The 3rd Golden Satellite Awards, given by the International Press Academy, honored the best in film and television for 1998.

Special achievement awards

Mary Pickford Award (for outstanding contribution to the entertainment industry) – Alan J. Pakula

3rd Golden Satellite Awards

Outstanding New Talent – Eamonn Owens

Motion picture winners and nominees

Best Actor – Drama

Edward Norton – American History X

Stephen Fry – Wilde

Brendan Gleeson – The General

Derek Jacobi – Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon

Nick Nolte – Affliction

Ian McKellen – Gods and Monsters

Best Actor – Musical or Comedy

Ian Bannen – Waking Ned (TIE) David Kelly – Waking Ned (TIE) Warren Beatty – Bulworth Jeff Bridges – The Big Lebowski Michael Caine – Little Voice Robin Williams – Patch Adams

3rd Golden Satellite Awards

Best Actress – Drama

Cate Blanchett – Elizabeth

Helena Bonham Carter – The Theory of Flight

Fernanda Montenegro – Central Station (Central do Brasil) Susan Sarandon – Stepmom Meryl Streep – One True Thing Emily Watson – Hilary and Jackie

3rd Golden Satellite Awards

Best Actress – Musical or Comedy

Christina Ricci – The Opposite of Sex

Jane Horrocks – Little Voice

Holly Hunter – Living Out Loud

Gwyneth Paltrow – Shakespeare in Love

Meg Ryan – You've Got Mail

Best Animated or Mixed Media Film

A Bug's Life

Antz

Mulan

The Prince of Egypt

The Rugrats Movie

Best Art Direction

The Truman Show – Dennis Gassner

Beloved

Elizabeth

Pleasantville

Shakespeare in Love

Best Cinematography

The Thin Red Line – John Toll

Beloved

Pleasantville

Saving Private Ryan

Shakespeare in Love

Best Costume Design

Elizabeth – Alexandra Byrne

Beloved

Ever After

Pleasantville

Shakespeare in Love

Best Director

Terrence Malick – The Thin Red Line

John Boorman – The General

Shekhar Kapur – Elizabeth

Gary Ross – Pleasantville

Steven Spielberg – Saving Private Ryan

Best Documentary Film

Ayn Rand: A Sense of Life

The Cruise

The Farm: Angola, USA

Kurt & Courtney

Public Housing

Best Editing

Saving Private Ryan – Michael Kahn

Beloved

Pleasantville

Shakespeare in Love

The Thin Red Line

Best Film – Drama

The Thin Red Line

Elizabeth

The General

Gods and Monsters

Saving Private Ryan

Best Film – Musical or Comedy

Shakespeare in Love

Little Voice

Pleasantville

Waking Ned

You've Got Mail

Best Foreign Language Film

Central Station (Central do Brasil), Brazil

The Celebration (Festen), Denmark

Life Is Beautiful (La vita è bella), Italy

Only Clouds Move the Stars (Bare skyer beveger stjernene), Norway

The Separation (La Séparation), France

Best Original Score

"The Thin Red Line" – Hans Zimmer

"Beloved" – Rachel Portman

"City of Angels" – Gabriel Yared

"Pleasantville" – Randy Newman

"Saving Private Ryan" – John Williams

Best Original Song

"I Don't Want to Miss a Thing" performed by Aerosmith – Armageddon

"Anyone at All" – You've Got Mail

"The Flame Still Burns" – Still Crazy

"That'll Do" – Babe: Pig in the City

"When You Believe" – The Prince of Egypt

Best Screenplay – Adapted

Gods and Monsters – Bill Condon

Beloved – Adam Brooks, Akosua Busia and Richard LaGravenese

Hilary and Jackie – Frank Cottrell Boyce

Little Voice – Mark Herman

The Thin Red Line – Terrence Malick

Best Screenplay – Original

Pleasantville – Gary Ross

American History X – David McKenna

Central Station (Central do Brasil) – Marcos Bernstein and João Emanuel Carneiro

Saving Private Ryan – Robert Rodat

Shakespeare in Love – Marc Norman and Tom Stoppard

Best Supporting Actor – Drama

Donald Sutherland – Without Limits

Robert Duvall – A Civil Action

Jason Patric – Your Friends & Neighbors

Tom Sizemore – Saving Private Ryan

Billy Bob Thornton – A Simple Plan

Best Supporting Actor – Musical or Comedy

Bill Murray – Rushmore

Jeff Daniels – Pleasantville

John Goodman – The Big Lebowski

Bill Nighy – Still Crazy

Geoffrey Rush – Shakespeare in Love

Best Supporting Actress – Drama

Kimberly Elise – Beloved