Academy Awards 2003

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Awards for 2003
Oscar

Best Picture

WINNER:
Chicago: Martin Richards

NOMINEES:
Gangs of New York: Alberto Grimaldi, Harvey Weinstein
The Hours: Scott Rudin, Robert Fox
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers: Barrie M. Osborne, Fran Walsh, Peter Jackson
The Pianist: Roman Polanski, Robert Benmussa, Alain Sarde

Best Actor in a Leading Role

WINNER:
The Pianist: Adrien Brody

NOMINEES:
About Schmidt: Jack Nicholson
Adaptation.: Nicolas Cage
Gangs of New York: Daniel Day-Lewis
The Quiet American: Michael Caine

Best Actress in a Leading Role


WINNER:
The Hours: Nicole Kidman

NOMINEES
Chicago: Renée Zellweger
Far from Heaven: Julianne Moore
Frida: Salma Hayek
Unfaithful: Diane Lane

Best Actor in a Supporting Role


WINNER:
Adaptation.: Chris Cooper

NOMINEES:
Catch Me If You Can: Christopher Walken
Chicago: John C. Reilly
The Hours: Ed Harris
Road to Perdition: Paul Newman

Best Actress in a Supporting Role

WINNER:
Chicago: Catherine Zeta-Jones

NOMINEES:
About Schmidt: Kathy Bates
Adaptation.: Meryl Streep
Chicago: Queen Latifah
The Hours: Julianne Moore

Best Director

WINNER:
The Pianist: Roman Polanski
Roman Polanski was not present at the awards ceremony, being a fugitive from U.S. justice since fleeing the country in 1978. Presenter Harrison Ford accepted the award on his behalf.

NOMINEES:
Chicago: Rob Marshall
Gangs of New York: Martin Scorsese
Talk to Her: Pedro Almodóvar
The Hours: Stephen Daldry

Best Writing, Original Screenplay


WINNER:
Talk to Her: Pedro Almodóvar

NOMINEES:
Far from Heaven: Todd Haynes
Gangs of New York: Jay Cocks (screenplay/story), Steven Zaillian (screenplay), Kenneth Lonergan (screenplay)
My Big Fat Greek Wedding: Nia Vardalos
Y tu mamá también: Carlos Cuarón, Alfonso Cuarón

Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay

WINNER:
The Pianist: Ronald Harwood

NOMINEES:
About a Boy: Peter Hedges, Chris Weitz, Paul Weitz
Adaptation.: Charlie Kaufman, Donald Kaufman
Chicago: Bill Condon
The Hours: David Hare

Best Cinematography

WINNER:
Road to Perdition: Conrad L. Hall
Nomination and award were posthumous. His son Conrad W. Hall accepted the award on his behalf.

NOMINEES:
Chicago: Dion Beebe
Far from Heaven: Edward Lachman
Gangs of New York: Michael Ballhaus
The Pianist: Pawel Edelman

Best Art Direction-Set Decoration

WINNER
Chicago: John Myhre (art director), Gordon Sim (set decorator)

NOMINEES
Frida: Felipe Fernández del Paso (art director), Hania Robledo (set decorator)
Gangs of New York: Dante Ferretti (art director), Francesca Lo Schiavo (set decorator)
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers: Grant Major (art director), Dan Hennah (set decorator), Alan Lee (set decorator)
Road to Perdition: Dennis Gassner (art director), Nancy Haigh (set decorator)

Best Costume Design


WINNER:
Chicago: Colleen Atwood

NOMINEES:
Frida: Julie Weiss
Gangs of New York: Sandy Powell
The Hours: Ann Roth
The Pianist: Anna B. Sheppard

Best Sound

WINNER
Chicago: Michael Minkler, Dominick Tavella, David Lee

NOMINEES
Gangs of New York: Tom Fleischman, Eugene Gearty, Ivan Sharrock
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers: Christopher Boyes, Michael Semanick, Michael Hedges, Hammond Peek
Road to Perdition: Scott Millan, Bob Beemer, John Pritchett
Spider-Man: Kevin O'Connell, Greg P. Russell, Ed Novick

Best Editing

WINNER:
Chicago: Martin Walsh

NOMINEES:
Gangs of New York: Thelma Schoonmaker
The Hours: Peter Boyle
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers: Michael Horton
The Pianist: Hervé de Luze

Best Sound Editing

WINNER:
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers: Ethan Van der Ryn, Mike Hopkins

NOMINEES:
Minority Report: Richard Hymns, Gary Rydstrom
Road to Perdition: Scott Hecker

Best Visual Effects

WINNER:
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers: Jim Rygiel, Joe Letteri, Randall William Cook, Alex Funke

NOMINEES:
Spider-Man: John Dykstra, Scott Stokdyk, Anthony LaMolinara, John Frazier
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones: Rob Coleman, Pablo Helman, John Knoll, Ben Snow

Best Makeup

WINNER:
Frida: John E. Jackson, Beatrice De Alba

NOMINEE:
The Time Machine: John M. Elliott Jr., Barbara Lorenz

Best Music, Original Song

WINNER:
8 Mile: Eminem (music/lyrics), Jeff Bass (music), Luis Resto (music)
For the song "Lose Yourself".
Eminem and Jeff Bass were not present at the awards ceremony.

NOMINEES:
Chicago: John Kander (music), Fred Ebb (lyrics)
For the song "I Move On".
Frida: Elliot Goldenthal (music), Julie Taymor (lyricsFor the song "Burn It Blue".
Gangs of New York: Bono, The Edge, Adam Clayton, Larry Mullen Jr.
For the song "The Hands That Built America".
The Wild Thornberrys Movie: Paul Simon
For the song "Father and Daughter".

Best Music, Original Score

WINNER:
Frida: Elliot Goldenthal

NOMINEES:
Catch Me If You Can: John Williams
Far from Heaven: Elmer Bernstein
The Hours: Philip Glass
Road to Perdition: Thomas Newman

Best Short Film, Animated

WINNER:
The Chubbchubbs!: Eric Armstrong

NOMINEES:
Katedra: Tomek Baginski
Mike's New Car: Pete Docter, Roger Gould
Mount Head: Koji Yamamura
Rocks: Chris Stenner, Heidi Wittlinger

Best Short Film, Live Action

WINNER
Der er en yndig mand: Martin Strange-Hansen, Mie Andreasen

NOMINEES:
Gridlock: Dirk Beliën, Anja Daelemans
Dog: Steve Pasvolsky, Joe Weatherstone
I'll Wait for the Next One...: Philippe Orreindy, Thomas Gaudin
Johnny Flynton: Lexi Alexander, Alexander Buono

Best Documentary, Short Subjects

WINNER:
Twin Towers: Bill Guttentag, Robert David Port

NOMINEES:
Collector of Bedford Street: Alice Elliott
Mighty Times: The Legacy of Rosa Parks: Robert Hudson, Robert Houston
Why Can't We Be a Family Again?: Roger Weisberg, Murray Nossel

Best Documentary, Features:

WINNER:
Bowling for Columbine: Michael Moore, Michael Donovan

NOMINEES:
Daughter from Danang: Gail Dolgin, Vicente Franco
Winged Migration: Jacques Perrin
Prisoner of Paradise: Malcolm Clarke, Stuart Sender
Spellbound: Jeffrey Blitz, Sean Welch

Best Foreign Language Film

WINNER:
Nowhere in Africa
Germany.
Caroline Link was not present at the awards ceremony due to a family emergency.

NOMINEES:
The Crime of Father Amaro
Mexico.
The Man Without a Past
Finland.
Ying xiong
China.
Zus & zo
Netherlands.

Best Animated Feature

WINNER:
Spirited Away: Hayao Miyazaki
Miyazaki was not present at the awards ceremony.

NOMINEES:
Ice Age: Chris Wedge
Lilo & Stitch: Chris Sanders
Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron: Jeffrey Katzenberg
Treasure Planet: Ron Clements

Honorary Award

WINNER:
Peter O'Toole
Whose remarkable talents have provided cinema history with some of its most memorable characters. (Oscar statuette)

Medal of Commendation

WINNERS
Curt Behlmer
For longstanding support of and service to the Academy and the motion picture industry.
Richard B. Glickman
For longstanding support of and service to the Academy and the motion picture industry.

Academy Award of Merit

WINNERS:
(Alias/Wavefront)
For the development of a 3D animation, dynamics, modeling and rendering production tool known as Maya.
(Arnold & Richter Cine Technik)
For their continuing development and innovation in the design and manufacturing of advanced camera systems specifically designed for the motion picture entertainment industry.
(Panavision Inc.)
For their continuing development and innovation in the design and manufacturing of advanced camera systems specifically designed for the motion picture entertainment industry.

Scientific and Engineering Award

WINNERS
Glenn Sanders (Zaxcom), Howard Stark (Zaxcom)
For the concept, design and engineering of the portable Deva Digital Audio Disk Recorder.
Mark Elendt, Paul H. Breslin, Greg Hermanovic, Kim Davidson
For their continued development of the procedural modeling and animation components of their Prisms program, as exemplified in the Houdini software package. Through a procedural building-block process, the Houdini software is used to simulate natural phenomena using particle effects and complex three-dimensional models.
Leslie Gutierrez, Diane E. Kestner, James Merrill, David Niklewicz
For the design and development of the Kodak Vision Premier Color Print Film, 2393. This film stock provides filmmakers with enhanced color saturation, higher contrast and darker blacks, producing a bold, colorful "look" on the theater screen.
Dedo Weigert, Depu Jin, Franz Petters
For for the concept (Weigert), for the optical calculations (Jin) and for the mechanical construction (Petters) of the Dedolight 400D. This uniquely designed set light provides superior performance, reliability and ease of use. Combined with its excellent array of accessories, the Dedolight 400D is an outstanding engineering achievement.

Technical Achievement Award

WINNERS:
Dick Walsh
For the development of the PDI/Dreamworks Facial Animation System. This effective software simulation system is used to create and control natural, expressive, highly-nuanced facial animation on a wide range of computer-generated characters.
Thomas Driemeyer (Mental Images) (Mental Images (team))
For their contributions to the Mental Ray rendering software for motion pictures. Mental Ray is a highly programmable computer-graphics renderer incorporating ray tracing and global illumination to realistically simulate the behavior of light in computer-generated imagery.
Eric Daniels, George Katanics, Tasso Lappas, Chris Springfield
For the development of the Deep Canvas rendering software. The Deep Canvas software program captures the original brush strokes of the traditional background artist to render elements in three dimensions for animated films.
Jim Songer
For his contributions to the technical development of video-assist in the motion picture industry. The work of Jim Songer from 1968 through 1973 led directly to the more widespread acceptance of video-assist in the motion picture industry.
Pierre Chabert (Airstar)
For the introduction of balloons with internal light sources to provide set lighting for the motion picture industry. These helium-filled balloons with internal arrangements for tungsten halogen and HMI light sources are usable indoors or out, quick to set up, require essentially no rigging and provide a soft light that can cover a very large area.
Rawdon Hayne (Leelium Tubelite), Robert W. Jeffs (Leelium Tubelite)
For their contributions to the development of internally lit balloons for motion picture lighting. These helium-filled balloons with internal arrangements for tungsten halogen and HMI light sources are usable indoors or out, quick to set up, require essentially no rigging and provide a soft light that can cover a very large area.

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