2017 Gold Derby Awards

The winners of the 2017 Gold Derby Film Awards were announced on February 21, 2017. The nominations for the 2017 Gold Derby Television Awards were announced on July 26, 2017 with Veep and This Is Us leading the nominations with nine.

Motion picture winners and nominees

Best Picture

Best Director
  • La La Land – Fred Berger, Jordan Horowitz, Marc Platt
    • Arrival – Shawn Levy, Dan Levine, Aaron Ryder, David Linde
    • Hell or High Water – Carla Hacken, Julie Yorn
    • Hidden Figures – Peter Chernin, Donna Gigliotti, Theodore Melfi, Jenno Topping, Pharrell Williams
    • Jackie – Darren Aronofsky, Pascal Caucheteux, Scott Franklin, Ari Handel, Juan de Dios Larraín, Mickey Liddell
    • Manchester by the Sea – Lauren Beck, Matt Damon, Kimberly Steward, Chris Moore, Kevin J. Walsh
    • Moonlight – Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Adele Romanski
    • Nocturnal Animals – Tom Ford, Robert Salerno
    • Silence – Vittorio Cecchi Gori, Barbara De Fina, Randall Emmett, David Lee, Gastón Pavlovich, Martin Scorsese, Emma Tillinger Koskoff, Irwin Winkler
    • Zootopia – Clark Spencer
  • 'Damien Chazelle –La La Land''
    • Barry Jenkins – Moonlight
    • Pablo Larraín – Jackie
    • Kenneth Lonergan – Manchester by the Sea
    • Denis Villeneuve – Arrival

Best Actor

Best Actress
  • Casey Affleck – Manchester by the Sea as Lee Chandler
    • Andrew Garfield – Hacksaw Ridge as Desmond Doss
    • Ryan Gosling – La La Land as Sebastian Wilder
    • Viggo Mortensen – Captain Fantastic as Ben Cash
    • Denzel Washington – Fences as Troy Maxson
  • Emma Stone – La La Land as Mia Dolan
    • Amy Adams – Arrival as Louise Banks
    • Annette Bening – 20th Century Women as Dorothea Fields
    • Isabelle Huppert – Elle as Michèle Leblanc
    • Natalie Portman – Jackie as Jackie Kennedy

Best Supporting Actor

Best Supporting Actress
  • Mahershala Ali – Moonlight as Juan
    • Jeff Bridges – Hell or High Water as Marcus Hamilton
    • John Goodman – 10 Cloverfield Lane as Howard Stambler
    • Lucas Hedges – Manchester by the Sea as Patrick Chandler
    • Dev Patel – Lion as Saroo Brierley
  • Viola Davis – Fences as Rose Maxson
    • Naomie Harris – Moonlight as Paula
    • Janelle Monáe – Hidden Figures as Mary Jackson
    • Molly Shannon – Other People as Joanne Mulcahey
    • Michelle Williams – Manchester by the Sea as Randi

Best Adapted Screenplay

Best Original Screenplay
  • Moonlight – Barry Jenkins, Tarell Alvin McCraney
    • Arrival – Eric Heisserer
    • Deadpool – Rhett Reese, Paul Wernick
    • Fences – August Wilson
    • Nocturnal Animals – Tom Ford
  • Manchester by the Sea – Kenneth Lonergan
    • Hell or High Water – Taylor Sheridan
    • La La Land – Damien Chazelle
    • The Lobster – Yorgos Lanthimos, Efthimis Filippou
    • Zootopia – Jared Bush, Phil Johnston, Byron Howard, Rich Moore, Jim Reardon, Josie Trinidad, Jennifer Lee

Best Cinematography

Best Film Editing
  • La La Land – Linus Sandgren
    • Arrival – Bradford Young
    • Jackie – Stéphane Fontaine
    • Moonlight – James Laxton
    • Silence – Rodrigo Prieto
  • La La Land – Tom Cross
    • Arrival – Joe Walker
    • Hacksaw Ridge – John Gilbert
    • Manchester by the Sea – Jennifer Lame
    • Moonlight – Joi McMillon, Nat Sanders

Best Costume Design

Best Production Design
  • Jackie – Madeline Fontaine
    • Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them – Colleen Atwood
    • Florence Foster Jenkins – Consolata Boyle
    • Hail, Caesar! – Mary Zophres
    • La La Land – Mary Zophres
  • La La Land – David Wasco
    • Arrival – Patrice Vermette
    • Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them – Stuart Craig, James Hambidge
    • The Handmaiden – Ryu Seong-hie
    • Jackie – Jean Rabasse

Best Score

Best Song
  • La La Land – Justin Hurwitz
    • Arrival – Jóhann Jóhannsson
    • Jackie – Mica Levi
    • Moonlight – Nicholas Britell
    • Nocturnal Animals – Abel Korzeniowski
  • "City of Stars" from La La Land – Justin Hurwitz, Benj Pasek, Justin Paul
    • "Another Day of Sun" from La La Land – Justin Hurwitz, Benj Pasek, Justin Paul
    • "Audition (The Fools Who Dream)" from La La Land – Justin Hurwitz, Benj Pasek, Justin Paul
    • "Drive It Like You Stole It" from Sing Street – Gary Clark
    • "How Far I'll Go" from Moana – Lin-Manuel Miranda

Best Makeup and Hairstyling

Best Sound
  • Jackie – Odile Fourquin, Sarai Fiszel, Debi Young, Catherine Leblanc
    • Deadpool – Bill Corso, S. Anne Carroll
    • Florence Foster Jenkins – Daniel Phillips
    • La La Land – Torsten Witte, Barbara Lorenz
    • Star Trek Beyond – Joel Harlow, Richard Alonzo
  • La La Land – Andy Nelson, Ai-Ling Lee, Steven Morrow, Mildred Iatrou
    • Arrival – Bernard Gariépy Strobl, Claude La Haye, Sylvain Bellemare
    • Deepwater Horizon – Dror Mohar, Ron Bartlett, Eric Hoehn, Michael Keller, Mike Prestwood Smith, David Wyman, Wylie Stateman, Renée Tondelli
    • Hacksaw Ridge – Kevin O'Connell, Andy Wright, Robert Mackenzie, Peter Grace
    • Rogue One: A Star Wars Story – David Parker, Christopher Scarabosio, Stuart Wilson, Matthew Wood

Best Visual Effects

Best Animated Feature
  • The Jungle Book – Robert Legato, Adam Valdez, Andrew R. Jones, Dan Lemmon
    • Arrival – Louis Morin
    • Doctor Strange – Stephane Ceretti, Richard Bluff, Vincent Cirelli, Paul Corbould
    • Kubo and the Two Strings – Steve Emerson, Oliver Jones, Brian McLean, Brad Schiff
    • Rogue One: A Star Wars Story – John Knoll, Mohen Leo, Hal T. Hickel, Neil Corbould
  • Zootopia – Byron Howard, Rich Moore, Clark Spencer
    • Finding Dory – Andrew Stanton, Lindsey Collins
    • Kubo and the Two Strings – Travis Knight, Arianne Sutner
    • Moana – Ron Clements, John Musker, Osnat Shurer
    • Sausage Party – Greg Tiernan, Conrad Vernon, Megan Ellison, Evan Goldberg, Seth Rogen

Best Documentary Feature

Best Foreign Language Film
  • O.J.: Made in America – Ezra Edelman, Caroline Waterlow
    • 13th – Ava DuVernay, Spencer Averick, Howard Barish
    • I Am Not Your Negro – Raoul Peck, Rémi Grellety, Hébert Peck
    • Cameraperson – Kirsten Johnson, Marilyn Ness
    • Weiner – Josh Kriegman, Elyse Steinberg
  • Elle – Paul Verhoeven, Saïd Ben Saïd, Michel Merkt
    • The Handmaiden – Park Chan-wook, Syd Lim
    • A Man Called Ove – Hannes Holm, Annica Bellander, Fredrik Wikström Nicastro
    • My Life as a Zucchini – Claude Barras, Marc Bonny, Armelle Glorennec, Pauline Gygax, Max Karli, Kate Merkt, Michel Merkt
    • Toni Erdmann – Maren Ade, Jonas Dornbach, Janine Jackowski, Michel Merkt

Best Ensemble

Best Breakthrough Performer
  • Moonlight
    • Fences
    • Hidden Figures
    • La La Land
    • Manchester by the Sea
  • Janelle Monáe
    • Alden Ehrenreich
    • Lucas Hedges
    • Ruth Negga
    • Anya Taylor-Joy

Multiple awards and nominations

The following films received multiple nominations:

Nominations

Films

16

La La Land

10

Arrival

8

Jackie

Manchester by the Sea

Moonlight

4

Fences

3

Hacksaw Ridge

Hell or High Water

Hidden Figures

Nocturnal Animals

Zootopia

2

Deadpool

Elle

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them

Florence Foster Jenkins

The Handmaiden

Kubo and the Two Strings

Moana

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

Silence

The following films received multiple awards:

Wins

Films

9

La La Land

3

Moonlight

2

Jackie

Manchester by the Sea

Television winners and nominees

The winners are in bold.

Best Drama Series

Best Drama Episode of the Year
  • Stranger Things
    • The Crown
    • The Handmaid's Tale
    • The Leftovers
    • Orange is the New Black
    • This Is Us
    • Westworld
  • "The Book of Nora" from The Leftovers – Mimi Leder (director), Damon Lindelof, Tom Perrotta, and Tom Spezialy (writers)
    • "Chicanery" from Better Call Saul – Gordon Smith (director), Daniel Sackheim (writer)
    • "Chapter Seven: The Bathtub" from Stranger Things – The Duffer Brothers (directors), Justin Doble (writer)
    • "Chapter Eight: The Upside Down" from Stranger Things – The Duffer Brothers (directors), Paul Ditcher and The Duffer Brothers (writers)
    • "Pilot" from This Is Us – Glenn Ficarra and John Requa (directors), Dan Fogelman (writer)
    • "The Bicameral Mind" from Westworld – Jonathan Nolan (director), Lisa Joy and Jonathan Nolan (writers)

Best Drama Actor

Best Drama Actress
  • Sterling K. Brown – This Is Us as Randall Pearson
    • Rami Malek – Mr. Robot as Elliot Alderson
    • Bob Odenkirk – Better Call Saul as Jimmy McGill
    • Matthew Rhys – The Americans as Philip Jennings
    • Kevin Spacey – House of Cards as Frank Underwood
    • Justin Theroux – The Leftovers as Kevin Garvey
  • Elisabeth Moss – The Handmaid's Tale as June Osborne / Offred
    • Carrie Coon – The Leftovers as Nora Durst
    • Claire Foy – The Crown as Queen Elizabeth II
    • Keri Russell – The Americans as Elizabeth Jennings
    • Evan Rachel Wood – Westworld as Dolores Abernathy
    • Robin Wright – House of Cards as Claire Underwood

Best Drama Supporting Actor

Best Drama Supporting Actress
  • John Lithgow – The Crown as Winston Churchill
    • Christopher Eccleston – The Leftovers as Matt Jamison
    • David Harbour – Stranger Things as Jim Hopper
    • Ron Cephas Jones – This Is Us as William H. Hill
    • Michael McKean – Better Call Saul as Chuck McGill
    • Jeffrey Wright – Westworld as Bernard Lowe
  • Thandie Newton – Westworld as Maeve Millay
    • Millie Bobby Brown – Stranger Things as Eleven / Jane Ives
    • Vera Farmiga – Bates Motel as Norma Bates
    • Chrissy Metz – This Is Us as Kate Pearson
    • Aubrey Plaza – Legion as Lenny Busker
    • Winona Ryder – Stranger Things as Joyce Byers

Best Drama Guest Actor

Best Drama Guest Actress
  • Gerald McRaney – This Is Us as Dr. Nathan Katowski
    • Jemaine Clement – Legion as Oliver Bird
    • Brian Tyree Henry – This Is Us as Ricky
    • Ben Mendelsohn – Bloodline as Danny Rayburn
    • Denis O'Hare – This Is Us as Jessie
    • B. D. Wong – Mr. Robot as Whiterose / Zhang
  • Alexis Bledel – The Handmaid's Tale as Ofglen
    • Gillian Anderson – American Gods as Media
    • Laverne Cox – Orange Is the New Black as Sophia Burset
    • Ann Dowd – The Leftovers as Patti Levin
    • Carrie Preston – The Good Fight as Elsbeth Tascioni
    • Alison Wright – The Americans as Martha

Best Comedy Series

Best Comedy Episode of the Year
  • Veep
    • Atlanta
    • Black-ish
    • Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
    • Fleabag
    • Master of None
    • Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
  • "Thanksgiving" from Master of None – Melina Matsoukas (director), Aziz Ansari and Lena Waithe (writers)
    • "B.A.N." from Atlanta – Donald Glover (director/writer)
    • "Lemons" from Black-ish – Kenya Barris (director/writer)
    • "New York, I Love You" from Master of None – Alan Yang (director), Aziz Ansari, Cord Jefferson and Alan Yang (writers)
    • "Kimmy’s Roommate Lemonades!" from Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt – Tristram Shapeero (director), Tina Fey and Sam Means (writers)
    • "Groundbreaking" from Veep – David Mandel (director/writer)

Best Comedy Actor

Best Comedy Actress
  • Donald Glover – Atlanta as Earnest "Earn" Marks
    • Anthony Anderson – Black-ish as Andre "Dre" Johnson Sr.
    • Aziz Ansari – Master of None as Dev Shah
    • Ted Danson – The Good Place as Michael
    • Neil Patrick Harris – A Series of Unfortunate Events as Count Olaf
    • Jeffrey Tambor – Transparent as Maura Pfefferman
  • Julia Louis-Dreyfus – Veep as Selina Meyer
    • Rachel Bloom – Crazy Ex-Girlfriend as Rebecca Bunch
    • Ellie Kemper – Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt as Kimmy Schmidt
    • Issa Rae – Insecure as Issa Dee
    • Tracee Ellis Ross – Black-ish as Dr. Rainbow "Bow" Johnson
    • Phoebe Waller-Bridge – Fleabag as Fleabag

Best Comedy Supporting Actor

Best Comedy Supporting Actress
  • Tituss Burgess – Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt as Titus Andromedon
    • Louie Anderson – Baskets as Christine Baskets
    • Alec Baldwin – Saturday Night Live as Donald Trump
    • Tony Hale – Veep as Gary Walsh
    • Brian Tyree Henry – Atlanta as Alfred "Paper Boi" Miles
    • Timothy Simons – Veep as Jonah Ryan
  • Kate McKinnon – Saturday Night Live as various characters
    • Olivia Colman – Fleabag as Godmother
    • Anna Chlumsky – Veep as Amy Brookheimer
    • Jane Krakowski – Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt as Jacqueline Voorhees
    • Judith Light – Transparent as Shelly Pfefferman
    • Rita Moreno – One Day at a Time as Lydia Riera

Best Comedy Guest Actor

Best Comedy Guest Actress
  • Tom Hanks – Saturday Night Live as Himself
    • Riz Ahmed – Girls as Paul-Louis
    • Dave Chappelle – Saturday Night Live as Himself
    • Hugh Laurie – Veep as Tom James
    • Peter MacNicol – Veep as Jeff Kane
    • Matthew Rhys – Girls as Chuck Palmer
  • Melissa McCarthy – Saturday Night Live as Herself
    • Becky Ann Baker – Girls as Loreen Doring
    • Angela Bassett – Master of None as Catherine
    • Carrie Fisher (posthumously) – Catastrophe as Mia
    • Sally Phillips – Veep as Minna Häkkinen
    • Maya Rudolph – Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt as Dionne Warwick

Best Miniseries

Best TV Movie
  • Big Little Lies
    • American Horror Story: Roanoke
    • Fargo
    • Feud: Bette and Joan
    • The Night Of
  • Black Mirror: "San Junipero"
    • Looking: The Movie
    • The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
    • Sherlock: "The Lying Detective"
    • The Wizard of Lies

Best Miniseries/TV Movie Actor

Best Miniseries/TV Movie Actress
  • Riz Ahmed – The Night Of as Nasir "Naz" Khan
    • Benedict Cumberbatch – Sherlock: "The Lying Detective" as Sherlock Holmes
    • Robert De Niro – The Wizard of Lies as Bernie Madoff
    • Jude Law – The Young Pope as Pope Pius XIII
    • Ewan McGregor – Fargo as Ray Stussy and Emmit Stussy
    • John Turturro – The Night Of as John Stone
  • Nicole Kidman – Big Little Lies as Celeste Wright
    • Carrie Coon – Fargo as Gloria Burgle
    • Bryce Dallas Howard – Black Mirror: "Nosedive" as Lacie Pound
    • Jessica Lange – Feud: Bette and Joan as Joan Crawford
    • Susan Sarandon – Feud: Bette and Joan as Bette Davis
    • Reese Witherspoon – Big Little Lies as Madeline Martha Mackenzie

Best Miniseries/TV Movie Supporting Actor

Best Miniseries/TV Movie Supporting Actress
  • Alexander Skarsgård – Big Little Lies as Perry Wright
    • Alfred Molina – Feud: Bette and Joan as Robert Aldrich
    • Adam Scott – Big Little Lies as Ed Mackenzie
    • Michael Stuhlbarg – Fargo as Sy Feltz
    • David Thewlis – Fargo as V.M. Varga
    • Stanley Tucci – Feud: Bette and Joan as Jack L. Warner
  • Laura Dern – Big Little Lies as Renata Klein
    • Judy Davis – Feud: Bette and Joan as Hedda Hopper
    • Jackie Hoffman – Feud: Bette and Joan as Mamacita
    • Gugu Mbatha-Raw – Black Mirror: "San Junipero" as Kelly
    • Mary Elizabeth Winstead – Fargo as Nikki Swango
    • Shailene Woodley – Big Little Lies as Jane Chapman

Best Variety Talk Series

Best Variety Sketch Series
  • Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
    • Full Frontal with Samantha Bee
    • Jimmy Kimmel Live
    • Late Show with Stephen Colbert
    • The Late Late Show with James Corden
    • Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
  • Saturday Night Live
    • Billy on the Street
    • Documentary Now
    • Drunk History
    • Portlandia
    • Tracey Ullman's Show

Best Reality-Competition Program

Best Reality Host
  • RuPaul's Drag Race
    • American Ninja Warrior
    • America's Got Talent
    • The Amazing Race
    • Survivor
    • The Voice
  • RuPaul Charles – RuPaul's Drag Race
    • Alec Baldwin – Match Game
    • Heidi Klum and Tim Gunn – Project Runway
    • Ellen Page and Ian Daniel – Gaycation with Ellen Page
    • Jeff Probst – Survivor
    • Martha Stewart and Snoop Dogg – Martha & Snoop's Potluck Dinner Party

Best Performer of the Year

Best Breakthrough Performer of the Year
  • Carrie Coon
    • Riz Ahmed
    • Alec Baldwin
    • Donald Glover
    • Nicole Kidman
    • Elisabeth Moss
  • Millie Bobby Brown
    • Brian Tyree Henry
    • Katherine Langford
    • Chrissy Metz
    • Issa Rae
    • Phoebe Waller-Bridge

Best Animated Program

Best Ensemble of the Year
  • BoJack Horseman
    • Archer
    • Bob's Burgers
    • Family Guy
    • The Simpsons
    • South Park
  • Big Little Lies
    • Feud: Bette and Joan
    • The Leftovers
    • Orange Is the New Black
    • Stranger Things
    • This Is Us

Multiple awards and nominations

The following shows received multiple nominations:

Nominations

Series

9

Veep

This Is Us

8

Big Little Lies

Feud: Bette and Joan

7

Fargo

Saturday Night Live

Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt

5

Master of None

Westworld

4

Atlanta

Black-ish

3

The Americans

Better Call Saul

Black Mirror

The Crown

Fleabag

Girls

The Handmaid's Tale

The Night Of

Orange is the New Black

2

Crazy Ex-Girlfriend

House of Cards

Legion

Mr. Robot

RuPaul's Drag Race

Sherlock: The Lying Detective

Survivor

Transparent

The Voice

The following shows received multiple awards:

Wins

Series

5

Big Little Lies

4

Saturday Night Live

2

The Handmaid's Tale

RuPaul's Drag Race

This Is Us

Veep

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