77th Annual Academy Awards

2005 Oscar Nominees

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Best Supporting Actor:

  • Alan Alda, The Aviator
  • Thomas Haden Church, Sideways
  • Jamie Foxx, Collateral
  • Morgan Freeman, Million Dollar Baby
  • Clive Owen, Closer

Best Supporting Actress:

  • Cate Blanchett, The Aviator
  • Laura Linney, Kinsey
  • Virginia Madsen, Sideways
  • Sophie Okonedo, Hotel Rwanda
  • Natalie Portman, Closer

Best Animated Feature

  • The Incredibles
  • Shark Tale
  • Shrek 2

Achievement in Art Direction

  • THE AVIATOR
  • FINDING NEVERLAND
  • LEMONY SNICKET'S A SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE EVENTS
  • THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA
  • A VERY LONG ENGAGEMENT

Achievement in Cinematography

  • THE AVIATOR
  • HOUSE OF FLYING DAGGERS
  • THE PASSION OF THE CHRIST
  • THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA
  • A VERY LONG ENGAGEMENT

Achievement in Costume Design

  • THE AVIATOR
  • FINDING NEVERLAND
  • LEMONY SNICKET'S A SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE EVENTS
  • RAY
  • TROY

Best Director

  • Martin Scorsese, The Aviator
  • Clint Eastwood, Million Dollar Baby
  • Taylor Hackford, Ray
  • Alexander Payne, Sideways
  • Alain Sarde and UK Film Council in association with Inside Track Films Mike Leigh, Vera Drake

Documentary Feature

  • BORN INTO BROTHELS
  • THE STORY OF THE WEEPING CAMEL
  • SUPER SIZE ME
  • TUPAC: RESURRECTION
  • TWIST OF FAITH

Documentary Short Subject

  • AUTISM IS A WORLD
  • THE CHILDREN OF LENINGRADSKY
  • HARDWOOD
  • MIGHTY TIMES: THE CHILDREN'S MARCH
  • SISTER ROSE'S PASSION

Achievement in Film Editing

  • THE AVIATOR
  • COLLATERAL
  • MILLION DOLLAR BABY
  • RAY

Best Actress:

  • Annette Bening, Being Julia
  • Catalina Sandino Moreno, Maria Full of Grace
  • Imelda Staunton, Vera Drake
  • Hilary Swank, Million Dollar Baby
  • Kate Winslet, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

Best Actor:

  • Don Cheadle, Hotel Rwanda
  • Johnny Depp, Finding Neverland
  • Leonardo DiCaprio, The Aviator
  • Clint Eastwood, Million Dollar Baby
  • Jamie Foxx, Ray

Achievement in Music written for Motion Pictures (Original Score)

  • FINDING NEVERLAND (Miramax) Jan A.P. Kaczmarek
  • HARRY POTTER AND THE PRISONER OF AZKABAN (Warner Bros.) John Williams
  • LEMONY SNICKET'S A SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE EVENTS (Paramount and DreamWorks) Thomas Newman
  • THE PASSION OF THE CHRIST (Icon and Newmarket) John Debney
  • THE VILLAGE (Buena Vista) James Newton Howard

Achievement in Music written for Motion Pictures (Original Song)

  • "Accidentally In Love" from SHREK 2 (DreamWorks)
    Music by Adam Duritz, Charles Gillingham, Jim Bogios, David Immergluck, Matthew Mallery and David Bryson
    Lyric by Adam Duritz and Daniel Vickrey
  • "Al Otro Lado Del Río" from THE MOTORCYCLE DIARIES
    Music and Lyric by Jorge Drexler
    (Focus Features and Film Four)
  • "Believe" from THE POLAR EXPRESS (Warner Bros.)
    Music and Lyric by Glen Ballard and Alan Silvestri
  • "Learn To Be Lonely" from THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (Warner Bros.)
    Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber
    Lyric by Charles Hart
  • "Look To Your Path (Vois Sur Ton Chemin)" from THE CHORUS (Miramax)
    Music by Bruno Coulais
    Lyric by Christophe Barratier

Best Film

  • THE AVIATOR
  • FINDING NEVERLAND
  • MILLION DOLLAR BABY
  • RAY
  • SIDEWAYS

Animated Short Film

  • BIRTHDAY BOY
    Sejong Park and Andrew Gregory
    An Australian Film, TV and Radio School Production
  • GOPHER BROKE
    Jeff Fowler and Tim Miller
    A Blur Studio Production
  • GUARD DOG
    Bill Plympton
    A Bill Plympton Production
  • LORENZO
    Mike Gabriel and Baker Bloodworth
    A Walt Disney Pictures Production
  • RYAN
    Chris Landreth
    A Copper Heart Entertainment & National Film Board of Canada Production

Live Action Short Film

  • EVERYTHING IN THIS COUNTRY MUST
    Gary McKendry
    A Six Mile LLC Production
  • LITTLE TERRORIST
    Ashvin Kumar
    An Alipur Films Production
  • 7:35 IN THE MORNING
    Nacho Vigalondo
    An Ibarretxe & Co. Production
  • TWO CARS, ONE NIGHT
    Taika Waititi and Ainsley Gardiner
    A Defender Films Limited Production
  • WASP
    Andrea Arnold
    A Cowboy Films Production

Achievement in Sound Editing

  • THE INCREDIBLES (Buena Vista) Michael Silvers and Randy Thom
  • THE POLAR EXPRESS (Warner Bros.) Randy Thom and Dennis Leonard
  • SPIDER-MAN 2 (Sony Pictures Releasing) Paul N.J. Ottosson

Achievement in Sound Mixing

  • THE AVIATOR (Miramax, Initial Entertainment Group and Warner Bros.) Tom Fleischman and Petur Hliddal
  • THE INCREDIBLES (Buena Vista) Randy Thom, Gary A. Rizzo and Doc Kane
  • THE POLAR EXPRESS (Warner Bros.) Randy Thom, Tom Johnson, Dennis Sands and William B. Kaplan
  • RAY (Universal) Scott Millan, Greg Orloff, Bob Beemer and Steve Cantamessa
  • SPIDER-MAN 2 (Sony Pictures Releasing) Kevin O'Connell, Greg P. Russell, Jeffrey J. Haboush and Joseph Geisinger

Achievement in Visual Effects

  • HARRY POTTER AND THE PRISONER OF AZKABAN (Warner Bros.) Roger Guyett, Tim Burke, John Richardson and Bill George
  • I, ROBOT (20th Century Fox) John Nelson, Andrew R. Jones, Erik Nash and Joe Letteri
  • SPIDER-MAN 2 (Sony Pictures Releasing) John Dykstra, Scott Stokdyk, Anthony LaMolinara and John Frazier

Adapted Screenplay

  • BEFORE SUNSET (Warner Independent Pictures)
    Screenplay by Richard Linklater & Julie Delpy & Ethan Hawke
    Story by Richard Linklater & Kim Krizan
  • FINDING NEVERLAND (Miramax)
    Screenplay by David Magee
  • MILLION DOLLAR BABY (Warner Bros.)
    Screenplay by Paul Haggis
  • THE MOTORCYCLE DIARIES (Focus Features and Film Four)
    Screenplay by José Rivera
  • SIDEWAYS (Fox Searchlight/20th Century Fox)
    Screenplay by Alexander Payne & Jim Taylor (Miramax, Initial Entertainment Group and Warner Bros.)

Original Screenplay

  • THE AVIATOR (Miramax, Initial Entertainment Group and Warner Bros.)
    Written by John Logan
  • ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND (Focus Features)
    Screenplay by Charlie Kaufman
    Story by Charlie Kaufman & Michel Gondry & Pierre Bismuth
  • HOTEL RWANDA (United Artists in association with Lions Gate Entertainment through MGM Distribution Co.)
    Written by Keir Pearson & Terry George
  • THE INCREDIBLES (Buena Vista)
    Written by Brad Bird
  • VERA DRAKE (Fine Line Features, Alain Sarde and UK Film Council in association with Inside Track Films)
    Written by Mike Leigh

Achievement in Makeup

  • LEMONY SNICKET'S A SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE EVENTS
  • THE PASSION OF THE CHRIST
  • THE SEA INSIDE

Foreign Language Film of the Year

  • AS IT IS IN HEAVEN, Sweden
  • THE CHORUS, France
  • DOWNFALL, Germany
  • THE SEA INSIDE, Spain
  • YESTERDAY, South Africa