Satellite Awards
2009


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The 14th Satellite Awards

Motion Picture, Drama
* The Hurt Locker
Bright Star
An Education
The Messenger
Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire
The Stoning of Soraya M.

Motion Picture, Comedy or Musical
Julie & Julia
The Informant!
A Serious Man
It's Complicated
Up in the Air
* Nine

10 BEST FILMS OF 2009 [ listed alphabetically ]
- (500) Days of Summer
- A Serious Man
- An Education
- Bright Star
- Inglourious Basterds
- Nine
- Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire
- The Hurt Locker
- The Stoning of Soraya M.
- Up in the Air

Best Actress, Drama
Emily Blunt, The Young Victoria
Abbie Cornish, Bright Star
Carey Mulligan, An Education
* Shohreh Aghdashloo, The Stoning of Soraya M.
Catalina Saavedra, The Maid
Penélope Cruz, Broken Embraces

Best Actor, Drama
Johnny Depp, Public Enemies
Hugh Dancy, Adam
* Jeremy Renner, The Hurt Locker
Jeff Bridges, Crazy Heart
Michael Sheen, The Damned United
Colin Firth, A Single Man

Best Actress, Comedy Or Musical
* Meryl Streep, Julie & Julia
Zooey Deschanel, (500) Days of Summer
Katherine Heigl, The Ugly Truth
Sandra Bullock, The Proposal
Marion Cotillard, Nine

Best Actor, Comedy Or Musical
Daniel Day-Lewis, Nine
Bradley Cooper, The Hangover
Matt Damon, The Informant!
* Michael Stuhlbarg, A Serious Man
George Clooney, Up in the Air

Supporting Actress
Emily Blunt, Sunshine Cleaning
Mozhan Marnò, The Stoning of Soraya M.
* Mo'nique, Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire
Anna Kendrick, Up in the Air
Penélope Cruz, Nine

Supporting Actor
* Christoph Waltz, Inglourious Basterds
Alfred Molina, An Education
Woody Harrelson, The Messenger
James McAvoy, The Last Station
Timothy Spall, The Damned United

Foreign Language Film
Red Cliff, China
* The Maid, Chile
The White Ribbon, Germany
* Broken Embraces, Spain
I Killed My Mother, Canada
Winter in Wartime, Netherlands

Animated Or Mixed Media
Up
Where the Wild Things Are
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
The Princess and the Frog
* Fantastic Mr. Fox
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs

Documentary
* Every Little Step
The Cove
It Might Get Loud
The September Issue
The Beaches of Agnès
Valentino: The Last Emperor

Director
Neill Blomkamp, District 9
Rob Marshall, Nine
* Kathryn Bigelow, The Hurt Locker
Lee Daniels, Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire
Jane Campion, Bright Star
Lone Scherfig, An Education

Screenplay, Original
Jane Campion, Bright Star
Mark Boal, The Hurt Locker
Bob Peterson, Pete Docter, Up
* Scott Neustadter & Michael H. Weber, (500) Days of Summer
Joel & Ethan Coen, A Serious Man

Screenplay, Adapted
Nora Ephron, Julie & Julia
Nick Hornby, An Education
* Geoffrey Fletcher, Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire
Neill Blomkamp & Terri Tatchell, District 9
Jason Reitman & Sheldon Turner, Up in the Air

Original Score
Elliot Goldenthal, Public Enemies
* Rolfe Kent, Up in the Air
Michael Giacchino, Up
Carter Burwell & Karen O, Where the Wild Things Are
Marvin Hamlisch, The Informant!
Gabriel Yared, Amelia

Original Song
"Almost There" - Randy Newman, The Princess and the Frog
"I Can See in Color" - Mary J. Blige, Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire
"Down in New Orleans" - Randy Newman, The Princess and the Frog
"Cinema Italiano" - Maury Yeston, Nine
* "The Weary Kind" - Ryan Bingham & T Bone Burnett, Crazy Heart
"We are the Children of the World" - Terry Gilliam, The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus

Cinematography
* Dion Beebe, Nine
Dante Spinotti, Public Enemies
Guillermo Navarro & Erich Roland, It Might Get Loud
Lu Yue & Zhang Li, Red Cliff
Roger Deakins, A Serious Man
Robert Richardson, Inglourious Basterds

Visual Effects
Scott Farrar, Scott Benza, Wayne Billheimer, John Frazier, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
Craig Hayes, Red Cliff
John Paul Docherty, Richard Bain, The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
Tim Ledbury, Fantastic Mr. Fox
Robert Habros, Charlie Bradbury, Stephen Pepper, Winston Helgason, District 9
* Volker Engel, Marc Weigert, Mike Vezina, 2012

Film Editing
Greg Finton, It Might Get Loud
Angie Lam, Yang Hongyu, Robert A. Ferretti, Red Cliff
Julian Clarke, District 9
David Brenner, Peter S. Elliot, 2012
* Chris Innis, Bob Murawski, The Hurt Locker
Claire Simpson, Wyatt Smith, Nine

Sound (Mixing & Editing)
Cameron Frankley, Mark Ulano, Richard Van Dyke, Ron Bartlett, Terminator Salvation
Ethan Van Der Ryn, Erik Aadahl, Geoffrey Patterson, Gary Summers, Greg P. Russell, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
Joel Dougherty, Chuck Fitzpatrick, It Might Get Loud
Steve Burgess, Red Cliff
* Paul N.J. Ottosson, Michael Mcgee, Rick Kline, Jeffrey J. Haboush, Michael Keller, 2012
Margit Pfeiffer, Jim Greenhorn, Nine

Art Direction & Production Design
Terry Gilliam, Dave Warren, Anastasia Masaro, The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
Nathan Crowley, Patrick Lumb, William Ladd Skinner, Public Enemies
Eddy Wong, Red Cliff
Chris Kennedy, The Road
Barry Chusid, Elizabeth Wilcox, 2012
* Ian Phillips, Dan Bishop A Single Man

Costume Design
Tim Yip, Red Cliff
Consolata Boyle, Chéri
* Monique Prudhomme, The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
Sandy Powell, The Young Victoria
Colleen Atwood, Nine

Tesla Award In Recognition Of Visionary Achievement In Filmmaking Technology: Roger Deakins
Auteur Award: Roger Corman
Best Ensemble: Nine
Outstanding New Talent: Gabourey Sidibe for Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire