Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
76TH AWARDS
Best motion picture of the year
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 Performance by an 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 Performance by an 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 Performance by an 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 Performance by an 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 Best animated feature film of the year
Brother Bear, Aaron Blaise and Robert Walker Finding Nemo, Andrew Stanton The Triplets of Belleville, Sylvain Chomet Achievement in 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 Achievement in 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 Achievement in 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 Achievement in 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 Best 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 Best documentary short subject
Asylum Sandy McLeod and Gini Reticker
Chernobyl Heart Maryann DeLeo
Ferry Tales Katja Esson Achievement in 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 Best foreign language film of the year
The Barbarian Invasions Canada
Evil Sweden
\The Twilight Samurai Japan
Twin Sisters The Netherlands
Želary Czech Republic Achievement in 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 Achievement in music written for motion pictures (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 Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original song)
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
Belleville Rendezvous from The Triplets of Belleville Music by Benoit Charest; Lyric by Sylvain Chomet
You Will Be My Ain True Love from Cold Mountain Music and Lyric by Sting Best animated short film
Boundin’ Bud Luckey (Pixar Animation Studios)
Destino Dominique Monfery and Roy Edward Disney (Walt Disney Pictures)
Gone Nutty Carlos Saldanha and John C. Donkin (Blue Sky Studios)
Harvie Krumpet Adam Elliot (Melodrama Pictures)
Nibbles Chris Hinton (Acme Filmworks) Best live action short film
Die Rote Jacke (The Red Jacket) Florian Baxmeyer
Most (The Bridge) Bobby Garabedian and William Zabka
Squash Lionel Bailliu
(A) Torzija [(A) Torsion] Stefan Arsenijević
Two Soldiers Aaron Schneider and Andrew J. Sacks Achievement in 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 Achievement in 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 Achievement in 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 Adapted screenplay
American Splendor Written by Robert Pulcini & 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 & Peter Jackson
Mystic River Screenplay by Brian Helgeland
Seabiscuit Written for the Screen by Gary Ross 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 & Kirsten Sheridan
Lost in Translation Written by Sofia Coppola
