Best Picture Winner
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Best Picture
Director: Peter Jackson
Studio: New Line Cinema
Gandalf and Aragorn lead the World of Men against Sauron's army to draw his gaze from Frodo and Sam as they approach Mount Doom.
All Categories (28)
Animated Feature Film
Finding Nemo— Andrew Stanton
Winner
Brother Bear— Aaron Blaise and Robert Walker
The Triplets of Belleville— Sylvain Chomet
Best Picture
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King— Barrie M. Osborne, Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh, Producers
Winner
Lost in Translation— Ross Katz and Sofia Coppola, Producers
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World— Samuel Goldwyn, Jr., Peter Weir and Duncan Henderson, Producers
Mystic River— Robert Lorenz, Judie G. Hoyt and Clint Eastwood, Producers
Seabiscuit— Kathleen Kennedy, Frank Marshall and Gary Ross, Producers
Actor In A Leading Role
Ben Kingsley— House of Sand and Fog {"Behrani"}
Bill Murray— Lost in Translation {"Bob Harris"}
Johnny Depp— Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl {"Jack Sparrow"}
Jude Law— Cold Mountain {"Inman"}
Actor In A Supporting Role
Alec Baldwin— The Cooler {"Shelly Kaplow"}
Benicio Del Toro— 21 Grams {"Jack Jordan"}
Djimon Hounsou— In America {"Mateo"}
Ken Watanabe— The Last Samurai {"Katsumoto"}
Actress In A Leading Role
Diane Keaton— Something's Gotta Give {"Erica Barry"}
Keisha Castle-Hughes— Whale Rider {"Paikea"}
Naomi Watts— 21 Grams {"Cristina Peck"}
Samantha Morton— In America {"Sarah"}
Actress In A Supporting Role
Holly Hunter— Thirteen {"Melanie"}
Marcia Gay Harden— Mystic River {"Celeste Boyle"}
Patricia Clarkson— Pieces of April {"Joy Burns"}
Shohreh Aghdashloo— House of Sand and Fog {"Nadi"}
Directing
City of God— Fernando Meirelles
Lost in Translation— Sofia Coppola
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World— Peter Weir
Mystic River— Clint Eastwood
Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King— Screenplay by Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens & Peter Jackson
Winner
American Splendor— Written by Robert Pulcini & Shari Springer Berman
City of God— Screenplay by Braulio Mantovani
Mystic River— Screenplay by Brian Helgeland
Seabiscuit— Written for the Screen by Gary Ross
Writing (Original Screenplay)
Lost in Translation— Written by Sofia Coppola
Winner
Dirty Pretty Things— Written by Steven Knight
Finding Nemo— Screenplay by Andrew Stanton, Bob Peterson and David Reynolds; Original Story by Andrew Stanton
In America— Written by Jim Sheridan & Naomi Sheridan & Kirsten Sheridan
The Barbarian Invasions— Written by Denys Arcand
Cinematography
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World— Russell Boyd
Winner
City of God— Cesar Charlone
Cold Mountain— John Seale
Girl with a Pearl Earring— Eduardo Serra
Seabiscuit— John Schwartzman
Music (Original Score)
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King— Howard Shore
Winner
Big Fish— Danny Elfman
Cold Mountain— Gabriel Yared
Finding Nemo— Thomas Newman
House of Sand and Fog— James Horner
Music (Original Song)
"Into The West" from The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King— Music and Lyric by Fran Walsh and Howard Shore and Annie Lennox
Winner
"A Kiss At The End Of The Rainbow" from A Mighty Wind— Music and Lyric by Michael McKean and Annette O'Toole
"Belleville Rendez-vous" from The Triplets of Belleville— Music by Benoît Charest; Lyric by Sylvain Chomet
"Scarlet Tide" from Cold Mountain— Music and Lyric by T Bone Burnett and Elvis Costello
"You Will Be My Ain True Love" from Cold Mountain— Music and Lyric by Sting
Art Direction
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King— Art Direction: Grant Major; Set Decoration: Dan Hennah and Alan Lee
Winner
Girl with a Pearl Earring— Art Direction: Ben Van Os; Set Decoration: Cecile Heideman
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World— Art Direction: William Sandell; Set Decoration: Robert Gould
Seabiscuit— Art Direction: Jeannine Oppewall; Set Decoration: Leslie Pope
The Last Samurai— Art Direction: Lilly Kilvert; Set Decoration: Gretchen Rau
Visual Effects
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King— Jim Rygiel, Joe Letteri, Randall William Cook and Alex Funke
Winner
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World— Dan Sudick, Stefen Fangmeier, Nathan McGuinness and Robert Stromberg
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl— John Knoll, Hal Hickel, Charles Gibson and Terry Frazee
Film Editing
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King— Jamie Selkirk
Winner
City of God— Daniel Rezende
Cold Mountain— Walter Murch
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World— Lee Smith
Seabiscuit— William Goldenberg
Sound Editing
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World— Richard King
Winner
Finding Nemo— Gary Rydstrom and Michael Silvers
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl— Christopher Boyes and George Watters II
Sound Mixing
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King— Christopher Boyes, Michael Semanick, Michael Hedges and Hammond Peek
Winner
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World— Paul Massey, D.M. Hemphill and Arthur Rochester
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl— Christopher Boyes, David Parker, David Campbell and Lee Orloff
Seabiscuit— Andy Nelson, Anna Behlmer and Tod A. Maitland
The Last Samurai— Andy Nelson, Anna Behlmer and Jeff Wexler
Costume Design
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King— Ngila Dickson and Richard Taylor
Winner
Girl with a Pearl Earring— Dien van Straalen
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World— Wendy Stites
Seabiscuit— Judianna Makovsky
The Last Samurai— Ngila Dickson
Makeup
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King— Richard Taylor and Peter King
Winner
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World— Edouard Henriques III and Yolanda Toussieng
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl— Ve Neill and Martin Samuel
Documentary (Feature)
The Fog of War— Errol Morris and Michael Williams
Winner
Balseros— Carlos Bosch and Josep Maria Domenech
Capturing the Friedmans— Andrew Jarecki and Marc Smerling
My Architect— Nathaniel Kahn and Susan R. Behr
The Weather Underground— Sam Green and Bill Siegel
Documentary (Short Subject)
Chernobyl Heart— Maryann DeLeo
Winner
Asylum— Sandy McLeod and Gini Reticker
Ferry Tales— Katja Esson
Short Film (Animated)
Harvie Krumpet— Adam Elliot
Winner
Boundin'— Bud Luckey
Destino— Dominique Monfery and Roy Edward Disney
Gone Nutty— Carlos Saldanha and John C. Donkin
Nibbles— Chris Hinton
Short Film (Live Action)
Two Soldiers— Aaron Schneider and Andrew J. Sacks
Winner
(A) Torzija [(A) Torsion]— Stefan Arsenijevic
Die Rote Jacke (The Red Jacket)— Florian Baxmeyer
Most (The Bridge)— Bobby Garabedian and William Zabka
Squash— Lionel Bailliu
Foreign Language Film
The Barbarian Invasions— Canada
Winner
Evil— Sweden
The Twilight Samurai— Japan
Twin Sisters— The Netherlands
Zelary— Czech Republic
Honorary Award
To Blake Edwards in recognition of his writing, directing and producing an extraordinary body of work for the screen.
Winner
GORDON E. SAWYER AWARD
Peter D. Parks
Scientific And Technical Award (Academy Award Of Merit)
To DIGIDESIGN for the design, development and implementation of the Pro Tools® digital audio workstation. The efficient algorithms, extensible architecture and intuitive interface have enabled Pro Tools to become the worldwide standard for the creation and editing of motion picture soundtracks. [Sound]
Winner
To BILL TONDREAU of Kuper Controls for his significant advancements in the field of motion control technology for motion picture visual effects. Measuring his valuable contributions to the invention and implementation of robotic camera systems in decades rather than years, his efforts have aided motion control in becoming a core technology that has supported the renaissance of visual effects. [Systems]
Scientific And Technical Award (Scientific And Engineering Award)
To KINOTON GmbH for the engineering and development of the Kinoton FP 30/38 EC II Studio Projector. This high-speed studio projector produces an image quality equal to projectors with Geneva movements. With its unparalleled shuttle speed, reversibility and acceleration, this projector has set a new standard for post-production viewing as well as in traditional screening facilities. [Projection]
Winner
To CHRISTOPHER ALFRED, ANDREW J. CANNON, MICHAEL C. CARLOS, MARK CRABTREE, CHUCK GRINDSTAFF and JOHN MELANSON for their significant contributions to the evolution of digital audio editing for motion picture post production. Through their respective pioneering efforts with AMS AudioFile, Waveframe and Fairlight, the work of these gentlemen contributed significantly to the development and realization of digital audio workstations with full editing capabilities for motion picture soundtracks. [Digital Imaging Technology]
To KENNETH L. TINGLER, CHARLES C. ANDERSON, DIANE E. KESTNER and BRIAN A. SCHELL of the Eastman Kodak Company for the successful development of a process-surviving antistatic layer technology for motion picture film. This technology successfully controls the static charge buildup on processed intermediate and sound negative films during high speed printing operations. [Laboratory]
To STEPHEN REGELOUS for the design and development of Massive, the autonomous agent animation system used for the battle sequences in "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy. Massive takes a new approach in simulating behaviors of large numbers of computer-generated extras a.k.a. "agents." Each "agent" contains a primitive software "brain" used to develop behavioral rules simulating a wide range of behaviors. In "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy, over 200,000 agents were controlled in several scenes. [Digital Imaging Technology]
Scientific And Technical Award (Technical Achievement Award)
To KISH SADHVANI for the concept and optical design, PAUL DUCLOS for the practical realization and production engineering and CARL PERNICONE for the mechanical design and engineering of the portable cine viewfinder system known as the Ultimate Director's Finder (UDF). This versatile, modular and widely accepted cine viewfinder system is capable of properly displaying images in multiple formats ranging from 35mm anamorphic to super 16. [Photography]
Winner
JOHN A. BONNER MEDAL OF COMMENDATION
To CHRISTOPHE HERY, KEN McGAUGH and JOE LETTERI for their groundbreaking implementations of practical methods for rendering skin and other translucent materials using subsurface scattering techniques. These groundbreaking techniques were used to create realistic-looking skin on digitally created characters. [Digital Imaging Technology]
To Douglas Greenfield in appreciation for outstanding service and dedication in upholding the high standards of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
To HENRIK WANN JENSEN, STEPHEN R. MARSCHNER and PAT HANRAHAN for their pioneering research in simulating subsurface scattering of light in translucent materials as presented in their paper "A Practical Model for Subsurface Light Transport." This mathematical model contributed substantially to the development and implementation of practical techniques for simulating subsurface scattering of light in translucent materials for computer-generated images in motion pictures. [Digital Imaging Technology]