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

Best Foreign-Language Film
Les Choristes / The Chorus - Christophe Barratier (France)
Der Untergang / Downfall - Oliver Hirschbiegel (Germany)
* Mar adentro / The Sea Inside - Alejandro Amenábar (Spain)
Så som i himmelen / As in Heaven - Kay Pollak (Sweden)
Yesterday - Darrell Roodt (South Africa)

Best Documentary, Features
* Born Into Brothels: Calcutta’s Red Light Kids - Zana Briski, Ross Kauffman
The Story of the Weeping Camel - Tobias Siebert
Super Size Me - Morgan Spurlock
Tupac Resurrection - Karolyn Ali, Preston L. Holmes, Lauren Lazin
Twist of Faith - Eddie Schmidt

Best Achievement in Directing
* Clint Eastwood for Million Dollar Baby
Taylor Hackford for Ray
Mike Leigh for Vera Drake
Alexander Payne for Sideways
Martin Scorsese for The Aviator

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
Don Cheadle for Hotel Rwanda
Johnny Depp for Finding Neverland
Leonardo DiCaprio for The Aviator
Clint Eastwood for Million Dollar Baby
* Jamie Foxx for Ray

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
Annette Bening for Being Julia
Catalina Sandino Moreno for Maria Full of Grace
Imelda Staunton for Vera Drake
* Hilary Swank for Million Dollar Baby
Kate Winslet for Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role
Alan Alda for The Aviator
Thomas Haden Church for Sideways
Jamie Foxx for Collateral
* Morgan Freeman for Million Dollar Baby
Clive Owen for Closer

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
* Cate Blanchett for The Aviator
Laura Linney for Kinsey
Virginia Madsen for Sideways
Sophie Okonedo for Hotel Rwanda
Natalie Portman for Closer

Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen
The Aviator - John Logan
* Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind - Charlie Kaufman, Michel Gondry, Pierre Bismuth
Hotel Rwanda - Terry George, Keir Pearson
The Incredibles - Brad Bird
Vera Drake - Mike Leigh

Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published
Before Sunset - Richard Linklater, Kim Krizan, Julie Delpy, Ethan Hawke
Finding Neverland - David Magee
Million Dollar Baby - Paul Haggis
The Motorcycle Diaries - José Rivera
* Sideways - Alexander Payne, Jim Taylor

Best Animated Feature Film
* The Incredibles - Brad Bird
Shark Tale - Bill Damaschke
Shrek 2 - Andrew Adamson

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

Best Achievement in Editing
* The Aviator - Thelma Schoonmaker
Collateral - Jim Miller, Paul Rubell
Finding Neverland - Matt Chesse
Million Dollar Baby - Joel Cox
Ray - Paul Hirsch

Best Achievement in Art Direction
* The Aviator - Dante Ferretti, Francesca LoSchiavo
Finding Neverland - Gemma Jackson, Trisha Edwards
Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events - Rick Heinrichs, Cheryl Carasik
A Very Long Engagement - Aline Bonetto
The Phantom of the Opera - Anthony Pratt, Celia Bobak

Best Achievement in 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

Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, 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

Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Song
The Chorus - Bruno Coulais, Christophe Barratier ("Look to Your Path / Vois sur ton chemin")
* The Motorcycle Diaries - Jorge Drexler ("Al otro lado del río")
The Phantom of the Opera - Andrew Lloyd Webber, Charles Hart ("Learn to Be Lonely")
The Polar Express - Glen Ballard, Alan Silvestri ("Believe")
Shrek 2 - David Bryson, Adam Duritz, David Immerglück, Matthew Malley, Dan Vickrey, Charles Gillingham, Jim Bogios ("Accidentally in Love")

Best Achievement in Visual Effects
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban - Tim Burke, Roger Guyett, Bill George, John Richardson
I, Robot - John Nelson, Andy Jones, Erik Nash, Joe Letteri
* Spider-Man 2 - John Dykstra, Scott Stokdyk, Anthony LaMolinara, John Frazier

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

Best Achievement in Sound Editing
* The Incredibles - Michael Silvers, Randy Thom
The Polar Express - Randy Thom, Dennis Leonard
Spider-Man 2 - Paul N.J. Ottosson

Best Achievement in Makeup
* Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events - Valli O’Reilly, Bill Corso
The Sea Inside - Jo Allen, Manolo García
The Passion of the Christ - Keith VanderLaan, Christien Tinsley

Best Documentary, Short Subjects
Autism Is a World - Gerardine Wurzburg
The Children of Leningradsky - Polak, Hanna, Celinski, Andrzej
Hardwood - Erin Faith Young, Davis, Hubert
* Mighty Times The Children’s March - Robert Hudson, Robert Houston
Sister Rose’s Passion - Oren Jacoby, Steve Kalafer

Best Short Film, Animated
Birthday Boy - Sejong Park, Andrew Gregory
Gopher Broke - Jeff Fowler, Tim Miller
Guard Dog - Bill Plympton
Lorenzo - Mike Gabriel, Baker Bloodworth
* Ryan - Chris Landreth

Best Short Film, Live Action
Everything in This Country Must - Gary McKendry
Little Terrorist - Ashvin Kumar
735 de la mañana - Nacho Vigalondo
Two Cars, One Night - Taika Cohen, Ainsley Gardiner
* Wasp - Andrea Arnold

Honorary Academy Award: Sidney Lumet

Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award: Roger Mayer

Gordon E. Sawyer Award: Tak Miyagishima

Award of Commendation: Arthur Widmer
For his lifetime achievement in the science and technology of image compositing for motion pictures as exemplified by his significant contributions to the development of the Ultra Violet and the ‘bluescreen’ compositing processes.

Academy Award of Merit
Horst Burbulla
For the invention and continuing development of the Technocrane telescoping camera crane.
Jean-Marie Lavalou; Alain Masseron; David Samuelson
For the engineering and development of the Louma Camera Crane and remote system for motion picture production.

Scientific and Engineering Award
Lindsay Arnold; Guy Griffiths; David Hodson; Charlie Lawrence; David Mann
for their development of the Cineon Digital Film Workstation.
Gyula Mester; Keith Edwards
for their significant contributions (electronic systems design, Mester and mechanical engineering, Edwards) to and continuing development of the Technocrane telescoping camera crane.

Technical Achievement Award
Steve Boze
for the design and implementation of the DNF 001 multi-band digital audio noise suppressor.
Greg Cannom; Wes Wofford
for the development of their special modified silicone material for makeup applications used in motion pictures.
Gerald Cotts; Anthony Seaman
for the original concept and design (Cotts) and for the engineering (Seaman) of the Satellight-X HMI Softlight.
John O.B. Greaves; Ned Phipps; Antonie J. van den Bogert; William Hayes
for the development of the Motion Analysis motion capture technology.
Christopher Hicks; Dave Betts
for the design and implementation of the Cedar DNS 1000 multi-band digital noise suppressor.
Alan Kapler
for the design and development of Storm, a software toolkit for artistic control of volumetric effects.
Nels Madsen; Vaughn Cato; Matt Madden; Bill Lorton
for the development of the Giant Studios motion capture technology.
Julian Morris; Michael Birch; Paul Smyth; Paul Tate
for the development of the Vicon motion capture technology.
Nelson Tyler
for the development of the Tyler Gyroplatform boat mount stabilizing device for motion picture photography.

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