Oscar 2014 Precursor: '12 Years A Slave' Leads Satellite Award Nominations

The 18^th annual Satellite Awards have announced their nominations with "12 Years A Slave" leading the nominees.

The Steve McQueen film garnered 10 nominations including the Best Picture, Best Actor for Chiwetel Ejiofor, Best Supporting Actor for Michael Fassbender, Best Supporting Actress for Lupita Nyong'o, and Best Screenplay for John Ridley. The film was also nominated for Best Score, Best Editing, Best Cinematography and Best Costume Design.

"American Hustle" and "Gravity" obtained the second-most nominations. "Hustle" received nominations for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actress, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor and Best Supporting Actress. Meanwhile, "Gravity" obtained nominations for Best Picture, Best Director and Best Actress.

One of the biggest surprises was "Rush," which received nominations for Best Picture and Best Director as well as five other technical awards. The film, however, failed to receive a Best Supporting Actor or a Screenplay nod. "Rush" is currently seen as a long-shot for an Oscar nomination but early nominations like this one may boost the film's awards possibilities.

Other Best Picture nominations include "Inside Llewyn Davis," "Saving Mr. Banks," "Blue Jasmine," "Captain Phillips," "Philomena" and "The Wolf of Wall Street."

The awards also surprised in a number of categories. Ryan Gosling garnered a Best Supporting Actor nominations for his role in "The Place Beyond the Pines" while Casey Affleck also received a nod in the category for his role in "Out of the Furnace." "Blue Is the Warmest Color" actresses Lea Seydou, and Adele Exarchoupoulos were also nominated.

A number of Satellite winners have went on to win or get nominated for Oscars including "Argo," "The Descendants," "The Social Network" and "The Hurt Locker."

The Satellite Awards are run by International Press Academy, which is an association of entertainment journalists. The awards will be handed out on March 9, 2014.

Complete List of Nominations    

Motion Picture

• "12 Years A Slave" (Fox Searchlight)
• "All Is Lost" (Lionsgate/Roadside Attractions)
• "American Hustle" (Sony)
• "Blue Jasmine" (Sony Pictures Classics)
• "Captain Phillips" (Sony)
• "Gravity" (Warner Bros.)
• "Inside Llewyn Davis" (CBS Films)
• "Philomena" (The Weinstein Company)
• "Saving Mr. Banks" (Disney)
• "The Wolf of Wall Street" (Paramount)

Director

• Woody Allen - "Blue Jasmine" (Sony Pictures Classics)
• Ethan Coen, Joel Coen - "Inside Llewyn Davis" (CBS Films)
• Alfonso Cuaron - "Gravity" (Warner Bros.)
• Paul Greengrass - "Captain Phillips" (Sony)
• Ron Howard - "Rush" (Universal)
• Steve McQueen - "12 Years A Slave" (Fox Searchlight)
• David O. Russell - "American Hustle" (Sony)
• Martin Scorsese - "The Wolf of Wall Street" (Paramount)

Actress in a Motion Picture

• Amy Adams - "American Hustle" (Sony)
• Cate Blanchett - "Blue Jasmine" (Sony Pictures Classics)
• Sandra Bullock - "Gravity" (Warner Bros.)
• Judi Dench - "Philomena" (The Weinstein Company)
• Adèle Exarchopoulos - "Blue Is the Warmest Color" (Sundance)
• Julia Louis-Dreyfus - "Enough Said" (Fox Searchlight)
• Meryl Streep - "August: Osage County" (The Weinstein Company)
• Emma Thompson - "Saving Mr. Banks" (Disney)

Actor in a Motion Picture

• Christian Bale - "American Hustle" (Sony)
• Bruce Dern - "Nebraska" (Paramount)
• Leonardo DiCaprio - "The Wolf of Wall Street" (Paramount)
• Chiwetel Ejiofor - "12 Years A Slave" (Fox Searchlight)
• Tom Hanks - "Captain Phillips" (Sony)
• Matthew McConaughey - "Dallas Buyers Club" (Focus Features)
• Robert Redford - "All Is Lost" (Lionsgate/Roadside Attractions)
• Forest Whitaker - "Lee Daniels' The Butler" (The Weinstein Company)

Actress in a Supporting Role

• Sally Hawkins - "Blue Jasmine" (Sony Pictures Classics)
• Jennifer Lawrence - "American Hustle" (Sony)
• Lupita Nyong'o - "12 Years A Slave" (Fox Searchlight)
• Julia Roberts - "August: Osage County" (The Weinstein Company)
• Léa Seydoux - "Blue Is the Warmest Color" (Sundance)
• June Squibb - "Nebraska" (Paramount)
• Emily Watson - "The Book Thief" (20th Century Fox)
• Oprah Winfrey - "Lee Daniels' The Butler" (The Weinstein Company)

Actor in a Supporting Role

• Bradley Cooper - "American Hustle" (Sony)
• Michael Fassbender - "12 Years A Slave" (Fox Searchlight)
• Harrison Ford - "42" (Warner Bros.)
• Ryan Gosling - "The Place Beyond the Pines" (Focus Features)
• Jake Gyllenhaal - "Prisoners" (Warner Bros.)
• Tom Hanks - "Saving Mr. Banks" (Disney)
• Casey Affleck - "Out of the Furnace" (Relativity Media)
• Jared Leto - "Dallas Buyers Club" (Focus Features)

Motion Picture, International Film

• "Bethlehem" - Israel
• "Blue Is the Warmest Color" - France
• "The Broken Circle Breakdown" - Belgium
• "Circles" - Serbia
• "Four Corners" - South Africa
• "The Great Beauty" - Italy
• "The Hunt" - Denmark
• "Metro Manila" - United Kingdom
• "The Past" - Iran
• "Wadjda" - Saudia Arabia

Motion Picture, Animated or Mixed Media

• "Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 2" (Sony)
• "The Croods" (DreamWorks)
• "Epic" (20th Century Fox)
• "Ernest & Celestine" (GKIDS)
• "Frozen" (Disney)
• "Monsters University" (Disney-Pixar)
• "Turbo" (DreamWorks)
• "The Wind Rises" (Studio Ghibli)

Motion Picture, Documentary

• "20 Feet from Stardom" (Radius-TWC)
• "The Act of Killing" (Drafthouse Films)
• "After Tiller" (Oscilloscope)
• "American Promise" (Rada Film Group)
• "Blackfish" (Magnolia Pictures)
• "Evocateur: The Morton Downey Jr. Movie" (Ironbound Films)
• "Sound City" (Roswell Films)
• "The Square" (City Drive Entertainment Group)
• "Stories We Tell" (Roadside Attractions)
• "Tim's Vermeer" (Sony Pictures Classics)

Screenplay, Original

• David O. Russell, Eric Singer - "American Hustle" (Sony)
• Woody Allen - "Blue Jasmine" (Sony Pictures Classics)
• Nicole Holofcener - "Enough Said" (Fox Searchlight)
• Spike Jonze - "Her" (Warner Bros.)
• Ethan Coen, Joel Coen - "Inside Llewyn Davis" (CBS Films)
• Kelly Mareel, Sue Smith - "Saving Mr. Banks" (Disney)

Screenplay, Adapted

• John Ridley - "12 Years A Slave" (Fox Searchlight)
• Julie Delpy, Ethan Hawke, Richard Linklater - "Before Midnight" (Sony Pictures Classics)
• Billy Ray - "Captain Phillips" (Sony)
• Peter Berg - "Lone Survivor" (Universal)
• Steve Coogan, Jeff Pope - "Philomena" (The Weinstein Company)
• Terence Winter - "The Wolf of Wall Street" (Paramount)

Original Score

• Hans Zimmer - "12 Years A Slave" (Fox Searchlight)
• John Williams - "The Book Thief" (20th Century Fox)
• Steven Price - "Gravity" (Warner Bros.)
• Arcade Fire - "Her" (Warner Bros.)
• Alexandre Desplat - "Philomena" (The Weinstein Company)
• Theodore Shapiro - "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" (20th Century Fox)

Original Song

• "Happy," "Despicable Me 2" (Universal)
• "Let It Go," "Frozen" (Disney)
• "Young and Beautiful," "The Great Gatsby" (Warner Bros.)
• "I See Fire," "The Hobbit: The Desolation Of Smaug" (Warner Bros.)
• "Please Mr. Kennedy," "Inside Llewyn Davis" (CBS Films)
• "So You Know What It's Like," "Short Term 12" (Cinedigm)

Cinematography

• Sean Bobbitt - "12 Years A Slave" (Fox Searchlight)
• Emmanuel Lubezki - "Gravity" (Warner Bros.)
• Bruno Delbonnel - "Inside Llewyn Davis" (CBS Films)
• Roger Deakins - "Prisoners" (Warner Bros.)
• Anthony Dod - "Mantle Rush" (Universal)
• Stuart Dryburgh - "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" (20th Century Fox)

Visual Effects

• Robert Munroe, Colin Davies, Brendon O'Dell - "All Is Lost" (Lionsgate/Roadside Attractions)
• Markus Manninen, Matt Baer - "The Croods" (DreamWorks)
• Tim Webber, Charles Howell, Chris Lawrence - "Gravity" (Warner Bros.)
• Scott Stokdyk, Troy Saliba, James Schwalm - "Oz the Great and Powerful" (Disney)
• Jody Johnson, Mark Hodgkins, Antoine Moulineau - "Rush" (Universal)
• Scott Farrar, Andrew R. Jones, Jessica Norman, and Matt Johnson - "World War Z" (Paramount)

Film Editing

• Joe Walker - "12 Years A Slave" (Fox Searchlight)
• Jay Cassidy, Crispin Struthers - "American Hustle"
• Alfonso Cuaron, Mark Sanger - "Gravity" (Warner Bros.)
• Joel Cox, Gary D. Roach - "Prisoners" (Warner Bros.)
• Daniel P. Hanley, Mike Hill - "Rush" (Universal)
• Thelma Schoonmaker - "The Wolf of Wall Street" (Paramount)

Sound (Editing and Mixing)

• Steve Boeddeker, Richard Hymns, Brandon Proctor - "All Is Lost" (Lionsgate)
• Oliver Tarney, Chris Burdon, Mark Taylor - "Captain Phillips" (Sony)
• Craig Berkey, Dave Whitehead, David Husby, and Christopher Scarabosio - "Elysium" (Sony)
• Glenn Freemantle, Niv Adiri, Skip Lievsey - "Gravity" (Warner Bros.)
• Skip Lievsay, Paul Urmson, Igor Nikolic - "Inside Llewyn Davis" (CBS Films)
• Danny Hambrook, Frank Kruse, Markus Stemler - "Rush" (Universal)

Art Direction & Production Design

• Catherine Martin, Beverly Dunn - "The Great Gatsby" (Warner Bros.)
• Maria Djurkovic, Tatiana Macdonald - "The Invisible Woman" (Sony Pictures Classics)
• Tim Galvin, Diane Lederman - "Lee Daniels' The Butler" (The Weinstein Company)
• Robert Stromberg, Nancy Haigh - "Oz the Great and Powerful" (Disney)
• Mark Digby, Patrick Rolfe - "Rush" (Universal)
• Michael Corenblith, Lauren E. Polizzi - "Saving Mr. Banks" (Disney)

Costume Design

• Patricia Norris - "12 Years A Slave" (Fox Searchlight)
• Catherine Martin - "The Great Gatsby" (Warner Bros.)
• Michael O'Connor - "The Invisible Woman" (Sony Pictures Classics)
• Gary Jones - "Oz the Great and Powerful" (Disney)
• Julian Day - "Rush" (Universal)
• Daniel Orlandi - "Saving Mr. Banks" (Disney)

Special Achievement

Honorary Satellite Award

• Ryan Coogler

Breakthrough Performance Award

• Sophie Nelisse, "The Book Thief"

Best Ensemble, Motion Picture

• "Nebraska"