Best Picture Winner
Crash
Best Picture
Director: Paul Haggis
Studio: Lionsgate
Los Angeles citizens with vastly different lives collide in interweaving stories of race, loss, and redemption.
All Categories (27)
Animated Feature Film
Wallace & Gromit in The Curse of the Were-Rabbit— Nick Park and Steve Box
Winner
Howl's Moving Castle— Hayao Miyazaki
Tim Burton's Corpse Bride— Mike Johnson and Tim Burton
Best Picture
Crash— Paul Haggis and Cathy Schulman, Producers
Winner
Brokeback Mountain— Diana Ossana and James Schamus, Producers
Capote— Caroline Baron, William Vince and Michael Ohoven, Producers
Good Night, and Good Luck.— Grant Heslov, Producer
Munich— Kathleen Kennedy, Steven Spielberg and Barry Mendel, Producers
Actor In A Leading Role
David Strathairn— Good Night, and Good Luck. {"Edward R. Murrow"}
Heath Ledger— Brokeback Mountain {"Ennis Del Mar"}
Joaquin Phoenix— Walk the Line {"John R. Cash"}
Terrence Howard— Hustle & Flow {"DJay"}
Actor In A Supporting Role
Jake Gyllenhaal— Brokeback Mountain {"Jack Twist"}
Matt Dillon— Crash {"Officer Ryan"}
Paul Giamatti— Cinderella Man {"Joe Gould"}
William Hurt— A History of Violence {"Richie Cusack"}
Actress In A Leading Role
Charlize Theron— North Country {"Josey Aimes"}
Felicity Huffman— Transamerica {"Bree"}
Judi Dench— Mrs. Henderson Presents {"Mrs. Laura Henderson"}
Keira Knightley— Pride & Prejudice {"Elizabeth Bennet"}
Actress In A Supporting Role
Amy Adams— Junebug {"Ashley"}
Catherine Keener— Capote {"Nelle Harper Lee"}
Frances McDormand— North Country {"Glory"}
Michelle Williams— Brokeback Mountain {"Alma"}
Directing
Capote— Bennett Miller
Crash— Paul Haggis
Good Night, and Good Luck.— George Clooney
Munich— Steven Spielberg
Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
Brokeback Mountain— Screenplay by Larry McMurtry & Diana Ossana
Winner
A History of Violence— Screenplay by Josh Olson
Capote— Screenplay by Dan Futterman
Munich— Screenplay by Tony Kushner and Eric Roth
The Constant Gardener— Screenplay by Jeffrey Caine
Writing (Original Screenplay)
Crash— Screenplay by Paul Haggis & Bobby Moresco; Story by Paul Haggis
Winner
Good Night, and Good Luck.— Screenplay by George Clooney & Grant Heslov
Match Point— Written by Woody Allen
Syriana— Written by Stephen Gaghan
The Squid and the Whale— Written by Noah Baumbach
Cinematography
Memoirs of a Geisha— Dion Beebe
Winner
Batman Begins— Wally Pfister
Brokeback Mountain— Rodrigo Prieto
Good Night, and Good Luck.— Robert Elswit
The New World— Emmanuel Lubezki
Music (Original Score)
Brokeback Mountain— Gustavo Santaolalla
Winner
Memoirs of a Geisha— John Williams
Munich— John Williams
Pride & Prejudice— Dario Marianelli
The Constant Gardener— Alberto Iglesias
Music (Original Song)
"It's Hard Out Here For A Pimp" from Hustle & Flow— Music and Lyric by Jordan Houston, Cedric Coleman and Paul Beauregard
Winner
"In The Deep" from Crash— Music by Kathleen "Bird" York and Michael Becker; Lyric by Kathleen "Bird" York
"Travelin' Thru" from Transamerica— Music and Lyric by Dolly Parton
Art Direction
Memoirs of a Geisha— Art Direction: John Myhre; Set Decoration: Gretchen Rau
Winner
Good Night, and Good Luck.— Art Direction: Jim Bissell; Set Decoration: Jan Pascale
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire— Art Direction: Stuart Craig; Set Decoration: Stephenie McMillan
King Kong— Art Direction: Grant Major; Set Decoration: Dan Hennah and Simon Bright
Pride & Prejudice— Art Direction: Sarah Greenwood; Set Decoration: Katie Spencer
Visual Effects
King Kong— Joe Letteri, Brian Van't Hul, Christian Rivers and Richard Taylor
Winner
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe— Dean Wright, Bill Westenhofer, Jim Berney and Scott Farrar
War of the Worlds— Dennis Muren, Pablo Helman, Randal M. Dutra and Daniel Sudick
Film Editing
Crash— Hughes Winborne
Winner
Cinderella Man— Mike Hill and Dan Hanley
Munich— Michael Kahn
The Constant Gardener— Claire Simpson
Walk the Line— Michael McCusker
Sound Editing
King Kong— Mike Hopkins and Ethan Van der Ryn
Winner
Memoirs of a Geisha— Wylie Stateman
War of the Worlds— Richard King
Sound Mixing
King Kong— Christopher Boyes, Michael Semanick, Michael Hedges and Hammond Peek
Winner
Memoirs of a Geisha— Kevin O'Connell, Greg P. Russell, Rick Kline and John Pritchett
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe— Terry Porter, Dean A. Zupancic and Tony Johnson
Walk the Line— Paul Massey, D.M. Hemphill and Peter F. Kurland
War of the Worlds— Andy Nelson, Anna Behlmer and Ronald Judkins
Costume Design
Memoirs of a Geisha— Colleen Atwood
Winner
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory— Gabriella Pescucci
Mrs. Henderson Presents— Sandy Powell
Pride & Prejudice— Jacqueline Durran
Walk the Line— Arianne Phillips
Makeup
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe— Howard Berger and Tami Lane
Winner
Cinderella Man— David Leroy Anderson and Lance Anderson
Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith— Dave Elsey and Nikki Gooley
Documentary (Feature)
March of the Penguins— Luc Jacquet and Yves Darondeau
Winner
Darwin's Nightmare— Hubert Sauper
Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room— Alex Gibney and Jason Kliot
Murderball— Henry-Alex Rubin and Dana Adam Shapiro
Street Fight— Marshall Curry
Documentary (Short Subject)
A Note of Triumph: The Golden Age of Norman Corwin— Corinne Marrinan and Eric Simonson
Winner
God Sleeps in Rwanda— Kimberlee Acquaro and Stacy Sherman
The Death of Kevin Carter: Casualty of the Bang Bang Club— Dan Krauss
The Mushroom Club— Steven Okazaki
Short Film (Animated)
The Moon and the Son: An Imagined Conversation— John Canemaker and Peggy Stern
Winner
9— Shane Acker
Badgered— Sharon Colman
One Man Band— Andrew Jimenez and Mark Andrews
The Mysterious Geographic Explorations of Jasper Morello— Anthony Lucas
Short Film (Live Action)
Six Shooter— Martin McDonagh
Winner
Ausreisser (The Runaway)— Ulrike Grote
Cashback— Sean Ellis and Lene Bausager
Our Time Is Up— Rob Pearlstein and Pia Clemente
The Last Farm— Rúnar Rúnarsson and Thor S. Sigurjónsson
Foreign Language Film
Tsotsi— South Africa
Winner
Don't Tell— Italy
Joyeux Noël— France
Paradise Now— The Palestinian Territories
Sophie Scholl - The Final Days— Germany
Honorary Award
To Robert Altman in recognition of a career that has repeatedly reinvented the art form and inspired filmmakers and audiences alike.
Winner
GORDON E. SAWYER AWARD
Gary Demos
Scientific And Technical Award (Scientific And Engineering Award)
To DAVID GROBER for the concept and mechanical design and SCOTT LEWALLEN for the electronic and software design of the Perfect Horizon camera stabilization head. Perfect Horizon effectively neutralizes the extraneous motion encountered in boats, camera cars, snowmobiles or other vehicles, leaving the pan/tilt head and camera stable and level with the horizon. [Photography]
Winner
To ANATOLIY KOKUSH for the concept and development of the Cascade series of motion picture cranes. The lightweight structure of the Cascade and Traveling Cascade Cranes enables the filmmaker to achieve heights of up to 70 feet, allowing for the placement of the camera in otherwise impossible locations. [Camera Cranes]
To ANATOLIY KOKUSH, YURIY POPOVSKY and OLEKSIY ZOLOTAROV for the concept and development of the Russian Arm gyro-stabilized camera crane and the Flight Head. The Russian Arm and Flight Head opened new possibilities for filmmakers. With the ability to be mounted on the roof of almost any car, this remotely-operated crane and camera head can move smoothly in a 360 degree circle around the car, even while it is being driven at high speeds by actors, creating heretofore impossible perspectives. [Camera Cranes]
To DAVID BARAFF, MICHAEL KASS and ANDREW WITKIN for their pioneering work in physically-based computer-generated techniques used to simulate realistic cloth in motion pictures. Their 1998 paper titled "Large Steps in Cloth Simulation" was a seminal work, providing the key in demonstrating to the industry that the calculations necessary to simulate realistic, complex cloth could be achieved efficiently and robustly. Their work provided the conceptual foundation for many cloth simulation systems in use today. [Digital Imaging Technology]
To GARRETT BROWN for the original concept of the Skycam flying camera system— the first use of 3-D volumetric cable technology for motion picture cinematography. In creating the first remote-controlled, cable-supported flying camera system, Garrett Brown's pioneering efforts have influenced all subsequent development in this area of technology. [Camera Cranes]
To LAURIE FROST, PETER HANNAN and RICHARD LONCRAINE for the development of the remote camera head known as the Hot-Head. In use for over a quarter of a century, the Hot-Head has brought the possibility of safe, remotely-operated shots to every filmmaker. [Photography]
Scientific And Technical Award (Technical Achievement Award)
To GARY THIELTGES for the design and development of the remotely-operated, lightweight camera head known as the Sparrow Head. This well-integrated remote system enables filmmakers to remotely pan and tilt their camera from virtually any moving vehicle, giving the opportunity for unprecedented dynamic camera angles. [Photography]
Winner
JOHN A. BONNER MEDAL OF COMMENDATION
To ALVAH MILLER, MICHAEL SORENSEN and J. WALT ADAMCZYK for the design and development of the Aerohead motion control camera head and the J-Viz Pre-Visualization system. This remote head not only serves the needs of the live-action filmmaker, but also provides the functionality of a motion-controlled head, allowing for sophisticated tiling and pre-visualization techniques. [Photography]
To Don Hall in appreciation for outstanding service and dedication in upholding the high standards of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
To ED CATMULL, for the original concept, and TONY DeROSE and JOS STAM for their scientific and practical implementation of subdivision surfaces as a modeling technique in motion picture production. Subdivision surfaces have become a preferred modeling primitive for many types of motion picture computer graphics. [Digital Imaging Technology]
To FRANK FLETCHER and DAVE SHERWIN for the introduction and continuing development of the Power Pod modular camera head system. The Power Pod system enables filmmakers to configure a remote controlled head to meet their own unique requirements. [Photography]
To HAROLD RATTRAY, TERRY CLABORN, STEVE GARLICK, BILL HOGUE and TIM REYNOLDS for the design, engineering and implementation of the Technicolor Real Time Answer Print System. This system provides a method by which filmmakers can preview real-time color corrections using actual film prints, reducing both the turnaround time and the number of reprints required. [Laboratory]
To JAMES RODNUNSKY, ALEX MacDONALD and MARK CHAPMAN for the development of the Cablecam 3-D volumetric suspended cable camera technologies. The evolution of the Cablecam technology has made it possible to move a camera safely and accurately anywhere through a three-dimensional space. [Camera Cranes]
To JOHN PLATT and DEMETRI TERZOPOULOS for their pioneering work in physically-based computer-generated techniques used to simulate realistic cloth in motion pictures. Their 1987 paper "Elastically Deformable Models" was a milestone in computer graphics, introducing the concept of physically-based techniques to simulate moving, deforming objects. [Digital Imaging Technology]
To LEV YEVSTRATOV, GEORGE PETERS and VASILIY ORLOV for the development of the Ultimate Arm Camera Crane System for specialized vehicle photography. Representing a significant evolutionary improvement in camera car technology, this remotely-controlled, gyro-stabilized and flexible camera crane offers a highly stable platform for high-speed, rough terrain action shots. Its ingenious applications of sophisticated technology solve many of the problems inherent in chase vehicle filming. [Camera Cranes]
To SCOTT LEVA for the design and development of the Precision Stunt Airbag for motion picture stunt falls. The Precision Stunt Airbag is designed to envelop the stunt jumper, even on off-center hits. This feature serves to enhance the safety of stunt performers in falls from up to 200 feet. [Stage Operations]
To TIM DRNEC, BEN BRITTEN SMITH and MATT DAVIS for the development of the Spydercam 3-D volumetric suspended cable camera technologies. The evolution of the Spydercam technology has made it possible to move a camera safely and accurately anywhere through a three-dimensional space. [Camera Cranes]
To UDO SCHAUSS and HILDEGARD EBBESMEIER for the optical design and NICOLE WEMKEN and MICHAEL ANDERER for the mechanical design of the Cinelux Premiere Cinema Projection Lenses. The Cinelux Premiere Lenses incorporate an iris and aspheric elements which provide a more uniform modulation transfer function and better light transmission to the sides and corners of the theater projection screen. This reduces the traditional problems of softness in the corners, hot-spotting and varying brightness between film formats. [Projection]