Best picture
"The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"
"Frost/Nixon"
"Milk"
"The Reader"
"Slumdog Millionaire"
WINNER: "Slumdog Millionaire"
Director
Danny Boyle, "Slumdog Millionaire"
Stephen Daldry, "The Reader"
David Fincher, "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"
Ron Howard, "Frost/Nixon"
Gus Van Sant, "Milk"
WINNER: Danny Boyle, "Slumdog Millionaire"
Actor
Sean Penn, "Milk"
Richard Jenkins, "The Visitor"
Frank Langella, "Frost/Nixon"
Brad Pitt, "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"
Mickey Rourke, "The Wrestler"
WINNER: Sean Penn, "Milk"
Actress
Anne Hathaway, "Rachel Getting Married"
Angelina Jolie, "Changeling"
Kate Winslet, "The Reader
Melissa Leo, "Frozen River"
Meryl Streep, "Doubt"
WINNER: Kate Winslet, "The Reader"
Supporting actor
Josh Brolin, "Milk"
Robert Downey Jr., "Tropic Thunder"
Philip Seymour Hoffman, "Doubt"
Heath Ledger, "The Dark Knight"
Michael Shannon, "Revolutionary Road"
WINNER: Heath Ledger, "The Dark Knight"
Supporting actress
Amy Adams, "Doubt"
Penelope Cruz, "Vicky Cristina Barcelona"
Viola Davis, "Doubt"
Taraji P. Henson, "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"
Marisa Tomei, "The Wrestler"
WINNER: Penelope Cruz, "Vicky Cristina Barcelona"
Animated feature
"Bolt"
"WALL-E"
"Kung Fu Panda"
WINNER: "WALL-E"
Adapted screenplay
"The Curious Case of Benjamin Button," screenplay by Eric Roth, screen story by Eric Roth and Robin Swicord
"Doubt," written by John Patrick Shanley
"Slumdog Millionaire," screenplay by Simon Beaufoy
"Frost/Nixon," screenplay by Peter Morgan
"The Reader," screenplay by David Hare
WINNER: "Slumdog Millionaire," screenplay by Simon Beaufoy
Original screenplay
"Frozen River," written by Courtney Hunt
"Happy-Go-Lucky," written by Mike Leigh
"In Bruges," written by Martin McDonagh
"Milk," written by Dustin Lance Black
"WALL-E," screenplay by Andrew Stanton, Jim Reardon; original story by Andrew Stanton, Pete Docter
WINNER: "Milk," written by Dustin Lance Black
Art direction
"Changeling," James J. Murakami; set decoration: Gary Fettis
Victor J. Zolfo
"The Curious Case of Benjamin Button," Donald Graham Burt; set decoration:
"The Dark Knight," Nathan Crowley; set decoration: Peter Lando
"The Duchess," Michael Carlin; set decoration: Rebecca Alleway
"Revolutionary Road," Kristi Zea; set decoration: Debra Schutt
WINNER: "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button," Donald Graham Burt; set decoration:
Cinematography
"Changeling," Tom Stern
"Slumdog Millionaire," Anthony Dod Mantle
"The Curious Case of Benjamin Button," Claudio Miranda
"The Dark Knight," Wally Pfister
"The Reader," Chris Menges and Roger Deakins
WINNER: "Slumdog Millionaire," Anthony Dod Mantle
Costume design
"Australia," Catherine Martin
"The Curious Case of Benjamin Button," Jacqueline West
"The Duchess," Michael O’Connor
"Milk," Danny Glicker
"Revolutionary Road," Albert Wolsky
WINNER: "The Duchess," Michael O’Connor
Documentary feature
"The Betrayal (Nerakhoon)"
"Encounters at the End of the World"
"The Garden"
WINNER: "Man on Wire"
"Trouble the Water"
Documentary short
"The Conscience of Nhem En"
"The Final Inch"
Smile Pinki"
"The Witness — From the Balcony of Room 306"
WINNER: "Smile Pinki"
Film editing
"The Curious Case of Benjamin Button," Kirk Baxter and Angus Wall
"The Dark Knight," Lee Smith
"Slumdog Millionaire," Chris Dickens
"Frost/Nixon," Mike Hill and Dan Hanley
"Milk," Elliot Graham
WINNER: "Slumdog Millionaire," Chris Dickens
Foreign language film
"The Baader Meinhof Complex," Germany
"The Class," France
"Departures," Japan
"Revanche," Austria
"Waltz with Bashir," Israel
WINNER: "Departures," Japan
Makeup
WINNER: "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button," Greg Cannom
"The Dark Knight," John Caglione Jr. and Conor O’Sullivan
"Hellboy II: The Golden Army," Mike Elizalde and Thom Floutz
Original score
"The Curious Case of Benjamin Button," Alexandre Desplat
"Defiance," James Newton Howard
"Milk," Danny Elfman
"Slumdog Millionaire," A.R. Rahman
"WALL-E," Thomas Newman
WINNER: "Slumdog Millionaire," A.R. Rahman
Original song
"Down to Earth" from "WALL-E," music by Peter Gabriel and Thomas Newman, lyrics by Peter Gabriel
"Jai Ho" from "Slumdog Millionaire," music by A.R. Rahman, lyrics by Gulzar
"O Saya" from "Slumdog Millionaire," music and lyrics by A.R. Rahman and Maya Arulpragasam
WINNER: "Jai Ho" from "Slumdog Millionaire," music by A.R. Rahman, lyrics by Gulzar
Animated short
"La Maison en Petits Cubes"
"Lavatory — Lovestory"
"Oktapodi"
"Presto"
"This Way Up"
WINNER: "La Maison en Petits Cubes"
Live-action short
"Auf der Strecke (On the Line)"
"Manon on the Asphalt"
"New Boy"
"Spielzeugland"
"The Pig"
WINNER: "Spielzeugland"
Sound editing
"Iron Man," Frank Eulner and Christopher Boyes
"The Dark Knight," Richard King
"Slumdog Millionaire," Glenn Freemantle and Tom Sayers
"WALL-E," Ben Burtt and Matthew Wood
"Wanted," Wylie Stateman
WINNER: "The Dark Knight," Richard King
Sound mixing
"The Curious Case of Benjamin Button," David Parker, Michael Semanick, Ren Klyce and Mark Weingarten
"Slumdog Millionaire," Ian Tapp, Richard Pryke and Resul Pookutty
"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
WINNER: "Slumdog Millionaire," Ian Tapp, Richard Pryke and Resul Pookutty
Visual effects
"The Dark Knight," Nick Davis, Chris Corbould, Tim Webber and Paul Franklin
"The Curious Case of Benjamin Button," Eric Barba, Steve Preeg, Burt Dalton and Craig Barron
"Iron Man," John Nelson, Ben Snow, Dan Sudick and Shane Mahan
WINNER: "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button," Eric Barba, Steve Preeg, Burt Dalton and Craig Barron
