Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

Actor in a Leading Role

• Johnny Depp in "Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl"
• Ben Kingsley in "House of Sand and Fog"
• Jude Law in "Cold Mountain"
• Bill Murray in "Lost in Translation"
• Sean Penn in "Mystic River"

Actor in a Supporting Role

• Alec Baldwin in "The Cooler"
• Benicio Del Toro in "21 Grams"
• Djimon Hounsou in "In America"
• Tim Robbins in "Mystic River"
• Ken Watanabe in "The Last Samurai"

Actress in a Leading Role

• Keisha Castle-Hughes in "Whale Rider"
• Diane Keaton in "Something’s Gotta Give"
• Samantha Morton in "In America"
• Charlize Theron in "Monster"
• Naomi Watts in "21 Grams"

Actress in a Supporting Role

• Shohreh Aghdashloo in "House of Sand and Fog"
• Patricia Clarkson in "Pieces of April"
• Marcia Gay Harden in "Mystic River"
• Holly Hunter in "Thirteen"
• Renée Zellweger in "Cold Mountain"

Animated Feature Film

• "Brother Bear" Aaron Blaise and Robert Walker
• "Finding Nemo" Andrew Stanton
• "The Triplets of Belleville" Sylvain Chomet

Art Direction

• "Girl with a Pearl Earring" Art Direction: Ben Van Os; Set Decoration: Cecile Heideman
• "The Last Samurai" Art Direction: Lilly Kilvert; Set Decoration: Gretchen Rau
• "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King" Art Direction: Grant Major; Set Decoration: Dan Hennah and Alan Lee
• "Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World" Art Direction: William Sandell; Set Decoration: Robert Gould
• "Seabiscuit" Art Direction: Jeannine Oppewall; Set Decoration: Leslie Pope

Cinematography

• "City of God" Cesar Charlone
• "Cold Mountain" John Seale
• "Girl with a Pearl Earring" Eduardo Serra
• "Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World" Russell Boyd
• "Seabiscuit" John Schwartzman

Costume Design

• "Girl with a Pearl Earring" Dien van Straalen
• "The Last Samurai" Ngila Dickson
• "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King" Ngila Dickson and Richard Taylor
• "Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World" Wendy Stites
• "Seabiscuit" Judianna Makovsky

Directing

• "City of God" Fernando Meirelles
• "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King" Peter Jackson
• "Lost in Translation" Sofia Coppola
• "Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World" Peter Weir
• "Mystic River" Clint Eastwood

Documentary (Feature)

• "Balseros" Carlos Bosch and Josep Maria Domenech
• "Capturing the Friedmans" Andrew Jarecki and Marc Smerling
• "The Fog of War" Errol Morris and Michael Williams
• "My Architect" Nathaniel Kahn and Susan R. Behr
• "The Weather Underground" Sam Green and Bill Siegel

Documentary (Short Subject)

• "Asylum" Sandy McLeod and Gini Reticker
• "Chernobyl Heart" Maryann DeLeo
• "Ferry Tales" Katja Esson

Film Editing

• "City of God" Daniel Rezende
• "Cold Mountain" Walter Murch
• "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King" Jamie Selkirk
• "Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World" Lee Smith
• "Seabiscuit" William Goldenberg

Foreign Language Film

• "The Barbarian Invasions" Canada
• "Evil" Sweden
• "The Twilight Samurai" Japan
• "Twin Sisters" The Netherlands
• "Zelary" Czech Republic

Makeup

• "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King" Richard Taylor and Peter King
• "Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World" Edouard Henriques III and Yolanda Toussieng
• "Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl" Ve Neill and Martin Samuel

Music (Original Score)

• "Big Fish" Danny Elfman
• "Cold Mountain" Gabriel Yared
• "Finding Nemo" Thomas Newman
• "House of Sand and Fog" James Horner
• "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King" Howard Shore

Music (Original Song)

• "Belleville Rendez-vous" from "The Triplets of Belleville" Music by Benoît Charest; Lyric by Sylvain Chomet
• "Into the West" from "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King" Music and Lyric by Fran Walsh and Howard Shore and Annie Lennox
• "A Kiss at the End of the Rainbow" from "A Mighty Wind" Music and Lyric by Michael McKean and Annette O’Toole
• "Scarlet Tide" from "Cold Mountain" Music and Lyric by T Bone Burnett and Elvis Costello
• "You Will Be My Ain True Love" from "Cold Mountain" Music and Lyric by Sting

Best Picture

• "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King" Barrie M. Osborne, Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh, Producers
• "Lost in Translation" Ross Katz and Sofia Coppola, Producers
• "Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World" Samuel Goldwyn, Jr., Peter Weir and Duncan Henderson, Producers
• "Mystic River" Robert Lorenz, Judie G. Hoyt and Clint Eastwood, Producers
• "Seabiscuit" Kathleen Kennedy, Frank Marshall and Gary Ross, Producers

Short Film (Animated)

• "Boundin’" Bud Luckey
• "Destino" Dominique Monfery and Roy Edward Disney
• "Gone Nutty" Carlos Saldanha and John C. Donkin
• "Harvie Krumpet" Adam Elliot
• "Nibbles" Chris Hinton

Short Film (Live Action)

• "Die Rote Jacke (The Red Jacket)" Florian Baxmeyer
• "Most (The Bridge)" Bobby Garabedian and William Zabka
• "Squash" Lionel Bailliu
• "(A) Torzija [(A) Torsion]" Stefan Arsenijevic
• "Two Soldiers" Aaron Schneider and Andrew J. Sacks

Sound Editing

• "Finding Nemo" Gary Rydstrom and Michael Silvers
• "Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World" Richard King
• "Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl" Christopher Boyes and George Watters II

Sound Mixing

• "The Last Samurai" Andy Nelson, Anna Behlmer and Jeff Wexler
• "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King" Christopher Boyes, Michael Semanick, Michael Hedges and Hammond Peek
• "Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World" Paul Massey, D.M. Hemphill and Arthur Rochester
• "Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl" Christopher Boyes, David Parker, David Campbell and Lee Orloff
• "Seabiscuit" Andy Nelson, Anna Behlmer and Tod A. Maitland

Visual Effects

• "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King" Jim Rygiel, Joe Letteri, Randall William Cook and Alex Funke
• "Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World" Dan Sudick, Stefen Fangmeier, Nathan McGuinness and Robert Stromberg
• "Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl" John Knoll, Hal Hickel, Charles Gibson and Terry Frazee

Writing (Adapted Screenplay)

• "American Splendor" Written by Robert Pulcini and Shari Springer Berman
• "City of God" Screenplay by Braulio Mantovani
• "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King" Screenplay by Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens and Peter Jackson
• "Mystic River" Screenplay by Brian Helgeland
• "Seabiscuit" Written for the Screen by Gary Ross

Writing (Original Screenplay)

• "The Barbarian Invasions" Written by Denys Arcand
• "Dirty Pretty Things" Written by Steven Knight
• "Finding Nemo" Screenplay by Andrew Stanton, Bob Peterson and David Reynolds; Original Story by Andrew Stanton
• "In America" Written by Jim Sheridan, Naomi Sheridan and Kirsten Sheridan
• "Lost in Translation" Written by Sofia Coppola

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• Star indicates a win.