Academy Awards 2009 winners (Oscar winners 2009)

Nominees & Winners for the 81st Academy Awards

Actor in a Leading Role

* Richard Jenkins in “The Visitor”
* Frank Langella in “Frost/Nixon”
* Sean Penn in “Milk”
* Brad Pitt in “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”
* Mickey Rourke in “The Wrestler”

Actor in a Supporting Role

* Josh Brolin in “Milk”
* Robert Downey Jr. in “Tropic Thunder”
* Philip Seymour Hoffman in “Doubt”
* Heath Ledger in “The Dark Knight”
* Michael Shannon in “Revolutionary Road”

Actress in a Leading Role

* Anne Hathaway in “Rachel Getting Married”
* Angelina Jolie in “Changeling”
* Melissa Leo in “Frozen River”
* Meryl Streep in “Doubt”
* Kate Winslet in “The Reader”

Actress in a Supporting Role

* Amy Adams in “Doubt”
* Penélope Cruz in “Vicky Cristina Barcelona”
* Viola Davis in “Doubt”
* Taraji P. Henson in “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”
* Marisa Tomei in “The Wrestler”

Animated Feature Film

* “Bolt” Chris Williams and Byron Howard
* “Kung Fu Panda” John Stevenson and Mark Osborne
* “WALL-E” Andrew Stanton

Art Direction

* “Changeling” Art Direction: James J. Murakami; Set Decoration: Gary Fettis
* “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” Art Direction: Donald Graham Burt; Set Decoration: Victor J. Zolfo
* “The Dark Knight” Art Direction: Nathan Crowley; Set Decoration: Peter Lando
* “The Duchess” Art Direction: Michael Carlin; Set Decoration: Rebecca Alleway
* “Revolutionary Road” Art Direction: Kristi Zea; Set Decoration: Debra Schutt

Cinematography

* “Changeling” Tom Stern
* “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” Claudio Miranda
* “The Dark Knight” Wally Pfister
* “The Reader” Chris Menges and Roger Deakins
* “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

Directing

* “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” David Fincher
* “Frost/Nixon” Ron Howard
* “Milk” Gus Van Sant
* “The Reader” Stephen Daldry
* “Slumdog Millionaire” Danny Boyle

Documentary (Feature)

* “The Betrayal (Nerakhoon)” Ellen Kuras and Thavisouk Phrasavath
* “Encounters at the End of the World” Werner Herzog and Henry Kaiser
* “The Garden” Scott Hamilton Kennedy
* “Man on Wire” James Marsh and Simon Chinn
* “Trouble the Water” Tia Lessin and Carl Deal

Documentary (Short Subject)

* “The Conscience of Nhem En” Steven Okazaki
* “The Final Inch” Irene Taylor Brodsky and Tom Grant
* “Smile Pinki” Megan Mylan
* “The Witness – From the Balcony of Room 306” Adam Pertofsky and Margaret Hyde

Film Editing

* “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” Kirk Baxter and Angus Wall
* “The Dark Knight” Lee Smith
* “Frost/Nixon” Mike Hill and Dan Hanley
* “Milk” Elliot Graham
* “Slumdog Millionaire” Chris Dickens

Foreign Language Film

* “The Baader Meinhof Complex” Germany
* “The Class” France
* “Departures” Japan
* “Revanche” Austria
* “Waltz with Bashir” Israel

Makeup

* “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

Music (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

Music (Original Song)

* “Down to Earth” from “WALL-E” Music by Peter Gabriel and Thomas Newman; Lyric by Peter Gabriel
* “Jai Ho” from “Slumdog Millionaire” Music by A.R. Rahman; Lyric by Gulzar
* “O Saya” from “Slumdog Millionaire” Music and Lyric by A.R. Rahman and Maya Arulpragasam

Best Picture

* “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” Kathleen Kennedy, Frank Marshall and Ceán Chaffin, Producers
* “Frost/Nixon” Brian Grazer, Ron Howard and Eric Fellner, Producers
* “Milk” Dan Jinks and Bruce Cohen, Producers
* “The Reader” Anthony Minghella, Sydney Pollack, Donna Gigliotti and Redmond Morris, Producers
* “Slumdog Millionaire” Christian Colson, Producer

Short Film (Animated)

* “La Maison en Petits Cubes” Kunio Kato
* “Lavatory – Lovestory” Konstantin Bronzit
* “Oktapodi” Emud Mokhberi and Thierry Marchand
* “Presto” Doug Sweetland
* “This Way Up” Alan Smith and Adam Foulkes

Short Film (Live Action)

* “Auf der Strecke (On the Line)” Reto Caffi
* “Manon on the Asphalt” Elizabeth Marre and Olivier Pont
* “New Boy” Steph Green and Tamara Anghie
* “The Pig” Tivi Magnusson and Dorte Høgh
* “Spielzeugland (Toyland)” Jochen Alexander Freydank

Sound Editing

* “The Dark Knight” Richard King
* “Iron Man” Frank Eulner and Christopher Boyes
* “Slumdog Millionaire” Glenn Freemantle and Tom Sayers
* “WALL-E” Ben Burtt and Matthew Wood
* “Wanted” Wylie Stateman

Sound Mixing

* “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” David Parker, Michael Semanick, Ren Klyce and Mark Weingarten
* “The Dark Knight” Lora Hirschberg, Gary Rizzo and Ed Novick
* “Slumdog Millionaire” Ian Tapp, Richard Pryke and Resul Pookutty
* “WALL-E” Tom Myers, Michael Semanick and Ben Burtt
* “Wanted” Chris Jenkins, Frank A. Montaño and Petr Forejt

Visual Effects

* “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” Eric Barba, Steve Preeg, Burt Dalton and Craig Barron
* “The Dark Knight” Nick Davis, Chris Corbould, Tim Webber and Paul Franklin
* “Iron Man” John Nelson, Ben Snow, Dan Sudick and Shane Mahan

Writing (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
* “Frost/Nixon” Screenplay by Peter Morgan
* “The Reader” Screenplay by David Hare
* “Slumdog Millionaire” Screenplay by Simon Beaufoy

Writing (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

* Bold indicates a win.