2009 Oscar Winners

BEST MOTION PICTURE OF THE YEAR

• The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
• Frost/Nixon
• Milk
• The Reader
• Slumdog Millionaire

ACHIEVEMENT IN 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

PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE

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

PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE

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

PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

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

PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

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

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

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

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM OF THE YEAR

• The Baader Meinhof Complex A Constantin Film Production, Germany
• The Class (Sony Pictures Classics), A Haut et Court Production, France
• Departures (Regent Releasing), A Departures Film Partners Production, Japan
• Revanche (Janus Films), A Prisma Film/Fernseh Production, Austria
• Waltz with Bashir (Sony Pictures Classics), A Bridgit Folman Film Gang Production, Israel

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM OF THE YEAR

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

BEST ANIMATED SHORT FILM

• La Maison en Petits Cubes A Robot Communications Production, Kunio Kato
• Lavatory - Lovestory A Melnitsa Animation Studio and CTB Film Company Production, Konstantin Bronzit
• Oktapodi (Talantis Films) A Gobelins, L’école de l’image Production, Emud Mokhberi and Thierry Marchand
• Presto (Walt Disney) A Pixar Animation Studios Production, Doug Sweetland
• This Way Up A Nexus Production, Alan Smith and Adam Foulkes

BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM

• Auf der Strecke (On the Line) (Hamburg Shortfilmagency), An Academy of Media Arts Cologne Production, Reto Caffi
• Manon on the Asphalt (La Luna Productions), A La Luna Production, Elizabeth Marre and Olivier Pont
• New Boy (Network Ireland Television), A Zanzibar Films Production, Steph Green and Tamara Anghie
• The Pig An M & M Production, Tivi Magnusson and Dorte Høgh
• Spielzeugland (Toyland) A Mephisto Film Production, Jochen Alexander Freydank

ACHIEVEMENT IN 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

ACHIEVEMENT IN CINEMATOGRAPHY

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

ACHIEVEMENT IN 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

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE

• The Betrayal (Nerakhoon) (Cinema Guild), A Pandinlao Films Production, Ellen Kuras and Thavisouk Phrasavath
• Encounters at the End of the World (THINKFilm and Image Entertainment), A Creative Differences Production, Werner Herzog and Henry Kaiser
• The Garden A Black Valley Films Production, Scott Hamilton Kennedy
• Man on Wire (Magnolia Pictures), A Wall to Wall Production, James Marsh and Simon Chinn
• Trouble the Water (Zeitgeist Films), An Elsewhere Films Production, Tia Lessin and Carl Deal

BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT SUBJECT

• The Conscience of Nhem En A Farallon Films Production, Steven Okazaki
• The Final Inch A Vermilion Films Production, Irene Taylor Brodsky and Tom Grant
• Smile Pinki A Principe Production, Megan Mylan
• The Witness - From the Balcony of Room 306 A Rock Paper Scissors Production, Adam Pertofsky and Margaret Hyde

ACHIEVEMENT IN FILM EDITING

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

ACHIEVEMENT IN MAKEUP

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

ACHIEVEMENT IN MUSIC WRITTEN FOR MOTION PICTURES (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

ACHIEVEMENT IN MUSIC WRITTEN FOR MOTION PICTURES (ORIGINAL SONG)

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

ACHIEVEMENT IN SOUND MIXING

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

ACHIEVEMENT IN SOUND EDITING

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

ACHIEVEMENT IN VISUAL EFFECTS

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