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Satellite Award Nominees

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Away from the controversy over whether the International Press Society members actually saw WOLF OF WALL STREET before voting (hello tick box theory…), this year’s Satellite Award noms read as little more than the IPS’ Oscar predictions – give or take an extra three or four names in each category for comfort. Naturally resulting in a very uninteresting list, 12 YEARS A SLAVE leads the pack with ten nominations, followed narrowly by GRAVITY and AMERICAN HUSTLE’s eight.

With strong turnouts in the acting categories, it’s surprising to see LEE DANIELS’ THE BUTLER, DALLAS BUYERS CLUB and NEBRASKA not contending for the big prize, and the IPS will surely find themselves in the minority for omitting Will Forte for his turn in the latter, even if it is rewarded for Best Ensemble. Though not appearing in the acting, directing or Best Picture categories, FRUITVALE STATION is still very much a focal point, winning an Honourary Award for director Ryan Coogler and Best Breakthrough for Best Actor Oscar dark horse Michael B. Jordan.

The Satellite Awards also include a hefty amount of television nominations and you can see them in full here. The 18th Annual Awards will be held in Los Angeles on March 9th.

Check out the full list of film nominees below:

ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE:
Meryl Streep – AUGUST ORANGE COUNTY
Judi Dench – PHILOMENA
Sandra Bullock – GRAVITY
Cate Blanchett – BLUE JASMINE
Amy Adams – AMERICAN HUSTLE
Julia Louis-Dreyfus – ENOUGH SAID
Adele Exarchopoulos – BLUE IS THE WARMEST COLOUR
Emma Thompson – SAVING MR. BANKS

ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE:
Tom Hanks – CAPTAIN PHILLIPS
Robert Redford – All IS LOST
Christian Bale – AMERICAN HUSTLE
Chiwetel Ejiofor – 12 YEARS A SLAVE
Bruce Dern – NEBRASKA
Forest Whitaker – LEE DANIELS’ THE BUTLER
Matthew McConaughey – DALLAS BUYERS CLUB
Leonardo DiCaprio – THE WOLF OF WALL STREET

ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE:
Julia Roberts – AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY
Lea Seydoux – BLUE IS THE WARMEST COLOUR
June Squibb – NEBRASKA
Oprah Winfrey – LEE DANIELS’ THE BUTLER
Lupita Nyong’o – 12 YEARS A SLAVE
Sally Hawkins – BLUE JASMINE
Emily Watson – THE BOOK THIEF
Jennifer Lawrence – AMERICAN HUSTLE

ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE:
Jake Gyllenhaal – PRISONERS
Harrison Ford – 42
Jared Leto – DALLAS BUYERS CLUB
Casey Affleck – OUT OF THE FURNACE
Bradley Cooper – AMERICAN HUSTLE
Ryan Gosling – THE PLACE BEYOND THE PINES
Michael Fassbender – 12 YEARS A SLAVE
Tom Hanks – SAVING MR. BANKS

BEST MOTION PICTURE:
INSIDE LLEWYN DAVIS
12 YEARS A SLAVE
PHILOMENA
AMERICAN HUSTLE
GRAVITY
CAPTAIN PHILLIPS
THE WOLF OF WALL STREET
SAVING MR. BANKS
ALL IS LOST
BLUE JASMINE

DIRECTOR:
Steve McQueen – 12 YEARS A SLAVE
Ethan Coen, Joel Coen – INSIDE LLEWYN DAVIS
Ron Howard – RUSH
Woody Allen – BLUE JASMINE
Martin Scorsese – THE WOLF OF WALL STREET
Alfonso Cuaron – GRAVITY
Paul Greengrass – CAPTAIN PHILLIPS
David O. Russell – AMERICAN HUSTLE

MOTION PICTURE, INTERNATIONAL FILM:
THE HUNT
BLUE IS THE WARMEST COLOUR
FOUR CORNERS
CIRCLES
WADJDA
THE PAST
THE GREAT BEAUTY
METRO MANILA
THE BROKEN CIRCLE BREAKDOWN
BETHLEHEM

MOTION PICTURE, ANIMATED OR MIXED MEDIA:
ERNEST & CELESTINE
TURBO
THE WIND RISES
THE CROODS
FROZEN
EPIC
CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF MEATBALLS 2
MONSTERS UNIVERSITY

MOTION PICTURE, DOCUMENTARY:
20 FEET FROM STARDOM
EVOCATEUR: THE MORTON DOWNEY JR. MOVIE
THE SQUARE
AMERICAN PROMISE
THE ACT OF KILLING
BLACKFISH
STORIES WE TELL
SOUND CITY
TIM’S VERMEER
AFTER TILLER

SCREENPLAY, ORIGINAL:
ENOUGH SAID
INSIDE LLEWYN DAVIS
BLUE JASMINE
HER
SAVING MR. BANKS
AMERICAN HUSTLE

SCREENPLAY, ADAPTED:
CAPTAIN PHILLIPS
LONE SURVIVOR
12 YEARS A SLAVE
THE WOLF OF WALL STREET
BEFORE MIDNIGHT
PHILOMENA

ORIGINAL SCORE:
Alexandre Desplat – PHILOMENA
Hans Zimmer – 12 YEARS A SLAVE
Arcade Fire – HER
Steven Price – GRAVITY
Theodore Shapiro – THE SECRET LIFE OF WALTER MITTY
John Williams – THE BOOK THIEF

ORIGINAL SONG:
Young And Beautiful – THE GREAT GATSBY
Let It Go – FROZEN
I See Fire – THE HOBBIT: THE DESOLATION OF SMAUG
So You Know What It’s Like – SHORT TERM 12
Happy – DESPICABLE ME 2
Please Mr. Kennedy – INSIDE LLEWYN DAVIS

CINEMATOGRAPHY:
Roger Deakins – PRISONERS
Bruno Delbonnel – INSIDE LLEWYN DAVIS
Emmanuel Lubezki – GRAVITY
Sean Bobbitt – 12 YEARS A SLAVE
Stuart Dryburgh – THE SECRET LIFE OF WALTER MITTY
Anthony Dod Mantle – RUSH

VISUAL EFFECTS:
WORLD WAR Z
OZ THE GREAT AND POWERFUL
THE CROODS
RUSH
GRAVITY
ALL IS LOST

FILM EDITING:
THE WOLF OF WALL STREET
PRISONERS
AMERICAN HUSTLE
GRAVITY
RUSH
12 YEARS A SLAVE

SOUND (EDITING AND MIXING):
ELYSIUM
GRAVITY
ALL IS LOST
RUSH
INSIDE LLEWYN DAVIS
CAPTAIN PHILLIPS

ART DIRECTION AND PRODUCTION DESIGN:
THE INVISIBLE WOMAN
SAVING MR. BANKS
LEE DANIELS’ THE BUTLER
RUSH
THE GREAT GATSBY
OZ THE GREAT AND POWERFUL

COSTUME DESIGN:
THE INVISIBLE WOMAN
RUSH
THE GREAT GATSBY
SAVING MR. BANKS
12 YEARS A SLAVE
OZ THE GREAT AND POWERFUL

HONOURARY SATELLITE AWARD:
Ryan Coogler

BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMANCE AWARD:
Michael B. Jordan – FRUITVALE STATION
Sophie Nelisse – THE BOOK THIEF

BEST ENSEMBLE, MOTION PICTURE:
NEBRASKA

Pint-sized freelance film journalist. Editor of iamnotwaynegale.com, Reviews Editor at The Hollywood News and contributor to others. Awaiting a Hardy/Hiddleston/Cumberbatch/Fassbender/Gosling team-up.

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