2006 Academy Award winners and nominations
(Winners in red) ![]() |
| Cathy Schulman, Paul Haggis (AP/Wide World photo) |
- "Brokeback Mountain" (Focus Features)
Diana Ossana and James Schamus, Producers
A River Road Entertainment Production
- "Capote" (UA/Sony Pictures Classics)
Caroline Baron, William Vince and Michael Ohoven, An A-Line Pictures/Cooper's Town/ Producers Infinity Media Production
- "Crash" (Lionsgate)
Paul Haggis and Cathy Schulman, Producers A Bob Yari/DEJ/Blackfriar's Bridge/ Harris Company/ApolloProscreen GmbH & Co./Bull's Eye Entertainment Production
- "Good Night, and Good Luck" (Warner Independent Pictures)
Grant Heslov, Producer A Good Night Good Luck LLC Production
- "Munich" (Universal and DreamWorks)
Kathleen Kennedy, Steven Spielberg and A Universal Pictures/DreamWorks Barry Mendel, Producers Pictures Production
Animated Feature Film
Nick Park, Steve Box (AP/Wide World photo) - "Howl's Moving Castle" (Buena Vista)
Hayao Miyazaki
- "Tim Burton's Corpse Bride" (Warner Bros.)
Tim Burton and Mike Johnson
- "Wallace & Gromit in the Curse of the Were-Rabbit" Nick Park and Steve Box
(DreamWorks Animation SKG)
Director
Ang Lee (AP/Wide World photo) - "Brokeback Mountain" (Focus Features)
Ang Lee
- "Capote" (UA/Sony Pictures Classics)
Bennett Miller
- "Crash" (Lionsgate)
Paul Haggis
- "Good Night, and Good Luck"
George Clooney (Warner Independent Pictures)
- "Munich" (Universal and DreamWorks)
Steven Spielberg
Actor
Philip Seymour Hoffman (AP/Wide World photo) - Philip Seymour Hoffman in "Capote" (UA/Sony Pictures Classics)
- Terrence Howard in "Hustle & Flow" (Paramount Classics,
- MTV Films and New Deal Entertainment)
- Heath Ledger in "Brokeback Mountain" (Focus Features)
- Joaquin Phoenix in "Walk the Line" (20th Century Fox)
- David Strathairn in "Good Night, and Good Luck" (Warner Independent Pictures)
Actress
Reese Witherspoon (AP/Wide World photo) - Judi Dench in "Mrs. Henderson Presents" (The Weinstein Co.)
- Felicity Huffman in "Transamerica" (The Weinstein Co. and IFC Films)
- Keira Knightley in "Pride & Prejudice" (Focus Features)
- Charlize Theron in "North Country" (Warner Bros.)
- Reese Witherspoon in "Walk the Line" (20th Century Fox)
Supporting Actor
George Clooney (AP/Wide World photo) - George Clooney in "Syriana" (Warner Bros.)
- Matt Dillon in "Crash" (Lionsgate)
- Paul Giamatti in "Cinderella Man" (Universal and Miramax)
- Jake Gyllenhaal in "Brokeback Mountain" (Focus Features)
- William Hurt in "A History of Violence" (New Line)
Supporting Actress
Rachel Weisz (AP/Wide World photo) - Amy Adams in "Junebug" (Sony Pictures Classics)
- Catherine Keener in "Capote" (UA/Sony Pictures Classics)
- Frances McDormand in "North Country" (Warner Bros.)
- Rachel Weisz in "The Constant Gardener" (Focus Features)
- Michelle Williams in "Brokeback Mountain" (Focus Features)
Original Screenplay
Bobby Moresco, Paul Haggis (Reuters photo) - "Crash" (Lionsgate) Screenplay by Paul Haggis & Bobby Moresco Story by Paul Haggis
- "Good Night, and Good Luck" Screenplay by George Clooney & Grant Heslov (Warner Independent Pictures)
- "Match Point" (DreamWorks) Written by Woody Allen
- "The Squid and the Whale" (Samuel Goldwyn Films and Sony Pictures Releasing) Written by Noah Baumbach
- "Syriana" (Warner Bros.) Written by Stephen Gaghan
Adapted Screenplay
Diana Ossana, Larry McMurtry (Reuters photo) - "Brokeback Mountain" (Focus Features) Screenplay by Larry McMurtry & Diana Ossana
- "Capote" (UA/Sony Pictures Classics) Screenplay by Dan Futterman
- "The Constant Gardener" (Focus Features) Screenplay by Jeffrey Caine
- "A History of Violence" (New Line) Screenplay by Josh Olson
- "Munich" (Universal and DreamWorks) Screenplay by Tony Kushner and Eric Roth
Art Direction
John Myrhe (AP/Wide World photo) - "Good Night, and Good Luck"
Art Direction: Jim Bissell (Warner Independent Pictures) Set Decoration: Jan Pascale
- "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire"
Art Direction: Stuart Craig (Warner Bros.) Set Decoration: Stephenie McMillan
- "King Kong"
Art Direction: Grant Major (Universal) Set Decoration: Dan Hennah and Simon Bright
- "Memoirs of a Geisha"
Art Direction: John Myhre (Sony Pictures Releasing) Set Decoration: Gretchen Rau
- "Pride & Prejudice"
Art Direction: Sarah Greenwood (Focus Features) Set Decoration: Katie Spencer
Cinematography
Dion Beebe (Reuters photo) - "Batman Begins" (Warner Bros.)
Wally Pfister
- "Brokeback Mountain" (Focus Features)
Rodrigo Prieto
- "Good Night, and Good Luck"
Robert Elswit (Warner Independent Pictures)
- "Memoirs of a Geisha" (Sony Pictures Releasing)
Dion Beebe
- "The New World" (New Line)
Emmanuel Lubezki
Costume Design
Colleen Atwood (AP/Wide World photo) - "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" (Warner Bros.)
Gabriella Pescucci
- "Memoirs of a Geisha" (Sony Pictures Releasing)
Colleen Atwood
- "Mrs. Henderson Presents" (The Weinstein Co.)
Sandy Powell
- "Pride & Prejudice" (Focus Features)
Jacqueline Durran
- "Walk the Line" (20th Century Fox)
Arianne Phillips
Editing
Hughes Winborne (Reuters photo) - "Cinderella Man" (Universal and Miramax)
Mike Hill and Dan Hanley
- "The Constant Gardener" (Focus Features)
Claire Simpson
- "Crash" (Lionsgate)
Hughes Winborne
- "Munich" (Universal and DreamWorks)
Michael Kahn
- "Walk the Line" (20th Century Fox)
Michael McCusker
Makeup
Howard Berger, Tami Lane (AP/Wide World photo) - "The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe" (Buena Vista)
Howard Berger and Tami Lane
- "Cinderella Man" (Universal and Miramax)
David Leroy Anderson and Lance Anderson
- "Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith"
Dave Elsey and Annette Miles (20th Century Fox)
Original Score
Gustavo Santaolalla (AP/Wide World photo) - "Brokeback Mountain" (Focus Features) Gustavo Santaolalla
- "The Constant Gardener" (Focus Features) Alberto Iglesias
- "Memoirs of a Geisha" (Sony Pictures Releasing) John Williams
- "Munich" (Universal and DreamWorks) John Williams
- "Pride & Prejudice" (Focus Features) Dario Marianelli
Original Song
Jordan Houston, Cedric Coleman and Paul Beauregard (Reuters photo) - "In the Deep" from "Crash"
Music by Kathleen "Bird" York and Michael Becker (Lionsgate) Lyric by Kathleen "Bird" York
- "It's Hard Out Here for a Pimp" from "Hustle & Flow"
Music and Lyric by Jordan Houston, Cedric Coleman and Paul Beauregard (Paramount Classics, MTV Films and New Deal Entertainment)
- "Travelin' Thru" from "Transamerica"
Music and Lyric by Dolly Parton (The Weinstein Company and IFC Films)
Sound
Christopher Boyes, Michael Semanick, Michael Hedges and Hammond Peek (Reuters photo) - "The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe" (Buena Vista) Terry Porter, Dean A. Zupancic and Tony Johnson
- "King Kong" (Universal) Christopher Boyes, Michael Semanick,
Michael Hedges and Hammond Peek
- "Memoirs of a Geisha" (Sony Pictures Releasing) Kevin O'Connell, Greg P. Russell, Rick Kline and John Pritchett
- "Walk the Line" (20th Century Fox) Paul Massey, D.M. Hemphill and Peter F. Kurland
- "War of the Worlds" (Paramount and DreamWorks) Andy Nelson, Anna Behlmer and Ronald Judkins
Sound Effects Editing
Mike Hopkins, Ethan Van der Ryn (Reuters photo) - "King Kong" (Universal) Mike Hopkins and Ethan Van der Ryn
- "Memoirs of a Geisha" (Sony Pictures Releasing) Wylie Stateman
- "War of the Worlds" (Paramount and DreamWorks) Richard King
Visual Effects
Joe Letteri, Brian Van't Hul, Christian Rivers, Richard Taylor (AP/Wide World photo) - "The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe" (Buena Vista) Dean Wright, Bill Westenhofer, Jim Berney and
Scott Farrar
- "King Kong" (Universal) Joe Letteri, Brian Van't Hul, Christian Rivers and
Richard Taylor
- "War of the Worlds" (Paramount and DreamWorks) Dennis Muren, Pablo Helman, Randy Dutra and
Daniel Sudick
Foreign-Language Film - "Don't Tell" Italy
A Cattleya/Rai Cinema Production
- "Joyeux Noël" France
A Nord-Ouest Production
- "Paradise Now" Palestine
An Augustus Film Production
- "Sophie Scholl — The Final Days" Germany
A Goldkind Filmproduktion and
Broth Film Production
- "Tsotsi" South Africa
A Moviworld Production
Documentary - Feature - "Darwin's Nightmare" (International Film Circuit) Hubert Sauper
A Mille et Une Production
- "Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room" Alex Gibney and Jason Kliot
(Magnolia Pictures)
An HDNet Films Production
- "March of the Penguins" (Warner Independent Pictures) Luc Jacquet and Yves Darondeau
A Bonne Pioche Production
- "Murderball" (THINKFilm) Henry-Alex Rubin and Dana Adam Shapiro
An Eat Films Production
- "Street Fight" Marshall Curry
A Marshall Curry Production
Documentary - Short Subject
Eric Simonson, Corinne Marrinan (AP/Wide World photo) - "The Death of Kevin Carter: Casualty Dan Krauss
of the Bang Bang Club"
A Dan Krauss Production
- "God Sleeps in Rwanda" Kimberlee Acquaro and Stacy Sherman
An Acquaro/Sherman Production
- "The Mushroom Club" Steven Okazaki
A Farallon Films Production
- "A Note of Triumph: The Golden Age of Norman Corwin" Corinne Marrinan and Eric Simonson
A NomaFilms Production
Animated Short Film - "Badgered" Sharon Colman
A National Film and Television
School Production
- "The Moon and the Son: An Imagined Conversation" John Canemaker and Peggy Stern
A John Canemaker Production
- "The Mysterious Geographic Explorations
of Jasper Morello" (Monster Distributes)
Anthony Lucas
A 3D Films Production
- "9" Shane Acker
A Shane Acker Production
- "One Man Band" Andrew Jimenez and Mark Andrews
A Pixar Animation Studios Production
Live Action Short Film
Martin McDonagh (AP/Wide World photo) - "Ausreisser (The Runaway)" Ulrike Grote
A Hamburg Media School,
Filmwerkstatt Production
- "Cashback" (The British Film Institute) Sean Ellis and Lene Bausager A Left Turn Films Production
- "The Last Farm" Rúnar Rúnarsson and Thor S. Sigurjónsson
A Zik Zak Filmworks Production
- "Our Time Is Up" Rob Pearlstein and Pia Clemente
A Station B Production
- "Six Shooter" (Sundance Film Channel) Martin McDonagh
A Missing in Action Films and
Funny Farm Films Production
- "Howl's Moving Castle" (Buena Vista)


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