81st Academy Award Winners

81st Annual Academy Award 2009

SUPPORTING ACTRESS

WINNER: Penelope Cruz - Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Nominees:
Amy Adams - Doubt
Viola Davis - Doubt
Taraji P. Henson - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Marisa Tomei - The Wrestler

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

WINNER: Dustin Lance Black - Milk
Nominees:
Courtney Hunt - Frozen River
Mike Leigh - Happy-Go-Lucky
Martin McDonagh - In Bruges
Andrew Stanton - WALL-E

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

WINNER: Simon Beaufoy - Slumdog Millionaire
Nominees:
Eric Roth and Robin Swicord - Benjamin Button
John Patrick Shanley - Doubt
Peter Morgan - Frost/Nixon
David Hare - The Reader

ANIMATED FEATURE

WINNER: WALL-E
Nominees:
Bolt
Kung Fu Panda

BEST ANIMATED SHORT FILM

WINNER: La Maison En Petits Cubes
Nominees: Lavatory Lovestory
Oktapodi
Presto
This Way Up

BEST ART DIRECTION

WINNER: Benjamin Button
Nominees:
The Duchess
Dark Knight
The Changeling
Revolutionary Road

COSTUME DESIGN

WINNER: The Duchess
Nominees:
Australia
Benjamin Button
Milk
Revolutionary Road

BEST MAKEUP

WINNER: Benjamin Button
Nominees:
The Dark Knight
Hellboy II: The Golden Army

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

Winner: Slumdog Millionaire
Nominees:
Changeling
Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
The Reader

BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM

WINNER: Toyland
Nominees:
On The Line (Not the Lance bass one)
Manon on Asphalt
New Boy
The Pig

SUPPORTING ACTOR

Winner: Heath Ledger - The Dark Knight
Nominees:
Josh Brolin - Milk
Robert Downey Jr. - Tropic Thunder
Philip Seymour Hoffman - Doubt
Michael Shannon - Revolutionary Road

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE

Winner: Man on Wire
Nominees:
The Betrayal
Encounters at the End of the World
The Garden
Trouble the Water

BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT

Winner: Smile Pinki
Nominees:
The Conscience of Nehm En
The Final Inch
The Witness: From the Balcony of Room 306

VISUAL EFFECTS

Winner: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Nominees:
The Dark Knight
Iron Man

SOUND EDITING

Winner: The Dark Knight
Nominees:
Iron Man
Slumdog Millionaire
WALL-E
Wanted

SOUND MIXING

Winner: Slumdog Millionaire
Nominees:
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
WALL-E
Wanted

FILM EDITING

Winner: Slumdog Millionaire
Nominees:
Frost/Nixon
The Dark Knight
Milk
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

ORIGINAL SCORE

Wiineer: Slumdog Millionaire
Nominees:
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Defiance
Milk
WALL-E

ORIGINAL SONG

Winner: “Jai Ho” — Slumdog Millionaire
Nominees:
“Down to Earth” — WALL-E
“O Saya” — Slumdog Millionaire

FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM

Winner: Departures
Nominees:
The Baader Meinhof Complex
The Class
Revanche
Waltz with Bashir

DIRECTING

Winner: Slumdog Millionaire — Danny Boyle
Nominees:
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button — David Fincher
Frost/Nixon — Ron Howard
Milk — Gus Van Sant
The Reader — Stephen Daldry

ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE

Winner:Kate Winslet — The Reader
Nominees:
Anne Hathaway — Rachel Getting Married
Angelina Jolie — Changeling
Melissa Leo — Frozen River
Meryl Streep — Doubt

ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE

Winner: Sean Penn — Milk
Nominees:
Richard Jenkins — The Visitor
Frank Langella — Frost/Nixon
Brad Pitt — The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Mickey Rourke — The Wrestler

BEST PICTURE

Winner: Slumdog Millionaire
Nominees:
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Frost/Nixon
Milk
The Reader



A.R. RAHMAN OSCAR 2009 [ Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Score]