81st Annual Academy Awards Nominations (2009)

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  • Date of Ceremony: Sunday, February 22, 2009
  • For films released in: 2008
  • Nominations Announcement: Thursday, January 22, 2009
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Here is a complete list of nominations for the 81st Annual Academy Awards.

And the nominees are:

Best Picture

  • The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
    Kathleen Kennedy [Producer], Frank Marshall [Producer] and Ceán Chaffin [Producer]
  • Frost/Nixon
    Brian Grazer [Producer], Ron Howard [Producer] and Eric Fellner [Producer]
  • Milk
    Dan Jinks [Producer] and Bruce Cohen [Producer]
  • The Reader
    Anthony Minghella [Producer], Sydney Pollack [Producer], Donna Gigliotti [Producer] and Redmond Morris [Producer]
  • Slumdog Millionaire
    Christian Colson [Producer]

Best Directing

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

Best Actor in a Leading Role

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

Best Actress in a Leading Role

Best Actor in a Supporting Role

Best Actress in a Supporting Role

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

Best Animated Feature

  • Bolt
    Chris Williams [Director] and Byron Howard [Director]
  • Kung Fu Panda
    John Stevenson [Director] and Mark Osborne [Director]
  • WALL·E
    Andrew Stanton

Best Foreign Language Film

  • The Baader Meinhof Complex
  • The Class
  • Departures
  • Revanche
  • Waltz with Bashir

Best Art Direction

  • Changeling
    James J. Murakami [Art Direction] and Gary Fettis [Set Decoration]
  • The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
    Donald Graham Burt [Art Direction] and Victor J. Zolfo [Set Decoration]
  • The Dark Knight
    Nathan Crowley [Art Direction] and Peter Lando [Set Decoration]
  • The Duchess
    Michael Carlin [Art Direction] and Rebecca Alleway [Set Decoration]
  • Revolutionary Road
    Kristi Zea [Art Direction] and Debra Schutt [Set Decoration]

Best Cinematography

  • Changeling
    Tom Stern
  • The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
    Claudio Miranda
  • The Dark Knight
    Wally Pfister
  • The Reader
    Chris Menges and Roger Deakins
  • Slumdog Millionaire
    Anthony Dod Mantle

Best Costume Design

  • Australia
    Catherine Martin
  • The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
    Jacqueline West
  • The Duchess
    Michael O'Connor
  • Milk
    Danny Glicker
  • Revolutionary Road
    Albert Wolsky

Best Documentary (Feature)

  • The Betrayal
    Ellen Kuras and Thavisouk Phrasavath
  • Encounters at the End of the World
    Werner Herzog and Henry Kaiser
  • The Garden
    Scott Hamilton Kennedy
  • Man on Wire
    James Marsh and Simon Chinn
  • Trouble the Water
    Tia Lessin and Carl Deal

Best Documentary (Short Subject)

  • The Conscience of Nhem En
    Steven Okazaki
  • The Final Inch
    Irene Taylor Brodsky and Tom Grant
  • Smile Pinki
    Megan Mylan
  • The Witness - From the Balcony of Room 306
    Adam Pertofsky and Margaret Hyde

Best Film Editing

  • The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
    Kirk Baxter and Angus Wall
  • The Dark Knight
    Lee Smith
  • Frost/Nixon
    Mike Hill and Dan Hanley
  • Milk
    Elliot Graham
  • Slumdog Millionaire
    Chris Dickens

Best Makeup

  • The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
    Greg Cannom
  • The Dark Knight
    John Caglione Jr. and Conor O'Sullivan
  • Hellboy II: The Golden Army
    Mike Elizalde and Thom Floutz

Best Music (Original Score)

  • The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
    Alexandre Desplat
  • Defiance
    James Newton Howard
  • Milk
    Danny Elfman
  • Slumdog Millionaire
    A.R. Rahman
  • WALL·E
    Thomas Newman

Best Music (Original Song)

  • Slumdog Millionaire "Jai Ho"
    A.R. Rahman [Music] and Gulzar [Lyrics]
  • Slumdog Millionaire "O Saya"
    A.R. Rahman [Music and Lyrics] and Maya Arulpragasam [Music and Lyrics]
  • WALL·E "Down to Earth"
    Peter Gabriel [Music and Lyrics] and Thomas Newman [Music]

Best Short Film (Animated)

  • La Maison en Petits Cubes
    Kunio Kato
  • Lavatory - Lovestory
    Konstantin Bronzit
  • Oktapodi
    Emud Mokhberi and Thierry Marchand
  • Presto
    Doug Sweetland
  • This Way Up
    Alan Smith and Adam Foulkes

Best Short Film (Live Action)

  • Auf der Strecke (On the Line)
    Reto Caffi
  • Manon on the Asphalt
    Elizabeth Marre and Olivier Pont
  • New Boy
    Steph Green and Tamara Anghie
  • The Pig
    Tivi Magnusson and Dorte Høgh
  • Spielzeugland (Toyland)
    Jochen Alexander Freydank

Best Sound Editing

  • The Dark Knight
    Richard King
  • Iron Man
    Frank Eulner and Christopher Boyes
  • Slumdog Millionaire
    Tom Sayers
  • WALL·E
    Ben Burtt and Matthew Wood
  • Wanted
    Wylie Stateman

Best Sound Mixing

  • The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
    David Parker, Michael Semanick, Ren Klyce and Mark Weingarten
  • The Dark Knight
    Lora Hirschberg, Gary Rizzo and Ed Novick
  • Slumdog Millionaire
    Ian Tapp, Richard Pryke and Resul Pookutty
  • WALL·E
    Tom Myers, Michael Semanick and Ben Burtt
  • Wanted
    Chris Jenkins, Frank A. Montaño and Petr Forejt

Best Visual Effects

  • The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
    Eric Barba, Steve Preeg, Burt Dalton and Craig Barron
  • The Dark Knight
    Nick Davis, Chris Corbould, Tim Webber and Paul Franklin
  • Iron Man
    John Nelson, Ben Snow, Dan Sudick and Shane Mahan

Best Writing (Adapted Screenplay)

  • The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
    Eric Roth [Screenplay and Screen Story by] and Robin Swicord [Screen Story by]
  • Doubt
    John Patrick Shanley [Written by]
  • Frost/Nixon
    Peter Morgan [Screenplay by]
  • The Reader
    David Hare [Screenplay by]
  • Slumdog Millionaire
    Simon Beaufoy [Screenplay by]

Best Writing (Original Screenplay)

  • Frozen River
    Courtney Hunt [Written by]
  • Happy-Go-Lucky
    Mike Leigh [Written by]
  • In Bruges
    Martin McDonagh [Written by]
  • Milk
    Dustin Lance Black [Written by]
  • WALL·E
    Andrew Stanton [Screenplay and Original Story by], Jim Reardon [Screenplay by] and Pete Docter [Original Story by]
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