Film Awards

2000 The Satellite Awards - Best Director WinnerTrafficSteven SoderberghA conservative judge is appointed by the President to spearhead America's escalating war against drugs, only to discover that his teenage daughter is a crack addict. Two DEA agents protect an informant. A jailed drug baron's wife attempts to carry on the fAmazon2000 The Satellite Awards - Best Director NomineesAlmost FamousCameron CroweAmazonCrouching Tiger, Hidden DragonAng LeeAmazonErin BrockovichSteven SoderberghAmazonGladiatorRidley ScottAmazonQuillsPhilip KaufmanAmazon

1999 The Satellite Awards - Best Director WinnerThe InsiderMichael MannA research chemist comes under personal and professional attack when he decides to appear in a 60 Minutes (1968) exposé on Big Tobacco.Amazon1999 The Satellite Awards - Best Director NomineesAmerican BeautySam MendesAmazonBoys Don't CryKimberly PeirceAmazonMagnoliaPaul Thomas AndersonAmazonSnow Falling on CedarsScott HicksAmazonThe Talented Mr. RipleyAnthony MinghellaAmazon

1998 The Satellite Awards - Best Director WinnerThe Thin Red LineTerrence MalickAdaptation of James Jones' autobiographical 1962 novel, focusing on the conflict at Guadalcanal during the second World War.Amazon1998 The Satellite Awards - Best Director NomineesElizabethShekhar KapurAmazonPleasantvilleGary RossAmazonSaving Private RyanSteven SpielbergAmazonThe GeneralJohn BoormanAmazon

1997 The Satellite Awards - Best Director WinnerTitanicJames CameronA seventeen-year-old aristocrat falls in love with a kind but poor artist aboard the luxurious, ill-fated R.M.S. Titanic.Amazon1997 The Satellite Awards - Best Director NomineesAmistadSteven SpielbergAmazonBoogie NightsPaul Thomas AndersonAmazonGood Will HuntingGus Van SantAmazonL.A. ConfidentialCurtis HansonAmazon

1996 The Satellite Awards - Best Director WinnerFargoJoel CoenJerry Lundegaard's inept crime falls apart due to his and his henchmen's bungling and the persistent police work of the quite pregnant Marge Gunderson.Amazon1996 The Satellite Awards - Best Director NomineesBreaking the WavesLars von TrierAmazonSecrets & LiesMike LeighAmazonShineScott HicksAmazonThe English PatientAnthony MinghellaAmazon