The 77th Academy Awards (2004): Nominees and Winners

NOMINATIONS		AWARDS
11 7 7 6 5 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3	The Aviator Finding Neverland Million Dollar Baby Ray Sideways The Incredibles Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events Hotel Rwanda The Passion of the Christ The Phantom of the Opera The Polar Express Spider-Man 2 Vera Drake	5 4 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1	The Aviator Million Dollar Baby The Incredibles Ray Born into Brothels Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind Finding Neverland Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events Mighty Times: The Children's March The Motorcycle Diaries Ryan The Sea Inside Sideways Spider-Man 2 Wasp
NOMINATION/WIN TALLY LEGEND Best Picture winner Best Picture nominee Nominations are listed for all films receiving 3 or more

PICTURE (Best Picture)

• 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

DIRECTING

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

ACTOR (Actor in a Leading Role)

• Don Cheadle - Hotel Rwanda
• Johnny Depp - Finding Neverland
• Leonardo DiCaprio - The Aviator
• Clint Eastwood - Million Dollar Baby
• Jamie Foxx - Ray

ACTRESS (Actress in a Leading Role)

• Annette Bening - Being Julia
• Catalina Sandino Moreno - Maria Full of Grace
• Imelda Staunton - Vera Drake
• Hilary Swank - Million Dollar Baby
• Kate Winslet - Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

SUPPORTING ACTOR (Actor in a Supporting Role)

• Alan Alda - The Aviator
• Thomas Haden Church - Sideways
• Jamie Foxx - Collateral
• Morgan Freeman - Million Dollar Baby
• Clive Owen - Closer

SUPPORTING ACTRESS (Actress in a Supporting Role)

• Cate Blanchett - The Aviator
• Laura Linney - Kinsey
• Virginia Madsen - Sideways
• Sophie Okonedo - Hotel Rwanda
• Natalie Portman - Closer

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

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 Jos Rivera
• Sideways - Screenplay by Alexander Payne & Jim Taylor

ORIGINAL SONG

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

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

FILM EDITING

• The Aviator - Thelma Schoonmaker
• Collateral - Jim Miller, Paul Rubell
• Finding Neverland - Matt Chesse
• Million Dollar Baby - Joel Cox
• Ray - Paul Hirsch

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

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

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

MAKEUP

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

SOUND MIXING

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

SOUND EDITING

• The Incredibles - Michael Silvers, Randy Thom
• The Polar Express - Randy Thom, Dennis Leonard
• Spider-Man 2 - Paul N.J. Ottosson

VISUAL EFFECTS

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

ANIMATED FEATURE FILM

• The Incredibles - Brad Bird
• Shark Tale - Bill Damaschke
• Shrek 2 - Andrew Adamson

FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM

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

DOCUMENTARY (Feature)

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

DOCUMENTARY (Short Subject)

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

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

SHORT FILM (Live Action)

• Everything in This Country Must - Gary McKendry
• Little Terrorist - Ashvin Kumar
• 7:35 in the Morning (7:35 de la Maana) - Nacho Vigalondo
• Two Cars, One Night - Taika Waititi, Ainsley Gardiner
• Wasp - Andrea Arnold

HONORARY AWARDS

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

JEAN HERSHOLT HUMANITARIAN AWARD

• Roger Mayer

GORDON E. SAWYER AWARD

• Takuo Miyagishima

AWARD OF COMMENDATION

• To Arthur Widmer for his lifetime of 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.

SCIENTIFIC AND/OR TECHNICAL AWARD - TYPE I (Academy Award of Merit)

• To HORST BURBULLA for the invention and continuing development of the Technocrane telescoping camera crane. With its electronically driven leveling head, adjustable moveable weight carriage, and lightweight, extremely precise telescoping beam elements that allow camera movement during shots, the Technocrane has redefined the state-of-the-art in camera crane technology. [Camera Cranes]
• To JEAN-MARIE LAVALOU, ALAIN MASSERON and DAVID SAMUELSON for the engineering and development of the Louma Camera Crane and remote system for motion picture production. The Louma pioneered a remotely-operated camera head combined with a lightweight and portable modular crane. Its design has proved to be the inspiration for numerous subsequent remote camera systems. [Camera Cranes]

SCIENTIFIC AND/OR TECHNICAL AWARD - TYPE II (Plaque)

• To GYULA MESTER (electronic systems design) and KEITH EDWARDS (mechanical engineering) for their significant contributions to and continuing development of the Technocrane telescoping camera crane. With its electronically driven leveling head, adjustable moveable weight carriage, and lightweight, extremely precise telescoping beam elements that allow camera movement during shots, the Technocrane has redefined the state-of-the-art in camera crane technology. [Camera Cranes]
• To LINDSAY ARNOLD, GUY GRIFFITHS, DAVID HODSON, CHARLIE LAWRENCE and DAVID MANN for their development of the Cineon Digital Film Workstation. Cineon pioneered a commercial node-graph compositing system establishing a new visual method for direct manipulation of the compositing process, which influenced and defined modern digital compositing workflows. [Digital Imaging Technology]

SCIENTIFIC AND/OR TECHNICAL AWARD - TYPE III (Certificate)

• To ALAN KAPLER for the design and development of "Storm," a software toolkit for artistic control of volumetric effects. "Storm" employs an efficient method for directly manipulating volumetric data to create effects such as clouds, water and avalanches with familiar operators inspired by image compositing and painting operations. [Digital Imaging Technology]
• To DR. JOHN O.B. GREAVES, NED PHIPPS, ANTONIE J. VAN DEN BOGERT and WILLIAM HAYES for the development of the Motion Analysis motion capture technology. Motion Analysis Corporation developed special-purpose cameras for motion capture with software systems that maximized their impact on the motion picture industry. [Digital Imaging Technology]
• To DR. JULIAN MORRIS, MICHAEL BIRCH, DR. PAUL SMYTH and PAUL TATE for the development of the Vicon motion capture technology. Vicon Motion Systems developed special-purpose cameras for motion capture with software systems that maximized their impact on the motion picture industry. [Digital Imaging Technology]
• To DR. NELS MADSEN, VAUGHN CATO, MATTHEW MADDEN and BILL LORTON for the development of the Giant Studios motion capture technology. The software solution created by Giant Studios applied a unique biometric approach that has influenced the development of motion capture technology for motion pictures. [Digital Imaging Technology]
• To JERRY COTTS for the original concept and design and ANTHONY SEAMAN for the engineering of the Satellight-X HMI Softlight. With its large radiating surface and thin profile, this collapsible, self-contained HMI softlight provides a diffuse light to simulate daylight in location interiors, where space is often limited. [Lighting]
• To NELSON TYLER for the development of the Tyler Gyroplatform boat mount stabilizing device for motion picture photography. As a pioneer in this area of motion picture technology, Tyler's 2-axis, hydraulically-powered camera mount successfully eliminates the pitch and roll associated with camera shots taken from a boat in the water. [Photography]
• To DR. CHRISTOPHER HICKS and DAVE BETTS for the design and implementation of the Cedar DNS 1000 multi-band digital noise suppressor. The Cedar DNS 1000 is specifically designed to reduce background noise from recorded motion picture dialog. With its precise filters it allows the frequency ranges to be altered or even cascaded to pinpoint and reduce the offending noise. [Sound]
• To STEVEN E. BOZE for the design and implementation of the DNF 001 multi-band digital audio noise suppressor. Designed in the early 1990s when digital signal processing was in its early stages, the real-time digital approach of the DNF 001 provided accurate filter response with minimal interaction, allowing noise attenuation with fewer artifacts. [Sound]
• To GREG CANNOM and WESLEY WOFFORD for the development of their special modified silicone material for makeup appliances used in motion pictures. This proprietary modified silicone makeup system allows for the creation of either partial or full-face appliances for motion picture makeup effects that move like real flesh, have translucency similar to skin and will accept standard makeup materials. [Systems]