Academy Awards

74th Academy Awards

March 24, 2002Kodak TheatreFilms from 200129 categories
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Best Picture Winner

A Beautiful Mind

A Beautiful Mind

Best Picture

Director: Ron Howard

Studio: Universal / DreamWorks

After John Nash, a brilliant mathematician, accepts secret work in cryptography, his life takes a turn for the nightmarish.

All Categories (29)

Animated Feature Film

ShrekAron Warner
Winner
Jimmy Neutron: Boy GeniusSteve Oedekerk, John A. Davis
Monsters, Inc.Pete Docter, John Lasseter

Best Picture

A Beautiful MindBrian Grazer and Ron Howard, Producers
Winner
Gosford ParkRobert Altman, Bob Balaban and David Levy, Producers
In the BedroomGraham Leader, Ross Katz and Todd Field, Producers
Moulin RougeMartin Brown, Baz Luhrmann and Fred Baron, Producers
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the RingPeter Jackson, Fran Walsh and Barrie M. Osborne, Producers

Actor In A Leading Role

Denzel WashingtonTraining Day {"Alonzo"}
Winner
Russell CroweA Beautiful Mind {"John Nash"}
Sean PennI Am Sam {"Sam Dawson"}
Tom WilkinsonIn the Bedroom {"Matt Fowler"}
Will SmithAli {"Muhammad Ali"}

Actor In A Supporting Role

Jim BroadbentIris {"John Bayley"}
Winner
Ben KingsleySexy Beast {"Don Logan"}
Ethan HawkeTraining Day {"Jake"}
Ian McKellenThe Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring {"Gandalf"}
Jon VoightAli {"Howard Cosell"}

Actress In A Leading Role

Halle BerryMonster's Ball {"Leticia Musgrove"}
Winner
Judi DenchIris {"Iris Murdoch"}
Nicole KidmanMoulin Rouge {"Satine"}
Renée ZellwegerBridget Jones's Diary {"Bridget Jones"}
Sissy SpacekIn the Bedroom {"Ruth Fowler"}

Actress In A Supporting Role

Jennifer ConnellyA Beautiful Mind {"Alicia Nash"}
Winner
Helen MirrenGosford Park {"Mrs. Wilson"}
Kate WinsletIris {"Young Iris Murdoch"}
Maggie SmithGosford Park {"Constance, Countess of Trentham"}
Marisa TomeiIn the Bedroom {"Natalie Strout"}

Directing

A Beautiful MindRon Howard
Winner
Black Hawk DownRidley Scott
Gosford ParkRobert Altman
Mulholland DriveDavid Lynch

Writing (Screenplay Based On Material Previously Produced Or Published)

A Beautiful MindWritten by Akiva Goldsman
Winner
Ghost WorldWritten by Daniel Clowes & Terry Zwigoff
In the BedroomScreenplay by Rob Festinger and Todd Field
ShrekWritten by Ted Elliott & Terry Rossio and Joe Stillman and Roger S.H. Schulman
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the RingScreenplay by Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens, Peter Jackson

Writing (Screenplay Written Directly For The Screen)

Gosford ParkWritten by Julian Fellowes
Winner
AmélieScreenplay by Guillaume Laurant and Jean-Pierre Jeunet; Dialogue by Guillaume Laurant
MementoScreenplay by Christopher Nolan; Story by Jonathan Nolan
Monster's BallWritten by Milo Addica & Will Rokos
The Royal TenenbaumsWritten by Wes Anderson & Owen Wilson

Cinematography

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the RingAndrew Lesnie
Winner
AmélieBruno Delbonnel
Black Hawk DownSlawomir Idziak
Moulin RougeDonald M. McAlpine
The Man Who Wasn't ThereRoger Deakins

Music (Original Score)

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the RingHoward Shore
Winner
A Beautiful MindJames Horner
A.I. Artificial IntelligenceJohn Williams
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's StoneJohn Williams
Monsters, Inc.Randy Newman

Music (Original Song)

"If I Didn't Have You" from Monsters, Inc.Music and Lyric by Randy Newman
Winner
"May It Be" from The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the RingMusic and Lyric by Enya, Nicky Ryan and Roma Ryan
"There You'll Be" from Pearl HarborMusic and Lyric by Diane Warren
"Until" from Kate & LeopoldMusic and Lyric by Sting
"Vanilla Sky" from Vanilla SkyMusic and Lyric by Paul McCartney

Art Direction

Moulin RougeArt Direction: Catherine Martin; Set Decoration: Brigitte Broch
Winner
AmélieArt Direction: Aline Bonetto; Set Decoration: Marie-Laure Valla
Gosford ParkArt Direction: Stephen Altman; Set Decoration: Anna Pinnock
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's StoneArt Direction: Stuart Craig; Set Decoration: Stephenie McMillan
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the RingArt Direction: Grant Major; Set Decoration: Dan Hennah

Visual Effects

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the RingJim Rygiel, Randall William Cook, Richard Taylor, Mark Stetson
Winner
A.I. Artificial IntelligenceDennis Muren, Scott Farrar, Stan Winston, Michael Lantieri
Pearl HarborEric Brevig, John Frazier, Ed Hirsh, Ben Snow

Film Editing

Black Hawk DownPietro Scalia
Winner
A Beautiful MindMike Hill, Dan Hanley
MementoDody Dorn
Moulin RougeJill Bilcock
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the RingJohn Gilbert

Sound

Black Hawk DownMichael Minkler, Myron Nettinga, Chris Munro
Winner
AmélieVincent Arnardi, Guillaume Leriche, Jean Umansky
Moulin RougeAndy Nelson, Anna Behlmer, Roger Savage, Guntis Sics
Pearl HarborKevin O'Connell, Greg P. Russell, Peter J. Devlin
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the RingChristopher Boyes, Michael Semanick, Gethin Creagh, Hammond Peek

Sound Editing

Pearl HarborGeorge Watters II, Christopher Boyes
Winner
Monsters, Inc.Gary Rydstrom, Michael Silvers

Costume Design

Moulin RougeCatherine Martin, Angus Strathie
Winner
Gosford ParkJenny Beavan
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's StoneJudianna Makovsky
The Affair of the NecklaceMilena Canonero
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the RingNgila Dickson, Richard Taylor

Makeup

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the RingPeter Owen, Richard Taylor
Winner
A Beautiful MindGreg Cannom, Colleen Callaghan
Moulin RougeMaurizio Silvi, Aldo Signoretti

Documentary (Feature)

Murder on a Sunday MorningJean-Xavier de Lestrade, Denis Poncet
Winner
Children UndergroundEdet Belzberg
LaLee's Kin: The Legacy of CottonSusan Froemke, Deborah Dickson
PromisesJustine Shapiro, B.Z. Goldberg
War PhotographerChristian Frei

Documentary (Short Subject)

ThothSarah Kernochan, Lynn Appelle
Winner
Artists and Orphans: A True DramaLianne Klapper McNally
Sing!Freida Lee Mock, Jessica Sanders

Short Film (Animated)

For the BirdsRalph Eggleston
Winner
Fifty Percent GreyRuairi Robinson, Seamus Byrne
Give Up Yer Aul SinsCathal Gaffney, Darragh O'Connell
Strange InvadersCordell Barker
Stubble TroubleJoseph E. Merideth

Short Film (Live Action)

the accountantRay McKinnon, Lisa Blount
Winner
A Man Thing (Meska Sprawa)Slawomir Fabicki, Bogumil Godfrejow
Copy ShopVirgil Widrich
Gregor's Greatest InventionJohannes Kiefer
Speed for ThespiansKalman Apple, Shameela Bakhsh

Foreign Language Film

No Man's LandBosnia & Herzegovina
Winner
AmélieFrance
EllingNorway
LagaanIndia
Son of the BrideArgentina

Award Of Commendation

To Rune Ericson for his pioneering development and 30 years of dedication to the Super 16mm format for motion pictures. The Super 16mm film format has achieved a significant impact on the worldwide film industry by playing a major role in empowering low budget films to be produced for theatrical release.
Winner
JOHN A. BONNER MEDAL OF COMMENDATION
To Ray Feeney in appreciation for outstanding service and dedication in upholding the high standards of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
To the American Society of Cinematographers (ASC) for the continued publication of the "American Cinematographer Manual." Born from "The Cinematographic Annual," first published by the ASC in 1930, the "American Cinematographer Manual" has become an essential bible for cinematographers. Currently in its eighth edition, this premier reference manual has had a significant impact on decades of motion picture photography around the world.

Honorary Award

To Sidney Poitier in recognition of his remarkable accomplishments as an artist and as a human being.
Winner
Edmund M. Di Giulio
GORDON E. SAWYER AWARD
To Robert Redford: Actor, director, producer, creator of Sundance, inspiration to independent and innovative filmmakers everywhere.

Scientific And Technical Award (Scientific And Engineering Award)

To JOHN M. EARGLE, D.B. "DON" KEELE and MARK E. ENGEBRETSON for the concept, design and engineering of the modern constant-directivity, direct radiator style motion picture loudspeaker systems. The work of John M. Eargle, D.B. "Don" Keele and Mark E. Engebretson has resulted in the over 20-year dominance of constant-directivity, direct radiator bass style cinema loudspeaker systems. [Sound]
Winner
To FRANZ KRAUS, JOHANNES STEURER and WOLFGANG RIEDEL for the design and development of the ARRILASER Film Recorder. The ARRILASER film recorder demonstrates a high level of engineering resulting in a compact, user-friendly, low-maintenance device while at the same time maintaining outstanding speed, exposure ratings and image quality. [Special Photographic]
To IAIN NEIL for the concept and optical design and AL SAIKI for the mechanical design of the Panavision Primo Macro Zoom Lens (PMZ). This compact, wide-angle, macro focus lens enhances and expands the picture-capturing ability, both technically and artistically, of the cinematographer. It is the first cine lens that allows macro photography while still being able to zoom. [Lenses and Filters]
To MAKOTO TSUKADA, SHOJI KANEKO and the TECHNICAL STAFF OF IMAGICA CORPORATION, and DAIJIRO FUJIE of Nikon Corporation for the engineering excellence and the impact on the motion picture industry of the Imagica 65/35 Multi-Format Optical Printer. This liquid-gate optical printer offers ease of set-up and change-over to various formats from 35mm to 65mm 15-perf with both additive and subtractive lamp houses. [Special Photographic]
To PAUL J. CONSTANTINE and PETER M. CONSTANTINE for the design and development of the CELCO Digital Film Recorder products. CELCO recorder products have had a significant impact on the industry through continual improvements in their technology. [Special Photographic]
To PETER KURAN for the invention, and SEAN COUGHLIN, JOSEPH A. OLIVIER and WILLIAM CONNER for the engineering and development of the RCI-Color Film Restoration Process. This photo-chemical process restores color to faded color negative using off-the-shelf film stocks with a unique approach. The resulting film intermediate can be used to create a new internegative. [Laboratory]
To STEVEN GERLACH, GREGORY FARRELL and CHRISTIAN LURIN for the design, engineering and implementation of the Kodak Panchromatic Sound Recording Film. Allowing all four soundtrack systems to be exposed on a single negative with relative ease, this stock has allowed single inventory prints, facilitating the more economic distribution of motion pictures. [Sound]

Scientific And Technical Award (Technical Achievement Award)

To PETE ROMANO for the design and development of the Remote AquaCam, an underwater camera housing system for use in motion pictures. The Remote AquaCam brings to the industry an underwater camera housing specifically designed for remote and high-speed operation. Its hydro-dynamic shape facilitates ease of operation for surface hand-held filming, and its remote capabilities allow it to film in confined areas or in situations where an operator cannot be near the camera. [Photography]
Winner
To BERNARD M. WERNER and WILLIAM GELOW for the engineering and design of filtered line arrays and screen spreading compensation as applied to motion picture loudspeaker systems. Employing both tapered line array and filtered line array technologies and unique passive and active filter networks, their work with cinema loudspeakers was both innovative and dedicated specifically to cinema applications. [Sound]
To BILL SPITZAK, PAUL VAN CAMP, JONATHAN EGSTAD and PRICE PETHEL for their pioneering effort on the NUKE-2D Compositing Software. The Nuke-2D compositing software allows for the creation of complex interactive digital composites using relatively modest computing hardware. [Digital Imaging Technology]
To CARL LUDWIG and JOHN M. CONSTANTINE, JR. for their contributions to CELCO Digital Film Recorder products. CELCO recorder products have had a significant impact on the industry through continual improvements in their technology. [Special Photographic]
To DR. GARLAND STERN for the concept and implementation of the Cel Paint Software System. All current cel painting applications in the motion picture industry can be traced back to the original idea and pioneering implementation of Garland Stern. [Digital Imaging Technology]
To DR. LANCE J. WILLIAMS for his pioneering influence in the field of computer-generated animation and effects for motion pictures. The ongoing influence of Lance Williams is exemplified in his three seminal papers "Casting Shadows on Curved Surfaces," "Pyramidal Parametrics" and "View Interpolation for Image Synthesis." [Digital Imaging Technology]
To DR. UWE SASSENBERG and ROLF SCHNEIDER for the development of "3D Equalizer," an advanced and robust camera and object match-moving system. This dominant commercial tracking system provides "survey-free" tracking, which significantly reduces the need for painstaking, error-prone measurements on sets. [Digital Imaging Technology]
To GEOFF JACKSON and ROGER WOODBURN for their DMS 120S Camera Motor. This well-engineered camera motor features built-in time-lapse programmability and is useful in an unusually wide range of applications, including MOS production filming, high-speed photography, animation and motion control. [Camera]
To JOHN R. ANDERSON, JIM HOURIHAN, CARY PHILLIPS and SEBASTIAN MARINO for the development of the ILM Creature Dynamics System. This system makes hair, clothing, skin, flesh and muscle simulation both directable and integrated within a character animation and rigging environment. [Digital Imaging Technology]
To JORDAN KLEIN for his pioneering efforts in the development and application of underwater camera housings for motion pictures. With over 50 years of involvement in the design and development of underwater camera housings, Jordan Klein's work has had significant influence in the field of underwater photography. [Photography]
To MIC RODGERS and MATT SWEENEY for the concept, design and realization of the "Mic Rig." This self-contained, low bed picture car carrier and camera platform enables the safe, economic and realistic filming of action sequences that may involve principal actors and dialogue. [Stage Operations]
To STEVE SULLIVAN and ERIC R.L. SCHAFER for the development of the ILM Motion and Structure Recovery System (MARS). The MARS system provides analysis of camera motion and object motion, and their dimensions. It employs a rich set of user-interface tools and sophisticated algorithms. [Digital Imaging Technology]
To THOMAS MAJOR BARRON for the overall concept and design; CHAS SMITH for the structural engineering; and GORDON SEITZ for the mechanical engineering of the Bulldog Motion Control Camera Crane. This motion control camera crane represents an unprecedented combination of long reach, high speed, and a novel approach to its transport, which allows a very rapid setup on location. [Camera Cranes]
To TOMLINSON HOLMAN for the research and systems integration resulting in the improvement of motion picture loudspeaker systems. For over 20 years Tomlinson Holman has been involved in the research and integration of the constant-directivity, direct radiator bass type of cinema loudspeaker systems. [Sound]
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