The 7th Golden Satellite Awards, honoring the best in film and television of 2002, were presented by the International Press Academy on January 12, 2003.
Special achievement awards Mary Pickford Award (for outstanding contribution to the entertainment industry) – Robert Evans
Nikola Tesla Award (for a lifetime of visionary filmmaking achievement) – George Lucas
Outstanding New Talent – Derek Luke
Outstanding Service in the Entertainment Industry – Murray Weissman and Dick Delson (Weissman Delson Communications)
Motion picture winners and nominees
Best Actor – Drama Michael Caine – The Quiet American (TIE) Daniel Day-Lewis – Gangs of New York (TIE) Tom Hanks – Road to Perdition Jack Nicholson – About Schmidt Edward Norton – 25th Hour Robin Williams – One Hour Photo
Best Actor – Musical or Comedy Kieran Culkin – Igby Goes Down Nicolas Cage – Adaptation. Hugh Grant – About a Boy Sam Rockwell – Confessions of a Dangerous Mind Adam Sandler – Punch-Drunk Love Aaron Stanford – Tadpole
Best Actress – Drama Diane Lane – Unfaithful Salma Hayek – Frida Nicole Kidman – The Hours Julianne Moore – Far from Heaven Meryl Streep – The Hours Sigourney Weaver – The Guys
Best Actress – Musical or Comedy Jennifer Westfeldt – Kissing Jessica Stein Jennifer Aniston – The Good Girl Maggie Gyllenhaal – Secretary Catherine Keener – Lovely & Amazing Nia Vardalos – My Big Fat Greek Wedding Renée Zellweger – Chicago
Best Animated or Mixed Media Film Spirited Away (Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi) Ice Age Lilo & Stitch Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron The Wild Thornberrys Movie
Best Art Direction Gangs of New York – Dante Ferretti Catch Me If You Can CQ Frida Road to Perdition
Best Cinematography Road to Perdition – Conrad L. Hall Far from Heaven Gangs of New York The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers Minority Report
Best Costume Design Frida – Julie Weiss Austin Powers in Goldmember Gangs of New York Road to Perdition Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones
Best Director Todd Haynes – Far from Heaven Pedro Almodóvar – Talk to Her (Hable con ella) Stephen Daldry – The Hours Peter Jackson – The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers Phillip Noyce – The Quiet American Denzel Washington – Antwone Fisher
Best Documentary Film The Kid Stays in the Picture Biggie and Tupac Bowling for Columbine The Cockettes Dogtown and Z-Boys
Best Editing Gangs of New York – Thelma Schoonmaker Adaptation. Insomnia The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers One Hour Photo
Best Film – Drama Far from Heaven Antwone Fisher The Hours The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers The Quiet American Road to Perdition
Best Film – Musical or Comedy My Big Fat Greek Wedding About a Boy Adaptation. Igby Goes Down Punch-Drunk Love
Best Foreign Language Film Talk to Her (Hable con ella), Spain All or Nothing, UK Bloody Sunday, Ireland/UK Everyone Loves Alice (Alla älskar Alice), Sweden Monsoon Wedding, India Rain, New Zealand Sex and Lucia (Lucía y el sexo), France/Spain
Best Original Score "Frida" – Elliot Goldenthal "24 Hour Party People" – Liz Gallacher "25th Hour" – Terence Blanchard "About a Boy" – Damon Gough "Roger Dodger" – Craig Wedren
Best Original Song "Something to Talk About" performed by Badly Drawn Boy – About a Boy "8 Mile" – 8 Mile "Die Another Day" – Die Another Day "Girl on the Roof" – Van Wilder "Love Is a Crime" – Chicago "Work It Out" – Austin Powers in Goldmember
Best Screenplay – Adapted Adaptation. – Charlie and Donald Kaufman Chicago – Bill Condon The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers – Philippa Boyens, Peter Jackson, Stephen Sinclair and Fran Walsh My Big Fat Greek Wedding – Nia Vardalos The Pianist – Ronald Harwood
Best Screenplay – Original Talk to Her (Hable con ella) – Pedro Almodóvar All or Nothing – Mike Leigh Far from Heaven – Todd Haynes The Good Girl – Mike White Igby Goes Down – Burr Steers Lovely & Amazing – Nicole Holofcener
Best Sound Solaris – Larry Blake Gangs of New York The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers Minority Report Signs
Best Supporting Actor – Drama Dennis Haysbert – Far from Heaven Jeremy Davies – Solaris Alfred Molina – Frida Viggo Mortensen – The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers Paul Newman – Road to Perdition Dennis Quaid – Far from Heaven
Best Supporting Actor – Musical or Comedy Michael Constantine – My Big Fat Greek Wedding Chris Cooper – Adaptation. Jake Gyllenhaal – The Good Girl Philip Seymour Hoffman – Punch-Drunk Love Nicky Katt – Full Frontal John C. Reilly – The Good Girl
Best Supporting Actress – Drama Edie Falco – Sunshine State Kathy Bates – About Schmidt Julianne Moore – The Hours Miranda Richardson – Spider Do Thi Hai Yen – The Quiet American Renée Zellweger – White Oleander
Best Supporting Actress – Musical or Comedy Tovah Feldshuh – Kissing Jessica Stein Toni Collette – About a Boy Lainie Kazan – My Big Fat Greek Wedding Emily Mortimer – Lovely & Amazing Bebe Neuwirth – Tadpole Meryl Streep – Adaptation.
Best Visual Effects The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers Gangs of New York Minority Report Road to Perdition Spider-Man
Outstanding Motion Picture Ensemble The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Television winners and nominees
Best Actor – Drama Series Kiefer Sutherland – 24 Michael Chiklis – The Shield Peter Krause – Six Feet Under Chi McBride – Boston Public Martin Sheen – The West Wing
Best Actor – Musical or Comedy Series Bernie Mac – The Bernie Mac Show Matt LeBlanc – Friends Eric McCormack – Will & Grace John C. McGinley – Scrubs Damon Wayans – My Wife and Kids
Best Actor – Miniseries or TV Film William H. Macy – Door to Door Ted Danson – Living with the Dead Albert Finney – The Gathering Storm Harry Lennix – Keep the Faith, Baby Patrick Stewart – King of Texas
Best Actress – Drama Series CCH Pounder – The Shield Jennifer Garner – Alias Sarah Michelle Gellar – Buffy the Vampire Slayer Allison Janney – The West Wing Maura Tierney – ER
Best Actress – Musical or Comedy Series Debra Messing – Will & Grace Jennifer Aniston – Friends Alexis Bledel – Gilmore Girls Lauren Graham – Gilmore Girls Bonnie Hunt – Life with Bonnie
Best Actress – Miniseries or TV Film Vanessa Williams – Keep the Faith, Baby Kathy Bates – My Sister's Keeper Stockard Channing – The Matthew Shepard Story Marcia Gay Harden – King of Texas Vanessa Redgrave – The Gathering Storm
Best Miniseries Taken The Forsyte Saga Master Spy: The Robert Hanssen Story Living with the Dead Shackleton
Best Series – Drama CSI: Crime Scene Investigation 24 Alias Buffy the Vampire Slayer Without a Trace
Best Series – Musical or Comedy The Bernie Mac Show Curb Your Enthusiasm Friends Gilmore Girls Scrubs
Best TV Film Door to Door The Gathering Storm Keep the Faith, Baby The Laramie Project Path to War
Best Supporting Actor – Drama Series Victor Garber – Alias Dennis Haysbert – 24 Anthony Heald – Boston Public James Marsters – Buffy the Vampire Slayer Ron Rifkin – Alias
Best Supporting Actor – Musical or Comedy Series Eric Roberts – Less Than Perfect Sean Hayes – Will & Grace Peter MacNicol – Ally McBeal Chris Noth – Sex and the City David Hyde Pierce – Frasier
Best Supporting Actor – Miniseries or TV Film Linus Roache – The Gathering Storm Jim Broadbent – The Gathering Storm Jeremy Davies – The Laramie Project Terry Kinney – The Laramie Project Roy Scheider – King of Texas
Best Supporting Actress – Drama Series Sarah Clarke – 24 Emma Caulfield – Buffy the Vampire Slayer Loretta Devine – Boston Public Alyson Hannigan – Buffy the Vampire Slayer Lena Olin – Alias
Best Supporting Actress – Musical or Comedy Series Doris Roberts – Everybody Loves Raymond Kelly Bishop – Gilmore Girls Christa Miller – Scrubs Megan Mullally – Will & Grace Cynthia Nixon – Sex and the City
Best Supporting Actress – Miniseries or TV Film Helen Mirren – Door to Door Queen Latifah – Living with the Dead Amy Madigan – Just a Dream Sissy Spacek – Last Call Frances Sternhagen – The Laramie Project
New Media winners and nominees
Best DVD Extras Minority Report (For the documentary) The Last Waltz (For the commentary) The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (For the commentary) The Producers (For the documentary) Singin' in the Rain (For the commentary)
Most Innovative Story Design Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Medal of Honor: Frontline Metal Gear Solid 2: Substance Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos
Outstanding Art Direction Biohazard Ø Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Jet Set Radio Future Pro Surfer Mafia: The City of Lost Heaven
Outstanding Character Shinobi (for "Shinobi") Maximo: Ghosts to Glory (for "Maximo") Ratchet & Clank (for "Ratchet") Sly Cooper and the Thievius Raccoonus (for "Sly Cooper") Spider-Man (for "Spiderman")
Outstanding Execution of a Gaming Concept No One Lives Forever 2: A Spy in H.A.R.M.'s Way Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem Mafia: The City of Lost Heaven Metroid Prime The Sims Online
Outstanding Overall DVD The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring Buffy the Vampire Slayer (For Season 2.) Austin Powers in Goldmember A Hard Day's Night Minority Report Monterey Pop Y Tu Mamá También
Outstanding Youth DVD Monsters, Inc. Beauty and the Beast Ice Age Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius Singin' in the Rain
Special Humanitarian DVD 9/11 (Jules Naudet, Gédéon Naudet, and James Hanlon)
Awards breakdown
Film Winners: 3 / 7 Far from Heaven: Best Director / Best Film – Drama / Best Supporting Actor – Drama 2 / 2 Kissing Jessica Stein: Best Actress – Musical or Comedy / Best Supporting Actress – Musical or Comedy 2 / 3 Talk to Her (Hable con ella): Best Foreign Language Film / Best Screenplay – Original 2 / 5 My Big Fat Greek Wedding: Best Film & Supporting Actor – Musical or Comedy 2 / 5 Frida: Best Costume Design / Best Original Score 2 / 7 Gangs of New York: Best Actor – Drama / Best Art Direction / Best Editing 2 / 8 The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers: Best Visual Effects / Outstanding Motion Picture Ensemble 1 / 1 The Kid Stays in the Picture: Best Documentary Film 1 / 1 Spirited Away (Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi): Best Animated or Mixed Media Film 1 / 1 Sunshine State: Best Supporting Actress – Drama 1 / 1 Unfaithful: Best Actress – Drama 1 / 2 Solaris: Best Sound 1 / 3 Igby Goes Down: Best Actor – Musical or Comedy 1 / 4 The Quiet American: Best Actor – Drama 1 / 5 About a Boy: Best Original Song 1 / 6 Adaptation.: Best Screenplay – Adapted 1 / 7 Road to Perdition: Best Cinematography
Losers: 0 / 5 The Hours 0 / 4 The Good Girl 0 / 3 Austin Powers in Goldmember, Chicago, Lovely & Amazing, Punch-Drunk Love 0 / 2 25th Hour, About Schmidt, Antwone Fisher, Ice Age, One Hour Photo, Tadpole
Television Winners: 3 / 3 Door to Door: Best Actor – Miniseries or TV Film / Best Supporting Actress – Miniseries or TV Film / Best TV Film 2 / 2 The Bernie Mac Show: Best Actor – Musical or Comedy Series / Best Series – Musical or Comedy Series 2 / 3 24: Best Actor – Drama Series / Best Supporting Actress – Drama Series 1 / 1 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation: Best Series – Drama 1 / 1 Everybody Loves Raymond: Best Supporting Actress – Musical or Comedy Series 1 / 1 Less Than Perfect: Best Supporting Actor – Musical or Comedy Series 1 / 1 Taken: Best Miniseries 1 / 2 The Shield: Best Actress – Drama Series 1 / 3 Keep the Faith, Baby: Best Actress – Miniseries or TV Film 1 / 4 Will & Grace: Best Actress – Musical or Comedy Series 1 / 5 Alias: Best Supporting Actor – Drama Series 1 / 5 The Gathering Storm: Best Supporting Actor – Miniseries or TV Film
Losers: 0 / 5 Buffy the Vampire Slayer 0 / 4 Gilmore Girls, The Laramie Project 0 / 3 Boston Public, Friends, King of Texas, Living with the Dead, Scrubs 0 / 2 Sex and the City, The West Wing
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