40th Saturn Awards

40th Saturn Awards
40th Saturn Awards
Date	June 26, 2014
Site	Burbank, California, U.S.
Highlights
Most awards	Gravity (5)
Most nominations	Gravity; The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (8);
	← 39th; Saturn Awards; 41st →;

The 40th Saturn Awards, honoring the best in science fiction, fantasy and horror film and television in 2013, was held on June 26, 2014, in Burbank, California. The awards were presented by the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films. The nominations were announced February 25, 2014.^[1]

Overview[]

In the film categories, Gravity won five of its eight nominations, including Best Science Fiction Film, Best Director for Alfonso Cuarón, and Best Actress for Sandra Bullock. In the television categories, Breaking Bad and The Walking Dead each won three awards, respectively. Breaking Bad won Best Television Presentation and The Walking Dead won Best Syndicated/Cable Television Series.^[2]

Two new categories were added this year, Best Comic-to-Film Motion Picture and Best Performance by a Younger Actor in a Television Series. Adaptations of comic-books were usually nominated in the fantasy or science fiction categories, while the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films was previously only rewarding young actors in motion pictures. The Saturn Award for Best Horror or Thriller Film was also split into two categories: Best Horror and Best Thriller. With Chandler Riggs's nomination for Best Performance by a Younger Actor in TV Series, The Walking Dead became the first series to be nominated in all six television acting categories of the Saturn Awards. Riggs went on to win the award.

Writer/producer Bryan Fuller received the Dan Curtis Legacy Award. Actor Malcolm McDowell received The Life Career Award. Special effects creator Greg Nicotero received The George Pal Memorial Award and author Marc Cushman received a Special Recognition Award for his recent Star Trek book publications.^[3]

Winners and nominees[]

Film[]

Alfonso Cuarón received the Best Director and Best Editing awards for Gravity, which also won Best Science Fiction Film.

Robert Downey Jr. received the Best Actor award for Iron Man 3, his third win in six nominations.

Sandra Bullock received the Best Actress award for Gravity, her second win.

Sir Ben Kingsley received the Best Supporting Actor award for Iron Man 3.

Scarlett Johansson received the Best Supporting Actress award for Her, her first win in two nominations.

Spike Jonze received the Best Writing award for Her, which also won Best Fantasy Film.

Chloë Grace Moretz received the Best Performance by a Younger Actor award for Carrie, her second win.

Best Science Fiction Film	Best Fantasy Film
Gravity Ender's Game The Hunger Games: Catching Fire Pacific Rim Riddick Star Trek Into Darkness	Her About Time The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug Jack the Giant Slayer Oz the Great and Powerful The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
Best Horror Film	Best Thriller Film
The Conjuring Carrie Mama The Purge This Is the End Warm Bodies	World War Z Prisoners The Call The East Now You See Me The Place Beyond the Pines
Best Action or Adventure Film	Best International Film
Fast & Furious 6 The Book Thief Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit The Lone Ranger Lone Survivor Rush	Big Bad Wolves Blancanieves A Hijacking How I Live Now Stoker The World's End
Best Animated Film	Best Comic-to-Film Motion Picture
Frozen Despicable Me 2 From Up on Poppy Hill Monsters University	Iron Man 3 Man of Steel Thor: The Dark World The Wolverine
Best Director	Best Writing
Alfonso Cuarón – Gravity J. J. Abrams – Star Trek Into Darkness Peter Berg – Lone Survivor Peter Jackson – The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug Francis Lawrence – The Hunger Games: Catching Fire Guillermo del Toro – Pacific Rim	Spike Jonze – Her Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens, Peter Jackson and Guillermo del Toro – The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug Joel Coen and Ethan Coen – Inside Llewyn Davis Alfonso Cuarón and Jonás Cuarón – Gravity Jennifer Lee – Frozen Edgar Wright and Simon Pegg – The World's End
Best Actor	Best Actress
Robert Downey Jr. – Iron Man 3 as Tony Stark / Iron Man Oscar Isaac – Inside Llewyn Davis as Llewyn Davis Simon Pegg – The World's End as Gary King Joaquin Phoenix – Her as Theodore Twombley Brad Pitt – World War Z as Gerry Lane Ben Stiller – The Secret Life of Walter Mitty as Walter Mitty	Sandra Bullock – Gravity as Ryan Stone Halle Berry – The Call as Jordan Turner Martina Gedeck – The Wall as Die Frau Jennifer Lawrence – The Hunger Games: Catching Fire as Katniss Everdeen Emma Thompson – Saving Mr. Banks as P.L. Travers Mia Wasikowska – Stoker as India Stoker
Best Supporting Actor	Best Supporting Actress
Ben Kingsley – Iron Man 3 as Trevor Slattery Daniel Brühl – Rush as Niki Lauda George Clooney – Gravity as Matt Kowalski Benedict Cumberbatch – Star Trek Into Darkness as Khan Noonien Singh Harrison Ford – Ender's Game as Hyrum Graff Tom Hiddleston – Thor: The Dark World as Loki Bill Nighy – About Time as James Lake	Scarlett Johansson – Her as Samantha Nicole Kidman – Stoker as Evelyn Stoker Melissa Leo – Prisoners as Holly Jones Evangeline Lilly – The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug as Tauriel Jena Malone – The Hunger Games: Catching Fire as Johanna Mason Emily Watson – The Book Thief as Rosa Hubermann
Best Performance by a Younger Actor	Best Music
Chloë Grace Moretz – Carrie as Carrie White Asa Butterfield – Ender's Game as Ender Wiggin Sophie Nélisse – The Book Thief as Liesl Meminger Saoirse Ronan – How I Live Now as Daisy Ty Simpkins – Iron Man 3 as Harley Keener Dylan Sprayberry – Man of Steel as Clark Kent / Superman	Frank Ilfman – Big Bad Wolves Danny Elfman – Oz the Great and Powerful Howard Shore – The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug Brian Tyler – Iron Man 3 Brian Tyler – Now You See Me John Williams – The Book Thief
Best Production Design	Best Editing
Dan Hennah – The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug Philip Messina – The Hunger Games: Catching Fire Andrew Neskoromny and Carol Spier – Pacific Rim Andy Nicholson – Gravity Jan Roelfs – 47 Ronin Robert Stromberg – Oz the Great and Powerful	Alfonso Cuarón and Mark Sanger – Gravity Peter Amundson and John Gilroy – Pacific Rim Alan Edward Bell – The Hunger Games: Catching Fire Mark Day – About Time Daniel P. Hanley and Mike Hill – Rush Christian Wagner, Kelly Matsumoto and Dylan Highsmith – Fast & Furious 6
Best Costume	Best Make-up
Trish Summerville – The Hunger Games: Catching Fire Gary Jones – Oz the Great and Powerful Michael Kaplan – Star Trek Into Darkness Wendy Partridge – Thor: The Dark World Beatrix Aruna Pasztor – Great Expectations Penny Rose – 47 Ronin	Donald Mowat – Prisoners Patrick Baxter, Jane O'Kane and Roger Murray – Evil Dead Peter King, Rick Findlater and Richard Taylor – The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug Howard Berger, Janie Kelman and Peter Montagna – Lone Survivor Fae Hammond, Mark Coulier and Kirstin Chalmers – Rush Karen Cohen, David White and Elizabeth Yianni-Georgiou – Thor: The Dark World
Best Special Effects	Best Independent Film
Tim Webber, Chris Lawrence, David Shirk and Neil Corbould – Gravity Joe Letteri, Eric Saindon, David Clayton and Eric Reynolds – The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug Joe Letteri, John Desjardin and Dan Lemmon – Man of Steel John Knoll, James E. Price, Clay Pinney and Rocco Larizza – Pacific Rim Patrick Tubach, Ben Grossmann and Burt Dalton – Star Trek Into Darkness Jake Morrison, Paul Corbould and Mark Breakspear – Thor: The Dark World	12 Years a Slave Great Expectations Inside Llewyn Davis The Invisible Woman Out of the Furnace Upside Down

Television[]

Programs[]

Best Network Television Series	Best Syndicated/Cable Television Series
Hannibal (NBC) (tie) Revolution (NBC) (tie) Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (ABC) The Blacklist (NBC) The Following (Fox) Sleepy Hollow (Fox) Under the Dome (CBS)	The Walking Dead (AMC) American Horror Story: Coven (FX) The Americans (FX) Continuum (Syfy) Dexter (Showtime) Haven (Syfy)
Best Television Presentation	Best Youth-Oriented Television Series
Breaking Bad (AMC) Bates Motel (A&E) Black Sails (Starz) Falling Skies (TNT) Game of Thrones (HBO) Vikings (History)	Teen Wolf (MTV) Arrow (The CW) Pretty Little Liars (ABC Family) Supernatural (The CW) The Tomorrow People (The CW) The Vampire Diaries (The CW)

Acting[]

Mads Mikkelsen received the Best Actor on Television award for Hannibal.

Vera Farmiga received the Best Actress on Television award for Bates Motel.

Aaron Paul received the Best Supporting Actor on Television award for Breaking Bad, his third win in four nominations.

Melissa McBride received the Best Supporting Actress on Television award for The Walking Dead.

Best Actor on Television	Best Actress on Television
*Mads Mikkelsen – Hannibal* (NBC) as Hannibal Lecter** Kevin Bacon – The Following (Fox) as Ryan Hardy Bryan Cranston – Breaking Bad (AMC) as Walter White Hugh Dancy – Hannibal (NBC) as Will Graham Freddie Highmore – Bates Motel (A&E) as Norman Bates James Spader – The Blacklist (NBC) as Raymond Reddington Noah Wyle – Falling Skies (TNT) as Tom Mason	*Vera Farmiga – Bates Motel* (A&E) as Norma Bates** Jennifer Carpenter – Dexter (Showtime) as Debra Morgan Anna Gunn – Breaking Bad (AMC) as Skyler White Jessica Lange – American Horror Story: Coven (FX) as Fiona Goode Rachel Nichols – Continuum (Syfy) as Kiera Cameron Keri Russell – The Americans (FX) as Elizabeth Jennings
Best Supporting Actor on Television	Best Supporting Actress on Television
*Aaron Paul – Breaking Bad* (AMC) as Jesse Pinkman** Nikolaj Coster-Waldau – Game of Thrones (HBO) as Jaime Lannister Erik Knudsen – Continuum (Syfy) as Alec Sadler David Lyons – Revolution (NBC) as General Sebastian Monroe Dean Norris – Under the Dome (CBS) as Big Jim Rennie James Purefoy – The Following (Fox) as Joe Carroll	*Melissa McBride – The Walking Dead* (AMC) as Carol Peletier** Kathy Bates – American Horror Story: Coven (FX) as Delphine LaLaurie Sarah Carter – Falling Skies (TNT) as Maggie Gwendoline Christie – Game of Thrones (HBO) as Brienne of Tarth Michelle Fairley – Game of Thrones (HBO) as Catelyn Stark Elizabeth Mitchell – Revolution (NBC) as Rachel Matheson
Best Guest Star on Television	Best Performance by a Younger Actor in a Television Series
*Robert Forster – Breaking Bad* (AMC) as Ed** Stephen Collins – Falling Skies (TNT) as President Hathaway Danny Huston – American Horror Story: Coven (FX) as The Axeman David Morrissey – The Walking Dead (AMC) as Governor Charlotte Rampling – Dexter (Showtime) as Dr. Evelyn Vogel Gina Torres – Hannibal (NBC) as Bella Crawford	*Chandler Riggs – The Walking Dead* (AMC) as Carl Grimes** Colin Ford – Under the Dome (CBS) as Joe McAlister Jared S. Gilmore – Once Upon a Time (ABC) as Henry Mills Jack Gleeson – Game of Thrones (HBO) as Joffrey Baratheon Connor Jessup – Falling Skies (TNT) as Ben Mason Mackenzie Lintz – Under the Dome (CBS) as Norrie Calvert-Hill

Home video[]

Best DVD or Blu-ray Release	Best DVD or Blu-ray Collection
Big Ass Spider! The Brass Teapot Curse of Chucky Mischief Night Solomon Kane Twixt You're Next	Chucky: The Complete Collection The Bowery Boys Collection: Volumes 2 and 3 Friday the 13th: The Complete Collection James Dean Ultimate Collector's Collection Mad Max Trilogy Zatoichi the Blind Swordsman
Best Classic Film Release	Best DVD or Blu-ray TV Series
Halloween 35th Anniversary Edition Fantastic Voyage The Haunting House of Wax Nosferatu The Wicker Man	Star Trek: The Next Generation: Seasons 3, 4 and 5 The Adventures of Superboy: The Complete Third Season Search: The Complete Series Under the Dome: Season One The Walking Dead: The Complete Third Season The White Queen: Season One

Multiple awards and nominations[]

Film

Awards	Nominations	Film
5	8	Gravity
3	4	Her
3	5	Iron Man 3
2	2	Big Bad Wolves

Television

Awards	Nominations	Series
3	5	Breaking Bad
3	4	The Walking Dead
2	4	Hannibal

References[]

External links[]

Official Saturn Awards website

[1] "Gravity, The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug Lead Saturn Awards Noms"

[2] "Saturn Awards: A Genre Reunion and More Gold for ‘Gravity’", Variety.

[3] Saturn Awards to Honor Malcolm McDowell, Bryan Fuller, Variety.

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v t Saturn Awards
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)
Ceremonies	1972 1973 1974/75 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989/90 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018/19 2019/20
Note: The years are listed as per convention, usually the year of film release; the ceremonies are usually held the next year.