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Academy Awards, USA: 2004

Oscar

Date:	29 February
Host:	Billy Crystal
Location:	Kodak Theatre, Hollywood & Highland, Los Angeles, California, USA

Best Picture


Winner:
	The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) - Barrie M. Osborne; Peter Jackson (I); Fran Walsh
Other Nominees:
	Lost in Translation (2003) - Ross Katz; Sofia Coppola Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003) - Samuel Goldwyn Jr.; Peter Weir; Duncan Henderson (I) Mystic River (2003) - Robert Lorenz (I); Judie Hoyt; Clint Eastwood Seabiscuit (2003) - Kathleen Kennedy (I); Frank Marshall (I); Gary Ross (I)

Best Actor in a Leading Role


Winner:
	Mystic River (2003) - Sean Penn (I)
Other Nominees:
	Cold Mountain (2003) - Jude Law House of Sand and Fog (2003) - Ben Kingsley Lost in Translation (2003) - Bill Murray (I) Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003) - Johnny Depp

Best Actress in a Leading Role


Winner:
	Monster (2003) - Charlize Theron
Other Nominees:
	21 Grams (2003) - Naomi Watts In America (2002) - Samantha Morton Something's Gotta Give (2003) - Diane Keaton Whale Rider (2002) - Keisha Castle-Hughes

Best Actor in a Supporting Role


Winner:
	Mystic River (2003) - Tim Robbins (I)
Other Nominees:
	21 Grams (2003) - Benicio Del Toro In America (2002) - Djimon Hounsou The Cooler (2003) - Alec Baldwin The Last Samurai (2003) - Ken Watanabe (I)

Best Actress in a Supporting Role


Winner:
	Cold Mountain (2003) - Ren�e Zellweger
Other Nominees:
	House of Sand and Fog (2003) - Shohreh Aghdashloo Mystic River (2003) - Marcia Gay Harden Pieces of April (2003) - Patricia Clarkson Thirteen (2003) - Holly Hunter

Best Director


Winner:
	The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) - Peter Jackson (I)
Other Nominees:
	Cidade de Deus (2002) - Fernando Meirelles (I) Lost in Translation (2003) - Sofia Coppola Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003) - Peter Weir Mystic River (2003) - Clint Eastwood

Best Writing, Original Screenplay


Winner:
	Lost in Translation (2003) - Sofia Coppola
Other Nominees:
	Dirty Pretty Things (2002) - Steven Knight (I) Finding Nemo (2003) - Andrew Stanton (I) (screenplay/story); Bob Peterson (III) (screenplay); David Reynolds (I) (screenplay) In America (2002) - Jim Sheridan (I); Naomi Sheridan; Kirsten Sheridan Les invasions barbares (2003) - Denys Arcand

Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay


Winner:
	The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) - Fran Walsh; Philippa Boyens; Peter Jackson (I)
Other Nominees:
	American Splendor (2003) - Shari Springer Berman; Robert Pulcini Cidade de Deus (2002) - Br�ulio Mantovani Mystic River (2003) - Brian Helgeland Seabiscuit (2003) - Gary Ross (I)

Best Cinematography


Winner:
	Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003) - Russell Boyd (I)
Other Nominees:
	Cidade de Deus (2002) - C�sar Charlone Cold Mountain (2003) - John Seale (I) Girl with a Pearl Earring (2003) - Eduardo Serra Seabiscuit (2003) - John Schwartzman (I)

Best Art Direction-Set Decoration


Winner:
	The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) - Grant Major (art director); Dan Hennah (set decorator); Alan Lee (II) (set decorator)
Other Nominees:
	Girl with a Pearl Earring (2003) - Ben van Os (art director); Cecile Heideman (set decorator) Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003) - William Sandell (art director); Robert Gould (II) (set decorator) Seabiscuit (2003) - Jeannine Claudia Oppewall (art director); Leslie A. Pope (set decorator) The Last Samurai (2003) - Lilly Kilvert (art director); Gretchen Rau (set decorator)

Best Costume Design


Winner:
	The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) - Ngila Dickson; Richard Taylor (III)
Other Nominees:
	Girl with a Pearl Earring (2003) - Dien van Straalen Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003) - Wendy Stites Seabiscuit (2003) - Judianna Makovsky The Last Samurai (2003) - Ngila Dickson

Best Sound Mixing


Winner:
	The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) - Christopher Boyes; Michael Semanick; Michael Hedges (I); Hammond Peek (I)
Other Nominees:
	Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003) - Paul Massey (I); Doug Hemphill; Art Rochester Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003) - Christopher Boyes; David Parker (III); David E. Campbell; Lee Orloff Seabiscuit (2003) - Andy Nelson (I); Anna Behlmer; Tod A. Maitland The Last Samurai (2003) - Andy Nelson (I); Anna Behlmer; Jeff Wexler

Best Editing


Winner:
	The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) - Jamie Selkirk
Other Nominees:
	Cidade de Deus (2002) - Daniel Rezende Cold Mountain (2003) - Walter Murch Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003) - Lee Smith (II) Seabiscuit (2003) - William Goldenberg

Best Sound Editing


Winner:
	Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003) - Richard King (I)
Other Nominees:
	Finding Nemo (2003) - Gary Rydstrom; Michael Silvers Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003) - Christopher Boyes; George Watters II

Best Visual Effects


Winner:
	The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) - Jim Rygiel; Joe Letteri; Randall William Cook; Alex Funke
Other Nominees:
	Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003) - Daniel Sudick; Stefen Fangmeier; Nathan McGuinness; Robert Stromberg Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003) - John Knoll; Hal T. Hickel; Charles Gibson (I); Terry D. Frazee

Best Makeup


Winner:
	The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) - Richard Taylor (III); Peter King (I)
Other Nominees:
	Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003) - Edouard F. Henriques; Yolanda Toussieng Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003) - Ve Neill; Martin Samuel (I)

Best Music, Original Song


Winner:
	The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) - Fran Walsh; Howard Shore; Annie Lennox - For the song "Into the West".
Other Nominees:
	A Mighty Wind (2003) - Michael McKean (I); Annette O'Toole - For the song "A Kiss at the End of the Rainbow". Cold Mountain (2003) - T-Bone Burnett; Elvis Costello - For the song "Scarlet Tide". Cold Mountain (2003) - Sting (I) - For the song "You Will Be My Ain True Love". Les triplettes de Belleville (2003) - Beno�t Charest (music); Sylvain Chomet (lyrics) - For the song "Belleville Rendez-Vous".

Best Music, Original Score


Winner:
	The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) - Howard Shore
Other Nominees:
	Big Fish (2003) - Danny Elfman Cold Mountain (2003) - Gabriel Yared Finding Nemo (2003) - Thomas Newman (I) House of Sand and Fog (2003) - James Horner

Best Short Film, Animated


Winner:
	Harvie Krumpet (2003) - Adam Elliot
Other Nominees:
	Boundin' (2003) - Bud Luckey Destino (2003) - Dominique Monfery; Roy Edward Disney Gone Nutty (2002) (V) - Carlos Saldanha; John C. Donkin Nibbles (2003) - Christopher Hinton (I)

Best Short Film, Live Action


Winner:
	Two Soldiers (2003) - Aaron Schneider (I); Andrew J. Sacks
Other Nominees:
	(A)Torzija (2002) - Stefan Arsenijevic Die rote Jacke (2002) - Florian Baxmeyer Most (2003) - Bobby Garabedian; William Zabka Squash (2002) - Lionel Bailliu

Best Documentary, Short Subjects


Winner:
	Chernobyl Heart (2003) - Maryann DeLeo
Other Nominees:
	Asylum (2003/II) - Sandy McLeod; Gini Reticker Ferry Tales (2003) - Katja Esson

Best Documentary, Features


Winner:
	The Fog of War: Eleven Lessons from the Life of Robert S. McNamara (2003) - Errol Morris; Michael Williams (VI)
Other Nominees:
	Balseros (2002) - Carlos Bosch; Josep Maria Dom�nech (I) Capturing the Friedmans (2003) - Andrew Jarecki (I); Marc Smerling My Architect (2003) - Nathaniel Kahn (I); Susan Rose Behr The Weather Underground (2002) - Sam Green (II); Bill Siegel (I)

Best Foreign Language Film


Winner:
	Les invasions barbares (2003) - Canada.
Other Nominees:
	De tweeling (2002) - Netherlands. Ondskan (2003) - Sweden. Tasogare Seibei (2002) - Japan. Zelary (2003) - Czech Republic.

Best Animated Feature


Winner:
	Finding Nemo (2003) - Andrew Stanton (I)
Other Nominees:
	Brother Bear (2003) - Aaron Blaise; Robert Walker (VII) Les triplettes de Belleville (2003) - Sylvain Chomet

Honorary Award


Awarded to:
	Blake Edwards - In recognition of his writing, directing and producing an extraordinary body of work for the screen. (Oscar statuette)

Medal of Commendation


Awarded to:
	Douglas Greenfield

Academy Award of Merit

Date:	14 February
Host:	Jennifer Garner (I)
Location:	Ritz Carlton Huntington Hotel, Pasadena, California, USA


Winners:
	Digidesign - For the design, development and implementation of the Pro Tools digital audio workstation. Bill Tondreau (Kuper Controls) - For his significant advancements in the field of motion control technology for motion picture visual effects.

Scientific and Engineering Award


Winners:
	Kinoton GmbH - For the engineering and development of the Kinoton FP 30/38 EC II Studio Projector. Christopher Alfred; Andrew Cannon; Michael C. Carlos; Mark Crabtree; Chuck Grindstaff; John Melanson (II) - For their significant contributions to the evolution of digital audio editing for motion picture post production. Stephen Regelous - For the design and development of Massive, the autonomous agent animation system used for the battle sequences in "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy. Kenneth L. Tingler (Eastman Kodak Company); Charles C. Anderson (Eastman Kodak Company); Diane E. Kestner (Eastman Kodak Company); Brian A. Schell (Eastman Kodak Company) - For the successful development of a process-surviving antistatic layer technology for motion picture film.

Technical Achievement Award


Winners:
	Christophe Hery; Ken McGaugh; Joe Letteri - For their groundbreaking implementations of practical methods for rendering skin and other translucent materials using subsurface scattering techniques. Henrik Wann Jensen; Stephen R. Marschner; Pat Hanrahan - For their pioneering research in simulating subsurface scattering of light in translucent materials as presented in their paper "A Practical Model for Subsurface Light Transport. Kish Sadhvani; Paul Duclos; Carl Pernicone - For the concept and optical design (Sadhvani), for for the practical realization and production engineering (Duclos) and for the mechanical design and engineering (Pernicone) of the portable cine viewfinder system known as the Ultimate Director's Finder (UDF).

Gordon E. Sawyer Award


Awarded to:
	Peter Parks (II)