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2008 Academy Award nominations and winners

(All photos by Reuters)
(Winners in red)


 
Ethan Coen, Scott Rudin and Joel Coen
Picture
  • "Atonement" (Focus Features)
    A Working Title Production
    Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner and Paul Webster, producers
  • "Juno" (Fox Searchlight)
    A Dancing Elk Pictures, LLC Production
    Lianne Halfon, Mason Novick and Russell Smith, producers
  • "Michael Clayton" (Warner Bros.)
    A Clayton Productions, LLC Production
    Sydney Pollack, Jennifer Fox and Kerry Orent, producers
  • "No Country for Old Men" (Miramax and Paramount Vantage)
    A Scott Rudin/Mike Zoss Production
    Scott Rudin, Ethan Coen and Joel Coen, producers

  • "There Will Be Blood" (Paramount Vantage and Miramax)
    A JoAnne Sellar/Ghoulardi Film Company Production
    JoAnne Sellar, Paul Thomas Anderson and Daniel Lupi, producers


 
“Ratatouille” writer-director Brad Bird
Animated Feature Film
  • "Persepolis" (Sony Pictures Classics)
    Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud
  • "Ratatouille" (Walt Disney)
    Brad Bird
  • "Surf's Up" (Sony Pictures Releasing)
    Ash Brannon and Chris Buck

 
Ethan and Joel Coen
Director
  • Julian Schnabel -- "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly"
    (Miramax/Pathé Renn)
  • Jason Reitman -- "Juno" (Fox Searchlight)
  • Tony Gilroy -- "Michael Clayton" (Warner Bros.)
  • Joel Coen and Ethan Coen -- "No Country for Old Men"
    (Miramax and Paramount Vantage)
  • Paul Thomas Anderson -- "There Will Be Blood"
    (Paramount Vantage and Miramax)

 
Daniel Day-Lewis
Actor
  • George Clooney in "Michael Clayton" (Warner Bros.)
  • Daniel Day-Lewis in "There Will Be Blood"
    (Paramount Vantage and Miramax)
  • Johnny Depp in "Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street"
    (DreamWorks and Warner Bros., Distributed by DreamWorks/Paramount)
  • Tommy Lee Jones in "In the Valley of Elah" (Warner Independent)
  • Viggo Mortensen in "Eastern Promises" (Focus Features)

 
Marion Cotillard
Actress
  • Cate Blanchett in "Elizabeth: The Golden Age" (Universal)
  • Julie Christie in "Away from Her" (Lionsgate)
  • Marion Cotillard in "La Vie en Rose" (Picturehouse)
  • Laura Linney in "The Savages" (Fox Searchlight)
  • Ellen Page in "Juno" (Fox Searchlight)

 
Javier Bardem
Supporting Actor
  • Casey Affleck in "The Assassination of Jesse James
    by the Coward Robert Ford" (Warner Bros.)
  • Javier Bardem in "No Country for Old Men"
    (Miramax and Paramount Vantage)
  • Hal Holbrook in "Into the Wild"
    (Paramount Vantage and River Road Entertainment)
  • Philip Seymour Hoffman in "Charlie Wilson's War" (Universal)
  • Tom Wilkinson in "Michael Clayton" (Warner Bros.)

 
Tilda Swinton
Supporting Actress
  • Cate Blanchett in "I'm Not There" (The Weinstein Company)
  • Ruby Dee in "American Gangster" (Universal)
  • Saoirse Ronan in "Atonement" (Focus Features)
  • Amy Ryan in "Gone Baby Gone" (Miramax)
  • Tilda Swinton in "Michael Clayton" (Warner Bros.)

 
Diablo Cody
Original Screenplay
  • "Juno" (Fox Searchlight) -- Written by Diablo Cody
  • "Lars and the Real Girl" (MGM) -- Written by Nancy Oliver
  • "Michael Clayton" (Warner Bros.) -- Written by Tony Gilroy
  • "Ratatouille" (Walt Disney) -- Screenplay by Brad Bird,
    story by Jan Pinkava,Jim Capobianco, Brad Bird
  • "The Savages" (Fox Searchlight) -- Written by Tamara Jenkins

 
Ethan and Joel Coen
Adapted Screenplay
  • "Atonement" (Focus Features) -- Screenplay by Christopher Hampton
  • "Away from Her" (Lionsgate) -- Written by Sarah Polley
  • "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly" (Miramax/Pathé Renn),
    Screenplay by Ronald Harwood
  • "No Country for Old Men" (Miramax and Paramount Vantage),
    Written for the screen by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen
  • "There Will Be Blood" (Paramount Vantage and Miramax),
    Written for the screen by Paul Thomas Anderson

 
Francesca Lo Schiavo (left) and Dante Ferretti
Art Direction
  • "American Gangster" (Universal)
    Art Direction: Arthur Max; Set Decoration: Beth A. Rubino
  • "Atonement" (Focus Features)
    Art Direction: Sarah Greenwood; Set Decoration: Katie Spencer
  • "The Golden Compass"
    (New Line in association with Ingenious Film Partners)
    Art Direction: Dennis Gassner; Set Decoration: Anna Pinnock
  • "Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street"
    (DreamWorks and Warner Bros., Distributed by DreamWorks/Paramount)

    Art Direction: Dante Ferretti; Set Decoration: Francesca Lo Schiavo
  • "There Will Be Blood" (Paramount Vantage and Miramax)
    Art Direction: Jack Fisk; Set Decoration: Jim Erickson

 
Robert Elswit
Cinematography
  • Roger Deakins -- "The Assassination of Jesse James
    by the Coward Robert Ford" (Warner Bros.)
  • Seamus McGarvey -- "Atonement" (Focus Features)
  • Janusz Kaminski -- "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly"
    (Miramax/Pathé Renn)
  • Roger Deakins -- "No Country for Old Men"
    (Miramax and Paramount Vantage)
  • Robert Elswit -- "There Will Be Blood"
    (Paramount Vantage and Miramax)


 
Alexandra Byrne
Costume Design
  • "Across the Universe" (Sony Pictures Releasing) -- Albert Wolsky
  • "Atonement" (Focus Features) -- Jacqueline Durran
  • "Elizabeth: The Golden Age" (Universal) -- Alexandra Byrne
  • "La Vie en Rose" (Picturehouse) -- Marit Allen
  • "Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street"
    (DreamWorks and Warner Bros., Distributed by DreamWorks/Paramount) -- Colleen Atwood

 
Christopher Rouse
Editing
  • Christopher Rouse -- "The Bourne Ultimatum" (Universal)
  • Juliette Welfing -- "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly"
    (Miramax/Pathé Renn)
  • Jay Cassidy -- "Into the Wild"
    (Paramount Vantage and River Road Entertainment)
  • Roderick Jaynes -- "No Country for Old Men"
    (Miramax and Paramount Vantage)
  • Dylan Tichenor -- "There Will Be Blood"
    (Paramount Vantage and Miramax)

 
Jan Archibald (left) and Didier Lavergne
Makeup
  • "La Vie en Rose" (Picturehouse)
    Didier Lavergne and Jan Archibald
  • "Norbit" (DreamWorks, Distributed by Paramount)
    Rick Baker and Kazuhiro Tsuji
  • "Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End" (Walt Disney)
    Ve Neill and Martin Samuel

 
Dario Marianelli
Original Score
  • Dario Marianelli -- "Atonement" (Focus Features)
  • Alberto Iglesias -- "The Kite Runner" (DreamWorks, Sidney Kimmel Entertainment and Participant Productions, Distributed by Paramount Classics)
  • James Newton Howard -- "Michael Clayton" (Warner Bros.)
  • Michael Giacchino -- "Ratatouille" (Walt Disney)
  • Marco Beltrami -- "3:10 to Yuma" (Lionsgate)

 
Glen Hansard (left) and Marketa Irglova
Original Song
  • "Falling Slowly" from "Once" (Fox Searchlight)
    Music and Lyric by Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova
  • "Happy Working Song" from "Enchanted" (Walt Disney)
    Music by Alan Menken Lyric by Stephen Schwartz
  • "Raise It Up" from "August Rush" (Warner Bros.) Nominees to be determined
  • "So Close" from "Enchanted" (Walt Disney)
    Music by Alan Menken Lyric by Stephen Schwartz
  • "That's How You Know" from "Enchanted" (Walt Disney)
    Music by Alan Menken Lyric by Stephen Schwartz

 
(From left) Kirk Francis, Scott Millan, David Parker
Sound
  • "The Bourne Ultimatum" (Universal)
    Scott Millan, David Parker and Kirk Francis
  • "No Country for Old Men" (Miramax and Paramount Vantage)
    Skip Lievsay, Craig Berkey, Greg Orloff and Peter Kurland
  • "Ratatouille" (Walt Disney)
    Randy Thom, Michael Semanick and Doc Kane
  • "3:10 to Yuma" (Lionsgate)
    Paul Massey, David Giammarco and Jim Stuebe
  • "Transformers" (DreamWorks and Paramount in association with Hasbro)
    Kevin O'Connell, Greg P. Russell and Peter J. Devlin

 
Karen Baker Landers (left) and Per Hallberg
Sound Effects Editing
  • "The Bourne Ultimatum" (Universal)
    Karen Baker Landers and Per Hallberg
  • "No Country for Old Men" (Miramax and Paramount Vantage)
    Skip Lievsay
  • "Ratatouille" (Walt Disney)
    Randy Thom and Michael Silvers
  • "There Will Be Blood" (Paramount Vantage and Miramax)
    Matthew Wood
  • "Transformers" (DreamWorks and Paramount in association with Hasbro) -- Ethan Van der Ryn and Mike Hopkins

 
(From left) Michael Fink, Bill Westenhofer, Ben Morris, Trevor Wood
Visual Effects
  • "The Golden Compass"
    (New Line in association with Ingenious Film Partners)

    Michael Fink, Bill Westenhofer, Ben Morris and Trevor Wood
  • "Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End" (Walt Disney)
    John Knoll, Hal Hickel, Charles Gibson and John Frazier
  • "Transformers" (DreamWorks and Paramount in association with Hasbro) -- Scott Farrar, Scott Benza, Russell Earl and John Frazier

 
Stefan Ruzowitzky
Foreign-Language Film
  • "Beaufort" (A Metro Communications, Movie Plus Production -- Israel)
  • "The Counterfeiters" (An Aichholzer Filmproduktion, Magnolia Filmproduktion Production -- Austria)
  • "Katyn?" (An Akson Studio Production -- Poland)
  • "Mongol" (A Eurasia Film Production -- Kazakhstan)
  • "12" (A Three T Production -- Russia)

Documentary - Feature
  • "No End in Sight" (Magnolia Pictures) A Representational Pictures Production; Charles Ferguson and Audrey Marrs
  • "Operation Homecoming: Writing the Wartime Experience" (The Documentary Group)
    A Documentary Group Production; Richard E. Robbins
  • "Sicko" (Lionsgate and The Weinstein Company)
    A Dog Eat Dog Films Production; Michael Moore and Meghan O'Hara
  • "Taxi to the Dark Side" (THINKFilm) An X-Ray Production; Alex Gibney and Eva Orner
  • "War/Dance" (THINKFilm) A Shine Global and Fine Films Production; Andrea Nix Fine and Sean Fine

Documentary - Short Subject
  • "Freeheld" A Lieutenant Films Production; Cynthia Wade and Vanessa Roth
  • "La Corona (The Crown)" A Runaway Films and Vega Films Production; Amanda Micheli and Isabel Vega
  • "Salim Baba" A Ropa Vieja Films and Paradox Smoke Production; Tim Sternberg and Francisco Bello
  • "Sari's Mother" (Cinema Guild) A Daylight Factory Production; James Longley

Animated Short Film
  • "I Met the Walrus" (A Kids & Explosions Production) -- Josh Raskin
  • "Madame Tutli-Putli" (National Film Board of Canada) -- Chris Lavis and Maciek Szczerbowski
  • "Meme Les Pigeons Vont au Paradis (Even Pigeons Go to Heaven)" (Premium Films)
    A BUF Compagnie Production -- Samuel Tourneux and Simon Vanesse
  • "My Love (Moya Lyubov)" (Channel One Russia)
    A Dago-Film Studio, Channel One Russia and Dentsu Tec Production -- Alexander Petrov
  • "Peter & the Wolf" (BreakThru Films) A BreakThru Films/Se-ma-for Studios Production
    Suzie Templeton and Hugh Welchman

Live Action Short Film
  • "At Night" (A Zentropa Entertainments 10 Production) -- Christian E. Christiansen and Louise Vesth
  • "Il Supplente (The Substitute)" (Sky Cinema Italia)
    A Frame by Frame Italia Production -- Andrea Jublin
  • "Le Mozart des Pickpockets (The Mozart of Pickpockets)" (Premium Films)
    A Kare Production -- Philippe Pollet-Villard
  • "Tanghi Argentini" (Premium Films)
    An Another Dimension of an Idea Production -- Guido Thys and Anja Daelemans
  • "The Tonto Woman" A Knucklehead, Little Mo and Rose Hackney Barber Production -- Daniel Barber and Matthew Brown


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