81st Annual Academy Awards Nominees
winners are marked with * sign
ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
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Richard Jenkins -- The Visitor {"Walter"} |
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Frank Langella -- Frost/Nixon {"Richard Nixon"} |
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Sean Penn -- Milk {"Harvey Milk"} |
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Brad Pitt -- The Curious Case of Benjamin Button {"Benjamin Button"} |
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Mickey Rourke -- The Wrestler {"Randy"} |
ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
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Josh Brolin -- Milk {"Dan White"} |
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Robert Downey Jr. -- Tropic Thunder {"Kirk Lazarus"} |
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Philip Seymour Hoffman -- Doubt {"Father Brendan Flynn"} |
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Heath Ledger -- The Dark Knight {"Joker"} |
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Michael Shannon -- Revolutionary Road {"John Givings"} |
ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
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Anne Hathaway -- Rachel Getting Married {"Kym"} |
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Angelina Jolie -- Changeling {"Christine Collins"} |
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Melissa Leo -- Frozen River {"Ray Eddy"} |
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Meryl Streep -- Doubt {"Sister Aloysius Beauvier"} |
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Kate Winslet -- The Reader {"Hanna Schmitz"} |
ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
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Amy Adams -- Doubt {"Sister James"} |
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Penélope Cruz -- Vicky Cristina Barcelona {"Maria Elena"} |
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Viola Davis -- Doubt {"Mrs. Miller"} |
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Taraji P. Henson -- The Curious Case of Benjamin Button {"Queenie"} |
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Marisa Tomei -- The Wrestler {"Cassidy"} |
ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
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Bolt -- Chris Williams and Byron Howard |
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Kung Fu Panda -- John Stevenson and Mark Osborne |
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WALL-E -- Andrew Stanton |
ART DIRECTION
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Changeling -- Art Direction: James J. Murakami; Set Decoration: Gary Fettis |
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The Curious Case of Benjamin Button -- Art Direction: Donald Graham Burt; Set Decoration: Victor J. Zolfo |
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The Dark Knight -- Art Direction: Nathan Crowley; Set Decoration: Peter Lando |
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The Duchess -- Art Direction: Michael Carlin; Set Decoration: Rebecca Alleway |
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Revolutionary Road -- Art Direction: Kristi Zea; Set Decoration: Debra Schutt |
CINEMATOGRAPHY
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Changeling -- Tom Stern |
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The Curious Case of Benjamin Button -- Claudio Miranda |
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The Dark Knight -- Wally Pfister |
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The Reader -- Chris Menges and Roger Deakins |
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Slumdog Millionaire -- Anthony Dod Mantle |
COSTUME DESIGN
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Australia -- Catherine Martin |
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The Curious Case of Benjamin Button -- Jacqueline West |
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The Duchess -- Michael O’Connor |
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Milk -- Danny Glicker |
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Revolutionary Road -- Albert Wolsky |
DIRECTING
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The Curious Case of Benjamin Button -- David Fincher |
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Frost/Nixon -- Ron Howard |
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Milk -- Gus Van Sant |
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The Reader -- Stephen Daldry |
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Slumdog Millionaire -- Danny Boyle |
DOCUMENTARY (Feature)
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The Betrayal (Nerakhoon) -- Ellen Kuras and Thavisouk Phrasavath |
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Encounters at the End of the World -- Werner Herzog and Henry Kaiser |
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The Garden -- Scott Hamilton Kennedy |
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Man on Wire -- James Marsh and Simon Chinn |
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Trouble the Water -- Tia Lessin and Carl Deal |
DOCUMENTARY (Short Subject)
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The Conscience of Nhem En -- Steven Okazaki |
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The Final Inch -- Irene Taylor Brodsky and Tom Grant |
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Smile Pinki -- Megan Mylan |
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The Witness - From the Balcony of Room 306 -- Adam Pertofsky and Margaret Hyde |
FILM EDITING
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The Curious Case of Benjamin Button -- Kirk Baxter and Angus Wall |
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The Dark Knight -- Lee Smith |
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Frost/Nixon -- Mike Hill and Dan Hanley |
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Milk -- Elliot Graham |
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Slumdog Millionaire -- Chris Dickens |
FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
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The Baader Meinhof Complex -- Germany |
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The Class -- France |
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Departures -- Japan |
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Revanche -- Austria |
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Waltz with Bashir -- Israel |
MAKEUP
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The Curious Case of Benjamin Button -- Greg Cannom |
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The Dark Knight -- John Caglione, Jr. and Conor O’Sullivan |
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Hellboy II: The Golden Army -- Mike Elizalde and Thom Floutz |
MUSIC (Original Score)
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The Curious Case of Benjamin Button -- Alexandre Desplat |
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Defiance -- James Newton Howard |
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Milk -- Danny Elfman |
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Slumdog Millionaire -- A.R. Rahman |
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WALL-E -- Thomas Newman |
MUSIC (Original Song)
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"Down to Earth" from WALL-E -- Music by Peter Gabriel and Thomas Newman; Lyric by Peter Gabriel |
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"Jai Ho" from Slumdog Millionaire -- Music by A.R. Rahman; Lyric by Gulzar |
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"O Saya" from Slumdog Millionaire -- Music and Lyric by A.R. Rahman and Maya Arulpragasam |
BEST PICTURE
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The Curious Case of Benjamin Button -- Kathleen Kennedy, Frank Marshall and Ceán Chaffin, Producers |
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Frost/Nixon -- Brian Grazer, Ron Howard and Eric Fellner, Producers |
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Milk -- Dan Jinks and Bruce Cohen, Producers |
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The Reader -- Anthony Minghella, Sydney Pollack, Donna Gigliotti and Redmond Morris, Producers |
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Slumdog Millionaire -- Christian Colson, Producer |
SHORT FILM (Animated)
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La Maison en Petits Cubes -- Kunio Kato |
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Lavatory - Lovestory -- Konstantin Bronzit |
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Oktapodi -- Emud Mokhberi and Thierry Marchand |
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Presto -- Doug Sweetland |
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This Way Up -- Alan Smith and Adam Foulkes |
SHORT FILM (Live Action)
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Auf der Strecke (On the Line) -- Reto Caffi |
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Manon on the Asphalt -- Elizabeth Marre and Olivier Pont |
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New Boy -- Steph Green and Tamara Anghie |
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The Pig -- Tivi Magnusson and Dorte Høgh |
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Spielzeugland (Toyland) -- Jochen Alexander Freydank |
SOUND EDITING
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The Dark Knight -- Richard King |
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Iron Man -- Frank Eulner and Christopher Boyes |
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Slumdog Millionaire -- Glenn Freemantle and Tom Sayers |
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WALL-E -- Ben Burtt and Matthew Wood |
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Wanted -- Wylie Stateman |
SOUND MIXING
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The Curious Case of Benjamin Button -- David Parker, Michael Semanick, Ren Klyce and Mark Weingarten |
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The Dark Knight -- Lora Hirschberg, Gary Rizzo and Ed Novick |
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Slumdog Millionaire -- Ian Tapp, Richard Pryke and Resul Pookutty |
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WALL-E -- Tom Myers, Michael Semanick and Ben Burtt |
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Wanted -- Chris Jenkins, Frank A. Montaño and Petr Forejt |
VISUAL EFFECTS
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The Curious Case of Benjamin Button -- Eric Barba, Steve Preeg, Burt Dalton and Craig Barron |
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The Dark Knight -- Nick Davis, Chris Corbould, Tim Webber and Paul Franklin |
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Iron Man -- John Nelson, Ben Snow, Dan Sudick and Shane Mahan |
WRITING (Adapted Screenplay)
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The Curious Case of Benjamin Button -- Screenplay by Eric Roth; Screen story by Eric Roth and Robin Swicord |
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Doubt -- Written by John Patrick Shanley |
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Frost/Nixon -- Screenplay by Peter Morgan |
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The Reader -- Screenplay by David Hare |
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Slumdog Millionaire -- Screenplay by Simon Beaufoy |
WRITING (Original Screenplay)
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Frozen River -- Written by Courtney Hunt |
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Happy-Go-Lucky -- Written by Mike Leigh |
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In Bruges -- Written by Martin McDonagh |
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Milk -- Written by Dustin Lance Black |
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WALL-E -- Screenplay by Andrew Stanton, Jim Reardon; Original story by Andrew Stanton, Pete Docter |
JEAN HERSHOLT HUMANITARIAN AWARD
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Jerry Lewis |
GORDON E. SAWYER AWARD
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Ed Catmull |
SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL AWARD (Scientific and Engineering Award)
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To ERWIN MELZNER for the overall concept including the optical and cooling systems, VOLKER SCHUMACHER for the optical design, and TIMO MÜLLER for the mechanical design, of the Arrimax 18/12 lighting fixture for use in motion picture production. With its choice of vari-focus and specular reflectors, the superior optical and mechanical design of this lighting fixture allows it to operate at 18,000 watts, producing unsurpassed light quality while its innovative cooling system keeps the housing safe to touch. [Lighting] |
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To JACQUES DELACOUX for the concept and electronic design, and ALEXANDRE LEUCHTER for the software and electronic design, of the Transvideo video-assist monitors for the motion picture industry. Using color LCD screens, the Transvideo monitors provide flicker-free video assist bright enough for use in sunlight and have become a ubiquitous tool in both spherical and anamorphic cinematography. [Systems] |
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To BRUNO COUMERT and JACQUES DEBIZE for the optical design, and DOMINIQUE CHERVIN and CHRISTOPHE REBOULET for the mechanical design, of the compact and lightweight Angenieux 15-40 and 28-76 zoom lenses for handheld motion picture photography. With focus and zoom functions that can be easily controlled by either the operator or focus puller while filming handheld, these lightweight zoom lenses demonstrate a very high degree of engineering, supporting both ease of use and quick interchange. [Lenses and Filters] |
SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL AWARD (Technical Achievement Award)
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To STEVE HYLÉN for the concept and his continued leadership in the further development of the Hylén Lens System for motion picture effects photography. When attached to a film or digital production camera, this versatile aerial image device can produce a wide variety of optical effects interactively, on set and in real time without post-production image manipulation. [Lenses and Filters] |
JOHN A. BONNER MEDAL OF COMMENDATION
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To Mark Kimball in appreciation for outstanding service and dedication in upholding the high standards of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. |
