Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation

Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation
Awarded for The best dramatized production devoted primarily to science fiction or fantasy
Presented by World Science Fiction Society
First awarded 1958
Last awarded 2002; replaced by Best Dramatic Presentation (Long Form) and Best Dramatic Presentation (Short Form) from 2003–present
Currently held by Inception (Long Form)
Doctor Who: "The Pandorica Opens"/"The Big Bang" (Short Form)
Official website thehugoawards.org

The Hugo Awards are given every year by the World Science Fiction Society for the best science fiction or fantasy works and achievements of the previous year. The award is named after Hugo Gernsback, the founder of the first science fiction magazine, Amazing Stories, and was once officially known as the Science Fiction Achievement Award.[1] The award has been described as "a fine showcase for speculative fiction"."[2] The Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation was given each year for theatrical films, television episodes, or other dramatized works related to science fiction or fantasy released in the previous calendar year.[3]

The award was first presented in 1958, and with the exceptions of 1964 and 1966 was given annually through 2002 when it was retired in favor of the newly created Dramatic Presentation (Long Form) and Dramatic Presentation (Short Form) categories, which divided the category depending on whether the work was longer or shorter than 90 minutes. In the 1964 and 1966 awards there were insufficient nominations made to support the category.[4][5] Prior to 1971 the category was defined as including works from "radio, television, stage or screen", and thereafter was expanded to "any medium of dramatized science fiction or fantasy", resulting in the nomination of recorded songs and other works.[6] In addition to the regular Hugo awards, beginning in 1996 Retrospective Hugo Awards, or "Retro Hugos", have been available to be awarded for years 50, 75, or 100 years prior in which no awards were given.[7] To date, Retro Hugo awards have been awarded for 1946, 1951, and 1954; the first two were for the Best Dramatic Presentation category while the 1954 awards were for the Short Form category. There were insufficient nominations to support an award in the Long Form category for that year.[8]

Hugo Award nominees and winners are chosen by supporting or attending members of the annual World Science Fiction Convention (Worldcon) and the presentation evening constitutes its central event. The selection process is defined in the World Science Fiction Society Constitution as instant-runoff voting with five nominees, except in the case of a tie. These five works on the ballot are the five most-nominated by members that year, with no limit on the number of works that can be nominated. The 1958 awards did not include any recognition of runner-up magazines, but since 1959 all five candidates were recorded.[7] Initial nominations are made by members in January through March, while voting on the ballot of five nominations is performed roughly in April through July, subject to change depending on when that year's Worldcon is held.[9] Worldcons are generally held near the start of September, and are held in a different city around the world each year.[1][10] Members are permitted to vote "no award", if they feel that none of the nominees is deserving of the award that year, and in the case that "no award" takes the majority the Hugo is not given in that category. This has happened in the Dramatic Presentation category four times, in 1959, 1963, 1971, and 1977.[11][12][13][14]

During the 55 nomination years, 43 awards for Best Dramatic Presentation, 9 awards for Short Form and Long Form, and 3 Retro Hugo awards have been given. One of these was for non-fiction; in 1970 it was awarded to news coverage of the Apollo 11 moon landing.[15] The series or franchises with the most awards are Doctor Who, with 5 Short Form awards out of 17 nominations over 6 years, and Star Trek, with 2 Best Dramatic Presentation awards for the original series and 2 for The Next Generation out of 24 total nominations for the overall franchise. Other franchises with multiple awards or nominations include The Twilight Zone, with 3 wins out of 4 nominations; Babylon 5, with 2 out of 4; Buffy the Vampire Slayer, with 1 out of 6; Battlestar Galactica, with 1 out of 5; and Harry Potter, with 6 nominations and no awards.

Contents

Winners and nominees

In the following tables, the years correspond to the date of the ceremony, rather than when the work was first published. Entries with a blue background and an asterisk (*) next to the work's name have won the award; those with a white background are the nominees on the short-list. Entries with a gray background and a plus sign (+) mark a year when "no award" was selected as the winner. In the case of television presentations, the award is generally for a particular episode rather than for a program as a whole; however, sometimes, as in the case of The Twilight Zone, it was given for the series' body of work that year rather than for any particular episode.

Best Dramatic Presentation

  *   Winners and joint winners   +   No winner selected

Year Work Creator(s) Publisher(s) Ref
1958 The Incredible Shrinking Man* Jack Arnold (director), Richard Matheson (screenplay, story) Universal Studios [16]
1959 (no award)+ [11]
1959 The 7th Voyage of Sinbad Nathan Juran (director), Ken Kolb (screenplay), Ray Harryhausen (story) Morningside Movies/Columbia Pictures [11]
1959 Dracula Terence Fisher (director), Jimmy Sangster (screenplay), Bram Stoker (original novel) Hammer Film Productions [11]
1959 The Fly Kurt Neumann (director), James Clavell (screenplay), George Langelaan (story) 20th Century Fox [11]
1960 The Twilight Zone* Rod Serling (creator, screenplay) CBS [17]
1960 Men into Space (multiple directors and writers) CBS [17]
1960 Murder and the Android Alex Segal (director), Alfred Bester (original story) NBC [17]
1960 The Turn of the Screw John Frankenheimer (director), James Costigan (screenplay), Henry James (original story) NBC [17]
1960 The World, the Flesh and the Devil Ranald MacDougall (director, screenplay), Ferdinand Reyher (story), M. P. Shiel (original novel) HarBel/Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [17]
1961 The Twilight Zone* Rod Serling (creator, screenplay) CBS [18]
1961 The Time Machine George Pal (director), David Duncan (screenplay), H. G. Wells (original novel) Galaxy Films/Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [18]
1961 Village of the Damned Wolf Rilla (director, screenplay), Stirling Silliphant (screenplay), Ronald Kinnoch (screenplay) Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [18]
1962 The Twilight Zone* Rod Serling (creator, screenplay) CBS [19]
1962 Thriller (multiple directors and writers) NBC [19]
1962 The United States Steel Hour: "The Two Worlds of Charlie Gordon" James Yaffe (screenplay), Daniel Keyes (original story) CBS [19]
1962 Village of the Damned Wolf Rilla (director, screenplay), Stirling Silliphant (screenplay), Ronald Kinnoch (screenplay) Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [19]
1962 The Fabulous World of Jules Verne Karel Zeman (director, screenplay), František Hrubín (screenplay), Jules Verne (original novel) Warner Bros. [19]
1963 (no award)+ [12]
1963 The Twilight Zone Rod Serling (creator, screenplay) CBS [12]
1963 Last Year at Marienbad Alain Resnais (director, screenplay), Alain Robbe-Grillet (screenplay), Adolfo Bioy Casares (original novel) Argos Films [12]
1963 The Day the Earth Caught Fire Val Guest (director, screenplay), Wolf Mankowitz (screenplay) British Lion Films/Pax [12]
1963 Night of the Eagle Sidney Hayers (director), Charles Beaumont (screenplay), Richard Matheson (screenplay), George Baxt (screenplay), Fritz Leiber (original novel) Anglo-Amalgamated/Independent Artists [12]
1965 Dr. Strangelove* Stanley Kubrick (director, screenplay), Terry Southern (screenplay), Peter George (screenplay, original novel) Hawk Films/Columbia Pictures [20]
1965 7 Faces of Dr. Lao George Pal (director), Charles Beaumont (screenplay), Charles G. Finney (original novel) Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [20]
1967 Star Trek: "The Menagerie"* Marc Daniels (director), Gene Roddenberry (screenplay) Desilu Productions [21]
1967 Star Trek: "The Corbomite Maneuver" Joseph Sargent (director), Jerry Sohl (screenplay) Desilu Productions [21]
1967 Star Trek: "The Naked Time" Marc Daniels (director), John D. F. Black (screenplay) Desilu Productions [21]
1967 Fahrenheit 451 François Truffaut (director, screenplay), Jean-Louis Richard (screenplay), Helen Scott (screenplay), Ray Bradbury (original novel) Anglo Enterprises/Vineyard [21]
1967 Fantastic Voyage Richard Fleischer (director), Harry Kleiner (screenplay), David Duncan (screenplay), Jerome Bixby (story), Otto Klement (story) 20th Century Fox [21]
1968 Star Trek: "The City on the Edge of Forever"* Joseph Pevney (director), Harlan Ellison (screenplay) Desilu Productions [22]
1968 Star Trek: "Amok Time" Joseph Pevney (director), Theodore Sturgeon (screenplay) Desilu Productions [22]
1968 Star Trek: "Mirror, Mirror" Marc Daniels (director), Jerome Bixby (screenplay) Desilu Productions [22]
1968 Star Trek: "The Doomsday Machine" Marc Daniels (director), Norman Spinrad (screenplay) Desilu Productions [22]
1968 Star Trek: "The Trouble With Tribbles" Joseph Pevney (director), David Gerrold (screenplay) Desilu Productions [22]
1969 2001: A Space Odyssey* Stanley Kubrick (director, screenplay), Arthur C. Clarke (screenplay, original story) Paramount Pictures [23]
1969 The Prisoner: "Fall Out" Patrick McGoohan (director, screenplay) Everyman/ITC Entertainment [23]
1969 Charly Ralph Nelson (director), Stirling Silliphant (screenplay), Daniel Keyes (original story) ABC Pictures/Selmer [23]
1969 Rosemary's Baby Roman Polanski (director, screenplay), Ira Levin (original novel) Paramount Pictures [23]
1969 Yellow Submarine George Dunning (director), Al Brodax (screenplay), Roger McGough (screenplay), Jack Mendelsohn (screenplay), Lee Minoff (screenplay), Erich Segal (screenplay) Apple Corps/Hearst/King Features Syndicate [23]
1970 News coverage of Apollo 11* Multiple sources Multiple publishers, NASA [15]
1970 The Bed Sitting Room Richard Lester (director), John Antrobus (screenplay), Charles Wood (screenplay), John Antrobus (original play), Spike Milligan (original play) Oscar Lewenstein Productions [15]
1970 The Illustrated Man Jack Smight (director), Howard B. Kreitsek (screenplay), Ray Bradbury (original story collection) SKM [15]
1970 The Immortal Allen Baron (director), Joseph Sargent (director), Lou Morheim (screenplay), Robert Specht (screenplay), James Gunn (original novel) Paramount Pictures [15]
1970 Marooned John Sturges (director), Mayo Simon (screenplay), Martin Caidin (original novel) Columbia Pictures [15]
1971 (no award)+ [13]
1971 Blows Against the Empire Paul Kantner (lyrics, music) RCA [13]
1971 Colossus: The Forbin Project Joseph Sargent (director), James Bridges (screenplay), D. F. Jones (original novel) Universal Studios [13]
1971 Don't Crush That Dwarf, Hand Me the Pliers The Firesign Theatre (lyrics, music) Sony Music Entertainment [13]
1971 Hauser's Memory Boris Sagal (director), Adrian Spies (screenplay), Curt Siodmak (original novel) Universal Studios [13]
1971 No Blade of Grass Cornel Wilde (director), Sean Forestal (screenplay), Jefferson Pascal (screenplay), John Christopher (original novel) Theodora/Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [13]
1972 A Clockwork Orange* Stanley Kubrick (director, screenplay), Anthony Burgess (original novel) Hawk Films/Polaris/Warner Bros. [24]
1972 The Andromeda Strain Robert Wise (director), Nelson Gidding (screenplay), Michael Crichton (original novel) Universal Studios [24]
1972 I Think We're All Bozos on This Bus The Firesign Theatre (lyrics, music) Sony Music Entertainment [24]
1972 The Name of the Game: "L.A. 2017" Steven Spielberg (director), Philip Wylie (screenplay) Universal Studios/NBC [24]
1972 THX 1138 George Lucas (director, screenplay, story), Walter Murch (screenplay) Warner Bros./American Zoetrope [24]
1973 Slaughterhouse-Five* George Roy Hill (director), Stephen Geller (screenplay), Kurt Vonnegut (original novel) Universal Studios [25]
1973 Between Time and Timbuktu Fred Barzyk (director), Kurt Vonnegut (screenplay, story) NET Playhouse/Public Broadcasting Service [25]
1973 The People John Korty (director), James M. Miller (screenplay), Zenna Henderson (original stories) American Zoetrope/ABC [25]
1973 Silent Running Douglas Trumbull (director), Deric Washburn (screenplay), Michael Cimino (screenplay), Steven Bochco (screenplay) Universal Studios [25]
1974 Sleeper* Woody Allen (director, screenplay), Marshall Brickman (screenplay) Rollins-Joffe/Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists [26]
1974 Genesis II John Llewellyn Moxey (director), Gene Roddenberry (screenplay) Norway/Warner Bros. [26]
1974 The Six Million Dollar Man Richard Irving (director), Tom Greene (screenplay), Howard Rodman (screenplay), Martin Caidin (original novel) Universal Studios [26]
1974 Soylent Green Richard Fleischer (director), Stanley R. Greenberg (screenplay), Harry Harrison (original novel) Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [26]
1974 Westworld Michael Crichton (director, screenplay) Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [26]
1975 Young Frankenstein* Mel Brooks (director, screenplay, story), Gene Wilder (screenplay, story), Mary Shelley (original novel) 20th Century Fox [27]
1975 Flesh Gordon Michael Benveniste (director, screenplay), Howard Ziehm (director) Graffiti Productions [27]
1975 Phantom of the Paradise Brian De Palma (director, screenplay) Harbor/20th Century Fox [27]
1975 The Questor Tapes Richard A. Colla (director), Gene L. Coon (screenplay), Gene Roddenberry (screenplay, story) Universal Studios [27]
1975 Zardoz John Boorman (director, screenplay) 20th Century Fox [27]
1976 A Boy and His Dog* Directed by L. Q. Jones (director, screenplay), Wayne Cruseturner (screenplay), Harlan Ellison (original story) LQ/JAF [28]
1976 Dark Star John Carpenter (director, screenplay), Dan O'Bannon (screenplay) USC [28]
1976 Monty Python and the Holy Grail Terry Gilliam (director, screenplay) Terry Jones (director, screenplay), Graham Chapman (screenplay), John Cleese (screenplay), Eric Idle (screenplay), Michael Palin (screenplay) Python (Monty) Pictures [28]
1976 Rollerball Norman Jewison (director), William Harrison (screenplay, original story) Algonquin/United Artists [28]
1976 The Capture Phil Foglio Phil Foglio [28]
1977 (no award)+ [14]
1977 Carrie Brian De Palma (director), Lawrence D. Cohen (screenplay), Stephen King (original novel) Redbank/United Artists [14]
1977 Logan's Run Michael Anderson (director), David Zelag Goodman (screenplay), William F. Nolan (original novel), George Clayton Johnson (original novel) Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [14]
1977 The Man Who Fell to Earth Nicolas Roeg (director), Paul Mayersberg (screenplay), Walter Tevis (original novel) British Lion Films [14]
1977 Futureworld Richard T. Heffron (director), George Schenk (screenplay), Mayo Simon (screenplay) American International Pictures [14]
1978 Star Wars* George Lucas (director, screenplay) Lucasfilm [29]
1978 Close Encounters of the Third Kind Steven Spielberg (director, screenplay) Columbia Pictures/EMI Films [29]
1978 Blood!: The Life and Future Times of Jack the Ripper Shelley Torgeson (director), Robert Bloch (script), Harlan Ellison (script), Roy Torgeson (producer) Alternate Worlds Recordings [29]
1978 Wizards Ralph Bakshi (director, screenplay) 20th Century Fox [29]
1978 The Hobbit Jules Bass (director), Arthur Rankin, Jr. (director), Romeo Muller (screenplay), J. R. R. Tolkien (original novel) Rankin/Bass [29]
1979 Superman* Richard Donner (director), Mario Puzo (screenplay), David Newman (screenplay), Leslie Newman (screenplay), Robert Benton (screenplay), Mario Puzo (story), Jerry Siegel (original character), Joe Shuster (original character) Alexander Salkind [30]
1979 Invasion of the Body Snatchers Philip Kaufmann (director), W. D. Richter (screenplay), Jack Finney (original novel) Solofilm/United Artists [30]
1979 The Lord of the Rings Ralph Bakshi (director), Peter S. Beagle (screenplay), Chris Conkling (screenplay), J. R. R. Tolkien (original novels) Fantasy Films [30]
1979 Watership Down Martin Rosen (director, screenplay), Richard Adams (original novel) Nepenthe Productions [30]
1979 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Douglas Adams (script), Geoffrey Perkins (producer) BBC Radio 4 [30]
1980 Alien* Ridley Scott (director), Dan O'Bannon (screenplay, story), Ronald Shusett (story) 20th Century Fox [31]
1980 The Black Hole Gary Nelson (director), Jeb Rosebrook (screenplay, story), Gerry Day (screenplay), Bob Barbash (story), Richard H. Landau (story) The Walt Disney Company [31]
1980 The Muppet Movie James Frawley (director), Jack Burns (screenplay), Jerry Juhl (screenplay) The Jim Henson Company/ITC Entertainment [31]
1980 Star Trek: The Motion Picture Robert Wise (director), Harold Livingstonn (screenplay), Alan Dean Foster (story), Gene Roddenberry (story) Century/Paramount Pictures [31]
1980 Time After Time Nicholas Meyer (director, screenplay), Karl Alexander (story, original novel), Steve Hayes (story) Warner Bros. [31]
1981 Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back* Irvin Kershner (director), Leigh Bracket (screenplay), Lawrence Kasdan (screenplay), George Lucas (story) Lucasfilm [32]
1981 Cosmos: A Personal Voyage Carl Sagan (director, screenplay), Ann Druyan (director, screenplay) KCET/Public Broadcasting Service [32]
1981 Flash Gordon Mike Hodges (director), Lorenzo Semple, Jr. (screenplay), Michael Allin (adaptation), Alex Raymond (original comic strip) 20th Century Fox/De Laurentiis [32]
1981 The Lathe of Heaven Fred Barzyk (director), David R. Loxton (director), Diane English (screenplay), Roger Swaybill (screenplay), Ursula K. Le Guin (original novel) WNET/Public Broadcasting Service [32]
1981 The Martian Chronicles Michael Anderson (director), Richard Matheson (screenplay), Ray Bradbury (original stories) BBC/NBC [32]
1982 Raiders of the Lost Ark* Steven Spielberg (director), Lawrence Kasdan (screenplay), George Lucas (story), Philip Kaufman (story) Lucasfilm [33]
1982 Dragonslayer Matthew Robbins (director, screenplay), Hal Barwood (screenplay) Paramount Pictures/The Walt Disney Company [33]
1982 Excalibur John Boorman (director, screenplay), Rospo Pallenberg (screenplay, adaptation), Thomas Malory (original novel) Warner Bros. [33]
1982 Outland Peter Hyams (director, screenplay) Outland/The Ladd Company [33]
1982 Time Bandits Terry Gilliam (director, screenplay), Michael Palin (screenplay) HandMade Films [33]
1983 Blade Runner* Ridley Scott (director), Hampton Fancher (screenplay), David Peoples (screenplay), Philip K. Dick (original novel) Blade Runner Partnership [34]
1983 The Dark Crystal Jim Henson (director, story), Frank Oz (director), Gary Kurtz (director), David Odell (screenplay) The Jim Henson Company/ITC Entertainment/Universal Studios [34]
1983 E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial Steven Spielberg (director), Melissa Mathison (screenplay) Amblin Entertainment/Universal Studios [34]
1983 Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior George Miller (director, screenplay), Terry Hayes (screenplay), Brian Hannant (screenplay) Kennedy Miller/Warner Bros. [34]
1983 Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan Nicholas Meyer (director, screenplay), Jack B. Sowards (screenplay, story), Harve Bennett (story), Samuel A. Peeples (story) Paramount Pictures [34]
1984 Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi* Richard Marquand (director), Lawrence Kasdan (screenplay), George Lucas (screenplay, story) Lucasfilm [35]
1984 Brainstorm Douglas Trumbull (director), Philip Frank Messina (screenplay), Robert Stitzel (screenplay), Bruce Joel Rubin (story) Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [35]
1984 The Right Stuff Philip Kaufmann (director, screenplay), Tom Wolfe (original novel) The Ladd Company [35]
1984 Something Wicked This Way Comes Jack Clayton (director), Ray Bradbury (screenplay, original novel) Bryna/The Walt Disney Company [35]
1984 WarGames John Badham (director), Lawrence Lasker (screenplay), Walter F. Parkes (screenplay) Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [35]
1985 2010* Peter Hyams (director, screenplay), Arthur C. Clarke (original novel) Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [36]
1985 Dune David Lynch (director, screenplay), Frank Herbert (original novel) De Laurentiis/Universal Studios [36]
1985 Ghostbusters Ivan Reitman (director), Dan Aykroyd (screenplay), Harold Ramis (screenplay) Black Rhino/Columbia Pictures [36]
1985 The Last Starfighter Nick Castle (director), Jonathan R. Betuel (screenplay) Lorimar Productions/Universal Studios [36]
1985 Star Trek III: The Search for Spock Leonard Nimoy (director), Harve Bennett (screenplay) Cinema Group/Paramount Pictures [36]
1986 Back to the Future* Robert Zemeckis (director, screenplay), Bob Gale (screenplay) Amblin Entertainment/Universal Studios [37]
1986 Brazil Terry Gilliam (director, screenplay), Charles McKeown (screenplay), Tom Stoppard (screenplay) Embassy/Universal Studios [37]
1986 Cocoon Ron Howard (director), Tom Benedek (screenplay), David Saperstein (original novel) 20th Century Fox/Zanuck/Brown [37]
1986 Enemy Mine Wolfgang Petersen (director), Edward Khmara (screenplay), Barry B. Longyear (original story) 20th Century Fox/King's Road [37]
1986 Ladyhawke Richard Donner (director), Edward Khmara (screenplay, story), Michael Thomas (screenplay), Tom Mankiewicz (screenplay), David Peoples (screenplay) 20th Century Fox/Warner Bros. [37]
1987 Aliens* James Cameron (director, screenplay, story), David Giler (story), Walter Hill (story) 20th Century Fox [38]
1987 The Fly David Cronenberg (director, screenplay), Charles Edward Pogue (screenplay), George Langelaan (story) Brooksfilms/20th Century Fox [38]
1987 Labyrinth Jim Henson (director, story), Terry Jones (screenplay), Dennis Lee (story) Delphi/The Jim Henson Company/Lucasfilm/TriStar Pictures [38]
1987 Little Shop of Horrors Frank Oz (director), Howard Ashman (screenplay), Charles B. Griffith (original story) The Geffen Film Company [38]
1987 Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home Leonard Nimoy (director, story), Harve Bennett (screenplay, story), Steve Meerson (screenplay), Peter Krikes (screenplay), Nicholas Meyer (screenplay) Paramount Pictures [38]
1988 The Princess Bride* Rob Reiner (director), William Goldman (screenplay, original novel) Act III/20th Century Fox [39]
1988 Predator John McTiernan (director), Jim Thomas (screenplay), John Thomas (screenplay) 20th Century Fox [39]
1988 RoboCop Paul Verhoeven (director), Michael Miner (screenplay), Edward Neumeier (screenplay) Orion Pictures [39]
1988 Star Trek: The Next Generation: "Encounter at Farpoint" Corey Allen (director), D. C. Fontana (screenplay), Gene Roddenberry (screenplay) Paramount Pictures [39]
1988 The Witches of Eastwick George Miller (director), Michael Cristofer (screenplay), John Updike (original novel) Guber-Peters/Kennedy Miller/Warner Bros. [39]
1989 Who Framed Roger Rabbit* Robert Zemeckis (director), Jeffrey Price (screenplay), Peter S. Seaman (screenplay), Gary K. Wolf (original novel) Amblin Entertainment/Touchstone Pictures [40]
1989 Alien Nation Graham Baker (director), Rockne S. O'Bannon (screenplay) 20th Century Fox [40]
1989 Beetlejuice Tim Burton (director, story), Michael McDowell (screenplay, story), Warren Skaaren (screenplay), Larry Wilson (story) Geffen/Warner Bros. [40]
1989 Big Penny Marshall (director), Gary Ross (screenplay), Anne Spielberg (screenplay) 20th Century Fox [40]
1989 Willow Ron Howard (director), Bob Dolman (screenplay), George Lucas (story) Imagine/Lucasfilm/Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [40]
1990 Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade* Steven Spielberg (director), Jeffrey Boam (screenplay), George Lucas (story), Menno Meyjes (story) Lucasfilm/Paramount Pictures [41]
1990 The Abyss James Cameron (director, screenplay) 20th Century Fox/Lightstorm/Pacific Western [41]
1990 The Adventures of Baron Munchausen Terry Gilliam (director, screenplay), Charles McKeown (screenplay), Rudolf Erich Raspe (original stories), Gottfried August Bürger (original stories) Allied Artists International/Columbia Pictures/Laura/Prominent [41]
1990 Batman Tim Burton (director), Sam Hamm (screenplay, story), Warren Skaaren (screenplay), Bob Kane (original characters) Guber-Peters/PolyGram/Warner Bros. [41]
1990 Field of Dreams Phil Alden Robinson (director, screenplay), W. P. Kinsella (original novel) Gordon/Universal Studios [41]
1991 Edward Scissorhands* Tim Burton (director, story), Caroline Thompson (screenplay, story) 20th Century Fox [42]
1991 Back to the Future Part III Robert Zemeckis (director, story), Bob Gale (screenplay, story) Amblin Entertainment/Universal Studios [42]
1991 Ghost Jerry Zucker (director), Bruce Joel Rubin (screenplay) Paramount Pictures [42]
1991 Total Recall Paul Verhoeven (director), Ronald Shusett (screenplay, story), Dan O'Bannon (screenplay, story), Gary Goldman (screenplay), Jon Povill (story), Philip K. Dick (original story) Carolco Pictures/TriStar Pictures [42]
1991 The Witches Nicolas Roeg (director), Allan Scott (screenplay), Roald Dahl (original novel) The Jim Henson Company/Lorimar Productions [42]
1992 Terminator 2: Judgment Day* James Cameron (director, screenplay), William Wisher, Jr. (screenplay) Carolco Pictures/Lightstorm/Pacific Western [43]
1992 The Addams Family Barry Sonnenfeld (director), Caroline Thompson (screenplay), Larry Wilson (screenplay), Charles Addams (original characters) Orion Pictures/Paramount Pictures [43]
1992 Beauty and the Beast Gary Trousdale (director), Kirk Wise (director), Linda Woolverton (screenplay) Silver Screen Partners/The Walt Disney Company [43]
1992 The Rocketeer Joe Johnston (director), Danny Bilson (screenplay, story), Paul De Meo (screenplay, story), William Dear (story), Dave Stevens (original comic book Gordon/Silver Screen Partners/Touchstone Pictures/The Walt Disney Company [43]
1992 Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country Nicholas Meyer (director, screenplay), Denny Martin Flinn (screenplay), Leonard Nimoy (story), Lawrence Konner (story), Mark Rosenthal (story) Paramount Pictures [43]
1993 Star Trek: The Next Generation: "The Inner Light"* Peter Lauritson (director), Peter Allan Fields (screenplay), Morgan Gendel (screenplay, story) Paramount Pictures [44]
1993 Aladdin Ron Clements (director, screenplay), John Musker (director, screenplay), Ted Elliott (screenplay), Terry Rossio (screenplay) The Walt Disney Company [44]
1993 Alien 3 David Fincher (director), David Giler (screenplay), Walter Hill (screenplay), Larry Ferguson (screenplay), Vincent Ward (story) 20th Century Fox/Brandywine [44]
1993 Batman Returns Tim Burton (director), Daniel Waters (screenplay, story), Sam Hamm (story), Bob Kane (original characters) PolyGram/Warner Bros. [44]
1993 Bram Stoker's Dracula Francis Ford Coppola (director), James V. Hart (screenplay), Bram Stoker (original novel) American Zoetrope/Columbia Pictures [44]
1994 Jurassic Park* Steven Spielberg (director), David Koepp (screenplay), Michael Crichton (screenplay, original novel) Universal Studios/Amblin Entertainment [45]
1994 Addams Family Values Barry Sonnenfeld (director), Paul Rudnick (screenplay), Charles Addams (original characters) Orion Pictures/Paramount Pictures [45]
1994 Babylon 5: "The Gathering" Richard Compton (director), J. Michael Straczynski (screenplay) Babylonian Productions [45]
1994 Groundhog Day Harold Ramis (director, screenplay), Danny Rubin (screenplay, story) Columbia Pictures [45]
1994 The Nightmare Before Christmas Henry Selick (director), Caroline Thompson (screenplay), Michael McDowell (adaptation), Tim Burton (story) Skellington Productions/Touchstone Pictures [45]
1995 Star Trek: The Next Generation: "All Good Things..."* Winrich Kolbe (director), Ronald D. Moore (screenplay), Brannon Braga (screenplay) Paramount Pictures [46]
1995 Interview with the Vampire Neil Jordan (director), Anne Rice (screenplay, original novel) The Geffen Film Company [46]
1995 The Mask Chuck Russell (director), Mike Werb (screenplay), Michael Fallon (story), Mark Verheiden (story) Dark Horse Entertainment/New Line Cinema [46]
1995 Stargate Roland Emmerich (director, screenplay), Dean Devlin (screenplay) Carolco Pictures/Centropolis [46]
1995 Star Trek Generations David Carson (director), Ronald D. Moore (screenplay, story), Brannon Braga (screenplay, story), Rick Berman (story) Paramount Pictures [46]
1996 Babylon 5: "The Coming of Shadows"* Janet Greek (director), J. Michael Straczynski (screenplay) Babylonian Productions [47]
1996 Apollo 13 Ron Howard (director), William Broyles, Jr. (screenplay), Al Reinert (screenplay), Jim Lovell (original novel), Jeffrey Kluger (original novel) Imagine Entertainment/Universal Studios [47]
1996 Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: "The Visitor" David Livingston (director), Michael Taylor (screenplay) Paramount Pictures [47]
1996 Toy Story John Lasseter (director, story), Joss Whedon (screenplay), Joel Cohen (screenplay), Alec Sokolow (screenplay), Andrew Stanton (screenplay, story), Pete Docter (story), Joe Ranft (story) The Walt Disney Company/Pixar [47]
1996 12 Monkeys Terry Gilliam (director), David Peoples (screenplay), Janet Peoples (screenplay), Chris Marker (original film) Atlas/Universal Studios [47]
1997 Babylon 5: "Severed Dreams"* David J. Eagle (director), J. Michael Straczynski (screenplay) Babylonian Productions [48]
1997 Independence Day Roland Emmerich (director, screenplay), Dean Devlin (screenplay) 20th Century Fox/Centropolis [48]
1997 Mars Attacks! Tim Burton (director), Jonathan Gems (screenplay, story), Len Brown (original trading card game), Woody Gelman (original trading card game), Wally Wood (original trading card game), Bob Powell (original trading card game), Norman Saunders (original trading card game) Warner Bros. [48]
1997 Star Trek: First Contact Jonathan Frakes (director), Ronald D. Moore (screenplay, story), Brannon Braga (screenplay, story), Rick Berman (story) Paramount Pictures [48]
1997 Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: "Trials and Tribble-ations" Jonathan West (director), Ronald D. Moore (screenplay), René Echevarria (screenplay), Ira Steven Behr (story), Hans Beimler (story), Robert Hewitt Wolfe (story) Paramount Pictures [48]
1998 Contact* Robert Zemeckis (director), James V. Hart (screenplay), Michael Goldenberg (screenplay), Carl Sagan (story, original novel), Ann Druyan (story) SouthSide Amusement/Warner Bros. [49]
1998 The Fifth Element Luc Besson (director, screenplay, story), Robert Mark Kamen (screenplay) Gaumont Film Company/Columbia Pictures [49]
1998 Gattaca Andrew Niccol (director, screenplay) Columbia Pictures/Jersey [49]
1998 Men in Black Barry Sonnenfeld (director), Ed Solomon (screenplay, story), Lowell Cunningham (original comic) Amblin Entertainment/Columbia Pictures/McDonald/Parkes [49]
1998 Starship Troopers Paul Verhoeven (director), Edward Neumeier (screenplay), Robert A. Heinlein (original novel) Touchstone Pictures/TriStar Pictures [49]
1999 The Truman Show* Peter Weir (director), Andrew Niccol (screenplay) Paramount Pictures [50]
1999 Babylon 5: "Sleeping in Light" J. Michael Straczynski (director, screenplay) Babylonian Productions [50]
1999 Dark City Alex Proyas (director, screenplay, story), Lem Dobbs (screenplay), David S. Goyer (screenplay) New Line Cinema [50]
1999 Pleasantville Gary Ross (director, screenplay) New Line Cinema [50]
1999 Star Trek: Insurrection Jonathan Frakes (director), Michael Piller (screenplay, story), Rick Berman (story) Paramount Pictures [50]
2000 Galaxy Quest* Dean Parisot (director), David Howard (screenplay, story), Robert Gordon (screenplay) DreamWorks [51]
2000 Being John Malkovich Spike Jonze (director), Charlie Kaufman (screenplay) Gramercy Pictures/Propaganda Films/Single Cell [51]
2000 The Iron Giant Brad Bird (director, story), Tim McCanlies (screenplay), Ted Hughes (original novel) Warner Bros. [51]
2000 The Matrix Andy Wachowski (director, screenplay), Larry Wachowski (director, screenplay) Silver Pictures [51]
2000 The Sixth Sense M. Night Shyamalan (director, screenplay) Hollywood Pictures/Spyglass Entertainment/Kennedy/Marshall [51]
2001 Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon* Ang Lee (director), Wang Hui-Ling (screenplay), James Schamus (screenplay), Tsai Kuo Jung (screenplay), Wang Dulu (original novel) China Film Group Corporation [52]
2001 Chicken Run Peter Lord (director, story), Nick Park (director, story), Kary Kirkpatrick (screenplay), Randy Cartwright (story) Aardman Animations/Allied Artists International/DreamWorks [52]
2001 Frank Herbert's Dune John Harrison (director, screenplay), Frank Herbert (original novel) New Amsterdam [52]
2001 Frequency Gregory Hoblit (director), Toby Emmerich (screenplay) New Line Cinema [52]
2001 X-Men Bryan Singer (director, story), David Hayter (screenplay), Tom DeSanto (story) 20th Century Fox/Marvel Studios [52]
2002 The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring* Peter Jackson (director, screenplay), Fran Walsh (screenplay), Philippa Boyens (screenplay), J. R. R. Tolkien (original novel) New Line Cinema/The Saul Zaentz Company/WingNut Films [53]
2002 Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone Chris Columbus (director), Steve Kloves (screenplay) 1492 Pictures/Heyday Films/Warner Bros. [53]
2002 Monsters, Inc. Pete Docter (director, story), David Silverman (director), Lee Unkrich (director), Dan Gerson (screenplay), Andrew Stanton (screenplay), Jill Culton (story), Ralph Eggleston (story) Jeff Pidgeon (story) Pixar/The Walt Disney Company [53]
2002 Buffy the Vampire Slayer: "Once More, with Feeling" Joss Whedon (director, screenplay) Fox Television Studios/Mutant Enemy Productions [53]
2002 Shrek Andrew Adamson (director), Vicky Jenson (director), Ted Elliott (screenplay), Terry Rossio (screenplay), Joe Stillman (screenplay), Roger S. H. Schulman (screenplay), Edmund Fong (story), Ken Harsha (story) DreamWorks/Pacific Data Images [53]

Long Form

Starting with the 2003 awards, the Dramatic Presentation award was split into two categories: Best Dramatic Presentation (Long Form) and Best Dramatic Presentation (Short Form). The Long Form award is for "a dramatized production in any medium, including film, television, radio, live theater, computer games or music. The work must last 90 minutes or longer (excluding commercials)" in the official Hugo Award rules.[54]

Year Work Creator(s) Publisher(s) Ref
2003 The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers* Peter Jackson (director, screenplay), Fran Walsh (screenplay), Philippa Boyens (screenplay), Stephen Sinclair (screenplay), J. R. R. Tolkien (original novel) New Line Cinema [55]
2003 Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets Chris Columbus (director), Steve Kloves (screenplay), J. K. Rowling (original novel) Warner Bros. [55]
2003 Minority Report Steven Spielberg (director), Scott Frank (screenplay), Jon Cohen (screenplay), Philip K. Dick (original story) 20th Century Fox/DreamWorks [55]
2003 Spider-Man Sam Raimi (director), David Koepp (screenplay), Steve Ditko (original character), Stan Lee (original character) Columbia Pictures [55]
2003 Spirited Away Hayao Miyazaki (director, screenplay), Cindy Davis Hewitt (screenplay), Donald H. Hewitt (screenplay) Studio Ghibli/The Walt Disney Company [55]
2004 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King* Peter Jackson (director, screenplay), Fran Walsh (screenplay), Philippa Boyens (screenplay), J. R. R. Tolkien (original novel) New Line Cinema [56]
2004 28 Days Later Danny Boyle (director), Alex Garland (screenplay) DNA Films/Fox Searchlight Pictures [56]
2004 Finding Nemo Andrew Stanton (director, screenplay, story), Lee Unkrich (director), Bob Peterson (screenplay), David Reynolds (screenplay) Pixar/The Walt Disney Company [56]
2004 Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl Gore Verbinski (director), Screenplay by Ted Elliott (screenplay, story), Terry Rossio (screenplay, story), Stuart Beattie (story), Jay Wolpert (story) The Walt Disney Company [56]
2004 X2: X-Men United Bryan Singer (director, story), Michael Dougherty (screenplay), Dan Harris (screenplay), David Hayter (screenplay, story), Zak Penn (story) 20th Century Fox/Marvel Studios [56]
2005 The Incredibles* Brad Bird (director, screenplay) Pixar/The Walt Disney Company [57]
2005 Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind Michel Gondry (director, story), Charlie Kaufman (screenplay, story), Pierre Bismuth (story) Focus Features [57]
2005 Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban Alfonso Cuarón (director), Steve Kloves (screenplay), J. K. Rowling (original novel) Warner Bros. [57]
2005 Sky Captain and The World of Tomorrow Kerry Conran (director, screenplay) Paramount Pictures [57]
2005 Spider-Man 2 Sam Raimi (director), Alvin Sargent (screenplay), Alfred Gough (story), Miles Millar (story), Michael Chabon (story), Steve Ditko (original character), Stan Lee (original character) Sony Pictures Entertainment/Columbia Pictures [57]
2006 Serenity* Joss Whedon (director, screenplay) Universal Studios/Mutant Enemy Productions [58]
2006 Batman Begins Christopher Nolan (director, screenplay), David S. Goyer (screenplay, story), Bob Kane (original character) Warner Bros. [58]
2006 The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe Andrew Adamson (director, screenplay), Ann Peacock (screenplay), Christopher Markus (screenplay), Stephen McFeely (screenplay), C. S. Lewis (original novel) The Walt Disney Company/Walden Media [58]
2006 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire Mike Newell (director), Steve Kloves (screenplay), J. K. Rowling (original novel) Warner Bros. [58]
2006 Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit Nick Park (director, screenplay), Steve Box (director, screenplay), Bob Baker (screenplay), Mark Burton (screenplay) DreamWorks Animation/Aardman Animations [58]
2007 Pan's Labyrinth* Guillermo del Toro (director, screenplay) Picturehouse [59]
2007 Children of Men Alfonso Cuarón (director, screenplay), Timothy J. Sexton (screenplay), David Arata (screenplay), Mark Fergus (screenplay), Hawk Ostby (screenplay), P. D. James (original novel) Universal Studios [59]
2007 The Prestige Christopher Nolan (director, screenplay), Jonathan Nolan (screenplay), Christopher Priest (original novel) Touchstone Pictures [59]
2007 A Scanner Darkly Richard Linklater (director, screenplay), Philip K. Dick (original novel) Warner Independent Pictures [59]
2007 V for Vendetta James McTeigue (director), Laurence Wachowski (screenplay), Andrew Paul Wachowski (screenplay), David Lloyd (original graphic novel) Warner Bros. [59]
2008 Stardust* Matthew Vaughn (director, screenplay), Jane Goldman (screenplay), Neil Gaiman (original novel) Paramount Pictures [60]
2008 Enchanted Kevin Lima (director), Bill Kelly (screenplay) The Walt Disney Company [60]
2008 The Golden Compass Chris Weitz (director, screenplay), Philip Pullman (original novel) [60]
2008 Heroes (Season One) Tim Kring (creator), multiple directors and writers NBC Universal Television Group/Tailwind Productions [60]
2008 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix David Yates (director), Michael Goldenberg (screenplay), J. K. Rowling (original novel) Warner Bros. [60]
2009 WALL-E* Andrew Stanton (director, screenplay, story), Jim Reardon (screenplay), Pete Docter (story) Pixar/The Walt Disney Company [61]
2009 The Dark Knight Christopher Nolan (director, screenplay, story), Jonathan Nolan (screenplay), David S. Goyer (story), Bob Kane (original character) Warner Bros. [61]
2009 Hellboy II: The Golden Army Guillermo del Toro (director, screenplay, story), Mike Mignola (story, original comic) Dark Horse Entertainment/Universal Studios [61]
2009 Iron Man Jon Favreau (director), Mark Fergus (screenplay), Hawk Ostby (screenplay), Art Marcum (screenplay), Matt Holloway (screenplay), Stan Lee (original characters), Don Heck (original characters), Larry Lieber (original characters), Jack Kirby (original characters) Paramount Pictures/Marvel Studios [61]
2009 METAtropolis John Scalzi (editor, story), Elizabeth Bear (story), Jay Lake (story), Tobias S. Buckell (story), Karl Schroeder (story) Audible.com [61]
2010 Moon* Duncan Jones (director, story), Nathan Parker (screenplay) Liberty Films [62]
2010 Avatar James Cameron (director, screenplay) 20th Century Fox [62]
2010 District 9 Neill Blomkamp (director, screenplay), Terri Tatchell (screenplay) TriStar Pictures [62]
2010 Star Trek J. J. Abrams (director), Roberto Orci (screenplay), Alex Kurtzman (screenplay) Paramount Pictures [62]
2010 Up Bob Peterson (director, screenplay, story), Pete Docter (director, screenplay, story), Thomas McCarthy (story) Pixar/The Walt Disney Company [62]
2011 Inception* Christopher Nolan (director, screenplay, story) Warner Bros. [63]
2011 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 David Yates (director), Steve Kloves (screenplay) Warner Bros. [63]
2011 How to Train Your Dragon Dean DeBlois (director, screenplay), Chris Sanders (director, screenplay), William Davies (screenplay) DreamWorks Animation [63]
2011 Scott Pilgrim vs. the World Edgar Wright (director, screenplay), Michael Bacall (screenplay) Universal Studios [63]
2011 Toy Story 3 Lee Unkrich (director, story), Michael Arndt (screenplay), John Lasseter (story), Andrew Stanton (story) Pixar/Walt Disney Pictures [63]

Short Form

Starting with the 2003 awards, the Dramatic Presentation award was split into two categories: Best Dramatic Presentation (Long Form) and Best Dramatic Presentation (Short Form). The Short Form award is for "a dramatized production in any medium, including film, television, radio, live theater, computer games or music. The work must last less than 90 minutes (excluding commercials)" in the official Hugo Award rules.[54]

Year Work Creator(s) Publisher(s) Ref
2003 Buffy the Vampire Slayer: "Conversations with Dead People"* Nick Marck (director), Jane Espenson (screenplay), Drew Goddard (screenplay) 20th Century Fox Television/Mutant Enemy Productions [55]
2003 Angel: "Waiting in the Wings" Joss Whedon (director, screenplay) 20th Century Fox Television/Mutant Enemy Productions [55]
2003 Firefly: "Serenity" Joss Whedon (director, screenplay) 20th Century Fox Television/Mutant Enemy Productions [55]
2003 Star Trek: Enterprise: "Carbon Creek" James A. Contner (director), Chris Black (screenplay), Rick Berman (story), Brannon Braga (story), Dan O'Shannon (story) Paramount Pictures [55]
2003 Star Trek: Enterprise: "A Night in Sickbay" David Straiton (director), Rick Berman (screenplay), Brannon Braga (screenplay) Paramount Pictures [55]
2004 Gollum's Acceptance Speech at the 2003 MTV Movie Awards* Fran Walsh (director, screenplay), Philippa Boyens (director, screenplay), Peter Jackson (director, screenplay) Wingnut Films/New Line Cinema [56]
2004 Buffy the Vampire Slayer: "Chosen" Joss Whedon (director, screenplay) 20th Century Fox Television/Mutant Enemy Productions [56]
2004 Firefly: "Heart of Gold" Thomas J. Wright (director), Brett Matthews (screenplay) 20th Century Fox Television/Mutant Enemy Productions [56]
2004 Firefly: "The Message" Tim Minear (director, screenplay), Joss Whedon (screenplay) 20th Century Fox Television/Mutant Enemy Productions [56]
2004 Smallville: "Rosetta" James Marshall (director), Alfred Gough (screenplay), Miles Millar (screenplay) Tollin/Robbins Productions/Warner Bros. [56]
2005 Battlestar Galactica: "33"* Michael Rymer (director), Ronald D. Moore (screenplay) NBC Universal/Sci Fi Channel [57]
2005 Angel: "Not Fade Away" Jeffrey Jackson Bell (director, screenplay), Joss Whedon (screenplay) [57]
2005 Angel: "Smile Time" Ben Edlund (director, screenplay, story), Joss Whedon (story) 20th Century Fox Television/Mutant Enemy Productions [57]
2005 Lost: "Pilot" J. J. Abrams (director, screenplay, story), Damon Lindelof (screenplay, story), Jeffrey Lieber (story) Touchstone Pictures/Bad Robot Productions [57]
2005 Stargate SG-1: "Heroes" Andy Mikita (director), Robert C. Cooper (screenplay) Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/Sci Fi Channel [57]
2006 Doctor Who: "The Empty Child"/"The Doctor Dances"* James Hawes (director), Steven Moffat (screenplay) BBC Cymru Wales/BBC One [58]
2006 Battlestar Galactica: "Pegasus" Michael Rymer (director), Anne Cofell Saunders (screenplay) NBC Universal/British Sky Broadcasting [58]
2006 Doctor Who: "Dalek" Joe Ahearne (director), Robert Shearman (screenplay) BBC Cymru Wales/BBC One [58]
2006 Doctor Who: "Father's Day" Joe Ahearne (director), Paul Cornell (screenplay) BBC Cymru Wales/BBC One [58]
2006 Jack-Jack Attack Brad Bird (director, screenplay) The Walt Disney Company/Pixar [58]
2006 Lucas Back in Anger Phil Raines (director, script), Ian Sorensen (script) Reductio Ad Absurdum Productions [58]
2006 Prix Victor Hugo Awards Ceremony Paul J. McAuley (performer, script), Kim Newman (performer, script), Mike Moir (director), Debby Moir (director) Interaction Events [58]
2007 Doctor Who: "The Girl in the Fireplace"* Euros Lyn (director), Steven Moffat (screenplay) BBC Cymru Wales/BBC One [59]
2007 Battlestar Galactica: "Downloaded" Jeff Woolnough (director), Bradley Thompson (screenplay), David Weddle (screenplay) NBC Universal/British Sky Broadcasting [59]
2007 Doctor Who: "Army of Ghosts"/"Doomsday" Graeme Harper (director), Russell T Davies (screenplay) BBC Cymru Wales/BBC One [59]
2007 Doctor Who: "School Reunion" James Hawes (director), Toby Whithouse (screenplay) BBC Cymru Wales/BBC One [59]
2007 Stargate SG-1: "200" Martin Wood (director), Brad Wright (screenplay), Robert C. Cooper (screenplay), Joseph Mallozzi (screenplay), Paul Mullie (screenplay), Carl Binder (screenplay), Martin Gero (screenplay), Alan McCullough (screenplay) Double Secret Productions/NBC Universal [59]
2008 Doctor Who: "Blink"* Hettie MacDonald (director), Steven Moffat (screenplay) BBC [60]
2008 Battlestar Galactica: "Razor" Félix Enríquez Alcalá (director), Wayne Rose (director), Michael Taylor (screenplay) Sci Fi Channel [60]
2008 Doctor Who: "Human Nature"/"The Family of Blood" Charles Palmer (director), Paul Cornell (screenplay) BBC [60]
2008 Star Trek New Voyages: "World Enough and Time" Marc Scott Zicree (director, screenplay), Michael Reaves (screenplay) Cawley Entertainment Company/The Magic Time Company [60]
2008 Torchwood: "Captain Jack Harkness" Ashley Way (director), Catherine Tregenna (screenplay) BBC Cymru Wales [60]
2009 Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog* Joss Whedon (director, screenplay), Zack Whedon (screenplay), Jed Whedon (screenplay), Maurissa Tancharoen (screenplay) Mutant Enemy Productions [61]
2009 Battlestar Galactica: "Revelations" Michael Rymer (director), Bradley Thompson (screenplay), David Weddle (screenplay) NBC Universal [60]
2009 Doctor Who: "Silence in the Library"/"Forest of the Dead" Euros Lyn (director), Steven Moffat (screenplay) BBC Cymru Wales [61]
2009 Doctor Who: "Turn Left" Graeme Harper (director), Russell T Davies (screenplay) BBC Cymru Wales [61]
2009 Lost: "The Constant" Jack Bender (director), Carlton Cuse (screenplay), Damon Lindelof (screenplay) Bad Robot Productions/ABC Studios [61]
2010 Doctor Who: "The Waters of Mars"* Graeme Harper (director), Russell T Davies (screenplay), Phil Ford (screenplay) BBC Cymru Wales [62]
2010 Doctor Who: "The Next Doctor" Andy Goddard (director), Russell T Davies (screenplay) BBC Cymru Wales [62]
2010 Doctor Who: "Planet of the Dead" James Strong (director), Russell T Davies (screenplay), Gareth Roberts (screenplay) BBC Cymru Wales [62]
2010 Dollhouse: "Epitaph One" David Solomon (director), Maurissa Tancharoen (screenplay), Jed Whedon (screenplay), Joss Whedon (story) Mutant Enemy Productions [62]
2010 FlashForward: "No More Good Days" David S. Goyer (director, screenplay), Brannon Braga (screenplay), Robert J. Sawyer (original novel) American Broadcasting Company [62]
2011 Doctor Who: "The Pandorica Opens"/"The Big Bang"* Toby Haynes (director), Steven Moffat (screenplay) BBC Cymru Wales [63]
2011 Doctor Who: "A Christmas Carol" Toby Haynes (director), Steven Moffat (screenplay) BBC Cymru Wales [63]
2011 Doctor Who: "Vincent and the Doctor" Jonny Campbell (director), Richard Curtis (screenplay) BBC Cymru Wales [63]
2011 Fuck Me, Ray Bradbury Paul Briganti (director), Rachel Bloom (screenplay) [63]
2011 The Lost Thing Shaun Tan (director, original story), Andrew Ruhemann (director) Passion Pictures [63]

Retro Hugos

Beginning with the 1996 Worldcon, the World Science Fiction Society created the concept of "Retro Hugos", in which the Hugo award could be retroactively awarded for 50, 75, or 100 years prior. Retro Hugos may only be awarded for years in which a Worldcon was hosted, but no awards were originally given.[7][Note 1] Retro Hugos have been awarded three times, for 1946, 1951, and 1954. All of these awards were given 50 years later.[8] In 1946 and 1951, an award was given for Best Dramatic Presentation, while in 1954 an award was given for Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form. The Long Form category did not receive enough nominations for an award to be given. The next year that Retro Hugos can be awarded is 2014, for 1939.[7]

Year Year awarded Work Creator(s) Publisher(s) Ref
1946 1996 The Picture of Dorian Gray* Albert Lewin (director, screenplay), Oscar Wilde (original novel) Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [64]
1946 1996 Blithe Spirit David Lean (director, screenplay), Anthony Havelock-Allan (screenplay), Ronald Neame (screenplay), Noël Coward (original play) United Artists [64]
1946 1996 The Body Snatcher Robert Wise (director), Philip MacDonald (screenplay), Val Lewton (screenplay), Robert Louis Stevenson (original story) RKO Pictures [64]
1946 1996 The Horn Blows at Midnight Raoul Walsh (director), Sam Hellman (screenplay), James V. Kern (screenplay) Warner Bros. [64]
1946 1996 House of Dracula Erle C. Kenton (director), Edward T. Lowe, Jr. (screenplay) Universal Studios [64]
1951 2001 Destination Moon* Irving Pichel (director), Alford Van Ronkel (screenplay), James O'Hanlon (screenplay), Robert A. Heinlein (screenplay, original novel) George Pal Productions [65]
1951 2001 Cinderella Clyde Geronimi (director) Wilfred Jackson (director) Hamilton Luske (director) Ken Anderson (screenplay), Homer Brightman (screenplay), Winston Hibler (screenplay), Bill Peet (screenplay), Erdman Penner (screenplay), Harry Reeves (screenplay), Joe Rinaldi (screenplay), Ted Sears (screenplay), Charles Perrault (original story) The Walt Disney Company [65]
1951 2001 Harvey Henry Koster (director), Oscar Brodney (screenplay), Myles Connolly (screenplay), Mary Chase (screenplay, original play) Universal Studios [65]
1951 2001 Rabbit of Seville Chuck Jones (director), Michael Maltese (story) Warner Bros. [65]
1951 2001 Rocketship X-M Kurt Neumann (director, screenplay), Dalton Trumbo (screenplay), Orville H. Hampton (screenplay) Lippert Pictures [65]
1954 2004 The War of the Worlds* Byron Haskin (director), Barré Lyndon (screenplay), H. G. Wells (original novel) Paramount Pictures [66]
1954 2004 The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms Eugène Lourié (director), Louis Morheim (screenplay), Fred Freiberger (screenplay), Ray Bradbury (story) Mutual Pictures/Warner Bros. [66]
1954 2004 Duck Dodgers in the 24½th Century Chuck Jones (director), Michael Maltese (screenplay) Warner Bros. [66]
1954 2004 Invaders from Mars William Cameron Menzies (director), Richard Blake (screenplay), John Tucker Battle (story) National Pictures/20th Century Fox [66]
1954 2004 It Came from Outer Space Jack Arnold (director), Harry Essex (screenplay), Ray Bradbury (story) Universal Studios [66]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Although no "Best Dramatic Presentation" Hugo was awarded at the 1957 convention, Hugos were awarded in other categories, hence there was no "Retro Hugo" for 1957 awarded in 2007.

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