30th Saturn Awards

The 30th Saturn Awards, honoring the best in science fiction, fantasy and horror film and television in 2003, were held on May 5, 2004 at the Universal Sheraton Hotel in Los Angeles, California.

Below is a complete list of nominees and winners. Winners are highlighted in boldface.

Film Nominations

Best Sci-Fi Film

• X2
• Hulk
• Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life
• The Matrix Revolutions
• Paycheck
• Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines

Best Fantasy Film

• The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
• Big Fish
• Freaky Friday
• The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
• Peter Pan
• Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl

Best Horror Film

• 28 Days Later
• Cabin Fever
• Final Destination 2
• Freddy vs. Jason
• Jeepers Creepers II
• The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
• Underworld

Best Action/Adventure/Thriller Film

• Kill Bill: Vol. 1
• Cold Mountain
• Identity
• The Italian Job
• The Last Samurai
• The Missing

Best Animated Film

• Finding Nemo
• Brother Bear
• Looney Tunes: Back in Action
• Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas

Best Actor

• The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King - Elijah Wood
• Big Fish - Albert Finney
• The Last Samurai - Tom Cruise
• The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King - Viggo Mortensen
• Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl - Johnny Depp
• Willard - Crispin Glover

Best Actress

• Kill Bill: Vol. 1 - Uma Thurman
• Freaky Friday - Jamie Lee Curtis
• Hulk - Jennifer Connelly
• The Missing - Cate Blanchett
• The Texas Chainsaw Massacre - Jessica Biel
• Underworld - Kate Beckinsale

Best Supporting Actor

• The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King - Sean Astin
• Kill Bill: Vol. 1 - Sonny Chiba
• The Last Samurai - Ken Watanabe
• The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King - Ian McKellen
• The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King - Andy Serkis
• Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl - Geoffrey Rush

Best Supporting Actress

• Finding Nemo - Ellen DeGeneres
• Kill Bill: Vol. 1 - Lucy Liu
• The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen - Peta Wilson
• The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King - Miranda Otto
• Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl - Keira Knightley
• Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines - Kristanna Loken

Best Young Actor/Actress

• Peter Pan - Jeremy Sumpter
• Agent Cody Banks - Frankie Muniz
• Freaky Friday - Lindsay Lohan
• The Last Samurai - Sosuke Ikematsu
• The Missing - Jenna Boyd
• Peter Pan - Rachel Hurd-Wood

Best Director

• The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King - Peter Jackson
• 28 Days Later... - Danny Boyle
• Kill Bill: Vol. 1 - Quentin Tarantino
• The Last Samurai - Edward Zwick
• Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl - Gore Verbinski
• X2 - Bryan Singer

Best Screenplay

• The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King - Fran Walsh; Philippa Boyens; Peter Jackson
• 28 Days Later... - Alex Garland
• Finding Nemo - Andrew Stanton; Bob Peterson; David Reynolds
• Freaky Friday - Heather Hach; Leslie Dixon
• Kill Bill: Vol. 1 - Quentin Tarantino
• X2 - Dan Harris; Michael Dougherty

Best Score

• The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King - Howard Shore
• Finding Nemo - Thomas Newman
• Hulk - Danny Elfman
• Looney Tunes: Back in Action - Jerry Goldsmith
• Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl - Klaus Badelt
• X2 - John Ottman

Best Costume Design

• Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl - Penny Rose
• The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen - Jacqueline West
• The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King - Ngila Dickson; Richard Taylor
• The Matrix Revolutions - Kym Barrett
• Peter Pan - Janet Patterson
• X2 - Louise Mingenbach

Best Make-Up

• The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King - Richard Taylor; Peter King
• The Haunted Mansion - Rick Baker; Bill Corso; Robin L. Neal
• Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl - Ve Neill; Martin Samuel
• Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines - Jeff Dawn; John Rosengrant
• Underworld - Trefor Proud; Balázs Novák
• X2 - Gordon J. Smith

Best Visual Effects

• The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King - Jim Rygiel; Joe Letteri; Randall William Cook; Alex Funke
• Hulk - Dennis Muren; Edward Hirsh; Colin Brady; Michael Lantieri
• The Matrix Revolutions - John Gaeta; Kim Libreri; George Murphy; Craig Hayes
• Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl - John Knoll; Hal T. Hickel; Terry D. Frazee; Charles Gibson
• Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines - Pablo Helman; Danny Gordon Taylor; Allen Hall; John Rosengrant
• X2 - Michael L. Fink; Richard E. Hollander; Stephen Rosenbaum; Mike Vézina

Television Nominations

Best Network TV Series

• Angel and CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
• Alias
• Buffy the Vampire Slayer
• Enterprise
• Smallville

Best Syndicated/Cable Television Series

• Stargate SG-1
• Andromeda
• Carnivàle
• Dead Like Me
• The Dead Zone
• Farscape

Best Television Presentation

• Battlestar Galactica
• Children of Dune
• Star Wars: Clone Wars
• The Diary of Ellen Rimbauer
• Dreamkeeper
• Riverworld

Best Television Actor

• Richard Dean Anderson - Stargate SG-1
• Scott Bakula - Enterprise
• David Boreanaz - Angel
• Michael Shanks - Stargate SG-1
• Michael Vartan - Alias
• Tom Welling - Smallville

Best Television Actress

• Eliza Dushku - Tru Calling
• Jennifer Garner - Alias
• Sarah Michelle Gellar - Buffy the Vampire Slayer
• Kristin Kreuk - Smallville
• Ellen Muth - Dead Like Me
• Amber Tamblyn - Joan of Arcadia

Best Supporting Television Actor

• Alexis Denisof - Angel
• Victor Garber - Alias
• John Glover - Smallville
• James Marsters - Buffy the Vampire Slayer - also for Angel
• Michael Rosenbaum - Smallville
• Nick Stahl - Carnivàle

Best Supporting Television Actress

• Amy Acker - Angel
• Jolene Blalock - Enterprise
• Charisma Carpenter - Angel
• Victoria Pratt - Mutant X
• Katee Sackhoff - Battlestar Galactica
• Amanda Tapping - Stargate SG-1

DVD Nominations

Best DVD Release

• Bionicle: Mask of Light
• Anatomie 2
• The Hitcher II: I've Been Waiting
• Interstate 60
• May
• Sennen joyû

Best DVD Special Edition Release

• The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers - For the Extended Edition
• Black Hawk Down
• Finding Nemo
• Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
• Identity
• Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl

Best DVD Classic Film Release

• The Adventures of Robin Hood
• 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
• C'era una volta il West
• Dead of Night
• The Lion King
• Roadgames

Best DVD Movie Collection

• The Adventures of Indiana Jones DVD Collection
• Mystery Science Theater 3000 Collection vol. 2 - 4
• The Lon Chaney Collection
• Alien Quadrilogy
• The Jack Ryan Special Edition DVD Collection
• X Men Collection

Best DVD Television Release

• Firefly - For The Complete Firefly
• Battlestar Galactica - For Battlestar Galactica Complete Epic Series
• Hercules: The Legendary Journeys - For Hercules: The Legendary Adventures seasons 1 - 2
• Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - For Star Trek: Deep Space Nine seasons 1 - 7
• Taken
• Wiseguy - For Wiseguy season 1, part 1 - 2

Special awards

Cinescape Genre Face of the Future Award

Female

• Reiko Aylesworth - 24
• Melissa George - Alias
• Keira Knightley - Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
• Chiaki Kuriyama - Kill Bill: Vol. 1
• Gabrielle Union - Cradle 2 the Grave - also for Bad Boys II
• Cerina Vincent - Cabin Fever

Male

• James Badge Dale - 24
• Christopher Gorham - Jake 2.0 "The Tech" (#1.1)
• Jason Ritter - Freddy vs. Jason
• Scott Speedman - Underworld
• Clayton Watson - The Matrix Reloaded - also for The Matrix Revolutions
• Shane West - The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen

Filmmaker's Showcase Award

• Eli Roth

Visionary Award

• Paul G. Allen

George Pal Memorial Award

• Ridley Scott

Life Career Award

• Blake Edwards

Lifetime achievement award

• John Williams

President's Award

• Gale Anne Hurd

External links

• The Official Saturn Awards Site
• The Official Saturn Awards Site with Nominations and Winners of 2003