Oscar Awards History (1996 to 2005)

1996 (69th)
ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
 Tom Cruise -- Jerry Maguire {"Jerry Maguire"}
 Ralph Fiennes -- The English Patient {"Almasy"}
 Woody Harrelson -- The People vs. Larry Flynt {"Larry Flynt"}
* Geoffrey Rush -- Shine {"David Helfgott"}
 Billy Bob Thornton -- Sling Blade {"Karl Childers"}

ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
* Cuba Gooding, Jr. -- Jerry Maguire {"Rod Tidwell"}
 William H. Macy -- Fargo {"Jerry Lundegaard"}
 Armin Mueller-Stahl -- Shine {"Peter Helfgott"}
 Edward Norton -- Primal Fear {"Aaron Stampler"}
 James Woods -- Ghosts of Mississippi {"Byron De La Beckwith"}

ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
 Brenda Blethyn -- Secrets & Lies {"Cynthia"}
 Diane Keaton -- Marvin's Room {"Bessie"}
* Frances McDormand -- Fargo {"Marge Gunderson"}
 Kristin Scott Thomas -- The English Patient {"Katharine Clifton"}
 Emily Watson -- Breaking the Waves {"Bess"}

ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
 Joan Allen -- The Crucible {"Elizabeth Proctor"}
 Lauren Bacall -- The Mirror Has Two Faces {"Hannah Morgan"}
* Juliette Binoche -- The English Patient {"Hana"}
 Barbara Hershey -- The Portrait of a Lady {"Madame Serena Merle"}
 Marianne Jean-Baptiste -- Secrets & Lies {"Hortense"}

ART DIRECTION
 The Birdcage -- Art Direction: Bo Welch; Set Decoration: Cheryl Carasik
* The English Patient -- Art Direction: Stuart Craig; Set Decoration: Stephenie McMillan
 Evita -- Art Direction: Brian Morris; Set Decoration: Philippe Turlure
 Hamlet -- Tim Harvey
 William Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet -- Art Direction: Catherine Martin; Set Decoration: Brigitte Broch

CINEMATOGRAPHY
* The English Patient -- John Seale
 Evita -- Darius Khondji
 Fargo -- Roger Deakins
 Fly Away Home -- Caleb Deschanel
 Michael Collins -- Chris Menges

COSTUME DESIGN
 Angels and Insects -- Paul Brown
 Emma -- Ruth Myers
* The English Patient -- Ann Roth
 Hamlet -- Alex Byrne
 The Portrait of a Lady -- Janet Patterson

DIRECTING
* The English Patient -- Anthony Minghella
 Fargo -- Joel Coen
 The People vs. Larry Flynt -- Milos Forman
 Secrets & Lies -- Mike Leigh
 Shine -- Scott Hicks

DOCUMENTARY (Feature)
 The Line King: The Al Hirschfeld Story -- Susan W. Dryfoos
 Mandela -- Jo Menell, Angus Gibson
 Suzanne Farrell: Elusive Muse -- Anne Belle, Deborah Dickson
 Tell the Truth and Run: George Seldes and the American Press -- Rick Goldsmith
* When We Were Kings -- Leon Gast, David Sonenberg

DOCUMENTARY (Short Subject)
* Breathing Lessons: The Life and Work of Mark O'Brien -- Jessica Yu
 Cosmic Voyage -- Jeffrey Marvin, Bayley Silleck
 An Essay on Matisse -- Perry Wolff
 Special Effects -- Susanne Simpson, Ben Burtt
 The Wild Bunch: An Album in Montage -- Paul Seydor, Nick Redman

FILM EDITING
* The English Patient -- Walter Murch
 Evita -- Gerry Hambling
 Fargo -- Roderick Jaynes
 Jerry Maguire -- Joe Hutshing
 Shine -- Pip Karmel

FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
 A Chef in Love -- Georgia
* Kolya -- Czech Republic
 The Other Side of Sunday -- Norway
 Prisoner of the Mountains -- Russia
 Ridicule -- France

MAKEUP
 Ghosts of Mississippi -- Matthew W. Mungle, Deborah La Mia Denaver
* The Nutty Professor -- Rick Baker, David LeRoy Anderson
 Star Trek: First Contact -- Michael Westmore, Scott Wheeler, Jake Garber

MUSIC (Original Dramatic Score)
* The English Patient -- Gabriel Yared
 Hamlet -- Patrick Doyle
 Michael Collins -- Elliot Goldenthal
 Shine -- David Hirschfelder
 Sleepers -- John Williams

MUSIC (Original Musical or Comedy Score)
* Emma -- Rachel Portman
 The First Wives Club -- Marc Shaiman
 The Hunchback of Notre Dame -- Music by Alan Menken; Lyrics by Stephen Schwartz; Orchestral Score by Alan Menken
 James and the Giant Peach -- Randy Newman
 The Preacher's Wife -- Hans Zimmer

MUSIC (Original Song)
 "Because You Loved Me" from Up Close and Personal -- Music and Lyric by Diane Warren
 "For the First Time" from One Fine Day -- Music and Lyric by James Newton Howard, Jud J. Friedman and Allan Dennis Rich
 "I Finally Found Someone" from The Mirror Has Two Faces -- Music and Lyric by Barbra Streisand, Marvin Hamlisch, Bryan Adams and Robert 'Mutt' Lange
 "That Thing You Do!" from That Thing You Do! -- Music and Lyric by Adam Schlesinger
* "You Must Love Me" from Evita -- Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber; Lyric by Tim Rice

BEST PICTURE
* The English Patient -- Saul Zaentz, Producer
 Fargo -- Ethan Coen, Producer
 Jerry Maguire -- James L. Brooks, Laurence Mark, Richard Sakai and Cameron Crowe, Producers
 Secrets & Lies -- Simon Channing-Williams, Producer
 Shine -- Jane Scott, Producer

SHORT FILM (Animated)
 Canhead -- Timothy Hittle, Chris Peterson
 La Salla -- Richard Condie
* Quest -- Tyron Montgomery, Thomas Stellmach
 Wat's Pig -- Peter Lord

SHORT FILM (Live Action)
 De Tripas, Corazon -- Antonio Urrutia
* Dear Diary -- David Frankel, Barry Jossen
 Ernst & Lyset -- Kim Magnusson, Anders Thomas Jensen
 Esposados -- Juan Carlos Fresnadillo
 Wordless -- Bernadette Carranza, Antonello De Leo

SOUND
* The English Patient -- Walter Murch, Mark Berger, David Parker, Chris Newman
 Evita -- Andy Nelson, Anna Behlmer, Ken Weston
 Independence Day -- Chris Carpenter, Bill W. Benton, Bob Beemer, Jeff Wexler
 The Rock -- Kevin O'Connell, Greg P. Russell, Keith A. Wester
 Twister -- Steve Maslow, Gregg Landaker, Kevin O'Connell, Geoffrey Patterson

SOUND EFFECTS EDITING
 Daylight -- Richard L. Anderson, David A. Whittaker
 Eraser -- Alan Robert Murray, Bub Asman
* The Ghost and the Darkness -- Bruce Stambler

VISUAL EFFECTS
 Dragonheart -- Scott Squires, Phil Tippett, James Straus, Kit West
* Independence Day -- Volker Engel, Douglas Smith, Clay Pinney, Joseph Viskocil
 Twister -- Stefen Fangmeier, John Frazier, Habib Zargarpour, Henry La Bounta

WRITING (Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published)
 The Crucible -- Arthur Miller
 The English Patient -- Anthony Minghella
 Hamlet -- Kenneth Branagh
* Sling Blade -- Billy Bob Thornton
 Trainspotting -- John Hodge

WRITING (Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen)
* Fargo -- Ethan Coen, Joel Coen
 Jerry Maguire -- Cameron Crowe
 Lone Star -- John Sayles
 Secrets & Lies -- Mike Leigh
 Shine -- Screenplay by Jan Sardi; Story by Scott Hicks

HONORARY AWARD
* To Michael Kidd in recognition of his services to the art of the dance in the art of the screen.

ciences.

IRVING G. THALBERG MEMORIAL AWARD
* Saul Zaentz


1997 (70th)
ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
 Matt Damon -- Good Will Hunting {"Will Hunting"}
 Robert Duvall -- The Apostle {"The Apostle E.F."}
 Peter Fonda -- Ulee's Gold {"Ulee Jackson"}
 Dustin Hoffman -- Wag the Dog {"Stanley Motss"}
* Jack Nicholson -- As Good As It Gets {"Melvin Udall"}

ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
 Robert Forster -- Jackie Brown {"Max Cherry"}
 Anthony Hopkins -- Amistad {"John Quincy Adams"}
 Greg Kinnear -- As Good As It Gets {"Simon Bishop"}
 Burt Reynolds -- Boogie Nights {"Jack Horner"}
* Robin Williams -- Good Will Hunting {"Sean McGuire"}

ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
 Helena Bonham Carter -- The Wings of the Dove {"Kate Croy"}
 Julie Christie -- Afterglow {"Phyllis Mann"}
 Judi Dench -- Mrs. Brown {"Queen Victoria"}
* Helen Hunt -- As Good As It Gets {"Carol Connelly"}
 Kate Winslet -- Titanic {"Rose DeWitt Bukater"}

ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
* Kim Basinger -- L.A. Confidential {"Lynn Bracken"}
 Joan Cusack -- In & Out {"Emily Montgomery"}
 Minnie Driver -- Good Will Hunting {"Skylar"}
 Julianne Moore -- Boogie Nights {"Amber Waves"}
 Gloria Stuart -- Titanic {"Old Rose"}

ART DIRECTION
 Gattaca -- Art Direction: Jan Roelfs; Set Decoration: Nancy Nye
 Kundun -- Art Direction: Dante Ferretti; Set Decoration: Francesca Lo Schiavo
 L.A. Confidential -- Art Direction: Jeannine Oppewall; Set Decoration: Jay R. Hart
 Men in Black -- Art Direction: Bo Welch; Set Decoration: Cheryl Carasik
* Titanic -- Art Direction: Peter Lamont; Set Decoration: Michael Ford

CINEMATOGRAPHY
 Amistad -- Janusz Kaminski
 Kundun -- Roger Deakins
 L.A. Confidential -- Dante Spinotti
* Titanic -- Russell Carpenter
 The Wings of the Dove -- Eduardo Serra

COSTUME DESIGN
 Amistad -- Ruth E. Carter
 Kundun -- Dante Ferretti
 Oscar and Lucinda -- Janet Patterson
* Titanic -- Deborah L. Scott
 The Wings of the Dove -- Sandy Powell

DIRECTING
 The Full Monty -- Peter Cattaneo
 Good Will Hunting -- Gus Van Sant
 L.A. Confidential -- Curtis Hanson
 The Sweet Hereafter -- Atom Egoyan
* Titanic -- James Cameron

DOCUMENTARY (Feature)
 Ayn Rand: A Sense of Life -- Michael Paxton
 Colors Straight Up -- Michèle Ohayon, Julia Schachter
 4 Little Girls -- Spike Lee, Sam Pollard
* The Long Way Home -- Rabbi Marvin Hier, Richard Trank
 Waco: The Rules of Engagement -- Dan Gifford, William Gazecki

DOCUMENTARY (Short Subject)
 Alaska: Spirit of the Wild -- George Casey, Paul Novros
 Amazon -- Kieth Merrill, Jonathan Stern
 Daughter of the Bride -- Terri Randall
 Still Kicking: The Fabulous Palm Springs Follies -- Mel Damski, Andrea Blaugrund
* A Story of Healing -- Donna Dewey, Carol Pasternak

FILM EDITING
 Air Force One -- Richard Francis-Bruce
 As Good As It Gets -- Richard Marks
 Good Will Hunting -- Pietro Scalia
 L.A. Confidential -- Peter Honess
* Titanic -- Conrad Buff, James Cameron, Richard A. Harris

FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
 Beyond Silence -- Germany
* Character -- The Netherlands
 Four Days in September -- Brazil
 Secrets of the Heart -- Spain
 The Thief -- Russia

MAKEUP
* Men in Black -- Rick Baker, David LeRoy Anderson
 Mrs. Brown -- Lisa Westcott, Veronica Brebner, Beverley Binda
 Titanic -- Tina Earnshaw, Greg Cannom, Simon Thompson

MUSIC (Original Dramatic Score)
 Amistad -- John Williams
 Good Will Hunting -- Danny Elfman
 Kundun -- Philip Glass
 L.A. Confidential -- Jerry Goldsmith
* Titanic -- James Horner

MUSIC (Original Musical or Comedy Score)
 Anastasia -- Music by Stephen Flaherty; Lyrics by Lynn Ahrens; Orchestral Score by David Newman
 As Good As It Gets -- Hans Zimmer
* The Full Monty -- Anne Dudley
 Men in Black -- Danny Elfman
 My Best Friend's Wedding -- James Newton Howard

MUSIC (Original Song)
 "Go the Distance" from Hercules -- Music by Alan Menken; Lyric by David Zippel
 "How Do I Live" from Con Air -- Music and Lyric by Diane Warren
 "Journey to the Past" from Anastasia -- Music by Stephen Flaherty; Lyric by Lynn Ahrens
 "Miss Misery" from Good Will Hunting -- Music and Lyric by Elliott Smith
* "My Heart Will Go On" from Titanic -- Music by James Horner; Lyric by Will Jennings

BEST PICTURE
 As Good As It Gets -- James L. Brooks, Bridget Johnson and Kristi Zea, Producers
 The Full Monty -- Uberto Pasolini, Producer
 Good Will Hunting -- Lawrence Bender, Producer
 L.A. Confidential -- Arnon Milchan, Curtis Hanson and Michael Nathanson, Producers
* Titanic -- James Cameron and Jon Landau, Producers

SHORT FILM (Animated)
 Famous Fred -- Joanna Quinn
* Geri's Game -- Jan Pinkava
 La Vieille Dame et les Pigeons (The Old Lady and the Pigeons) -- Sylvain Chomet
 The Mermaid -- Alexander Petrov
 Redux Riding Hood -- Steve Moore, Dan O'Shannon

SHORT FILM (Live Action)
 Dance Lexie Dance -- Pearse Moore, Tim Loane
 It's Good To Talk -- Roger Goldby, Barney Reisz
 Sweethearts? -- Birger Larsen, Thomas Lydholm
* Visas and Virtue -- Chris Tashima, Chris Donahue
 Wolfgang -- Kim Magnusson, Anders Thomas Jensen

SOUND
 Air Force One -- Paul Massey, Rick Kline, D. M. Hemphill, Keith A. Wester
 Con Air -- Kevin O'Connell, Greg P. Russell, Arthur Rochester
 Contact -- Randy Thom, Tom Johnson, Dennis Sands, William B. Kaplan
 L.A. Confidential -- Andy Nelson, Anna Behlmer, Kirk Francis
* Titanic -- Gary Rydstrom, Tom Johnson, Gary Summers, Mark Ulano

SOUND EFFECTS EDITING
 Face/Off -- Mark P. Stoeckinger, Per Hallberg
 The Fifth Element -- Mark Mangini
* Titanic -- Tom Bellfort, Christopher Boyes

VISUAL EFFECTS
 The Lost World: Jurassic Park -- Dennis Muren, Stan Winston, Randal M. Dutra, Michael Lantieri
 Starship Troopers -- Phil Tippett, Scott E. Anderson, Alec Gillis, John Richardson
* Titanic -- Robert Legato, Mark Lasoff, Thomas L. Fisher, Michael Kanfer

WRITING (Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published)
 Donnie Brasco -- Paul Attanasio
* L.A. Confidential -- Brian Helgeland, Curtis Hanson
 The Sweet Hereafter -- Atom Egoyan
 Wag the Dog -- Hilary Henkin, David Mamet
 The Wings of the Dove -- Hossein Amini

WRITING (Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen)
 As Good As It Gets -- Screenplay by Mark Andrus, James L. Brooks; Story by Mark Andrus
 Boogie Nights -- Paul Thomas Anderson
 Deconstructing Harry -- Woody Allen
 The Full Monty -- Simon Beaufoy
* Good Will Hunting -- Ben Affleck, Matt Damon

HONORARY AWARD
* To Stanley Donen in appreciation of a body of work marked by grace, elegance, wit and visual innovation.

GORDON E. SAWYER AWARD
* Don Iwerks




1998 (71st)
ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
* Roberto Benigni -- Life Is Beautiful {"Guido"}
 Tom Hanks -- Saving Private Ryan {"Captain Miller"}
 Ian McKellen -- Gods and Monsters {"James Whale"}
 Nick Nolte -- Affliction {"Wade Whitehouse"}
 Edward Norton -- American History X {"Derek"}

ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
* James Coburn -- Affliction {"Glen Whitehouse"}
 Robert Duvall -- A Civil Action {"Jerome Facher"}
 Ed Harris -- The Truman Show {"Christof"}
 Geoffrey Rush -- Shakespeare in Love {"Philip Henslowe"}
 Billy Bob Thornton -- A Simple Plan {"Jacob"}

ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
 Cate Blanchett -- Elizabeth {"Queen Elizabeth I"}
 Fernanda Montenegro -- Central Station {"Dora"}
* Gwyneth Paltrow -- Shakespeare in Love {"Viola De Lesseps"}
 Meryl Streep -- One True Thing {"Kate Gulden"}
 Emily Watson -- Hilary and Jackie {"Jacqueline du Pré"}

ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
 Kathy Bates -- Primary Colors {"Libby"}
 Brenda Blethyn -- Little Voice {"Mari"}
* Judi Dench -- Shakespeare in Love {"Queen Elizabeth I"}
 Rachel Griffiths -- Hilary and Jackie {"Hilary du Pré"}
 Lynn Redgrave -- Gods and Monsters {"Hanna"}

ART DIRECTION
 Elizabeth -- Art Direction: John Myhre; Set Decoration: Peter Howitt
 Pleasantville -- Art Direction: Jeannine Oppewall; Set Decoration: Jay Hart
 Saving Private Ryan -- Art Direction: Tom Sanders; Set Decoration: Lisa Dean Kavanaugh
* Shakespeare in Love -- Art Direction: Martin Childs; Set Decoration: Jill Quertier
 What Dreams May Come -- Art Direction: Eugenio Zanetti; Set Decoration: Cindy Carr

CINEMATOGRAPHY
 A Civil Action -- Conrad L. Hall
 Elizabeth -- Remi Adefarasin
* Saving Private Ryan -- Janusz Kaminski
 Shakespeare in Love -- Richard Greatrex
 The Thin Red Line -- John Toll

COSTUME DESIGN
 Beloved -- Colleen Atwood
 Elizabeth -- Alexandra Byrne
 Pleasantville -- Judianna Makovsky
* Shakespeare in Love -- Sandy Powell
 Velvet Goldmine -- Sandy Powell

DIRECTING
 Life Is Beautiful -- Roberto Benigni
* Saving Private Ryan -- Steven Spielberg
 Shakespeare in Love -- John Madden
 The Thin Red Line -- Terrence Malick
 The Truman Show -- Peter Weir

DOCUMENTARY (Feature)
 Dancemaker -- Matthew Diamond, Jerry Kupfer
 The Farm: Angola, U.S.A. -- Jonathan Stack, Liz Garbus
* The Last Days -- James Moll, Ken Lipper
 Lenny Bruce: Swear To Tell the Truth -- Robert B. Weide
 Regret to Inform -- Barbara Sonneborn, Janet Cole

DOCUMENTARY (Short Subject)
* The Personals: Improvisations on Romance in the Golden Years -- Keiko Ibi
 A Place in the Land -- Charles Guggenheim
 Sunrise over Tiananmen Square -- Shui-Bo Wang, Donald McWilliams

FILM EDITING
 Life Is Beautiful -- Simona Paggi
 Out of Sight -- Anne V. Coates
* Saving Private Ryan -- Michael Kahn
 Shakespeare in Love -- David Gamble
 The Thin Red Line -- Billy Weber, Leslie Jones, Saar Klein

FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
 Central Station -- Brazil
 Children of Heaven -- Iran
 The Grandfather -- Spain
* Life Is Beautiful -- Italy
 Tango -- Argentina

MAKEUP
* Elizabeth -- Jenny Shircore
 Saving Private Ryan -- Lois Burwell, Conor O'Sullivan, Daniel C. Striepeke
 Shakespeare in Love -- Lisa Westcott, Veronica Brebner

MUSIC (Original Dramatic Score)
 Elizabeth -- David Hirschfelder
* Life Is Beautiful -- Nicola Piovani
 Pleasantville -- Randy Newman
 Saving Private Ryan -- John Williams
 The Thin Red Line -- Hans Zimmer

MUSIC (Original Musical or Comedy Score)
 A Bug's Life -- Randy Newman
 Mulan -- Music by Matthew Wilder; Lyrics by David Zippel; Orchestral Score by Jerry Goldsmith
 Patch Adams -- Marc Shaiman
 The Prince of Egypt -- Music and Lyrics by Stephen Schwartz; Orchestral Score by Hans Zimmer
* Shakespeare in Love -- Stephen Warbeck

MUSIC (Original Song)
 "I Don't Want To Miss a Thing" from Armageddon -- Music and Lyric by Diane Warren
 "The Prayer" from Quest for Camelot -- Music by Carole Bayer Sager and David Foster; Lyric by Carole Bayer Sager, David Foster, Tony Renis and Alberto Testa
 "A Soft Place To Fall" from The Horse Whisperer -- Music and Lyric by Allison Moorer and Gwil Owen
 "That'll Do" from Babe: Pig in the City -- Music and Lyric by Randy Newman
* "When You Believe" from The Prince of Egypt -- Music and Lyric by Stephen Schwartz

BEST PICTURE
 Elizabeth -- Alison Owen, Eric Fellner and Tim Bevan, Producers
 Life Is Beautiful -- Elda Ferri and Gianluigi Braschi, Producers
 Saving Private Ryan -- Steven Spielberg, Ian Bryce, Mark Gordon and Gary Levinsohn, Producers
* Shakespeare in Love -- David Parfitt, Donna Gigliotti, Harvey Weinstein, Edward Zwick and Marc Norman, Producers
 The Thin Red Line -- Robert Michael Geisler, John Roberdeau and Grant Hill, Producers

SHORT FILM (Animated)
* Bunny -- Chris Wedge
 The Canterbury Tales -- Christopher Grace, Jonathan Myerson
 Jolly Roger -- Mark Baker
 More -- Mark Osborne, Steve Kalafer
 When Life Departs -- Karsten Kiilerich, Stefan Fjeldmark

SHORT FILM (Live Action)
 Culture -- Will Speck, Josh Gordon
* Election Night (Valgaften) -- Kim Magnusson, Anders Thomas Jensen
 Holiday Romance -- Alexander Jovy, JJ Keith
 La Carte Postale (The Postcard) -- Vivian Goffette
 Victor -- Simon Sandquist, Joel Bergvall

SOUND
 Armageddon -- Kevin O'Connell, Greg P. Russell, Keith A. Wester
 The Mask of Zorro -- Kevin O'Connell, Greg P. Russell, Pud Cusack
* Saving Private Ryan -- Gary Rydstrom, Gary Summers, Andy Nelson, Ronald Judkins
 Shakespeare in Love -- Robin O'Donoghue, Dominic Lester, Peter Glossop
 The Thin Red Line -- Andy Nelson, Anna Behlmer, Paul Brincat

SOUND EFFECTS EDITING
 Armageddon -- George Watters II
 The Mask of Zorro -- David McMoyler
* Saving Private Ryan -- Gary Rydstrom, Richard Hymns

VISUAL EFFECTS
 Armageddon -- Richard R. Hoover, Pat McClung, John Frazier
 Mighty Joe Young -- Rick Baker, Hoyt Yeatman, Allen Hall, Jim Mitchell
* What Dreams May Come -- Joel Hynek, Nicholas Brooks, Stuart Robertson, Kevin Mack

WRITING (Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published)
* Gods and Monsters -- Bill Condon
 Out of Sight -- Scott Frank
 Primary Colors -- Elaine May
 A Simple Plan -- Scott B. Smith
 The Thin Red Line -- Terrence Malick

WRITING (Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen)
 Bulworth -- Screenplay by Warren Beatty, Jeremy Pikser; Story by Warren Beatty
 Life Is Beautiful -- Vincenzo Cerami, Roberto Benigni
 Saving Private Ryan -- Robert Rodat
* Shakespeare in Love -- Marc Norman, Tom Stoppard
 The Truman Show -- Andrew Niccol

HONORARY AWARD
* To Elia Kazan in recognition of his indelible contributions to the art of motion picture direction.

IRVING G. THALBERG MEMORIAL AWARD
* Norman Jewison

1999 (72nd)
ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
 Russell Crowe -- The Insider {"Jeffrey Wigand"}
 Richard Farnsworth -- The Straight Story {"Alvin Straight"}
 Sean Penn -- Sweet and Lowdown {"Emmet Ray"}
* Kevin Spacey -- American Beauty {"Lester Burnham"}
 Denzel Washington -- The Hurricane {"Rubin 'Hurricane' Carter"}

ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
* Michael Caine -- The Cider House Rules {"Dr. Wilbur Larch"}
 Tom Cruise -- Magnolia {"Frank T.J. Mackey"}
 Michael Clarke Duncan -- The Green Mile {"John Coffey"}
 Jude Law -- The Talented Mr. Ripley {"Dickie Greenleaf"}
 Haley Joel Osment -- The Sixth Sense {"Cole Sear"}

ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
 Annette Bening -- American Beauty {"Carolyn Burnham"}
 Janet McTeer -- Tumbleweeds {"Mary Jo Walker"}
 Julianne Moore -- The End of the Affair {"Sarah Miles"}
 Meryl Streep -- Music of the Heart {"Roberta Guaspari"}
* Hilary Swank -- Boys Don't Cry {"Brandon Teena/Teena Brandon"}

ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
 Toni Collette -- The Sixth Sense {"Lynn Sear"}
* Angelina Jolie -- Girl, Interrupted {"Lisa Rowe"}
 Catherine Keener -- Being John Malkovich {"Maxine"}
 Samantha Morton -- Sweet and Lowdown {"Hattie"}
 Chloë Sevigny -- Boys Don't Cry {"Lana Tisdel"}

ART DIRECTION
 Anna and the King -- Art Direction: Luciana Arrighi; Set Decoration: Ian Whittaker
 The Cider House Rules -- Art Direction: David Gropman; Set Decoration: Beth Rubino
* Sleepy Hollow -- Art Direction: Rick Heinrichs; Set Decoration: Peter Young
 The Talented Mr. Ripley -- Art Direction: Roy Walker; Set Decoration: Bruno Cesari
 Topsy-Turvy -- Art Direction: Eve Stewart; Set Decoration: Eve Stewart, John Bush

CINEMATOGRAPHY
* American Beauty -- Conrad L. Hall
 The End of the Affair -- Roger Pratt
 The Insider -- Dante Spinotti
 Sleepy Hollow -- Emmanuel Lubezki
 Snow Falling on Cedars -- Robert Richardson

COSTUME DESIGN
 Anna and the King -- Jenny Beavan
 Sleepy Hollow -- Colleen Atwood
 The Talented Mr. Ripley -- Ann Roth, Gary Jones
 Titus -- Milena Canonero
* Topsy-Turvy -- Lindy Hemming

DIRECTING
* American Beauty -- Sam Mendes
 Being John Malkovich -- Spike Jonze
 The Cider House Rules -- Lasse Hallström
 The Insider -- Michael Mann
 The Sixth Sense -- M. Night Shyamalan

DOCUMENTARY (Feature)
 Buena Vista Social Club -- Wim Wenders, Ulrich Felsberg
 Genghis Blues -- Roko Belic, Adrian Belic
 On the Ropes -- Nanette Burstein, Brett Morgen
* One Day in September -- Arthur Cohn, Kevin Macdonald
 Speaking in Strings -- Paola di Florio, Lilibet Foster

DOCUMENTARY (Short Subject)
 Eyewitness -- Bert Van Bork
* King Gimp -- Susan Hannah Hadary, William A. Whiteford
 The Wildest Show in the South: The Angola Prison Rodeo -- Simeon Soffer, Jonathan Stack

FILM EDITING
 American Beauty -- Tariq Anwar, Christopher Greenbury
 The Cider House Rules -- Lisa Zeno Churgin
 The Insider -- William Goldenberg, Paul Rubell, David Rosenbloom
* The Matrix -- Zach Staenberg
 The Sixth Sense -- Andrew Mondshein

FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
* All About My Mother -- Spain
 Caravan -- Nepal
 East-West -- France
 Solomon and Gaenor -- United Kingdom
 Under the Sun -- Sweden

MAKEUP
 Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me -- Michèle Burke, Mike Smithson
 Bicentennial Man -- Greg Cannom
 Life -- Rick Baker
* Topsy-Turvy -- Christine Blundell, Trefor Proud

MUSIC (Original Score)
 American Beauty -- Thomas Newman
 Angela's Ashes -- John Williams
 The Cider House Rules -- Rachel Portman
* The Red Violin -- John Corigliano
 The Talented Mr. Ripley -- Gabriel Yared

MUSIC (Original Song)
 "Blame Canada" from South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut -- Music and Lyric by Trey Parker and Marc Shaiman
 "Music of My Heart" from Music of the Heart -- Music and Lyric by Diane Warren
 "Save Me" from Magnolia -- Music and Lyric by Aimee Mann
 "When She Loved Me" from Toy Story 2 -- Music and Lyric by Randy Newman
* "You'll Be In My Heart" from Tarzan -- Music and Lyric by Phil Collins

BEST PICTURE
* American Beauty -- Bruce Cohen and Dan Jinks, Producers
 The Cider House Rules -- Richard N. Gladstein, Producer
 The Green Mile -- David Valdes and Frank Darabont, Producers
 The Insider -- Michael Mann and Pieter Jan Brugge, Producers
 The Sixth Sense -- Frank Marshall, Kathleen Kennedy and Barry Mendel, Producers

SHORT FILM (Animated)
 Humdrum -- Peter Peake
 My Grandmother Ironed the King's Shirts -- Torill Kove
* The Old Man and the Sea -- Alexander Petrov
 3 Misses -- Paul Driessen
 When the Day Breaks -- Wendy Tilby, Amanda Forbis

SHORT FILM (Live Action)
 Bror, Min Bror (Teis and Nico) -- Henrik Ruben Genz, Michael W. Horsten
 Killing Joe -- Mehdi Norowzian, Steve Wax
 Kleingeld (Small Change) -- Marc-Andreas Bochert, Gabriele Lins
 Major and Minor Miracles -- Marcus Olsson
* My Mother Dreams the Satan's Disciples in New York -- Barbara Schock, Tammy Tiehel

SOUND
 The Green Mile -- Robert J. Litt, Elliot Tyson, Michael Herbick, Willie D. Burton
 The Insider -- Andy Nelson, Doug Hemphill, Lee Orloff
* The Matrix -- John Reitz, Gregg Rudloff, David Campbell, David Lee
 The Mummy -- Leslie Shatz, Chris Carpenter, Rick Kline, Chris Munro
 Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace -- Gary Rydstrom, Tom Johnson, Shawn Murphy, John Midgley

SOUND EFFECTS EDITING
 Fight Club -- Ren Klyce, Richard Hymns
* The Matrix -- Dane A. Davis
 Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace -- Ben Burtt, Tom Bellfort

VISUAL EFFECTS
* The Matrix -- John Gaeta, Janek Sirrs, Steve Courtley, Jon Thum
 Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace -- John Knoll, Dennis Muren, Scott Squires, Rob Coleman
 Stuart Little -- John Dykstra, Jerome Chen, Henry F. Anderson III, Eric Allard

WRITING (Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published)
* The Cider House Rules -- John Irving
 Election -- Alexander Payne, Jim Taylor
 The Green Mile -- Frank Darabont
 The Insider -- Eric Roth, Michael Mann
 The Talented Mr. Ripley -- Anthony Minghella

WRITING (Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen)
* American Beauty -- Alan Ball
 Being John Malkovich -- Charlie Kaufman
 Magnolia -- Paul Thomas Anderson
 The Sixth Sense -- M. Night Shyamalan
 Topsy-Turvy -- Mike Leigh

HONORARY AWARD
* To Andrzej Wajda in recognition of five decades of extraordinary film direction.

GORDON E. SAWYER AWARD
* Roderick T. Ryan

ciences.

IRVING G. THALBERG MEMORIAL AWARD
* Warren Beatty


2000 (73rd)
ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
 Javier Bardem -- Before Night Falls {"Reinaldo Arenas"}
* Russell Crowe -- Gladiator {"Maximus Decimus Meridius"}
 Tom Hanks -- Cast Away {"Chuck Noland"}
 Ed Harris -- Pollock {"Jackson Pollock"}
 Geoffrey Rush -- Quills {"The Marquis de Sade"}

ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
 Jeff Bridges -- The Contender {"President Jackson Evans"}
 Willem Dafoe -- Shadow of the Vampire {"Max Schreck"}
* Benicio Del Toro -- Traffic {"Javier Rodriguez"}
 Albert Finney -- Erin Brockovich {"Ed Masry"}
 Joaquin Phoenix -- Gladiator {"Commodus"}

ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
 Joan Allen -- The Contender {"Laine Hanson"}
 Juliette Binoche -- Chocolat {"Vianne Rocher"}
 Ellen Burstyn -- Requiem for a Dream {"Sara Goldfarb"}
 Laura Linney -- You Can Count on Me {"Samantha 'Sammy' Prescott"}
* Julia Roberts -- Erin Brockovich {"Erin Brockovich"}

ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
 Judi Dench -- Chocolat {"Armande Voizin"}
* Marcia Gay Harden -- Pollock {"Lee Krasner"}
 Kate Hudson -- Almost Famous {"Penny Lane"}
 Frances McDormand -- Almost Famous {"Elaine Miller"}
 Julie Walters -- Billy Elliot {"Mrs. Wilkinson"}

ART DIRECTION
* Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon -- Tim Yip
 Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas -- Art Direction: Michael Corenblith; Set Decoration: Merideth Boswell
 Gladiator -- Art Direction: Arthur Max; Set Decoration: Crispian Sallis
 Quills -- Art Direction: Martin Childs; Set Decoration: Jill Quertier
 Vatel -- Art Direction: Jean Rabasse; Set Decoration: Françoise Benoît-Fresco

CINEMATOGRAPHY
* Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon -- Peter Pau
 Gladiator -- John Mathieson
 Malèna -- Lajos Koltai
 O Brother, Where Art Thou? -- Roger Deakins
 The Patriot -- Caleb Deschanel

COSTUME DESIGN
 Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon -- Tim Yip
 Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas -- Rita Ryack
* Gladiator -- Janty Yates
 102 Dalmatians -- Anthony Powell
 Quills -- Jacqueline West

DIRECTING
 Billy Elliot -- Stephen Daldry
 Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon -- Ang Lee
 Erin Brockovich -- Steven Soderbergh
 Gladiator -- Ridley Scott
* Traffic -- Steven Soderbergh

DOCUMENTARY (Feature)
* Into the Arms of Strangers: Stories of the Kindertransport -- Mark Jonathan Harris, Deborah Oppenheimer
 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

DOCUMENTARY (Short Subject)
* Big Mama -- Tracy Seretean
 Curtain Call -- Chuck 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

FILM EDITING
 Almost Famous -- Joe Hutshing, Saar Klein
 Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon -- Tim Squyres
 Gladiator -- Pietro Scalia
* Traffic -- Stephen Mirrione
 Wonder Boys -- Dede Allen

FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
 Amores Perros -- Mexico
* Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon -- Taiwan
 Divided We Fall -- Czech Republic
 Everybody Famous! -- Belgium
 The Taste of Others -- France

MAKEUP
 The Cell -- Michèle Burke, Edouard Henriques
* Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas -- Rick Baker, Gail Ryan
 Shadow of the Vampire -- Ann Buchanan, Amber Sibley

MUSIC (Original Score)
 Chocolat -- Rachel Portman
* Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon -- Tan Dun
 Gladiator -- Hans Zimmer
 Malèna -- Ennio Morricone
 The Patriot -- John Williams

MUSIC (Original Song)
 "A Fool In Love" from Meet the Parents -- Music and Lyric by Randy Newman
 "I've Seen It All" from Dancer in the Dark -- Music by Björk; Lyric by Lars von Trier and Sjon Sigurdsson
 "A Love Before Time" from Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon -- Music by Jorge Calandrelli and Tan Dun; Lyric by James Schamus
 "My Funny Friend and Me" from The Emperor's New Groove -- Music by Sting and David Hartley; Lyric by Sting
* "Things Have Changed" from Wonder Boys -- Music and Lyric by Bob Dylan

BEST PICTURE
 Chocolat -- David Brown, Kit Golden and Leslie Holleran, Producers
 Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon -- Bill Kong, Hsu Li Kong and Ang Lee, Producers
 Erin Brockovich -- Danny DeVito, Michael Shamberg and Stacey Sher, Producers
* Gladiator -- Douglas Wick, David Franzoni and Branko Lustig, Producers
 Traffic -- Edward Zwick, Marshall Herskovitz and Laura Bickford, Producers

SHORT FILM (Animated)
* Father and Daughter -- Michael Dudok de Wit
 The Periwig-Maker -- Steffen Schäffler, Annette Schäffler
 Rejected -- Don Hertzfeldt

SHORT FILM (Live Action)
 By Courier -- Peter Riegert, Ericka Frederick
 One Day Crossing -- Joan Stein, Christina Lazaridi
* Quiero Ser (I want to be...) -- Florian Gallenberger
 Seraglio -- Gail Lerner, Colin Campbell
 A Soccer Story (Uma Historia de Futebol) -- Paulo Machline

SOUND
 Cast Away -- Randy Thom, Tom Johnson, Dennis Sands, William B. Kaplan
* Gladiator -- Scott Millan, Bob Beemer, Ken Weston
 The Patriot -- Kevin O'Connell, Greg P. Russell, Lee Orloff
 The Perfect Storm -- John Reitz, Gregg Rudloff, David Campbell, Keith A. Wester
 U-571 -- Steve Maslow, Gregg Landaker, Rick Kline, Ivan Sharrock

SOUND EDITING
 Space Cowboys -- Alan Robert Murray, Bub Asman
* U-571 -- Jon Johnson

VISUAL EFFECTS
* Gladiator -- John Nelson, Neil Corbould, Tim Burke, Rob Harvey
 Hollow Man -- Scott E. Anderson, Craig Hayes, Scott Stokdyk, Stan Parks
 The Perfect Storm -- Stefen Fangmeier, Habib Zargarpour, John Frazier, Walt Conti

WRITING (Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published)
 Chocolat -- Screenplay by Robert Nelson Jacobs
 Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon -- Written by Wang Hui Ling and James Schamus and Tsai Kuo Jung
 O Brother, Where Art Thou? -- Written by Ethan Coen & Joel Coen
* Traffic -- Screenplay by Stephen Gaghan
 Wonder Boys -- Screenplay by Steve Kloves

WRITING (Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen)
* Almost Famous -- Written by Cameron Crowe
 Billy Elliot -- Written by Lee Hall
 Erin Brockovich -- Written by Susannah Grant
 Gladiator -- Screenplay by David Franzoni and John Logan and William Nicholson; Story by David Franzoni
 You Can Count on Me -- Written by Kenneth Lonergan

HONORARY AWARD
* To Jack Cardiff, master of light and color.
* To Ernest Lehman, in appreciation of a body of varied and enduring work.

GORDON E. SAWYER AWARD
* Irwin W. Young

nd Sciences.

IRVING G. THALBERG MEMORIAL AWARD
* Dino De Laurentiis


2001 (74th)
ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
 Russell Crowe -- A Beautiful Mind {"John Nash"}
 Sean Penn -- I Am Sam {"Sam Dawson"}
 Will Smith -- Ali {"Muhammad Ali"}
* Denzel Washington -- Training Day {"Alonzo"}
 Tom Wilkinson -- In the Bedroom {"Matt Fowler"}

ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
* Jim Broadbent -- Iris {"John Bayley"}
 Ethan Hawke -- Training Day {"Jake"}
 Ben Kingsley -- Sexy Beast {"Don Logan"}
 Ian McKellen -- The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring {"Gandalf"}
 Jon Voight -- Ali {"Howard Cosell"}

ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
* Halle Berry -- Monster's Ball {"Leticia Musgrove"}
 Judi Dench -- Iris {"Iris Murdoch"}
 Nicole Kidman -- Moulin Rouge {"Satine"}
 Sissy Spacek -- In the Bedroom {"Ruth Fowler"}
 Renée Zellweger -- Bridget Jones's Diary {"Bridget Jones"}

ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
* Jennifer Connelly -- A Beautiful Mind {"Alicia Nash"}
 Helen Mirren -- Gosford Park {"Mrs. Wilson"}
 Maggie Smith -- Gosford Park {"Constance, Countess of Trentham"}
 Marisa Tomei -- In the Bedroom {"Natalie Strout"}
 Kate Winslet -- Iris {"Young Iris Murdoch"}

ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
 Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius -- Steve Oedekerk, John A. Davis
 Monsters, Inc. -- Pete Docter, John Lasseter
* Shrek -- Aron Warner

ART DIRECTION
 Amélie -- Art Direction: Aline Bonetto; Set Decoration: Marie-Laure Valla
 Gosford Park -- Art Direction: Stephen Altman; Set Decoration: Anna Pinnock
 Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone -- Art Direction: Stuart Craig; Set Decoration: Stephenie McMillan
 The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring -- Art Direction: Grant Major; Set Decoration: Dan Hennah
* Moulin Rouge -- Art Direction: Catherine Martin; Set Decoration: Brigitte Broch

CINEMATOGRAPHY
 Amélie -- Bruno Delbonnel
 Black Hawk Down -- Slawomir Idziak
* The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring -- Andrew Lesnie
 The Man Who Wasn't There -- Roger Deakins
 Moulin Rouge -- Donald M. McAlpine

COSTUME DESIGN
 The Affair of the Necklace -- Milena Canonero
 Gosford Park -- Jenny Beavan
 Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone -- Judianna Makovsky
 The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring -- Ngila Dickson, Richard Taylor
* Moulin Rouge -- Catherine Martin, Angus Strathie

DIRECTING
* A Beautiful Mind -- Ron Howard
 Black Hawk Down -- Ridley Scott
 Gosford Park -- Robert Altman
 The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring -- Peter Jackson
 Mulholland Drive -- David Lynch

DOCUMENTARY (Feature)
 Children Underground -- Edet Belzberg
 LaLee's Kin: The Legacy of Cotton -- Susan Froemke, Deborah Dickson
* Murder on a Sunday Morning -- Jean-Xavier de Lestrade, Denis Poncet
 Promises -- Justine Shapiro, B.Z. Goldberg
 War Photographer -- Christian Frei

DOCUMENTARY (Short Subject)
 Artists and Orphans: A True Drama -- Lianne Klapper McNally
 Sing! -- Freida Lee Mock, Jessica Sanders
* Thoth -- Sarah Kernochan, Lynn Appelle

FILM EDITING
 A Beautiful Mind -- Mike Hill, Dan Hanley
* Black Hawk Down -- Pietro Scalia
 The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring -- John Gilbert
 Memento -- Dody Dorn
 Moulin Rouge -- Jill Bilcock

FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
 Amélie -- France
 Elling -- Norway
 Lagaan -- India
* No Man's Land -- Bosnia & Herzegovina
 Son of the Bride -- Argentina

MAKEUP
 A Beautiful Mind -- Greg Cannom, Colleen Callaghan
* The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring -- Peter Owen, Richard Taylor
 Moulin Rouge -- Maurizio Silvi, Aldo Signoretti

MUSIC (Original Score)
 A.I. Artificial Intelligence -- John Williams
 A Beautiful Mind -- James Horner
 Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone -- John Williams
* The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring -- Howard Shore
 Monsters, Inc. -- Randy Newman

MUSIC (Original Song)
* "If I Didn't Have You" from Monsters, Inc. -- Music and Lyric by Randy Newman
 "May It Be" from The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring -- Music and Lyric by Enya, Nicky Ryan and Roma Ryan
 "There You'll Be" from Pearl Harbor -- Music and Lyric by Diane Warren
 "Until" from Kate & Leopold -- Music and Lyric by Sting
 "Vanilla Sky" from Vanilla Sky -- Music and Lyric by Paul McCartney

BEST PICTURE
* A Beautiful Mind -- Brian Grazer and Ron Howard, Producers
 Gosford Park -- Robert Altman, Bob Balaban and David Levy, Producers
 In the Bedroom -- Graham Leader, Ross Katz and Todd Field, Producers
 The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring -- Peter Jackson, Fran Walsh and Barrie M. Osborne, Producers
 Moulin Rouge -- Martin Brown, Baz Luhrmann and Fred Baron, Producers

SHORT FILM (Animated)
 Fifty Percent Grey -- Ruairi Robinson, Seamus Byrne
* For the Birds -- Ralph Eggleston
 Give Up Yer Aul Sins -- Cathal Gaffney, Darragh O'Connell
 Strange Invaders -- Cordell Barker
 Stubble Trouble -- Joseph E. Merideth

SHORT FILM (Live Action)
* the accountant -- Ray McKinnon, Lisa Blount
 Copy Shop -- Virgil Widrich
 Gregor's Greatest Invention -- Johannes Kiefer
 A Man Thing (Meska Sprawa) -- Slawomir Fabicki, Bogumil Godfrejow
 Speed for Thespians -- Kalman Apple, Shameela Bakhsh

SOUND
 Amélie -- Vincent Arnardi, Guillaume Leriche, Jean Umansky
* Black Hawk Down -- Michael Minkler, Myron Nettinga, Chris Munro
 The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring -- Christopher Boyes, Michael Semanick, Gethin Creagh, Hammond Peek
 Moulin Rouge -- Andy Nelson, Anna Behlmer, Roger Savage, Guntis Sics
 Pearl Harbor -- Kevin O'Connell, Greg P. Russell, Peter J. Devlin

SOUND EDITING
 Monsters, Inc. -- Gary Rydstrom, Michael Silvers
* Pearl Harbor -- George Watters II, Christopher Boyes

VISUAL EFFECTS
 A.I. Artificial Intelligence -- Dennis Muren, Scott Farrar, Stan Winston, Michael Lantieri
* The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring -- Jim Rygiel, Randall William Cook, Richard Taylor, Mark Stetson
 Pearl Harbor -- Eric Brevig, John Frazier, Ed Hirsh, Ben Snow

WRITING (Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published)
* A Beautiful Mind -- Written by Akiva Goldsman
 Ghost World -- Written by Daniel Clowes & Terry Zwigoff
 In the Bedroom -- Screenplay by Rob Festinger and Todd Field
 The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring -- Screenplay by Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens, Peter Jackson
 Shrek -- Written by Ted Elliott & Terry Rossio and Joe Stillman and Roger S.H. Schulman

WRITING (Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen)
 Amélie -- Screenplay by Guillaume Laurant and Jean-Pierre Jeunet; Dialogue by Guillaume Laurant
* Gosford Park -- Written by Julian Fellowes
 Memento -- Screenplay by Christopher Nolan; Story by Jonathan Nolan
 Monster's Ball -- Written by Milo Addica & Will Rokos
 The Royal Tenenbaums -- Written by Wes Anderson & Owen Wilson

JEAN HERSHOLT HUMANITARIAN AWARD
* Arthur Hiller

HONORARY AWARD
* To Sidney Poitier in recognition of his remarkable accomplishments as an artist and as a human being.
* To Robert Redford: Actor, director, producer, creator of Sundance, inspiration to independent and innovative filmmakers everywhere.

GORDON E. SAWYER AWARD
* Edmund M. Di Giulio


2002 (75th)
ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
* Adrien Brody -- The Pianist {"Wladyslaw Szpilman"}
 Nicolas Cage -- Adaptation {"Charlie Kaufman & Donald Kaufman"}
 Michael Caine -- The Quiet American {"Thomas Fowler"}
 Daniel Day-Lewis -- Gangs of New York {"Bill 'The Butcher' Cutting"}
 Jack Nicholson -- About Schmidt {"Warren Schmidt"}

ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
* Chris Cooper -- Adaptation {"John Laroche"}
 Ed Harris -- The Hours {"Richard Brown"}
 Paul Newman -- Road to Perdition {"John Rooney"}
 John C. Reilly -- Chicago {"Amos Hart"}
 Christopher Walken -- Catch Me If You Can {"Frank Abagnale"}

ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
 Salma Hayek -- Frida {"Frida Kahlo"}
* Nicole Kidman -- The Hours {"Virginia Woolf"}
 Diane Lane -- Unfaithful {"Connie Sumner"}
 Julianne Moore -- Far from Heaven {"Cathy Whitaker"}
 Renée Zellweger -- Chicago {"Roxie Hart"}

ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
 Kathy Bates -- About Schmidt {"Roberta Hertzel"}
 Julianne Moore -- The Hours {"Laura Brown"}
 Queen Latifah -- Chicago {"Matron Mama Morton"}
 Meryl Streep -- Adaptation {"Susan Orlean"}
* Catherine Zeta-Jones -- Chicago {"Velma Kelly"}

ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
 Ice Age -- Chris Wedge
 Lilo & Stitch -- Chris Sanders
 Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron -- Jeffrey Katzenberg
* Spirited Away -- Hayao Miyazaki
 Treasure Planet -- Ron Clements

ART DIRECTION
* Chicago -- Art Direction: John Myhre; Set Decoration: Gordon Sim
 Frida -- Art Direction: Felipe Fernandez del Paso; Set Decoration: Hania Robledo
 Gangs of New York -- Art Direction: Dante Ferretti; Set Decoration: Francesca Lo Schiavo
 The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers -- Art Direction: Grant Major; Set Decoration: Dan Hennah and Alan Lee
 Road to Perdition -- Art Direction: Dennis Gassner; Set Decoration: Nancy Haigh

CINEMATOGRAPHY
 Chicago -- Dion Beebe
 Far from Heaven -- Edward Lachman
 Gangs of New York -- Michael Ballhaus
 The Pianist -- Pawel Edelman
* Road to Perdition -- Conrad L. Hall

COSTUME DESIGN
* Chicago -- Colleen Atwood
 Frida -- Julie Weiss
 Gangs of New York -- Sandy Powell
 The Hours -- Ann Roth
 The Pianist -- Anna Sheppard

DIRECTING
 Chicago -- Rob Marshall
 Gangs of New York -- Martin Scorsese
 The Hours -- Stephen Daldry
* The Pianist -- Roman Polanski
 Talk to Her -- Pedro Almodóvar

DOCUMENTARY (Feature)
* Bowling for Columbine -- Michael Moore, Michael Donovan
 Daughter from Danang -- Gail Dolgin, Vicente Franco
 Prisoner of Paradise -- Malcolm Clarke, Stuart Sender
 Spellbound -- Jeffrey Blitz, Sean Welch
 Winged Migration -- Jacques Perrin

DOCUMENTARY (Short Subject)
 The Collector of Bedford Street -- Alice Elliott
 Mighty Times: The Legacy of Rosa Parks -- Robert Hudson, Bobby Houston
* Twin Towers -- Bill Guttentag, Robert David Port
 Why Can't We Be a Family Again? -- Roger Weisberg, Murray Nossel

FILM EDITING
* Chicago -- Martin Walsh
 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

FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
 El Crimen del Padre Amaro -- Mexico
 Hero -- People's Republic of China
 The Man without a Past -- Finland
* Nowhere in Africa -- Germany
 Zus & Zo -- The Netherlands

MAKEUP
* Frida -- John Jackson, Beatrice De Alba
 The Time Machine -- John M. Elliott, Jr., Barbara Lorenz

MUSIC (Original Score)
 Catch Me If You Can -- John Williams
 Far from Heaven -- Elmer Bernstein
* Frida -- Elliot Goldenthal
 The Hours -- Philip Glass
 Road to Perdition -- Thomas Newman

MUSIC (Original Song)
 "Burn It Blue" from Frida -- Music by Elliot Goldenthal; Lyric by Julie Taymor
 "Father and Daughter" from The Wild Thornberrys Movie -- Music and Lyric by Paul Simon
 "The Hands That Built America" from Gangs of New York -- Music and Lyric by Bono, The Edge, Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen
 "I Move On" from Chicago -- Music by John Kander; Lyric by Fred Ebb
* "Lose Yourself" from 8 Mile -- Music by Eminem, Jeff Bass and Luis Resto; Lyric by Eminem

BEST PICTURE
* Chicago -- Martin Richards, Producer
 Gangs of New York -- Alberto Grimaldi and Harvey Weinstein, Producers
 The Hours -- Scott Rudin and Robert Fox, Producers
 The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers -- Barrie M. Osborne, Fran Walsh and Peter Jackson, Producers
 The Pianist -- Roman Polanski, Robert Benmussa and Alain Sarde, Producers

SHORT FILM (Animated)
 The Cathedral -- Tomek Baginski
* The ChubbChubbs! -- Eric Armstrong
 Das Rad -- Chris Stenner, Heidi Wittlinger
 Mike's New Car -- Pete Docter, Roger Gould
 Mt. Head -- Koji Yamamura

SHORT FILM (Live Action)
 Fait D'Hiver -- Dirk Beliën, Anja Daelemans
 I'll Wait for the Next One... (J'Attendrai Le Suivant...) -- Philippe Orreindy, Thomas Gaudin
 Inja (Dog) -- Steven Pasvolsky, Joe Weatherstone
 Johnny Flynton -- Lexi Alexander, Alexander Buono
* This Charming Man (Der Er En Yndig Mand) -- Martin Strange-Hansen, Mie Andreasen

SOUND
* Chicago -- Michael Minkler, Dominick Tavella, David Lee
 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 Patrick Pritchett
 Spider-Man -- Kevin O'Connell, Greg P. Russell, Ed Novick

SOUND EDITING
* The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers -- Ethan Van der Ryn, Michael Hopkins
 Minority Report -- Richard Hymns, Gary Rydstrom
 Road to Perdition -- Scott A. Hecker

VISUAL EFFECTS
* The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers -- Jim Rygiel, Joe Letteri, Randall William Cook, Alex Funke
 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

WRITING (Adapted Screenplay)
 About a Boy -- Screenplay by Peter Hedges and Chris Weitz & Paul Weitz
 Adaptation -- Screenplay by Charlie Kaufman and Donald Kaufman
 Chicago -- Screenplay by Bill Condon
 The Hours -- Screenplay by David Hare
* The Pianist -- Screenplay by Ronald Harwood

WRITING (Original Screenplay)
 Far from Heaven -- Written by Todd Haynes
 Gangs of New York -- Screenplay by Jay Cocks and Steve Zaillian and Kenneth Lonergan; Story by Jay Cocks
 My Big Fat Greek Wedding -- Written by Nia Vardalos
* Talk to Her -- Written by Pedro Almodóvar
 Y Tu Mamá También -- Written by Carlos Cuarón and Alfonso Cuarón

HONORARY AWARD
* To Peter O'Toole, whose remarkable talents have provided cinema history with some of its most memorable characters.

ciences.


2003 (76th)
ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
 Johnny Depp -- Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl {"Jack Sparrow"}
 Ben Kingsley -- House of Sand and Fog {"Behrani"}
 Jude Law -- Cold Mountain {"Inman"}
 Bill Murray -- Lost in Translation {"Bob Harris"}
* Sean Penn -- Mystic River {"Jimmy Markum"}

ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
 Alec Baldwin -- The Cooler {"Shelly Kaplow"}
 Benicio Del Toro -- 21 Grams {"Jack Jordan"}
 Djimon Hounsou -- In America {"Mateo"}
* Tim Robbins -- Mystic River {"Dave Boyle"}
 Ken Watanabe -- The Last Samurai {"Katsumoto"}

ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
 Keisha Castle-Hughes -- Whale Rider {"Paikea"}
 Diane Keaton -- Something's Gotta Give {"Erica Barry"}
 Samantha Morton -- In America {"Sarah"}
* Charlize Theron -- Monster {"Aileen Wuornos"}
 Naomi Watts -- 21 Grams {"Cristina Peck"}

ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
 Shohreh Aghdashloo -- House of Sand and Fog {"Nadi"}
 Patricia Clarkson -- Pieces of April {"Joy Burns"}
 Marcia Gay Harden -- Mystic River {"Celeste Boyle"}
 Holly Hunter -- Thirteen {"Melanie"}
* Renée Zellweger -- Cold Mountain {"Ruby Thewes"}

ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
 Brother Bear -- Aaron Blaise and Robert Walker
* Finding Nemo -- Andrew Stanton
 The Triplets of Belleville -- Sylvain Chomet

ART DIRECTION
 Girl with a Pearl Earring -- Art Direction: Ben Van Os; Set Decoration: Cecile Heideman
 The Last Samurai -- Art Direction: Lilly Kilvert; Set Decoration: Gretchen Rau
* The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King -- Art Direction: Grant Major; Set Decoration: Dan Hennah and Alan Lee
 Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World -- Art Direction: William Sandell; Set Decoration: Robert Gould
 Seabiscuit -- Art Direction: Jeannine Oppewall; Set Decoration: Leslie Pope

CINEMATOGRAPHY
 City of God -- Cesar Charlone
 Cold Mountain -- John Seale
 Girl with a Pearl Earring -- Eduardo Serra
* Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World -- Russell Boyd
 Seabiscuit -- John Schwartzman

COSTUME DESIGN
 Girl with a Pearl Earring -- Dien van Straalen
 The Last Samurai -- Ngila Dickson
* The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King -- Ngila Dickson and Richard Taylor
 Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World -- Wendy Stites
 Seabiscuit -- Judianna Makovsky

DIRECTING
 City of God -- Fernando Meirelles
* The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King -- Peter Jackson
 Lost in Translation -- Sofia Coppola
 Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World -- Peter Weir
 Mystic River -- Clint Eastwood

DOCUMENTARY (Feature)
 Balseros -- Carlos Bosch and Josep Maria Domenech
 Capturing the Friedmans -- Andrew Jarecki and Marc Smerling
* The Fog of War -- Errol Morris and Michael Williams
 My Architect -- Nathaniel Kahn and Susan R. Behr
 The Weather Underground -- Sam Green and Bill Siegel

DOCUMENTARY (Short Subject)
 Asylum -- Sandy McLeod and Gini Reticker
* Chernobyl Heart -- Maryann DeLeo
 Ferry Tales -- Katja Esson

FILM EDITING
 City of God -- Daniel Rezende
 Cold Mountain -- Walter Murch
* The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King -- Jamie Selkirk
 Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World -- Lee Smith
 Seabiscuit -- William Goldenberg

FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
* The Barbarian Invasions -- Canada
 Evil -- Sweden
 The Twilight Samurai -- Japan
 Twin Sisters -- The Netherlands
 Zelary -- Czech Republic

MAKEUP
* The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King -- Richard Taylor and Peter King
 Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World -- Edouard Henriques III and Yolanda Toussieng
 Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl -- Ve Neill and Martin Samuel

MUSIC (Original Score)
 Big Fish -- Danny Elfman
 Cold Mountain -- Gabriel Yared
 Finding Nemo -- Thomas Newman
 House of Sand and Fog -- James Horner
* The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King -- Howard Shore

MUSIC (Original Song)
 "Belleville Rendez-vous" from The Triplets of Belleville -- Music by Benoît Charest; Lyric by Sylvain Chomet
* "Into the West" from The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King -- Music and Lyric by Fran Walsh and Howard Shore and Annie Lennox
 "A Kiss at the End of the Rainbow" from A Mighty Wind -- Music and Lyric by Michael McKean and Annette O'Toole
 "Scarlet Tide" from Cold Mountain -- Music and Lyric by T Bone Burnett and Elvis Costello
 "You Will Be My Ain True Love" from Cold Mountain -- Music and Lyric by Sting

BEST PICTURE
* The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King -- Barrie M. Osborne, Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh, Producers
 Lost in Translation -- Ross Katz and Sofia Coppola, Producers
 Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World -- Samuel Goldwyn, Jr., Peter Weir and Duncan Henderson, Producers
 Mystic River -- Robert Lorenz, Judie G. Hoyt and Clint Eastwood, Producers
 Seabiscuit -- Kathleen Kennedy, Frank Marshall and Gary Ross, Producers

SHORT FILM (Animated)
 Boundin' -- Bud Luckey
 Destino -- Dominique Monfery and Roy Edward Disney
 Gone Nutty -- Carlos Saldanha and John C. Donkin
* Harvie Krumpet -- Adam Elliot
 Nibbles -- Chris Hinton

SHORT FILM (Live Action)
 Die Rote Jacke (The Red Jacket) -- Florian Baxmeyer
 Most (The Bridge) -- Bobby Garabedian and William Zabka
 Squash -- Lionel Bailliu
 (A) Torzija [(A) Torsion] -- Stefan Arsenijevic
* Two Soldiers -- Aaron Schneider and Andrew J. Sacks

SOUND EDITING
 Finding Nemo -- Gary Rydstrom and Michael Silvers
* Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World -- Richard King
 Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl -- Christopher Boyes and George Watters II

SOUND MIXING
 The Last Samurai -- Andy Nelson, Anna Behlmer and Jeff Wexler
* The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King -- Christopher Boyes, Michael Semanick, Michael Hedges and Hammond Peek
 Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World -- Paul Massey, D.M. Hemphill and Arthur Rochester
 Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl -- Christopher Boyes, David Parker, David Campbell and Lee Orloff
 Seabiscuit -- Andy Nelson, Anna Behlmer and Tod A. Maitland

VISUAL EFFECTS
* The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King -- Jim Rygiel, Joe Letteri, Randall William Cook and Alex Funke
 Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World -- Dan Sudick, Stefen Fangmeier, Nathan McGuinness and Robert Stromberg
 Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl -- John Knoll, Hal Hickel, Charles Gibson and Terry Frazee

WRITING (Adapted Screenplay)
 American Splendor -- Written by Robert Pulcini & Shari Springer Berman
 City of God -- Screenplay by Braulio Mantovani
* The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King -- Screenplay by Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens & Peter Jackson
 Mystic River -- Screenplay by Brian Helgeland
 Seabiscuit -- Written for the Screen by Gary Ross

WRITING (Original Screenplay)
 The Barbarian Invasions -- Written by Denys Arcand
 Dirty Pretty Things -- Written by Steven Knight
 Finding Nemo -- Screenplay by Andrew Stanton, Bob Peterson and David Reynolds; Original Story by Andrew Stanton
 In America -- Written by Jim Sheridan & Naomi Sheridan & Kirsten Sheridan
* Lost in Translation -- Written by Sofia Coppola

HONORARY AWARD
* To Blake Edwards in recognition of his writing, directing and producing an extraordinary body of work for the screen.

GORDON E. SAWYER AWARD
* Peter D. Parks


2004 (77th)
ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
 Don Cheadle -- Hotel Rwanda {"Paul Rusesabagina"}
 Johnny Depp -- Finding Neverland {"Sir James Matthew Barrie"}
 Leonardo DiCaprio -- The Aviator {"Howard Hughes"}
 Clint Eastwood -- Million Dollar Baby {"Frankie Dunn"}
* Jamie Foxx -- Ray {"Ray Charles"}

ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
 Alan Alda -- The Aviator {"Senator Ralph Owen Brewster"}
 Thomas Haden Church -- Sideways {"Jack"}
 Jamie Foxx -- Collateral {"Max"}
* Morgan Freeman -- Million Dollar Baby {"Eddie Scrap-Iron Dupris"}
 Clive Owen -- Closer {"Larry"}

ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
 Annette Bening -- Being Julia {"Julia Lambert"}
 Catalina Sandino Moreno -- Maria Full of Grace {"Maria"}
 Imelda Staunton -- Vera Drake {"Vera"}
* Hilary Swank -- Million Dollar Baby {"Maggie Fitzgerald"}
 Kate Winslet -- Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind {"Clementine Kruczynski"}

ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
* Cate Blanchett -- The Aviator {"Katharine Hepburn"}
 Laura Linney -- Kinsey {"Clara McMillen"}
 Virginia Madsen -- Sideways {"Maya"}
 Sophie Okonedo -- Hotel Rwanda {"Tatiana Rusesabagina"}
 Natalie Portman -- Closer {"Alice"}

ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
* The Incredibles -- Brad Bird
 Shark Tale -- Bill Damaschke
 Shrek 2 -- Andrew Adamson

ART DIRECTION
* The Aviator -- Art Direction: Dante Ferretti; Set Decoration: Francesca Lo Schiavo
 Finding Neverland -- Art Direction: Gemma Jackson; Set Decoration: Trisha Edwards
 Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events -- Art Direction: Rick Heinrichs; Set Decoration: Cheryl Carasik
 The Phantom of the Opera -- Art Direction: Anthony Pratt; Set Decoration: Celia Bobak
 A Very Long Engagement -- Art Direction: Aline Bonetto

CINEMATOGRAPHY
* The Aviator -- Robert Richardson
 House of Flying Daggers -- Zhao Xiaoding
 The Passion of the Christ -- Caleb Deschanel
 The Phantom of the Opera -- John Mathieson
 A Very Long Engagement -- Bruno Delbonnel

COSTUME DESIGN
* The Aviator -- Sandy Powell
 Finding Neverland -- Alexandra Byrne
 Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events -- Colleen Atwood
 Ray -- Sharen Davis
 Troy -- Bob Ringwood

DIRECTING
 The Aviator -- Martin Scorsese
* Million Dollar Baby -- Clint Eastwood
 Ray -- Taylor Hackford
 Sideways -- Alexander Payne
 Vera Drake -- Mike Leigh

DOCUMENTARY (Feature)
* Born into Brothels -- Ross Kauffman and Zana Briski
 The Story of the Weeping Camel -- Luigi Falorni and Byambasuren Davaa
 Super Size Me -- Morgan Spurlock
 Tupac: Resurrection -- Lauren Lazin and Karolyn Ali
 Twist of Faith -- Kirby Dick and Eddie Schmidt

DOCUMENTARY (Short Subject)
 Autism Is a World -- Gerardine Wurzburg
 The Children of Leningradsky -- Hanna Polak and Andrzej Celinski
 Hardwood -- Hubert Davis and Erin Faith Young
* Mighty Times: The Children's March -- Robert Hudson and Bobby Houston
 Sister Rose's Passion -- Oren Jacoby and Steve Kalafer

FILM EDITING
* The Aviator -- Thelma Schoonmaker
 Collateral -- Jim Miller and Paul Rubell
 Finding Neverland -- Matt Chesse
 Million Dollar Baby -- Joel Cox
 Ray -- Paul Hirsch

FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
 As It Is in Heaven -- Sweden
 The Chorus (Les Choristes) -- France
 Downfall -- Germany
* The Sea Inside -- Spain
 Yesterday -- South Africa

MAKEUP
* Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events -- Valli O'Reilly and Bill Corso
 The Passion of the Christ -- Keith Vanderlaan and Christien Tinsley
 The Sea Inside -- Jo Allen and Manuel García

MUSIC (Original Score)
* Finding Neverland -- Jan A.P. Kaczmarek
 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

MUSIC (Original Song)
 "Accidentally In Love" from Shrek 2 -- Music by Adam Duritz, Charles Gillingham, Jim Bogios, David Immergluck, Matthew Malley and David Bryson; Lyric by Adam Duritz and Daniel Vickrey
* "Al Otro Lado Del Río" from The Motorcycle Diaries -- Music and Lyric by Jorge Drexler
 "Believe" from The Polar Express -- Music and Lyric by Glen Ballard and Alan Silvestri
 "Learn To Be Lonely" from The Phantom of the Opera -- Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber; Lyric by Charles Hart
 "Look To Your Path (Vois Sur Ton Chemin)" from The Chorus (Les Choristes) -- Music by Bruno Coulais; Lyric by Christophe Barratier

BEST PICTURE
 The Aviator -- Michael Mann and Graham King, Producers
 Finding Neverland -- Richard N. Gladstein and Nellie Bellflower, Producers
* Million Dollar Baby -- Clint Eastwood, Albert S. Ruddy and Tom Rosenberg, Producers
 Ray -- Taylor Hackford, Stuart Benjamin and Howard Baldwin, Producers
 Sideways -- Michael London, Producer

SHORT FILM (Animated)
 Birthday Boy -- Sejong Park and Andrew Gregory
 Gopher Broke -- Jeff Fowler and Tim Miller
 Guard Dog -- Bill Plympton
 Lorenzo -- Mike Gabriel and Baker Bloodworth
* Ryan -- Chris Landreth

SHORT FILM (Live Action)
 Everything in This Country Must -- Gary McKendry
 Little Terrorist -- Ashvin Kumar
 7:35 in the Morning (7:35 de la Mañana) -- Nacho Vigalondo
 Two Cars, One Night -- Taika Waititi and Ainsley Gardiner
* Wasp -- Andrea Arnold

SOUND EDITING
* The Incredibles -- Michael Silvers and Randy Thom
 The Polar Express -- Randy Thom and Dennis Leonard
 Spider-Man 2 -- Paul N.J. Ottosson

SOUND MIXING
 The Aviator -- Tom Fleischman and Petur Hliddal
 The Incredibles -- Randy Thom, Gary A. Rizzo and Doc Kane
 The Polar Express -- Randy Thom, Tom Johnson, Dennis Sands and William B. Kaplan
* Ray -- Scott Millan, Greg Orloff, Bob Beemer and Steve Cantamessa
 Spider-Man 2 -- Kevin O'Connell, Greg P. Russell, Jeffrey J. Haboush and Joseph Geisinger

VISUAL EFFECTS
 Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban -- Roger Guyett, Tim Burke, John Richardson and Bill George
 I, Robot -- John Nelson, Andrew R. Jones, Erik Nash and Joe Letteri
* Spider-Man 2 -- John Dykstra, Scott Stokdyk, Anthony LaMolinara and John Frazier

WRITING (Adapted Screenplay)
 Before Sunset -- Screenplay by Richard Linklater & Julie Delpy & Ethan Hawke; Story by Richard Linklater & Kim Krizan
 Finding Neverland -- Screenplay by David Magee
 Million Dollar Baby -- Screenplay by Paul Haggis
 The Motorcycle Diaries -- Screenplay by José Rivera
* Sideways -- Screenplay by Alexander Payne & Jim Taylor

WRITING (Original Screenplay)
 The Aviator -- Written by John Logan
* Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind -- Screenplay by Charlie Kaufman; Story by Charlie Kaufman & Michel Gondry & Pierre Bismuth
 Hotel Rwanda -- Written by Keir Pearson & Terry George
 The Incredibles -- Written by Brad Bird
 Vera Drake -- Written by Mike Leigh

JEAN HERSHOLT HUMANITARIAN AWARD
* Roger Mayer

HONORARY AWARD
* To Sidney Lumet in recognition of his brilliant services to screenwriters, performers and the art of the motion picture.

GORDON E. SAWYER AWARD
* Takuo Miyagishima


2005 (78th)
ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
* Philip Seymour Hoffman -- Capote {"Truman Capote"}
 Terrence Howard -- Hustle & Flow {"DJay"}
 Heath Ledger -- Brokeback Mountain {"Ennis Del Mar"}
 Joaquin Phoenix -- Walk the Line {"John R. Cash"}
 David Strathairn -- Good Night, and Good Luck. {"Edward R. Murrow"}

ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
* George Clooney -- Syriana {"Bob Barnes"}
 Matt Dillon -- Crash {"Officer Ryan"}
 Paul Giamatti -- Cinderella Man {"Joe Gould"}
 Jake Gyllenhaal -- Brokeback Mountain {"Jack Twist"}
 William Hurt -- A History of Violence {"Richie Cusack"}

ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
 Judi Dench -- Mrs. Henderson Presents {"Mrs. Laura Henderson"}
 Felicity Huffman -- Transamerica {"Bree"}
 Keira Knightley -- Pride & Prejudice {"Elizabeth Bennet"}
 Charlize Theron -- North Country {"Josey Aimes"}
* Reese Witherspoon -- Walk the Line {"June Carter"}

ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
 Amy Adams -- Junebug {"Ashley"}
 Catherine Keener -- Capote {"Nelle Harper Lee"}
 Frances McDormand -- North Country {"Glory"}
* Rachel Weisz -- The Constant Gardener {"Tessa Quayle"}
 Michelle Williams -- Brokeback Mountain {"Alma"}

ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
 Howl’s Moving Castle -- Hayao Miyazaki
 Tim Burton’s Corpse Bride -- Mike Johnson and Tim Burton
* Wallace & Gromit in The Curse of the Were-Rabbit -- Nick Park and Steve Box

ART DIRECTION
 Good Night, and Good Luck. -- Art Direction: Jim Bissell; Set Decoration: Jan Pascale
 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire -- Art Direction: Stuart Craig; Set Decoration: Stephenie McMillan
 King Kong -- Art Direction: Grant Major; Set Decoration: Dan Hennah and Simon Bright
* Memoirs of a Geisha -- Art Direction: John Myhre; Set Decoration: Gretchen Rau
 Pride & Prejudice -- Art Direction: Sarah Greenwood; Set Decoration: Katie Spencer

CINEMATOGRAPHY
 Batman Begins -- Wally Pfister
 Brokeback Mountain -- Rodrigo Prieto
 Good Night, and Good Luck. -- Robert Elswit
* Memoirs of a Geisha -- Dion Beebe
 The New World -- Emmanuel Lubezki

COSTUME DESIGN
 Charlie and the Chocolate Factory -- Gabriella Pescucci
* Memoirs of a Geisha -- Colleen Atwood
 Mrs. Henderson Presents -- Sandy Powell
 Pride & Prejudice -- Jacqueline Durran
 Walk the Line -- Arianne Phillips

DIRECTING
* Brokeback Mountain -- Ang Lee
 Capote -- Bennett Miller
 Crash -- Paul Haggis
 Good Night, and Good Luck. -- George Clooney
 Munich -- Steven Spielberg

DOCUMENTARY (Feature)
 Darwin's Nightmare -- Hubert Sauper
 Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room -- Alex Gibney and Jason Kliot
* March of the Penguins -- Luc Jacquet and Yves Darondeau
 Murderball -- Henry-Alex Rubin and Dana Adam Shapiro
 Street Fight -- Marshall Curry

DOCUMENTARY (Short Subject)
 The Death of Kevin Carter: Casualty of the Bang Bang Club -- Dan Krauss
 God Sleeps in Rwanda -- Kimberlee Acquaro and Stacy Sherman
 The Mushroom Club -- Steven Okazaki
* A Note of Triumph: The Golden Age of Norman Corwin -- Corinne Marrinan and Eric Simonson

FILM EDITING
 Cinderella Man -- Mike Hill and Dan Hanley
 The Constant Gardener -- Claire Simpson
* Crash -- Hughes Winborne
 Munich -- Michael Kahn
 Walk the Line -- Michael McCusker

FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
 Don’t Tell -- Italy
 Joyeux Noël -- France
 Paradise Now -- The Palestinian Territories
 Sophie Scholl - The Final Days -- Germany
* Tsotsi -- South Africa

MAKEUP
* The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe -- Howard Berger and Tami Lane
 Cinderella Man -- David Leroy Anderson and Lance Anderson
 Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith -- Dave Elsey and Nikki Gooley

MUSIC (Original Score)
* Brokeback Mountain -- Gustavo Santaolalla
 The Constant Gardener -- Alberto Iglesias
 Memoirs of a Geisha -- John Williams
 Munich -- John Williams
 Pride & Prejudice -- Dario Marianelli

MUSIC (Original Song)
 "In the Deep" from Crash -- Music by Kathleen "Bird" York and Michael Becker; Lyric by Kathleen "Bird" York
* "It's Hard Out Here for a Pimp" from Hustle & Flow -- Music and Lyric by Jordan Houston, Cedric Coleman and Paul Beauregard
 "Travelin' Thru" from Transamerica -- Music and Lyric by Dolly Parton

BEST PICTURE
 Brokeback Mountain -- Diana Ossana and James Schamus, Producers
 Capote -- Caroline Baron, William Vince and Michael Ohoven, Producers
* Crash -- Paul Haggis and Cathy Schulman, Producers
 Good Night, and Good Luck. -- Grant Heslov, Producer
 Munich -- Kathleen Kennedy, Steven Spielberg and Barry Mendel, Producers

SHORT FILM (Animated)
 Badgered -- Sharon Colman
* The Moon and the Son: An Imagined Conversation -- John Canemaker and Peggy Stern
 The Mysterious Geographic Explorations of Jasper Morello -- Anthony Lucas
 9 -- Shane Acker
 One Man Band -- Andrew Jimenez and Mark Andrews

SHORT FILM (Live Action)
 Ausreisser (The Runaway) -- Ulrike Grote
 Cashback -- Sean Ellis and Lene Bausager
 The Last Farm -- Rúnar Rúnarsson and Thor S. Sigurjónsson
 Our Time Is Up -- Rob Pearlstein and Pia Clemente
* Six Shooter -- Martin McDonagh

SOUND EDITING
* King Kong -- Mike Hopkins and Ethan Van der Ryn
 Memoirs of a Geisha -- Wylie Stateman
 War of the Worlds -- Richard King

SOUND MIXING
 The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe -- Terry Porter, Dean A. Zupancic and Tony Johnson
* King Kong -- Christopher Boyes, Michael Semanick, Michael Hedges and Hammond Peek
 Memoirs of a Geisha -- Kevin O'Connell, Greg P. Russell, Rick Kline and John Pritchett
 Walk the Line -- Paul Massey, D.M. Hemphill and Peter F. Kurland
 War of the Worlds -- Andy Nelson, Anna Behlmer and Ronald Judkins

VISUAL EFFECTS
 The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe -- Dean Wright, Bill Westenhofer, Jim Berney and Scott Farrar
* King Kong -- Joe Letteri, Brian Van't Hul, Christian Rivers and Richard Taylor
 War of the Worlds -- Dennis Muren, Pablo Helman, Randal M. Dutra and Daniel Sudick

WRITING (Adapted Screenplay)
* Brokeback Mountain -- Screenplay by Larry McMurtry & Diana Ossana
 Capote -- Screenplay by Dan Futterman
 The Constant Gardener -- Screenplay by Jeffrey Caine
 A History of Violence -- Screenplay by Josh Olson
 Munich -- Screenplay by Tony Kushner and Eric Roth

WRITING (Original Screenplay)
* Crash -- Screenplay by Paul Haggis & Bobby Moresco; Story by Paul Haggis
 Good Night, and Good Luck. -- Screenplay by George Clooney & Grant Heslov
 Match Point -- Written by Woody Allen
 The Squid and the Whale -- Written by Noah Baumbach
 Syriana -- Written by Stephen Gaghan

HONORARY AWARD
* To Robert Altman in recognition of a career that has repeatedly reinvented the art form and inspired filmmakers and audiences alike