11th Satellite Awards

Summary

The 11th Satellite Awards, honoring the best in film and television of 2006, were given on December 18, 2006.

11th Satellite Awards
DateDecember 18, 2006 (2006-12-18)
Highlights
Best drama filmThe Departed
Best comedy/musical filmDreamgirls
Best television dramaHouse, M.D.
Best television musical/comedyUgly Betty
Best directorBill Condon for Dreamgirls
Clint Eastwood for Flags of Our Fathers

Special achievement awards edit

Auteur Award (for his visionary work as a filmmaker)Robert Altman

Mary Pickford Award (for outstanding contribution to the entertainment industry)Martin Landau

Nikola Tesla Award (for creating special effects on the 1978 film Superman that pre-dated contemporary computer-generated images)Richard Donner

Outstanding Guest Star (Law & Order: Special Victims Unit)Jerry Lewis

Motion picture winners and nominees edit

 
Clint Eastwood, Best Director co-winner
 
Forest Whiatker, Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama winner
 
Helen Mirren, Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama winner
 
Meryl Streep, Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical winner
 
Leonardo DiCaprio, Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture winner
 
Jennifer Hudson, Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture winner
 
William Monahan, Best Adapted Screenplay winner
 
Peter Morgan, Best Original Screenplay winner
 
Gustavo Santaolalla, Best Original Score winner
 
Chris Cornell, Best Original Song winner

Best Actor – Drama edit

Forest WhitakerThe Last King of Scotland

Best Actor – Musical or Comedy edit

Joseph CrossRunning with Scissors

Best Actress – Drama edit

Helen MirrenThe Queen

Best Actress – Musical or Comedy edit

Meryl StreepThe Devil Wears Prada

Best Animated or Mixed Media Film edit

Pan's Labyrinth (El laberinto del fauno)

Best Art Direction and Production Design edit

Flags of Our FathersHenry Bumstead, Richard Goddard, and Jack G. Taylor Jr.

Best Cinematography edit

Flags of Our FathersTom Stern

Best Costume Design edit

The Devil Wears PradaPatricia Field

Best Director edit

Bill CondonDreamgirls (TIE)
Clint EastwoodFlags of Our Fathers (TIE)

Best Documentary Film edit

Deliver Us from Evil

Best Editing edit

X-Men: The Last StandMark Helfrich, Mark Goldblatt, and Julia Wong

Best Film – Drama edit

The Departed

Best Film – Musical or Comedy edit

Dreamgirls

Best Foreign Language Film edit

To Return (Volver), Spain

Best Original Score edit

"Babel" – Gustavo Santaolalla

Best Original Song edit

"You Know My Name" performed by Chris CornellCasino Royale

Best Screenplay – Adapted edit

The DepartedWilliam Monahan

Best Screenplay – Original edit

The QueenPeter Morgan

Best Sound edit

Dreamgirls

Best Supporting Actor edit

Leonardo DiCaprioThe Departed

Best Supporting Actress edit

Jennifer HudsonDreamgirls

Best Visual Effects edit

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest

Outstanding Motion Picture Ensemble edit

The Departed

Television winners and nominees edit

 
Hugh Laurie, Best Actor in a Drama Series winner
 
Kyra Sedwick, Best Actress in a Drama Series winner
 
James Spader, Best Actor in a Comedy or Musical Series winner
 
Marcia Cross, Best Actress in a Comedy or Musical Series winner
 
Bill Nighy, Best Actor in a Miniseries or Television Film winner
 
Judy Davis, Best Actress in a Miniseries or Television Film winner
 
Tony Plana, Best Supporting Actor in a Series, Miniseries, or Television Film winner
 
Julie Benz, Best Supporting Actress in a Series, Miniseries, or Television Film winner

Best Actor – Drama Series edit

Hugh LaurieHouse, M.D.

Best Actor – Musical or Comedy Series edit

James SpaderBoston Legal

Best Actor – Miniseries or TV Film edit

Bill NighyGideon's Daughter

Best Actress – Drama Series edit

Kyra SedgwickThe Closer

Best Actress – Musical or Comedy Series edit

Marcia CrossDesperate Housewives

Best Actress – Miniseries or TV Film edit

Judy DavisA Little Thing Called Murder

Best Miniseries edit

To the Ends of the Earth

Best Series – Drama edit

House, M.D.

Best Series – Musical or Comedy edit

Ugly Betty

Best Supporting Actor – Miniseries or TV Film edit

Tony PlanaUgly Betty

Best Supporting Actress – Miniseries or TV Film edit

Julie BenzDexter

Best TV Film edit

A Little Thing Called Murder

Outstanding Television Ensemble edit

Grey's Anatomy

New Media winners and nominees edit

Best Classic DVD edit

The Conformist

Best Documentary DVD edit

An Inconvenient Truth

Best DVD Extras edit

Mission: Impossible III

Best DVD Release of TV Shows edit

The Simpsons For "The Complete Eighth Season".

Outstanding Action/Adventure Game edit

New Super Mario Bros.

Outstanding Game Based on a Previous Medium edit

Kingdom Hearts II

Outstanding Overall DVD edit

Superman, Superman II, Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut, Superman III, Superman IV: The Quest for Peace, Superman Returns For the "Superman Ultimate Collector's Edition".

Outstanding Puzzle/Strategy Game edit

Company of Heroes

Outstanding Role Playing Game edit

The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion

Outstanding Sports Game edit

FIFA 07

Outstanding Youth DVD edit

The Little Mermaid

Awards breakdown edit

Film edit

Winners:

4 / 6 The Departed: Best Film – Drama / Best Screenplay – Adapted / Best Supporting Actor / Outstanding Motion Picture Ensemble
4 / 11 Dreamgirls: Best Film – Musical or Comedy / Best Director & Sound / Best Supporting Actress
3 / 10 Flags of Our Fathers: Best Art Direction and Production Design / Best Cinematography & Director
2 / 3 The Devil Wears Prada: Best Actress – Musical or Comedy / Best Costume Design
2 / 4 The Queen: Best Actress – Drama / Best Screenplay – Original
1 / 1 Casino Royale: Best Original Song
1 / 1 Deliver Us from Evil: Best Documentary Film
1 / 1 Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest: Best Visual Effects
1 / 2 The Last King of Scotland: Best Actor – Drama
1 / 2 Running with Scissors: Best Actor – Musical or Comedy
1 / 3 Pan's Labyrinth (El laberinto del fauno): Best Animated or Mixed Media Film
1 / 4 To Return (Volver): Best Foreign Language Film
1 / 4 X-Men: The Last Stand: Best Editing
1 / 8 Babel: Best Original Score

Losers:

0 / 5 Little Miss Sunshine
0 / 4 Little Children
0 / 3 The Da Vinci Code, Notes on a Scandal, Thank You for Smoking, Venus
0 / 2 Aurora Borealis, The Black Dahlia, Changing Times (Les temps qui changent), Curse of the Golden Flower (Man cheng jin dai huang jin jia), The Fountain, Half Nelson, The House of Sand (Casa de Areia), The Lives of Others (Das Leben der Anderen), Marie Antoinette, A Prairie Home Companion, Stranger than Fiction, V for Vendetta

Television edit

Winners:

2 / 2 House, M.D.: Best Actor – Drama Series / Best Series – Drama
2 / 2 A Little Thing Called Murder: Best Actress – Miniseries or TV Film / Best TV Film
2 / 4 Ugly Betty: Best Series – Musical or Comedy Series / Best Supporting Actor – Miniseries or TV Film
1 / 1 Boston Legal: Best Actor – Musical or Comedy Series
1 / 1 The Closer: Best Actress – Drama Series
1 / 1 To the Ends of the Earth: Best Miniseries
1 / 1 Grey's Anatomy: Outstanding Television Ensemble
1 / 2 Desperate Housewives: Best Actress – Musical or Comedy Series
1 / 3 Dexter: Best Supporting Actress – Miniseries or TV Film
1 / 3 Gideon's Daughter: Best Actor – Miniseries or TV Film

Losers:

0 / 4 Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip
0 / 3 Bleak House, Elizabeth I, Mrs. Harris
0 / 2 24, Big Love, The Colbert Report, Entourage, The Office, Rescue Me, Thief, Weeds

References edit

  • Satellite Awards – IMDb