21st Satellite Awards explained

The 21st Satellite Awards is an award ceremony honoring the year's outstanding performers, films, television shows, home videos and interactive media, presented by the International Press Academy.

The nominations were announced on November 28, 2016.^{[1] [2]} The winners were announced on December 19, 2016.^[3] The ceremony took place on February 19, 2017.

The following day after the nominations were announced, the nominations for Master of None (Best Television Series – Musical or Comedy) and Laurie Metcalf (Best Actress in a Musical or Comedy Series for Getting On) were rescinded for being ineligible in 2016.^[4]

Special achievement awards

• Auteur Award (for singular vision and unique artistic control over the elements of production) – Tom Ford
• Humanitarian Award (for making a difference in the lives of those in the artistic community and beyond) – Patrick Stewart
• Mary Pickford Award (for outstanding contribution to the entertainment industry) – Edward James Olmos
• Nikola Tesla Award (for visionary achievement in filmmaking technology) – John Toll
• Best First Feature – Rusudan Glurjidze (House of Others)

Motion picture winners and nominees

Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold.

Best Film	Best Director
La La Land (Major) Manchester by the Sea (Independent) Captain Fantastic Fences Hacksaw Ridge Hell or High Water Hidden Figures Jackie Lion Loving Moonlight Nocturnal Animals	Kenneth Lonergan – Manchester by the Sea Damien Chazelle – La La Land Tom Ford – Nocturnal Animals Mel Gibson – Hacksaw Ridge Barry Jenkins – Moonlight Pablo Larraín – Jackie Denzel Washington – Fences
Best Actor	Best Actress
Andrew Garfield – Hacksaw Ridge as Desmond Doss (Major) Viggo Mortensen – Captain Fantastic as Ben Cash (Independent) Casey Affleck – Manchester by the Sea as Lee Chandler Joel Edgerton – Loving as Richard Loving Joseph Gordon-Levitt – Snowden as Edward Snowden Ryan Gosling – La La Land as Sebastian Wilder Tom Hanks – Sully as Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger Denzel Washington – Fences as Troy Maxson	Isabelle Huppert – Elle as Michèle Leblanc (Independent) Ruth Negga – Loving as Mildred Loving (Major) Amy Adams – Nocturnal Animals as Susan Morrow Annette Bening – 20th Century Women as Dorothea Fields Taraji P. Henson – Hidden Figures as Katherine Goble Johnson Natalie Portman – Jackie as Jacqueline "Jackie" Kennedy Emma Stone – La La Land as Amelia "Mia" Dolan Meryl Streep – Florence Foster Jenkins as Florence Foster Jenkins
Best Supporting Actor	Best Supporting Actress
Jeff Bridges – Hell or High Water as Marcus Hamilton Mahershala Ali – Moonlight as Juan Hugh Grant – Florence Foster Jenkins as St. Clair Bayfield Lucas Hedges – Manchester by the Sea as Patrick Chandler Eddie Murphy – Mr. Church as Henry Joseph Church Dev Patel – Lion as Saroo Brierley	Naomie Harris – Moonlight as Paula Viola Davis – Fences as Rose Maxson Nicole Kidman – Lion as Sue Brierley Helen Mirren – Eye in the Sky as Katherine Powell Octavia Spencer – Hidden Figures as Dorothy Vaughan Michelle Williams – Manchester by the Sea as Randi
Best Original Screenplay	Best Adapted Screenplay
Moonlight – Barry Jenkins Captain Fantastic – Matt Ross Hell or High Water – Taylor Sheridan La La Land – Damien Chazelle The Lobster – Efthimis Filippou and Yorgos Lanthimos Manchester by the Sea – Kenneth Lonergan	Snowden – Kieran Fitzgerald and Oliver Stone Hacksaw Ridge – Andrew Knight and Robert Schenkkan Hidden Figures – Theodore Melfi and Allison Schroeder The Jungle Book – Justin Marks Lion – Luke Davies Sully – Todd Komarnicki
Best Animated or Mixed Media Film	Best Foreign Language Film
My Life as a Zucchini Finding Dory The Jungle Book Kubo and the Two Strings Miss Hokusai Moana The Red Turtle Trolls Your Name Zootopia	The Salesman (Iran) The Ardennes (Belgium) Elle (France) The Handmaiden (South Korea) The Happiest Day in the Life of Olli Mäki (Finland) Julieta (Spain) A Man Called Ove (Sweden) Ma' Rosa (Philippines) Paradise (Russia) Toni Erdmann (Germany)
Best Documentary Film	Best Cinematography
13th The Eagle Huntress Fire at Sea Gleason The Ivory Game Life, Animated Tower Zero Days	The Jungle Book – Bill Pope Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk – John Toll Hacksaw Ridge – Simon Duggan The Happiest Day in the Life of Olli Mäki – Jani-Petteri Passi La La Land – Linus Sandgren Moonlight – James Laxton
Best Original Score	Best Original Song
La La Land – Justin Hurwitz The BFG – John Williams Hacksaw Ridge – Rupert Gregson-Williams Hidden Figures – Hans Zimmer, Pharrell Williams, and Benjamin Wallfisch The Jungle Book – John Debney Manchester by the Sea – Lesley Barber	"City of Stars" – La La Land "Audition (The Fools Who Dream)" – La La Land "Can't Stop the Feeling!" – Trolls "Dancing With Your Shadow" – A Boy Called Po "I'm Still Here" – Miss Sharon Jones! "Running" – Hidden Figures
Best Visual Effects	Best Art Direction and Production Design
The Jungle Book The BFG Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk Deadpool Doctor Strange Sully	La La Land – David Wasco Alice Through the Looking Glass – Dan Hennah Allied – Gary Freeman Hacksaw Ridge – Barry Robinson Jackie – Jean Rabasse The Jungle Book – Christophe Glass
Best Film Editing	Best Sound (Editing and Mixing)
Hacksaw Ridge – John Gilbert Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk – Tim Squyres The Birth of a Nation – Steven Rosenblum La La Land – Tom Cross Lion – Alexandre de Franceschi Moonlight – Joi McMillon and Nat Sanders	Hacksaw Ridge Allied Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk The Jungle Book La La Land
Best Costume Design	Best Ensemble – Motion Picture
Jackie – Madeline Fontaine Alice Through the Looking Glass – Colleen Atwood Captain Fantastic – Courtney Hoffman Doctor Strange – Alexandra Byrne La La Land – Mary Zophres Love & Friendship – Eimer Ní Mhaoldomhnaigh	Hidden Figures – Mahershala Ali, Kevin Costner, Kirsten Dunst, Taraji P. Henson, Karan Kendrick, Janelle Monáe, Jim Parsons, Glen Powell, and Octavia Spencer

Films with multiple nominations

Nominations	Film
13	La La Land
8	Hacksaw Ridge
7	The Jungle Book
	Manchester by the Sea
6	Hidden Figures
	Moonlight
5	Jackie
	Lion
4	Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk
	Captain Fantastic
	Fences
3	Hell or High Water
	Loving
	Nocturnal Animals
	Sully
2	Allied
	The BFG
	Doctor Strange
	Florence Foster Jenkins
	Snowden
	Trolls

Films with multiple wins

Wins	Film
4	La La Land
3	Hacksaw Ridge
2	The Jungle Book
	Manchester by the Sea
	Moonlight

Television winners and nominees

Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold.

Best Drama Series	Best Musical or Comedy Series
The Crown – Netflix The Affair – Showtime American Crime – ABC The Americans – FX Better Call Saul – AMC The Fall – BBC Two / Netflix Mr. Robot – USA Network Poldark – PBS	Silicon Valley – HBO Brooklyn Nine-Nine – Fox Lady Dynamite – Netflix Love – Netflix Orange Is the New Black – Netflix Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt – Netflix Veep – HBO
Best Genre Series	Best Miniseries or Television Film
Outlander – Starz Black Mirror – Netflix Game of Thrones – HBO The Man in the High Castle – Amazon Prime Video Orphan Black – BBC America Stranger Things – Netflix The Walking Dead – AMC Westworld – HBO	– FX All the Way – HBO And Then There Were None – Acorn TV Churchill's Secret – PBS Close to the Enemy – Acorn TV Confirmation – HBO The Dresser – Starz Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill – HBO The Night Of – HBO
Best Actor in a Drama / Genre Series	Best Actress in a Drama / Genre Series
Dominic West – The Affair as Noah Solloway Rami Malek – Mr. Robot as Elliot Alderson Bob Odenkirk – Better Call Saul as Jimmy McGill Matthew Rhys – The Americans as Philip Jennings Liev Schreiber – Ray Donovan as Ray Donovan Billy Bob Thornton – Goliath as Billy McBride	Evan Rachel Wood – Westworld as Dolores Abernathy Felicity Huffman – American Crime as Leslie Graham Sarah Lancashire – Happy Valley as Sgt. Catherine Cawood Tatiana Maslany – Orphan Black as Various Characters Winona Ryder – Stranger Things as Joyce Byers Ruth Wilson – The Affair as Alison Lockhart
Best Actor in a Musical or Comedy Series	Best Actress in a Musical or Comedy Series
William H. Macy – Shameless as Frank Gallagher Anthony Anderson – Black-ish as Andre "Dre" Johnson Sr. Rob Delaney – Catastrophe as Rob Norris Will Forte – The Last Man on Earth as Phil Miller Thomas Middleditch – Silicon Valley as Richard Hendricks Jeffrey Tambor – Transparent as Maura Pfefferman	Taylor Schilling – Orange Is the New Black as Piper Chapman Pamela Adlon – Better Things as Sam Fox Sharon Horgan – Catastrophe as Sharon Morris Ellie Kemper – Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt as Kimmy Schmidt Tracee Ellis Ross – Black-ish as Dr. Rainbow "Bow" Johnson
Best Actor in a Miniseries or TV Film	Best Actress in a Miniseries or TV Film
Bryan Cranston – All the Way as Lyndon B. Johnson Cuba Gooding Jr. – as O. J. Simpson Tom Hiddleston – The Night Manager as Jonathan Pine Anthony Hopkins – The Dresser as Sir Wendell Pierce – Confirmation as Clarence Thomas Courtney B. Vance – as Johnnie Cochran	Sarah Paulson – as Marcia Clark Lily James – War & Peace as Natasha Rostova Melissa Leo – All the Way as Lady Bird Johnson Audra McDonald – Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill as Billie Holiday Kerry Washington – Confirmation as Anita Hill Emily Watson – The Dresser as Her Ladyship
Best Supporting Actor in a Series, Miniseries or TV Film	Best Supporting Actress in a Series, Miniseries or TV Film
Ben Mendelsohn – Bloodline as Danny Rayburn Jonathan Banks – Better Call Saul as Mike Ehrmantraut Andre Braugher – Brooklyn Nine-Nine as Captain Raymond Holt Jared Harris – The Crown as King George VI Michael Kelly – House of Cards as Doug Stamper Hugh Laurie – The Night Manager as Richard Onslow Roper	Olivia Colman – The Night Manager as Angela Burr (TIE) Rhea Seehorn – Better Call Saul as Kim Wexler (TIE) Lena Headey – Game of Thrones as Cersei Lannister Maggie Siff – Billions as Wendy Rhoades, M.D. Maura Tierney – The Affair as Helen Solloway Alison Wright – The Americans as Martha Hanson
Best Ensemble – Television Series
Outlander (Starz) – Caitriona Balfe, Simon Callow, Steven Cree, Rosie Day, Frances de la Tour, Laura Donnelly, Andrew Gower, Sam Heughan, Nell Hudson, Gary Lewis, Graham McTavish, Tobias Menzies, Dominique Pinon, Grant O'Rourke, Richard Rankin, Clive Russell, Sophie Skelton, Lotte Verbeek, Stephen Walters, and Stanley Weber

Series with multiple nominations

Nominations	Series
4	The Affair
3	All the Way
	The Americans
	Better Call Saul
	Confirmation
	The Dresser
2	American Crime
	Black-ish
	Brooklyn Nine-Nine
	The Crown
	Game of Thrones
	Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill
	Mr. Robot
	The Night Manager
	Orange Is the New Black
	Orphan Black
	Outlander
	Silicon Valley
	Stranger Things
	Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
	Westworld

Series with multiple wins

Wins	Series
2	Outlander

New Media winners and nominees

Outstanding Sports Game	Outstanding Action/Adventure Game
NHL 17 – (EA Canada) FIFA 17 – (EA Bucharest / EA Canada) Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games – (Arzest / Sega Sports R&D) MLB The Show 16 – (San Diego Studio) Pro Evolution Soccer 2017 – (Konami / PES Productions)	Dark Souls III – (FromSoftware) Battlefield 1 – (EA Digital Illusions CE) Dishonored 2 – (Arkane Studios) Overwatch – (Blizzard Entertainment) Titanfall 2 – (Respawn Entertainment)
Outstanding Mobile Game	Outstanding Blu-ray
Mini Metro – (Dinosaur Polo Club) The Banner Saga 2 – (Stoic) FIFA Mobile – (EA Canada / EA Mobile) Komrad – (Sentient Play LLC) Retsnom – (Magic Cube)	Outlander Deadpool Star Trek Beyond

External links

• International Press Academy website

Notes and References

1. Web site: The International Press Academy Announces Nominations for the 21 Annual Satellite Awards . November 28, 2016 . . November 28, 2016.
2. Web site: Satellite Nominations Announced . Jazz . Tangcay . . November 29, 2016 . January 24, 2024 . January 24, 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240124091929/https://www.awardsdaily.com/2016/11/29/satellite-nominations-announced/ . live.
3. Web site: The International Press Academy Announces Winners for the 21 Annual Satellite Awards . December 19, 2016 . . December 19, 2016.
4. Web site: [EXCLUSIVE] Satellite Awards rescind nominations for 'Master of None' and Laurie Metcalf ]. Chow . Riley . November 29, 2016 . . November 29, 2016.