Academy Awards 2008

24th OF FEBRUARY 2008

BEST MOTION PICTURE OF THE YEAR

Winner :
No Country for Old Men (2007)

Nominees :
Atonement (2007)
Juno (2007)
Michael Clayton (2007)
There Will Be Blood (2007)

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role

Winner :
Daniel Day-Lewis for There Will Be Blood (2007)

Nominees :
Viggo Mortensen for Eastern Promises (2007)
Tommy Lee Jones for In the Valley of Elah (2007)
George Clooney for Michael Clayton (2007)
Johnny Depp for Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007)

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role

Winner :
Marion Cotillard for La vie en rose (2007)

Nominees :
Julie Christie for Away from Her (2006)
Cate Blanchett for Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007)
Ellen Page for Juno (2007)
Laura Linney for The Savages (2007)

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role

Winner :
Javier Bardem for No Country for Old Men (2007)

Nominees :
Philip Seymour Hoffman for Charlie Wilson's War (2007)
Hal Holbrook for Into the Wild (2007)
Tom Wilkinson for Michael Clayton (2007)
Casey Affleck for The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007)

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role

Winner :
Tilda Swinton for Michael Clayton (2007)

Nominees :
Ruby Dee for American Gangster (2007)
Saoirse Ronan for Atonement (2007))
Amy Ryan for Gone Baby Gone (2007)
Cate Blanchett for I'm Not There (2007)

Best Achievement in Directing

Winner :
No Country for Old Men (2007): Ethan Coen, Joel Coen

Nominees :
Juno (2007): Jason Reitman
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007): Julian Schnabel
Michael Clayton (2007): Tony Gilroy
There Will Be Blood (2007): Paul Thomas Anderson

Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen

Winner :
Juno (2007): Diablo Cody

Nominees :
Lars and the Real Girl (2007): Nancy Oliver
Michael Clayton (2007): Tony Gilroy
Ratatouille (2007): Brad Bird, Jan Pinkava, Jim Capobianco
The Savages (2007): Tamara Jenkins

Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published

Winner :
No Country for Old Men (2007): Joel Coen, Ethan Coen

Nominees :
Atonement (2007): Christopher Hampton
Away from Her (2006): Sarah Polley
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007): Ronald Harwood
There Will Be Blood (2007): Paul Thomas Anderson

Best Achievement in Cinematography

Winner :
There Will Be Blood (2007): Robert Elswit

Nominees :
Atonement (2007): Seamus McGarvey
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007): Janusz Kaminski
No Country for Old Men (2007): Roger Deakins
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007): Roger Deakins

Best Achievement in Art Direction

Winner :
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007): Dante Ferretti, Francesca Lo Schiavo

Nominees :
American Gangster (2007): Arthur Max, Beth A. Rubino
Atonement (2007): Sarah Greenwood, Katie Spencer
The Golden Compass (2007): Dennis Gassner, Anna Pinnock
There Will Be Blood (2007): Jack Fisk, Jim Erickson

Best Achievement in Costume Design

Winner :
Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007): Alexandra Byrne

Nominees :
Across the Universe (2007): Albert Wolsky
Atonement (2007): Jacqueline Durran
La vie en rose (2007): Marit Allen
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007): Colleen Atwood

Best Achievement in Sound

Winner :
The Bourne Ultimatum (2007): Scott Millan, David Parker, Kirk Francis

Nominees :
3:10 to Yuma (2007): Paul Massey, David Giammarco, Jim Stuebe
No Country for Old Men (2007): Skip Lievsay, Craig Berkey, Greg Orloff, Peter F. Kurland
Ratatouille (2007): Randy Thom, Michael Semanick, Doc Kane
Transformers (2007): Kevin O'Connell, Greg P. Russell, Peter J. Devlin

Best Achievement in Editing

Winner :
The Bourne Ultimatum (2007): Christopher Rouse

Nominees :
Into the Wild (2007): Jay Cassidy
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007): Juliette Welfling
No Country for Old Men (2007): Ethan Coen, Joel Coen
There Will Be Blood (2007): Dylan Tichenor

Best Achievement in Sound Editing

Winner :
The Bourne Ultimatum: Karen M. Baker, Per Hallberg

Nominees :
No Country for Old Men (2007): Skip Lievsay
Ratatouille (2007): Randy Thom, Michael Silvers
There Will Be Blood (2007): Matthew Wood, Christopher Scarabosio
Transformers (2007): Ethan Van der Ryn, Mike Hopkins

Best Achievement in Visual Effects

Winner :
The Golden Compass (2007): Michael L. Fink, Bill Westenhofer, Ben Morris, Trevor Wood

Nominees :
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007): John Knoll, Hal T. Hickel, Charlie Gibson, John Frazier
Transformers (2007): Scott Farrar, Scott Benza, Russell Earl, John Frazier

Best Achievement in Makeup

Winner :
La vie en rose (2007): Didier Lavergne, Jan Archibald

Nominees :
Norbit (2007): Rick Baker, Kazuhiro Tsuji
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007): Ve Neill, Martin Samuel

Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Song

Winner :
Once (2006): Glen Hansard, Markéta Irglová("Falling Slowly")

Nominees :
August Rush (2007): Jamal Joseph, Charles Mack, Tevin Thomas("Raise It Up")
Enchanted (2007): Alan Menken, Stephen Schwartz("Happy Working Song")
Enchanted (2007): Alan Menken, Stephen Schwartz("So Close")
Enchanted (2007): Alan Menken, Stephen Schwartz("That's How You Know")

Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Score

Winner :
Atonement (2007): Dario Marianelli

Nominees :
3:10 to Yuma (2007): Marco Beltrami
Michael Clayton (2007): James Newton Howard
Ratatouille (2007): Michael Giacchino
The Kite Runner (2007): Alberto Iglesias

Best Short Film, Animated

Winner :
Peter & the Wolf (2006): Suzie Templeton, Hugh Welchman

Nominees :
I Met the Walrus (2007): Josh Raskin
Madame Tutli-Putli (2007): Chris Lavis, Maciek Szczerbowski
My Love (2006): Aleksandr Petrov
Even Pigeons Go to Heaven (2007): Samuel Tourneux, Vanesse Simon

Best Short Film, Live Action

Winner :
Le Mozart des pickpockets (2006): Philippe Pollet-Villard

Nominees :
The Substitute (2006): Andrea Jublin
At Night (2007): Christian E. Christiansen, Louise Vesth
Tanghi argentini (2006): Guy Thys, Anja Daelemans
The Tonto Woman (2007): Daniel Barber, Matthew Brown

Best Documentary, Short Subjects

Winner :
Freeheld (2007): Cynthia Wade, Vanessa Roth

Nominees :
La corona (2008): Amanda Micheli, Isabel Vega
Salim Baba (2007): Tim Sternberg, Francisco Bello
Sari's Mother (2006): James Longley

Best Documentary, Features

Winner :
Taxi to the Dark Side (2007): Alex Gibney, Eva Orner

Nominees :
No End in Sight (2007): Charles Ferguson, Audrey Marrs
Operation Homecoming: Writing the Wartime Experience (2007): Richard Robbins
Sicko (2007): Michael Moore, Meghan O'Hara
War Dance (2007): Andrea Nix, Sean Fine

Best Foreign Language Film of the Year

Winner :
The Counterfeiters (Austria)(2007)

Nominees :
12 (Russia)(2007)
Beaufort (Israel)(2007)
Katyn (Poland)(2007) .
Mongol: The Rise of Genghis Khan (Kazakhstan)(2007)

Best Animated Feature Film of the Year

Winner :
Ratatouille (2007): Brad Bird

Nominees :
Persepolis (2007): Marjane Satrapi, Vincent Paronnaud
Surf's Up (2007): Ash Brannon, Chris Buck

Honorary Award

Nominee :
Robert F. Boyle: In recognition of one of cinema's great careers in art direction.

Medal of Commendation

Nominee :
David Inglish

Scientific and Engineering Award

Winners :
Nick Rasmussen, Ronald Fedkiw, Frank Losasso Petterson: For the development of the Industrial Light & Magic (ILM) fluid simulation system
Doug Roble, Nafees Bin Zafar, Ryo Sakaguchi: For the development of the fluid simulation system at Digital Domain.

Technical Achievement Award

Winners :
Duncan Brinsmead, Jos Stam, Julia Pakalns, Martin Werner: For the design and implementation of the Maya Fluid Effects system
Jonathan Cohen, Jerry Tessendorf, Jeroen Molemaker, Michael Kowalski: For the development of the system of fluid dynamics tools at Rhythm & Hues
Sebastian Cramer, Andreas Dasser: For the invention and general design (Cramer) and for the mechanical design (Dasser, head of development at P&S Technik GmbH) of the Skater Dolly and its family of products
Victor Gonzalez, Ignacio Vargas, Angel Tena: For the creation of the RealFlow software application
Jörg Pöhler, Rüdiger Kleinke: For the design and development of the battery-operated series of fog machines known as "Tiny Foggers"
Christien Tinsley: For the creation of the transfer techniques for creating and applying 2D and 3D makeup known as "Tinsley Transfers"
Stephan Trojansky, Thomas Ganshorn, Oliver Pilarski: For the development of the Flowline fluid effects system

Gordon E. Sawyer Award

Nominee :
David Grafton

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