Musical 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 Motion Picture Made for Television

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 – The Inspector Lynley Mysteries
• Ruth Wilson – Jane Eyre

Best Miniseries

The Amazing Mrs Pritchard

• The Company
• Five Days
• Jane Eyre
• The Starter Wife

Best Motion Picture Made for Television

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 Series – Comedy or Musical

Pushing Daisies

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

Best Series – Drama

Dexter

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

Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries, or Motion Picture Made for Television

David Zayas – Dexter

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

Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries, or Motion Picture Made for Television

Vanessa Williams – Ugly Betty

• Polly Bergen – Desperate Housewives
• Judy Davis – The Starter Wife
• Rachel Griffiths – Brothers & Sisters
• Jaime Pressly – My Name Is Earl
• Chandra Wilson – Grey's Anatomy

Outstanding Television Ensemble

Mad Men

New Media winners and nominees

Best Classic DVD

The Graduate (40th Anniversary Edition)

• Ace in the Hole (The Criterion Collection)
• Cruising (Deluxe Edition)
• The Full Monty (Fully Exposed Edition)
• Funny Face (50th Anniversary Edition)
• Ghost (Special Collector's Edition)
• House of Games (The Criterion Collection)
• The Pirate
• RoboCop (20th Anniversary Collector's Edition)
• Stranger Than Paradise (The Criterion Collection)

Best Documentary DVD

The War

• Addiction
• Alive Day Memories: Home from Iraq
• American Experience (Episode: "The Mormons: Part I")
• Crazy Love
• Jesus Camp
• No End in Sight
• Shut Up and Sing
• Sicko
• An Unreasonable Man

Best DVD Extras

Borat (TIE)
Masters of Horror (Season 1) (TIE)

• Fiddler on the Roof (2-Disc Collector's Edition)
• Flashdance (Special Collector's Edition)
• The Graduate (40th Anniversary Edition)
• RoboCop (20th Anniversary Collector's Edition)
• The Sergio Leone Anthology
• The Silence of the Lambs (Collector's Edition)
• Viva Pedro: The Almodóvar Collection / Volver
• Wall Street (20th Anniversary Edition)

Best DVD Release of a TV Show

Dexter (Season 1)

• Daniel Deronda
• The House of Eliott (The Complete Collection)
• Lost (The Complete Third Season)
• The Muppet Show (Season 2)
• Nip/Tuck (Season 4)
• The Office (Season 3)
• Rome (Season 2)
• Twin Peaks (Season 2)
• Ugly Betty (Season 1)

Best Overall DVD

The Prestige

• Blood Diamond
• Children of Men
• The Flying Scotsman
• Little Children
• The Lives of Others
• Notes on a Scandal
• Pan's Labyrinth
• Rescue Dawn
• Romeo + Juliet (The Music Edition)

Best Youth DVD

Ratatouille

• Care Bears (25th Anniversary Edition)
• Cars
• Charlotte's Web
• Gracie
• The Jungle Book (40th Anniversary Platinum Edition)
• Little Robots (Episode: "Reach for the Sky")
• The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh
• The Pebble and the Penguin
• Peter Pan (2-Disc Platinum Edition)
• Transformers (Two-Disc Special Edition)

Outstanding Action/Adventure Game

God of War II

• BioShock
• Gears of War
• The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
• Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops

Outstanding Puzzle/Strategy Game

Medieval II: Total War

• Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword
• Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars
• Puzzle Quest: Challenge of the Warlords
• World in Conflict

Outstanding Role Playing Game

Super Paper Mario

• The Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar
• Persona 3
• The Witcher
• World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade

Outstanding Sports/Rhythm/Music Game

Guitar Hero II

• Elite Beat Agents
• Forza Motorsport 2
• Pro Evolution Soccer 2007
• Wii Sports

Awards breakdown

Film

Winners:

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

2 / 2 Elizabeth: The Golden Age: Best Art Direction and Production Design / Best Costume Design

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

1 / 1 The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (Le scaphandre et le papillon): Best Cinematography

1 / 1 Gone Baby Gone: Best Supporting Actress

1 / 1 Grace Is Gone: Best Original Song

1 / 1 Sicko: Best Documentary Film

1 / 2 The Kite Runner: Best Original Score

1 / 2 Ratatouille: Best Animated or Mixed Media Film

1 / 3 300: Best Visual Effects

1 / 3 The Bourne Ultimatum: Best Sound

1 / 3 Lust, Caution (Se, jie): Best Foreign Language Film

1 / 3 Michael Clayton: Best Supporting Actor

1 / 4 American Gangster: Best Film Editing

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

1 / 4 Before the Devil Knows You're Dead: Outstanding Motion Picture Ensemble

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

1 / 5 Atonement: Best Screenplay – Adapted

1 / 6 Eastern Promises: Best Actor – Drama

1 / 7 La Vie en Rose (La môme): Best Actress – Drama

Losers:

0 / 5 The Golden Compass, The Lookout

0 / 4 Away from Her, Hairspray

0 / 3 Knocked Up, Zodiac

0 / 2 3:10 to Yuma, Across the Universe, Amazing Grace, Beowulf, Enchanted, Margot at the Wedding, Shoot 'Em Up, Talk to Me

Television

Winners:

3 / 3 Dexter: Best Actor – Drama Series / Best Series – Drama / Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries, or Motion Picture Made for Television

2 / 3 Ugly Betty: Best Actress – Comedy or Musical Series / Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries, or Motion Picture Made for Television

1 / 1 The Amazing Mrs Pritchard: Best Miniseries

1 / 1 The Colbert Report: Best Actor – Comedy or Musical Series

1 / 2 Five Days: Best Actor – Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television

1 / 2 Mad Men: Outstanding Television Ensemble

1 / 2 Oprah Winfrey Presents: Mitch Albom's For One More Day: Best Motion Picture Made for Television

1 / 3 Pushing Daisies: Best Series – Comedy or Musical Series

1 / 4 Grey's Anatomy: Best Actress – Drama Series

1 / 4 Longford: Best Actress – Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television

Losers:

0 / 3 Big Love, Brothers & Sisters, Jane Eyre, The Riches, The Starter Wife

0 / 2 30 Rock, Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee, Chuck, Desperate Housewives, Extras, Life Support, The Trial of Tony Blair, Weeds