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.^[1]

Special achievement awards

Mary Pickford Award (for outstanding contribution to the entertainment industry) – Susan Sarandon

Nikola Tesla Award (for introducing video-assist and video playback techniques, which have become industry standards) – Jerry Lewis

Outstanding New Talent – Freddie Highmore

Motion picture winners and nominees

Best Actor – Drama

Don Cheadle – Hotel Rwanda

• Kevin Bacon – The Woodsman
• Javier Bardem – The Sea Inside (Mar adentro)
• Gael García Bernal – The Motorcycle Diaries (Diarios de motocicleta)
• Johnny Depp – Finding Neverland
• Liam Neeson – Kinsey
• Sean Penn – The Assassination of Richard Nixon

Best Actor – Musical or Comedy

Jamie Foxx – Ray

• Gerard Butler – The Phantom of the Opera
• Jim Carrey – Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
• Paul Giamatti – Sideways
• Kevin Kline – De-Lovely
• Bill Murray – The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou

Best Actress – Drama

Hilary Swank – Million Dollar Baby

• Laura Linney – P.S.
• Catalina Sandino Moreno – Maria Full of Grace
• Imelda Staunton – Vera Drake
• Uma Thurman – Kill Bill: Volume 2
• Sigourney Weaver – Imaginary Heroes

Best Actress – Musical or Comedy

Annette Bening – Being Julia

• Jena Malone – Saved!
• Natalie Portman – Garden State
• Emmy Rossum – The Phantom of the Opera
• Kerry Washington – Ray
• Kate Winslet – Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

Best Animated or Mixed Media Film

The Incredibles

• The Polar Express
• Shrek 2
• The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie
• Teacher's Pet
• Team America: World Police

Best Art Direction and Production Design

De-Lovely

• The Aviator
• House of Flying Daggers (Shi mian mai fu)
• The Phantom of the Opera
• Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow
• Vanity Fair

Best Cinematography

House of Flying Daggers (Shi mian mai fu) – Zhao Xiaoding

• The Aviator
• Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
• The Phantom of the Opera
• Spider-Man 2
• A Very Long Engagement (Un long dimanche de fiançailles)

Best Costume Design

Vanity Fair – Beatrix Aruna Pasztor

• The Aviator
• De-Lovely
• House of Flying Daggers (Shi mian mai fu)
• The Phantom of the Opera
• Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow

Best Director

Mel Gibson – The Passion of the Christ

• Bill Condon – Kinsey
• Taylor Hackford – Ray
• Joshua Marston – Maria Full of Grace
• Alexander Payne – Sideways
• Martin Scorsese – The Aviator

Best Documentary Film

Super Size Me

• Born into Brothels
• The Fuente Family: An American Dream
• Lightning in a Bottle
• Touching the Void
• Tupac: Resurrection

Best Editing

Collateral – Jim Miller and Paul Rubell

• The Aviator
• Closer
• House of Flying Daggers (Shi mian mai fu)
• Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
• Spider-Man 2

Best Film – Drama

Hotel Rwanda

• The Aviator
• Kill Bill: Volume 2
• Kinsey
• Maria Full of Grace
• Vera Drake

Best Film – Musical or Comedy

Sideways

• The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
• The Merchant of Venice
• Napoleon Dynamite
• The Phantom of the Opera
• Ray

Best Foreign Language Film

The Sea Inside (Mar adentro), Spain

• Bad Education (La mala educación), Spain
• Don't Move (Non ti muovere), Italy
• House of Flying Daggers (Shi mian mai fu), China
• The Motorcycle Diaries (Diarios de motocicleta), Argentina
• A Very Long Engagement (Un long dimanche de fiançailles), France

Best Original Score

"Napoleon Dynamite" – John Swihart

• "Alfie" – Mick Jagger, John Powell, and David A. Stewart
• "The Aviator" – Howard Shore
• "Finding Neverland" – Jan A. P. Kaczmarek
• "The Incredibles" – Michael Giacchino
• "Spider-Man 2" – Danny Elfman

Best Original Song

"Million Voices" written by Jerry Duplessis, Andrea Guerra, and Wyclef Jean – Hotel Rwanda

• "Believe" written by Glen Ballard and Alan Silvestri – The Polar Express
• "Blind Leading the Blind" written by Mick Jagger and David A. Stewart – Alfie
• "The Book of Love" written by Stephin Merritt – Shall We Dance
• "Learn to Be Lonely" written by Andrew Lloyd Webber – The Phantom of the Opera
• "Shine Ya Light" written by Robbie Robertson – Ladder 49

Best Screenplay – Adapted

Million Dollar Baby – Paul Haggis

• Closer – Patrick Marber
• The Phantom of the Opera – Joel Schumacher
• Sideways – Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor

Best Screenplay – Original

Ray – James L. White

• The Aviator – John Logan
• Collateral – Stuart Beattie
• Hotel Rwanda – Terry George and Keir Pearson
• Kinsey – Bill Condon
• The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou – Wes Anderson and Noah Baumbach

Best Sound

Collateral

• Code 46
• The Aviator
• The Phantom of the Opera
• Spider-Man 2

Best Supporting Actor – Drama

Christopher Walken – Around the Bend

• David Carradine – Kill Bill: Volume 2
• Jamie Foxx – Collateral
• Alfred Molina – Spider-Man 2
• Clive Owen – Closer
• Peter Sarsgaard – Kinsey

Best Supporting Actor – Musical or Comedy

Thomas Haden Church – Sideways

• Joseph Fiennes – The Merchant of Venice
• Jeremy Irons – Being Julia
• Peter Sarsgaard – Garden State
• Mark Wahlberg – I Heart Huckabees
• Patrick Wilson – The Phantom of the Opera

Best Supporting Actress – Drama

Gena Rowlands – The Notebook

• Cate Blanchett – The Aviator
• Daryl Hannah – Kill Bill: Volume 2
• Laura Linney – Kinsey
• Natalie Portman – Closer
• Kyra Sedgwick – The Woodsman

Best Supporting Actress – Musical or Comedy

Regina King – Ray

• Lynn Collins – The Merchant of Venice
• Minnie Driver – The Phantom of the Opera
• Cloris Leachman – Spanglish
• Virginia Madsen – Sideways
• Sharon Warren – Ray

Best Visual Effects

The Aviator (TIE)
House of Flying Daggers (Shi mian mai fu) (TIE)

• Collateral
• Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
• Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow
• Spider-Man 2

Outstanding Motion Picture Ensemble

Sideways

Television winners and nominees

Best Actor – Drama Series

Matthew Fox – Lost

• Vincent D'Onofrio – Law & Order
• Anthony LaPaglia – Without a Trace
• James Spader – Boston Legal
• Treat Williams – Everwood

Best Actor – Musical or Comedy Series

Jason Bateman – Arrested Development

• Zach Braff – Scrubs
• Larry David – Curb Your Enthusiasm
• Bernie Mac – The Bernie Mac Show
• Damon Wayans – My Wife and Kids

Best Actor – Miniseries or TV Film

Jamie Foxx – Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams Story

• Keith Carradine – Deadwood
• Mos Def – Something the Lord Made
• Alan Rickman – Something the Lord Made
• Geoffrey Rush – The Life and Death of Peter Sellers

Best Actress – Drama Series

Laurel Holloman – The L Word

• Jennifer Garner – Alias
• Evangeline Lilly – Lost
• Joely Richardson – Nip/Tuck
• Amber Tamblyn – Joan of Arcadia

Best Actress – Musical or Comedy Series

Portia de Rossi – Arrested Development

• Marcia Cross – Desperate Housewives
• Lauren Graham – Gilmore Girls
• Teri Hatcher – Desperate Housewives
• Felicity Huffman – Desperate Housewives
• Maya Rudolph – Saturday Night Live

Best Actress – Miniseries or TV Film

Dianne Wiest – The Blackwater Lightship

• Clea DuVall – Helter Skelter
• Angela Lansbury – The Blackwater Lightship
• Helen Mirren – Prime Suspect: The Last Witness
• Miranda Richardson – The Lost Prince

Best Miniseries

The Lost Prince

• The 4400
• American Family
• The Last King
• Prime Suspect: The Last Witness
• The Second Coming

Best Series – Drama

Nip/Tuck

• Boston Legal
• The L Word
• Lost
• The Shield

Best Series – Musical or Comedy

Desperate Housewives

• Arrested Development
• The Bernie Mac Show
• Gilmore Girls
• Scrubs

Best Supporting Actor – Miniseries or TV Film

Bill Nighy – The Lost Prince

• Brad Dourif – Deadwood
• Balthazar Getty – Traffic
• William H. Macy – Stealing Sinatra
• Keith McErlean – The Blackwater Lightship

Best Supporting Actress – Miniseries or TV Film

Anjelica Huston – Iron Jawed Angels

• Mary Stuart Masterson – Something the Lord Made
• Helen McCrory – Charles II: The Power and the Passion
• Gina McKee – The Lost Prince
• Emily Watson – The Life and Death of Peter Sellers

Best TV Film

Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams Story

• Helter Skelter
• Iron Jawed Angels
• The Life and Death of Peter Sellers
• Something the Lord Made

New Media winners and nominees

For the game categories, only nominees are listed; winners are unknown:

Best Classic DVD

La Dolce Vita

• The China Syndrome
• Easy Rider
• Fanny and Alexander
• Murder on the Orient Express
• Persuasion, Little Women, and Sense and Sensibility (for the Classic Masterpiece Book & DVD set)
• Ragtime
• The Snake Pit
• Star Wars, The Empire Strikes Back, and Return of the Jedi (for the Star Wars Trilogy)
• Time Bandits (for the Divimax Special Edition)
• Zorba the Greek

Best Documentary DVD

Broadway: The American Musical

• Ancient Mysteries and Rise and Fall of the Spartans (for the "Troy – Unearthing the Legend" DVD)
• Brooklyn Bridge, The Statue of Liberty, Huey Long, The Congress, Thomas Hart Benton, Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio, and The Shakers: Hands to Work, Hearts to God (for the Ken Burns' America Collection)
• 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 (for the documentary)

• Angel (for Season 4; for the commentary)
• Buffy the Vampire Slayer (for Season 6; for the commentary)
• Easy Rider (for the documentary)
• Ed Wood (for the commentary)
• La Dolce Vita (for the commentary)

Best DVD Release of TV Shows

Seinfeld

• 24 (for Season 3)
• Alias (for Season 3)
• Angel (for Season 4)
• Buffy the Vampire Slayer (for Season 6)
• Felicity (for Edition III)
• Frasier (for The Final Season)
• Sex and the City (for Season 6)
• Taxi (for The Complete First Season)
• Terrahawks

Outstanding Game Based on a Previous Medium

• The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay
• GoldenEye: Rogue Agent
• Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
• The Incredibles
• Rocky Legends
• Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords
• X-Men Legends

Outstanding Overall DVD

Spider-Man 2

• Angel (for Season 4)
• Broadway: The American Musical
• Buffy the Vampire Slayer (for Season 6)
• Dawn of the Dead (for the Ultimate Edition)
• Easy Rider
• La Dolce Vita
• The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
• The Matrix, The Matrix Reloaded, The Matrix Revolutions, and The Animatrix (for The Ultimate Matrix Collection)
• Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (for the 3-Disc Gift Set)
• Star Wars, The Empire Strikes Back, and Return of the Jedi (for the Star Wars Trilogy)

Outstanding Platform Action/Adventure Game

• Call of Duty: Finest Hour
• Doom 3
• Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
• Halo 2
• Metroid Prime 2: Echoes
• Mortal Kombat: Deception

Outstanding Puzzle/Strategy Game

• The Guy Game
• Katamari Damacy
• Sid Meier's Pirates!
• Ultra Bust-A-Move X
• The Urbz: Sims in the City
• Worms 3D

Outstanding Sports Game

• ESPN NFL 2K5
• Major League Baseball 2005
• MX Unleashed
• NBA Ballers
• NFL Street
• Tony Hawk's Underground 2

Outstanding Youth DVD

The Iron Giant

• Aladdin (for the Special Platinum Edition)
• The Big Snooze, Beep, Beep, Bad Ol' Putty Tat, and Back Alley Oproar (for Looney Tunes: Golden Collection – Volume 2)
• Elf
• Ella Enchanted
• Meet Me in St. Louis
• Mulan (for the Special Edition)
• Rocky and His Friends (for The Complete Second Season)
• Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (for the Warner Bros. Edition)
• SpongeBob SquarePants (for The Complete Second Season)
• Terrahawks

Awards breakdown

Film

Winners:

3 / 4 Hotel Rwanda: Best Actor & Film – Drama / Best Original Song

3 / 7 Ray: Best Actor – Musical or Comedy / Best Supporting Actress – Musical or Comedy / Best Screenplay – Original

3 / 7 Sideways: Best Film – Musical or Comedy / Best Supporting Actor – Musical or Comedy / Outstanding Motion Picture Ensemble

2 / 2 Million Dollar Baby: Best Actress – Drama / Best Screenplay – 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 – Drama

1 / 1 The Notebook: Best Supporting Actress – Drama

1 / 1 The Passion of the Christ: Best Director

1 / 1 Super Size Me: Best Documentary Film

1 / 2 Being Julia: Best Actress – 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, Kill Bill: Volume 2

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 Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams Story: Best Actor – Miniseries or TV Film / Best TV Film

2 / 3 Arrested Development: Best Actor & Actress – Musical or Comedy Series

2 / 4 The Lost Prince: Best Miniseries / Best Supporting Actor – Miniseries or TV Film

1 / 2 Iron Jawed Angels: Best Supporting Actress – Miniseries or TV Film

1 / 2 The L Word: Best Actress – Drama Series

1 / 2 Nip/Tuck: Best Series – Drama

1 / 3 The Blackwater Lightship: Best Actress – Miniseries or TV Film

1 / 3 Lost: Best Actor – Drama Series

1 / 4 Desperate Housewives: Best Series – 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