Sci-Fi Universe Awards - 1995
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Los Angeles -- Saturday, October 28, 1995, Sci-Fi Universe magazine presented the First Annual Sci-Fi Universe Readers’ Choice Awards at the Universal Hilton & Towers. Hosted by BABYLON 5’s Bruce Boxleitner and DEEP SPACE NINE’ S Nana Visitor, this black-tie ceremony event was a huge success. In attendance were both luminaries of the genre to present and accept awards and there were the fans in the audience from all over the world invited by the ConRad convention who donated their ticket sale proceeds to charity.

The Readers’ Choice awards were voted on by readers of Sci-Fi Universe who sent in ballots printed in the August 1995 issue. The big winners for the evening included STARGATE, BABYLON 5 and THE X-FILES.

Photographer: Al Ortega

Among those in attendance were: the Editor’s Choice Award for Lifetime Achievement winner Leonard Nimoy and his family; the Gene L. Coon Award for Excellence in Science Fiction Writing winner Michael Pillar; hosts Bruce Boxleitner and Nana Visitor; other DEEP SPACE NINE cast members Armin Shimmerman, Terry Farrell, Alexander Siddig, Max Grodenchik and Aaron Eisenberg. BABYLON 5 producer John Copeland and cast members Claudia Christian, Mira Furlan, Jeff Conway, Richard Biggs and Peter Jurasik; as well as CONGO’s Ernie Hudson; the entire cast of SPACE: ABOVE AND BEYOND including executive producers Glen Morgan and James Wong; X-FILES producer Howard Gordon and Mr. X himself, Steve Williams, and many, many other respected members of the science fiction community.

Glen Morgan and James Wong took home "Best Writing in a Genre TV Series" for "Die Hand, Die Verlezt" for THE X-FILES. Rodney Rowland and Kristen Cloke presented awards.

"It was an incredible evening," enthused SFU Editor-in-Chief Mark A. Altman. "To see so many of the genre’s best and brightest turn out for this event was a true thrill, and it was very gratifying to see so many of the industry’s top talents recognized."

The winners were:

Best Genre Multi-media STAR WARS Dark Forces (LucasArts)

Best Horror Film INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE

Best Fantasy Film BATMAN FOREVER

Best Science Fiction Film STARGATE

Best Director for a Genre Motion Picture Danny Cannon (Judge Dredd)

Best Screenplay for a Genre Motion Picture STAR TREK: GENERATIONS (Story by Rick Berman, Ronald D. Moore and Branon Braga, Screenplay by Ronald D. Moore and Branon Braga)

Best Supporting Actor in a Genre Motion Picture Ernie Hudson (CONGO)

Best Supporting Actress in a Genre Motion Picture Mili Avital (STARGATE)

Best Score for a Genre Motion Picture Batman Forever (composer, Elliot Goldenthal)

Best Special Effects in a Genre Motion Picture STARGATE (Jeff Okun/Kleiser-Walczak Construction Company)

Best Make-up in a Genre Motion Picture SPECIES (Steve Johnson)

Best Genre TV Series THE X-FILES

Best Direction for a Genre TV Series Chris Carter (THE X-FILES, "Duane Barry")

Best Writing for a Genre TV Series Glen Morgan and James Wong (THE X-FILES, "Die Hand, Die Verlezt")

Best Actor in a Genre TV Series (Tie) Bruce Boxleitner (BABLYON 5) and David Duchovny (THE X-FILES)

Best Actress in a Genre TV Series Gillian Anderson (THE X-FILES)

Best Supporting Actor in a Genre TV Series Andreas Katsulas (BABYLON 5)

Best Supporting Actress in a Genre TV Series Nana Visitor (STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE)

Lifetime Achievement Award (Readers) George Lucas

The Gene L. Coon Award for Excellence in Sci-Fi Writing Michael Pillar

The Editor’s Choice Award for Lifetime Achievement Leonard Nimoy All information courtesy Sci-Fi Universe Magazine.

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