Academy Awards 2001

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Best Picture

WINNER:
Gladiator: Douglas Wick, David Franzoni, Branko Lustig

NOMINEES:
Chocolat: David Brown, Kit Golden, Leslie Holleran
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: William Kong, Li-Kong Hsu, Ang Lee
Erin Brockovich: Danny DeVito, Michael Shamberg, Stacey Sher
Traffic: Edward Zwick, Marshall Herskovitz, Laura Bickford

Best Actor in a Leading Role

WINNER:
Gladiator: Russell Crowe

NOMINEES:
Before Night Falls: Javier Bardem
Cast Away: Tom Hanks
Pollock: Ed Harris
Quills: Geoffrey Rush

Best Actress in a Leading Role

WINNER:
Erin Brockovich: Julia Roberts

NOMINEES:
Chocolat: Juliette Binoche
The Contender: Joan Allen
Requiem for a Dream: Ellen Burstyn
You Can Count on Me: Laura Linney

Best Actor in a Supporting Role

WINNER:
Traffic: Benicio Del Toro

NOMINEES:
The Contender: Jeff Bridges
Erin Brockovich: Albert Finney
Gladiator: Joaquin Phoenix
Shadow of the Vampire: Willem Dafoe

Best Actress in a Supporting Role

WINNER:
Pollock: Marcia Gay Harden

NOMINEES:
Almost Famous: Kate Hudson
Almost Famous: Frances McDormand
Billy Elliot: Julie Walters
Chocolat: Judi Dench

Best Director

WINNER:
Traffic: Steven Soderbergh

NOMINEES:
Billy Elliot: Stephen Daldry
Erin Brockovich: Steven Soderbergh
Gladiator: Ridley Scott
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Ang Lee

Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen

WINNER:
Almost Famous: Cameron Crowe

NOMINEES:
Billy Elliot: Lee Hall
Erin Brockovich: Susannah Grant
Gladiator: David Franzoni (screenplay/story), John Logan (screenplay), William Nicholson (screenplay)
You Can Count on Me: Kenneth Lonergan

Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published

WINNER:
Traffic: Stephen Gaghan

NOMINEES:
Chocolat: Robert Nelson Jacobs
O Brother, Where Art Thou?: Ethan Coen, Joel Coen
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Hui-Ling Wang, James Schamus, Kuo Jung Tsai
Wonder Boys: Steve Kloves

Best Cinematography:

WINNER:
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Peter Pau

NOMINEES:
Gladiator: John Mathieson
Malèna: Lajos Koltai
O Brother, Where Art Thou?: Roger Deakins
The Patriot: Caleb Deschanel

Best Art Direction-Set Decoration

WINNER:
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Timmy Yip (art director)

NOMINEES:
How the Grinch Stole Christmas: Michael Corenblith (art director), Merideth Boswell (set director)
Gladiator: Arthur Max (art director), Crispian Sallis (set director)
Quills: Martin Childs (art director), Jill Quertier (set director)
Vatel: Jean Rabasse (art director), Françoise Benoît-Fresco (set director)

Best Costume Design

WINNER:
Gladiator: Janty Yates

NOMINEES:
102 Dalmatians: Anthony Powell
How the Grinch Stole Christmas: Rita Ryack
Quills: Jacqueline West
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Timmy Yip

Best Sound:

WINNER:
Gladiator: Scott Millan, Bob Beemer, Ken Weston

NOMINEES:
Cast Away: Randy Thom, Tom Johnson, Dennis S. Sands, William B. Kaplan
The Patriot: Kevin O'Connell, Greg P. Russell, Lee Orloff
The Perfect Storm: John T. Reitz, Gregg Rudloff, David E. Campbell, Keith A. Wester
U-571: Steve Maslow, Gregg Landaker, Rick Kline, Ivan Sharrock

Best Editing

WINNER:
Traffic: Stephen Mirrione

NOMINEES:
Almost Famous: Joe Hutshing, Saar Klein
Gladiator: Pietro Scalia
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Tim Squyres
Wonder Boys: Dede Allen

Best Sound Editing

WINNER:
U-571: Jon Johnson

NOMINEE:
Space Cowboys: Alan Robert Murray, Bub Asman

Best Effects, Visual Effects

WINNER:
Gladiator: John Nelson, Neil Corbould, Tim Burke, Rob Harvey

NOMINEES:
Hollow Man: Scott E. Anderson, Craig Hayes, Scott Stokdyk, Stan Parks
The Perfect Storm: Stefen Fangmeier, Habib Zargarpour, John Frazier, Walt Conti

Best Makeup

WINNER:
How the Grinch Stole Christmas: Rick Baker, Gail Rowell-Ryan

NOMINEES:
The Cell: Michèle Burke, Edouard F. Henriques
Shadow of the Vampire: Ann Buchanan, Amber Sibley

Best Music, Original Song

WINNER:
Wonder Boys: Bob Dylan
For the song "Things Have Changed".
Bob Dylan performed the song and accepted the Oscar via satellite due to the fact that he was on tour through Australia at the time. Since winning the Oscar, Dylan has taken it on tour with him and it presides over shows perched atop his amplifier.

NOMINEES:
Dancer in the Dark: Björk (composer), Lars von Trier (lyricist), Sjón Sigurdsson (lyricist)
For the song "I've Seen It All".
The Emperor's New Groove: Sting (composer/lyricist), David Hartley (composer)
For the song "My Funny Friend and Me".
Meet the Parents: Randy Newman
For the song "A Fool In Love".
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Jorge Calandrelli (composer), Tan Dun (composer), James Schamus (lyricist)
For the song "A Love Before Time".

Best Music, Original Score

WINNER:
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Tan Dun

NOMINEES:
Chocolat: Rachel Portman
Gladiator: Hans Zimmer
Malèna: Ennio Morricone
The Patriot: John Williams

Best Short Film, Animated:

WINNER:
Father and Daughter: Michael Dudok de Wit

NOMINEES:
The Periwig-Maker: Steffen Schäffler, Annette Schäffler
Rejected: Don Hertzfeldt

Best Short Film, Live Action

WINNER:
Quiero ser (I want to be...): Florian Gallenberger

NOMINEES:
By Courier: Peter Riegert, Ericka Frederick
One Day Crossing: Joan Stein, Christina Lazaridi
Seraglio: Gail Lerner, Colin Campbell
Uma História de Futebol: Paulo Machline

Best Documentary, Short Subjects

WINNER:
Big Mama: Tracy Seretean

NOMINEES:
Curtain Call: Charles Braverman, Steve Kalafer
Dolphins: Greg MacGillivray, Alec Lorimore
The Man on Lincoln's Nose: Daniel Raim
On Tiptoe: Gentle Steps to Freedom: Eric Simonson, Leelai Demoz

Best Documentary, Features

WINNER:
Into the Arms of Strangers: Stories of the Kindertransport: Mark Jonathan Harris, Deborah Oppenheimer

NOMINEES:
Legacy: Tod Lending
Long Night's Journey Into Day: Frances Reid, Deborah Hoffmann
Scottsboro: An American Tragedy: Barak Goodman, Daniel Anker
Sound and Fury: Josh Aronson, Roger Weisberg

Best Foreign Language Film

WINNER:
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Taiwan.

NOMINEES:
Amores perros
Mexico.
It Takes All Kinds
France.
Everybody Famous!
Belgium.
Divided We Fall
Czech Republic.

Honorary Award

WINNERS:
Jack Cardiff
(Oscar statuette).
Ernest Lehman
In appreciation of a body of varied and enduring work (Oscar statuette).

Medal of Commendation

WINNER:
Paul Kenworthy
For his pioneering efforts and innovations in the design of equipment for shooting feature films using optical relays.

Award of Commendation

WINNER:
Ioan Allen, Mark Harrah, Robin Bransbury
For the concept, design and implementation of the TASA Trailer Loudness Standard. (plaque)

Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award

WINNER:
Dino De Laurentiis

Academy Award of Merit

WINNER:
Rob Cook, Loren Carpenter, Ed Catmull
For their significant advancements to the field of motion picture rendering as exemplified in Pixar's "Renderman."

Scientific and Engineering Award

WINNERS:
(AKAI Digital)
For the design and development of the DD8 Plus digital audio dubber specifically designed for the motion picture industry.
(Fairlight)
For the design and development of the DaD digital audio dubber specifically designed for the motion picture industry.
(Advanced Digital Systems Group (ADSG))
For the design and development of the Sony DADR 5000 digital audio dubber specifically designed for the motion picture industry.
(Timeline, Incorporated)
For the design and development of the MMR 8 digital audio dubber specifically designed for the motion picture industry.
Joe Wary, Gerald Painter, Colin F. Mossman
For the design and development of the Deluxe Laboratories Multi Roller Film Transport System.
Alvah J. Miller (Lynx Robotics), Paul D. Johnson (Lynx Robotics)
For the electronic and software design of the Lynx C-50 Camera Motor System.
Al Mayer Sr., Al Mayer Jr., Iain Neil, Brian Dang
For the mechanical design (Mayer, Sr./Mayer, Jr.), for the optical design (Neil) and for the electronic design (Dang) of the Panavision Millennium XL Camera System.

Technical Achievement Award

WINNERS:
Vic Armstrong
For the refinement and application to the film industry of the Fan Descender for accurately and safely arresting the descent of stunt persons in high freefalls.
Bill Tondreau (Kuper Systems), Alvah J. Miller (Lynx Robotics), Paul D. Johnson (Lynx Robotics), David Stump (Visual Effects Rental Services)
For the conception, design and development of data capture systems that enable superior accuracy, efficiency and economy in the creation of composite imagery.
Leonard Pincus, Ashot Nalbandyan, George Johnson, Tom Kong
For the design and development of the Softsun low pressure xenon long-arc light sources, their power supplies and fixtures.
Glenn Berggren, Horst Linge, Wolfgang Reineke
For the concept (Berggren), for research and development (Linge), and for the final design and production (Reineke) of the Isco-Optic lenses for motion picture projection.
Udo Schauss, Karl Lenhardt, Ralf Linn, Norbert Brinker
For the optical design (Schauss/Lenhardt), and for the mechanical design (Linn/Brinker) of the Schneider Super Cinelux lenses for motion picture projection.
Philip Greenstreet (Rosco Laboratories)
For the concept and development of the Roscolight Day/Night Backdrop.
Venkat Krishnamurthy
For the creation of the Paraform Software for 3D Digital Form Development.
George Borshukov, Kim Libreri, Dan Piponi
For the development of a system for image-based rendering allowing choreographed camera movements through computer graphic reconstructed sets.
John Pytlak
For the development of the Laboratory Aim Density (LAD) system.

Gordon E. Sawyer Award

WINNER:
Irwin Young

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