Saturn Awards

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Saturn Awards
Current: 46th Saturn Awards
38th Annual Saturn Awards - James Remar from Dexter (13971790887).jpg
James Remar holding a Saturn Award at the 2011 ceremony
Awarded forBest in genre fiction film, television and home media releases
CountryUnited States
Presented byAcademy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films
First awarded1973
Websitewww.saturnawards.org

The Saturn Awards[1] are American awards presented annually by the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films; they were created to honor science fiction, fantasy, and horror in film, but have since grown to reward other films belonging to genre fiction, as well as television and home media releases. The Saturn Awards were created in 1973 and were originally referred to as Golden Scrolls.

History[]

The Saturn Awards were devised by Donald A. Reed in 1973, who felt that work in films in the genre of science fiction at that time lacked recognition within the established Hollywood film industry's award system.[2] Initially, the award given was a Golden Scroll certificate.[3] In the late 1970s, the award was changed to be a representation of the planet Saturn, with its ring(s) composed of film.

The Saturn Awards are voted upon by members of the presenting Academy. The Academy is a non-profit organization with membership open to the public. Its president and executive producer is Robert Holguin, and producer/writers Bradley Marcus and Kevin Marcus.[4] Its members include filmmakers J. J. Abrams, Bryan Singer, Steven Spielberg, Bryan Fuller, Mark A. Altman, Vince Gilligan and James Cameron, among others.[5]

Although the Awards still primarily focus on films and television in the science fiction, fantasy and horror categories, the Saturns have also recognized productions in other dramatic genres. There are also special awards for lifetime achievement in film production.

Criticism[]

The Saturn Awards has been criticized for having broadened its scope, nominating and awarding prestige movies genre awards (sci-fi, fantasy, or horror) and thereby stretching the meanings of the genres too far.[6][7][8][9][10]

Award categories[]

Film[]

Television[]

Streaming[]

Home video[]

Special awards[]

Discontinued awards[]

Records[]

Superlative Individual(s) / Work Record set Year(s)
Most awards (individual) James Cameron 11 awards 1984–2009
Most nominations (individual) John Williams 22 nominations 1977–2019/2020
Most awards (film) Star Wars 15 awards[a] 1977
Most nominations (film) 18 nominations[a]
Most awards (TV series) The Walking Dead 21 awards 2010–2018/19
Most nominations (TV series) 56 nominations 2004–2019/2020
Most awards (acting) Robert Downey Jr.
Anna Torv 		4 awards 1993–2018/19
2009–2012
Most nominations (acting) Tom Cruise 11 nominations 1994–2018/19
Most awards (same category) John Williams 9 wins for Best Music 1977–2015
Most nominations (same category) 22 nominations for Best Music 1977–2019/2020
Most awards (film franchise) Star Wars 44 wins[b]
Most nominations (film franchise) Marvel Cinematic Universe 135 nominations[c] 2008–2018/19

Notes[]

  1. ^ a b Star Wars (1977) was originally nominated for 16 awards and won 12; the actual number of wins include a special award to reward Gilbert Taylor's cinematography, a special award to celebrate its 20th anniversary in 1997, and 1 win as a part of a compilation (Best DVD Movie Collection) for Star Wars Trilogy (2004) in 2005. The actual number of nominations also include two nominations as part of compilations while the two special awards were non-competitive, so they do not count as nominations.
  2. ^ 14 wins for Star Wars (1977), 4 wins for The Empire Strikes Back (1980), 5 wins for Return of the Jedi (1983), 2 wins for The Phantom Menace (1999), 2 wins for Attack of the Clones (2002), 2 wins for Revenge of the Sith (2005), 8 wins for The Force Awakens (2015), 3 wins for Rogue One (2016), 3 wins for The Last Jedi (2017), and 1 win for a compilation (Best DVD Movie Collection) comprising three films (Star Wars Trilogy) of the franchise.
  3. ^ 8 nominations for Iron Man (2008), 1 nomination for The Incredible Hulk (2008), 4 nominations for Iron Man 2 (2010), 4 nominations for Thor (2011), 7 nominations for Captain America: The First Avenger (2011), 6 nominations for The Avengers (2012), 5 nominations for Iron Man 3 (2013), 5 nominations for Thor: The Dark World (2013), 11 nominations for Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014), 9 nominations for Guardians of the Galaxy (2014), 4 nominations for Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015), 6 nominations for Ant-Man (2015), 8 nominations for Captain America: Civil War (2016), 10 nominations for Doctor Strange (2016), 4 nominations for Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017), 4 nominations for Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017), 2 nominations for Thor: Ragnarok (2017), 14 nominations for Black Panther (2018), 2 nominations for Avengers: Infinity War (2018), 3 nominations for Captain Marvel (2019), 14 nominations for Avengers: Endgame (2019), and 4 nominations for Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019).

Year-by-year results[]

The year indicates the year of release of the films eligible.

See also[]

  • Hugo Award
  • Nebula Award
  • Scream Awards

References[]

  1. ^ "Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror ... and the Saturn Goes to ..." The Huffington Post. Retrieved January 25, 2016.
  2. ^ About the founder: Dr. Donald A. Reed (1935–2001)
  3. ^ Fxperts - Saturn Award history Retrieved September 25, 2019.
  4. ^ Membership and / or Donation information
  5. ^ "The Academy of Science Fiction Fantasy & Horror Films". Retrieved February 15, 2011.
  6. ^ Nathaniel Rogers. «Nominations for Everyone!» — Saturn Awards. The Film Experience, February 26, 2014
    "I think the Saturn Awards have lost focus. You're a genre award. You're supposed to be about fantasy, sci-fi and horror. That's your whole goddamn raison d'être".
  7. ^ Natalie Zutter. It’s About Time the Saturn Awards Introduced a Superhero Category. Tor.com, February 22, 2013
  8. ^ Myles McNutt. What’s my Genre Again?: The In(s)anity of the Saturn Awards. Cultural Learnings, February 19, 2010.
    "The problem is that, over time, the Saturn Awards have stretched the meaning of genre so far that it legitimately has no meaning. <...> Rather than seeming like a legitimate celebration of science fiction, fantasy or horror, the Saturn Awards read like an unflattering and at points embarrassing collection of films and television series which reflect not the best that genre has to offer, but rather a desperate attempt to tap into the cultural zeitgeist while masquerading as a celebration of the underappreciated.
  9. ^ Thomas M. Sipos. Saturn Awards Betray Horror. Horror Magazine, 1997
  10. ^ Francisco Salazar. Saturn Awards 2015 Date & Nominations. Latinpost, March 5, 2015
    "However, sometimes the Saturn Awards choose prestige films and ignore some of the more important science fiction, fantasy and horror films of the year."

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