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Encyclopedia > Satellite Awards 2006

11th Satellite Awards

December 18, 2006 is the 352nd day of the year (353rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ...


Best Picture - Drama:
The Departed


Best Picture - Musical/Comedy:
Dreamgirls

The 11th Satellite Awards, honoring the best in film- and televisionmaking in 2006, were given on 18 December 2006. // Please note that following the tradition of the English language film industry, these are the top grossing films that were first released in the United States and Canada in 2006; because they may have made most of their income in a later year, they may not be the top-grossing... is the 352nd day of the year (353rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ...


Winners

Film

Forest Steven Whitaker (born July 15, 1961) is an award-winning American actor, producer, and director. ... The Last King of Scotland is an award-winning first novel by journalist Giles Foden. ... Joseph Michael Cross (born May 28, 1986) is an American actor. ... Running With Scissors is a 2006 film directed by Ryan Murphy. ... Dame Helen Mirren DBE (born on July 26, 1945) is an Academy Award-winning English stage, television and film actress. ... The Queen is an Academy Award-winning British 2006 film directed by Stephen Frears and written by Peter Morgan. ... Mary Louise Streep, mostly known as Meryl Streep (born June 22, 1949) is a two-time Academy Award-winning, six-time Golden Globe-winning, two-time SAG-winning, Grammy Award-nominated and BAFTA Award-winning American actress who has worked in theatre, television, and film. ... The Devil Wears Prada is an Academy Award-nominated 2006 comedy-drama film, a loose screen adaptation of Lauren Weisbergers 2003 novel of the same name. ... Pans Labyrinth (Spanish: El laberinto del fauno, literally The Labyrinth of the Faun) is a Spanish, Academy Award-winning,[2] fantasy[1][3] film written and directed by Mexican film-maker Guillermo del Toro. ... Flags of Our Fathers (2000) is the New York Times-bestselling book by James Bradley with Ron Powers about the five United States Marines and one United States Navy Corpsman (Medic) who would eventually be made famous by Joe Rosenthals lauded photograph of the flag raising at Iwo Jima... Flags of Our Fathers (2000) is the New York Times-bestselling book by James Bradley with Ron Powers about the five United States Marines and one United States Navy Corpsman (Medic) who would eventually be made famous by Joe Rosenthals lauded photograph of the flag raising at Iwo Jima... Tom Stern is an American actor, director, writer, and producer. ... The Devil Wears Prada is an Academy Award-nominated 2006 comedy-drama film, a loose screen adaptation of Lauren Weisbergers 2003 novel of the same name. ... Patricia Field (born c. ... William Bill Condon (born New York, October 22, 1955) is an American screenwriter and director. ... Dreamgirls is a 2006 American musical film jointly produced and released by DreamWorks Pictures and Paramount Pictures. ... Clint Eastwood (born Clinton Eastwood, Jr. ... Flags of Our Fathers (2000) is the New York Times-bestselling book by James Bradley with Ron Powers about the five United States Marines and one United States Navy Corpsman (Medic) who would eventually be made famous by Joe Rosenthals lauded photograph of the flag raising at Iwo Jima... Mark Helfrich is an ACE (American Cinema Editor)-certified film editor. ... The father of Max Goldblatt, Mark Goldblatt is an ACE (American Cinema Editor), and has edited well over thirty films, which include The Terminator (1984), Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991), and Pearl Harbor (2001). ... The Departed is an Academy Award-winning 2006 film directed by Martin Scorsese and starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon and Jack Nicholson. ... Volver (Spanish: to return (specifically: to return to a place), (IPA pronunciation: )) is a 2006 Academy Award-nominated Spanish film by director Pedro Almodóvar. ... Babel is a 2006 dramatic film directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu and written by Guillermo Arriaga. ... Gustavo A. Santaolalla (b. ... James Bond theme chronology Die Another Day (2002) You Know My Name (2006) You Know My Name, performed by Chris Cornell, is the theme song to the 2006 James Bond film, Casino Royale. ... Chris Cornell (born Christopher John Boyle on July 20, 1964) is an American guitarist/singer-songwriter best known as the lead singer, guitarist and songwriter of the rock bands Soundgarden (1984-1997) and later Audioslave (2001-2007). ... Casino Royale is the 21st film in the James Bond series and the first to star Daniel Craig as MI6 agent James Bond. ... The Departed is an Academy Award-winning 2006 film directed by Martin Scorsese and starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon and Jack Nicholson. ... Dreamgirls is a 2006 American musical film jointly produced and released by DreamWorks Pictures and Paramount Pictures. ... The Departed is an Academy Award-winning 2006 film directed by Martin Scorsese and starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon and Jack Nicholson. ... William Monahan (IPA pronunciation: )[1] (born November 3, 1960) is an American novelist and screenwriter. ... The Queen is an Academy Award-winning British 2006 film directed by Stephen Frears and written by Peter Morgan. ... Born 1919, in a house next to the companys factory in Worcester Road, Malvern, where his father, HFS Morgan, had established the business 10 years earlier. ... Dreamgirls is a 2006 American musical film jointly produced and released by DreamWorks Pictures and Paramount Pictures. ... This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ... The Departed is an Academy Award-winning 2006 film directed by Martin Scorsese and starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon and Jack Nicholson. ... Jennifer Kate Hudson (born September 12, 1981) is an Academy Award-winning American actress and singer. ... Dreamgirls is a 2006 American musical film jointly produced and released by DreamWorks Pictures and Paramount Pictures. ... John Knoll is a motion picture visual effects specialist at Industrial Light and Magic (ILM). ...

Television

Preceded by
Satellite Awards 2005 (10th)
Satellite Awards
2006
Succeeded by
Satellite Awards 2007 (12th)


 

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