Satellite Awards Nominates 10 Films for Best Motion Picture

Ten movies have been nominated as best motion picture by the International Press Academy, which announced nominees for its 17th annual Satellite Awards on Monday. The organization, composed of entertainment journalists for both domestic and foreign outlets, rounded up an electric group of films that includes Argo, Silver Linings Playbook, Beasts of the Southern Wild, Les Miserables, Skyfall, Moonrise Kingdom, The Sessions, Lincoln, Life of Pi and Zero Dark Thirty.

The Satellite Awards, which cover 31 film and TV categories, will be presented at a dinner Dec. 16 at the Intercontinental Hotel in Century City. The group also plans to announced further nominees for DVD and video games.

It previously had announced several special awards: Terence Stamp will be given the Mary Pickford Award for outstanding artistic contribution to the entertainment industry, Walter Murch will receive the Nikola Tesla Award for visionary achievement in filmmaking technology, Paul Williams will be given the Auteur Award, Bruce Davison is to receive the Honorary Satellite Award and young Beasts of the Southern Wild star Quvenzhane Wallis will be given the group’s Newcomer Award.

A complete list of nominees follows:

MOTION PICTURES

Actress in a Motion Picture

Jennifer Lawrence, Silver Linings Playbook, The Weinstein Co.

Emilie Dequenne, Our Children, Versus Production

Keira Knightley, Anna Karenina, Focus Features

Emmanuelle, Riva Amour, Sony Pictures Classics

Laura Birn, Purge, Solar Films

Laura Linney, Hyde Park on Hudson, Focus Features

Jessica Chastain Zero Dark Thirty, Columbia Pictures

 

Actor in a Motion Picture

John Hawkes, The Sessions, Fox Searchlight Pictures

Omar Sy, The Intouchables, The Weinstein Co.

Hugh Jackman, Les Miserables, Universal

Joaquin Phoenix, The Master, The Weinstein Co.

Denzel Washington, Flight, Paramount Pictures

Daniel Day-Lewis, Lincoln, DreamWorks/Touchstone

Bradley Cooper, Silver Linings Playbook, The Weinstein Co.

 

Actress in a Supporting Role

Amy Adams, The Master, The Weinstein Co.

Helene Florent, Cafe De Flore, Adopt Films

Anne Hathaway, Les Miserables, Universal

Helen Hunt, The Sessions, Fox Searchlight Pictures

Judi Dench, Skyfall, Columbia Pictures

Samantha Barks, Les Miserables, Universal

 

Actor in a Supporting Role

Philip Seymour Hoffman, The Master, The Weinstein Co.

Robert De Niro, Silver Linings Playbook, The Weinstein Co.

John Goodman, Flight, Paramount Pictures

Javier Bardem, Skyfall, Columbia Pictures

Tommy Lee Jones, Lincoln, DreamWorks/Touchstone

Eddie Redmayne, Les Miserables, Universal

 

Motion Picture

Argo, Warner Bros.

Silver Linings Playbook, The Weinstein Co.

Beasts of the Southern Wild, Fox Searchlight Pictures

Les Miserables, Universal

Skyfall, Columbia Pictures

Moonrise Kingdom, Focus Features

The Sessions, Fox Searchlight Pictures

Lincoln, DreamWorks/Touchstone

Life of Pi, Twentieth Century Fox

Zero Dark Thirty, Columbia Pictures

 

Motion Picture, International Film

Amour, Sony Pictures Classics Austria

A Royal Affair, Magnolia Pictures Denmark

The Intouchables, The Weinstein Co. France

Our Children, Le Films Du Losange Belgium

Kon-Tiki, The Weinstein Co. Norway

Pieta, Drafthouse Films South Korea

Beyond the Hills, Sundance Selects Romania

War Witch, Tribeca Film Canada

Caesar Must Die, Adopt Film Italy

 

Motion Picture, Animated or Mixed Media

ParaNorman, Focus Features

Wreck-It Ralph, Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures

Rise of the Guardians, DreamWorks Animation

Brave, Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures

Ice Age 4: Continental Drift, Twentieth Century Fox Animation

Frankenweenie, Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures

Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted, DreamWorks Animation

 

Motion Picture, Documentary

The Central Park Five, Sundance Selects

The Pruitt-Igoe, Myth First Run Features

The Gatekeepers, Sony Pictures Classics

Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry, Sundance Selects

West of Memphis, Sony Pictures Classics

Chasing Ice, National Geographic

Marina Abramovic: The Artist Is Present, Music Box Films

Searching for Sugar Man, Sony Pictures Classics

 

Director

David O. Russell, Silver Linings Playbook, The Weinstein Co.

Ben Affleck, Argo, Warner Bros.

Kim Ki-Duk, Pieta, Drafthouse Films

Ben Lewin, The Sessions, Fox Searchlight Pictures

Steven Spielberg, Lincoln, DreamWorks/Touchstone

Kathryn Bigelow, Zero Dark Thirty, Columbia Pictures

 

Original Screenplay

Eric Toledano, Olivier Nakache, The Intouchables, The Weinstein Co.

John Gatins, Flight, Paramount Pictures

Kim Ki-Duk, Pieta, Drafthouse Films

Roman Coppola, Wes Anderson, Moonrise Kingdom, Focus Features

Paul Thomas Anderson, The Master, The Weinstein Co.

Mark Boal, Zero Dark Thirty, Columbia Pictures

 

Adapted Screenplay

Ben LewinThe Sessions Fox Searchlight Pictures (Based on documentary Breathing Lessons: The Life and Work of Mark O’Brien, Directed by Jessica Yu)

Tony Kushner, John Logan, Paul Webb, Lincoln, DreamWorks/Touchstone (Based on Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln by Doris Kearns Goodwin)

Chris Terrio, Argo, Warner Bros. (Based on magazine article “Escape From Tehran” by Joshuah Berman)

Tom Stoppard, Anna Karenina Focus Features (Based on the novel by Leo Tolstoy)

David O. Russell, Silver Linings Playbook, The Weinstein Co. (Based on the novel by Matthew Quick)

David Magee, Life of Pi, Twentieth Century Fox (Based on the Novel by Yann Martel)

 

Original Score (Composer, Film)

Alexandre Desplat, Argo, Warner Bros.

Dario Marianelli, Anna Karenina, Focus Features

Thomas Newman, Skyfall, Columbia Pictures

Jonny Greenwood, The Master, The Weinstein Co.

John Williams, Lincoln, DreamWorks/Touchstone

Dan Romer, Benh Zeitlin, Beasts of the Southern Wild, Fox Searchlight Pictures

 

Original Song (Title, Performer, Writer(s), Film)

“Learn Me Right, ” Birdy Birdy & Mumford and Sons, Mumford and Sons, Brave

“Still Alive, ” Paul Williams, Paul Williams, Paul Williams: Still Alive

“Skyfall, ” Adele, Adele Adkins, Paul Epworth, Skyfall

“Suddenly, ” Hugh Jackman, Alain Boubil, Herbert Kretzmer, Les Miserables

“Fire in the Blood/Snake Song, ” Emmylou Harris, Emmylou Harris, Nick Cave, Warren Ellis, Lawless

“Love Always Comes as a Surprise.” Peter Asher, Peter Asher & Dave Stewart, Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted

 

Cinematography

Ben Richardson, Beasts of the Southern Wild, Fox Searchlight Pictures

Mihai Malaimare Jr., The Master, The Weinstein Co.

Janusz Kaminski, Lincoln, DreamWorks/Touchstone

Roger Deakins, Skyfall, Columbia Pictures

Seamus McGarvey, Anna Karenina, Focus Features

Claudio Miranda, Life of Pi, Twentieth Century Fox

 

Visual Effects

Steve Begg, Arundi Asregadoo, Andrew Whitehurst, Skyfall, Columbia Pictures

Richard Stammers, Charley Henley, Martin Hill, Prometheus, Twentieth Century Fox

Bill Westenhofer, Life of Pi, Twentieth Century Fox

Michael Lantieri, Kevin Baillie, Ryan Tudhope, Jim Gibbs, Flight, Paramount Pictures

Dan Glass, Geoffrey Hancock, Stephane Ceretti, Cloud Atlas, Warner Bros.

Chris Corbould, Paul Franklin, The Dark Knight Rises, Warner Bros.

 

Film Editing

Lisa Bromwell, The Sessions, Fox Searchlight Pictures

Jeremiah O’Driscoll, Flight, Paramount Pictures

Dylan Tichenor, Zero Dark Thirty, Columbia Pictures

Alexander Berner, Cloud Atlas, Warner Bros

Jay Cassidy, Silver Linings Playbook, The Weinstein Co.

Chris Dickens, Les Miserables, Universal

 

Sound (Editing and Mixing)

Dennis Leonard, Randy Thom, Flight, Paramount Pictures

John Warhurst, Lee Walpole, Simon Hayes, Les Miserables, Universal

Craig Henighan, Chris Munro, Snow White & The Huntsman, Universal

Baard H. Ingebretsen, Tormod Ringes, Kon-Tiki, The Weinstein Co.

Drew Kunin, Eugene Gearty, Philip Stockton, Life of Pi, Twentieth Century Fox

Victor Ray Ennis, Ann Scibelli, John Cucci, Mark P. Stoeckinger Prometheus Twentieth Century Fox

 

Art Direction & Production Design

Rick Carter, Curt Beech, David Crank, Leslie McDonald, Lincoln, DreamWorks/Touchstone

Nathan Crowley, Kevin Kavanaugh, James Hambidge, Naaman Marshall, The Dark Knight Rises, Warner Bros.

Niels Sejer, A Royal Affair, Magnolia Pictures

David Crank, Jack Fisk, The Master, The Weinstein Co.

Sarah Greenwood, Niall Moroney, Thomas Brown, Nick Gottschalk, Tom Still, Anna Karenina, Focus Features

Eve Stewart, Anna Lynch-Robinson, Les Miserables, Universal

 

Costume Design

Colleen Atwood. Snow White & The Huntsman, Universal

Manon RasmussenA Royal Affair, Magnolia Pictures

Christian Gasc, Valerie Ranchoux, Farewell, My Queen, Cohen Media Group

Jacqueline Durran, Anna Karenina, Focus Features

Kym Barrett, Pierre-Yves Gayraud, Cloud Atlas, Warner Bros

Paco Delgado, Les Miserables, Universal

 

TELEVISION

 

Miniseries/Motion Picture Made for Television

Hatfields & McCoys, History

Hemingway & Gellhorn, HBO

Wallander, PBS

Luther, BBC America

Sherlock, PBS

Game Change, HBO

Birdsong, PBS

The Crimson Petal and the White, BBC America

 

Actress in a Miniseries or a Motion Picture Made for Television

Nicole Kidman, Hemingway & Gellhorn, HBO

Julianne Moore, Game Change, HBO

Gillian Anderson, Great Expectations, PBS

Romola Garai, The Crimson Petal And The White, BBC America

Sienna Miller, The Girl, HBO

Sigourney Weaver, Political Animals, USA Network

 

Actor in a Miniseries or a Motion Picture Made for Television

Clive Owen, Hemingway & Gellhorn, HBO

Benedict Cumberbatch, Sherlock, PBS

Kevin Costner, Hatfields & McCoys, History

Kenneth Branagh, Wallander, PBS

Woody Harrelson, Game Change, HBO

Idris Elba, Luther, BBC America

 

Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television

Maya Rudolph, Up All Night, NBC

Christina Hendricks, Mad Men, AMC

Maggie Smith, Downton Abbey, PBS

Mayim Bialik, The Big Bang Theory, CBS

Sarah Paulson, Game Change, HBO

Mare Winningham, Hatfields & McCoys, History

 

Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television

Peter Dinklage, Game of Thrones, HBO

Evan Peters, American Horror Story, FX

Giancarlo Esposito, Breaking Bad, AMC

Neal Mcdonough, Justified, FX

Jim Carter, Downton Abbey, PBS

Powers Boothe, Nashville, ABC

 

Television Series, Drama

Justified, FX

Downton Abbey, PBS

Breaking Bad, AMC

The Newsroom, HBO

The Good Wife, CBS

Game of Thrones, HBO

Homeland, Showtime

Nashville, ABC

 

Television Series, Genre

American Horror Story, FX

Once Upon a Time, ABC

Supernatural, TheCW

Fringe, Fox

Arrow, The CW

Grimm, NBC

Walking Dead AMC

 

Actress in a Series, Drama

Claire Danes, Homeland, Showtime

Chloe Sevigny, Hit & Miss, Sky Atlantic

Connie Britton, Nashville, ABC

Hayden Panettiere, Nashville, ABC

Michelle Dockery, Downton Abbey, PBS

Julianna Margulies, The Good Wife, CBS

 

Actor in a Series, Drama

Bryan Cranston, Breaking Bad, AMC

Jeff Daniels, The Newsroom, HBO

Jon Hamm, Mad Men, AMC

Damian Lewis, Homeland, Showtime

Timothy Olyphant, Justified, FX

Johnny Lee Miller, Elementary, CBS

 

Television Series, Comedy or Musical

Girls, HBO

Community, NBC

The Office, NBC

Happy Endings, ABC

Up All Night, NBC

Modern Family, ABC

Parks and Recreation, NBC

The Big Bang Theory, CBS

 

Actress in a Series, Comedy or Musical

Laura Dern, Enlightened, HBO

Amy Poehler, Parks and Recreation, NBC

Lena Dunham, Girls, HBO

Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Veep, HBO

Christina Applegate, Up All Night, NBC

Kaley Cuoco, The Bang Big Theory, CBS

 

31. Actor in a Series, Comedy or Musical

Don Cheadle, House of Lies, Showtime

Louis C.K., Louie, FX

Joel McHale, Community, NBC

Jim Parsons, The Big Bang Theory, CBS

Will Arnett, Up All Night, NBC

Johnny Galecki, The Big Bang Theory CBS

 

SPECIAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS

Mary Pickford Award for Outstanding Artistic Contribution to the Entertainment Industry: Terence Stamp

Nikola Tesla Award In Recognition of Visionary Achievement in Filmmaking Technology: Walter Murch

Auteur Award: Paul Williams

Honorary Satellite Award: Bruce Davison

Newcomer Award: Quvenzhane Wallis Beasts of the Southern Wild

Best Ensemble, Motion Picture: Les Miserables

Best Ensemble, Television:The Walking Dead, AMC