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13th Satellite Awards
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Date December 14, 2008 (2008-12-14)
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Highlights
Best drama film Slumdog Millionaire
Best comedy/musical film Happy-Go-Lucky
Best director Danny Boyle for Slumdog Millionaire
Best television drama Dexter
Best television comedy Tracey Ullman's State of the Union
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The winners of the 13th Annual Satellite Awards, honoring the best in film and television in 2008, were announced on December 14, 2008.

Top 10 films

Winners and nominees

Auteur Award

  • Baz Luhrmann for his signature scope and style of filmmaking.

Film

Best Actor - Drama

Richard Jenkins - The Visitor

Best Actor - Musical or Comedy

Ricky Gervais - Ghost Town

Best Actress - Drama

Angelina Jolie - Changeling

Best Actress - Musical or Comedy

Sally Hawkins - Happy-Go-Lucky

Best Animated or Mixed Media Film

WALL-E

Best Art Direction and Production Design

Australia

Best Cinematography

Australia

Best Costume Design

The Duchess

Best Director

Danny Boyle - Slumdog Millionaire

Best Documentary Film

Anita O'Day: The Life of a Jazz Singer
Man on Wire

Best Editing

Iron Man

Best Film - Drama

Slumdog Millionaire

Best Film - Musical or Comedy

Happy-Go-Lucky

Best Foreign Language Film

Gomorrah • Italy

Best Original Score

Slumdog Millionaire - A.R. Rahman

Best Original Song

"Another Way to Die" - Quantum of Solace

Best Screenplay - Adapted

Frost/Nixon - Peter Morgan

Best Screenplay - Original

The Visitor - Thomas McCarthy

Best Sound (Mixing and Editing)

The Dark Knight

Best Supporting Actor

Michael Shannon - Revolutionary Road

Best Supporting Actress

Rosemarie DeWitt - Rachel Getting Married

Best Visual Effects

Australia

Television

Best Actor - Drama Series

Bryan Cranston - Breaking Bad

Best Actor - Musical or Comedy Series

Justin Kirk - Weeds

Best Actor - Miniseries or TV Film

Paul Giamatti - John Adams

Best Actress - Drama Series

Anna Paquin - True Blood

Best Actress - Musical or Comedy Series

Tracey Ullman - Tracey Ullman's State of the Union

Best Actress - Miniseries or TV Film

Judi Dench - Cranford

Best Series - Drama

Dexter

Best Series - Musical or Comedy

Tracey Ullman's State of the Union

Best Miniseries

Cranford

Best TV Film

Filth: The Mary Whitehouse Story

Best Supporting Actor - Series, Miniseries or TV Film

Nelsan Ellis - True Blood

Best Supporting Actress - Series, Miniseries or TV Film

Fionnula Flanagan - Brotherhood

Awards breakdown

Film

Winners:

3 / 6 Slumdog Millionaire: Best Director, Film-Drama and Original Score
3 / 9 Australia: Best Art Direction/Production Design, Cinematography and Visual Effects
2 / 2 Happy-Go-Lucky: Best Actress and Film-Musical or Comedy
2 / 3 The Visitor: Best Actor-Drama and Original Screenplay
1 / 1 Ghost Town: Best Actor-Musical or Comedy
1 / 1 Gomorrah: Best Foreign Language Film
1 / 2 Changeling: Best Actress-Drama
1 / 2 Rachel Getting Married: Best Supporting Actress
1 / 3 The Duchess: Best Costume Design
1 / 3 Iron Man: Best Editing
1 / 3 WALL-E: Best Animated or Mixed Media Film
1 / 5 The Dark Knight: Best Sound
1 / 5 Frost/Nixon: Best Adapted Screenplay
1 / 5 Quantum of Solace: Best Original Song
1 / 5 Revolutionary Road: Best Supporting Actor

Losers:

0 / 6 Milk
0 / 4 Brideshead Revisited, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, The Reader
0 / 3 Choke, Doubt, Frozen River, Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist, The Wrestler
0 / 2 The Day the Earth Stood Still, Elegy, In Bruges

Television

Winners:

2 / 2 Cranford: Best Actress-Miniseries or TV Film and Miniseries
2 / 2 Tracey Ullman's State of the Union: Best Actress and Series-Musical or Comedy
2 / 2 True Blood: Best Actress-Drama and Supporting Actor
1 / 1 Breaking Bad: Best Actor-Drama
1 / 2 Filth: The Mary Whitehouse Story: Best TV Film
1 / 2 Weeds: Best Actor-Musical or Comedy Series
1 / 3 Dexter: Best Series-Drama
1 / 3 Brotherhood: Best Supporting Actress
1 / 4 John Adams: Best Actor-Miniseries or TV Film

Losers:

0 / 4 Recount
0 / 3 30 Rock, Bernard and Doris, In Treatment, Mad Men, Pushing Daisies
0 / 2 Damages, God on Trial, Life on Mars

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