Best Motion Picture of the Year

WINNER

Slumdog Millionaire: Christian Colson

NOMINEES

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button: Kathleen Kennedy, Frank Marshall, Ceán Chaffin

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Frost/Nixon: Brian Grazer, Ron Howard, Eric Fellner

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Milk: Dan Jinks, Bruce Cohen

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The Reader: Anthony Minghella, Sydney Pollack, Donna Gigliotti, Redmond Morris
The nominations for Anthony Minghella and Sydney Pollack were posthumously.

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role

WINNER

Milk: Sean Penn

NOMINEES

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button: Brad Pitt

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Frost/Nixon: Frank Langella

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The Visitor: Richard Jenkins

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The Wrestler: Mickey Rourke

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role

WINNER

The Reader: Kate Winslet

NOMINEES

Changeling: Angelina Jolie

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Doubt: Meryl Streep

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Frozen River: Melissa Leo

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Rachel Getting Married: Anne Hathaway

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role

WINNER

The Dark Knight: Heath Ledger
Posthumously. The award was accepted by his father, mother and sister.

NOMINEES

Doubt: Philip Seymour Hoffman

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Milk: Josh Brolin

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Revolutionary Road: Michael Shannon

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Tropic Thunder: Robert Downey Jr.

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role

WINNER

Vicky Cristina Barcelona: Penélope Cruz

NOMINEES

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button: Taraji P. Henson

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Doubt: Amy Adams

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Doubt: Viola Davis

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The Wrestler: Marisa Tomei

Best Achievement in Directing

WINNER

Slumdog Millionaire: Danny Boyle

NOMINEES

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

Best Writing, Original Screenplay

WINNER

Milk: Dustin Lance Black

NOMINEES

Happy-Go-Lucky: Mike Leigh

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In Bruges: Martin McDonagh

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Frozen River: Courtney Hunt

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WALL·E: Andrew Stanton (screenplay/story), Jim Reardon (screenplay), Pete Docter (story)

Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay

WINNER

Slumdog Millionaire: Simon Beaufoy

NOMINEES

Frost/Nixon: Peter Morgan

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The Reader: David Hare

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The Curious Case of Benjamin Button: Eric Roth (screenplay/story), Robin Swicord (story)

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Doubt: John Patrick Shanley

Best Achievement in Cinematography

WINNER

Slumdog Millionaire: Anthony Dod Mantle

NOMINEES

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, Roger Deakins

Best Achievement in Art Direction

WINNER

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button: Donald Graham Burt (art director), Victor J. Zolfo (set decorator)

NOMINEES

Changeling: James J. Murakami (art director), Gary Fettis (set decorator)

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The Dark Knight: Nathan Crowley (art director), Peter Lando (set decorator)

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The Duchess: Michael Carlin (art director), Rebecca Alleway (set decorator)

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Revolutionary Road: Kristi Zea (art director), Debra Schutt (set decorator)

Best Achievement in Costume Design

WINNER

The Duchess: Michael O'Connor

NOMINEES

Australia: Catherine Martin

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The Curious Case of Benjamin Button: Jacqueline West

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Milk: Danny Glicker

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Revolutionary Road: Albert Wolsky

Best Achievement in Sound Mixing

WINNER

Slumdog Millionaire: Ian Tapp, Richard Pryke, Resul Pookutty

NOMINEES

Wanted: Chris Jenkins, Frank A. Montaño, Petr Forejt

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The Dark Knight: Lora Hirschberg, Gary Rizzo, Ed Novick

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The Curious Case of Benjamin Button: David Parker, Michael Semanick, Ren Klyce, Mark Weingarten

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WALL·E: Tom Myers, Michael Semanick, Ben Burtt

Best Achievement in Film Editing

WINNER

Slumdog Millionaire: Chris Dickens

NOMINEES

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button: Kirk Baxter, Angus Wall

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Frost/Nixon: Mike Hill, Daniel P. Hanley

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The Dark Knight: Lee Smith

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Milk: Elliot Graham

Best Achievement in Sound Editing

WINNER

The Dark Knight: Richard King

NOMINEES

Iron Man: Frank E. Eulner, Christopher Boyes

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Slumdog Millionaire: Tom Sayers, Glenn Freemantle

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WALL·E: Ben Burtt, Matthew Wood

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Wanted: Wylie Stateman

Best Achievement in Visual Effects

WINNER

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button: Eric Barba, Steve Preeg, Burt Dalton, Craig Barron

NOMINEES

The Dark Knight: Nick Davis, Chris Corbould, Timothy Webber, Paul J. Franklin

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Iron Man: John Nelson, Ben Snow, Daniel Sudick, Shane Mahan

Best Achievement in Makeup

WINNER

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button: Greg Cannom

NOMINEES

The Dark Knight: John Caglione Jr., Conor O'Sullivan

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Hellboy II: The Golden Army: Mike Elizalde, Thomas Floutz

Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Song

WINNER

Slumdog Millionaire: A.R. Rahman (music), Gulzar (lyrics)
For the song "Jai Ho".

NOMINEES

Slumdog Millionaire: A.R. Rahman, Maya Arulpragasam
For the song "O Saya".

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WALL·E: Peter Gabriel (music/lyrics), Thomas Newman (music)
For the song "Down to Earth".

Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Score

WINNER

Slumdog Millionaire: A.R. Rahman

NOMINEES

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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WALL·E: Thomas Newman

Best Short Film, Animated

WINNER

The House of Small Cubes: Kunio Kato

NOMINEES

Oktapodi: Emud Mokhberi, Thierry Marchand

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Presto: Doug Sweetland

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This Way Up: Alan Smith, Adam Foulkes

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Lavatory Lovestory: Konstantin Bronzit

Best Short Film, Live Action

WINNER

Toyland: Jochen Alexander Freydank

NOMINEES

On the Line: Reto Caffi

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The Pig: Tivi Magnusson, Dorthe Warnø Høgh

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Manon on the Asphalt: Elizabeth Marre, Olivier Pont

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New Boy: Steph Green, Tamara Anghie

Best Documentary, Short Subject

WINNER

Smile Pinki: Megan Mylan

NOMINEES

The Conscience of Nhem En: Steven Okazaki

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The Final Inch: Irene Taylor Brodsky, Tom Grant

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The Witness from the Balcony of Room 306: Adam Pertofsky, Margaret Hyde

Best Documentary, Features

WINNER

Man on Wire: James Marsh, Simon Chinn

NOMINEES

The Betrayal - Nerakhoon: Ellen Kuras, Thavisouk Phrasavath

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Encounters at the End of the World: Werner Herzog, Henry Kaiser

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The Garden: Scott Hamilton Kennedy

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Trouble the Water: Tia Lessin, Carl Deal

Best Foreign Language Film of the Year

WINNER

Departures
Japan.

NOMINEES

Revanche
Austria.

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The Baader Meinhof Complex
Germany.

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The Class
France.

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Waltz with Bashir
Israel.

Best Animated Feature Film of the Year

WINNER

WALL·E: Andrew Stanton

NOMINEES

Bolt: Chris Williams, Byron Howard

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Kung Fu Panda: John Stevenson, Mark Osborne

WINNERS

Roger Corman
For his rich engendering of films and filmmakers.

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Lauren Bacall
In recognition of her central place in the Golden Age of motion pictures.

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Gordon Willis
For unsurpassed mastery of light, shadow, color and motion.

WINNER

Mark Kimball

WINNER

John Calley

WINNER

Jerry Lewis

WINNERS

Erwin Melzner, Volker Schumacher, Timo Müller
For the overall concept including the optical and cooling systems (Melzner), for the optical design (Schumacher) and for the mechanical design (Müller), of the Arrimax 18/12 lighting fixture for use in motion picture production.

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Jacques Delacoux, Alexandre Leuchter
For the concept and electronic design (Delacoux) and for the software and electronic design (Leuchter) of the Transvideo-video assist monitors for the motion picture industry.

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Bruno Coumert, Jacques Debize, Dominique Chervin, Christophe Reboulet
For the optical design (Coumert/Debize) and for the mechanical design (Chervin/Reboulet) of the compact and lightweight Angenieux 15-40 and 28-76 zoom lenses for handheld motion picture photography.

WINNER

Steve Hylén
For the concept and his continued leadership in the further development of the Hylén Lens System for motion picture effects photography.

WINNER

Ed Catmull