81st Academy Awards (2008): Precursor Tallies

The titles of the Academy Award Winners are accented in blue. The titles of the Academy Awards Nominees are accented in bold. Professional Guild winners have the guild abbreviation highlighted in blue. Organization Abbreviations Guide at bottom.

Best Picture

Slumdog Millionaire (14) – NBR, WAFCA, BSFC, NYOFC, SDFC, PFC, SAT, DFWFCA, FFC, BFCA, GG, PGA, SAG, BAFTA
WALL-E (5) – LAFCA, BSFC, CFC, OFCS, OFTA
Milk (3) – NYFCC, SFFC, SEFCA
The Dark Knight (2) – AFCA, UFC
The Wrestler (2) – LFCC, ISA
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (1) – SLFC
Frost/Nixon (1) – LVFCS
Happy-Go-Lucky (1) – SAT
Vicky Cristina Barcelona (1) – GG
Waltz with Bashir (1) – NSFC
Wendy and Lucy (1) – TFCA

Best Animated Film

WALL-E (23) – NBR, WAFCA, NYFCC, BSFC, NYOFC, SLFC, SDFC, SEFCA, PFC, AFCA, TFCA, SAT, DFWFCA, CFC, UFC, LVFCS, FFC, BFCA, GG, OFCS, PGA, OFTA, BAFTA
Kung Fu Panda (1) – AA
Waltz with Bashir (1) – LAFCA

Best Director

Danny Boyle – Slumdog Millionaire (15) – WAFCA, LAFCA, NYOFC, SLFC, SDFC, SEFCA, PFC, SAT, DFWFCA, CFC, FFC, BFCA, GG, DGA, BAFTA
David Fincher – The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (3) – NBR, LFCC, OFTA
Mike Leigh – Happy-Go-Lucky (2) – NYFCC, NSFC
Christopher Nolan – The Dark Knight (2) – AFCA, OFCS
Gus Van Sant – Milk (2) – BSFC, SFFC; Paranoid Park (1) – BSFC
Jonathan Demme – Rachel Getting Married (1) – TFCA
Ron Howard – Frost/Nixon (1) – LVFCS
Tom McCarthy – The Visitor (1) – ISA
Andrew Stanton – WALL-E (1) – UFC

Best Actor

Sean Penn – Milk (13) – LAFCA, NYFCC, BSFC, NYOFC, SLFC, SFFC, SEFCA, PFC, AFCA, DFWFCA, NSFC, BFCA, SAG, OFTA
Mickey Rourke – The Wrestler (13) – WAFCA, BSFC, SFFC, SDFC, TFCA, CFC, UFC, FFC, GG, OFCS, LFCC, BAFTA, ISA
Clint Eastwood – Gran Torino (1) – NBR
Colin Farrell – In Bruges (1) – GG
Ricky Gervais – Ghost Town (1) – SAT
Richard Jenkins – The Visitor (1) – SAT
Frank Langella – Frost/Nixon (1) – LVFCS

Best Actress

Sally Hawkins – Happy-Go-Lucky (9) – LAFCA, NYFCC, BSFC, NYOFC, SFFC, SDFC, SAT, NSFC, GG
Anne Hathaway – Rachel Getting Married (6) – NBR, SEFCA, AFCA, DFWFCA, CFC, BFCA
Meryl Streep – Doubt (5) – WAFCA, PFC, BFCA, SAG, OFTA
Kate Winslet – Revolutionary Road (4) – SLFC, LVFCS, GG, LFCC; The Reader (3) – LVFCS, LFCC, BAFTA
Melissa Leo – Frozen River (3) – UFC, FFC, ISA
Michelle Williams – Wendy and Lucy (2) – TFCA, OFCS
Angelina Jolie – Changeling (1) – SAT

Best Supporting Actor

Heath Ledger – The Dark Knight (22) – WAFCA, LAFCA, BSFC, NYOFC, SLFC, SFFC, SDFC, SEFCA, PFC, AFCA, TFCA, DFWFCA, CFC, UFC, LVFCS, FFC, BFCA, GG, OFCS, SAG, OFTA, BAFTA
Josh Brolin – Milk (2) – NBR, NYFCC
James Franco – Milk (1) – ISA
Eddie Marsan – Happy-Go-Lucky (1) – NSFC
Michael Shannon – Revolutionary Road (1) – SAT

Best Supporting Actress

Penelope Cruz – Vicky Cristina Barcelona (8) – NBR, LAFCA, NYFCC, BSFC, NYOFC, SEFCA, BAFTA, ISA
Marisa Tomei – The Wrestler (6) – SFFC, SDFC, PFC, LVFCS, FFC, OFCS
Kate Winslet – The Reader (5) – CFC, BFCA, GG, SAG, OFTA
Rosemarie DeWitt – Rachel Getting Married (4) – WAFCA, TFCA, SAT, UFC
Viola Davis – Doubt (2) – SLFC, DFWFCA
Taraji P. Henson – The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (1) – AFCA
Hanna Schygulla – The Edge of Heaven (1) – NSFC

Best Original Screenplay

Milk (6) – BSFC, SFFC, SEFCA, DFWFCA, WGA, OFTA, ISA
Rachel Getting Married (4) – WAFCA, NYFCC, TFCA, UFC
Happy-Go-Lucky (2) – LAFCA, NSFC
In Bruges (2) – PFC, BAFTA
The Visitor (2) – SDFC, SAT
WALL-E (2) – CFC, OFCS
Gran Torino (1) – NBR
Synecdoche, New York (1) – AFCA

Best Adapted Screenplay

Slumdog Millionaire (10) – NBR, WAFCA, NYOFC SDFC, SEFCA, PFC, CFC, FFC, BFCA, GG, WGA, BAFTA
Frost/Nixon (4) – SLFC, SFFC, SAT, LVFCS
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2) – NBR, OFTA
The Dark Knight (1) – AFCA
Let the Right One In (1) – OFCS

Best Original Song

“The Wrestler” – The Wrestler (4) – PFC, BFCA, GG, OFTA
“Another Way to Die” – Quantum of Solace (2) – SAT, LVFCS

Best Original Score

Slumdog Millionaire (7) – LAFCA, NYOFC, SDFC, SAT, BFCA, GG, BAFTA
The Dark Knight (2) – AFCA, OFCS
WALL-E (2) – CFC, OFTA
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (1) – PFC
Defiance (1) – LVFCS
The Visitor (1) – SLFC

Best Editing

Slumdog Millionaire (6) – BSFC, SDFC, PFC, OFCS, BAFTA, ACE
The Dark Knight (1) – OFTA
Frost/Nixon (1) – LVFCS
Iron Man (1) – SAT
WALL-E (1) – ACE

Best Cinematography

The Dark Knight (6) – SFFC, DFWFCA, CFC, FFC, OFCS, BAFTA
Slumdog Millionaire (4) – NYFCC, NYOFC, SDFC, ASC
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (3) – PFC, LVFCS, OFTA
Australia (2) – SLFC, SAT
The Fall (1) – AFCA
Paranoid Park (1) – BSFC
Still Life (1) – LAFCA
The Wrestler (1) – ISA

Best Art Direction

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (6) – WAFCA, SDFC, LVFCS, OFTA, BAFTA, ADG
The Dark Knight (2) – PFC, ADG
Australia (1) – SAT
Slumdog Millionaire (1) – ADG
Synecdoche, New York (1) – LAFCA

Best Costume Design

The Duchess (4) – PFC, SAT, BAFTA, CDG
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2) – LVFCS, OFTA
The Dark Knight (1) – CDG
Slumdog Millionaire (1) – CDG

Best Makeup

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2) – OFTA, BAFTA

Best Sound

Slumdog Millionaire (2) – BAFTA, CAS
The Dark Knight (1) – SAT
WALL-E (1) – OFTA

Best Sound Editing

The Dark Knight (1) – SEG
WALL-E (1) – OFTA

Best Visual Effects

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (3) – OFTA, BAFTA, VES
The Dark Knight (2) – SLFC, PFC
Australia (1) – SAT
Iron Man (1) – LVFCS

Best Foreign Film

Let the Right One In (13) – WAFCA, BSFC, SFFC, SDFC, SEFCA, PFC, AFCA, TFCA, CFC, UFC, FFC, OFCS, OFTA
4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days (2) – NYFCC, NYOFC
Mongol (2) – NBR, LVFCS
Waltz with Bashir (2) – BFCA, GG
The Class (1) – ISA
Gomorrah (1) – SAT
I’ve Loved You So Long (1) – BAFTA
Slumdog Millionaire (1) – SLFC
Still Life (1) – LAFCA
Tell No One (1) – DFWFCA

Best Documentary Feature

Man on Wire (23) – NBR, WAFCA, LAFCA, NYFCC, BSFC, NYOFC, SLFC, SDFC, SEFCA, PFC, AFCA, TFCA, SAT, DFWFCA, CFC, UFC, LVFCS, FFC, NSFC, BFCA, OFCS, PGA, OFTA, ISA
Anita O’Day – The Life of a Jazz Singer (1) – SAT
My Winnipeg (1) – SFFC