24th Saturn Awards

24th Saturn Awards
24th Saturn Awards
Date	June 10, 1998
Site	California, U.S.
Highlights
Most awards	Men in Black (3)
Most nominations	Face/Off (9)
	← 23rd; Saturn Awards; 25th →;

The 24th Saturn Awards, honoring the best in science fiction, fantasy and horror film and television in 1997, were held on June 10, 1998.^[1]

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

Winners and nominees

Film

John Woo, Best Director winner

Pierce Brosnan, Best Actor winner

Jodie Foster, Best Actress winner

Vincent D'Onofrio, Best Supporting Actor winner

Gloria Stuart, Best Supporting Actress winner

Jena Malone, Best Performance by a Younger Actor/Actress winner

Danny Elfman, Best Music winner

Best Actor	Best Actress
*Pierce Brosnan – Tomorrow Never Dies* as James Bond** Nicolas Cage – Face/Off as Caster Troy Kevin Costner – The Postman as The Postman Al Pacino – The Devil's Advocate as John Milton / Satan Will Smith – Men in Black as Agent J (Jay) John Travolta – Face/Off as Sean Archer	*Jodie Foster – Contact* as Dr. Eleanor "Ellie" Ann Arroway** Neve Campbell – Scream 2 as Sidney Prescott Pam Grier – Jackie Brown as Jackie Brown Jennifer Lopez – Anaconda as Terri Flores Mira Sorvino – Mimic as Dr. Susan Tyler Sigourney Weaver – Alien Resurrection as Ripley 8
Best Supporting Actor	Best Supporting Actress
*Vincent D'Onofrio – Men in Black* as Edgar / The Bug** Steve Buscemi – Con Air as Garland "The Marietta Mangler" Greene Robert Forster – Jackie Brown as Max Cherry Will Patton – The Postman as General Bethlehem Pete Postlethwaite – The Lost World: Jurassic Park as Roland Tembo J. T. Walsh – Breakdown as Warren "Red" Barr	*Gloria Stuart – Titanic* as Old Rose** Joan Allen – Face/Off as Eve Archer Courteney Cox – Scream 2 as Gale Weathers Teri Hatcher – Tomorrow Never Dies as Paris Carver Milla Jovovich – The Fifth Element as Leeloo Winona Ryder – Alien Resurrection as Annalee Call
Best Performance by a Younger Actor/Actress	Best Director
*Jena Malone – Contact* as Young Ellie** Vanessa Lee Chester – The Lost World: Jurassic Park as Kelly Curtis Alexander Goodwin – Mimic as Chuy Gavoila Sam Huntington – Jungle 2 Jungle as Mimi-Siku Cromwell Dominique Swain – Face/Off as Jamie Archer Mara Wilson – A Simple Wish as Annabel Greening	John Woo – Face/Off Jean-Pierre Jeunet – Alien Resurrection Barry Sonnenfeld – Men in Black Steven Spielberg – The Lost World: Jurassic Park Paul Verhoeven – Starship Troopers Robert Zemeckis – Contact
Best Writing	Best Costumes
Mike Werb and Michael Colleary – Face/Off Guillermo del Toro and Matthew Robbins – Mimic James V. Hart and Michael Goldenberg – Contact Jonathan Lemkin and Tony Gilroy – The Devil's Advocate Edward Neumeier – Starship Troopers Ed Solomon – Men in Black	Starship Troopers – Ellen Mirojnick Alien Resurrection – Bob Ringwood Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery – Deena Appel Batman & Robin – Ingrid Ferrin and Robert Turturice The Fifth Element – Jean Paul Gaultier Gattaca – Colleen Atwood
Best Make-up	Best Music
Mimic – Rick Lazzarini and Gordon J. Smith Batman & Robin – Ve Neill and Jeff Dawn The Devil's Advocate – Luigi Rocchetti and Neal Martz Face/Off – David Atherton and Kevin Yagher Men in Black – Rick Baker, David LeRoy Anderson, and Katherine James Spawn – Cindy J. Williams (K.N.B. EFX Group Inc.)	Danny Elfman – Men in Black David Arnold – Tomorrow Never Dies Michael Nyman – Gattaca John Powell – Face/Off Alan Silvestri – Contact Joseph Vitarelli – Commandments
Best Special Effects	Best Science Fiction Film
Starship Troopers – Phil Tippett, Scott E. Anderson, Alec Gillis, Tom Woodruff Jr., and John Richardson Alien Resurrection – Pitof, Erik Henry, Alec Gillis, and Tom Woodruff Jr. Contact – Ken Ralston, Stephen Rosenbaum, Jerome Chen, and Mark Holmes The Fifth Element – Karen E. Goulekas and Mark Stetson The Lost World: Jurassic Park – Dennis Muren, Stan Winston, Michael Lantieri, and Randy Dutra Men in Black – Eric Brevig, Peter Chesney, Rob Coleman, and Rick Baker	Men in Black Alien Resurrection Contact The Fifth Element The Postman Starship Troopers
Best Action/Adventure/Thriller Film	Best Fantasy Film
L.A. Confidential Breakdown Face/Off The Game Titanic Tomorrow Never Dies	Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery Batman & Robin George of the Jungle Hercules The Lost World: Jurassic Park Mouse Hunt
Best Horror Film	Best Home Video Release
The Devil's Advocate Anaconda I Know What You Did Last Summer Mimic Phantoms Scream 2	Cats Don't Dance Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas The Haunted World of Edward D. Wood Jr. The Prophecy II Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation Wishmaster

Television

Programs

Best Genre Network Series	Best Genre Cable/Syndicated Series
Buffy the Vampire Slayer (The WB) Profiler (NBC) The Simpsons (Fox) Star Trek: Voyager (UPN) The Visitor (Fox) The X-Files (Fox)	The Outer Limits (Showtime) Babylon 5 (Syndicated) Earth: Final Conflict (Syndicated) Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (Syndicated) Stargate SG-1 (Showtime) Xena: Warrior Princess (Syndicated)
Best Single Genre Television Presentation
The Shining (ABC) Cinderella (ABC) House of Frankenstein (NBC) Invasion (NBC) Retroactive (Showtime) Snow White: A Tale of Terror (Showtime)

Acting

Best Genre TV Actor	Best Genre TV Actress
*Steven Weber – The Shining* (ABC) as Jack Torrance** Richard Dean Anderson – Stargate SG-1 (Showtime) as Jack O'Neill Nicholas Brendon – Buffy the Vampire Slayer (The WB) as Xander Harris John Corbett – The Visitor (Fox) as Adam MacArthur David Duchovny – The X-Files (Fox) as Fox Mulder Michael T. Weiss – The Pretender (NBC) as Jarod	*Kate Mulgrew – Star Trek: Voyager* (UPN) as Kathryn Janeway** Gillian Anderson – The X-Files (Fox) as Dana Scully Sarah Michelle Gellar – Buffy the Vampire Slayer (The WB) as Buffy Summers Jeri Ryan – Star Trek: Voyager (UPN) as Seven of Nine Ally Walker – Profiler (NBC) as Samantha Waters Peta Wilson – La Femme Nikita (USA) as Nikita