| Number: | 5 |
| Award: | Golden Satellite Awards |
| Best Film Drama: | Traffic |
| Best Film Musical Or Comedy: | Nurse Betty |
| Best Direction: | Steven Soderbergh for Traffic |
| Best Drama Series: | The West Wing |
| Best Musical Or Comedy Series: | Sex and the City |
| Last: | 4th |
| Next: | 6th |
The 5th Golden Satellite Awards, given by the International Press Academy, were awarded on January 14, 2001.
Career of Outstanding Service in the Entertainment Industry – Thom Mount[1]
Mary Pickford Award (for outstanding contribution to the entertainment industry) – Francis Ford Coppola
Outstanding New Talent – Rob Brown
Geoffrey Rush – Quills
Michael Douglas – Wonder Boys
Ellen Burstyn – Requiem for a Dream
Renée Zellweger – Nurse Betty
The House of Mirth – Don Taylor
How the Grinch Stole Christmas – Rita Ryack
Steven Soderbergh – Traffic
Reckless Indifference
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (Wo hu cang long), Taiwan
"Gladiator" – Hans Zimmer and Lisa Girrard
"I've Seen It All" performed by Björk and Peter Stormare – Dancer in the Dark
Quills – Doug Wright
You Can Count on Me – Kenneth Lonergan
Bruce Greenwood – Thirteen Days
Willem Dafoe – Shadow of the Vampire
Jennifer Ehle – Sunshine (TIE)
Rosemary Harris – Sunshine (TIE)
Frankie Muniz – Malcolm in the Middle
Allison Janney – The West Wing
Lisa Kudrow – Friends
Sex and the City
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Winners:
3 / 9 Traffic: Best Director / Best Film – Drama / Outstanding Motion Picture Ensemble
3 / 10 Gladiator: Best Cinematography / Best Original Score / Best Visual Effects
2 / 2 Sunshine: Best Supporting Actress – Drama (2x)
2 / 3 Nurse Betty: Best Actress – Musical or Comedy / Best Film – Musical or Comedy
2 / 3 Thirteen Days: Best Editing / Best Supporting Actor – Drama
2 / 5 Quills: Best Actor – Drama / Best Screenplay – Adapted
1 / 1 Reckless Indifference: Best Documentary Film
1 / 1 Requiem for a Dream: Best Actress – Drama
1 / 1 Shadow of the Vampire: Best Supporting Actor – Musical or Comedy
1 / 2 Chicken Run: Best Animated or Mixed Media Film
1 / 2 Dinosaur: Best Sound
1 / 2 You Can Count on Me: Best Screenplay – Original
1 / 3 How the Grinch Stole Christmas: Best Costume Design
1 / 3 Wonder Boys: Best Actor – Musical or Comedy
1 / 4 Dancer in the Dark: Best Original Song
1 / 4 The House of Mirth: Best Art Direction
1 / 6 Almost Famous: Best Supporting Actress – Musical or Comedy
1 / 7 Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (Wo hu cang long): Best Foreign Language Film
Losers:
0 / 5 Erin Brockovich, O Brother, Where Art Thou?
0 / 4 Billy Elliot,
0 / 3 Best in Show, State and Main
0 / 2 Charlie's Angels, The Contender, The Emperor's New Groove, Keeping the Faith, The Legend of Bagger Vance, Malèna, The Perfect Storm
Winners:
3 / 4 The West Wing: Best Actress – Drama Series / Best Series – Drama / Outstanding Television Ensemble
1 / 1 American Tragedy: Best Miniseries
1 / 1 Malcolm in the Middle: Best Actor – Musical or Comedy Series
1 / 1 Sex and the City: Best Series – Musical or Comedy
1 / 2 Dirty Pictures: Best Actor – Miniseries or TV Film
1 / 2 Friends: Best Actress – Musical or Comedy Series
1 / 2 The Fugitive: Best Actor – Drama Series
1 / 2 Harlan County War: Best TV Film
1 / 2 Nuremberg: Best Actress – Miniseries or TV Film
Losers:
0 / 3 Just Shoot Me!, The Sopranos
0 / 2 , , Frasier, Once and Again