The 81st Academy Awards (2008): Nominees and Winners

NOMINATIONS		AWARDS
13 10 8 8 6 5 5 5 3 3	The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Slumdog Millionaire The Dark Knight Milk WALL-E Doubt Frost/Nixon The Reader Changeling Revolutionary Road	3 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1	Slumdog Millionaire The Curious Case of Benjamin Button The Dark Knight Milk Departures The Duchess La Maison en Petits Cubes Man on Wire The Reader Smile Pinki Spielzeugland (Toyland) Vicky Cristina Barcelona WALL-E
NOMINATION/WIN TALLY LEGEND Best Picture winner Best Picture nominee Nominations are listed for all films receiving 3 or more

PICTURE (Best Picture)

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

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

ACTOR (Actor in a Leading Role)

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

ACTRESS (Actress in a Leading Role)

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

SUPPORTING ACTOR (Actor in a Supporting Role)

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

SUPPORTING ACTRESS (Actress in a Supporting Role)

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

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

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

• The Curious Case of Benjamin Button - Screenplay by Eric Roth; Screen story by Eric Roth, 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

ORIGINAL SONG

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

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

FILM EDITING

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

CINEMATOGRAPHY

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

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

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

MAKEUP

• The Curious Case of Benjamin Button - Greg Cannom
• The Dark Knight - John Caglione, Jr., Conor O'Sullivan
• Hellboy II: The Golden Army - Mike Elizalde, Thom Floutz

SOUND MIXING

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

SOUND EDITING

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

VISUAL EFFECTS

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

ANIMATED FEATURE FILM

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

FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM

• Baader Meinhof Complex - Germany
• The Class - France
• Departures - Japan
• Revanche - Austria
• Waltz with Bashi - Israel

DOCUMENTARY (Feature)

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

DOCUMENTARY (Short Subject)

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

SHORT FILM (Animated)

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

SHORT FILM (Live Action)

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

JEAN HERSHOLT HUMANITARIAN AWARD

• Jerry Lewis

GORDON E. SAWYER AWARD

• Ed Catmull

JOHN A. BONNER MEDAL OF COMMENDATION

• To Mark Kimball 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 ERWIN MELZNER for the overall concept including the optical and cooling systems, VOLKER SCHUMACHER for the optical design, and TIMO MULLER for the mechanical design, of the Arrimax 18/12 lighting fixture for use in motion picture production. [Lighting]
• To JACQUES DELACOUX for the concept and electronic design, and ALEXANDRE LEUCHTER for the software and electronic design, of the Transvideo-video assist monitors for the motion picture industry. [Systems]
• To BRUNO COUMERT and JACQUES DEBIZE for the optical design, and DOMINIQUE CHERVIN and CHRISTOPHE REBOULET for the mechanical design, of the compact and lightweight Angenieux 15-40 and 28-76 zoom lenses for handheld motion picture photography. [Lenses and Filters]

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

• To STEVEN HYLEN for the concept and his continued leadership in the further development of the Hylén Lens System for motion picture effects photography. [Lenses and Filters]