The International Press Academy will hold its awards dinner, recognizing film and TV in 31 categories, on Dec. 16.

Ten movies have been nominated as best motion picture by the International Press Academy, which announced nominees for its 17th annual Satellite Awards on Monday. The organization, composed of entertainment journalists for both domestic and foreign outlets, rounded up an electric group of films that includes Argo, Silver Linings Playbook, Beasts of the Southern Wild, Les Miserables, Skyfall, Moonrise Kingdom, The Sessions, Lincoln, Life of Pi and Zero Dark Thirty.

The Satellite Awards, which cover 31 film and TV categories, will be presented at a dinner Dec. 16 at the Intercontinental Hotel in Century City. The group also plans to announced further nominees for DVD and video games.

It previously had announced several special awards: Terence Stamp will be given the Mary Pickford Award for outstanding artistic contribution to the entertainment industry, Walter Murch will receive the Nikola Tesla Award for visionary achievement in filmmaking technology, Paul Williams will be given the Auteur Award, Bruce Davison is to receive the Honorary Satellite Award and young Beasts of the Southern Wild star Quvenzhane Wallis will be given the group's Newcomer Award.

A complete list of nominees follows:

MOTION PICTURES

Actress in a Motion Picture
Jennifer Lawrence, Silver Linings Playbook, The Weinstein Co.
Emilie Dequenne, Our Children, Versus Production
Keira Knightley, Anna Karenina, Focus Features
Emmanuelle, Riva Amour, Sony Pictures Classics
Laura Birn, Purge, Solar Films
Laura Linney, Hyde Park on Hudson, Focus Features
Jessica Chastain Zero Dark Thirty, Columbia Pictures

Actor in a Motion Picture
John Hawkes, The Sessions, Fox Searchlight Pictures
Omar Sy, The Intouchables, The Weinstein Co.
Hugh Jackman, Les Miserables, Universal
Joaquin Phoenix, The Master, The Weinstein Co.
Denzel Washington, Flight, Paramount Pictures
Daniel Day-Lewis, Lincoln, DreamWorks/Touchstone
Bradley Cooper, Silver Linings Playbook, The Weinstein Co.

Actress in a Supporting Role
Amy Adams, The Master, The Weinstein Co.
Helene Florent, Cafe De Flore, Adopt Films
Anne Hathaway, Les Miserables, Universal
Helen Hunt, The Sessions, Fox Searchlight Pictures
Judi Dench, Skyfall, Columbia Pictures
Samantha Barks, Les Miserables, Universal

Actor in a Supporting Role
Philip Seymour Hoffman, The Master, The Weinstein Co.
Robert De Niro, Silver Linings Playbook, The Weinstein Co.
John Goodman, Flight, Paramount Pictures
Javier Bardem, Skyfall, Columbia Pictures
Tommy Lee Jones, Lincoln, DreamWorks/Touchstone
Eddie Redmayne, Les Miserables, Universal

Motion Picture
Argo, Warner Bros.
Silver Linings Playbook, The Weinstein Co.
Beasts of the Southern Wild, Fox Searchlight Pictures
Les Miserables, Universal
Skyfall, Columbia Pictures
Moonrise Kingdom, Focus Features
The Sessions, Fox Searchlight Pictures
Lincoln, DreamWorks/Touchstone
Life of Pi, Twentieth Century Fox
Zero Dark Thirty, Columbia Pictures

Motion Picture, International Film
Amour, Sony Pictures Classics Austria
A Royal Affair, Magnolia Pictures Denmark
The Intouchables, The Weinstein Co. France
Our Children, Le Films Du Losange Belgium
Kon-Tiki, The Weinstein Co. Norway
Pieta, Drafthouse Films South Korea
Beyond the Hills, Sundance Selects Romania
War Witch, Tribeca Film Canada
Caesar Must Die, Adopt Film Italy

Motion Picture, Animated or Mixed Media
ParaNorman, Focus Features
Wreck-It Ralph, Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
Rise of the Guardians, DreamWorks Animation
Brave, Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
Ice Age 4: Continental Drift, Twentieth Century Fox Animation
Frankenweenie, Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted, DreamWorks Animation

Motion Picture, Documentary
The Central Park Five, Sundance Selects
The Pruitt-Igoe, Myth First Run Features
The Gatekeepers, Sony Pictures Classics
Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry, Sundance Selects
West of Memphis, Sony Pictures Classics
Chasing Ice, National Geographic
Marina Abramovic: The Artist Is Present, Music Box Films
Searching for Sugar Man, Sony Pictures Classics

Director
David O. Russell, Silver Linings Playbook, The Weinstein Co.
Ben Affleck, Argo, Warner Bros.
Kim Ki-Duk, Pieta, Drafthouse Films
Ben Lewin, The Sessions, Fox Searchlight Pictures
Steven Spielberg, Lincoln, DreamWorks/Touchstone
Kathryn Bigelow, Zero Dark Thirty, Columbia Pictures

Original Screenplay
Eric Toledano, Olivier Nakache, The Intouchables, The Weinstein Co.
John Gatins, Flight, Paramount Pictures
Kim Ki-Duk, Pieta, Drafthouse Films
Roman Coppola, Wes Anderson, Moonrise Kingdom, Focus Features
Paul Thomas Anderson, The Master, The Weinstein Co.
Mark Boal, Zero Dark Thirty, Columbia Pictures

Adapted Screenplay
Ben LewinThe Sessions Fox Searchlight Pictures (Based on documentary Breathing Lessons: The Life and Work of Mark O’Brien, Directed by Jessica Yu)
Tony Kushner, John Logan, Paul Webb, Lincoln, DreamWorks/Touchstone (Based on Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln by Doris Kearns Goodwin)
Chris Terrio, Argo, Warner Bros. (Based on magazine article “Escape From Tehran” by Joshuah Berman)
Tom Stoppard, Anna Karenina Focus Features (Based on the novel by Leo Tolstoy)
David O. Russell, Silver Linings Playbook, The Weinstein Co. (Based on the novel by Matthew Quick)
David Magee, Life of Pi, Twentieth Century Fox (Based on the Novel by Yann Martel)

Original Score (Composer, Film)
Alexandre Desplat, Argo, Warner Bros.
Dario Marianelli, Anna Karenina, Focus Features
Thomas Newman, Skyfall, Columbia Pictures
Jonny Greenwood, The Master, The Weinstein Co.
John Williams, Lincoln, DreamWorks/Touchstone
Dan Romer, Benh Zeitlin, Beasts of the Southern Wild, Fox Searchlight Pictures

Original Song (Title, Performer, Writer(s), Film)
"Learn Me Right, " Birdy Birdy & Mumford and Sons, Mumford and Sons, Brave
"Still Alive, " Paul Williams, Paul Williams, Paul Williams: Still Alive
"Skyfall, " Adele, Adele Adkins, Paul Epworth, Skyfall
"Suddenly, " Hugh Jackman, Alain Boubil, Herbert Kretzmer, Les Miserables
"Fire in the Blood/Snake Song, " Emmylou Harris, Emmylou Harris, Nick Cave, Warren Ellis, Lawless
"Love Always Comes as a Surprise." Peter Asher, Peter Asher & Dave Stewart, Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted

Cinematography
Ben Richardson, Beasts of the Southern Wild, Fox Searchlight Pictures
Mihai Malaimare Jr., The Master, The Weinstein Co.
Janusz Kaminski, Lincoln, DreamWorks/Touchstone
Roger Deakins, Skyfall, Columbia Pictures
Seamus McGarvey, Anna Karenina, Focus Features
Claudio Miranda, Life of Pi, Twentieth Century Fox

Visual Effects
Steve Begg, Arundi Asregadoo, Andrew Whitehurst, Skyfall, Columbia Pictures
Richard Stammers, Charley Henley, Martin Hill, Prometheus, Twentieth Century Fox
Bill Westenhofer, Life of Pi, Twentieth Century Fox
Michael Lantieri, Kevin Baillie, Ryan Tudhope, Jim Gibbs, Flight, Paramount Pictures
Dan Glass, Geoffrey Hancock, Stephane Ceretti, Cloud Atlas, Warner Bros.
Chris Corbould, Paul Franklin, The Dark Knight Rises, Warner Bros.

Film Editing
Lisa Bromwell, The Sessions, Fox Searchlight Pictures
Jeremiah O’Driscoll, Flight, Paramount Pictures
Dylan Tichenor, Zero Dark Thirty, Columbia Pictures
Alexander Berner, Cloud Atlas, Warner Bros
Jay Cassidy, Silver Linings Playbook, The Weinstein Co.
Chris Dickens, Les Miserables, Universal

Sound (Editing and Mixing)
Dennis Leonard, Randy Thom,Flight, Paramount Pictures
John Warhurst, Lee Walpole, Simon Hayes, Les Miserables, Universal
Craig Henighan, Chris Munro, Snow White & The Huntsman, Universal
Baard H. Ingebretsen, Tormod Ringes, Kon-Tiki, The Weinstein Co.
Drew Kunin, Eugene Gearty, Philip Stockton, Life of Pi, Twentieth Century Fox
Victor Ray Ennis, Ann Scibelli, John Cucci, Mark P. Stoeckinger Prometheus Twentieth Century Fox

Art Direction & Production Design
Rick Carter, Curt Beech, David Crank, Leslie McDonald, Lincoln, DreamWorks/Touchstone
Nathan Crowley, Kevin Kavanaugh, James Hambidge, Naaman Marshall, The Dark Knight Rises, Warner Bros.
Niels Sejer, A Royal Affair, Magnolia Pictures
David Crank, Jack Fisk, The Master, The Weinstein Co.
Sarah Greenwood, Niall Moroney, Thomas Brown, Nick Gottschalk, Tom Still, Anna Karenina, Focus Features
Eve Stewart, Anna Lynch-Robinson, Les Miserables, Universal

Costume Design
Colleen Atwood. Snow White & The Huntsman, Universal
Manon RasmussenA Royal Affair, Magnolia Pictures
Christian Gasc, Valerie Ranchoux, Farewell, My Queen, Cohen Media Group
Jacqueline Durran, Anna Karenina, Focus Features
Kym Barrett, Pierre-Yves Gayraud, Cloud Atlas, Warner Bros
Paco Delgado, Les Miserables, Universal

TELEVISION

Miniseries/Motion Picture Made for Television
Hatfields & McCoys, History
Hemingway & Gellhorn, HBO
Wallander, PBS
Luther, BBC America
Sherlock, PBS
Game Change, HBO
Birdsong, PBS
The Crimson Petal and the White, BBC America

Actress in a Miniseries or a Motion Picture Made for Television
Nicole Kidman, Hemingway & Gellhorn, HBO
Julianne Moore, Game Change, HBO
Gillian Anderson, Great Expectations, PBS
Romola Garai, The Crimson Petal And The White, BBC America
Sienna Miller, The Girl, HBO
Sigourney Weaver, Political Animals, USA Network

Actor in a Miniseries or a Motion Picture Made for Television
Clive Owen, Hemingway & Gellhorn, HBO
Benedict Cumberbatch, Sherlock, PBS
Kevin Costner, Hatfields & McCoys, History
Kenneth Branagh, Wallander, PBS
Woody Harrelson, Game Change, HBO
Idris Elba, Luther, BBC America

Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television
Maya Rudolph, Up All Night, NBC
Christina Hendricks, Mad Men, AMC
Maggie Smith, Downton Abbey, PBS
Mayim Bialik, The Big Bang Theory, CBS
Sarah Paulson, Game Change, HBO
Mare Winningham, Hatfields & McCoys, History

Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television
Peter Dinklage, Game of Thrones, HBO
Evan Peters, American Horror Story, FX
Giancarlo Esposito, Breaking Bad, AMC
Neal Mcdonough, Justified, FX
Jim Carter, Downton Abbey, PBS
Powers Boothe, Nashville, ABC

Television Series, Drama
Justified, FX
Downton Abbey, PBS
Breaking Bad, AMC
The Newsroom, HBO
The Good Wife, CBS
Game of Thrones, HBO
Homeland, Showtime
Nashville, ABC

Television Series, Genre
American Horror Story, FX
Once Upon a Time, ABC
Supernatural, TheCW
Fringe, Fox
Arrow, The CW
Grimm, NBC
Walking Dead AMC

Actress in a Series, Drama
Claire Danes, Homeland, Showtime
Chloe Sevigny, Hit & Miss, Sky Atlantic
Connie Britton, Nashville, ABC
Hayden Panettiere, Nashville, ABC
Michelle Dockery, Downton Abbey, PBS
Julianna Margulies, The Good Wife, CBS

Actor in a Series, Drama
Bryan Cranston, Breaking Bad, AMC
Jeff Daniels, The Newsroom, HBO
Jon Hamm, Mad Men, AMC
Damian Lewis, Homeland, Showtime
Timothy Olyphant, Justified, FX
Johnny Lee Miller, Elementary, CBS

Television Series, Comedy or Musical
Girls, HBO
Community, NBC
The Office, NBC
Happy Endings, ABC
Up All Night, NBC
Modern Family, ABC
Parks and Recreation, NBC
The Big Bang Theory, CBS

Actress in a Series, Comedy or Musical
Laura Dern, Enlightened, HBO
Amy Poehler, Parks and Recreation, NBC
Lena Dunham, Girls, HBO
Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Veep, HBO
Christina Applegate, Up All Night, NBC
Kaley Cuoco, The Bang Big Theory, CBS

Actor in a Series, Comedy or Musical
Don Cheadle, House of Lies, Showtime
Louis C.K., Louie, FX
Joel McHale, Community, NBC
Jim Parsons, The Big Bang Theory, CBS
Will Arnett, Up All Night, NBC
Johnny Galecki, The Big Bang Theory CBS

SPECIAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS
Mary Pickford Award for Outstanding Artistic Contribution to the Entertainment Industry: Terence Stamp
Nikola Tesla Award In Recognition of Visionary Achievement in Filmmaking Technology: Walter Murch
Auteur Award: Paul Williams
Honorary Satellite Award: Bruce Davison
Newcomer Award: Quvenzhane Wallis Beasts of the Southern Wild
Best Ensemble, Motion Picture: Les Miserables
Best Ensemble, Television:The Walking Dead, AMC