Academy Awards 2009

22nd OF FEBRUARY 2009

BEST MOTION PICTURE OF THE YEAR

Winner :
Slumdog Millionaire (2008)

Nominees :
Frost/Nixon (2008)
Milk (2008)
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)
The Reader (2008)

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role :

Winner :
Sean Penn for Milk (2008)

Nominees :
Frank Langella for Frost/Nixon (2008)
Brad Pitt for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)
Richard Jenkins for The Visitor (2008)
Mickey Rourke for The Wrestler (2008)

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role :

Winner :
Kate Winslet for The Reader (2008)

Nominees :
Angelina Jolie for Changeling (2008)
Meryl Streep for Doubt (2008)
Melissa Leo for Frozen River (2008)
Anne Hathaway for Rachel Getting Married (2008)

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role :

Winner :
Heath Ledger for The Dark Knight (2008)

Nominees :
Philip Seymour Hoffman for Doubt (2008)
Josh Brolin for Milk (2008)
Michael Shannon for Revolutionary Road (2008)
Robert Downey Jr. for Tropic Thunder (2008)

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role

Winner :
Penélope Cruz for Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008)

Nominees :
Amy Adams for Doubt (2008)
Viola Davis for Doubt (2008)
Taraji P. Henson for The Curious Case of Benjamin (2008)
Marisa Tomei for The Wrestler (2008)

Best Achievement in Directing

Winner :
Danny Boyle for Slumdog Millionaire (2008)

Nominees
Ron Howard for Frost/Nixon (2008)
Gus Van Sant for Milk (2008)
David Fincher for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)
Stephen Daldry for The Reader (2008)

Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen

Winner :
Milk (2008): Dustin Lance Black

Nominees :
Frozen River (2008): Courtney Hunt
Happy-Go-Lucky (2008): Mike Leigh
In Bruges (2008): Martin McDonagh
Wall-E (2008): Andrew Stanton, Jim Reardon, Pete Docter

Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published

Winner :
Slumdog Millionaire (2008): Simon Beaufoy

Nominees :
Doubt (2008): John Patrick Shanley
Frost/Nixon (2008): Peter Morgan for
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008): Eric Roth, Robin Swicord
The Reader (2008): David Hare


Best Achievement in Cinematography

Winner :
Slumdog Millionaire (2008): Anthony Dod Mantle

Nominees :
Changeling (2008): Tom Stern
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008): Claudio Miranda
The Dark Knight (2008): Wally Pfister
The Reader (2008): Chris Menges, Roger Deakins

Best Achievement in Art Direction

Winner :
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008): Donald Graham Burt, Victor J. Zolfo

Nominees :
Changeling (2008): James J. Murakami, Gary Fettis
Revolutionary Road (2008): Kristi Zea, Debra Schutt
The Dark Knight (2008): Nathan Crowley, Peter Lando
The Duchess (2008):Michael Carlin, Rebecca Alleway

Best Achievement in Costume Design

Winner :
The Duchess (2008): Michael O'Connor

Nominees :
Australia (2008): Catherin Martin
Milk (2008): Danny Glicker
Revolutionary Road (2008): Albert Wolsky
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008): Jacqueline West

Best Achievement in Sound

Winner:
Slumdog Millionaire (2008): Ian Tapp, Richard Pryke, Resul Pookutty

Nominees:
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008): David Parker, Michael Semanick, Ren Klyce, Mark Weingarten
The Dark Knight (2008): Lora Hirschberg, Gary Rizzo, Ed Novick
Wall-E (2008): Tom Myers, Michael Semanick, Ben Burtt
Wanted (2008): Chris Jenkins, Frank A. Montaño, Petr Forejt

Best Achievement in Editing

Winner :
Slumdog Millionaire (2008): Chris Dickens

Nominees :
Frost/Nixon (2008): Mike Hill, Daniel P. Hanley
Milk (2008): Elliot Graham
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008): Kirk Baxter, Angus Wall
The Dark Knight (2008): Lee Smith

Best Achievement in Sound Editing

Winner :
The Dark Knight (2008): Richard King

Nominees :
Iron Man (2008): Frank E. Eulner, Christopher Boyes
Slumdog Millionaire (2008): Tom Sayers, Glenn Freemantle
Wall-E (2008): Ben Burtt, Matthew Wood
Wanted (2008): Wylie Stateman

Best Achievement in Visual Effects

Winner :
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008): Eric Barba, Steve Preeg, Burt Dalton, Craig Barron

Nominees :
Iron Man (2008): John Nelson, Ben Snow, Daniel Sudick, Shane Mahan
The Dark Knight (2008): Nick Davis, Chris Corbould, Timothy Webber, Paul J. Franklin

Best Achievement in Makeup

Winner :
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008): Greg Cannom

Nominees :
Hellboy II : The Golden Army (2008): Mike Elizalde, Thomas Floutz
The Dark Knight (2008): John Caglione Jr., Conor O'Sullivan

Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Song

Winner :
Slumdog Millionaire (2008): A.R. Rahman, Gulzar ("Jai Ho")

Nominees :
Slumdog Millionaire (2008): A.R. Rahman, Maya Arulpragasam ("O Saya")
Wall-E (2008): Peter Gabriel, Thomas Newman ("Down to Earth")

Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Score

Winner :
Slumdog Millionaire (2008): A.R. Rahman

Nominees :
Defiance (2008): James Newton Howard
Milk (2008): Danny Elfman
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008): Alexandre Desplat
Wall-E (2008): Thomas Newman

Best Short Film, Animated

Winner :
Tsumiki no ie (2008): Kunio Katô

Nominees :
Oktapodi (2007): Emud Mokhberi, Thierry Marchand
Presto (2008): Doug Sweetland
This Way Up (2008): Alan Smith, Adam Foulkes
Lavatory Lovestory (2007): Konstantin Bronzit

Best Short Film, Live Action

Winner :
Toyland (2007): Jochen Alexander Freydank

Nominees :
On the Line (2007): Reto Caffi
The Pig (2009): Tivi Magnusson, Dorthe Warnø Høgh
Manon on the Asphalt (2007): Elizabeth Marre, Olivier Pont
New Boy (2007): Steph Green, Tamara Anghie

Best Documentary, Short Subject

Winner :
Smile Pinki: Megan Mylan

Nominees :
The Conscience of Nhem En (2008): Steven Okazaki
The Final Inch (2009): Irene Taylor Brodsky, Tom Grant
The Witness from the Balcony of Room 306 (2008): Adam Pertofsky, Margaret Hyde

Best Documentary, Features

Winner :
Man on Wire (2008): James Marsh, Simon Chinn

Nominees :
Encounters at the End of the World (2007): Werner Herzog, Henry Kaiser
The Betrayal (2008) - Nerakhoon: Ellen Kuras, Thavisouk Phrasavath
The Garden (2008): Scott Hamilton Kennedy
Trouble the Water (2008): Tia Lessin, Carl Deal

Best Foreign Language Film of the Year

Winner :
Departures (2008)(Japan)

Nominees :
The Baader Meinhof Complex (2008)(Germany)
The Class (2008) (France)
Revanche (2008)(Austria)
Waltz With Bashir (2008)(Israel)

Best Animated Feature Film of the Year

Winner :
Wall-E (2008): Andrew Stanton

Nominees :
Bolt (2008): Chris Williams, Byron Howard
Kung Fu Panda (2008): John Stevenson, Mark Osborne

Honorary Award

Nominees :
Lauren Bacall: In recognition of her central place in the Golden Age of motion pictures.
Roger Corman: For his rich engendering of films and filmmakers.
Gordon Willis: For unsurpassed mastery of light, shadow, color and motion.

Medal of Commendation :

Nominee :
Mark Kimball

Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award

Nominee
John Calley

Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award

Nominee :
Jerry Lewis

Scientific and Engineering Award

Winners :
Bruno Coumert, Jacques Debize, Dominique Chervin, Christophe Reboulet: For the optical design (Coumert/Debize) and for the mechanical design (Chervin/Reboulet) of the compact and lightweight Angenieux 15-40 and 28-76 zoom lenses for handheld motion picture photography.

Jacques Delacoux, Alexandre Leuchter: For the concept and electronic design (Delacoux) and for the software and electronic design (Leuchter) of the Transvideo-video assist monitors for the motion picture industry.

Erwin Melzner, Volker Schumacher, Timo Müller: For the overall concept including the optical and cooling systems (Melzner), for the optical design (Schumacher) and for the mechanical design (Müller), of the Arrimax 18/12 lighting fixture for use in motion picture production.

Technical Achievement Award


Winner :
Steve Hylén: For the concept and his continued leadership in the further development of the Hylén Lens System for motion picture effects photography.

Gordon E. Sawyer Award

Nominee :
Ed Catmull


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