1st Golden Satellite Awards

The 1st Golden Satellite Awards, given by the International Press Academy, were awarded on January 15, 1997. The ceremony was hosted by Stacy Keach.

Special achievement awards
Mary Pickford Award (for outstanding contribution to the entertainment industry) – Rod Steiger

Outstanding Contribution to New Media – Bill Gates

Outstanding New Talent – Arie Verveen

Best Actor – Drama
' Geoffrey Rush – Shine'' as David Helfgott (TIE) James Woods – Killer: A Journal of Murder as Carl Panzram (TIE)'''
 * Christopher Eccleston – Jude as Jude Fawley
 * Ralph Fiennes – The English Patient as László Almásy
 * William H. Macy – Fargo as Jerry Lundergaard
 * Billy Bob Thornton – Sling Blade as Karl Childers

Best Actor – Musical or Comedy
 Tom Cruise – Jerry Maguire as Jerry Maguire
 * Nathan Lane – The Birdcage as Albert Goldman
 * Eddie Murphy – The Nutty Professor as Sherman Klump
 * Jack Nicholson – Mars Attacks! as President James Dale
 * Stanley Tucci – Big Night as Secondo

Best Actress – Drama
 Frances McDormand – Fargo as Marge Gunderson
 * Brenda Blethyn – Secrets & Lies as Cynthia Purley
 * Kristin Scott Thomas – The English Patient as Katharine Clifton
 * Emily Watson – Breaking the Waves as Bess McNeill
 * Robin Wright Penn – Moll Flanders as Moll Flanders

Best Actress – Musical or Comedy
 Gwyneth Paltrow – Emma as Emma Woodhouse
 * Glenn Close – 101 Dalmatians as Cruella de Vil
 * Shirley MacLaine – Mrs. Winterbourne as Grace Winterbourne
 * Heather Matarazzo – Welcome to the Dollhouse as Dawn Wiener
 * Bette Midler – The First Wives Club as Brenda Morelli-Cushman

Best Animated or Mixed Media Film
 The Hunchback of Notre Dame
 * James and the Giant Peach
 * Mars Attacks!
 * Muppet Treasure Island
 * Space Jam

Best Art Direction
 Romeo + Juliet – Catherine Martin
 * The English Patient
 * Evita
 * Hamlet
 * The Portrait of a Lady

Best Cinematography
 The English Patient – John Seale
 * Breaking the Waves
 * Evita
 * Hamlet
 * Romeo + Juliet

Best Costume Design
 Evita – Penny Rose
 * Hamlet
 * Moll Flanders
 * The Portrait of a Lady
 * Ridicule

Best Director
 Joel Coen – Fargo
 * Scott Hicks – Shine
 * Mike Leigh – Secrets & Lies
 * Anthony Minghella – The English Patient
 * Lars von Trier – Breaking the Waves

Best Editing
 Independence Day – David Brenner
 * The English Patient
 * Fargo
 * Mission: Impossible
 * Romeo + Juliet

Best Film – Drama
 Fargo
 * The English Patient
 * Lone Star
 * Secrets & Lies
 * Shine
 * Trainspotting

Best Film – Musical or Comedy
 Evita
 * Cold Comfort Farm
 * Everyone Says I Love You
 * Flirting with Disaster
 * Swingers

Best Foreign Language Film
 Breaking the Waves, Denmark
 * Bitter Sugar (Azúcar amarga), Cuba
 * A Judgement in Stone (Le cérémonie), France
 * Kolya (Kolja), Czech Republic
 * Prisoner of the Mountains (Kavkazskiy plennik), Russia
 * Ridicule, France

Best Original Score
 "The English Patient" – Gabriel Yared
 * "Hamlet" – Patrick Doyle
 * "Mars Attacks!" – Danny Elfman
 * "Michael Collins" – Elliot Goldenthal
 * "Sling Blade" – Daniel Lanois

Best Original Song
 "You Must Love Me" performed by Madonna – Evita
 * "God Give Me Strength" performed by Kristen Vigard – Grace of My Heart
 * "Kissing You" performed by Des'ree – Romeo + Juliet
 * "That Thing You Do" performed by The Wonders – That Thing You Do!
 * "Walls" performed by Tom Petty – She's the One

Best Screenplay – Adapted
 The English Patient – Anthony Minghella
 * The Crucible – Arthur Miller
 * Jude – Hossein Amini
 * The Portrait of a Lady – Laura Jones
 * Trainspotting – John Hodge

Best Screenplay – Original
' Lone Star'' – John Sayles (TIE) The People vs. Larry Flynt – Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski (TIE)'''
 * Fargo – Joel Coen and Ethan Coen
 * Shine – Jan Sardi
 * Sling Blade – Billy Bob Thornton

Best Supporting Actor – Drama
 Armin Mueller-Stahl – Shine as Peter
 * Steve Buscemi – Fargo as Carl Showalter
 * Robert Carlyle – Trainspotting as Francis "Franco" Begbie
 * Jeremy Irons – Stealing Beauty as Alex Parrish
 * John Lynch – Moll Flanders as Jonathan
 * Paul Scofield – The Crucible as Thomas Danforth

Best Supporting Actor – Musical or Comedy
 Cuba Gooding Jr. – Jerry Maguire as Rod Tidwell
 * Woody Allen – Everyone Says I Love You as Joe Berlin
 * Danny DeVito – Matilda as Harry Wormwood
 * Gene Hackman – The Birdcage as Senator Kevin Keeley
 * Ian McKellen – Cold Comfort Farm as Amos Starkader

Best Supporting Actress – Drama
 Courtney Love – The People vs. Larry Flynt as Althea Flynt
 * Joan Allen – The Crucible as Elizabeth Proctor
 * Stockard Channing – Moll Flanders as Mrs. Allworthy
 * Miranda Richardson – The Evening Star as Patsy Carpenter
 * Kate Winslet – Hamlet as Ophelia

Best Supporting Actress – Musical or Comedy
 Debbie Reynolds – Mother as Beatrice Henderson
 * Lauren Bacall – The Mirror Has Two Faces as Hannah Morgan
 * Goldie Hawn – Everyone Says I Love You as Skylar Dandridge
 * Sarah Jessica Parker – The First Wives Club as Shelly Stewart
 * Renée Zellweger – Jerry Maguire as Dorothy Boyd

Best Visual Effects
 Independence Day – Volker Engel and Douglas Smith
 * Dragonheart
 * Mars Attacks!
 * Star Trek: First Contact
 * Twister

Best Actor – Drama Series
 David Duchovny – The X-Files as Fox Mulder
 * Andre Braugher – Homicide: Life on the Street as Frank Pembleton
 * Anthony Edwards – ER as Mark Greene
 * Hector Elizondo – Chicago Hope as Phillip Watters
 * Dennis Franz – NYPD Blue as Andy Sipowicz

Best Actor – Musical or Comedy Series
 John Lithgow – 3rd Rock from the Sun as Dick Solomon
 * Michael J. Fox – Spin City as Mike Flaherty
 * Michael Richards – Seinfeld as Cosmo Kramer
 * Garry Shandling – The Larry Sanders Show as Larry Sanders
 * Rip Torn – The Larry Sanders Show as Artie

Best Actor – Miniseries or TV Film
 Alan Rickman – Rasputin: Dark Servant of Destiny as Grigori Rasputin
 * Beau Bridges – Hidden in America as Bill Januson
 * Ted Danson – Gulliver's Travels as Lemuel Gulliver
 * Eric Roberts – In Cold Blood as Perry Edward Smith
 * James Woods – The Summer of Ben Tyler as Temple Rayburn

Best Actress – Drama Series
 Christine Lahti – Chicago Hope as Kate Austin
 * Gillian Anderson – The X-Files as Dana Scully
 * Kim Delaney – NYPD Blue as Diane Russell
 * Julianna Margulies – ER as Carol Hathaway
 * Kimberly Williams-Paisley – Relativity as Isabel Lukens

Best Actress – Musical or Comedy Series
 Jane Curtin – 3rd Rock from the Sun as Mary Albright
 * Fran Drescher – The Nanny as Fran Fine
 * Helen Hunt – Mad About You as Jamie Buchman
 * Cybill Shepherd – Cybill as Cybill Sheridan
 * Lea Thompson – Caroline in the City as Caroline Duffy

Best Actress – Miniseries or TV Film
 Helen Mirren – Prime Suspect 5: Errors of Judgment
 * Kirstie Alley – Suddenly
 * Lolita Davidovich – Harvest on Fire
 * Laura Dern – The Siege at Ruby Ridge
 * Jena Malone – Hidden in America

Best Miniseries or TV Film
 Gulliver's Travels
 * If These Walls Could Talk
 * Pride and Prejudice
 * The Siege at Ruby Ridge
 * The Summer of Ben Tyler

Best Series – Drama
 The X-Files
 * Chicago Hope
 * ER
 * Homicide: Life on the Street
 * NYPD Blue

Best Series – Musical or Comedy
 The Larry Sanders Show
 * 3rd Rock from the Sun
 * Cybill
 * Seinfeld
 * Spin City

Best Supporting Actor – (Mini)Series or TV Film
 Stanley Tucci – Murder One
 * Brian Dennehy – A Season in Purgatory
 * Ian McKellen – Rasputin: Dark Servant of Destiny
 * Anthony Quinn – Gotti
 * Treat Williams – The Late Shift

Best Supporting Actress – (Mini)Series or TV Film
 Kathy Bates – The Late Shift
 * Cher – If These Walls Could Talk
 * Gail O'Grady – NYPD Blue
 * Greta Scacchi – Rasputin: Dark Servant of Destiny
 * Alfre Woodard – Gulliver's Travels

Best Home Entertainment Product/Game
Super Mario 64
 * Die Hard Trilogy
 * John Madden Football 1996 (Electronic Arts)
 * Nights (Sega)
 * Tekken 2

CD-ROM Educational – Children
101 Dalmatians Storybook
 * Freddi Fish 2: The Case of the Haunted Schoolhouse
 * Living Books: Sheila Rae, The Brave
 * The Simpsons: Cartoon Studio
 * Snoopy's Campfire Stories

CD-ROM Entertainment
Cinemania 97
 * Encarta 97 – Encyclopedia Deluxe
 * Eyewitness Encyclopedia of Space and the Universe
 * Inside Independence Day
 * Leonardo da Vinci

CD-ROM Game
Monty Python & the Quest for the Holy Grail
 * Descent II
 * Goosebumps
 * Quake
 * Warcraft II: Beyond the Dark Portal

Film
Winners:
 * 3 / 5 Evita: Best Costume Design / Best Film – Musical or Comedy / Best Original Song
 * 3 / 7 Fargo: Best Director / Best Actress & Film – Drama
 * 3 / 9 The English Patient: Best Adapted Screenplay / Best Cinematography / Best Original Score
 * 2 / 2 Independence Day: Best Editing / Best Visual Effects
 * 2 / 2 The People vs. Larry Flynt: Best Screenplay – Original / Best Supporting Actress – Drama
 * 2 / 3 Jerry Maguire: Best Actor & Supporting Actor – Musical or Comedy
 * 2 / 5 Shine: Best Actor & Supporting Actor – Drama
 * 1 / 1 Emma: Best Actress – Musical or Comedy
 * 1 / 1 The Hunchback of Notre Dame: Best Animated or Mixed Media Film
 * 1 / 1 Killer: A Journal of Murder: Best Actor – Drama
 * 1 / 1 Mother: Best Supporting Actress – Musical or Comedy
 * 1 / 2 Lone Star: Best Screenplay – Original
 * 1 / 4 Breaking the Waves: Best Foreign Language Film
 * 1 / 4 Romeo + Juliet: Best Art Direction

Losers:
 * 0 / 5 Hamlet
 * 0 / 4 Mars Attacks!, Moll Flanders
 * 0 / 3 The Crucible, Everyone Says I Love You, The Portrait of a Lady, Sling Blade, Secrets & Lies, Trainspotting
 * 0 / 2 The Birdcage, Cold Comfort Farm, The First Wives Club, Jude, Ridicule

Television
Winners:
 * 2 / 3 3rd Rock from the Sun: Best Actor & Actress – Musical or Comedy Series
 * 2 / 3 The X-Files: Best Actor – Drama Series / Best Series – Drama
 * 1 / 1 Murder One: Best Supporting Actor – (Mini)Series or TV Film
 * 1 / 1 Prime Suspect 5: Errors of Judgment: Best Actress – Miniseries or TV Film
 * 1 / 2 The Late Shift: Best Supporting Actress – (Mini)Series or TV Film
 * 1 / 3 Chicago Hope: Best Actress – Drama Series
 * 1 / 3 Gulliver's Travels: Best Miniseries or TV Film
 * 1 / 3 The Larry Sanders Show: Best Series – Musical or Comedy
 * 1 / 3 Rasputin: Dark Servant of Destiny: Best Actor – Miniseries or TV Film

Losers:
 * 0 / 4 NYPD Blue
 * 0 / 3 ER
 * 0 / 2 Cybill, Hidden in America, Homicide: Life on the Street, If These Walls Could Talk, Seinfeld, The Siege at Ruby Ridge, Spin City, The Summer of Ben Tyler