''Stargate Atlantis'' is an American-

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and part of

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's Stargate franchise. The series was created by

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and

Brad Wright Brad Wright (born May 2, 1961) is a Canadian television producer and screenwriter. He is best known as the co-creator of the television series ''Stargate SG-1'' (with Jonathan Glassner), '' Stargate Atlantis'' (with Robert C. Cooper) and '' Sta ...

as a spin-off series to ''

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''. The series aired for five seasons and 100 episodes on the US

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. ''Stargate Atlantis'' premiered on SCI FI on July 16, 2004; its final episode aired on January 9, 2009. Since 2005, ''Stargate Atlantis'' was nominated for various awards during its five-year run. Among them, the series has been nominated for four Emmy Awards, eleven Gemini Awards (two were won), 27

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s (ten were won), one Nebula Award, one

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which was won, and two

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Awards. Out of the total 62 nominations, ''Stargate Atlantis'' won 19 awards.

Canadian Screenwriting Awards

''Stargate Atlantis'' was nominated for two Canadian Screenwriting Awards.

Chicago International Film Festival

''Stargate Atlantis'' was nominated for one Silver Plaque in the

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, 2005.

Constellation Awards

The series was nominated for two Constellation Awards.

DGC Craft Awards

''Stargate Atlantis'' was nominated for one DGC Craft Award by the

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Emmy Awards

''Stargate Atlantis'' was nominated for four Emmy Awards. From those, they were nominations for "Outstanding Special Visual Effects for a Series" twice, and one each for "Outsdanding Main Title Theme Music" and "Outstanding Music Composition for a Series (Dramatical Underscore)".

Gemini Awards

''Stargate Atlantis'' was nominated for sixteen Gemini Awards. They were nominated for four awards in 2005, one in 2006, two in 2007, four in 2008, and five in 2009. In total, they won four awards.

Leo Awards

''Stargate Atlantis'' was nominated for a total of 27

s, ten of which were for 2005, while the other 17 were for 2009.

Nebula Awards

The series was nominated for a Nebula Award in 2009.

New York Film Festival

''Stargate Atlantis'' won a Bronze Worldmedal in the

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in 2005.

People's Choice Awards

In 2008, ''Stargate Atlantis'' was nominated for "Best Sci-Fi Show" for the 34th People's Choice Awards, where it was up against '' Battlestar Galactica'' and '' Doctor Who''.

Saturn Awards

The series was nominated for two Saturn Awards in 2005, and for one in 2006.

Visual Effects Society Awards

Two episodes were nominated for

Awards. One was nominated in 2005, while the other was nominated in 2008. Both were nominated for "Outstanding Visual Effects in a Broadcast Series".

WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival

''Stargate Atlantis'' was nominated for a First Place Platinum in the 2005 WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival.

References

External links

Awards for Stargate Atlantis at IMDB
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