36th Saturn Awards

36th Saturn Awards
36th Saturn Awards
Date	June 24, 2010
Site	Burbank, California, U.S.
Highlights
Most awards	Avatar (10)
Most nominations	Avatar (10)
	← 35th; Saturn Awards; 37th →;

The 36th Saturn Awards, honoring the best in science fiction, fantasy and horror film and television in 2009 were presented on June 24, 2010, in Burbank, California. The most awards of the night were won by Avatar, winning all ten of its nominations. The film also won the Saturn Award for Best Special Edition DVD Release the following year.

Below is a complete list of nominees and winners. Winners are highlighted in boldface.

Winners and nominees[]

Film[]

Best Science Fiction Film	Best Fantasy Film
Avatar The Book of Eli Knowing Moon Star Trek Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen X-Men Origins: Wolverine	Watchmen Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince The Lovely Bones The Time Traveler’s Wife Where the Wild Things Are
Best Horror or Thriller Film	Best Action or Adventure Film
Drag Me to Hell The Box Frozen The Last House on the Left The Twilight Saga: New Moon Zombieland	Inglourious Basterds 2012 Brothers The Hurt Locker Law Abiding Citizen The Messenger Sherlock Holmes
Best Actor	Best Actress
Sam Worthington - Avatar Robert Downey Jr. - Sherlock Holmes Tobey Maguire - Brothers Viggo Mortensen - The Road Sam Rockwell - Moon Denzel Washington - The Book of Eli	Zoe Saldana - Avatar Catherine Keener - Where the Wild Things Are Mélanie Laurent - Inglourious Basterds Alison Lohman - Drag Me to Hell Natalie Portman - Brothers Charlize Theron - The Burning Plain
Best Supporting Actor	Best Supporting Actress
Stephen Lang - Avatar Woody Harrelson - Zombieland Frank Langella - The Box Jude Law - Sherlock Holmes Stanley Tucci - The Lovely Bones Christoph Waltz - Inglourious Basterds	Sigourney Weaver - Avatar Malin Åkerman - Watchmen Diane Kruger - Inglourious Basterds Rachel McAdams - Sherlock Holmes Lorna Raver - Drag Me to Hell Susan Sarandon - The Lovely Bones
Best Performance by a Younger Actor	Best Director
Saoirse Ronan - The Lovely Bones Taylor Lautner - The Twilight Saga: New Moon Bailee Madison - Brothers Brooklynn Proulx - The Time Traveler’s Wife Max Records - Where the Wild Things Are Kodi Smit-McPhee - The Road	James Cameron - Avatar J. J. Abrams - Star Trek Kathryn Bigelow - The Hurt Locker Neill Blomkamp - District 9 Guy Ritchie - Sherlock Holmes Zack Snyder - Watchmen Quentin Tarantino - Inglourious Basterds
Best Writing	Best Music
James Cameron - Avatar Neill Blomkamp, Terri Tatchell - District 9 Spike Jonze, Dave Eggers - Where the Wild Things Are Alex Kurtzman, Roberto Orci - Star Trek Quentin Tarantino - Inglourious Basterds Alex Tse, David Hayter - Watchmen	James Horner - Avatar Brian Eno - The Lovely Bones Michael Giacchino - Up Taro Iwashiro - Red Cliff Christopher Young - Drag Me to Hell Hans Zimmer - Sherlock Holmes
Best Costume	Best Make-Up
Michael Wilkinson - Watchmen Colleen Atwood - Nine Jenny Beavan - Sherlock Holmes Anna B. Sheppard - Inglourious Basterds Jany Temime - Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Timmy Yip - Red Cliff	Barney Burman, Mindy Hall, Joel Harlow - Star Trek Joe Dunckley, Sarah Rubano, Frances Richardson - District 9 Sarah Monzani - The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus Greg Nicotero, Howard Berger The Book of Eli Drag Me to Hell Mike Smithson, John Rosengrant - Terminator Salvation
Best Production Design	Best Special Effects
Rick Carter, Robert Stromberg - Avatar Scott Chambliss - Star Trek Stuart Craig - Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Sarah Greenwood - Sherlock Holmes Philip Ivey - District 9 Alex McDowell - Watchmen	Joe Letteri, Stephen Rosenbaum, Richard Baneham, Andrew R. Jones - Avatar Tim Burke, John Richardson, Nicolas Aithadi, Tim Alexander - Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Volker Engel, Marc Weigert, Mike Vézina - 2012 Roger Guyett, Russell Earl, Paul Kavanagh, Burt Dalton - Star Trek John 'D.J.' Des Jardin, Peter G. Travers, Joel Whist, Jessica Norman - Watchmen Dan Kaufman, Peter Muyzers, Robert Habros, Matt Aitken - District 9
Best International Film	Best Animated Film
District 9 The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus Lorna's Silence Red Cliff Taken Thirst	Monsters vs. Aliens Disney’s A Christmas Carol Fantastic Mr. Fox Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs The Princess and the Frog Up

Television[]

Programs[]

Vince Gilligan (left) and Aaron Paul display their Saturn Awards for Breaking Bad.

Best Network Television Series	Best Syndicated/Cable Television Series
Lost (ABC) Chuck (NBC) Fringe (Fox) Ghost Whisperer (CBS) Heroes (NBC) The Vampire Diaries (The CW)	Breaking Bad (AMC) Battlestar Galactica (Sci-Fi) The Closer (TNT) Dexter (Showtime) Leverage (TNT) True Blood (HBO)
Best Television Presentation
Torchwood: Children of Earth (BBC America) Alice (Sci-Fi) +*"Doctor Who: The End of Time" (BBC America) The Prisoner* (AMC) The Tudors (Showtime) V (ABC)

Acting[]

Best Actor on Television	Best Actress on Television
*Josh Holloway - Lost* (ABC) as James "Sawyer" Ford** Bryan Cranston - Breaking Bad (AMC) as Walter White Matthew Fox - Lost (ABC) as Jack Shephard Michael C. Hall - Dexter (Showtime) as Dexter Morgan Zachary Levi - Chuck (NBC) as Chuck Bartowski Stephen Moyer - True Blood (HBO) as Bill Compton David Tennant - "Doctor Who: The End of Time" (BBC America)	*Anna Torv - Fringe* (Fox) as Olivia Dunham** Anna Gunn - Breaking Bad (AMC) as Skyler White Jennifer Love Hewitt - Ghost Whisperer (CBS) as Melinda Gordon Evangeline Lilly - Lost (ABC) as Kate Austen Anna Paquin - True Blood (HBO) as Sookie Stackhouse Kyra Sedgwick - The Closer (TNT) as Brenda Leigh Johnson
Best Supporting Actor on Television	Best Supporting Actress on Television
*Aaron Paul - Breaking Bad* (AMC) as Jesse Pinkman** Jeremy Davies - Lost (ABC) as Daniel Faraday Michael Emerson - Lost (ABC) as Benjamin Linus Aldis Hodge - Leverage (TNT) as Alec Hardison John Noble - Fringe (Fox) as Walter Bishop Alexander Skarsgård - True Blood (HBO) as Eric Northman	*Julie Benz - Dexter* (Showtime) as Rita Bennett** Morena Baccarin - V (ABC) as Anna Gina Bellman - Leverage (TNT) as Sophie Devereaux Jennifer Carpenter - Dexter (Showtime) as Debra Morgan Elizabeth Mitchell - Lost (ABC) as Juliet Burke Hayden Panettiere - Heroes (NBC) as Claire Bennett
Best Guest Performer on Television
*Leonard Nimoy - Fringe* (Fox) as William Bell** Bernard Cribbins - "Doctor Who: The End of Time" (BBC America) as Wilfred Mott Raymond Cruz - Breaking Bad (AMC) as Tuco Salamanca Michelle Forbes - True Blood (HBO) as Maryann Forrester John Lithgow - Dexter (Showtime) as Arthur Mitchell Mark Pellegrino - Lost (ABC) as Jacob

DVD[]

Best DVD Release	Best Special Edition DVD Release
Nothing But the Truth House of the Devil Laid to Rest Not Forgotten Pontypool Super Capers Surveillance	Watchmen: The Ultimate Cut 300: The Complete Experience Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs District 9: Two-Disc Edition Terminator 2: Judgment Day - Skynet Edition X-Men Origins: Wolverine - Two-Disc Special Edition
Best DVD Collection	Best DVD Television Release
Star Trek: Original Motion Picture Collection Columbia Pictures Film Noir Classics, Volume 1 The Hannibal Lecter Anthology Hellraiser Boxed Set Icons of Sci-Fi: Toho Collection The William Castle Collection	Lost: The Complete Fifth Season Life on Mars: The Complete Series Doctor Who: Planet of the Dead Primeval, Volume 2 Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles - The Complete Second Season Torchwood: Children of Earth

Best Local Stage Production[]

Best Local Stage Production: Fantasy/Musical[]

Mary Poppins (Ahmanson Theatre)

Best Local Stage Production: Play/Dramatic Musical[]

Parade (Mark Taper Forum)

Best Local Stage Production: Small Theatre[]

Fellowship: The Musical (Falcon Theatre)

Special awards[]

Visionary Award[]

James Cameron

Life Career Award[]

Irvin Kershner

The George Pal Memorial Award[]

Roberto Orci & Alex Kurtzman

The Producers Showcase Award[]

Lauren Shuler Donner

Multiple Nominations[]

The following films received multiple nominations:

10 nominations: Avatar
8 nominations: Sherlock Holmes
7 nominations: Inglourious Basterds and Watchmen
6 nominations: District 9 and Star Trek
5 nominations: Drag Me to Hell and The Lovely Bones
4 nominations: Brothers, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince and Where the Wild Things Are
3 nominations: The Book of Eli and Red Cliff
2 nominations: 2012, The Box, The Hurt Locker, The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, Moon, The Road, The Time Traveler's Wife, The Twilight Saga: New Moon, Up and Zombieland

References[]

External links[]

The Official Saturn Awards Site

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Film	Best Action / Adventure Film Release Best Actor in a Film Best Actress in a Film Best Animated Film Release Best Comic-to-Motion Picture Release Best Fantasy Film Release Best Film Costume Design Best Film Director Best Film Editing Best Film Make-up Best Film Music Best Film Production Design Best Film Special / Visual Effects Best Film Writing Best Horror Film Release Best Independent Film Release Best International Film Release Best Performance by a Younger Actor in a Film Best Science Fiction Film Release Best Supporting Actor in a Film Best Supporting Actress in a Film Best Thriller Film Release
Television	Best Action / Thriller Television Series Best Actor on Television Best Actress on Television Best Animated Series on Television Best Fantasy Television Series Best Film Presentation in Streaming Media Best Guest Starring Role on Television Best Horror Television Series Best Performance by a Younger Actor on a Television Series Best Science Fiction Television Series Best Superhero Adaptation Television Series Best Supporting Actor on Television Best Supporting Actress on Television Best Television Presentation (under 10 Episodes)
Home Entertainment	Best 4K Film Release Best DVD / BD Classic Film Release Best DVD / BD Collection Best DVD / BD Television Movie or Series Release
Special awards	Artist Showcase Award Breakthrough Performance Award Dan Curtis Legacy Award Filmmaker's Showcase Award The George Pal Memorial Award Legion M Breakout Director Award The Life Career Award The President's Memorial Award Producer's Showcase Award Special Recognition Award Stan Lee World Builder Award Visionary Award
Retired awards	Best Actor in Streaming Presentation (2018/19) Best Actress in Streaming Presentation (2018/19) Best DVD or Blu-ray Release (2001–2018/19) Best DVD or Blu-ray Special Edition Release (2001–2018/19) Best Home Video Release (1991–2000) Best International Series (2007) Best Low-Budget Film (1980–1982) Best Network Television Series (1988–2014) Best New Media Television Series (2015–2017) Best Retro Television Series on DVD (2004–2008) Best Streaming Horror & Thriller Series (2018/19) Best Streaming Science Fiction, Action & Fantasy Series (2018/19) Best Streaming Superhero Series (2017–2018/19) Best Supporting Actor in Streaming Presentation (2018/19) Best Supporting Actress in Streaming Presentation (2018/19) Best Syndicated/Cable Television Series (1996–2014) Best Youth-Oriented Television Series (2011–2014)
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