Oscars 2009 February 22, 2009

Highlights

8 Wins

Slumdog Millionaire Best Picture, Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Cinematography, Best Film Editing, Best Original Score, Best Original Song, Best Sound

3 Wins

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Best Production Design, Best Makeup and Hairstyling, Best Visual Effects

2 Wins

Milk Best Actor, Best Original Screenplay

2 Wins

The Dark Knight Best Supporting Actor, Best Sound Editing

1 Win

The Reader Best Actress

1 Win

Vicky Cristina Barcelona Best Supporting Actress

1 Win

WALL·E Best Animated Feature

1 Win

Departures Best International Feature

1 Win

The Duchess Best Costume Design

1 Win

Man on Wire Best Documentary Feature Film

1 Win

Smile Pinki Best Documentary Short Film

1 Win

La Maison en Petits Cubes Best Animated Short Film

1 Win

Toyland Best Live Action Short Film

Best Picture

🏆 Slumdog Millionaire Christian Colson

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Ceán Chaffin, Kathleen Kennedy, Frank Marshall

Frost/Nixon Eric Fellner, Brian Grazer, Ron Howard

Milk Bruce Cohen, Dan Jinks

The Reader Anthony Minghella, Donna Gigliotti, Redmond Morris, Sydney Pollack

Best Director

🏆 Danny Boyle Slumdog Millionaire

David Fincher The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Ron Howard Frost/Nixon

Gus Van Sant Milk

Stephen Daldry The Reader

Best Actor

🏆 Sean Penn Milk

Richard Jenkins The Visitor

Frank Langella Frost/Nixon

Brad Pitt The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Mickey Rourke The Wrestler

Best Actress

🏆 Kate Winslet The Reader

Anne Hathaway Rachel Getting Married

Angelina Jolie Changeling

Melissa Leo Frozen River

Meryl Streep Doubt

Best Supporting Actor

🏆 Heath Ledger The Dark Knight

Josh Brolin Milk

Robert Downey Jr. Tropic Thunder

Philip Seymour Hoffman Doubt

Michael Shannon Revolutionary Road

Best Supporting Actress

🏆 Penélope Cruz Vicky Cristina Barcelona

Amy Adams Doubt

Viola Davis Doubt

Taraji P. Henson The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Marisa Tomei The Wrestler

Best Original Screenplay

🏆 Milk Dustin Lance Black

Frozen River Courtney Hunt

Happy-Go-Lucky Mike Leigh

In Bruges Martin McDonagh

WALL·E Jim Reardon, Andrew Stanton, Andrew Stanton, Pete Docter

Best Adapted Screenplay

🏆 Slumdog Millionaire Simon Beaufoy

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Eric Roth, Robin Swicord

Doubt John Patrick Shanley

Frost/Nixon Peter Morgan

The Reader David Hare

Best Animated Feature

GG

🏆 WALL·E Andrew Stanton

Bolt Chris Williams, Byron Howard

Kung Fu Panda Mark Osborne, John Stevenson

Best International Feature

🏆 Departures Japan

Revanche Austria

Waltz with Bashir Israel

The Baader Meinhof Complex Germany

The Class France

Best Cinematography

🏆 Slumdog Millionaire Anthony Dod Mantle

Changeling Tom Stern

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Claudio Miranda

The Dark Knight Wally Pfister

The Reader Chris Menges, Roger Deakins

Best Film Editing

🏆 Slumdog Millionaire Chris Dickens

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Kirk Baxter, Angus Wall

The Dark Knight Lee Smith

Frost/Nixon Daniel P. Hanley, Mike Hill

Milk Elliot Graham

Best Original Score

🏆 Slumdog Millionaire A.R. Rahman

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Alexandre Desplat

Defiance James Newton Howard

Milk Danny Elfman

WALL·E Thomas Newman

Best Original Song

🏆 Slumdog Millionaire Jai Ho · Gulzar, A.R. Rahman

WALL·E Down to Earth · Thomas Newman, Peter Gabriel

Slumdog Millionaire O Saya · M.I.A., A.R. Rahman

Best Production Design

🏆 The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Donald Graham Burt, Victor J. Zolfo

Changeling James J. Murakami, Gary Fettis

The Dark Knight Nathan Crowley, Peter Lando

The Duchess Michael Carlin, Rebecca Alleway

Revolutionary Road Kristi Zea, Debra Schutt

Best Costume Design

🏆 The Duchess Michael O'Connor

Australia Catherine Martin

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Jacqueline West

Milk Danny Glicker

Revolutionary Road Albert Wolsky

Best Makeup and Hairstyling

🏆 The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Greg Cannom

The Dark Knight John Caglione Jr., Conor O'Sullivan

Hellboy II: The Golden Army Mike Elizalde, Thomas Floutz

Best Sound

🏆 Slumdog Millionaire Richard Pryke, Ian Tapp, Resul Pookutty

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Ren Klyce, David Parker, Michael Semanick, Mark Weingarten

The Dark Knight Ed Novick, Lora Hirschberg, Gary Rizzo

WALL·E Tom Myers, Ben Burtt, Michael Semanick

Wanted Chris Jenkins, Frank A. Montaño, Petr Forejt

Best Visual Effects

🏆 The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Burt Dalton, Craig Barron, Eric Barba, Steve Preeg

The Dark Knight Chris Corbould, Paul Franklin, Tim Webber, Nick Davis

Iron Man Ben Snow, Daniel Sudick, Shane Mahan, John Nelson

Best Documentary Feature Film

🏆 Man on Wire James Marsh, Simon Chinn

The Betrayal (Nerakhoon) Ellen Kuras, Thavisouk Phrasavath

Encounters at the End of the World Werner Herzog, Henry Kaiser

The Garden Scott Hamilton Kennedy

Trouble the Water Carl Deal, Tia Lessin

Best Documentary Short Film

🏆 Smile Pinki Megan Mylan

The Conscience of Nhem En Steven Okazaki

The Final Inch Irene Taylor, Tom Grant

The Witness from the Balcony of Room 306 Adam Pertofsky, Margaret Hyde

Best Animated Short Film

🏆 La Maison en Petits Cubes Kunio Kato

Lavatory Lovestory Konstantin Bronzit

Oktapodi Thierry Marchand, Emud Mokhberi

Presto Doug Sweetland

This Way Up Adam Foulkes, Alan Smith

Best Sound Editing

🏆 The Dark Knight Richard King

Iron Man Frank E. Eulner, Christopher Boyes

Slumdog Millionaire Glenn Freemantle, Tom Sayers

WALL·E Ben Burtt, Matthew Wood

Wanted Wylie Stateman