Nominations for the 81st annual Academy Awards announced on Thursday morning. Full list.
Nominations By Category
Performance by an actor in a leading role
- Richard Jenkins in “The Visitor” (Overture Films)
- Frank Langella in “Frost/Nixon” (Universal)
- Sean Penn in “Milk” (Focus Features)
- Brad Pitt in “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” (Paramount and Warner Bros.)
- Mickey Rourke in “The Wrestler” (Fox Searchlight)
Performance by an actor in a supporting role
- Josh Brolin in “Milk” (Focus Features)
- Robert Downey Jr. in “Tropic Thunder” (DreamWorks, Distributed by DreamWorks/Paramount)
- Philip Seymour Hoffman in “Doubt” (Miramax)
- Heath Ledger in “The Dark Knight” (Warner Bros.)
- Michael Shannon in “Revolutionary Road” (DreamWorks, Distributed by Paramount Vantage)
Performance by an actress in a leading role
- Anne Hathaway in “Rachel Getting Married” (Sony Pictures Classics)
- Angelina Jolie in “Changeling” (Universal)
- Melissa Leo in “Frozen River” (Sony Pictures Classics)
- Meryl Streep in “Doubt” (Miramax)
- Kate Winslet in “The Reader” (The Weinstein Company)
Performance by an actress in a supporting role
- Amy Adams in “Doubt” (Miramax)
- Pen’lope Cruz in “Vicky Cristina Barcelona” (The Weinstein Company)
- Viola Davis in “Doubt” (Miramax)
- Taraji P. Henson in “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” (Paramount and Warner Bros.)
- Marisa Tomei in “The Wrestler” (Fox Searchlight)
Best animated feature film of the year
- “Bolt” (Walt Disney) – Chris Williams and Byron Howard
- “Kung Fu Panda” (DreamWorks Animation, Distributed by Paramount) – John Stevenson and Mark Osborne
- “WALL-E” (Walt Disney) – Andrew Stanton
Achievement in art direction
- “Changeling” (Universal) – Art Direction: James J. Murakami
Set Decoration: Gary Fettis - “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” (Paramount and Warner Bros.) – Art Direction: Donald Graham Burt
Set Decoration: Victor J. Zolfo - “The Dark Knight” (Warner Bros.) – Art Direction: Nathan Crowley
Set Decoration: Peter Lando - “The Duchess” (Paramount Vantage, Path? and BBC Films) – Art Direction: Michael Carlin
Set Decoration: Rebecca Alleway - “Revolutionary Road” (DreamWorks, Distributed by Paramount Vantage) – Art Direction: Kristi Zea
Set Decoration: Debra Schutt
Achievement in cinematography
- “Changeling” (Universal) – Tom Stern
- “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” (Paramount and Warner Bros.) – Claudio Miranda
- “The Dark Knight” (Warner Bros.) – Wally Pfister
- “The Reader” (The Weinstein Company) – Chris Menges and Roger Deakins
- “Slumdog Millionaire” (Fox Searchlight) – Anthony Dod Mantle
Achievement in costume design
- “Australia” (20th Century Fox) – Catherine Martin
- “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” (Paramount and Warner Bros.) – Jacqueline West
- “The Duchess” (Paramount Vantage, Path? and BBC Films) – Michael O’Connor
- “Milk” (Focus Features) – Danny Glicker
- “Revolutionary Road” (DreamWorks, Distributed by Paramount Vantage) – Albert Wolsky
Achievement in directing
- “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” (Paramount and Warner Bros.) – David Fincher
- “Frost/Nixon” (Universal) – Ron Howard
- “Milk” (Focus Features) – Gus Van Sant
- “The Reader” (The Weinstein Company) – Stephen Daldry
- “Slumdog Millionaire” (Fox Searchlight) – Danny Boyle
Best documentary feature
- “The Betrayal (Nerakhoon)” (Cinema Guild)
A Pandinlao Films Production – Ellen Kuras and Thavisouk Phrasavath - “Encounters at the End of the World” (THINKFilm and Image Entertainment)
A Creative Differences Production – Werner Herzog and Henry Kaiser - “The Garden”
A Black Valley Films Production – Scott Hamilton Kennedy - “Man on Wire” (Magnolia Pictures)
A Wall to Wall Production – James Marsh and Simon Chinn - “Trouble the Water” (Zeitgeist Films)
An Elsewhere Films Production – Tia Lessin and Carl Deal
Best documentary short subject
- “The Conscience of Nhem En”
A Farallon Films Production – Steven Okazaki - “The Final Inch”
A Vermilion Films Production – Irene Taylor Brodsky and Tom Grant - “Smile Pinki”
A Principe Production – Megan Mylan - “The Witness – From the Balcony of Room 306”
A Rock Paper Scissors Production – Adam Pertofsky and Margaret Hyde
Achievement in film editing
- “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” (Paramount and Warner Bros.) – Kirk Baxter and Angus Wall
- “The Dark Knight” (Warner Bros.) – Lee Smith
- “Frost/Nixon” (Universal) – Mike Hill and Dan Hanley
- “Milk” (Focus Features) – Elliot Graham
- “Slumdog Millionaire” (Fox Searchlight) – Chris Dickens
Best foreign language film of the year
- “The Baader Meinhof Complex” A Constantin Film Production – Germany
- “The Class” (Sony Pictures Classics) A Haut et Court Production – France
- “Departures” (Regent Releasing) A Departures Film Partners Production – Japan
- “Revanche” (Janus Films) A Prisma Film/Fernseh Production – Austria
- “Waltz with Bashir” (Sony Pictures Classics) A Bridgit Folman Film Gang Production – Israel
Achievement in makeup
- “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” (Paramount and Warner Bros.) – Greg Cannom
- “The Dark Knight” (Warner Bros.) – John Caglione, Jr. and Conor O’Sullivan
- “Hellboy II: The Golden Army” (Universal) – Mike Elizalde and Thom Floutz
Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original score)
- “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” (Paramount and Warner Bros.) – Alexandre Desplat
- “Defiance” (Paramount Vantage) – James Newton Howard
- “Milk” (Focus Features) – Danny Elfman
- “Slumdog Millionaire” (Fox Searchlight) – A.R. Rahman
- “WALL-E” (Walt Disney) – Thomas Newman
Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original song)
- “Down to Earth” from “WALL-E” (Walt Disney) – Music by Peter Gabriel and Thomas Newman
Lyric by Peter Gabriel - “Jai Ho” from “Slumdog Millionaire” (Fox Searchlight) – Music by A.R. Rahman
Lyric by Gulzar - “O Saya” from “Slumdog Millionaire” (Fox Searchlight) – Music and Lyric by A.R. Rahman and Maya Arulpragasam
Best motion picture of the year
- “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” (Paramount and Warner Bros.)
A Kennedy/Marshall Production – Kathleen Kennedy, Frank Marshall and Ce?n Chaffin, Producers - “Frost/Nixon” (Universal)
A Universal Pictures, Imagine Entertainment and Working Title Production – Brian Grazer, Ron Howard and Eric Fellner, Producers - “Milk” (Focus Features)
A Groundswell and Jinks/Cohen Company Production – Dan Jinks and Bruce Cohen, Producers - “The Reader” (The Weinstein Company)
A Mirage Enterprises and Neunte Babelsberg Film GmbH Production – Nominees to be determined - “Slumdog Millionaire” (Fox Searchlight)
A Celador Films Production – Christian Colson, Producer
Best animated short film
- “La Maison en Petits Cubes”
A Robot Communications Production – Kunio Kato - “Lavatory – Lovestory”
A Melnitsa Animation Studio and CTB Film Company Production – Konstantin Bronzit - “Oktapodi” (Talantis Films)
A Gobelins, L’?cole de l’image Production – Emud Mokhberi and Thierry Marchand - “Presto” (Walt Disney)
A Pixar Animation Studios Production – Doug Sweetland - “This Way Up”
A Nexus Production – Alan Smith and Adam Foulkes
Best live action short film
- “Auf der Strecke (On the Line)” (Hamburg Shortfilmagency)
An Academy of Media Arts Cologne Production – Reto Caffi - “Manon on the Asphalt” (La Luna Productions)
A La Luna Production – Elizabeth Marre and Olivier Pont - “New Boy” (Network Ireland Television)
A Zanzibar Films Production – Steph Green and Tamara Anghie - “The Pig”
An M & M Production – Tivi Magnusson and Dorte H?gh - “Spielzeugland (Toyland)”
A Mephisto Film Production – Jochen Alexander Freydank
Achievement in sound editing
- “The Dark Knight” (Warner Bros.) – Richard King
- “Iron Man” (Paramount and Marvel Entertainment) – Frank Eulner and Christopher Boyes
- “Slumdog Millionaire” (Fox Searchlight) – Tom Sayers
- “WALL-E” (Walt Disney) – Ben Burtt and Matthew Wood
- “Wanted” (Universal) – Wylie Stateman
Achievement in sound mixing
- “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” (Paramount and Warner Bros.) – David Parker, Michael Semanick, Ren Klyce and Mark Weingarten
- “The Dark Knight” (Warner Bros.) – Lora Hirschberg, Gary Rizzo and Ed Novick
- “Slumdog Millionaire” (Fox Searchlight) – Ian Tapp, Richard Pryke and Resul Pookutty
- “WALL-E” (Walt Disney) – Tom Myers, Michael Semanick and Ben Burtt
- “Wanted” (Universal) – Chris Jenkins, Frank A. Monta?o and Petr Forejt
Achievement in visual effects
- “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” (Paramount and Warner Bros.) – Eric Barba, Steve Preeg, Burt Dalton and Craig Barron
- “The Dark Knight” (Warner Bros.) – Nick Davis, Chris Corbould, Tim Webber and Paul Franklin
- “Iron Man” (Paramount and Marvel Entertainment) – John Nelson, Ben Snow, Dan Sudick and Shane Mahan
Adapted screenplay
- “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” (Paramount and Warner Bros.) – Screenplay by Eric Roth
Screen story by Eric Roth and Robin Swicord - “Doubt” (Miramax) – Written by John Patrick Shanley
- “Frost/Nixon” (Universal) – Screenplay by Peter Morgan
- “The Reader” (The Weinstein Company) – Screenplay by David Hare
- “Slumdog Millionaire” (Fox Searchlight) – Screenplay by Simon Beaufoy
Original screenplay
- “Frozen River” (Sony Pictures Classics) – Written by Courtney Hunt
- “Happy-Go-Lucky” (Miramax) – Written by Mike Leigh
- “In Bruges” (Focus Features) – Written by Martin McDonagh
- “Milk” (Focus Features) – Written by Dustin Lance Black
- “WALL-E” (Walt Disney) – Screenplay by Andrew Stanton, Jim Reardon
Original story by Andrew Stanton, Pete Docter
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