Oppenheimer Leads 28th Satellite Awards

Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer has won four categories at the International Press Academy’s 28th Satellite Awards. The film picked up wins for Best Motion Picture – Drama, Best Director, Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama for Cillian Murphy, and Best Ensemble.

Winners in bold below.

Best Motion Picture – Drama

Ferrari
Killers of the Flower Moon
Maestro
May December
Oppenheimer
Past Lives

Best Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical

American Fiction
Barbie
Dream Scenario
The Holdovers
Poor Things
Scrapper

Best Director

Greta Gerwig, Barbie
Jonathan Glazer, The Zone of Interest
Yorgos Lanthimos, Poor Things
Christopher Nolan, Oppenheimer
Alexander Payne, The Holdovers
Martin Scorsese, Killers of the Flower Moon

Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama

Bradley Cooper, Maestro
Leonardo DiCaprio, Killers of the Flower Moon
Colman Domingo, Rustin
Cillian Murphy, Oppenheimer
Franz Rogowski, Passages
Andrew Scott, All of Us Strangers

Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama

Penélope Cruz, Ferrari
Lily Gladstone, Killers of the Flower Moon
Sandra Hüller, Anatomy of a Fall
Greta Lee, Past Lives
Carey Mulligan, Maestro
Natalie Portman, May December

Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical

Nicolas Cage, Dream Scenario
Paul Giamatti, The Holdovers
Barry Keoghan, Saltburn
Joaquin Phoenix, Beau Is Afraid
Jeffrey Wright, American Fiction

Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical

Fantasia Barrino, The Color Purple
Alma Pöysti, Fallen Leaves
Margot Robbie, Barbie
Cailee Spaeny, Priscilla
Emma Stone, Poor Things

Best Actor in a Supporting Role

Robert De Niro, Killers of the Flower Moon
Robert Downey Jr., Oppenheimer
Ryan Gosling, Barbie
Charles Melton, May December
Mark Ruffalo, Poor Things
Dominic Sessa, The Holdovers

Best Actress in a Supporting Role

Juliette Binoche, The Taste of Things
Emily Blunt, Oppenheimer
America Ferrera, Barbie
Julianne Moore, May December
Rosamund Pike, Saltburn
Da’Vine Joy Randolph, The Holdovers

Best Original Screenplay

Justine Triet and Arthur Harari, Anatomy of a Fall
Greta Gerwig and Noah Baumbach, Barbie
David Hemingson, The Holdovers
Bradley Cooper and Josh Singer, Maestro
Samy Burch, May December
Celine Song, Past Lives

Best Adapted Screenplay

Andrew Haigh, All of Us Strangers
Cord Jefferson, American Fiction
Christopher Nolan, Oppenheimer
Eric Roth and Martin Scorsese, Killers of the Flower Moon
Tony McNamara, Poor Things
Jonathan Glazer, The Zone of Interest

Best Motion Picture – Animated or Mixed Media

The Boy and the Heron
Elemental
Robot Dreams
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Suzume
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem

Best Motion Picture – Documentary

20 Days in Mariupol
American Symphony
Close to Vermeer
Bad Press
Lakota Nation vs. United States
Little Richard: I Am Everything
Love to Love You, Donna Summer
Stamped from the Beginning

Best Motion Picture – International

Anatomy of a Fall (France)
Blaga’s Lessons (Bulgaria)
Fallen Leaves (Finland)
Io Capitano (Italy)
Society of the Snow (Spain)
The Teachers’ Lounge (Germany)
The Zone of Interest (UK)

Best Cinematography

Erik Messerschmidt, Ferrari
Rodrigo Prieto, Killers of the Flower Moon
Matthew Libatique, Maestro
Fraser Taggart, Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One
Dariusz Wolski, Napoleon
Hoyte van Hoytema, Oppenheimer
Linus Sandgren, Saltburn

Best Film Editing

Nick Houy, Barbie
Kevin Tent, The Holdovers
Thelma Schoonmaker, Killers of the Flower Moon
Jennifer Lame, Oppenheimer
Michelle Tesoro, Maestro
Yorgos Mavropsaridis, Poor Things

Best Production Design

Sarah Greenwood and Katie Spencer (set decorator), Barbie
Maria Djurkovic and Sophie Phillips (set decorator), Ferrari
Jack Fisk and Adam Willis (set decorator), Killers of the Flower Moon
Kevin Thompson and Rena DeAngelo (set decorator), Maestro
Arthur Max, Napoleon
Ruth De Jong and Claire Kaufman (set decorator), Oppenheimer

Best Costume Design

Jacqueline Durran, Barbie
Francine Jamison-Tanchuck, The Color Purple
Jacqueline West, Killers of the Flower Moon
David Crossman and Janty Yates, Napoleon
Ellen Mirojnick, Oppenheimer
Holly Waddington, Poor Things

Best Original Score

Laura Karpman, American Fiction
Robbie Robertson, Killers of the Flower Moon
Ludwig Göransson, Oppenheimer
Jerskin Fendrix, Poor Things
Michael Giacchino, Society of the Snow
Daniel Pemberton, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

Best Original Song

“The Fire Inside” from Flamin’ Hot (Diane Warren)
“I’m Just Ken” from Barbie (Mark Ronson and Andrew Wyatt)
“I Never Went Away” from American Symphony (Jon Batiste and Dan Wilson)
“Peaches” from The Super Mario Bros. Movie (Jack Black, Aaron Horvath, Michael Jelenic, Eric Osmond, and John Spiker)
“Road to Freedom” from Rustin (Lenny Kravitz)
“What Was I Made For?” from Barbie (Billie Eilish and Finneas)

Best Sound (Editing and Mixing)

American Symphony
Ferrari
Killers of the Flower Moon
Maestro
Napoleon
Oppenheimer

Beat Visual Effects

The Creator
Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One
Napoleon
Oppenheimer
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Transformers: Rise of the Beasts

Ensemble 

Oppenheimer

Author: Doug Jamieson

From musicals to horror and everything in between, Doug has an eclectic taste in films. Both a champion of independent cinema and a defender of more mainstream fare, he prefers to find an equal balance between two worlds often at odds with each other. A film critic by trade but a film fan at heart, Doug also writes for his own website The Jam Report, and Australia’s the AU review.