Best Picture Winner
Slumdog Millionaire
Best Picture
Director: Danny Boyle
Studio: Fox Searchlight
A Mumbai teenager reflects on his life after being accused of cheating on the Indian version of 'Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?'
All Categories (27)
Animated Feature Film
WALL-E— Andrew Stanton
Winner
Bolt— Chris Williams and Byron Howard
Kung Fu Panda— John Stevenson and Mark Osborne
Best Picture
Slumdog Millionaire— Christian Colson, Producer
Winner
Frost/Nixon— Brian Grazer, Ron Howard and Eric Fellner, Producers
Milk— Dan Jinks and Bruce Cohen, Producers
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button— Kathleen Kennedy, Frank Marshall and Ceán Chaffin, Producers
The Reader— Anthony Minghella, Sydney Pollack, Donna Gigliotti and Redmond Morris, Producers
Actor In A Leading Role
Brad Pitt— The Curious Case of Benjamin Button {"Benjamin Button"}
Frank Langella— Frost/Nixon {"Richard Nixon"}
Mickey Rourke— The Wrestler {"Randy"}
Richard Jenkins— The Visitor {"Walter"}
Actor In A Supporting Role
Josh Brolin— Milk {"Dan White"}
Michael Shannon— Revolutionary Road {"John Givings"}
Philip Seymour Hoffman— Doubt {"Father Brendan Flynn"}
Robert Downey Jr.— Tropic Thunder {"Kirk Lazarus"}
Actress In A Leading Role
Angelina Jolie— Changeling {"Christine Collins"}
Anne Hathaway— Rachel Getting Married {"Kym"}
Melissa Leo— Frozen River {"Ray Eddy"}
Meryl Streep— Doubt {"Sister Aloysius Beauvier"}
Actress In A Supporting Role
Amy Adams— Doubt {"Sister James"}
Marisa Tomei— The Wrestler {"Cassidy"}
Taraji P. Henson— The Curious Case of Benjamin Button {"Queenie"}
Viola Davis— Doubt {"Mrs. Miller"}
Directing
Frost/Nixon— Ron Howard
Milk— Gus Van Sant
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button— David Fincher
The Reader— Stephen Daldry
Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
Slumdog Millionaire— Screenplay by Simon Beaufoy
Winner
Doubt— Written by John Patrick Shanley
Frost/Nixon— Screenplay by Peter Morgan
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button— Screenplay by Eric Roth; Screen story by Eric Roth and Robin Swicord
The Reader— Screenplay by David Hare
Writing (Original Screenplay)
Milk— Written by Dustin Lance Black
Winner
Frozen River— Written by Courtney Hunt
Happy-Go-Lucky— Written by Mike Leigh
In Bruges— Written by Martin McDonagh
WALL-E— Screenplay by Andrew Stanton, Jim Reardon; Original story by Andrew Stanton, Pete Docter
Cinematography
Slumdog Millionaire— Anthony Dod Mantle
Winner
Changeling— Tom Stern
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button— Claudio Miranda
The Dark Knight— Wally Pfister
The Reader— Chris Menges and Roger Deakins
Music (Original Score)
Slumdog Millionaire— A.R. Rahman
Winner
Defiance— James Newton Howard
Milk— Danny Elfman
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button— Alexandre Desplat
WALL-E— Thomas Newman
Music (Original Song)
"Jai Ho" from Slumdog Millionaire— Music by A.R. Rahman; Lyric by Gulzar
Winner
"Down To Earth" from WALL-E— Music by Peter Gabriel and Thomas Newman; Lyric by Peter Gabriel
"O Saya" from Slumdog Millionaire— Music and Lyric by A.R. Rahman and Maya Arulpragasam
Art Direction
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button— Art Direction: Donald Graham Burt; Set Decoration: Victor J. Zolfo
Winner
Changeling— Art Direction: James J. Murakami; Set Decoration: Gary Fettis
Revolutionary Road— Art Direction: Kristi Zea; Set Decoration: Debra Schutt
The Dark Knight— Art Direction: Nathan Crowley; Set Decoration: Peter Lando
The Duchess— Art Direction: Michael Carlin; Set Decoration: Rebecca Alleway
Visual Effects
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button— Eric Barba, Steve Preeg, Burt Dalton and Craig Barron
Winner
Iron Man— John Nelson, Ben Snow, Dan Sudick and Shane Mahan
The Dark Knight— Nick Davis, Chris Corbould, Tim Webber and Paul Franklin
Film Editing
Slumdog Millionaire— Chris Dickens
Winner
Frost/Nixon— Mike Hill and Dan Hanley
Milk— Elliot Graham
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button— Kirk Baxter and Angus Wall
The Dark Knight— Lee Smith
Sound Editing
The Dark Knight— Richard King
Winner
Iron Man— Frank Eulner and Christopher Boyes
Slumdog Millionaire— Glenn Freemantle and Tom Sayers
WALL-E— Ben Burtt and Matthew Wood
Wanted— Wylie Stateman
Sound Mixing
Slumdog Millionaire— Ian Tapp, Richard Pryke and Resul Pookutty
Winner
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button— David Parker, Michael Semanick, Ren Klyce and Mark Weingarten
The Dark Knight— Lora Hirschberg, Gary Rizzo and Ed Novick
WALL-E— Tom Myers, Michael Semanick and Ben Burtt
Wanted— Chris Jenkins, Frank A. Montaño and Petr Forejt
Costume Design
The Duchess— Michael O'Connor
Winner
Australia— Catherine Martin
Milk— Danny Glicker
Revolutionary Road— Albert Wolsky
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button— Jacqueline West
Makeup
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button— Greg Cannom
Winner
Hellboy II: The Golden Army— Mike Elizalde and Thom Floutz
The Dark Knight— John Caglione, Jr. and Conor O'Sullivan
Documentary (Feature)
Man on Wire— James Marsh and Simon Chinn
Winner
Encounters at the End of the World— Werner Herzog and Henry Kaiser
The Betrayal (Nerakhoon)— Ellen Kuras and Thavisouk Phrasavath
The Garden— Scott Hamilton Kennedy
Trouble the Water— Tia Lessin and Carl Deal
Documentary (Short Subject)
Smile Pinki— Megan Mylan
Winner
The Conscience of Nhem En— Steven Okazaki
The Final Inch— Irene Taylor Brodsky and Tom Grant
The Witness - From the Balcony of Room 306— Adam Pertofsky and Margaret Hyde
Short Film (Animated)
La Maison en Petits Cubes— Kunio Kato
Winner
Lavatory - Lovestory— Konstantin Bronzit
Oktapodi— Emud Mokhberi and Thierry Marchand
Presto— Doug Sweetland
This Way Up— Alan Smith and Adam Foulkes
Short Film (Live Action)
Spielzeugland (Toyland)— Jochen Alexander Freydank
Winner
Auf der Strecke (On the Line)— Reto Caffi
Manon on the Asphalt— Elizabeth Marre and Olivier Pont
New Boy— Steph Green and Tamara Anghie
The Pig— Tivi Magnusson and Dorte Høgh
Foreign Language Film
Departures— Japan
Winner
Revanche— Austria
The Baader Meinhof Complex— Germany
The Class— France
Waltz with Bashir— Israel
Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award
Jerry Lewis
Winner
Ed Catmull
GORDON E. SAWYER AWARD
Scientific And Technical Award (Scientific And Engineering Award)
To ERWIN MELZNER for the overall concept including the optical and cooling systems, VOLKER SCHUMACHER for the optical design, and TIMO MÜLLER for the mechanical design, of the Arrimax 18/12 lighting fixture for use in motion picture production. With its choice of vari-focus and specular reflectors, the superior optical and mechanical design of this lighting fixture allows it to operate at 18,000 watts, producing unsurpassed light quality while its innovative cooling system keeps the housing safe to touch. [Lighting]
Winner
To BRUNO COUMERT and JACQUES DEBIZE for the optical design, and DOMINIQUE CHERVIN and CHRISTOPHE REBOULET for the mechanical design, of the compact and lightweight Angenieux 15-40 and 28-76 zoom lenses for handheld motion picture photography. With focus and zoom functions that can be easily controlled by either the operator or focus puller while filming handheld, these lightweight zoom lenses demonstrate a very high degree of engineering, supporting both ease of use and quick interchange. [Lenses and Filters]
To JACQUES DELACOUX for the concept and electronic design, and ALEXANDRE LEUCHTER for the software and electronic design, of the Transvideo video-assist monitors for the motion picture industry. Using color LCD screens, the Transvideo monitors provide flicker-free video assist bright enough for use in sunlight and have become a ubiquitous tool in both spherical and anamorphic cinematography. [Systems]
Scientific And Technical Award (Technical Achievement Award)
To STEVE HYLÉN for the concept and his continued leadership in the further development of the Hylén Lens System for motion picture effects photography. When attached to a film or digital production camera, this versatile aerial image device can produce a wide variety of optical effects interactively, on set and in real time without post-production image manipulation. [Lenses and Filters]
Winner
JOHN A. BONNER MEDAL OF COMMENDATION
To Mark Kimball in appreciation for outstanding service and dedication in upholding the high standards of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.