# 24th Saturn Awards

The 24th Saturn Awards, honoring the best in science fiction, fantasy and horror film and television in 1997, were held on June 10, 1998.
Below is a complete list of nominees and winners. Winners are highlighted in bold.

## Winners and nominees
### Film

| 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 |

### Special awards
#### George Pal Memorial Award

* Dean Devlin

#### Life Career Award

* Michael Crichton
* James Karen

#### President's Award

* James Cameron

#### Service Award

* Bradley Marcus and Kevin Marcus

#### Special Award

* Gods and Monsters