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

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

References

1. Maxwell, Erin (December 17, 2007). "Satellite Award winners announced". Variety. Retrieved August 12, 2022.

External links

• 2007 Awards at IMDb

• Satellite Awards ceremonies
• 2007 film awards
• 2007 television awards