The 77th Academy Awards. (2004) Winners and Nominees. Winners are marked with a * Harry Potter is high lighted in Red.
ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE Don Cheadle -- Hotel Rwanda {"Paul Rusesabagina"} Johnny Depp -- Finding Neverland {"Sir James Matthew Barrie"} Leonardo DiCaprio -- The Aviator {"Howard Hughes"} Clint Eastwood -- Million Dollar Baby {"Frankie Dunn"} * Jamie Foxx -- Ray {"Ray Charles"} ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE Alan Alda -- The Aviator {"Senator Ralph Owen Brewster"} Thomas Haden Church -- Sideways {"Jack"} Jamie Foxx -- Collateral {"Max"} * Morgan Freeman -- Million Dollar Baby {"Eddie Scrap-Iron Dupris"} Clive Owen -- Closer {"Larry"} ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE Annette Bening -- Being Julia {"Julia Lambert"} Catalina Sandino Moreno -- Maria Full of Grace {"Maria"} Imelda Staunton -- Vera Drake {"Vera"} * Hilary Swank -- Million Dollar Baby {"Maggie Fitzgerald"} Kate Winslet -- Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind {"Clementine Kruczynski"} ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE * Cate Blanchett -- The Aviator {"Katharine Hepburn"} Laura Linney -- Kinsey {"Clara McMillen"} Virginia Madsen -- Sideways {"Maya"} Sophie Okonedo -- Hotel Rwanda {"Tatiana Rusesabagina"} Natalie Portman -- Closer {"Alice"} ANIMATED FEATURE FILM * The Incredibles -- Brad Bird Shark Tale -- Bill Damaschke Shrek 2 -- Andrew Adamson ART DIRECTION * The Aviator -- Art Direction: Dante Ferretti; Set Decoration: Francesca Lo Schiavo Finding Neverland -- Art Direction: Gemma Jackson; Set Decoration: Trisha Edwards Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events -- Art Direction: Rick Heinrichs; Set Decoration: Cheryl Carasik The Phantom of the Opera -- Art Direction: Anthony Pratt; Set Decoration: Celia Bobak A Very Long Engagement -- Art Direction: Aline Bonetto CINEMATOGRAPHY * The Aviator -- Robert Richardson House of Flying Daggers -- Zhao Xiaoding The Passion of the Christ -- Caleb Deschanel The Phantom of the Opera -- John Mathieson A Very Long Engagement -- Bruno Delbonnel COSTUME DESIGN * The Aviator -- Sandy Powell Finding Neverland -- Alexandra Byrne Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events -- Colleen Atwood Ray -- Sharen Davis Troy -- Bob Ringwood DIRECTING The Aviator -- Martin Scorsese * Million Dollar Baby -- Clint Eastwood Ray -- Taylor Hackford Sideways -- Alexander Payne Vera Drake -- Mike Leigh DOCUMENTARY (Feature) * Born into Brothels -- Ross Kauffman and Zana Briski The Story of the Weeping Camel -- Luigi Falorni and Byambasuren Davaa Super Size Me -- Morgan Spurlock Tupac: Resurrection -- Lauren Lazin and Karolyn Ali Twist of Faith -- Kirby Dick and Eddie Schmidt DOCUMENTARY (Short Subject) Autism Is a World -- Gerardine Wurzburg The Children of Leningradsky -- Hanna Polak and Andrzej Celinski Hardwood -- Hubert Davis and Erin Faith Young * Mighty Times: The Children's March -- Robert Hudson and Bobby Houston Sister Rose's Passion -- Oren Jacoby and Steve Kalafer FILM EDITING * The Aviator -- Thelma Schoonmaker Collateral -- Jim Miller and Paul Rubell Finding Neverland -- Matt Chesse Million Dollar Baby -- Joel Cox Ray -- Paul Hirsch FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM As It Is in Heaven -- Sweden The Chorus (Les Choristes) -- France Downfall -- Germany * The Sea Inside -- Spain Yesterday -- South Africa MAKEUP * Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events -- Valli O'Reilly and Bill Corso The Passion of the Christ -- Keith Vanderlaan and Christien Tinsley The Sea Inside -- Jo Allen and Manuel García MUSIC (Original Score) * Finding Neverland -- Jan A.P. Kaczmarek Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban -- John Williams Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events -- Thomas Newman The Passion of the Christ -- John Debney The Village -- James Newton Howard MUSIC (Original Song) "Accidentally In Love" from Shrek 2 -- Music by Adam Duritz, Charles Gillingham, Jim Bogios, David Immergluck, Matthew Malley and David Bryson; Lyric by Adam Duritz and Daniel Vickrey * "Al Otro Lado Del Río" from The Motorcycle Diaries -- Music and Lyric by Jorge Drexler "Believe" from The Polar Express -- Music and Lyric by Glen Ballard and Alan Silvestri "Learn To Be Lonely" from The Phantom of the Opera -- Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber; Lyric by Charles Hart "Look To Your Path (Vois Sur Ton Chemin)" from The Chorus (Les Choristes) -- Music by Bruno Coulais; Lyric by Christophe Barratier BEST PICTURE The Aviator -- Michael Mann and Graham King, Producers Finding Neverland -- Richard N. Gladstein and Nellie Bellflower, Producers * Million Dollar Baby -- Clint Eastwood, Albert S. Ruddy and Tom Rosenberg, Producers Ray -- Taylor Hackford, Stuart Benjamin and Howard Baldwin, Producers Sideways -- Michael London, Producer SHORT FILM (Animated) Birthday Boy -- Sejong Park and Andrew Gregory Gopher Broke -- Jeff Fowler and Tim Miller Guard Dog -- Bill Plympton Lorenzo -- Mike Gabriel and Baker Bloodworth * Ryan -- Chris Landreth SHORT FILM (Live Action) Everything in This Country Must -- Gary McKendry Little Terrorist -- Ashvin Kumar 7:35 in the Morning (7:35 de la Mañana) -- Nacho Vigalondo Two Cars, One Night -- Taika Waititi and Ainsley Gardiner * Wasp -- Andrea Arnold SOUND EDITING * The Incredibles -- Michael Silvers and Randy Thom The Polar Express -- Randy Thom and Dennis Leonard Spider-Man 2 -- Paul N.J. Ottosson SOUND MIXING The Aviator -- Tom Fleischman and Petur Hliddal The Incredibles -- Randy Thom, Gary A. Rizzo and Doc Kane The Polar Express -- Randy Thom, Tom Johnson, Dennis Sands and William B. Kaplan * Ray -- Scott Millan, Greg Orloff, Bob Beemer and Steve Cantamessa Spider-Man 2 -- Kevin O'Connell, Greg P. Russell, Jeffrey J. Haboush and Joseph Geisinger VISUAL EFFECTS Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban -- Roger Guyett, Tim Burke, John Richardson and Bill George I, Robot -- John Nelson, Andrew R. Jones, Erik Nash and Joe Letteri * Spider-Man 2 -- John Dykstra, Scott Stokdyk, Anthony LaMolinara and John Frazier WRITING (Adapted Screenplay) Before Sunset -- Screenplay by Richard Linklater & Julie Delpy & Ethan Hawke; Story by Richard Linklater & Kim Krizan Finding Neverland -- Screenplay by David Magee Million Dollar Baby -- Screenplay by Paul Haggis The Motorcycle Diaries -- Screenplay by José Rivera * Sideways -- Screenplay by Alexander Payne & Jim Taylor WRITING (Original Screenplay) The Aviator -- Written by John Logan * Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind -- Screenplay by Charlie Kaufman; Story by Charlie Kaufman & Michel Gondry & Pierre Bismuth Hotel Rwanda -- Written by Keir Pearson & Terry George The Incredibles -- Written by Brad Bird Vera Drake -- Written by Mike Leigh