| Number: | 9 |
| Award: | Golden Satellite Awards |
| Best Film Drama: | Hotel Rwanda |
| Best Film Musical Or Comedy: | Sideways |
| Best Direction: | Mel Gibson for The Passion of the Christ |
| Best Drama Series: | Nip/Tuck |
| Best Musical Or Comedy Series: | Desperate Housewives |
| Last: | 8th |
| Next Link: | 10th Satellite Awards |
| Next: | 10th |
The 9th Golden Satellite Awards, honoring the best in film and television of 2004, were presented by the International Press Academy on January 23, 2005.[1]
Mary Pickford Award (for outstanding contribution to the entertainment industry) – Susan Sarandon
Nikola Tesla Award (for introducing video-assist and video playback techniques, which have become industry standards) – Jerry Lewis
Outstanding New Talent – Freddie Highmore
Jamie Foxx – Ray
Hilary Swank – Million Dollar Baby
House of Flying Daggers (Shi mian mai fu) – Zhao Xiaoding
Vanity Fair – Beatrix Aruna Pasztor
Mel Gibson – The Passion of the Christ
Collateral – Jim Miller and Paul Rubell
The Sea Inside (Mar adentro), Spain
"Napoleon Dynamite" – John Swihart
"Million Voices" written by Jerry Duplessis, Andrea Guerra, and Wyclef Jean – Hotel Rwanda
Million Dollar Baby – Paul Haggis
Christopher Walken – Around the Bend
Thomas Haden Church – Sideways
The Aviator (TIE)
House of Flying Daggers (Shi mian mai fu) (TIE)
Jason Bateman – Arrested Development
Jamie Foxx –
Laurel Holloman – The L Word
Portia de Rossi – Arrested Development
Dianne Wiest – The Blackwater Lightship
Anjelica Huston – Iron Jawed Angels
For the game categories, only nominees are listed; winners are unknown:
Broadway: The American Musical
Maria Full of Grace (for the documentary)
Seinfeld
Winners:
3 / 4 Hotel Rwanda: Best Actor & Film – Drama / Best Original Song
3 / 7 Ray: Best Actor – Musical or Comedy / Best Supporting Actress – Musical or Comedy / Best Screenplay – Original
3 / 7 Sideways: Best Film – Musical or Comedy / Best Supporting Actor – Musical or Comedy / Outstanding Motion Picture Ensemble
2 / 2 Million Dollar Baby: Best Actress – Drama / Best Screenplay – Adapted
2 / 5 Collateral: Best Editing / Best Sound
2 / 6 House of Flying Daggers (Shi mian mai fu): Best Cinematography / Best Visual Effects
1 / 1 Around the Bend: Best Supporting Actor – Drama
1 / 1 The Notebook: Best Supporting Actress – Drama
1 / 1 The Passion of the Christ: Best Director
1 / 1 Super Size Me: Best Documentary Film
1 / 2 Being Julia: Best Actress – Musical or Comedy
1 / 2 The Incredibles: Best Animated or Mixed Media Film
1 / 2 Napoleon Dynamite: Best Original Score
1 / 2 The Sea Inside (Mar adentro): Best Foreign Language Film
1 / 2 Vanity Fair: Best Costume Design
1 / 3 De-Lovely: Best Art Direction and Production Design
1 / 11 The Aviator: Best Visual Effects
Losers:
0 / 11 The Phantom of the Opera
0 / 6 Kinsey, Spider-Man 2
0 / 4 Closer,
0 / 3 Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, Maria Full of Grace, The Merchant of Venice, Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow
0 / 2 Alfie, Finding Neverland, Garden State, Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events, The Motorcycle Diaries (Diarios de motocicleta), The Polar Express, Vera Drake, A Very Long Engagement (Un long dimanche de fiançailles), The Woodsman
Winners:
2 / 2 : Best Actor – Miniseries or TV Film / Best TV Film
2 / 3 Arrested Development: Best Actor & Actress – Musical or Comedy Series
2 / 4 The Lost Prince: Best Miniseries / Best Supporting Actor – Miniseries or TV Film
1 / 2 Iron Jawed Angels: Best Supporting Actress – Miniseries or TV Film
1 / 2 The L Word: Best Actress – Drama Series
1 / 2 Nip/Tuck: Best Series – Drama
1 / 3 The Blackwater Lightship: Best Actress – Miniseries or TV Film
1 / 3 Lost: Best Actor – Drama Series
1 / 4 Desperate Housewives: Best Series – Musical or Comedy Series
Losers:
0 / 4 Something the Lord Made
0 / 3 The Life and Death of Peter Sellers
0 / 2 The Bernie Mac Show, Boston Legal, Deadwood, Gilmore Girls, Helter Skelter, Prime Suspect: The Last Witness, Scrubs