11th Satellite Awards

The 11th Satellite Awards, honoring the best in film- and television-making in 2006, were given on December 18, 2006.

Winners and nominees

Auteur Award

• Robert Altman for his visionary work as a filmmaker.

Film

Best Actor - Drama

Forest Whitaker - The Last King of Scotland

• Leonardo DiCaprio - Blood Diamond
• Ryan Gosling - Half Nelson
• Joshua Jackson - Aurora Borealis
• Derek Luke - Catch a Fire
• Patrick Wilson - Little Children

Best Actor - Musical or Comedy

Joseph Cross - Running with Scissors

• Sacha Baron Cohen - Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
• Aaron Eckhart - Thank You for Smoking
• Will Ferrell - Stranger Than Fiction
• Peter O'Toole - Venus

Best Actress - Drama

Helen Mirren - The Queen

• Penélope Cruz - To Return (Volver)
• Judi Dench - Notes on a Scandal
• Maggie Gyllenhaal - SherryBaby
• Gretchen Mol - The Notorious Bettie Page
• Kate Winslet - Little Children

Best Actress - Musical or Comedy

Meryl Streep - The Devil Wears Prada

• Annette Bening - Running with Scissors
• Toni Collette - Little Miss Sunshine
• Beyoncé Knowles - Dreamgirls
• Julie Walters - Driving Lessons
• Jodie Whittaker - Venus

Best Animated or Mixed Media Film

Pan's Labyrinth (El laberinto del fauno)

• Cars
• Flushed Away
• Happy Feet
• Ice Age: The Meltdown

Best Art Direction and Production Design

Flags of Our Fathers - Henry Bumstead, Richard Goddard and Jack Taylor, Jr.

• Dreamgirls
• Pan's Labyrinth (El laberinto del fauno)
• Marie Antoinette
• V for Vendetta

Best Cast

The Departed

• Anthony Anderson
• Alec Baldwin
• Matt Damon
• Leonardo DiCaprio
• Vera Farmiga
• Jack Nicholson
• Martin Sheen
• Mark Wahlberg
• Ray Winstone

Best Cinematography

Flags of Our Fathers - Tom Stern

• The Black Dahlia
• Curse of the Golden Flower (Man cheng jin dai huang jin jia)
• The House of Sand (Casa de Areia)
• The Fountain
• A Good Year
• X-Men: The Last Stand

Best Costume Design

The Devil Wears Prada - Patricia Field

• The Black Dahlia
• Dreamgirls
• Curse of the Golden Flower (Man cheng jin dai huang jin jia)
• Marie Antoinette

Best Director

Bill Condon - Dreamgirls
Clint Eastwood - Flags of Our Fathers

• Pedro Almodóvar - To Return (Volver)
• Stephen Frears - The Queen
• Alejandro González Iñárritu - Babel
• Martin Scorsese - The Departed

Best Documentary Film

Deliver Us from Evil

• An Inconvenient Truth
• Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple
• Leonard Cohen: I'm Your Man
• The U.S. vs. John Lennon
• The War Tapes

Best Editing

X-Men: The Last Stand - Mark Helfrich, Mark Goldblatt and Julia Wong

• Babel
• Dreamgirls
• Flags of Our Fathers
• Miami Vice

Best Film - Drama

The Departed

• Babel
• Flags of Our Fathers
• Half Nelson
• The Last King of Scotland
• Little Children
• The Queen

Best Film - Musical or Comedy

Dreamgirls

• The Devil Wears Prada
• Little Miss Sunshine
• Stranger Than Fiction
• Thank You for Smoking
• Venus

Best Foreign Language Film

To Return (Volver), Spain

• Apocalypto, USA
• Changing Times (Les temps qui changent), France
• The Lives of Others (Das Leben der Anderen), Germany
• The Syrian Bride, Israel
• Water, Canada

Best Original Score

"Babel" - Gustavo Santaolalla

• "Brick" - Nathan Johnson
• "The Da Vinci Code" - Hans Zimmer
• "Flags of Our Fathers" - Clint Eastwood
• "The Lives of Others (Das Leben der Anderen)" - Gabriel Yared
• "Notes on a Scandal" - Philip Glass

Best Original Song

"You Know My Name" performed by Chris Cornell - Casino Royale

• "Listen" - Dreamgirls
• "Love You I Do" - Dreamgirls
• "Never Let Go" - The Guardian
• "Till the End of Time - "Little Miss Sunshine
• "Upside Down" - Curious George

Best Screenplay - Adapted

The Departed - William Monahan

• Dreamgirls - Bill Condon
• Flags of Our Fathers - William Broyles, Jr. and Paul Haggis
• Little Children - Todd Field and Tom Perrotta
• A Prairie Home Companion - Garrison Keillor
• Thank You for Smoking - Jason Reitman

Best Screenplay - Original

The Queen - Peter Morgan

• Babel - Guillermo Arriaga and Alejandro González Iñárritu
• Changing Times (Les temps qui changent) - Pascal Bonitzer, Laurent Guyot and André Téchiné
• The House of Sand (Casa de Areia) - Luiz Carlos Barreto, Elena Soarez and Andrucha Waddington
• To Return (Volver) - Pedro Almodóvar
• The Wind That Shakes the Barley - Paul Laverty

Best Sound (Mixing and Editing)

Dreamgirls

• Babel
• The Da Vinci Code
• Flags of Our Fathers
• X-Men: The Last Stand

Best Supporting Actor

Leonardo DiCaprio - The Departed

• Alan Arkin - Little Miss Sunshine
• Adam Beach - Flags of Our Fathers
• Brad Pitt - Babel
• Donald Sutherland - Aurora Borealis

Best Supporting Actress

Jennifer Hudson - Dreamgirls

• Cate Blanchett - Notes on a Scandal
• Abigail Breslin - Little Miss Sunshine
• Blythe Danner - The Last Kiss
• Rinko Kikuchi - Babel
• Lily Tomlin - A Prairie Home Companion

Best Visual Effects

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest

• The Da Vinci Code
• Flags of Our Fathers
• The Fountain
• Pan's Labyrinth (El laberinto del fauno)
• V for Vendetta
• X-Men: The Last Stand

Television

Best Actor - Drama Series

Hugh Laurie - House

• Michael C. Hall - Dexter
• Denis Leary - Rescue Me
• Bill Paxton - Big Love
• Matthew Perry - Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip
• Bradley Whitford - Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip

Best Actor - Musical or Comedy Series

James Spader - Boston Legal

• Stephen Colbert - Colbert Report
• Steve Carell - The Office
• Ted Danson - Help Me Help You
• Jason Lee - My Name Is Earl
• James Roday - Psych

Best Actor - Miniseries or TV Film

Bill Nighy - Gideon's Daughter

• Andre Braugher - Thief
• Charles Dance - Bleak House
• Hugh Dancy - Elizabeth I
• Ben Kingsley - Mrs. Harris

Best Actress - Drama Series

Kyra Sedgwick - The Closer

• Kristen Bell - Veronica Mars
• Emily Deschanel - Bones
• Sarah Paulson - Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip
• Amanda Peet - Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip
• Jeanne Tripplehorn - Big Love

Best Actress - Musical or Comedy Series

Marcia Cross - Desperate Housewives

• America Ferrera - Ugly Betty
• Laura Kightlinger - The Minor Accomplishments of Jackie Woodman
• Lisa Kudrow - The Comeback
• Julia Louis-Dreyfus - The New Adventures of Old Christine
• Mary-Louise Parker - Weeds

Best Actress - Miniseries or TV Film

Judy Davis - A Little Thing Called Murder

• Gillian Anderson - Bleak House
• Annette Bening - Mrs. Harris
• Helen Mirren - Elizabeth I
• Miranda Richardson - Gideon's Daughter

Best Series - Drama

House

• 24
• Dexter
• Heroes
• Rescue Me
• The Wire

Best Series - Musical or Comedy

Ugly Betty

• The Colbert Report
• Entourage
• Everybody Hates Chris
• The Office

Best Miniseries

To the Ends of the Earth

• Bleak House
• Casanova
• Elizabeth I
• Thief

Best TV Film

A Little Thing Called Murder

• Gideon's Daughter
• High School Musical
• In from the Night
• Mrs. Harris

Best Supporting Actor - Series, Miniseries or TV Film

Tony Plana - Ugly Betty

• Philip Baker Hall - The Loop
• Michael Emerson - Lost
• Robert Knepper - Prison Break
• Jeremy Piven - Entourage
• Forest Whitaker - The Shield

Best Supporting Actress - Series, Miniseries or TV Film

Julie Benz - Dexter

• Vanessa L. Williams - Ugly Betty
• Elizabeth Perkins - Weeds
• Jean Smart - 24
• Fionnula Flanagan - Brotherhood
• Laurie Metcalf - Desperate Housewives