Nominees & Winners for the 81st Academy Awards®
Auf der Strecke (On the Line)
Academy of Media Arts Cologne Production; Hamburg ShortFilmAgency
- Short Film (Live Action)
Australia
20th Century Fox/Bazmark Film 2 Pty Ltd Production (20th Century Fox)
- Costume Design
The Baader Meinhof Complex
Constantin Film Production
- Foreign Language Film (Germany)
The Betrayal (Nerakhoon)
Pandinlao Films Production (Cinema Guild)
- Documentary (Feature)
Bolt
Walt Disney Pictures Production (Walt Disney)
- Animated Feature Film
Changeling
Universal Pictures and Imagine Entertainment Production (Universal)
- Angelina Jolie - Actress in a leading role
- Art Direction
- Cinematography
The Class
Haut et Court Production (Sony Pictures Classics)
- Foreign Language Film (France)
The Conscience of Nhem En
Farallon Films Production
- Documentary (Short Subject)
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Kennedy/Marshall Production (Paramount and Warner Bros.)
- Brad Pitt - Actor in a leading role
- Taraji P. Henson - Actress in a supporting role
- Art Direction
- Cinematography
- Costume Design
- Directing
- Film Editing
- Makeup
- Music (Music (Original Score) )
- Best Picture
- Sound Mixing
- Visual Effects
- Writing (Writing (Adapted Screenplay))
The Dark Knight
Cape Road Limited Production (Warner Bros.)
- Heath Ledger - Actor in a supporting role
- Art Direction
- Cinematography
- Film Editing
- Makeup
- Sound Editing
- Sound Mixing
- Visual Effects
Defiance
Grosvenor Park/Bedford Falls Production (Paramount Vantage)
- Music (Music (Original Score))
Departures
Departures Film Partners Production (Regent Releasing)
- Foreign Language Film (Japan)
Doubt
Scott Rudin Production (Miramax)
- Philip Seymour Hoffman - Actor in a Supporting Role
- Meryl Streep - Actress in a Leading Role
- Amy Adams - Actress in a supporting Role
- Viola Davis - Actress in a supporting Role
- Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
The Duchess
Qwerty Films/Magnolia Mae Films in association with Pathé Renn and BIM Distribuzione Production (Paramount Vantage, Pathé and BBC Films)
- Art Direction
- Costume Design
Encounters at the End of the World
Creative Differences Production (THINKFilm and Image Entertainment)
- Documentary (Feature)
The Final Inch
Vermilion Films in association with Google.org Production
- Documentary (Short Subject)
Frost/Nixon
Universal Pictures, Imagine Entertainment and Working Title Production (Universal)
- Frank Langella - Actor in a Leading Role
- Directing
- Film Editing
- Best Picture
- Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
Frozen River
Harwood Hunt Production (Sony Pictures Classics)
- Melissa Leo - Actress in a Leading Role
- Writing (Original Screenplay)
The Garden
Black Valley Films Production
- Documentary (Feature)
Happy-Go-Lucky
Thin Man Films/Simon Channing Williams Production (Miramax)
- Writing (Original Screenplay)
Hellboy II: The Golden Army
Universal Pictures Production (Universal)
- Makeup
In Bruges
Blueprint Pictures Production (Focus Features)
- Writing (Original Screenplay)
Iron Man
Marvel Studios Production (Paramount and Marvel Entertainment)
- Sound Editing
- Visual Effects
Kung Fu Panda
DreamWorks Animation LLC Production (DreamWorks Animation, Distributed by Paramount)
- Animated Feature Film
La Maison en Petits Cubes
Robot Communications Production
- Short Film (Animated)
Lavatory - Lovestory
Melnitsa Animation Studio and CTB Film Company Production
- Short Film (Animated)
Man on Wire
A Wall to Wall in association with Red Box Films Production (Magnolia Pictures)
- Documentary (Feature)
Manon on the Asphalt
La Luna Production; La Luna Productions
- Short Film (Live Action)
Milk
Groundswell and Jinks/Cohen Company Production (Focus Features)
- Sean Penn - Actor in a Leading Role
- Josh Brolin - Actor in a Supporting Role
- Costume Design
- Directing
- Film Editing
- Music (Original Score)
- Best Picture
- Writing (Original Screenplay)
New Boy
Zanzibar Films Production; Network Ireland Television
- Short Film (Live Action)
Oktapodi
Gobelins, l'école de l'image Production; Talantis Films
- Short Film (Animated)
Presto
Pixar Animation Studios Production; Walt Disney
- Short Film (Animated)
The Pig
M & M Production
- Short Film (Live Action)
Rachel Getting Married
Clinica Estetico Production (Sony Pictures Classics)
- Anne Hathaway - Actress in a Leading Role
The Reader
Mirage Enterprises and Neunte Babelsberg Film GmbH Production (The Weinstein Company)
- Kate Winslet - Actress in a Leading Role
- Cinematography
- Directing
- Best Picture
- Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
Revanche
Prisma Film/Fernseh Production (Janus Films)
- Foreign Language Film (Austria)
Revolutionary Road
Evamere Entertainment, BBC Films and Neal Street Production (DreamWorks, Distributed by Paramount Vantage)
- Michael Shannon - Actor in a Supporting Role
- Art Direction
- Costume Design
Slumdog Millionaire
Celador Films Production (Fox Searchlight)
- Cinematography
- Directing
- Film Editing
- Music (Original Score)
- Music (Original Song) - “Jai Ho”
- Music (Original Song) - “O Saya”
- Best Picture
- Sound Editing
- Sound Mixing
- Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
Smile Pinki
Principe Production
- Documentary (Short Subject)
Spielzeugland (Toyland)
Mephisto Film Production
- Short Film (Live Action)
This Way Up
Nexus Production
- Short Film (Animated)
Tropic Thunder
Red Hour Production (DreamWorks, Distributed by DreamWorks/ Paramount)
- Robert Downey Jr. - Actor in a Supporting Role
Trouble the Water
Elsewhere Films Production (Zeitgeist Films)
- Documentary (Feature)
Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Weinstein Company Production (The Weinstein Company)
- Penélope Cruz - Actress in a Supporting Role
The Visitor
Groundswell, Participant, Next Wednesday Production (Overture Films)
- Richard Jenkins - Actor in a Leading Role
WALL-E
Pixar Animation Studios Production (Walt Disney)
- Animated Feature Film
- Music (Original Score)
- Music (Original Song) - “Down to Earth”
- Sound Editing
- Sound Mixing
- Writing (Original Screenplay)
Waltz with Bashir
Bridgit Folman Film Gang Production (Sony Pictures Classics)
- Foreign Language Film (Israel)
Wanted
Universal Pictures and Spyglass Entertainment Production (Universal)
- Sound Editing
- Sound Mixing
The Witness - From the Balcony of Room 306
Rock Paper Scissors Production
- Documentary (Short Subject)
The Wrestler
Protozoa Pictures/Wild Bunch Production (Fox Searchlight)
- Mickey Rourke - Actor in a Leading Role
- Marisa Tomei - Actress in a Supporting Role
- Star indicates a win.
