The 78th Academy Awards (2005): Nominees and Winners

NOMINATIONS		AWARDS
8 6 6 6 5 5 5 4 4 4 3 3 3	Brokeback Mountain Crash Good Night, and Good Luck. Memoirs of a Geisha Capote Munich Walk the Line The Constant Gardener King Kong Pride & Prejudice Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe Cinderella Man War of the Worlds	3 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1	Brokeback Mountain Crash King Kong Memoirs of a Geisha Capote Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe The Constant Gardener Hustle & Flow March of the Penguins The Moon and the Son: An Imagined Conversation A Note of Triumph: The Golden Age of Norman Corwin Six Shooter Syriana Tsotsi Walk the Line Wallace & Gromit in The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
NOMINATION/WIN TALLY LEGEND Best Picture winner Best Picture nominee Nominations are listed for all films receiving 3 or more

PICTURE (Best Picture)

• Brokeback Mountain - Diana Ossana, James Schamus
• Capote - Caroline Baron, William Vince, Michael Ohoven
• Crash - Paul Haggis, Cathy Schulman
• Good Night, and Good Luck. - Grant Heslov
• Munich - Kathleen Kennedy, Steven Spielberg, Barry Mendel

DIRECTING

• Brokeback Mountain - Ang Lee
• Capote - Bennett Miller
• Crash - Paul Haggis
• Good Night, and Good Luck. - George Clooney
• Munich - Steven Spielberg

ACTOR (Actor in a Leading Role)

• Philip Seymour Hoffman - Capote
• Terrence Howard - Hustle & Flow
• Heath Ledger - Brokeback Mountain
• Joaquin Phoenix - Walk the Line
• David Strathairn - Good Night, and Good Luck.

ACTRESS (Actress in a Leading Role)

• Judi Dench - Mrs. Henderson Presents
• Felicity Huffman - Transamerica
• Keira Knightley - Pride & Prejudice
• Charlize Theron - North Country
• Reese Witherspoon - Walk the Line

SUPPORTING ACTOR (Actor in a Supporting Role)

• George Clooney - Syriana
• Matt Dillon - Crash
• Paul Giamatti - Cinderella Man
• Jake Gyllenhaal - Brokeback Mountain
• William Hurt - A History of Violence

SUPPORTING ACTRESS (Actress in a Supporting Role)

• Amy Adams - Junebug
• Catherine Keener - Capote
• Frances McDormand - North Country
• Rachel Weisz - The Constant Gardener
• Michelle Williams - Brokeback Mountain

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

• Crash - Screenplay by Paul Haggis & Bobby Moresco; Story by Paul Haggis
• Good Night, and Good Luck. - Screenplay by George Clooney & Grant Heslov
• Match Point - Written by Woody Allen
• The Squid and the Whale - Written by Noah Baumbach
• Syriana - Written by Stephen Gaghan

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

• Brokeback Mountain - Screenplay by Larry McMurtry & Diana Ossana
• Capote - Screenplay by Dan Futterman
• The Constant Gardener - Screenplay by Jeffrey Caine
• A History of Violence - Screenplay by Josh Olson
• Munich - Screenplay by Tony Kushner, Eric Roth

ORIGINAL SONG

• "In the Deep" - Crash - Music by Kathleen "Bird" York, Michael Becker; Lyric by Kathleen "Bird" York
• "It's Hard Out Here for a Pimp" - Hustle & Flow - Music, Lyric by Jordan Houston, Cedric Coleman, Paul Beauregard
• "Travelin' Thru" - Transamerica - Music, Lyric by Dolly Parton

ORIGINAL SCORE

• Brokeback Mountain - Gustavo Santaolalla
• The Constant Gardener - Alberto Iglesias
• Memoirs of a Geisha - John Williams
• Munich - John Williams
• Pride & Prejudice - Dario Marianelli

FILM EDITING

• Cinderella Man - Mike Hill, Dan Hanley
• The Constant Gardener - Claire Simpson
• Crash - Hughes Winborne
• Munich - Michael Kahn
• Walk the Line - Michael McCusker

CINEMATOGRAPHY

• Batman Begins - Wally Pfister
• Brokeback Mountain - Rodrigo Prieto
• Good Night, and Good Luck. - Robert Elswit
• Memoirs of a Geisha - Dion Beebe
• The New World - Emmanuel Lubezki

ART DIRECTION

• Good Night, and Good Luck. - Art Direction: Jim Bissell; Set Decoration: Jan Pascale
• Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire - Art Direction: Stuart Craig; Set Decoration: Stephenie McMillan
• King Kong - Art Direction: Grant Major; Set Decoration: Dan Hennah, Simon Bright
• Memoirs of a Geisha - Art Direction: John Myhre; Set Decoration: Gretchen Rau
• Pride & Prejudice - Art Direction: Sarah Greenwood; Set Decoration: Katie Spencer

COSTUME DESIGN

• Charlie and the Chocolate Factory - Gabriella Pescucci
• Memoirs of a Geisha - Colleen Atwood
• Mrs. Henderson Presents - Sandy Powell
• Pride & Prejudice - Jacqueline Durran
• Walk the Line - Arianne Phillips

MAKEUP

• The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe - Howard Berger, Tami Lane
• Cinderella Man - David Leroy Anderson, Lance Anderson
• Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith - Dave Elsey, Nikki Gooley

SOUND MIXING

• The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe - Terry Porter, Dean A. Zupancic, Tony Johnson
• King Kong - Christopher Boyes, Michael Semanick, Michael Hedges, Hammond Peek
• Memoirs of a Geisha - Kevin O'Connell, Greg P. Russell, Rick Kline, John Pritchett
• Walk the Line - Paul Massey, D.M. Hemphill, Peter F. Kurland
• War of the Worlds - Andy Nelson, Anna Behlmer, Ronald Judkins

SOUND EDITING

• King Kong - Mike Hopkins, Ethan Van der Ryn
• Memoirs of a Geisha - Wylie Stateman
• War of the Worlds - Richard King

VISUAL EFFECTS

• The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe - Dean Wright, Bill Westenhofer, Jim Berney, Scott Farrar
• King Kong - Joe Letteri, Brian Van't Hul, Christian Rivers, Richard Taylor
• War of the Worlds - Dennis Muren, Pablo Helman, Randal M. Dutra, Daniel Sudick

ANIMATED FEATURE FILM

• Howl's Moving Castle - Hayao Miyazaki
• Tim Burton's Corpse Bride - Mike Johnson, Tim Burton
• Wallace & Gromit in The Curse of the Were-Rabbit - Nick Park, Steve Box

FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM

• Don't Tell - Italy
• Joyeux Nol - France
• Paradise Now - The Palestinian Territories
• Sophie Scholl - The Final Days - Germany
• Tsotsi - South Africa

DOCUMENTARY (Feature)

• Darwin's Nightmare - Hubert Sauper
• Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room - Alex Gibney, Jason Kliot
• March of the Penguins - Luc Jacquet, Yves Darondeau
• Murderball - Henry-Alex Rubin, Dana Adam Shapiro
• Street Fight - Marshall Curry

DOCUMENTARY (Short Subject)

• The Death of Kevin Carter: Casualty of the Bang Bang Club - Dan Krauss
• God Sleeps in Rwanda - Kimberlee Acquaro, Stacy Sherman
• The Mushroom Club - Steven Okazaki
• A Note of Triumph: The Golden Age of Norman Corwin - Corinne Marrinan, Eric Simonson

SHORT FILM (Animated)

• Badgered - Sharon Colman
• The Moon and the Son: An Imagined Conversation - John Canemaker, Peggy Stern
• The Mysterious Geographic Explorations of Jasper Morello - Anthony Lucas
• 9 - Shane Acker
• One Man Band - Andrew Jimenez, Mark Andrews

SHORT FILM (Live Action)

• Ausreisser (The Runaway) - Ulrike Grote
• Cashback - Sean Ellis, Lene Bausager
• The Last Farm - Rnar Rnarsson, Thor S. Sigurjnsson
• Our Time Is Up - Rob Pearlstein, Pia Clemente
• Six Shooter - Martin McDonagh

HONORARY AWARDS

• To Robert Altman in recognition of a career that has repeatedly reinvented the art form and inspired filmmakers and audiences alike.

GORDON E. SAWYER AWARD

• Gary Demos

JOHN A. BONNER MEDAL OF COMMENDATION

• To Don Hall in appreciation for outstanding service and dedication in upholding the high standards of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

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

• To ANATOLIY KOKUSH for the concept and development of the Cascade series of motion picture cranes. The lightweight structure of the Cascade and Traveling Cascade Cranes enables the filmmaker to achieve heights of up to 70 feet, allowing for the placement of the camera in otherwise impossible locations. [Camera Cranes]
• To ANATOLIY KOKUSH, YURIY POPOVSKY and OLEKSIY ZOLOTAROV for the concept and development of the Russian Arm gyro-stabilized camera crane and the Flight Head. The Russian Arm and Flight Head opened new possibilities for filmmakers. With the ability to be mounted on the roof of almost any car, this remotely-operated crane and camera head can move smoothly in a 360 degree circle around the car, even while it is being driven at high speeds by actors, creating heretofore impossible perspectives. [Camera Cranes]
• To GARRETT BROWN for the original concept of the Skycam flying camera system - the first use of 3-D volumetric cable technology for motion picture cinematography. In creating the first remote-controlled, cable-supported flying camera system, Garrett Brown's pioneering efforts have influenced all subsequent development in this area of technology. [Camera Cranes]
• To DAVID BARAFF, MICHAEL KASS and ANDREW WITKIN for their pioneering work in physically-based computer-generated techniques used to simulate realistic cloth in motion pictures. Their 1998 paper titled "Large Steps in Cloth Simulation" was a seminal work, providing the key in demonstrating to the industry that the calculations necessary to simulate realistic, complex cloth could be achieved efficiently and robustly. Their work provided the conceptual foundation for many cloth simulation systems in use today. [Digital Imaging Technology]
• To DAVID GROBER for the concept and mechanical design and SCOTT LEWALLEN for the electronic and software design of the Perfect Horizon camera stabilization head. Perfect Horizon effectively neutralizes the extraneous motion encountered in boats, camera cars, snowmobiles or other vehicles, leaving the pan/tilt head and camera stable and level with the horizon. [Photography]
• To LAURIE FROST, PETER HANNAN and RICHARD LONCRAINE for the development of the remote camera head known as the Hot-Head. In use for over a quarter of a century, the Hot-Head has brought the possibility of safe, remotely-operated shots to every filmmaker. [Photography]

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

• To JAMES RODNUNSKY, ALEX MacDONALD and MARK CHAPMAN for the development of the Cablecam 3-D volumetric suspended cable camera technologies. The evolution of the Cablecam technology has made it possible to move a camera safely and accurately anywhere through a three-dimensional space. [Camera Cranes]
• To LEV YEVSTRATOV, GEORGE PETERS and VASILIY ORLOV for the development of the Ultimate Arm Camera Crane System for specialized vehicle photography. Representing a significant evolutionary improvement in camera car technology, this remotely-controlled, gyro-stabilized and flexible camera crane offers a highly stable platform for high-speed, rough terrain action shots. Its ingenious applications of sophisticated technology solve many of the problems inherent in chase vehicle filming. [Camera Cranes]
• To TIM DRNEC, BEN BRITTEN SMITH and MATT DAVIS for the development of the Spydercam 3-D volumetric suspended cable camera technologies. The evolution of the Spydercam technology has made it possible to move a camera safely and accurately anywhere through a three-dimensional space. [Camera Cranes]
• To ED CATMULL, for the original concept, and TONY DeROSE and JOS STAM for their scientific and practical implementation of subdivision surfaces as a modeling technique in motion picture production. Subdivision surfaces have become a preferred modeling primitive for many types of motion picture computer graphics. [Digital Imaging Technology]
• To JOHN PLATT and DEMETRI TERZOPOULOS for their pioneering work in physically-based computer-generated techniques used to simulate realistic cloth in motion pictures. Their 1987 paper "Elastically Deformable Models" was a milestone in computer graphics, introducing the concept of physically-based techniques to simulate moving, deforming objects. [Digital Imaging Technology]
• To HAROLD RATTRAY, TERRY CLABORN, STEVE GARLICK, BILL HOGUE and TIM REYNOLDS for the design, engineering and implementation of the Technicolor Real Time Answer Print System. This system provides a method by which filmmakers can preview real-time color corrections using actual film prints, reducing both the turnaround time and the number of reprints required. [Laboratory]
• To ALVAH MILLER, MICHAEL SORENSEN and J. WALT ADAMCZYK for the design and development of the Aerohead motion control camera head and the J-Viz Pre-Visualization system. This remote head not only serves the needs of the live-action filmmaker, but also provides the functionality of a motion-controlled head, allowing for sophisticated tiling and pre-visualization techniques. [Photography]
• To FRANK FLETCHER and DAVE SHERWIN for the introduction and continuing development of the Power Pod modular camera head system. The Power Pod system enables filmmakers to configure a remote controlled head to meet their own unique requirements. [Photography]
• To GARY THIELTGES for the design and development of the remotely-operated, lightweight camera head known as the Sparrow Head. This well-integrated remote system enables filmmakers to remotely pan and tilt their camera from virtually any moving vehicle, giving the opportunity for unprecedented dynamic camera angles. [Photography]
• To UDO SCHAUSS and HILDEGARD EBBESMEIER for the optical design and NICOLE WEMKEN and MICHAEL ANDERER for the mechanical design of the Cinelux Premiere Cinema Projection Lenses. The Cinelux Premiere Lenses incorporate an iris and aspheric elements which provide a more uniform modulation transfer function and better light transmission to the sides and corners of the theater projection screen. This reduces the traditional problems of softness in the corners, hot-spotting and varying brightness between film formats. [Projection]
• To SCOTT LEVA for the design and development of the Precision Stunt Airbag for motion picture stunt falls. The Precision Stunt Airbag is designed to envelop the stunt jumper, even on off-center hits. This feature serves to enhance the safety of stunt performers in falls from up to 200 feet. [Stage Operations]