18th Satellite Awards Nominations - Motion Picture Categories

by Amos Semien

The International Press Academy (IPA) is an entertainment media association with voting members worldwide who represent domestic and foreign markets via print, television, radio, blogs, and other content platforms for virtually every notable outlet.

Each year the IPA honors artistic excellence in the areas of Motion Pictures, Television, Radio, and New Media via the Satellite® Awards.

The 18th Satellite Awards ceremony will be held Sunday, February 23, 2014.  Nominations were announced Monday, December 2, 2013.

18th Satellite Awards nominations (for the year 2013):

MOTION PICTURE CATEGORIES:

Best Motion Picture:
Inside Llewyn Davis - CBS Films
12 Years a Slave - Fox Searchlight
Philomena - The Weinstein Co.
American Hustle - Sony
Gravity - Warner Bros.
Captain Phillips - Sony
The Wolf of Wall Street - Paramount
Saving Mr. Banks - Disney
All Is Lost - Lionsgate, Roadside Attractions
Blue Jasmine - Sony Pictures Classics

Director:
Steve McQueen for 12 Years a Slave - Fox Searchlight
Ethan Coen, Joel Coen for Inside Llewyn Davis - CBS Films
Ron Howard for Rush - Universal
Woody Allen for Blue Jasmine - Sony Pictures Classics
Martin Scorsese for The Wolf of Wall Street - Paramount
Alfonso Cuaron for Gravity - Warner Bros.
Paul Greengrass for Captain Phillips - Sony
David O. Russell for American Hustle - Sony

Actress in a Motion Picture:
Meryl Streep for August: Osage County - The Weinstein Co.
Judi Dench for Philomena - The Weinstein Co.
Sandra Bullock for Gravity - Warner Bros.
Cate Blanchett for Blue Jasmine - Sony Pictures Classics
Amy Adams for American Hustle - Sony
Julia Louis-Dreyfus  Enough Said - Fox Searchlight
Adèle Exarchopoulos for Blue Is the Warmest Color - Sundance
Emma Thompson for Saving Mr. Banks - Disney

Actor in a Motion Picture:
Christian Bale for American Hustle - Sony
Tom Hanks for Captain Phillips - Sony
Robert Redford for All Is Lost - Lionsgate, Roadside Attractions
Bruce Dern for Nebraska - Paramount Pictures
Chiwetel Ejiofor for 12 Years a Slave - Fox Searchlight
Forest Whitaker for Lee Daniels’ the Butler - The Weinstein Co.
Matthew McConaughey for Dallas Buyers Club - Focus Features
Leonardo DiCaprio for The Wolf of Wall Street - Paramount

Actress in a Supporting Role:
Julia Roberts for August: Osage County - The Weinstein Co.
Léa Seydoux for Blue Is the Warmest Color - Sundance
June Squibb for Nebraska - Paramount
Oprah Winfrey for Lee Daniels’ the Butler - The Weinstein Co.
Lupita Nyong’o for 12 Years a Slave - Fox Searchlight
Sally Hawkins for Blue Jasmine - Sony Pictures Classics
Emily Watson for The Book Thief - 20th Century Fox
Jennifer Lawrence for American Hustle - Sony

Actor in a Supporting Role:
Jake Gyllenhaal for Prisoners - Disney, Warner Bros.
Harrison Ford for 42 - Warner Bros.
Jared Leto for Dallas Buyers Club - Focus Features
Casey Affleck for Out of the Furnace - Relativity Media
Bradley Cooper for American Hustle - Sony
Ryan Gosling for The Place Beyond the Pines - Focus Features
Michael Fassbender for 12 Years a Slave - Fox Searchlight
Tom Hanks for Saving Mr. Banks - Disney

Motion Picture, International Film
Denmark - The Hunt
France - Blue Is the Warmest Color
South Africa - Four Corners
Serbia - Circles
Saudia Arabia - Wadjda
Iran - The Past
Italy - The Great Beauty
United Kingdom - Metro Manila
Belgium - The Broken Circle Breakdown
Israel - Bethlehem

Motion Picture, Animated or Mixed Media:
Ernest & Celestine - GKIDS
Turbo - DreamWorks
The Wind Rises - Studio Ghibli
The Croods - 20th Century Fox, DreamWorks
Frozen - Disney
Epic - 20th Century Fox
Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 2 - Sony
Monsters University - Disney*Pixar

Motion Picture, Documentary:
20 Feet from Stardom - Radius-TWC
Evocateur: The Morton Downey Jr. Movie - Ironbound Films
The Square - Netflix Originals, Noujaim Films, Participant
American Promise - Rada Film Group
The Act of Killing - Drafthouse Films
Blackfish - Magnolia Pictures
Stories We Tell - Roadside Attractions
Sound City - Roswell Films
Tim’s Vermeer - Sony Pictures Classics
After Tiller - Oscilloscope Pictures

Screenplay, Original:
Nicole Holofcener for Enough Said - Fox Searchlight
Ethan Coen, Joel Coen for Inside Llewyn Davis - CBS Films
Woody Allen for Blue Jasmine - Sony Pictures Classics
Spike Jonze for Her - Warner Bros.
Kelly Marcel, Sue Smith for Saving Mr. Banks - Disney
David O. Russell, Eric Singer for American Hustle - Sony

Screenplay, Adapted:
Billy Ray for Captain Phillips - Sony
Peter Berg for Lone Survivor - Universal
John Ridley for 12 Years a Slave - Fox Searchlight
Terence Winter for The Wolf of Wall Street - Paramount
Ethan Hawke, Julie Delpy, Richard Linklater for Before Midnight - Sony Pictures Classics
Jeff Pope, Steve Coogan for Philomena - The Weinstein Co.

Original Score:
Alexandre Desplat for Philomena - The Weinstein Co.
Hans Zimmer for 12 Years a Slave - Fox Searchlight
Arcade Fire for Her - Warner Bros.
Steven Price for Gravity - Warner Bros.
Theodore Shapiro for The Secret Life of Walter Mitty - 20th Century Fox
John Williams for The Book Thief - 20th Century Fox

Original Song:
“Young and Beautiful” from The Great Gatsby - Warner Bros.
“Let It Go” from Frozen - Disney
“I See Fire” from The Hobbit: The Desolation Of Smaug - Warner Bros.
“So You Know What It’s Like” from Short Term 12 - Cinedigm
“Happy” from Despicable Me 2 - Universal
“Please Mr. Kennedy” from Inside Llewyn Davis - CBS Films

Cinematography:
Roger Deakins for Prisoners  Warner Bros.
Bruno Delbonnel for Inside Llewyn Davis  CBS Films
Emmanuel Lubezki for Gravity  Warner Bros.
Sean Bobbitt for 12 Years a Slave  Fox Searchlight
Stuart Dryburgh for The Secret Life of Walter Mitty  20th Century Fox
Anthony Dod Mantle for Rush  Universal

Visual Effects:
Andrew R. Jones, Jessica Norman, Matt Johnson, Scott Farrar for World War Z  Paramount
Markus Manninen, Matt Baer for The Croods  20th Century Fox, DreamWorks
James Schwalm, Scott Stokdyk, Troy Saliba for Oz the Great and Powerful  Disney
Antoine Moulineau, Jody Johnson, Mark Hodgkins for Rush  Universal
Charles Howell, Chris Lawrence, Tim Webber for Gravity  Warner Bros.
Brendon O’Dell, Colin Davies, Robert Munroe for All Is Lost  Lionsgate, Roadside Attractions

Film Editing:
Thelma Schoonmaker for The Wolf of Wall Street - Paramount
Gary D. Roach, Joel Cox for Prisoners - Warner Bros.
Crispin Struthers, Jay Cassidy for American Hustle - Sony
Alfonso Cuaron, Mark Sanger for Gravity - Warner Bros.
Daniel P. Hanley, Mike Hill for Rush - Universal
Joe Walker for 12 Years a Slave - Fox Searchlight

Sound (Editing and Mixing):
Christopher Scarabosio, Craig Berkey, Dave Whitehead, David Husby for Elysium - Sony
Glenn Freemantle, Niv Adiri, Skip Lievsay for Gravity - Warner Bros.
Brandon Proctor, Micah Bloomberg, Richard Hymns, Steve Boeddeker for All Is Lost - Lionsgate, Roadside Attractions
Danny Hambrook, Frank Kruse, Markus Stemler for Rush - Universal
Greg Orloff, Paul Urmson, Peter Kurland, Skip Lievsay for Inside Llewyn Davis  -CBS Films
Chris Burdon, Mark Taylor, Mike Prestwood Smith, Oliver Tarney for Captain Phillips - Sony

Art Direction & Production Design:
Maria Djurkovic, Tatiana Macdonald for The Invisible Woman - Sony Pictures Classics
Lauren E. Polizzi, Michael Corenblith for Saving Mr. Banks - Disney
Diane Lederman, Tim Galvin for Lee Daniels’ the Butler - The Weinstein Co.
Mark Digby, Patrick Rolfe for Rush - Universal
Beverly Dunn, Catherine Martin for The Great Gatsby - Warner Bros.
Nancy Haigh, Robert Stromberg for Oz the Great and Powerful - Disney

Costume Design:
Michael O’Connor for The Invisible Woman - Sony Pictures Classics
Julian Day for Rush - Universal
Catherine Martin for The Great Gatsby - Warner Bros.
Daniel Orlandi for Saving Mr. Banks - Disney
Patricia Norris for 12 Years a Slave - Fox Searchlight
Gary Jones for Oz the Great and Powerful – Disney

Special Achievement Awards:

Honorary Satellite Award:
Ryan Coogler

Breakthrough Performance Award:
Michael B. Jordan - Fruitvale Station
Sophie Nelisse - The Book Thief

Best Ensemble, Motion Picture:
Nebraska

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