16th Satellite Awards

{{Infobox film awards

| number = 16

| award = Satellite Awards

| date = {{Start date|2011|12|18}}

| best_film = The Descendants

| best_direction = Nicolas Winding Refn for Drive

| best_drama_series = Justified

| best_musical_or_comedy_series = It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia

| last = 15th

| next = 17th

}}

The 16th Satellite Awards is an award ceremony honoring the year's outstanding performers, films, television shows, home videos and interactive media, presented by the International Press Academy at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza in Century City, Los Angeles.

The nominations were announced on December 1, 2011. The winners were announced on December 18, 2011.{{cite web|url= http://www.pressacademy.com/schedule/ |title= 2011 Schedule |work= International Press Academy |access-date= December 4, 2011 |archive-date= December 4, 2011 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20111204190652/http://www.pressacademy.com/schedule/ |url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url= https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/descendants-drive-satellite-awards-275111/ |title= ‘The Descendants,’ ‘Drive’ Take Top Satellite Award Honors |first= Gregg |last= Kilday |work= The Hollywood Reporter |date= December 18, 2011 |access-date= October 25, 2023 |archive-date= October 25, 2023 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20231025074006/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/descendants-drive-satellite-awards-275111/ |url-status=live}}

The categories for motion picture were pared down from 22 to 19 classifications; the change reflected the merger of comedy and drama under a general Best Picture heading.{{cite web|url= https://www.pressacademy.com/2011/11/2011-satellite-award-film-categories-streamlined-new-website-to-debut/ |title= 2011 Satellite Award Film Categories Streamlined & New Website to Debut |author= PA Admin |work= International Press Academy |date= November 11, 2011 |access-date= October 25, 2023 |archive-date= October 25, 2023 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20231025073726/https://www.pressacademy.com/2011/11/2011-satellite-award-film-categories-streamlined-new-website-to-debut/ |url-status=live}}

Special achievement awards

Auteur Award (for his body of film work, as well as his books on the inner workings of filmmaking and filmmakers) – Peter Bogdanovich
Humanitarian Award (for community involvement and work on social causes) – Tim Hetherington
Mary Pickford Award (for outstanding contribution to the entertainment industry) – Mitzi Gaynor
Nikola Tesla Award (for his work as film preservationist and historian) – Douglas Trumbull
Best First Feature – Paddy Considine (Tyrannosaur)
Best Educational Motion Picture – The First Grader (Sam Feuer, Richard Harding, David Thompson - Producers)
Career of Outstanding Service in the Entertainment Industry – Brian Edwards
Outstanding Performance in a TV Series – Jessica Lange (American Horror Story)

Motion picture winners and nominees

File:Nicolas Winding Refn Cannes 2016.jpg, Best Director winner]]

File:Ryan Gosling by Gage Skidmore.jpg, Best Actor in a Motion Picture winner]]

File:Viola Davis by Gage Skidmore.jpg, Best Actress in a Motion Picture winner]]

File:Albert Brooks at 'Drive' premiere TIFF 9.10.11.jpg, Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture winner]]

File:Jessica Chastain at 2015 Empire Awards.jpg, Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture winner]]

File:Alexander Payne 8692.jpg, Best Adapted Screenplay co-winner]]

File:Nat Faxon July 14, 2014 (cropped).jpg, Best Adapted Screenplay co-winner]]

File:Jim Rash by Gage Skidmore.jpg, Best Adapted Screenplay co-winner]]

File:Terrence Malick.jpg, Best Original Screenplay winner]]

File:Marco Beltrami.JPG, Best Original Score winner]]

File:Glenn Close - Guardians of the Galaxy premiere - July 2014 (cropped).jpg, Best Original Song co-winner]]

Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold.{{cite web|url= https://ew.com/article/2011/12/19/satellite-awards-2011/ |title= 'Drive,' The Help,' 'Tintin' win 2011 Satellite Awards |first= Lanford |last= Beard |work= Entertainment Weekly |date= December 19, 2011 |access-date= October 25, 2023 |archive-date= October 25, 2023 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20231025073738/https://ew.com/article/2011/12/19/satellite-awards-2011/ |url-status=live}}{{cite web|url= https://www.indiewire.com/awards/industry/descendants-drive-lead-satellite-award-winners-50469/ |title= ‘Descendants,’ ‘Drive’ Lead Satellite Award Winners |first= Peter |last=Knegt |work= IndieWire |date= December 19, 2011 |access-date= October 25, 2023 |archive-date= October 25, 2023 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20231025073746/https://www.indiewire.com/awards/industry/descendants-drive-lead-satellite-award-winners-50469/ |url-status=live}}{{cite web|url= https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2011/12/19/ryan-gosling-drive-satellite-awards-george-clooney_n_1157225.html |title= Ryan Gosling's Drive Tops Satellite Awards, The Descendants Takes Best Picture |first= Caroline |last= Frost |work= HuffPost |date= December 19, 2011 |access-date= October 25, 2023 |archive-date= October 25, 2023 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20231025081333/https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2011/12/19/ryan-gosling-drive-satellite-awards-george-clooney_n_1157225.html |url-status=live}}

class=wikitable style="width="100%"
style="background:#EEDD82;" \| Best Film ! style="background:#EEDD82;" \| Best Director
valign="top" \| *The Descendants* The Artist Drive The Help Hugo Midnight in Paris Moneyball Shame Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy War Horse \| valign="top" \| Nicolas Winding Refn – Drive Tomas Alfredson – Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy Woody Allen – Midnight in Paris Michel Hazanavicius – The Artist Steve McQueen – Shame John Michael McDonagh – The Guard Alexander Payne – The Descendants Martin Scorsese – Hugo Steven Spielberg – War Horse Tate Taylor – The Help
style="background:#EEDD82;" \| Best Actor ! style="background:#EEDD82;" \| Best Actress
valign="top" \| *Ryan Gosling – Drive* as the Driver** George Clooney – The Descendants as Matthew "Matt" King Leonardo DiCaprio – J. Edgar as J. Edgar Hoover Michael Fassbender – Shame as Brandon Sullivan Brendan Gleeson – The Guard as Sergeant Gerry Boyle Tom Hardy – Warrior as Tommy Riordan Woody Harrelson – Rampart as Officer David "Dave" Brown Gary Oldman – Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy as George Smiley Brad Pitt – Moneyball as Billy Beane Michael Shannon – Take Shelter as Curtis LaForche \| valign="top" \| *Viola Davis – The Help* as Aibeleen Clark** Glenn Close – Albert Nobbs as Albert Nobbs Olivia Colman – Tyrannosaur as Hannah Vera Farmiga – Higher Ground as Corinne Walker Elizabeth Olsen – Martha Marcy May Marlene as Martha / Marcy May / Marlene Lewis Meryl Streep – The Iron Lady as Margaret Thatcher Charlize Theron – Young Adult as Mavis Gary Emily Watson – Oranges and Sunshine as Margaret Humphreys Michelle Williams – My Week with Marilyn as Marilyn Monroe Michelle Yeoh – The Lady as Aung San Suu Kyi
style="background:#EEDD82;" \| Best Supporting Actor ! style="background:#EEDD82;" \| Best Supporting Actress
valign="top" \| *Albert Brooks – Drive* as Bernie Rose** Kenneth Branagh – My Week with Marilyn as Laurence Olivier Colin Farrell – Horrible Bosses as Bobby Pellit Jonah Hill – Moneyball as Peter Brand Viggo Mortensen – A Dangerous Method as Sigmund Freud Nick Nolte – Warrior as Paddy Conlon Christopher Plummer – Beginners as Hal Fields Andy Serkis – Rise of the Planet of the Apes as Caesar Christoph Waltz – Carnage as Alan Cowan Hugo Weaving – Oranges and Sunshine as Jack \| valign="top" \| *Jessica Chastain – The Tree of Life* as Mrs. O'Brien** Elle Fanning – Super 8 as Alice Dainard Lisa Féret – Mozart's Sister as Princess Louise of France Judy Greer – The Descendants as Julie Speer Rachel McAdams – Midnight in Paris as Inez Janet McTeer – Albert Nobbs as Hubert Page Carey Mulligan – Shame as Sissy Sullivan Vanessa Redgrave – Coriolanus as Volumnia Octavia Spencer – The Help as Minerva "Minny" Jackson Kate Winslet – Carnage as Nancy Cowan
style="background:#EEDD82;" \| Best Original Screenplay ! style="background:#EEDD82;" \| Best Adapted Screenplay
valign="top" \| The Tree of Life – Terrence Malick The Artist – Michel Hazanavicius The Guard – John Michael McDonagh Mozart's Sister – René Féret Shame – Abi Morgan and Steve McQueen Tyrannosaur – Paddy Considine \| valign="top" \| The Descendants – Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon, and Jim Rash The Adventures of Tintin – Steven Moffat, Edgar Wright, and Joe Cornish Albert Nobbs – Glenn Close and John Banville The Help – Tate Taylor Moneyball – Steven Zaillian and Aaron Sorkin War Horse – Lee Hall and Richard Curtis
style="background:#EEDD82;" \| Best Animated or Mixed Media Film ! style="background:#EEDD82;" \| Best Foreign Language Film
valign="top" \| *The Adventures of Tintin* Kung Fu Panda 2 The Muppets Puss in Boots Rango Rio \| valign="top" \| Mysteries of Lisbon (Portugal) 13 Assassins (Japan / United Kingdom) Faust (Russia) The Kid with a Bike (Belgium / France / Italy) Las Acacias (Argentina) Le Havre (Finland / France / Germany) Miss Bala (Mexico) Mozart's Sister (France) A Separation (Iran) The Turin Horse (Hungary)
style="background:#EEDD82;" \| Best Documentary Film ! style="background:#EEDD82;" \| Best Cinematography
valign="top" \| *Senna* American: The Bill Hicks Story Cave of Forgotten Dreams The Interrupters My Perestroika One Lucky Elephant Pina Project Nim Tabloid Under Fire: Journalists in Combat \| valign="top" \| War Horse – Janusz Kamiński The Artist – Guillaume Schiffman Drive – Newton Thomas Sigel Faust – Bruno Delbonnel Hugo – Robert Richardson The Tree of Life – Emmanuel Lubezki
style="background:#EEDD82;" \| Best Original Score ! style="background:#EEDD82;" \| Best Original Song
valign="top" \| Soul Surfer – Marco Beltrami Drive – Cliff Martinez Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 – Alexandre Desplat Super 8 – Michael Giacchino War Horse – John Williams Water for Elephants – James Newton Howard \| valign="top" \| "Lay Your Head Down" – Albert Nobbs "Bridge of Light" – Happy Feet Two "Gathering Stories" – We Bought a Zoo "Hello Hello" – Gnomeo & Juliet "Life's a Happy Song" – The Muppets "Man or Muppet" – The Muppets
style="background:#EEDD82;" \| Best Visual Effects ! style="background:#EEDD82;" \| Best Art Direction and Production Design
valign="top" \| *Hugo* Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 Rise of the Planet of the Apes Super 8 Transformers: Dark of the Moon War Horse \| valign="top" \| *The Artist* Anonymous Faust Hugo Mysteries of Lisbon Water for Elephants
style="background:#EEDD82;" \| Best Film Editing ! style="background:#EEDD82;" \| Best Sound (Editing and Mixing)
valign="top" \| *The Guard* The Descendants Drive Shame War Horse Warrior \| valign="top" \| *Drive* Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 Super 8 Transformers: Dark of the Moon The Tree of Life War Horse
style="background:#EEDD82;" \| Best Costume Design ! style="background:#EEDD82;" \| Best Ensemble – Motion Picture
valign="top" \| *Water for Elephants* Anonymous The Artist Faust Jane Eyre Mysteries of Lisbon \| valign="top" \| The Help – Anna Camp, Jessica Chastain, Viola Davis, Nelsan Ellis, Bryce Dallas Howard, Dana Ivey, Allison Janney, Leslie Jordan, Brian Kerwin, Chris Lowell, Ahna O'Reilly, David Oyelowo, Sissy Spacek, Octavia Spencer, Mary Steenburgen, Emma Stone, Cicely Tyson, and Mike Vogel

class=wikitable style="width="100%"

style="background:#EEDD82;" | Best Film

! style="background:#EEDD82;" | Best Director

valign="top" |

| valign="top" |

Nicolas Winding Refn – Drive
Tomas Alfredson – Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
Woody Allen – Midnight in Paris
Michel Hazanavicius – The Artist
Steve McQueen – Shame
John Michael McDonagh – The Guard
Alexander Payne – The Descendants
Martin Scorsese – Hugo
Steven Spielberg – War Horse
Tate Taylor – The Help

style="background:#EEDD82;" | Best Actor

! style="background:#EEDD82;" | Best Actress

valign="top" |

Ryan Gosling – Drive as the Driver
George Clooney – The Descendants as Matthew "Matt" King
Leonardo DiCaprio – J. Edgar as J. Edgar Hoover
Michael Fassbender – Shame as Brandon Sullivan
Brendan Gleeson – The Guard as Sergeant Gerry Boyle
Tom Hardy – Warrior as Tommy Riordan
Woody Harrelson – Rampart as Officer David "Dave" Brown
Gary Oldman – Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy as George Smiley
Brad Pitt – Moneyball as Billy Beane
Michael Shannon – Take Shelter as Curtis LaForche

| valign="top" |

Viola Davis – The Help as Aibeleen Clark
Glenn Close – Albert Nobbs as Albert Nobbs
Olivia Colman – Tyrannosaur as Hannah
Vera Farmiga – Higher Ground as Corinne Walker
Elizabeth Olsen – Martha Marcy May Marlene as Martha / Marcy May / Marlene Lewis
Meryl Streep – The Iron Lady as Margaret Thatcher
Charlize Theron – Young Adult as Mavis Gary
Emily Watson – Oranges and Sunshine as Margaret Humphreys
Michelle Williams – My Week with Marilyn as Marilyn Monroe
Michelle Yeoh – The Lady as Aung San Suu Kyi

style="background:#EEDD82;" | Best Supporting Actor

! style="background:#EEDD82;" | Best Supporting Actress

valign="top" |

Albert Brooks – Drive as Bernie Rose
Kenneth Branagh – My Week with Marilyn as Laurence Olivier
Colin Farrell – Horrible Bosses as Bobby Pellit
Jonah Hill – Moneyball as Peter Brand
Viggo Mortensen – A Dangerous Method as Sigmund Freud
Nick Nolte – Warrior as Paddy Conlon
Christopher Plummer – Beginners as Hal Fields
Andy Serkis – Rise of the Planet of the Apes as Caesar
Christoph Waltz – Carnage as Alan Cowan
Hugo Weaving – Oranges and Sunshine as Jack

| valign="top" |

Jessica Chastain – The Tree of Life as Mrs. O'Brien
Elle Fanning – Super 8 as Alice Dainard
Lisa Féret – Mozart's Sister as Princess Louise of France
Judy Greer – The Descendants as Julie Speer
Rachel McAdams – Midnight in Paris as Inez
Janet McTeer – Albert Nobbs as Hubert Page
Carey Mulligan – Shame as Sissy Sullivan
Vanessa Redgrave – Coriolanus as Volumnia
Octavia Spencer – The Help as Minerva "Minny" Jackson
Kate Winslet – Carnage as Nancy Cowan

style="background:#EEDD82;" | Best Original Screenplay

! style="background:#EEDD82;" | Best Adapted Screenplay

valign="top" |

| valign="top" |

The Descendants – Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon, and Jim Rash
The Adventures of Tintin – Steven Moffat, Edgar Wright, and Joe Cornish
Albert Nobbs – Glenn Close and John Banville
The Help – Tate Taylor
Moneyball – Steven Zaillian and Aaron Sorkin
War Horse – Lee Hall and Richard Curtis

style="background:#EEDD82;" | Best Animated or Mixed Media Film

! style="background:#EEDD82;" | Best Foreign Language Film

valign="top" |

| valign="top" |

Mysteries of Lisbon (Portugal)
13 Assassins (Japan / United Kingdom)
Faust (Russia)
The Kid with a Bike (Belgium / France / Italy)
Las Acacias (Argentina)
Le Havre (Finland / France / Germany)
Miss Bala (Mexico)
Mozart's Sister (France)
A Separation (Iran)
The Turin Horse (Hungary)

style="background:#EEDD82;" | Best Documentary Film

! style="background:#EEDD82;" | Best Cinematography

valign="top" |

| valign="top" |

style="background:#EEDD82;" | Best Original Score

! style="background:#EEDD82;" | Best Original Song

valign="top" |

Soul Surfer – Marco Beltrami
Drive – Cliff Martinez
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 – Alexandre Desplat
Super 8 – Michael Giacchino
War Horse – John Williams
Water for Elephants – James Newton Howard

| valign="top" |

"Lay Your Head Down" – Albert Nobbs
"Bridge of Light" – Happy Feet Two
"Gathering Stories" – We Bought a Zoo
"Hello Hello" – Gnomeo & Juliet
"Life's a Happy Song" – The Muppets
"Man or Muppet" – The Muppets

style="background:#EEDD82;" | Best Visual Effects

! style="background:#EEDD82;" | Best Art Direction and Production Design

valign="top" |

Hugo
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Super 8
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
War Horse

| valign="top" |

style="background:#EEDD82;" | Best Film Editing

! style="background:#EEDD82;" | Best Sound (Editing and Mixing)

valign="top" |

| valign="top" |

Drive
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2
Super 8
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
The Tree of Life
War Horse

style="background:#EEDD82;" | Best Costume Design

! style="background:#EEDD82;" | Best Ensemble – Motion Picture

valign="top" |

| valign="top" |

The Help – Anna Camp, Jessica Chastain, Viola Davis, Nelsan Ellis,
Bryce Dallas Howard, Dana Ivey, Allison Janney, Leslie Jordan, Brian Kerwin,
Chris Lowell, Ahna O'Reilly, David Oyelowo, Sissy Spacek, Octavia Spencer,
Mary Steenburgen, Emma Stone, Cicely Tyson, and Mike Vogel

Television winners and nominees

File:Timothy Olyphant 2011 (cropped).jpg, Best Actor in a Drama Series winner]]

File:Claire Danes.jpg, Best Actress in a Drama Series winner]]

File:Louis CK 2012 Shankbone.JPG, Best Actor in a Comedy or Musical Series winner]]

File:Martha Plimpton 2015.jpg, Best Actress in a Comedy or Musical Series winner]]

File:Jason Isaacs 2014.jpg, Best Actor in a Miniseries or Television Film winner]]

File:KateWinsletByAndreaRaffin2011.jpg, Best Actress in a Miniseries or Television Film winner]]

File:Peter Dinklage by Gage Skidmore.jpg, Best Supporting Actor in a Series, Miniseries, or Television Film co-winner]]

File:Ryan Hurst in 2017.jpg, Best Supporting Actor in a Series, Miniseries, or Television Film co-winner]]

File:VanessaWilliamsHWoFMar2012.jpg, Best Supporting Actress in a Series, Miniseries, or Television Film winner]]

Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold.{{cite web|url= https://www.thewrap.com/descendants-takes-top-prize-satellite-awards-33748/ |title= ‘The Descendants’ Takes Top Prize from Satellite Awards |first= Steve |last= Pond |work= TheWrap |date= December 18, 2011 |access-date= October 25, 2023 |archive-date= October 25, 2023 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20231025081337/https://www.thewrap.com/descendants-takes-top-prize-satellite-awards-33748/ |url-status=live}}

class=wikitable style="width="100%"
style="background:#EEDD82;" \| Best Drama Series ! style="background:#EEDD82;" \| Best Comedy or Musical Series
valign="top" \| Justified – FX Boardwalk Empire – HBO Breaking Bad – AMC Friday Night Lights – NBC / The 101 Network Sons of Anarchy – FX Treme – HBO \| valign="top" \| It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia – FX The Big C – Showtime Community – NBC Episodes – Showtime Louie – FX Modern Family – ABC
style="background:#EEDD82;" \| Best Miniseries or TV Film ! style="background:#EEDD82;" \| Best Genre Series
valign="top" \| Mildred Pierce – HBO Cinema Verite – HBO Downton Abbey – PBS Page Eight – PBS Thurgood – HBO Too Big to Fail – HBO \| valign="top" \| American Horror Story – FX Game of Thrones – HBO Once Upon a Time – ABC Torchwood – BBC True Blood – HBO The Walking Dead – AMC
style="background:#EEDD82;" \| Best Actor in a Drama Series ! style="background:#EEDD82;" \| Best Actress in a Drama Series
valign="top" \| Timothy Olyphant – Justified Steve Buscemi – Boardwalk Empire Kyle Chandler – Friday Night Lights Bryan Cranston – Breaking Bad William H. Macy – Shameless Wendell Pierce – Treme \| valign="top" \| Claire Danes – Homeland Connie Britton – Friday Night Lights Mireille Enos – The Killing Julianna Margulies – The Good Wife Katey Sagal – Sons of Anarchy Eve Myles – Torchwood
style="background:#EEDD82;" \| Best Actor in a Miniseries or TV Film ! style="background:#EEDD82;" \| Best Actress in a Miniseries or TV Film
valign="top" \| Jason Isaacs – Case Histories Hugh Bonneville – Downton Abbey Idris Elba – Luther Laurence Fishburne – Thurgood William Hurt – Too Big to Fail Bill Nighy – Page Eight \| valign="top" \| Kate Winslet – Mildred Pierce Taraji P. Henson – Taken from Me: The Tiffany Rubin Story Diane Lane – Cinema Verite Jean Marsh – Upstairs, Downstairs Elizabeth McGovern – Downton Abbey Rachel Weisz – Page Eight
style="background:#EEDD82;" \| Best Actor in a Musical or Comedy Series ! style="background:#EEDD82;" \| Best Actress in a Musical or Comedy Series
valign="top" \| Louis C.K. – Louie Martin Clunes – Doc Martin Charlie Day – It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia Matt LeBlanc – Episodes Joel McHale – Community Elijah Wood – Wilfred \| valign="top" \| Martha Plimpton – Raising Hope Zooey Deschanel – New Girl Felicity Huffman – Desperate Housewives Laura Linney – The Big C Melissa McCarthy – Mike & Molly Amy Poehler – Parks and Recreation
style="background:#EEDD82;" \| Best Supporting Actor in a Series, Miniseries, or TV Film ! style="background:#EEDD82;" \| Best Supporting Actress in a Series, Miniseries, or TV Film
valign="top" \| *Peter Dinklage – Game of Thrones* (TIE) Ryan Hurst – Sons of Anarchy (TIE)** Ty Burrell – Modern Family Donald Glover – Community Walton Goggins – Justified Neil Patrick Harris – How I Met Your Mother Guy Pearce – Mildred Pierce James Woods – Too Big to Fail \| valign="top" \| Vanessa Williams – Desperate Housewives Michelle Forbes – The Killing Kelly Macdonald – Boardwalk Empire Margo Martindale – Justified Maya Rudolph – Up All Night Maggie Smith – Downton Abbey Sofía Vergara – Modern Family Evan Rachel Wood – Mildred Pierce

class=wikitable style="width="100%"

style="background:#EEDD82;" | Best Drama Series

! style="background:#EEDD82;" | Best Comedy or Musical Series

valign="top" |

Justified – FX
Boardwalk Empire – HBO
Breaking Bad – AMC
Friday Night Lights – NBC / The 101 Network
Sons of Anarchy – FX
Treme – HBO

| valign="top" |

It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia – FX
The Big C – Showtime
Community – NBC
Episodes – Showtime
Louie – FX
Modern Family – ABC

style="background:#EEDD82;" | Best Miniseries or TV Film

! style="background:#EEDD82;" | Best Genre Series

valign="top" |

Mildred Pierce – HBO
Cinema Verite – HBO
Downton Abbey – PBS
Page Eight – PBS
Thurgood – HBO
Too Big to Fail – HBO

| valign="top" |

American Horror Story – FX
Game of Thrones – HBO
Once Upon a Time – ABC
Torchwood – BBC
True Blood – HBO
The Walking Dead – AMC

style="background:#EEDD82;" | Best Actor in a Drama Series

! style="background:#EEDD82;" | Best Actress in a Drama Series

valign="top" |

| valign="top" |

style="background:#EEDD82;" | Best Actor in a Miniseries or TV Film

! style="background:#EEDD82;" | Best Actress in a Miniseries or TV Film

valign="top" |

| valign="top" |

Kate Winslet – Mildred Pierce
Taraji P. Henson – Taken from Me: The Tiffany Rubin Story
Diane Lane – Cinema Verite
Jean Marsh – Upstairs, Downstairs
Elizabeth McGovern – Downton Abbey
Rachel Weisz – Page Eight

style="background:#EEDD82;" | Best Actor in a Musical or Comedy Series

! style="background:#EEDD82;" | Best Actress in a Musical or Comedy Series

valign="top" |

Louis C.K. – Louie
Martin Clunes – Doc Martin
Charlie Day – It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
Matt LeBlanc – Episodes
Joel McHale – Community
Elijah Wood – Wilfred

| valign="top" |

Martha Plimpton – Raising Hope
Zooey Deschanel – New Girl
Felicity Huffman – Desperate Housewives
Laura Linney – The Big C
Melissa McCarthy – Mike & Molly
Amy Poehler – Parks and Recreation

style="background:#EEDD82;" | Best Supporting Actor in a Series, Miniseries, or TV Film

! style="background:#EEDD82;" | Best Supporting Actress in a Series, Miniseries, or TV Film

valign="top" |

Peter Dinklage – Game of Thrones (TIE)
Ryan Hurst – Sons of Anarchy (TIE)
Ty Burrell – Modern Family
Donald Glover – Community
Walton Goggins – Justified
Neil Patrick Harris – How I Met Your Mother
Guy Pearce – Mildred Pierce
James Woods – Too Big to Fail

| valign="top" |

Vanessa Williams – Desperate Housewives
Michelle Forbes – The Killing
Kelly Macdonald – Boardwalk Empire
Margo Martindale – Justified
Maya Rudolph – Up All Night
Maggie Smith – Downton Abbey
Sofía Vergara – Modern Family
Evan Rachel Wood – Mildred Pierce

New Media winners and nominees

Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold.{{cite web|url= https://www.pressacademy.com/award_cat/2011/ |title= 2011 |work= International Press Academy |access-date= November 24, 2019 |archive-date= November 24, 2019 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20191124063600/https://www.pressacademy.com/award_cat/2011/ |url-status=dead}}

class=wikitable style="width="100%"
style="background:#EEDD82;" \| Best Classic DVD ! style="background:#EEDD82;" \| Best DVD Extras
valign="top" \| *West Side Story: 50th Anniversary Edition* Blow Out Citizen Kane: Ultimate Collector's Edition A Clockwork Orange: 40th Anniversary Edition Once Upon a Time in the West \| valign="top" \| *Star Wars: The Complete Saga* Blue Velvet Das Boot: 2-Disc Collector's Set Planet Earth: Limited Edition Super 8: 2-Disc Edition
style="background:#EEDD82;" \| Outstanding Action/Adventure Game ! style="background:#EEDD82;" \| Outstanding Mobile Game
valign="top" \| Batman: Arkham City (Rocksteady Studios) The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword (Nintendo) Limbo (Double Eleven / Playdead) Portal 2 (Valve) \| valign="top" \| Infinity Blade II (Chair Entertainment / Epic Games) Patapon 3 (Pyramid / Japan Studio) Pokémon Black and White (Game Freak) World of Goo (2D Boy)
style="background:#EEDD82;" \| Outstanding Role Playing Game ! style="background:#EEDD82;" \| Outstanding Sports/Racing Game
valign="top" \| The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (Bethesda) Bastion (Supergiant Games) Dark Souls (FromSoftware) Total War: Shogun 2 (Creative Assembly / Feral Interactive) \| valign="top" \| Forza Motorsport 4 (Turn 10 Studios) FIFA 12 (Electronic Arts) MLB 11: The Show (San Diego Studio) NBA 2K12 (Virtuos / Visual Concepts)
style="background:#EEDD82;" \| Outstanding Youth DVD ! style="background:#EEDD82;" \|
valign="top" \| *The Lion King: Diamond Edition* Harry Potter: Complete 8-Film Collection The Rocketeer: 20th Anniversary Edition Rocky and His Friends: Rocky & Bullwinkle & Friends Edition Secretariat \| valign="top" \|

class=wikitable style="width="100%"

style="background:#EEDD82;" | Best Classic DVD

! style="background:#EEDD82;" | Best DVD Extras

valign="top" |