31st Saturn Awards

The 31st Saturn Awards, honoring the best in science fiction, fantasy and horror film and television in 2004, were held on May 3, 2005 at the Universal City Hilton Hotel in Los Angeles, California, United States.

31st Saturn Awards
Date	May 3, 2005
Site	Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Highlights
Most awards	Spider-Man 2 (5)
Most nominations	Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (9)

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

Winners and nominees

Film

Best Sci-Fi Film	Best Fantasy Film
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind The Butterfly Effect The Day After Tomorrow The Forgotten I, Robot Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow	Spider-Man 2 Birth Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban Hellboy Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events House of Flying Daggers
Best Horror Film	Best Action/Adventure/Thriller Film
Shaun of the Dead Blade: Trinity Dawn of the Dead The Grudge Open Water Saw Van Helsing	Kill Bill: Volume 2 The Aviator The Bourne Supremacy Collateral The Manchurian Candidate National Treasure The Phantom of the Opera
Best Animated Film	Best Actor
The Incredibles The Polar Express Shark Tale Shrek 2	Tobey Maguire – Spider-Man 2 Christian Bale – The Machinist Jim Carrey – Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind Tom Cruise – Collateral Matt Damon – The Bourne Supremacy Johnny Depp – Finding Neverland
Best Actress	Best Supporting Actor
Blanchard Ryan – Open Water Nicole Kidman – Birth Julianne Moore – The Forgotten Uma Thurman – Kill Bill: Volume 2 Kate Winslet – Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind Zhang Ziyi – House of Flying Daggers	David Carradine – Kill Bill: Volume 2 Alfred Molina – Spider-Man 2 Gary Oldman – Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban Giovanni Ribisi – Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow Liev Schreiber – The Manchurian Candidate John Turturro – Secret Window
Best Supporting Actress	Best Young Actor/Actress
Daryl Hannah – Kill Bill: Volume 2 Kim Basinger – Cellular Irma P. Hall – The Ladykillers Angelina Jolie – Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow Diane Kruger – National Treasure Meryl Streep – The Manchurian Candidate	Emmy Rossum – The Phantom of the Opera Cameron Bright – Birth Perla Haney-Jardine – Kill Bill: Volume 2 Freddie Highmore – Finding Neverland Jonathan Jackson – Riding the Bullet Daniel Radcliffe – Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Best Director	Best Screenplay
Sam Raimi – Spider-Man 2 Alfonso Cuarón – Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban Michel Gondry – Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind Michael Mann – Collateral Quentin Tarantino – Kill Bill: Volume 2 Zhang Yimou – House of Flying Daggers	Alvin Sargent – Spider-Man 2 Stuart Beattie – Collateral Brad Bird – The Incredibles Charlie Kaufman – Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind Steve Kloves – Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban Quentin Tarantino – Kill Bill: Volume 2
Best Score	Best Costume Design
Alan Silvestri Van Helsing The Polar Express Danny Elfman – Spider-Man 2 Michael Giacchino – The Incredibles Edward Shearmur – Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow John Williams – Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban	Kevin Conran – Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow Alexandra Byrne – The Phantom of the Opera Wendy Partridge – Hellboy Gabriella Pescucci, Carlo Poggioli – Van Helsing Jany Temime – Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban Emi Wada – House of Flying Daggers
Best Make-Up	Best Visual Effects
Jake Garber, Matt Rose, Mike Elizalde – Hellboy David LeRoy Anderson, Mario Cacioppo – Dawn of the Dead Greg Cannom, Steve LaPorte – Van Helsing Nick Dudman, Amanda Knight – Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban Paul Jones – Resident Evil: Apocalypse Valli O'Reilly, Bill Corso – Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events	John Dykstra, Scott Stokdyk, Anthony LaMolinara, John Frazier – Spider-Man 2 Peter Chiang, Pablo Helman, Thomas J. Smith – The Chronicles of Riddick Karen E. Goulekas, Neil Corbould, Greg Strause, Remo Balcells – The Day After Tomorrow Roger Guyett, Tim Burke, Bill George, John Richardson – Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban John Nelson, Andrew R. Jones, Erik Nash, Joe Letteri – I, Robot Scott Squires, Ben Snow, Daniel Jeannette, Syd Dutton – Van Helsing

Programs

Best Network TV Series	Best Syndicated/Cable Television Series
Lost (ABC) Alias (ABC) Angel (The WB) CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (CBS) Smallville (The WB) Star Trek: Enterprise (UPN)	Stargate SG-1 (Sci-Fi) Dead Like Me (Showtime) The Dead Zone (USA Network) The 4400 (USA Network) Nip/Tuck (FX) Stargate Atlantis (Sci-Fi)
Best Television Presentation
Farscape: The Peacekeeper Wars (Sci-Fi) The Dead Will Tell (CBS) 5ive Days to Midnight (Sci-Fi) Legend of Earthsea (Sci-Fi) The Librarian: Quest for the Spear (TNT) Salem's Lot (TNT)

Acting

Best Television Actor	Best Television Actress
Ben Browder – Farscape: The Peacekeeper Wars (Sci-Fi) as John Crichton Richard Dean Anderson – Stargate SG-1 (Sci-Fi) as Jack O'Neill Matthew Fox – Lost (ABC) as Jack Shephard Julian McMahon – Nip/Tuck (FX) as Christian Troy Tom Welling – Smallville (The WB) Noah Wyle – The Librarian: Quest for the Spear (TNT) as Flynn Carsen	Claudia Black – Farscape: The Peacekeeper Wars (Sci-Fi) as Aeryn Sun Kristen Bell – Veronica Mars (UPN) as Veronica Mars Jennifer Garner – Alias (ABC) as Sydney Bristow Anne Heche – The Dead Will Tell (CBS) as Emily Parker Evangeline Lilly – Lost (ABC) as Kate Austen Amber Tamblyn – Joan of Arcadia (CBS) as Joan Girardi
Best Supporting Television Actor	Best Supporting Television Actress
Terry O'Quinn – Lost (ABC) Kyle MacLachlan – The Librarian: Quest for the Spear (TNT) as Edward Wilde James Marsters – Angel (The WB) as Spike Dominic Monaghan – Lost (ABC) as Charlie Pace Michael Rosenbaum – Smallville (The WB) as Lex Luthor Michael Shanks – Stargate SG-1 (Sci-Fi) as Daniel Jackson	Amanda Tapping – Stargate SG-1 (Sci-Fi) as Samantha Carter Amy Acker – Angel (The WB) as Winifred Burkle and Illyria Erica Durance – Smallville (The WB) as Lois Lane Torri Higginson – Stargate Atlantis (Sci-Fi) Samantha Mathis – Salem's Lot (TNT) Sonya Walger –The Librarian: Quest for the Spear (TNT) as Nicole Noone

DVD

Best DVD Release	Best DVD Special Edition Release
Starship Troopers 2: Hero of the Federation Bionicle 2: Legends of Metru-Nui Ju-on: The Grudge The Lion King 1½ The Lost Skeleton of Cadavra Ripley's Game	The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King – The Extended Edition The Chronicles of Riddick – The Unrated Director's Cut Hellboy – The Director's Cut King Arthur – The Extended Unrated Edition Shrek 2 - Special Edition Spider-Man 2 – Special Edition
Best Classic Film DVD Release	Best DVD Movie Collection
Dawn of the Dead Aladdin Dance of the Vampires Duel Freaks THX 1138	The Star Wars Trilogy The Best of Abbott and Costello vol. 1 – 3 The Marx Brothers Silver Collection The Monster Legacy Collections The Tarzan Collection The Ultimate Matrix Collection
Best DVD Television Release	Best Retro Television Series on DVD
Smallville – Seasons 2 & 3 Buffy the Vampire Slayer – Seasons 2 & 3 Farscape – Season 4 The Simpsons – Seasons 4 & 5 Star Trek: Voyager – Seasons 1–7 A Wrinkle in Time	Star Trek: The Original Series – The Complete Series Jonny Quest – The Complete Series Land of the Lost – Seasons 1 & 2 Lost in Space – Seasons 1 & 2 My Favorite Martian – Season 1 Night Gallery – Season 1

Special awards

Special Recognition Award

• The Star Trek franchise from 1987 to 2005 (Star Trek: The Next Generation, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Star Trek: Voyager and Star Trek: Enterprise)

Filmmaker's Showcase Award

• Kerry Conran

Life Career Award

• Stephen J. Cannell
• Tom Rothman

Service Award

• Bill Liebowitz (Posthumously)

External links

• The Official Saturn Awards Site
• The Official Saturn Awards Site Archive of Nominations and Winners for 2004