The Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films awarded its 37th annual Saturn Awards this weekend. The Academy was founded in 1972 to honor and recognize genre achievement.
In addition to the standard awards (listed below), several special awards were announced:
The Dr. Donald A. Reed Award: Dean Devlin
The Visionary Award: Kevin Feige
The George Pal Memorial Award: Frank Darabont
The Life Career Award: Bert I. Gordon
The Life Career Award: Michael Biehn
The leader among film nominees was Inception, with nine nominations. The film picked up five awards, making it the biggest winner of the night.
In the television categories, The Walking Dead led the field with six nominations, followed by Breaking Bad, Fringe, and Lost, with five each. Fringe was the darling of the awards, taking home three.
The award winners are:
Film Awards:
Science Fiction Film: Inception
Fantasy Film: Alice in Wonderland
Horror/Thriller Film: Let Me In
Action/Adventure Film: Salt
Actor: Jeff Bridges (Tron: Legacy)
Actress: Natalie Portman (Black Swan)
Supporting Actor: Andrew Garfield (Never Let Me Go)
Supporting Actress: Mila Kunis (Black Swan)
Performance by a Younger Actor: Chloe Grace Moretz (Let Me In)
Director: Jonathan Nolan (Inception)
Writing: Jonathan Nolan (Inception)
Music: Hans Zimmer (Inception)
Costume: Colleen Atwood (Alice in Wonderland)
Make-Up: Rick Baker and Dave Elsey (The Wolfman)
Production Design: Darren Gilford (Tron: Legacy)
Special Effects: Chris Corbould, Paul Franklin, Andrew Lockley, and Peter Begg (Inception)
International Film: Monsters
Animated Film: Toy Story 3
Television Awards:
Network Series: Fringe
Syndicated/Cable Television Series: Breaking Bad
Television Presentation: The Walking Dead
Actor: Stephen Moyer (True Blood)
Actress: Anna Torv (Fringe)
Supporting Actor: John Noble (Fringe)
Supporting Actress: Lucy Lawless (Spartacus: Blood and Sand)
Guest Star (tie): Joe Manganiello (True Blood)
     Richard Dreyfuss (Weeds)
DVD Awards:
DVD Release: Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy
DVD Special Edition: Avatar (Extended Collector’s Edition)
DVD Classic Film Release: The Complete Metropolis
DVD Movie Collection: Alien Anthology
DVD Television Release: The Twilight Zone (Season 1 and 2) (Blu Ray)
Stage Awards:
Local Stage Production: Musical: Young Frankenstein (Pantages Theatre)
Local Stage Production: Drama/Comedy: The Lieutenant of Inishmore (Mark Taper Forum)
Local Stage Production: Small Theater: Watson (Sacred Fools Theatre)
We detailed the nominees in this article.