Archive for the ‘Academy Awards’ Category

2008 Oscar Winners

Saturday, June 14th, 2008

Best Costume Design
Alexandra Byrne, Elizabeth: The Golden Age (Universal)
Best Animated Feature
Ratatouille (Walt Disney/Pixar), Brad Bird

Best Makeup
Didier Lavergne and Jan Archibald, La Vie En Rose (Picturehouse)

Best Visual Effects
Michael Fink, Bill Westenhofer, Ben Morris, Trevor Wood, The Golden Compass (New Line)
Best Art Direction
Art Direction: Dante Ferretti, Set Decoration: Francesca Lo Schiavo, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber Of Fleet Street (DreamWorks/Paramount)
Best Performance By An Actor In A Supporting Role
Javier Bardem, No Country For Old Men (Paramount Vantage/Miramax)

Best Live Action Short Film
Le Mozart des Pickpockets (Premium Films), Philippe Pollet-Villard

Best Animated Short Film
Peter & The Wolf (BreakThru Films), Suzie Templeton and Hugh

Best Performance By An Actress In A Supporting Role
Tilda Swinton, Michael Clayton (Warner Bros)

Best Adapted Screenplay
Joel & Ethan Coen, No Country For Old Men (Paramount Vantage/Miramax)

Best Sounding Editing
Karen Baker Landers and Per Hallberg, The Bourne Ultimatum (Universal)

Best Sound Mixing
Scott Milan, David Parker and Kirk Francis, The Bourne Ultimatum (Universal)

Best Performance By An Actress In A Leading Role
Marion Cotillard, La View En Rose(Picturehouse)
Best Film Editing
Christopher Rouse, The Bourne Ultimatum (Universal)

Best Foreign Language Film Of The Year The Counterfeiters - Austria
Best Achievement In Music Written For Motion Pictures (Original Song)
“Falling Slowly”, Once (Fox Searchlight), music and lyric by Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova
Best Achievement In Cinematography
Robert Elswit, There Will Be Blood (Paramount Vantage/Miramax

Best Achievement In Music Written For Motion Pictures (Original Score)
Dario Marianelli, Atonement (Focus Features)
Best Documentary Short Subject
Freeheld (A Lieutenant Films Production), Cynthia Wade and Vanessa Roth

Best Documentary Feature
Taxi To The Dark Side (THINKFilm), (An X-Ray Production), Alex Gibney and Eva Orner

Best Original Screenplay
Diablo Cody, Juno (Fox Searchlight)

Best Performance By An Actor In A Leading Role
Daniel Day-Lewis, There Will Be Blood (Paramount Vantage/Miramax)

Best Achievement In Directing
Joel & Ethan Coen, No Country For Old Men (Paramount vantage/Miramax)
Best Picture
There Will Be Blood (Paramount Vantage/Miramax)

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