Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

78th Academy Awards

Academy Awards® for outstanding film achievements of 2005 will be presented on Sunday, March 5, at the Kodak Theatre at Hollywood & Highland® and televised live by the ABC Television Network.

Performance by an actor in a leading role
Philip Seymour Hoffman in “Capote” (UA/Sony Pictures Classics)
  Terrence Howard in “Hustle & Flow” (Paramount Classics, MTV Films and New Deal Entertainment)
  Heath Ledger in “Brokeback Mountain” (Focus Features)
  Joaquin Phoenix in “Walk the Line” (20th Century Fox)
  David Strathairn in “Good Night, and Good Luck.” (Warner Independent Pictures)
 
Performance by an actor in a supporting role
George Clooney in “Syriana” (Warner Bros.)
  Matt Dillon in “Crash” (Lions Gate)
  Paul Giamatti in “Cinderella Man” (Universal and Miramax)
  Jake Gyllenhaal in “Brokeback Mountain” (Focus Features)
  William Hurt in “A History of Violence” (New Line)
 
Performance by an actress in a leading role
  Judi Dench in “Mrs. Henderson Presents” (The Weinstein Company)
  Felicity Huffman in “Transamerica” (The Weinstein Company and IFC Films)
  Keira Knightley in “Pride & Prejudice” (Focus Features)
  Charlize Theron in “North Country” (Warner Bros.)
Reese Witherspoon in “Walk the Line” (20th Century Fox)
 
Performance by an actress in a supporting role
  Amy Adams in “Junebug” (Sony Pictures Classics)
  Catherine Keener in “Capote” (UA/Sony Pictures Classics)
  Frances McDormand in “North Country” (Warner Bros.)
Rachel Weisz in “The Constant Gardener” (Focus Features)
  Michelle Williams in “Brokeback Mountain” (Focus Features)
 
Best animated feature film of the year
  Howl’s Moving Castle” (Buena Vista)
Hayao Miyazaki
  Tim Burton’s Corpse Bride” (Warner Bros.)
Mike Johnson and Tim Burton
Wallace & Gromit in the Curse of the Were-Rabbit” (DreamWorks Animation SKG)
Nick Park and Steve Box
 
Achievement in art direction
  Good Night, and Good Luck.” (Warner Independent Pictures)
Art Direction: Jim Bissell
Set Decoration: Jan Pascale
  Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire” (Warner Bros.)
Art Direction: Stuart Craig
Set Decoration: Stephenie McMillan
  King Kong” (Universal)
Art Direction: Grant Major
Set Decoration: Dan Hennah and Simon Bright
Memoirs of a Geisha” (Sony Pictures Releasing)
Art Direction: John Myhre
Set Decoration: Gretchen Rau
  Pride & Prejudice” (Focus Features)
Art Direction: Sarah Greenwood
Set Decoration: Katie Spencer
 
Achievement in cinematography
  Batman Begins” (Warner Bros.)
Wally Pfister
  Brokeback Mountain” (Focus Features)
Rodrigo Prieto
  Good Night, and Good Luck.” (Warner Independent Pictures)
Robert Elswit
Memoirs of a Geisha” (Sony Pictures Releasing)
Dion Beebe
  The New World” (New Line)
Emmanuel Lubezki
 
Achievement in costume design
  Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” (Warner Bros.)
Gabriella Pescucci
Memoirs of a Geisha” (Sony Pictures Releasing)
Colleen Atwood
  Mrs. Henderson Presents” (The Weinstein Company)
Sandy Powell
  Pride & Prejudice” (Focus Features)
Jacqueline Durran
  Walk the Line” (20th Century Fox)
Arianne Phillips
 
Achievement in directing
Brokeback Mountain” (Focus Features)
Ang Lee
  Capote” (UA/Sony Pictures Classics)
Bennett Miller
  Crash” (Lions Gate)
Paul Haggis
  Good Night, and Good Luck.” (Warner Independent Pictures)
George Clooney
  Munich” (Universal and DreamWorks)
Steven Spielberg
 
Best documentary feature
  Darwin’s Nightmare” (International Film Circuit)
A Mille et Une Production
Hubert Sauper
  Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room” (Magnolia Pictures)
An HDNet Films Production
Alex Gibney and Jason Kliot
March of the Penguins” (Warner Independent Pictures)
A Bonne Pioche Production
Luc Jacquet and Yves Darondeau
  Murderball” (THINKFilm)
An Eat Films Production
Henry-Alex Rubin and Dana Adam Shapiro
  Street Fight
A Marshall Curry Production
Marshall Curry
 
Best documentary short subject
  The Death of Kevin Carter: Casualty of the Bang Bang Club
A Dan Krauss Production
Dan Krauss
  God Sleeps in Rwanda
An Acquaro/Sherman Production
Kimberlee Acquaro and Stacy Sherman
  The Mushroom Club
A Farallon Films Production
Steven Okazaki
A Note of Triumph: The Golden Age of Norman Corwin
A NomaFilms Production
Corinne Marrinan and Eric Simonson
 
Achievement in film editing
  Cinderella Man” (Universal and Miramax)
Mike Hill and Dan Hanley
  The Constant Gardener” (Focus Features)
Claire Simpson
Crash” (Lions Gate)
Hughes Winborne
  Munich” (Universal and DreamWorks)
Michael Kahn
  Walk the Line” (20th Century Fox)
Michael McCusker
 
Best foreign language film of the year
  Don’t Tell
A Cattleya/Rai Cinema Production
Italy
  Joyeux Noël
A Nord-Ouest Production
France
  Paradise Now
An Augustus Film Production
Palestine
  Sophie Scholl - The Final Days
A Goldkind Filmproduktion and Broth Film Production
Germany
Tsotsi
A Moviworld Production
South Africa
 
Achievement in makeup
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
(Buena Vista)
Howard Berger and Tami Lane
  Cinderella Man
(Universal and Miramax)
David Leroy Anderson and Lance Anderson
  Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith
(20th Century Fox)
Dave Elsey and Nikki Gooley
 
Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original score)
Brokeback Mountain” (Focus Features) Gustavo Santaolalla
  The Constant Gardener” (Focus Features) Alberto Iglesias
  Memoirs of a Geisha” (Sony Pictures Releasing) John Williams
  Munich” (Universal and DreamWorks) John Williams
  Pride & Prejudice” (Focus Features) Dario Marianelli
 
Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original song)
  In the Deep” from “Crash” (Lions Gate)
Music by Kathleen “Bird” York and Michael Becker
Lyric by Kathleen “Bird” York
It’s Hard Out Here for a Pimp” from“Hustle & Flow” (Paramount Classics, MTV Films and New Deal Entertainment)
Music and Lyric by Jordan Houston, Cedric Coleman and Paul Beauregard
  Travelin’ Thru” from “Transamerica” (The Weinstein Company and IFC Films)
Music and Lyric by Dolly Parton
 
Best motion picture of the year
  Brokeback Mountain” (Focus Features)
A River Road Entertainment Production
Diana Ossana and James Schamus, Producers
  Capote” (UA/Sony Pictures Classics)
An A-Line Pictures/Cooper’s Town/ Infinity Media Production
Caroline Baron, William Vince and Michael Ohoven, Producers
Crash” (Lions Gate)
A Bob Yari/DEJ/Blackfriar’s Bridge/ Harris Company/ApolloProscreen GmbH & Co./Bull’s Eye Entertainment Production
Paul Haggis and Cathy Schulman, Producers
  Good Night, and Good Luck.” (Warner Independent Pictures)
A Good Night Good Luck LLC Production
Grant Heslov, Producer
  Munich” (Universal and DreamWorks)
A Universal Pictures/DreamWorks Pictures Production
Kathleen Kennedy, Steven Spielberg and Barry Mendel, Producers
 
Best animated short film
  Badgered
A National Film and Television School Production
Sharon Colman
The Moon and the Son: An Imagined Conversation
A John Canemaker Production
John Canemaker and Peggy Stern
  The Mysterious Geographic Explorations of Jasper Morello” (Monster Distributes)
A 3D Films Production
Anthony Lucas
  9
A Shane Acker Production
Shane Acker
  One Man Band
A Pixar Animation Studios Production
Andrew Jimenez and Mark Andrews
 
Best live action short film
  Ausreisser (The Runaway)
A Hamburg Media School, Filmwerkstatt Production
Ulrike Grote
  Cashback” (The British Film Institute)
A Left Turn Films Production
Sean Ellis and Lene Bausager
  The Last Farm
A Zik Zak Filmworks Production
Rúnar Rúnarsson and Thor S. Sigurjónsson
  Our Time Is Up
A Station B Production
Rob Pearlstein and Pia Clemente
Six Shooter” (Sundance Film Channel)
A Missing in Action Films and Funny Farm Films Production
Martin McDonagh
 
Achievement in sound editing
King Kong” (Universal) Mike Hopkins and Ethan Van der Ryn
  Memoirs of a Geisha” (Sony Pictures Releasing) Wylie Stateman
  War of the Worlds” (Paramount and DreamWorks) Richard King
 
Achievement in sound mixing
  The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe” (Buena Vista)
Terry Porter, Dean A. Zupancic and Tony Johnson
King Kong” (Universal)
Christopher Boyes, Michael Semanick, Michael Hedges and Hammond Peek
  Memoirs of a Geisha” (Sony Pictures Releasing)
Kevin O’Connell, Greg P. Russell, Rick Kline and John Pritchett
  Walk the Line” (20th Century Fox)
Paul Massey, D.M. Hemphill and Peter F. Kurland
  War of the Worlds” (Paramount and DreamWorks)
Andy Nelson, Anna Behlmer and Ronald Judkins
 
Achievement in visual effects
  The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe” (Buena Vista)
Dean Wright, Bill Westenhofer, Jim Berney and Scott Farrar
King Kong” (Universal)
Joe Letteri, Brian Van’t Hul, Christian Rivers and Richard Taylor
  War of the Worlds” (Paramount and DreamWorks)
Dennis Muren, Pablo Helman, Randal M. Dutra and Daniel Sudick
 
Adapted screenplay
Brokeback Mountain” (Focus Features)
Screenplay by Larry McMurtry & Diana Ossana
  Capote” (UA/Sony Pictures Classics)
Screenplay by Dan Futterman
  The Constant Gardener” (Focus Features)
Screenplay by Jeffrey Caine
  A History of Violence” (New Line)
Screenplay by Josh Olson
  Munich” (Universal and DreamWorks)
Screenplay by Tony Kushner and Eric Roth
 
Original screenplay
Crash” (Lions Gate)
Screenplay by Paul Haggis & Bobby Moresco
Story by Paul Haggis
  Good Night, and Good Luck.” (Warner Independent Pictures)
Screenplay by George Clooney & Grant Heslov
  Match Point” (DreamWorks)
Written by Woody Allen
  The Squid and the Whale” (Samuel Goldwyn Films and Sony Pictures Releasing)
Written by Noah Baumbach
  Syriana” (Warner Bros.)
Written by Stephen Gaghan
 

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