Academy Awards 2004

Best Picture

WINNER:
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King: Barrie M. Osborne, Peter Jackson, Fran Walsh

NOMINEES:
Lost in Translation: Ross Katz, Sofia Coppola
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World: Samuel Goldwyn Jr., Peter Weir, Duncan Henderson
Mystic River: Robert Lorenz, Judie Hoyt, Clint Eastwood
Seabiscuit: Kathleen Kennedy, Frank Marshall, Gary Ross

Best Actor in a Leading Role

WINNER:
Mystic River: Sean Penn

NOMINEES
Cold Mountain: Jude Law
House of Sand and Fog: Ben Kingsley
Lost in Translation: Bill Murray
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl: Johnny Depp

Best Actress in a Leading Role

WINNER:
Monster: Charlize Theron

NOMINEES:
Whale Rider: Keisha Castle-Hughes
Something's Gotta Give: Diane Keaton
In America: Samantha Morton
21 Grams: Naomi Watts

Best Actor in a Supporting Role

WINNER:
Mystic River: Tim Robbins

NOMINEES:
21 Grams: Benicio Del Toro
The Cooler: Alec Baldwin
In America: Djimon Hounsou
The Last Samurai: Ken Watanabe

Best Actress in a Supporting Role

WINNER:
Cold Mountain: Renée Zellweger

NOMINEES:
House of Sand and Fog: Shohreh Aghdashloo
Mystic River: Marcia Gay Harden
Pieces of April: Patricia Clarkson
Thirteen: Holly Hunter

Best Director

WINNER:
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King: Peter Jackson

NOMINEES:
City of God: Fernando Meirelles
Lost in Translation: Sofia Coppola
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World: Peter Weir
Mystic River: Clint Eastwood

Best Writing, Original Screenplay

WINNER:
Lost in Translation: Sofia Coppola

NOMINEES:
Dirty Pretty Things: Steven Knight
Finding Nemo: Andrew Stanton (screenplay/story), Bob Peterson (screenplay), David Reynolds (screenplay)
In America: Jim Sheridan, Naomi Sheridan, Kirsten Sheridan
Invasion of the Barbarians: Denys Arcand

Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay

WINNER:
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King: Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens, Peter Jackson

NOMINEES:
American Splendor: Shari Springer Berman, Robert Pulcini
City of God: Bráulio Mantovani
Mystic River: Brian Helgeland
Seabiscuit: Gary Ross

Best Cinematography

WINNER:
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World: Russell Boyd

NOMINEES:
City of God: César Charlone
Cold Mountain: John Seale
Girl with a Pearl Earring: Eduardo Serra
Seabiscuit: John Schwartzman

Best Art Direction-Set Decoration

WINNER:
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King: Grant Major (art director), Dan Hennah (set decorator), Alan Lee (set decorator)

NOMINEES:
Girl with a Pearl Earring: Ben van Os (art director), Cecile Heideman (set decorator)
The Last Samurai: Lilly Kilvert (art director), Gretchen Rau (set decorator)
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World: William Sandell (art director), Robert Gould (set decorator)
Seabiscuit: Jeannine Claudia Oppewall (art director), Leslie A. Pope (set decorator)

Best Costume Design

WINNER:
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King: Ngila Dickson, Richard Taylor

NOMINEES:
Girl with a Pearl Earring: Dien van Straalen
The Last Samurai: Ngila Dickson
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World: Wendy Stites
Seabiscuit: Judianna Makovsky

Best Sound Mixing

WINNER:
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King: Christopher Boyes, Michael Semanick, Michael Hedges, Hammond Peek

NOMINEES:
The Last Samurai: Andy Nelson, Anna Behlmer, Jeff Wexler
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World: Paul Massey, Doug Hemphill, Art Rochester
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl: Christopher Boyes, David Parker, David E. Campbell, Lee Orloff
Seabiscuit: Andy Nelson, Anna Behlmer, Tod A. Maitland

Best Editing

WINNER:
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King: Jamie Selkirk

NOMINEES:
City of God: Daniel Rezende
Cold Mountain: Walter Murch
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World: Lee Smith
Seabiscuit: William Goldenberg

Best Sound Editing

WINNER:
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World: Richard King

NOMINEES:
Finding Nemo: Gary Rydstrom, Michael Silvers
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl: Christopher Boyes, George Watters II

Best Visual Effects

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

NOMINEES:
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World: Daniel Sudick, Stefen Fangmeier, Nathan McGuinness, Robert Stromberg
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl: John Knoll, Hal T. Hickel, Charles Gibson, Terry D. Frazee

Best Makeup

WINNER:
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King: Richard Taylor, Peter King

NOMINEES:
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World: Edouard F. Henriques, Yolanda Toussieng
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl: Ve Neill, Martin Samuel

Best Music, Original Song

WINNER:
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King: Fran Walsh, Howard Shore, Annie Lennox
For the song "Into the West".

NOMINEES:
Cold Mountain: T-Bone Burnett, Elvis Costello
For the song "Scarlet Tide".
Cold Mountain: Sting
For the song "You Will Be My Ain True Love".
A Mighty Wind: Michael McKean, Annette O'Toole
For the song "A Kiss at the End of the Rainbow".
The Triplets of Belleville: Benoît Charest (music), Sylvain Chomet (lyrics)
For the song "Belleville Rendez-Vous".

Best Music, Original Score

WINNER:
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King: Howard Shore

NOMINEES:
Big Fish: Danny Elfman
Cold Mountain: Gabriel Yared
Finding Nemo: Thomas Newman
House of Sand and Fog: James Horner

Best Short Film, Animated

WINNER:
Harvie Krumpet: Adam Elliot

NOMINEES:
Boundin': Bud Luckey
Destino: Dominique Monfery, Roy Edward Disney
Gone Nutty: Carlos Saldanha, John C. Donkin
Nibbles: Christopher Hinton

Best Short Film, Live Action

WINNER:
Two Soldiers: Aaron Schneider, Andrew J. Sacks

NOMINEES:
(A)Torsion: Stefan Arsenijevic
Most: Bobby Garabedian, William Zabka
The Red Jacket: Florian Baxmeyer
Squash: Lionel Bailliu

Best Documentary, Short Subjects

WINNER:
Chernobyl Heart: Maryann DeLeo

NOMINEES:
Asylum: Sandy McLeod, Gini Reticker
Ferry Tales: Katja Esson

Best Documentary, Features

WINNER:
The Fog of War: Eleven Lessons from the Life of Robert S. McNamara: Errol Morris, Michael Williams

NOMINEES:
Cuban Rafters: Carles Bosch, Josep Maria Domènech
Capturing the Friedmans: Andrew Jarecki, Marc Smerling
My Architect: Nathaniel Kahn, Susan Rose Behr
The Weather Underground: Sam Green, Bill Siegel

Best Foreign Language Film

WINNER:
Invasion of the Barbarians
Canada.

NOMINEES:
Evil
Sweden.
Tasogare Seibei
Japan.
Twin Sisters
Netherlands.
Zelary
Czech Republic.

Best Animated Feature

WINNER:
Finding Nemo: Andrew Stanton

NOMINEES:
Brother Bear: Aaron Blaise, Robert Walker
The Triplets of Belleville: Sylvain Chomet

Honorary Award

WINNER:
Blake Edwards
In recognition of his writing, directing and producing an extraordinary body of work for the screen. (Oscar statuette)

Medal of Commendation

WINNER:
Douglas Greenfield

Academy Award of Merit

WINNERS:
(Digidesign)
For the design, development and implementation of the Pro Tools digital audio workstation.
Bill Tondreau (Kuper Controls)
For his significant advancements in the field of motion control technology for motion picture visual effects.

Scientific and Engineering Award

WINNERS:
(Kinoton GmbH)
For the engineering and development of the Kinoton FP 30/38 EC II Studio Projector.
Kenneth L. Tingler (Eastman Kodak Company), Charles C. Anderson (Eastman Kodak Company), Diane E. Kestner (Eastman Kodak Company), Brian A. Schell (Eastman Kodak Company)
For the successful development of a process-surviving antistatic layer technology for motion picture film.
Christopher Alfred, Andrew Cannon, Michael C. Carlos, Mark Crabtree, Chuck Grindstaff, John Melanson
For their significant contributions to the evolution of digital audio editing for motion picture post production.
Stephen Regelous
For the design and development of Massive, the autonomous agent animation system used for the battle sequences in "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy.

Technical Achievement Award

WINNERS:
Kish Sadhvani, Paul Duclos, Carl Pernicone
For the concept and optical design (Sadhvani), for for the practical realization and production engineering (Duclos) and for the mechanical design and engineering (Pernicone) of the portable cine viewfinder system known as the Ultimate Director's Finder (UDF).
Henrik Wann Jensen, Stephen R. Marschner, Pat Hanrahan
For their pioneering research in simulating subsurface scattering of light in translucent materials as presented in their paper "A Practical Model for Subsurface Light Transport.
Christophe Hery, Ken McGaugh, Joe Letteri
For their groundbreaking implementations of practical methods for rendering skin and other translucent materials using subsurface scattering techniques.

Gordon E. Sawyer Award

WINNER:
Peter Parks