The 81st Academy Awards (2009) Nominees and Winners

Actor in a Leading Role


  • Richard Jenkins in "The Visitor"
  • Frank Langella in "Frost/Nixon"
  • Sean Penn in "Milk"
  • Brad Pitt in "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"
  • Mickey Rourke in "The Wrestler"

Actor in a Supporting Role


  • Josh Brolin in "Milk"
  • Robert Downey Jr. in "Tropic Thunder"
  • Philip Seymour Hoffman in "Doubt"
  • Heath Ledger in "The Dark Knight"
  • Michael Shannon in "Revolutionary Road"

Actress in a Leading Role


  • Anne Hathaway in "Rachel Getting Married"
  • Angelina Jolie in "Changeling"
  • Melissa Leo in "Frozen River"
  • Meryl Streep in "Doubt"
  • Kate Winslet in "The Reader"

Actress in a Supporting Role


  • Amy Adams in "Doubt"
  • Penélope Cruz in "Vicky Cristina Barcelona"
  • Viola Davis in "Doubt"
  • Taraji P. Henson in "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"
  • Marisa Tomei in "The Wrestler"

Animated Feature Film


  • "Bolt" Chris Williams and Byron Howard
  • "Kung Fu Panda"  John Stevenson and Mark Osborne
  • "WALL-E" Andrew Stanton

Art Direction


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

Cinematography


  • "Changeling" Tom Stern
  • "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" Claudio Miranda
  • "The Dark Knight" Wally Pfister
  • "The Reader" Chris Menges and Roger Deakins
  • "Slumdog Millionaire" Anthony Dod Mantle

Costume Design


  • "Australia" Catherine Martin
  • "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"  Jacqueline West
  • "The Duchess" Michael O’Connor
  • "Milk" Danny Glicker
  • "Revolutionary Road" Albert Wolsky

Directing


  • "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" David Fincher
  • "Frost/Nixon" Ron Howard
  • "Milk" Gus Van Sant
  • "The Reader" Stephen Daldry
  • "Slumdog Millionaire" Danny Boyle

Documentary (Feature)


  • "The Betrayal (Nerakhoon)" Ellen Kuras and Thavisouk Phrasavath
  • "Encounters at the End of the World" Werner Herzog and Henry Kaiser
  • "The Garden" Scott Hamilton Kennedy
  • "Man on Wire" James Marsh and Simon Chinn
  • "Trouble the Water" Tia Lessin and Carl Deal

Documentary (Short Subject)


  • "The Conscience of Nhem En" Steven Okazaki
  • "The Final Inch" Irene Taylor Brodsky and Tom Grant
  • "Smile Pinki" Megan Mylan
  • "The Witness - From the Balcony of Room 306" Adam Pertofsky and Margaret Hyde

Film Editing


  • "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" Kirk Baxter and Angus Wall
  • "The Dark Knight" Lee Smith
  • "Frost/Nixon" Mike Hill and Dan Hanley
  • "Milk" Elliot Graham
  • "Slumdog Millionaire" Chris Dickens

Foreign Language Film


  • "The Baader Meinhof Complex" Germany
  • "The Class" France
  • "Departures" Japan
  • "Revanche" Austria
  • "Waltz with Bashir" Israel

Makeup



Music (Original Score)


  • "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" Alexandre Desplat
  • "Defiance" James Newton Howard
  • "Milk" Danny Elfman
  • "Slumdog Millionaire" A.R. Rahman
  • "WALL-E" Thomas Newman

Music (Original Song)


  • "Down to Earth" from "WALL-E" Music by Peter Gabriel and Thomas Newman; Lyric by Peter Gabriel
  • "Jai Ho" from "Slumdog Millionaire" Music by A.R. Rahman; Lyric by Gulzar
  • "O Saya" from "Slumdog Millionaire" Music and Lyric by A.R. Rahman and Maya Arulpragasam                  

Best Picture


  • "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" Kathleen Kennedy, Frank Marshall and Ceán Chaffin, Producers
  • "Frost/Nixon" Brian Grazer, Ron Howard and Eric Fellner, Producers
  • "Milk" Dan Jinks and Bruce Cohen, Producers
  • "The Reader" Anthony Minghella, Sydney Pollack, Donna Gigliotti and Redmond Morris, Producers
  • "Slumdog Millionaire" Christian Colson, Producer

Short Film (Animated)


  • "La Maison en Petits Cubes" Kunio Kato
  • "Lavatory - Lovestory" Konstantin Bronzit
  • "Oktapodi" Emud Mokhberi and Thierry Marchand
  • "Presto" Doug Sweetland
  • "This Way Up" Alan Smith and Adam Foulkes

Short Film (Live Action)


  • "Auf der Strecke (On the Line)" Reto Caffi
  • "Manon on the Asphalt" Elizabeth Marre and Olivier Pont
  • "New Boy" Steph Green and Tamara Anghie
  • "The Pig" Tivi Magnusson and Dorte Høgh
  • "Spielzeugland (Toyland)" Jochen Alexander Freydank

Sound Editing


  • "The Dark Knight" Richard King
  • "Iron Man" Frank Eulner and Christopher Boyes
  • "Slumdog Millionaire" Glenn Freemantle and Tom Sayers
  • "WALL-E" Ben Burtt and Matthew Wood
  • "Wanted" Wylie Stateman

Sound Mixing


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

Visual Effects


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

Writing (Adapted Screenplay)


  • "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" Screenplay by Eric Roth, Screen story by Eric Roth and Robin Swicord
  • "Doubt" Written by John Patrick Shanley
  • "Frost/Nixon" Screenplay by Peter Morgan
  • "The Reader" Screenplay by David Hare
  • "Slumdog Millionaire" Screenplay by Simon Beaufoy

Writing (Original Screenplay)


  • "Frozen River" Written by Courtney Hunt
  • "Happy-Go-Lucky" Written by Mike Leigh
  • "In Bruges" Written by Martin McDonagh
  • "Milk" Written by Dustin Lance Black
  • "WALL-E" Screenplay by Andrew Stanton, Jim Reardon, Original story by Andrew Stanton, Pete Docter

**Orange Colour Indicates the WINNING MOVIE.

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