Best Picture Winner
The Departed
Best Picture
Director: Martin Scorsese
Studio: Warner Bros.
An undercover cop and a mole in the police attempt to identify each other while infiltrating an Irish gang in South Boston.
All Categories (29)
Animated Feature Film
Happy Feet— George Miller
Winner
Cars— John Lasseter
Monster House— Gil Kenan
Best Picture
The Departed— Graham King, Producer
Winner
Babel— Alejandro González Iñárritu, Jon Kilik and Steve Golin, Producers
Letters from Iwo Jima— Clint Eastwood, Steven Spielberg and Robert Lorenz, Producers
Little Miss Sunshine— David T. Friendly, Peter Saraf and Marc Turtletaub, Producers
The Queen— Andy Harries, Christine Langan and Tracey Seaward, Producers
Actor In A Leading Role
Leonardo DiCaprio— Blood Diamond {"Danny Archer"}
Peter O'Toole— Venus {"Maurice"}
Ryan Gosling— Half Nelson {"Dan Dunne"}
Will Smith— The Pursuit of Happyness {"Chris Gardner"}
Actor In A Supporting Role
Djimon Hounsou— Blood Diamond {"Solomon Vandy"}
Eddie Murphy— Dreamgirls {"James 'Thunder' Early"}
Jackie Earle Haley— Little Children {"Ronnie J. McGorvey"}
Mark Wahlberg— The Departed {"Dignam"}
Actress In A Leading Role
Judi Dench— Notes on a Scandal {"Barbara Covett"}
Kate Winslet— Little Children {"Sarah Pierce"}
Meryl Streep— The Devil Wears Prada {"Miranda Priestly"}
Penélope Cruz— Volver {"Raimunda"}
Actress In A Supporting Role
Abigail Breslin— Little Miss Sunshine {"Olive"}
Adriana Barraza— Babel {"Amelia"}
Cate Blanchett— Notes on a Scandal {"Sheba Hart"}
Rinko Kikuchi— Babel {"Chieko"}
Directing
Babel— Alejandro González Iñárritu
Letters from Iwo Jima— Clint Eastwood
The Queen— Stephen Frears
United 93— Paul Greengrass
Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
The Departed— Screenplay by William Monahan
Winner
Borat Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan— Screenplay by Sacha Baron Cohen & Anthony Hines & Peter Baynham & Dan Mazer; Story by Sacha Baron Cohen & Peter Baynham & Anthony Hines & Todd Phillips
Children of Men— Screenplay by Alfonso Cuarón & Timothy J. Sexton and David Arata and Mark Fergus & Hawk Ostby
Little Children— Screenplay by Todd Field & Tom Perrotta
Notes on a Scandal— Screenplay by Patrick Marber
Writing (Original Screenplay)
Little Miss Sunshine— Written by Michael Arndt
Winner
Babel— Written by Guillermo Arriaga
Letters from Iwo Jima— Screenplay by Iris Yamashita; Story by Iris Yamashita & Paul Haggis
Pan's Labyrinth— Written by Guillermo del Toro
The Queen— Written by Peter Morgan
Cinematography
Pan's Labyrinth— Guillermo Navarro
Winner
Children of Men— Emmanuel Lubezki
The Black Dahlia— Vilmos Zsigmond
The Illusionist— Dick Pope
The Prestige— Wally Pfister
Music (Original Score)
Babel— Gustavo Santaolalla
Winner
Notes on a Scandal— Philip Glass
Pan's Labyrinth— Javier Navarrete
The Good German— Thomas Newman
The Queen— Alexandre Desplat
Music (Original Song)
"I Need To Wake Up" from An Inconvenient Truth— Music and Lyric by Melissa Etheridge
Winner
"Listen" from Dreamgirls— Music by Henry Krieger and Scott Cutler; Lyric by Anne Preven
"Love You I Do" from Dreamgirls— Music by Henry Krieger; Lyric by Siedah Garrett
"Our Town" from Cars— Music and Lyric by Randy Newman
"Patience" from Dreamgirls— Music by Henry Krieger; Lyric by Willie Reale
Art Direction
Pan's Labyrinth— Art Direction: Eugenio Caballero; Set Decoration: Pilar Revuelta
Winner
Dreamgirls— Art Direction: John Myhre; Set Decoration: Nancy Haigh
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest— Art Direction: Rick Heinrichs; Set Decoration: Cheryl Carasik
The Good Shepherd— Art Direction: Jeannine Oppewall; Set Decoration: Gretchen Rau and Leslie E. Rollins
The Prestige— Art Direction: Nathan Crowley; Set Decoration: Julie Ochipinti
Visual Effects
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest— John Knoll, Hal Hickel, Charles Gibson and Allen Hall
Winner
Poseidon— Boyd Shermis, Kim Libreri, Chas Jarrett and John Frazier
Superman Returns— Mark Stetson, Neil Corbould, Richard R. Hoover and Jon Thum
Film Editing
The Departed— Thelma Schoonmaker
Winner
Babel— Stephen Mirrione and Douglas Crise
Blood Diamond— Steven Rosenblum
Children of Men— Alex Rodríguez and Alfonso Cuarón
United 93— Clare Douglas, Christopher Rouse and Richard Pearson
Sound Editing
Letters from Iwo Jima— Alan Robert Murray and Bub Asman
Winner
Apocalypto— Sean McCormack and Kami Asgar
Blood Diamond— Lon Bender
Flags of Our Fathers— Alan Robert Murray and Bub Asman
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest— Christopher Boyes and George Watters II
Sound Mixing
Dreamgirls— Michael Minkler, Bob Beemer and Willie Burton
Winner
Apocalypto— Kevin O'Connell, Greg P. Russell and Fernando Cámara
Blood Diamond— Andy Nelson, Anna Behlmer and Ivan Sharrock
Flags of Our Fathers— John Reitz, Dave Campbell, Gregg Rudloff and Walt Martin
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest— Paul Massey, Christopher Boyes and Lee Orloff
Costume Design
Marie Antoinette— Milena Canonero
Winner
Curse of the Golden Flower— Yee Chung Man
Dreamgirls— Sharen Davis
The Devil Wears Prada— Patricia Field
The Queen— Consolata Boyle
Makeup
Pan's Labyrinth— David Martí and Montse Ribé
Winner
Apocalypto— Aldo Signoretti and Vittorio Sodano
Click— Kazuhiro Tsuji and Bill Corso
Documentary (Feature)
An Inconvenient Truth— Davis Guggenheim
Winner
Deliver Us from Evil— Amy Berg and Frank Donner
Iraq in Fragments— James Longley and John Sinno
Jesus Camp— Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady
My Country, My Country— Laura Poitras and Jocelyn Glatzer
Documentary (Short Subject)
The Blood of Yingzhou District— Ruby Yang and Thomas Lennon
Winner
Recycled Life— Leslie Iwerks and Mike Glad
Rehearsing a Dream— Karen Goodman and Kirk Simon
Two Hands— Nathaniel Kahn and Susan Rose Behr
Short Film (Animated)
The Danish Poet— Torill Kove
Winner
Lifted— Gary Rydstrom
Maestro— Géza M. Tóth
No Time for Nuts— Chris Renaud and Michael Thurmeier
The Little Matchgirl— Roger Allers and Don Hahn
Short Film (Live Action)
West Bank Story— Ari Sandel
Winner
Binta and the Great Idea (Binta Y La Gran Idea)— Javier Fesser and Luis Manso
Helmer & Son— Søren Pilmark and Kim Magnusson
The Saviour— Peter Templeman and Stuart Parkyn
Éramos Pocos (One Too Many)— Borja Cobeaga
Foreign Language Film
The Lives of Others— Germany
Winner
After the Wedding— Denmark
Days of Glory (Indigènes)— Algeria
Pan's Labyrinth— Mexico
Water— Canada
Award Of Commendation
To Ioan Allen, J. Wayne Anderson, Mary Ann Anderson, Ted Costas, Paul R. Goldberg, Shawn Jones, Thomas Kuhn, Dr. Alan Masson, Colin Mossman, Martin Richards, Frank Ricotta and Richard C. Sehlin for their contributions to the environmentally responsible industry conversion from silver-based to cyan dye analog soundtracks.
Winner
JOHN A. BONNER MEDAL OF COMMENDATION
To Richard Edlund in appreciation for outstanding service and dedication in upholding the high standards of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Honorary Award
To Ennio Morricone in recognition of his magnificent and multifaceted contributions to the art of film music.
Winner
GORDON E. SAWYER AWARD
Ray Feeney
Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award
Sherry Lansing
Winner
Scientific And Technical Award (Scientific And Engineering Award)
To PHILLIP J. FEINER, JIM HOUSTON, DENIS LECONTE and CHRIS BUSHMAN of Pacific Title and Art Studio for the design and development of the Rosetta process for creating digital YCM archival masters for digital film restoration. With elements that may be recombined either digitally or optically, the Rosetta Separations process offers a uniquely great versatility in achieving high-quality results for digital YCM archiving. [Laboratory]
Winner
To DR. BILL COLLIS, SIMON ROBINSON, BEN KENT and DR. ANIL KOKARAM for the design and development of the Furnace integrated suite of software tools that robustly utilizes temporal coherence for enhancing visual effects in motion picture sequences. The Furnace toolset's modularity, flexibility and robustness has set a high standard of quality for optical flow-based image manipulation. [Digital Imaging Technology]
To HOWARD PRESTON and MIRKO KOVACEVIC for the design and engineering of the Preston Cinema Systems FI+Z wireless remote system. Pioneering unprecedented reliability and flexibility in wireless lens and camera operation, the FI+Z has continued to be a leader in innovation since its introduction in 1994. [Photography]
To STEVE SULLIVAN, COLIN DAVIDSON, MAX CHEN and FRANCESCO CALLARI for the design and development of the ILM Image-based Modeling System. This highly integrated system facilitates interactive construction and editing of 3D models from digital photographs and addresses the three-dimensional scanning needs of motion pictures in unique and innovative ways. [Digital Imaging Technology]
Scientific And Technical Award (Technical Achievement Award)
To JOSHUA PINES and CHRIS KUTCKA of Technicolor Digital Intermediates for the design and development of the TDI process for creating archival separations from digital image data. The TDI process is based on the production of digital separation negatives creating archival elements that can be scanned and digitally recombined in the future. [Laboratory]
Winner
To ALBERT RIDILLA, PAPKEN SHAHBAZIAN, RONALD BELKNAP and JAY McGARRIGLE for the design and development of the Hollywood Film Company Brumagic MPST Densitometer. The Brumagic MPST was designed specifically to measure density in the motion picture soundtrack and has become the densitometer of choice for reading soundtrack negative and positive densities worldwide. [Sound]
To CHRISTIAN TSCHIDA and MARTIN WAITZ of cmotion for the design and engineering of the cmotion Wireless Remote System. The graphical user interface of the cmotion System eases the difficult task of following focus, and the unique lens tag system recalls the calibration for each lens. [Photography]
To FLORIAN KAINZ for the design and engineering of OpenEXR, a software package implementing 16-bit, floating point, high dynamic range image files. Widely adopted, OpenEXR is engineered to meet the requirements of the visual effects industry by providing for lossless and lossy compression of tiered and tiled images. [Digital Imaging Technology]
To KLEMENS KEHRER, JOSEF HANDLER, THOMAS SMIDEK and MARC SHIPMAN MUELLER for the design and development of the Arriflex 235 Camera System. Designed for handheld photography, the features of this small, lightweight MOS camera also allow it to be used as a secondary production camera. [Camera]
To PETER LITWINOWICZ and PIERRE JASMIN for the design and development of the RE:Vision Effects family of software tools for optical flow-based image manipulation. A unique user interface and relatively low cost have made these tools ubiquitous in the visual effects community. [Digital Imaging Technology]
To WALTER TRAUNINGER and ERNST TSCHIDA for the design and engineering of the Arri WRC wireless remote lens control system. This highly modular system permits accurate and reliable wireless control with multiple hand controls of all lens functions. [Photography]
To WILLIAM FEIGHTNER and CHRIS EDWARDS of E-Film for the design and development of the E-Film process for creating archival separations from digital image data. The E-Film process is based on the production of digital separation negatives creating archival elements that can be scanned and digitally recombined in the future. [Laboratory]