13th Satellite Awards
The 13th Satellite Awards, honoring the best in film and television of 2008, were given on December 14, 2008.
| 13th Satellite Awards | |
|---|---|
| Date | December 14, 2008 | 
| Highlights | |
| Best drama film | Slumdog Millionaire | 
| Best comedy/musical film | Happy-Go-Lucky | 
| Best television drama | Dexter | 
| Best television musical/comedy | Tracey Ullman's State of the Union | 
| Best director | Danny Boyle for Slumdog Millionaire | 
Special achievement awards
    
Auteur Award (for his signature scope and style of filmmaking) – Baz Luhrmann
Mary Pickford Award (for outstanding contribution to the entertainment industry) – Louis Gossett Jr.
Nikola Tesla Award (for his innovative make-up, prosthetics, and creature effects in films) – Rick Baker
Outstanding New Talent – Brandon Walters
Motion picture winners and nominees
    


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Best Actor – Drama
    
Best Actor – Musical or Comedy
    
Best Actress – Drama
    
Best Actress – Musical or Comedy
    
Best Animated or Mixed Media Film
    
Best Art Direction and Production Design
    
Best Cinematography
    
Best Costume Design
    
Best Director
    
Best Documentary Film
    
Anita O'Day: The Life of a Jazz Singer (TIE) 
 Man on Wire (TIE)
Best Film – Musical or Comedy
    
Best Foreign Language Film
    
Best Original Score
    
Best Original Song
    
"Another Way to Die" – Quantum of Solace
- "By the Boab Tree" – Australia
 - "Down to Earth" – WALL-E
 - "If the World" – Body of Lies
 - "Jai Ho" – Slumdog Millionaire
 - "The Wrestler" – The Wrestler
 
Best Screenplay – Adapted
    
Best Screenplay – Original
    
Best Sound
    
Best Supporting Actor
    
Best Supporting Actress
    
Best Visual Effects
    
Television winners and nominees
    






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Best Actor – Drama Series
    
Best Actor – Musical or Comedy Series
    
Best Actor – Miniseries or TV Film
    
Best Actress – Drama Series
    
Best Actress – Musical or Comedy Series
    
Best Actress – Miniseries or TV Film
    
Best Series – Musical or Comedy
    
Best Supporting Actor – Miniseries or TV Film
    
Best Supporting Actress – Miniseries or TV Film
    
New Media winners and nominees
    
    Best Classic DVD
    
The Godfather, The Godfather Part II, and The Godfather Part III (The Godfather Collection – The Coppola Restoration)
- Beetlejuice (20th Anniversary Deluxe Edition)
 - Diva
 - Dracula (75th Anniversary Edition)
 - High Noon (Two-Disc Ultimate Collector's Edition)
 - The Mummy
 - Psycho
 - Road House
 - Touch of Evil (50th Anniversary Edition)
 - Young Frankenstein
 
Best DVD Extras
    
Iron Man (Two-Disc Collector's Edition)
- 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days
 - Across the Universe
 - The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
 - The Bank Job
 - Eight Men Out
 - Gone Baby Gone
 - High Noon (Two-Disc Ultimate Collector's Edition)
 - Into the Wild
 - WALL-E (Three-Disc Special Edition)
 
Best DVD Release of a TV Show
    
- 30 Rock (Season 2)
 - The Tudors (The Complete First Season)
 
Outstanding Action/Adventure Game
    
Outstanding Overall Blu-Ray
    
Sleeping Beauty (Two-Disc 50th Anniversary Platinum Edition Blu-Ray and DVD)
- The Dark Knight
 - The Godfather, The Godfather Part II, and The Godfather Part III (The Godfather Collection – The Coppola Restoration)
 - Iron Man
 - WALL-E (Three-Disc Special Edition Blu-Ray and DVD)
 
Outstanding Overall DVD
    
Outstanding Puzzle/Strategy Game
    
Outstanding Sports/Racing Game
    
Outstanding Youth DVD
    
WarGames (25th Anniversary Edition)
- Avatar: The Last Airbender (Book 3 Fire, Vol. 4)
 - Cars
 - Enchanted
 - Nim's Island
 - One Hundred and One Dalmatians (Two-Disc Platinum Edition DVD)
 - Sleeping Beauty (Two-Disc 50th Anniversary Platinum Edition Blu-Ray and DVD)
 - The Spiderwick Chronicles
 - WALL-E (Three-Disc Special Edition)
 - The Water Horse (Two-Disc Edition)
 - Watership Down (Deluxe Edition)
 
Awards breakdown
    
    Film
    
Winners:
- 3 / 6 Slumdog Millionaire: Best Director / Best Film – Drama / Best Original Score
 - 3 / 9 Australia: Best Art Direction and Production Design / Best Cinematography / Best Visual Effects
 - 2 / 2 Happy-Go-Lucky: Best Actress – Musical or Comedy / Best Film – Musical or Comedy
 - 2 / 3 The Visitor: Best Actor – Drama / Best Screenplay – Original
 - 1 / 1 Anita O'Day: The Life of a Jazz Singer: Best Documentary Film
 - 1 / 1 Ghost Town: Best Actor – Musical or Comedy
 - 1 / 1 Gomorrah (Gomorra): Best Foreign Language Film
 - 1 / 1 Man on Wire: Best Documentary 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 / 4 WALL-E: Best Animated or Mixed Media Film
 - 1 / 5 The Dark Knight: Best Sound
 - 1 / 5 Frost/Nixon: Best Screenplay – Adapted
 - 1 / 5 Quantum of Solace: Best Original Song
 - 1 / 5 Revolutionary Road: Best Supporting Actor
 
Losers:
Television
    
Winners:
- 2 / 2 Cranford: Best Actress – Miniseries or TV Film / Best Miniseries
 - 2 / 2 Tracey Ullman's State of the Union: Best Actress – Musical or Comedy Series / Best Series – Musical or Comedy
 - 2 / 2 True Blood: Best Actress – Drama Series / Best Supporting Actor – Miniseries or TV Film
 - 1 / 1 Breaking Bad: Best Actor – Drama Series
 - 1 / 2 Filth: The Mary Whitehouse Story: Best TV Film
 - 1 / 2 Weeds: Best Actor – Musical or Comedy Series
 - 1 / 3 Brotherhood: Best Supporting Actress – Miniseries or TV Film
 - 1 / 3 Dexter: Best Series – Drama
 - 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, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, The Last Enemy, Life on Mars