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Winners for the Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form are presented here.

This award is for a dramatic production in any medium, of running time 90 minutes or less. Awards given in one year are for works released during the previous calendar year. Winning titles are listed first, with other nominees listed below. The category was created in year 2003 after splitting the Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation award into two categories for long and short forms. The Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation is one of the annual Hugo Award categories, presented by members of the World Science Fiction Convention. ... The Hugo Awards are given annually by members of the World Science Fiction Convention for the best science fiction or fantasy works. ...

Nominees in this category are generally individual episodes of TV series, while those in the Long Form category tend to be feature-length films. Notably, however, in 2006 two of the nominees were live theatrical presentations produced by fans (Lucas Back in Anger and Prix Victor Hugo Awards Ceremony), and one was an animated short (Jack-Jack Attack). A scene from Jack-Jack Attack, immediately prior to Jack-Jack unleashing his latent powers. ...

Winners and other nominees

• 2006: Doctor Who: "The Empty Child" & "The Doctor Dances" (BBC Wales/BBC1) written by Steven Moffat; directed by James Hawes.
  • Battlestar Galactica: "Pegasus" (NBC Universal/British Sky Broadcasting) written by Anne Cofell Saunders; directed by Michael Rymer.
  • Doctor Who: "Dalek" (BBC Wales/BBC1) written by Robert Shearman; directed by Joe Ahearne.
  • Doctor Who: "Father's Day" (BBC Wales/BBC1) written by Paul Cornell; directed by Joe Ahearne.
  • Jack-Jack Attack (Walt Disney Pictures/Pixar Animation) Written & Directed by Brad Bird.
  • Lucas Back in Anger ([1]) (Reductio Ad Absurdum Productions) written by Phil Raines and Ian Sorensen; directed by Phil Raines.
  • Prix Victor Hugo Awards Ceremony ([2]) ([3]) (Opening Speech and Framing Device script and video) written and performed by Paul McAuley and Kim Newman; directed by Mike & Debby Moir.

• 2005: Battlestar Galactica (IMDb): "33" written by Ronald D. Moore and directed by Michael Rymer.
  • Stargate SG-1 (IMDb): "Heroes" written by Robert C. Cooper and directed by Andy Mikita.
  • Angel (IMDb): "Not Fade Away" written by Jeffrey Bell and Joss Whedon and directed by Jeffrey Bell.
  • Lost (IMDb): "Pilot Episode" written by Jeffrey Lieber and J.J. Abrams and Damon Lindelof, teleplay by J.J. Abrams and Damon Lindelof, and directed by J.J. Abrams.
  • Angel: "Smile Time" story by Joss Whedon and Ben Edlund, teleplay by Ben Edlund, and directed by Ben Edlund.

• 2004: "Gollum's Acceptance Speech at the 2003 MTV Movie Awards" (IMDb): written and directed by Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens, and Peter Jackson.
  • Buffy the Vampire Slayer (IMDb): "Chosen" written and directed by Joss Whedon.
  • Firefly (IMDb): "Heart of Gold" written by Brett Matthews and directed by Thomas J. Wright (DVD release).
  • Firefly: "The Message" written by Joss Whedon, and Tim Minear, directed by Tim Minear (DVD release).
  • Smallville (IMDb): "Rosetta" written by Al Gough and Miles Millar, directed by James Marshall.

• 2003: Buffy the Vampire Slayer (IMDb): "Conversations with Dead People"
  • Angel (IMDb): "Waiting in the Wings"
  • Firefly (IMDb): "Serenity"
  • Star Trek: Enterprise (IMDb): "Carbon Creek"
  • Star Trek: Enterprise: "A Night in Sickbay"

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See also

• Nebula Award for Best Script

External links

• Hugo Award official site
• Original proposal of the award in Philcon II
• Locus magazine's list of Hugo Award nominees