Winners of the 81st Academy Awards
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Best Motion Picture of the Year
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Frost/Nixon
Milk
The Reader
Slumdog Millionaire - WINNER
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
Richard Jenkins for The Visitor
Frank Langella for Frost/Nixon
Sean Penn for Milk - WINNER
Brad Pitt for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Mickey Rourke for The Wrestler
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
Anne Hathaway for Rachel Getting Married
Anne Hathaway for Rachel Getting Married
Angelina Jolie for Changeling
Melissa Leo for Frozen River
Meryl Streep for Doubt
Kate Winslet for The Reader - WINNER
Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role
Josh Brolin for Milk
Robert Downey Jr. for Tropic Thunder
Philip Seymour Hoffman for Doubt
Heath Ledger for The Dark Knight - WINNER
Michael Shannon for Revolutionary Road
Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
Amy Adams for Doubt
Amy Adams for Doubt
Penélope Cruz for Vicky Cristina Barcelona - WINNER
Viola Davis for Doubt
Taraji P. Henson for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Marisa Tomei for The Wrestler
Best Achievement in Directing
Danny Boyle for Slumdog Millionaire - WINNER
Danny Boyle for Slumdog Millionaire - WINNER
Stephen Daldry for The Reader
David Fincher for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Ron Howard for Frost/Nixon
Gus Van Sant for Milk
Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen
Frozen River: Courtney Hunt
Frozen River: Courtney Hunt
Happy-Go-Lucky: Mike Leigh
In Bruges: Martin McDonagh
Milk: Dustin Lance Black - WINNER
WALL·E: Andrew Stanton, Pete Docter
Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button: Eric Roth, Robin Swicord
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button: Eric Roth, Robin Swicord
Doubt: John Patrick Shanley
Frost/Nixon: Peter Morgan
The Reader: David Hare
Slumdog Millionaire: Simon Beaufoy - WINNER
Best Achievement in Cinematography
Changeling: Tom Stern
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button: Claudio Miranda
The Dark Knight: Wally Pfister
The Reader: Roger Deakins, Chris Menges
Slumdog Millionaire: Anthony Dod Mantle - WINNER
Best Achievement in Editing
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button: Angus Wall, Kirk Baxter
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button: Angus Wall, Kirk Baxter
The Dark Knight: Lee Smith
Frost/Nixon: Daniel P. Hanley, Mike Hill
Milk: Elliot Graham
Slumdog Millionaire: Chris Dickens - WINNER
Best Achievement in Art Direction
Changeling: James J. Murakami, Gary Fettis
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button: Donald Graham Burt, Victor J. Zolfo - WINNER
The Dark Knight: Nathan Crowley, Peter Lando
The Duchess: Michael Carlin, Rebecca Alleway
Revolutionary Road: Kristi Zea, Debra Schutt
Best Achievement in Costume Design
Australia: Catherine Martin
Australia: Catherine Martin
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button: Jacqueline West
The Duchess: Michael O'Connor -WINNER
Milk: Danny Glicker
Revolutionary Road: Albert Wolsky
Best Achievement in Makeup
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button: Greg Cannom - WINNER
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button: Greg Cannom - WINNER
The Dark Knight
Hellboy II: The Golden Army
Best 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 - WINNER
WALL-E: Thomas Newman
Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Song
Slumdog Millionaire: Jai Ho - WINNER
Slumdog Millionaire: Jai Ho - WINNER
Slumdog Millionaire: O Saya
WALL-E: Down to Earth
Best Achievement in Sound Mixing
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
Slumdog Millionaire- WINNER
WALL-E
Wanted
Best Achievement in Sound Editing
The Dark Knight - WINNER
The Dark Knight - WINNER
Iron Man
Slumdog Millionaire
WALL-E
Wanted
Best Achievement in Visual Effects
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button - WINNER
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button - WINNER
The Dark Knight
Iron Man
Best Animated Feature Film of the Year
Bolt
Bolt
Kung Fu Panda
WALL-E - WINNER
Best Foreign Language Film of the Year
Der Baader Meinhof Komplex (Germany)
Der Baader Meinhof Komplex (Germany)
Entre les murs (France)
Revanche (Austria)
Okuribito (Departures) (Japan)
Vals Im Bashir (Israel)
Best Documentary, Features
The Betrayal - Nerakhoon
Encounters at the End of the World
The Garden
Man on Wire - WINNER
Trouble the Water
Best Documentary, Short Subjects
The Conscience of Nhem En
The Conscience of Nhem En
The Final Inch
Smile Pinki - WINNER
The Witness from the Balcony of Room 306
Best Short Film, Animated
Nominees:Ubornaya istoriya - lyubovnaya istoriya: Konstantin Bronzit
Nominees:Ubornaya istoriya - lyubovnaya istoriya: Konstantin Bronzit
La Maison en Petits Cubes: Kunio Kato - WINNER
Oktapodi: Julien Bocabeille, François-Xavier Chanioux, Olivier Delabarre, Thierry Marchand, Quentin Marmier, Emud Mokhberi
Presto: Doug Sweetland
This Way Up: Alan Smith, Adam Foulkes
Best Short Film, Live Action
Auf der Strecke
Auf der Strecke
Manon on the Asphalt
New Boy
The Pig
Spielzeugland - WINNER