Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

Actor in a Leading Role

• Leonardo DiCaprio in "Blood Diamond"
• Ryan Gosling in "Half Nelson"
• Peter O’Toole in "Venus"
• Will Smith in "The Pursuit of Happyness"
• Forest Whitaker in "The Last King of Scotland"

Actor in a Supporting Role

• Alan Arkin in "Little Miss Sunshine"
• Jackie Earle Haley in "Little Children"
• Djimon Hounsou in "Blood Diamond"
• Eddie Murphy in "Dreamgirls"
• Mark Wahlberg in "The Departed"

Actress in a Leading Role

• Penélope Cruz in "Volver"
• Judi Dench in "Notes on a Scandal"
• Helen Mirren in "The Queen"
• Meryl Streep in "The Devil Wears Prada"
• Kate Winslet in "Little Children"

Actress in a Supporting Role

• Adriana Barraza in "Babel"
• Cate Blanchett in "Notes on a Scandal"
• Abigail Breslin in "Little Miss Sunshine"
• Jennifer Hudson in "Dreamgirls"
• Rinko Kikuchi in "Babel"

Animated Feature Film

• "Cars" John Lasseter
• "Happy Feet" George Miller
• "Monster House" Gil Kenan

Art Direction

• "Dreamgirls" Art Direction: John Myhre; Set Decoration: Nancy Haigh
• "The Good Shepherd" Art Direction: Jeannine Oppewall; Set Decoration: Gretchen Rau and Leslie E. Rollins
• "Pan’s Labyrinth" Art Direction: Eugenio Caballero; Set Decoration: Pilar Revuelta
• "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest" Art Direction: Rick Heinrichs; Set Decoration: Cheryl Carasik
• "The Prestige" Art Direction: Nathan Crowley; Set Decoration: Julie Ochipinti

Cinematography

• "The Black Dahlia" Vilmos Zsigmond
• "Children of Men" Emmanuel Lubezki
• "The Illusionist" Dick Pope
• "Pan’s Labyrinth" Guillermo Navarro
• "The Prestige" Wally Pfister

Costume Design

• "Curse of the Golden Flower" Yee Chung Man
• "The Devil Wears Prada" Patricia Field
• "Dreamgirls" Sharen Davis
• "Marie Antoinette" Milena Canonero
• "The Queen" Consolata Boyle

Directing

• "Babel" Alejandro González Iñárritu
• "The Departed" Martin Scorsese
• "Letters from Iwo Jima" Clint Eastwood
• "The Queen" Stephen Frears
• "United 93" Paul Greengrass

Documentary (Feature)

• "Deliver Us from Evil" Amy Berg and Frank Donner
• "An Inconvenient Truth" Davis Guggenheim
• "Iraq in Fragments" James Longley and John Sinno
• "Jesus Camp" Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady
• "My Country, My Country" Laura Poitras and Jocelyn Glatzer

Documentary (Short Subject)

• "The Blood of Yingzhou District" Ruby Yang and Thomas Lennon
• "Recycled Life" Leslie Iwerks and Mike Glad
• "Rehearsing a Dream" Karen Goodman and Kirk Simon
• "Two Hands" Nathaniel Kahn and Susan Rose Behr

Film Editing

• "Babel" Stephen Mirrione and Douglas Crise
• "Blood Diamond" Steven Rosenblum
• "Children of Men" Alex Rodríguez and Alfonso Cuarón
• "The Departed" Thelma Schoonmaker
• "United 93" Clare Douglas, Christopher Rouse and Richard Pearson

Foreign Language Film

• "After the Wedding" Denmark
• "Days of Glory (Indigènes)" Algeria
• "The Lives of Others" Germany
• "Pan’s Labyrinth" Mexico
• "Water" Canada

Makeup

• "Apocalypto" Aldo Signoretti and Vittorio Sodano
• "Click" Kazuhiro Tsuji and Bill Corso
• "Pan’s Labyrinth" David Martí and Montse Ribé

Music (Original Score)

• "Babel" Gustavo Santaolalla
• "The Good German" Thomas Newman
• "Notes on a Scandal" Philip Glass
• "Pan’s Labyrinth" Javier Navarrete
• "The Queen" Alexandre Desplat

Music (Original Song)

• "I Need to Wake Up" from "An Inconvenient Truth" Music and Lyric by Melissa Etheridge
• "Listen" from "Dreamgirls" Music by Henry Krieger and Scott Cutler; Lyric by Anne Preven
• "Love You I Do" from "Dreamgirls" Music by Henry Krieger; Lyric by Siedah Garrett
• "Our Town" from "Cars" Music and Lyric by Randy Newman
• "Patience" from "Dreamgirls" Music by Henry Krieger; Lyric by Willie Reale

Best Picture

• "Babel" Alejandro González Iñárritu, Jon Kilik and Steve Golin, Producers
• "The Departed" Graham King, Producer
• "Letters from Iwo Jima" Clint Eastwood, Steven Spielberg and Robert Lorenz, Producers
• "Little Miss Sunshine" David T. Friendly, Peter Saraf and Marc Turtletaub, Producers
• "The Queen" Andy Harries, Christine Langan and Tracey Seaward, Producers

Short Film (Animated)

• "The Danish Poet" Torill Kove
• "Lifted" Gary Rydstrom
• "The Little Matchgirl" Roger Allers and Don Hahn
• "Maestro" Géza M. Tóth
• "No Time for Nuts" Chris Renaud and Michael Thurmeier

Short Film (Live Action)

• "Binta and the Great Idea (Binta Y La Gran Idea)" Javier Fesser and Luis Manso
• "Éramos Pocos (One Too Many)" Borja Cobeaga
• "Helmer & Son" Søren Pilmark and Kim Magnusson
• "The Saviour" Peter Templeman and Stuart Parkyn
• "West Bank Story" Ari Sandel

Sound Editing

• "Apocalypto" Sean McCormack and Kami Asgar
• "Blood Diamond" Lon Bender
• "Flags of Our Fathers" Alan Robert Murray and Bub Asman
• "Letters from Iwo Jima" Alan Robert Murray and Bub Asman
• "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest" Christopher Boyes and George Watters II

Sound Mixing

• "Apocalypto" Kevin O’Connell, Greg P. Russell and Fernando Cámara
• "Blood Diamond" Andy Nelson, Anna Behlmer and Ivan Sharrock
• "Dreamgirls" Michael Minkler, Bob Beemer and Willie Burton
• "Flags of Our Fathers" John Reitz, Dave Campbell, Gregg Rudloff and Walt Martin
• "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest" Paul Massey, Christopher Boyes and Lee Orloff

Visual Effects

• "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest" John Knoll, Hal Hickel, Charles Gibson and Allen Hall
• "Poseidon" Boyd Shermis, Kim Libreri, Chas Jarrett and John Frazier
• "Superman Returns" Mark Stetson, Neil Corbould, Richard R. Hoover and Jon Thum

Writing (Adapted Screenplay)

• "Borat Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan" Screenplay by Sacha Baron Cohen, Anthony Hines, Peter Baynham and Dan Mazer; Story by Sacha Baron Cohen, Peter Baynham, Anthony Hines and Todd Phillips
• "Children of Men" Screenplay by Alfonso Cuarón, Timothy J. Sexton, David Arata, Mark Fergus and Hawk Ostby
• "The Departed" Screenplay by William Monahan
• "Little Children" Screenplay by Todd Field and Tom Perrotta
• "Notes on a Scandal" Screenplay by Patrick Marber

Writing (Original Screenplay)

• "Babel" Written by Guillermo Arriaga
• "Letters from Iwo Jima" Screenplay by Iris Yamashita; Story by Iris Yamashita and Paul Haggis
• "Little Miss Sunshine" Written by Michael Arndt
• "Pan’s Labyrinth" Written by Guillermo del Toro
• "The Queen" Written by Peter Morgan

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• Star indicates a win.