Golden Satellite Winners

Film Awards
Best Picture - The Descendants
Best Director - Nicholas Winding Refn "Drive "
Best Actor - Ryan Gosling "Drive"
Best Actress - Viola Davis "The Help"
Best Supporting Actor - Albert Brooks "Drive"
Best Supporting Actress - Jessica Chastain "The Tree of Life"
Best Adapted Screenplay - Alexander Payne, Jim Rash, and Nat Faxon "The Descendants"
Best Original Screenplay - Terrence Malick "The Tree of Life"
Best Foreign Film - Mysteries of Lisbon
Best Animated Film - The Adventures of Tintin
Best Documentary - Senna
Best Original Score - Marco Beltrami "Soul Surfer"
Best Original Song - "Lay Down Your Head" from Albert Nobbs
Best Cinematography - Janusz Kaminski "War Horse"
Best Visual Effects - Robert Legato "Hugo"
Best Film Editing - Chris Gill "The Guard"
Best Art & Production Design - The Artist
Best Costume Design - Water for Elephants
Best Sound - Drive
Best First Feature - Tyrannosaur
Best Ensemble - The Help

Television Awards
Best Actress in a Movie/Mini - Kate Winslet "Mildred Pierce"
Best Actor in a Movie/Mini - Jason Isaacs "Case Histories"
Best Supporting Actor - Ryan Hurst "Sons of Anarchy" & Peter Dinklage "Game of Thrones"
Best Supporting Actress  -  Vanessa Williams "Desperate Housewives"
Best Drama Series - Justified
Best Comedy Series - It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
Best Actor in a Drama Series - Timothy Olyphant "Justified"
Best Actress in a Drama Series - Claire Danes "Homeland"
Best Actor in a Comedy Series - Louis C.K. "Louie"
Best Actress in a Comedy Series - Martha Plimpton "Raising Hope"
Best Genre Series - American Horror Story
Best TV Movie/Mini Series - Mildred Pierce
Special Award - Best Performance in a TV Program - Jessica Lange "American Horror Story"