Academy Awards 2005

Best Motion Picture of the Year

WINNER:
Million Dollar Baby: Clint Eastwood, Albert S. Ruddy, Tom Rosenberg

NOMINEES:
The Aviator: Michael Mann, Graham King
Finding Neverland: Richard N. Gladstein, Nellie Bellflower
Ray: Taylor Hackford, Stuart Benjamin, Howard Baldwin
Sideways: Michael London

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role

WINNER:
Ray: Jamie Foxx

NOMINEES:
The Aviator: Leonardo DiCaprio
Finding Neverland: Johnny Depp
Hotel Rwanda: Don Cheadle
Million Dollar Baby: Clint Eastwood

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role

WINNER:
Million Dollar Baby: Hilary Swank

NOMINEES:
Being Julia: Annette Bening
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind: Kate Winslet
Maria Full of Grace: Catalina Sandino Moreno
Vera Drake: Imelda Staunton

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role

WINNER:
Million Dollar Baby: Morgan Freeman

NOMINEES:
The Aviator: Alan Alda
Closer: Clive Owen
Collateral: Jamie Foxx
Sideways: Thomas Haden Church

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role

WINNER:
The Aviator: Cate Blanchett

NOMINEES:
Closer: Natalie Portman
Hotel Rwanda: Sophie Okonedo
Kinsey: Laura Linney
Sideways: Virginia Madsen

Best Achievement in Directing

WINNER:
Million Dollar Baby: Clint Eastwood

NOMINEES:
The Aviator: Martin Scorsese
Ray: Taylor Hackford
Sideways: Alexander Payne
Vera Drake: Mike Leigh

Best Writing, Original Screenplay

WINNER:
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind: Charlie Kaufman (screenplay/story), Michel Gondry (story), Pierre Bismuth (story)

NOMINEES:
The Aviator: John Logan
Hotel Rwanda: Keir Pearson, Terry George
The Incredibles: Brad Bird
Vera Drake: Mike Leigh

Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay

WINNER:
Sideways: Alexander Payne, Jim Taylor

NOMINEES:
Before Sunset: Richard Linklater (screenplay/story), Julie Delpy (screenplay), Ethan Hawke (screenplay), Kim Krizan (story)
The Motorcycle Diaries: Jose Rivera
Finding Neverland: David Magee
Million Dollar Baby: Paul Haggis

Best Achievement in Cinematography

WINNER:
The Aviator: Robert Richardson

NOMINEES:
The Passion of the Christ: Caleb Deschanel
The Phantom of the Opera: John Mathieson
House of Flying Daggers: Xiaoding Zhao
A Very Long Engagement: Bruno Delbonnel

Best Achievement in Art Direction

WINNER:
The Aviator: Dante Ferretti (art director), Francesca Lo Schiavo (set decorator)

NOMINEES:
Finding Neverland: Gemma Jackson (art director), Trisha Edwards (set decorator)
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events: Rick Heinrichs (art director), Cheryl Carasik (set decorator)
The Phantom of the Opera: Anthony Pratt (art director), Celia Bobak (set decorator)
A Very Long Engagement: Aline Bonetto

Best Achievement in Costume Design

WINNER:
The Aviator: Sandy Powell

NOMINEES:
Finding Neverland: Alexandra Byrne
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events: Colleen Atwood
Ray: Sharen Davis
Troy: Bob Ringwood

Best Achievement in Sound Mixing

WINNER:
Ray: Scott Millan, Greg Orloff, Bob Beemer, Steve Cantamessa

NOMINEES:
The Aviator: Tom Fleischman, Petur Hliddal
The Incredibles: Randy Thom, Gary Rizzo, Doc Kane
The Polar Express: William B. Kaplan, Randy Thom, Tom Johnson, Dennis S. Sands
Spider-Man 2: Kevin O'Connell, Greg P. Russell, Jeffrey J. Haboush, Joseph Geisinger

Best Achievement in Editing

WINNER:
The Aviator: Thelma Schoonmaker

NOMINEES:
Collateral: Jim Miller, Paul Rubell
Finding Neverland: Matt Chesse
Million Dollar Baby: Joel Cox
Ray: Paul Hirsch

Best Achievement in Sound Editing

WINNER:
The Incredibles: Michael Silvers, Randy Thom

NOMINEES:
The Polar Express: Randy Thom, Dennis Leonard
Spider-Man 2: Paul N.J. Ottosson

Best Achievement in Visual Effects

WINNER:
Spider-Man 2: John Dykstra, Scott Stokdyk, Anthony LaMolinara, John Frazier

NOMINEES:
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban: Tim Burke, Roger Guyett, Bill George, John Richardson
I, Robot: John Nelson, Andy Jones, Erik Nash, Joe Letteri

Best Achievement in Makeup

WINNER:
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events: Valli O'Reilly, Bill Corso

NOMINEES:
The Sea Inside: Jo Allen, Manolo García
The Passion of the Christ: Keith VanderLaan, Christien Tinsley

Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Song

WINNER:
The Motorcycle Diaries: Jorge Drexler
For the song "Al Otro Lado Del Río".

NOMINEES:
Chorists: Bruno Coulais (composer), Christophe Barratier (lyricist)
For the song "Look To Your Path (Vois Sur Ton Chemin)".
The Phantom of the Opera: Andrew Lloyd Webber (composer), Charles Hart (lyricist)
For the song "Learn To Be Lonely".
The Polar Express: Glen Ballard, Alan Silvestri
For the song "Believe".
Shrek 2: Adam Duritz (composer/lyricist), Charles Gillingham (composer), Jim Bogios (composer), David Immerglück (composer), Matthew Malley (composer), David Bryson (composer), Dan Vickrey (lyricist)
For the song "Accidentally In Love".

Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Score

WINNER:
Finding Neverland: Jan A.P. Kaczmarek

NOMINEES:
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban: John Williams
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events: Thomas Newman
The Passion of the Christ: John Debney
The Village: James Newton Howard

Best Short Film, Animated

WINNER:
Ryan: Chris Landreth

NOMINEES:
Birthday Boy: Sejong Park, Andrew Gregory
Gopher Broke: Jeff Fowler, Tim Miller
Guard Dog: Bill Plympton
Lorenzo: Mike Gabriel, Baker Bloodworth

Best Short Film, Live Action

WINNER:
Wasp: Andrea Arnold

NOMINEES:
7:35 in the Morning: Nacho Vigalondo
Everything in This Country Must: Gary McKendry
Little Terrorist: Ashvin Kumar
Two Cars, One Night: Taika Waititi, Ainsley Gardiner

Best Documentary, Short Subjects

WINNER:
Mighty Times: The Children's March: Robert Hudson, Robert Houston

NOMINEES:
Autism Is a World: Gerardine Wurzburg
The Children of Leningradsky: Hanna Polak, Andrzej Celinski
Hardwood: Erin Faith Young, Hubert Davis
Sister Rose's Passion: Oren Jacoby, Steve Kalafer

Best Documentary, Features

WINNER:
Born Into Brothels: Calcutta's Red Light Kids: Ross Kauffman, Zana Briski

NOMINEES:
The Story of the Weeping Camel: Luigi Falorni, Byambasuren Davaa
Super Size Me: Morgan Spurlock
Tupac: Resurrection: Lauren Lazin, Karolyn Ali
Twist of Faith: Kirby Dick, Eddie Schmidt

Best Foreign Language Film of the Year

WINNER:
The Sea Inside
Spain.

NOMINEES:
Chorists
France.
As It Is in Heaven
Sweden.
Downfall
Germany.
Yesterday
South Africa.

Best Animated Feature Film of the Year

WINNER:
The Incredibles: Brad Bird

NOMINEES:
Shark Tale: Bill Damaschke
Shrek 2: Andrew Adamson

Honorary Award

WINNER:
Sidney Lumet

Award of Commendation

WINNER:
Arthur Widmer
For his lifetime achievement in the science and technology of image compositing for motion pictures as exemplified by his significant contributions to the development of the Ultra Violet and the 'bluescreen' compositing processes.

Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award

WINNER:
Roger Mayer

Academy Award of Merit

WINNERS:
Horst Burbulla
For the invention and continuing development of the Technocrane telescoping camera crane.
Jean-Marie Lavalou, Alain Masseron, David Samuelson
For the engineering and development of the Louma Camera Crane and remote system for motion picture production.

Scientific and Engineering Award

WINNERS:
Gyula Mester, Keith Edwards
For their significant contributions (electronic systems design, Mester and mechanical engineering, Edwards) to and continuing development of the Technocrane telescoping camera crane.
Lindsay Arnold, Guy Griffiths, David Hodson, Charlie Lawrence, David Mann
For their development of the Cineon Digital Film Workstation.

Technical Achievement Award

WINNERS:
Greg Cannom, Wesley Wofford
For the development of their special modified silicone material for makeup applications used in motion pictures.
Gerald Cotts, Anthony Seaman
For the original concept and design (Cotts) and for the engineering (Seaman) of the Satellight-X HMI Softlight.
Steve Boze
For the design and implementation of the DNF 001 multi-band digital audio noise suppressor.
Christopher Hicks, Dave Betts
For the design and implementation of the Cedar DNS 1000 multi-band digital noise suppressor.
Nelson Tyler
For the development of the Tyler Gyroplatform boat mount stabilizing device for motion picture photography.
Julian Morris, Michael Birch, Paul Smyth, Paul Tate
For the development of the Vicon motion capture technology.
John O.B. Greaves, Ned Phipps, Antonie J. van den Bogert, William Hayes
For the development of the Motion Analysis motion capture technology.
Nels Madsen, Vaughn Cato, Matt Madden, Bill Lorton
For the development of the Giant Studios motion capture technology.
Alan Kapler
For the design and development of Storm, a software toolkit for artistic control of volumetric effects.

Gordon E. Sawyer Award

WINNER:
Tak Miyagishima

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