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Academy Awards, USA: 2008

Oscar

Date:	24 February
Host:	Jon Stewart
Location:	Kodak Theatre, Hollywood & Highland, Los Angeles, California, USA

Best Motion Picture of the Year


Winner:
	No Country for Old Men (2007) - Scott Rudin; Ethan Coen; Joel Coen
Other Nominees:
	Atonement (2007) - Tim Bevan (I); Eric Fellner; Paul Webster (I) Juno (2007) - Lianne Halfon; Mason Novick; Russell Smith (IV) Michael Clayton (2007) - Sydney Pollack; Jennifer Fox (I); Kerry Orent There Will Be Blood (2007) - JoAnne Sellar; Paul Thomas Anderson; Daniel Lupi

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role


Winner:
	There Will Be Blood (2007) - Daniel Day-Lewis
Other Nominees:
	Eastern Promises (2007) - Viggo Mortensen In the Valley of Elah (2007) - Tommy Lee Jones Michael Clayton (2007) - George Clooney Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007) - Johnny Depp

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role


Winner:
	Môme, La (2007) - Marion Cotillard
Other Nominees:
	Away from Her (2006) - Julie Christie (I) Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007) - Cate Blanchett Juno (2007) - Ellen Page Savages, The (2007) - Laura Linney

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role


Winner:
	No Country for Old Men (2007) - Javier Bardem
Other Nominees:
	Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, The (2007) - Casey Affleck Charlie Wilson's War (2007) - Philip Seymour Hoffman Into the Wild (2007) - Hal Holbrook Michael Clayton (2007) - Tom Wilkinson (I)

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role


Winner:
	Michael Clayton (2007) - Tilda Swinton
Other Nominees:
	American Gangster (2007) - Ruby Dee (I) Atonement (2007) - Saoirse Ronan Gone Baby Gone (2007) - Amy Ryan (I) I'm Not There. (2007) - Cate Blanchett

Best Achievement in Directing


Winner:
	No Country for Old Men (2007) - Ethan Coen; Joel Coen
Other Nominees:
	Juno (2007) - Jason Reitman Michael Clayton (2007) - Tony Gilroy (I) Scaphandre et le papillon, Le (2007) - Julian Schnabel There Will Be Blood (2007) - Paul Thomas Anderson

Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen


Winner:
	Juno (2007) - Diablo Cody
Other Nominees:
	Lars and the Real Girl (2007) - Nancy Oliver (I) Michael Clayton (2007) - Tony Gilroy (I) Ratatouille (2007) - Brad Bird (I) (screenplay/story); Jan Pinkava (story); Jim Capobianco (story) Savages, The (2007) - Tamara Jenkins

Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published


Winner:
	No Country for Old Men (2007) - Joel Coen; Ethan Coen
Other Nominees:
	Atonement (2007) - Christopher Hampton (I) Away from Her (2006) - Sarah Polley (I) Scaphandre et le papillon, Le (2007) - Ronald Harwood There Will Be Blood (2007) - Paul Thomas Anderson

Best Achievement in Cinematography


Winner:
	There Will Be Blood (2007) - Robert Elswit
Other Nominees:
	Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, The (2007) - Roger Deakins Atonement (2007) - Seamus McGarvey No Country for Old Men (2007) - Roger Deakins Scaphandre et le papillon, Le (2007) - Janusz Kaminski (I)

Best Achievement in Art Direction


Winner:
	Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007) - Dante Ferretti (art director); Francesca Lo Schiavo (set decorator)
Other Nominees:
	American Gangster (2007) - Arthur Max (I) (art director); Beth A. Rubino (set decorator) Atonement (2007) - Sarah Greenwood (I) (art director); Katie Spencer (set decorator) Golden Compass, The (2007) - Dennis Gassner (art director); Anna Pinnock (set decorator) There Will Be Blood (2007) - Jack Fisk (art director); Jim Erickson (V) (set decorator)

Best Achievement in Costume Design


Winner:
	Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007) - Alexandra Byrne
Other Nominees:
	Across the Universe (2007) - Albert Wolsky Atonement (2007) - Jacqueline Durran Môme, La (2007) - Marit Allen Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007) - Colleen Atwood

Best Achievement in Sound


Winner:
	Bourne Ultimatum, The (2007) - Scott Millan; David Parker (III); Kirk Francis
Other Nominees:
	3:10 to Yuma (2007) - Paul Massey (I); David Giammarco (I); Jim Stuebe No Country for Old Men (2007) - Skip Lievsay; Craig Berkey; Greg Orloff; Peter F. Kurland Ratatouille (2007) - Randy Thom; Michael Semanick; Doc Kane Transformers (2007) - Kevin O'Connell (II); Greg P. Russell; Peter J. Devlin

Best Achievement in Editing


Winner:
	Bourne Ultimatum, The (2007) - Christopher Rouse
Other Nominees:
	Into the Wild (2007) - Jay Cassidy No Country for Old Men (2007) - Ethan Coen (as Roderick Jaynes); Joel Coen (as Roderick Jaynes) Scaphandre et le papillon, Le (2007) - Juliette Welfling There Will Be Blood (2007) - Dylan Tichenor

Best Achievement in Sound Editing


Winner:
	Bourne Ultimatum, The (2007) - Karen M. Baker; Per Hallberg
Other Nominees:
	No Country for Old Men (2007) - Skip Lievsay Ratatouille (2007) - Randy Thom; Michael Silvers There Will Be Blood (2007) - Matthew Wood (I); Christopher Scarabosio Transformers (2007) - Ethan Van der Ryn; Mike Hopkins (I)

Best Achievement in Visual Effects


Winner:
	Golden Compass, The (2007) - Michael L. Fink; Bill Westenhofer; Ben Morris (III); Trevor Wood (I)
Other Nominees:
	Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007) - John Knoll; Hal T. Hickel; Charlie Gibson (I); John Frazier (I) Transformers (2007) - Scott Farrar (I); Scott Benza; Russell Earl; John Frazier (I)

Best Achievement in Makeup


Winner:
	Môme, La (2007) - Didier Lavergne; Jan Archibald
Other Nominees:
	Norbit (2007) - Rick Baker (I); Kazuhiro Tsuji Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007) - Ve Neill; Martin Samuel (I)

Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Song


Winner:
	Once (2006) - Glen Hansard; Markéta Irglová - For the song "Falling Slowly".
Other Nominees:
	August Rush (2007) - Jamal Joseph; Charles Mack (II); Tevin Thomas - For the song "Raise It Up". Enchanted (2007) - Alan Menken (music); Stephen Schwartz (I) (lyrics) - For the song "Happy Working Song". Enchanted (2007) - Alan Menken (music); Stephen Schwartz (I) (lyrics) - For the song "So Close". Enchanted (2007) - Alan Menken (music); Stephen Schwartz (I) (lyrics) - For the song "That's How You Know".

Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Score


Winner:
	Atonement (2007) - Dario Marianelli
Other Nominees:
	3:10 to Yuma (2007) - Marco Beltrami (I) Kite Runner, The (2007) - Alberto Iglesias (I) Michael Clayton (2007) - James Newton Howard Ratatouille (2007) - Michael Giacchino

Best Short Film, Animated


Winner:
	Peter & the Wolf (2006) - Suzie Templeton; Hugh Welchman
Other Nominees:
	I Met the Walrus (2007) - Josh Raskin Madame Tutli-Putli (2007) - Chris Lavis; Maciek Szczerbowski Moya lyubov (2006) - Aleksandr Petrov (I) Même les pigeons vont au paradis (2007) - Samuel Tourneux; Vanesse Simon

Best Short Film, Live Action


Winner:
	Mozart des pickpockets, Le (2006) - Philippe Pollet-Villard
Other Nominees:
	Om natten (2007) - Christian E. Christiansen; Louise Vesth Supplente, Il (2006) - Andrea Jublin Tanghi argentini (2006) - Guy Thys; Anja Daelemans Tonto Woman, The (2007) - Daniel Barber (II); Matthew Brown (XIV)

Best Documentary, Short Subjects


Winner:
	Freeheld (2007) - Cynthia Wade; Vanessa Roth
Other Nominees:
	Corona, La (2008) - Amanda Micheli; Isabel Vega (V) Salim Baba (2007) - Tim Sternberg (III); Francisco Bello Sari's Mother (2006) - James Longley

Best Documentary, Features


Winner:
	Taxi to the Dark Side (2007) - Alex Gibney; Eva Orner
Other Nominees:
	No End in Sight (2007) - Charles Ferguson (III); Audrey Marrs Operation Homecoming: Writing the Wartime Experience (2007) - Richard Robbins (IV) Sicko (2007) - Michael Moore (II); Meghan O'Hara (I) War Dance (2007) - Andrea Nix; Sean Fine

Best Foreign Language Film of the Year


Winner:
	Fälscher, Die (2007) - Austria.
Other Nominees:
	12 (2007) - Russia. Beaufort (2007) - Israel. Katyn (2007) - Poland. Mongol (2007) - Kazakhstan.

Best Animated Feature Film of the Year


Winner:
	Ratatouille (2007) - Brad Bird (I)
Other Nominees:
	Persepolis (2007) - Marjane Satrapi; Vincent Paronnaud Surf's Up (2007) - Ash Brannon; Chris Buck (II)

Honorary Award


Awarded to:
	Robert F. Boyle - In recognition of one of cinema's great careers in art direction.

Medal of Commendation


Awarded to:
	David Inglish

Academy Award of Merit

Date:	9 February
Host:	Jessica Alba
Location:	Regent Beverly Wilshire Hotel, Los Angeles, California, USA


Winner:
	Eastman Kodak - For the development of photographic emulsion technologies incorporated into the Kodak Vision2 family of color negative films.

Scientific and Engineering Award


Winners:
	Nick Rasmussen; Ronald Fedkiw; Frank Losasso Petterson - For the development of the Industrial Light & Magic (ILM) fluid simulation system. Doug Roble; Nafees Bin Zafar; Ryo Sakaguchi - For the development of the fluid simulation system at Digital Domain.

Technical Achievement Award


Winners:
	Duncan Brinsmead; Jos Stam; Julia Pakalns; Martin Werner - For the design and implementation of the Maya Fluid Effects system. Jonathan Cohen (XI); Jerry Tessendorf; Jeroen Molemaker; Michael Kowalski (VIII) - For the development of the system of fluid dynamics tools at Rhythm & Hues. Sebastian Cramer (III); Andreas Dasser (P&S Technik GmbH) - For the invention and general design (Cramer) and for the mechanical design (Dasser, head of development at P&S Technik GmbH) of the Skater Dolly and its family of products. Victor Gonzalez (XV); Ignacio Vargas; Angel Tena - For the creation of the RealFlow software application. Jörg Pöhler (OTTEC Technology GmbH); Rüdiger Kleinke (OTTEC Technology GmbH) - For the design and development of the battery-operated series of fog machines known as "Tiny Foggers". Christien Tinsley - For the creation of the transfer techniques for creating and applying 2D and 3D makeup known as "Tinsley Transfers". Stephan Trojansky; Thomas Ganshorn; Oliver Pilarski - For the development of the Flowline fluid effects system.

Gordon E. Sawyer Award


Awarded to:
	David Grafton