38th Saturn Awards


The 38th Saturn Awards, honoring the best in science fiction, fantasy and horror film and television in 2011, were held on July 26, 2012 in Burbank, California. The awards are presented by the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films.
The six Best Film Award categories were respectively won by Rise of the Planet of the Apes, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, , The Skin I Live In and Puss in Boots. Rise of the Planet of the Apes and Super 8 led the winners with three each.
In the television categories, Breaking Bad won three of its six nominations, including Best Syndicated/Cable Television Series. Fringe, The Walking Dead and Teen Wolf won the other Best Series Awards.
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 became the first Harry Potter film to win Best Fantasy Film, for which the seven previous Harry Potter films were nominated, and only the second film of the series to win a Saturn Award, following The Philosopher's Stone which won Best Costume in 2001. Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol also became the first to win Best Action or Adventure Film, following the nominations of the and installments.

Winners and nominees

These are the winners and nominees for the 38th Annual Saturn Awards.

Special awards

Best Science Fiction FilmBest Fantasy Film

  • Rise of the Planet of the Apes
  • The Adjustment Bureau
  • '
  • Limitless
  • Super 8
  • '
  • Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2
  • Hugo
  • Immortals
  • Midnight in Paris
  • The Muppets
  • Thor
    • Best Horror or Thriller FilmBest Action or Adventure Film
  • The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
  • Contagion
  • The Devil's Double
  • The Grey
  • Take Shelter
  • The Thing
  • Fast Five
  • The Lincoln Lawyer
  • Red Tails
  • '
  • War Horse
    • Best ActorBest Actress
  • Michael Shannon – Take Shelter as Curtis LaForche
  • Antonio Banderas – The Skin I Live In as Robert Ledgard
  • Dominic Cooper – The Devil's Double as Latif Yahia / Uday Hussein
  • Tom Cruise – ' as Ethan Hunt
  • Chris Evans – ' as Steve Rogers / Captain America
  • Ben Kingsley – Hugo as Georges Méliès
  • Kirsten Dunst – Melancholia as Justine
  • Jessica Chastain – Take Shelter as Samantha LaForche
  • Rooney Mara – The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo as Lisbeth Salander
  • Brit Marling – Another Earth as Rhoda Williams
  • Keira Knightley – A Dangerous Method as Sabina Spielrein
  • Elizabeth Olsen – Martha Marcy May Marlene as Martha
    • Best Supporting ActorBest Supporting Actress
  • Andy Serkis – Rise of the Planet of the Apes as Caesar
  • Ralph Fiennes – Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 as Lord Voldemort
  • Harrison Ford – Cowboys & Aliens as Colonel Woodrow Dolarhyde
  • Tom Hiddleston – Thor as Loki
  • Alan Rickman – Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 as Severus Snape
  • Stanley Tucci – ' as Dr. Abraham Erskine
  • Emily Blunt – The Adjustment Bureau as Elise Sellas
  • Elena Anaya – The Skin I Live In as Vera Cruz
  • Charlotte Gainsbourg – Melancholia as Claire
  • Paula Patton – ' as Jane Carter
  • Lin Shaye – Insidious as Elise Rainier
  • Emma Watson – Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 as Hermione Granger
    • Best Performance by a Younger ActorBest Director
  • Joel Courtney – Super 8 as Joseph "Joe" Lamb
  • Asa Butterfield – Hugo as Hugo Cabret
  • Elle Fanning – Super 8 as Alice "Allie" Dainard
  • Dakota Goyo – Real Steel as Max Kenton
  • Chloë Grace Moretz – Hugo as Isabelle
  • Saoirse Ronan – Hanna as Hanna Heller
  • J. J. Abrams – Super 8
  • Brad Bird – '
  • Martin Scorsese – Hugo
  • Steven Spielberg – The Adventures of Tintin
  • Rupert Wyatt – Rise of the Planet of the Apes
  • David Yates – Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2
    • Best WritingBest Music
  • Jeff Nichols – Take Shelter
  • J. J. Abrams – Super 8
  • Woody Allen – Midnight in Paris
  • Mike Cahill and Brit Marling – Another Earth
  • Rick Jaffa and Amanda Silver – Rise of the Planet of the Apes
  • John Logan – Hugo
  • Michael Giacchino – Super 8
  • Michael Giacchino – '
  • Howard Shore – Hugo
  • Alan Silvestri – '
  • John Williams – The Adventures of Tintin
  • John Williams – War Horse
    • Best EditingBest Production Design
  • Paul Hirsch –
  • Maryann Brandon, Mary Jo Markey – Super 8
  • Mark Day – Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2
  • Michael Kahn – The Adventures of Tintin
  • Kelly Matsumoto, Fred Raskin, Christian Wagner – Fast Five
  • Thelma Schoonmaker – Hugo
  • Dante Ferretti – Hugo
  • Stuart Craig – Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2
  • Tom Foden – Immortals
  • Rick Heinrichs – '
  • Kim Sinclair – The Adventures of Tintin
  • Bo Welch – Thor
    • Best CostumeBest Make-up
  • Alexandra Byrne – Thor
  • Jenny Beavan – '
  • Lisy Christl – Anonymous
  • Sandy Powell – Hugo
  • Anna B. Sheppard – '
  • Jany Temime – Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2
  • Dave Elsey, Fran Needham and Conor O'Sullivan –
  • Shaun Smith and Scott Wheeler – Conan the Barbarian
  • Nick Dudman and Amanda Knight – Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2
  • Annick Chartier, Adrien Morot and Nikoletta Skarlatos – Immortals
  • Tamar Aviv – The Skin I Live In
  • Tom Woodruff Jr. and Alec Gillis – The Thing
    • Best Special EffectsBest International Film
  • Dan Lemmon, Joe Letteri, R. Christopher White and Daniel Barrett – Rise of the Planet of the Apes
  • Scott E. Anderson, Matt Aitken, Joe Letteri, Matthias Menz, and Keith Miller – The Adventures of Tintin
  • Mark Soper, Christopher Townsend, Paul Corbould – '
  • Scott Benza, John Frazier, Matthew Butler and Scott Farrar –
  • Tim Burke, Greg Butler, John Richardson, and David Vickery – Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2
  • Steven Riley, Russell Earl, Kim Libreri, and Dennis Muren – Super 8
  • The Skin I Live In
  • Attack the Block
  • Largo Winch
  • Melancholia
  • Point Blank
  • Trollhunter
    • Best Animated Film-
  • Puss in Boots
  • The Adventures of Tintin
  • Cars 2
  • Kung Fu Panda 2
  • Rango
  • Rio
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    Television

    Programs

    Acting

    DVD

    Best DVD ReleaseBest Special Edition DVD Release

    • The Perfect Host
    • 13
    • City of Life and Death
    • The Double
    • Kill the Irishman
    • The Reef
  • Giorgio Moroder Presents Metropolis
  • Citizen Kane
  • Mimic
  • The Phantom of the Opera
  • The Rocketeer
  • Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory
    • Best DVD CollectionBest DVD Television Release
  • Stanley Kubrick: The Essential Collection
  • Jurassic Park Ultimate Trilogy
  • The Lord of the Rings: The Motion Picture Trilogy
  • Star Wars: The Complete Saga
  • Superman: The Motion Picture Anthology, 1978-2006
  • Spartacus: Gods of the Arena
  • The Bionic Woman: Seasons 2 and 3
  • Camelot: The Complete First Season
  • Farscape: The Complete Series
  • Nikita: The Complete First Season
  • The Twilight Zone: Seasons 3–5

    • Multiple nominations

    Film

    The following 22 films received multiple nominations:
    The following 12 television series received multiple nominations: