81st Academy Awards Winners List

81st Academy Awards Winners List



Actor in a Leading Role
Sean Penn

1. * Richard Jenkins in “The Visitor”
2. * Frank Langella in “Frost/Nixon”
3. * Sean Penn in “Milk”
4. * Brad Pitt in “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”
5. * Mickey Rourke in “The Wrestler”

Actor in a Supporting Role
Heath Ledger's Family

1. * Josh Brolin in “Milk”
2. * Robert Downey Jr. in “Tropic Thunder”
3. * Philip Seymour Hoffman in “Doubt”
4. * Heath Ledger in “The Dark Knight”
5. * Michael Shannon in “Revolutionary Road”

Actress in a Leading Role
Kate Winslet

1. * Anne Hathaway in “Rachel Getting Married”
2. * Angelina Jolie in “Changeling”
3. * Melissa Leo in “Frozen River”
4. * Meryl Streep in “Doubt”
5. * Kate Winslet in “The Reader”

Actress in a Supporting Role
Penélope Cruz

1. * Amy Adams in “Doubt”
2. * Penélope Cruz in “Vicky Cristina Barcelona”
3. * Viola Davis in “Doubt”
4. * Taraji P. Henson in “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”
5. * Marisa Tomei in “The Wrestler”

Animated Feature Film
Andrew Stanton

1. * “Bolt” Chris Williams and Byron Howard
2. * “Kung Fu Panda” John Stevenson and Mark Osborne
3. * “WALL-E” Andrew Stanton

Art Direction
Donald Graham Burt and Victor J. Zolfo

1. * “Changeling” Art Direction: James J. Murakami; Set Decoration: Gary Fettis
2. * “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” Art Direction: Donald Graham Burt; Set Decoration: Victor J. Zolfo
3. * “The Dark Knight” Art Direction: Nathan Crowley; Set Decoration: Peter Lando
4. * “The Duchess” Art Direction: Michael Carlin; Set Decoration: Rebecca Alleway
5. * “Revolutionary Road” Art Direction: Kristi Zea; Set Decoration: Debra Schutt

Cinematography
Anthony Dod Mantle

1. * “Changeling” Tom Stern
2. * “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” Claudio Miranda
3. * “The Dark Knight” Wally Pfister
4. * “The Reader” Chris Menges and Roger Deakins
5. * “Slumdog Millionaire” Anthony Dod Mantle

Costume Design
Michael O’Connor

1. * “Australia” Catherine Martin
2. * “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” Jacqueline West
3. * “The Duchess” Michael O’Connor
4. * “Milk” Danny Glicker
5. * “Revolutionary Road” Albert Wolsky

Directing
Danny Boyle

1. * “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” David Fincher
2. * “Frost/Nixon” Ron Howard
3. * “Milk” Gus Van Sant
4. * “The Reader” Stephen Daldry
5. * “Slumdog Millionaire” Danny Boyle

Documentary (Feature)
James Marsh

1. * “The Betrayal (Nerakhoon)” Ellen Kuras and Thavisouk Phrasavath
2. * “Encounters at the End of the World” Werner Herzog and Henry Kaiser
3. * “The Garden” Scott Hamilton Kennedy
4. * “Man on Wire” James Marsh and Simon Chinn
5. * “Trouble the Water” Tia Lessin and Carl Deal

Documentary (Short Subject)
Megan Mylan

1. * “The Conscience of Nhem En” Steven Okazaki
2. * “The Final Inch” Irene Taylor Brodsky and Tom Grant
3. * “Smile Pinki” Megan Mylan
4. * “The Witness - From the Balcony of Room 306” Adam Pertofsky and Margaret Hyde

Film Editing
Chris Dickens

1. * “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” Kirk Baxter and Angus Wall
2. * “The Dark Knight” Lee Smith
3. * “Frost/Nixon” Mike Hill and Dan Hanley
4. * “Milk” Elliot Graham
5. * “Slumdog Millionaire” Chris Dickens

Foreign Language Film
Yojiro Takita

1. * “The Baader Meinhof Complex” Germany
2. * “The Class” France
3. * “Departures” Japan
4. * “Revanche” Austria
5. * “Waltz with Bashir” Israel

Makeup
Greg Cannom

1. * “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” Greg Cannom
2. * “The Dark Knight” John Caglione, Jr. and Conor O’Sullivan
3. * “Hellboy II: The Golden Army” Mike Elizalde and Thom Floutz

Music (Original Score)
A.R. Rahman

1. * “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” Alexandre Desplat
2. * “Defiance” James Newton Howard
3. * “Milk” Danny Elfman
4. * “Slumdog Millionaire” A.R. Rahman
5. * “WALL-E” Thomas Newman

Music (Original Song)
A.R. Rahman

1. * “Down to Earth” from “WALL-E” Music by Peter Gabriel and Thomas Newman; Lyric by Peter Gabriel
2. * “Jai Ho” from “Slumdog Millionaire” Music by A.R. Rahman; Lyric by Gulzar
3. * “O Saya” from “Slumdog Millionaire” Music and Lyric by A.R. Rahman and Maya Arulpragasam

Best Picture
Christian Colson

1. * “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” Kathleen Kennedy, Frank Marshall and Ceán Chaffin, Producers
2. * “Frost/Nixon” Brian Grazer, Ron Howard and Eric Fellner, Producers
3. * “Milk” Dan Jinks and Bruce Cohen, Producers
4. * “The Reader” Anthony Minghella, Sydney Pollack, Donna Gigliotti and Redmond Morris, Producers
5. * “Slumdog Millionaire” Christian Colson, Producer

Short Film (Animated)
Kunio Kato

1. * “La Maison en Petits Cubes” Kunio Kato
2. * “Lavatory - Lovestory” Konstantin Bronzit
3. * “Oktapodi” Emud Mokhberi and Thierry Marchand
4. * “Presto” Doug Sweetland
5. * “This Way Up” Alan Smith and Adam Foulkes

Short Film (Live Action)
Jochen Alexander Freydank

1. * “Auf der Strecke (On the Line)” Reto Caffi
2. * “Manon on the Asphalt” Elizabeth Marre and Olivier Pont
3. * “New Boy” Steph Green and Tamara Anghie
4. * “The Pig” Tivi Magnusson and Dorte Høgh
5. * “Spielzeugland (Toyland)” Jochen Alexander Freydank

Sound Editing
Richard King

1. * “The Dark Knight” Richard King
2. * “Iron Man” Frank Eulner and Christopher Boyes
3. * “Slumdog Millionaire” Glenn Freemantle and Tom Sayers
4. * “WALL-E” Ben Burtt and Matthew Wood
5. * “Wanted” Wylie Stateman

Sound Mixing
Ian Tapp, Resul Pookutty and Richard Pryke

1. * “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” David Parker, Michael Semanick, Ren Klyce and Mark Weingarten
2. * “The Dark Knight” Lora Hirschberg, Gary Rizzo and Ed Novick
3. * “Slumdog Millionaire” Ian Tapp, Richard Pryke and Resul Pookutty
4. * “WALL-E” Tom Myers, Michael Semanick and Ben Burtt
5. * “Wanted” Chris Jenkins, Frank A. Montaño and Petr Forejt

Visual Effects
Burt Dalton, Craig Barron, Eric Barba and Steve Preeg

1. * “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” Eric Barba, Steve Preeg, Burt Dalton and Craig Barron
2. * “The Dark Knight” Nick Davis, Chris Corbould, Tim Webber and Paul Franklin
3. * “Iron Man” John Nelson, Ben Snow, Dan Sudick and Shane Mahan

Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
Simon Beaufoy

1. * “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” Screenplay by Eric Roth, Screen story by Eric Roth and Robin Swicord
2. * “Doubt” Written by John Patrick Shanley
3. * “Frost/Nixon” Screenplay by Peter Morgan
4. * “The Reader” Screenplay by David Hare
5. * “Slumdog Millionaire” Screenplay by Simon Beaufoy

Writing (Original Screenplay)
Dustin Lance Black

1. * “Frozen River” Written by Courtney Hunt
2. * “Happy-Go-Lucky” Written by Mike Leigh
3. * “In Bruges” Written by Martin McDonagh
4. * “Milk” Written by Dustin Lance Black
5. * “WALL-E” Screenplay by Andrew Stanton, Jim Reardon, Original story by Andrew Stanton, Pete Docter

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