The 7th Golden Satellite Awards, honoring the best in film and television of 2002, were presented by the International Press Academy on January 12, 2003.

Special achievement awards

Mary Pickford Award (for outstanding contribution to the entertainment industry) – Robert Evans

Nikola Tesla Award (for a lifetime of visionary filmmaking achievement) – George Lucas

Outstanding New Talent – Derek Luke

Outstanding Service in the Entertainment Industry – Murray Weissman and Dick Delson (Weissman Delson Communications)^[1][2]

Motion picture winners and nominees

Best Actor – Drama

Michael Caine – The Quiet American (TIE)
Daniel Day-Lewis – Gangs of New York (TIE)

• Tom Hanks – Road to Perdition
• Jack Nicholson – About Schmidt
• Edward Norton – 25th Hour
• Robin Williams – One Hour Photo

Best Actor – Musical or Comedy

Kieran Culkin – Igby Goes Down

• Nicolas Cage – Adaptation.
• Hugh Grant – About a Boy
• Sam Rockwell – Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
• Adam Sandler – Punch-Drunk Love
• Aaron Stanford – Tadpole

Best Actress – Drama

Diane Lane – Unfaithful

• Salma Hayek – Frida
• Nicole Kidman – The Hours
• Julianne Moore – Far from Heaven
• Meryl Streep – The Hours
• Sigourney Weaver – The Guys

Best Actress – Musical or Comedy

Jennifer Westfeldt – Kissing Jessica Stein

• Jennifer Aniston – The Good Girl
• Maggie Gyllenhaal – Secretary
• Catherine Keener – Lovely & Amazing
• Nia Vardalos – My Big Fat Greek Wedding
• Renée Zellweger – Chicago

Best Animated or Mixed Media Film

Spirited Away (Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi)

• Ice Age
• Lilo & Stitch
• Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron
• The Wild Thornberrys Movie

Best Art Direction

Gangs of New York – Dante Ferretti

• Catch Me If You Can
• CQ
• Frida
• Road to Perdition

Best Cinematography

Road to Perdition – Conrad L. Hall

• Far from Heaven
• Gangs of New York
• The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
• Minority Report

Best Costume Design

Frida – Julie Weiss

• Austin Powers in Goldmember
• Gangs of New York
• Road to Perdition
• Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones

Best Director

Todd Haynes – Far from Heaven

• Pedro Almodóvar – Talk to Her (Hable con ella)
• Stephen Daldry – The Hours
• Peter Jackson – The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
• Phillip Noyce – The Quiet American
• Denzel Washington – Antwone Fisher

Best Documentary Film

The Kid Stays in the Picture

• Biggie and Tupac
• Bowling for Columbine
• The Cockettes
• Dogtown and Z-Boys

Best Editing

Gangs of New York – Thelma Schoonmaker

• Adaptation.
• Insomnia
• The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
• One Hour Photo

Best Film – Drama

Far from Heaven

• Antwone Fisher
• The Hours
• The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
• The Quiet American
• Road to Perdition

Best Film – Musical or Comedy

My Big Fat Greek Wedding

• About a Boy
• Adaptation.
• Igby Goes Down
• Punch-Drunk Love

Best Foreign Language Film

Talk to Her (Hable con ella), Spain

• All or Nothing, UK
• Bloody Sunday, Ireland/UK
• Everyone Loves Alice (Alla älskar Alice), Sweden
• Monsoon Wedding, India
• Rain, New Zealand
• Sex and Lucia (Lucía y el sexo), France/Spain

Best Original Score

"Frida" – Elliot Goldenthal

• "24 Hour Party People" – Liz Gallacher
• "25th Hour" – Terence Blanchard
• "About a Boy" – Damon Gough
• "Roger Dodger" – Craig Wedren

Best Original Song

"Something to Talk About" performed by Badly Drawn Boy – About a Boy

• "8 Mile" – 8 Mile
• "Die Another Day" – Die Another Day
• "Girl on the Roof" – Van Wilder
• "Love Is a Crime" – Chicago
• "Work It Out" – Austin Powers in Goldmember

Best Screenplay – Adapted

Adaptation. – Charlie and Donald Kaufman

• Chicago – Bill Condon
• The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers – Philippa Boyens, Peter Jackson, Stephen Sinclair and Fran Walsh
• My Big Fat Greek Wedding – Nia Vardalos
• The Pianist – Ronald Harwood

Best Screenplay – Original

Talk to Her (Hable con ella) – Pedro Almodóvar

• All or Nothing – Mike Leigh
• Far from Heaven – Todd Haynes
• The Good Girl – Mike White
• Igby Goes Down – Burr Steers
• Lovely & Amazing – Nicole Holofcener

Best Sound

Solaris – Larry Blake

• Gangs of New York
• The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
• Minority Report
• Signs

Best Supporting Actor – Drama

Dennis Haysbert – Far from Heaven

• Jeremy Davies – Solaris
• Alfred Molina – Frida
• Viggo Mortensen – The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
• Paul Newman – Road to Perdition
• Dennis Quaid – Far from Heaven

Best Supporting Actor – Musical or Comedy

Michael Constantine – My Big Fat Greek Wedding

• Chris Cooper – Adaptation.
• Jake Gyllenhaal – The Good Girl
• Philip Seymour Hoffman – Punch-Drunk Love
• Nicky Katt – Full Frontal
• John C. Reilly – The Good Girl

Best Supporting Actress – Drama

Edie Falco – Sunshine State

• Kathy Bates – About Schmidt
• Julianne Moore – The Hours
• Miranda Richardson – Spider
• Do Thi Hai Yen – The Quiet American
• Renée Zellweger – White Oleander

Best Supporting Actress – Musical or Comedy

Tovah Feldshuh – Kissing Jessica Stein

• Toni Collette – About a Boy
• Lainie Kazan – My Big Fat Greek Wedding
• Emily Mortimer – Lovely & Amazing
• Bebe Neuwirth – Tadpole
• Meryl Streep – Adaptation.

Best Visual Effects

The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

• Gangs of New York
• Minority Report
• Road to Perdition
• Spider-Man

Outstanding Motion Picture Ensemble

The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

Television winners and nominees

Best Actor – Drama Series

Kiefer Sutherland – 24

• Michael Chiklis – The Shield
• Peter Krause – Six Feet Under
• Chi McBride – Boston Public
• Martin Sheen – The West Wing

Best Actor – Musical or Comedy Series

Bernie Mac – The Bernie Mac Show

• Matt LeBlanc – Friends
• Eric McCormack – Will & Grace
• John C. McGinley – Scrubs
• Damon Wayans – My Wife and Kids

Best Actor – Miniseries or TV Film

William H. Macy – Door to Door

• Ted Danson – Living with the Dead
• Albert Finney – The Gathering Storm
• Harry Lennix – Keep the Faith, Baby
• Patrick Stewart – King of Texas

Best Actress – Drama Series

CCH Pounder – The Shield

• Jennifer Garner – Alias
• Sarah Michelle Gellar – Buffy the Vampire Slayer
• Allison Janney – The West Wing
• Maura Tierney – ER

Best Actress – Musical or Comedy Series

Debra Messing – Will & Grace

• Jennifer Aniston – Friends
• Alexis Bledel – Gilmore Girls
• Lauren Graham – Gilmore Girls
• Bonnie Hunt – Life with Bonnie

Best Actress – Miniseries or TV Film

Vanessa Williams – Keep the Faith, Baby

• Kathy Bates – My Sister's Keeper
• Stockard Channing – The Matthew Shepard Story
• Marcia Gay Harden – King of Texas
• Vanessa Redgrave – The Gathering Storm

Best Miniseries

Taken

• The Forsyte Saga
• Master Spy: The Robert Hanssen Story
• Living with the Dead
• Shackleton

Best Series – Drama

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

• 24
• Alias
• Buffy the Vampire Slayer
• Without a Trace

Best Series – Musical or Comedy

The Bernie Mac Show

• Curb Your Enthusiasm
• Friends
• Gilmore Girls
• Scrubs

Best TV Film

Door to Door

• The Gathering Storm
• Keep the Faith, Baby
• The Laramie Project
• Path to War

Best Supporting Actor – Drama Series

Victor Garber – Alias

• Dennis Haysbert – 24
• Anthony Heald – Boston Public
• James Marsters – Buffy the Vampire Slayer
• Ron Rifkin – Alias

Best Supporting Actor – Musical or Comedy Series

Eric Roberts – Less Than Perfect

• Sean Hayes – Will & Grace
• Peter MacNicol – Ally McBeal
• Chris Noth – Sex and the City
• David Hyde Pierce – Frasier

Best Supporting Actor – Miniseries or TV Film

Linus Roache – The Gathering Storm

• Jim Broadbent – The Gathering Storm
• Jeremy Davies – The Laramie Project
• Terry Kinney – The Laramie Project
• Roy Scheider – King of Texas

Best Supporting Actress – Drama Series

Sarah Clarke – 24

• Emma Caulfield – Buffy the Vampire Slayer
• Loretta Devine – Boston Public
• Alyson Hannigan – Buffy the Vampire Slayer
• Lena Olin – Alias

Best Supporting Actress – Musical or Comedy Series

Doris Roberts – Everybody Loves Raymond

• Kelly Bishop – Gilmore Girls
• Christa Miller – Scrubs
• Megan Mullally – Will & Grace
• Cynthia Nixon – Sex and the City

Best Supporting Actress – Miniseries or TV Film

Helen Mirren – Door to Door

• Queen Latifah – Living with the Dead
• Amy Madigan – Just a Dream
• Sissy Spacek – Last Call
• Frances Sternhagen – The Laramie Project

New Media winners and nominees

Best DVD Extras

Minority Report (For the documentary)

• The Last Waltz (For the commentary)
• The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (For the commentary)
• The Producers (For the documentary)
• Singin' in the Rain (For the commentary)

Most Innovative Story Design

Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem

• Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
• Medal of Honor: Frontline
• Metal Gear Solid 2: Substance
• Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos

Outstanding Art Direction

Biohazard Ø

• Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
• Jet Set Radio Future
• Pro Surfer
• Mafia: The City of Lost Heaven

Outstanding Character

Shinobi (for "Shinobi")

• Maximo: Ghosts to Glory (for "Maximo")
• Ratchet & Clank (for "Ratchet")
• Sly Cooper and the Thievius Raccoonus (for "Sly Cooper")
• Spider-Man (for "Spiderman")

Outstanding Execution of a Gaming Concept

No One Lives Forever 2: A Spy in H.A.R.M.'s Way

• Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem
• Mafia: The City of Lost Heaven
• Metroid Prime
• The Sims Online

Outstanding Overall DVD

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

• Buffy the Vampire Slayer (For Season 2.)
• Austin Powers in Goldmember
• A Hard Day's Night
• Minority Report
• Monterey Pop
• Y Tu Mamá También

Outstanding Youth DVD

Monsters, Inc.

• Beauty and the Beast
• Ice Age
• Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius
• Singin' in the Rain

Special Humanitarian DVD

9/11 (Jules Naudet, Gédéon Naudet, and James Hanlon)

Awards breakdown

Film

Winners:

3 / 7 Far from Heaven: Best Director / Best Film – Drama / Best Supporting Actor – Drama

2 / 2 Kissing Jessica Stein: Best Actress – Musical or Comedy / Best Supporting Actress – Musical or Comedy

2 / 3 Talk to Her (Hable con ella): Best Foreign Language Film / Best Screenplay – Original

2 / 5 My Big Fat Greek Wedding: Best Film & Supporting Actor – Musical or Comedy

2 / 5 Frida: Best Costume Design / Best Original Score

2 / 7 Gangs of New York: Best Actor – Drama / Best Art Direction / Best Editing

2 / 8 The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers: Best Visual Effects / Outstanding Motion Picture Ensemble

1 / 1 The Kid Stays in the Picture: Best Documentary Film

1 / 1 Spirited Away (Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi): Best Animated or Mixed Media Film

1 / 1 Sunshine State: Best Supporting Actress – Drama

1 / 1 Unfaithful: Best Actress – Drama

1 / 2 Solaris: Best Sound

1 / 3 Igby Goes Down: Best Actor – Musical or Comedy

1 / 4 The Quiet American: Best Actor – Drama

1 / 5 About a Boy: Best Original Song

1 / 6 Adaptation.: Best Screenplay – Adapted

1 / 7 Road to Perdition: Best Cinematography

Losers:

0 / 5 The Hours

0 / 4 The Good Girl

0 / 3 Austin Powers in Goldmember, Chicago, Lovely & Amazing, Punch-Drunk Love

0 / 2 25th Hour, About Schmidt, Antwone Fisher, Ice Age, One Hour Photo, Tadpole

Television

Winners:

3 / 3 Door to Door: Best Actor – Miniseries or TV Film / Best Supporting Actress – Miniseries or TV Film / Best TV Film

2 / 2 The Bernie Mac Show: Best Actor – Musical or Comedy Series / Best Series – Musical or Comedy Series

2 / 3 24: Best Actor – Drama Series / Best Supporting Actress – Drama Series

1 / 1 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation: Best Series – Drama

1 / 1 Everybody Loves Raymond: Best Supporting Actress – Musical or Comedy Series

1 / 1 Less Than Perfect: Best Supporting Actor – Musical or Comedy Series

1 / 1 Taken: Best Miniseries

1 / 2 The Shield: Best Actress – Drama Series

1 / 3 Keep the Faith, Baby: Best Actress – Miniseries or TV Film

1 / 4 Will & Grace: Best Actress – Musical or Comedy Series

1 / 5 Alias: Best Supporting Actor – Drama Series

1 / 5 The Gathering Storm: Best Supporting Actor – Miniseries or TV Film

Losers:

0 / 5 Buffy the Vampire Slayer

0 / 4 Gilmore Girls, The Laramie Project

0 / 3 Boston Public, Friends, King of Texas, Living with the Dead, Scrubs

0 / 2 Sex and the City, The West Wing