Entertainment
Oscar Nominations
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
- NOMINATIONS BY CATEGORY - 78TH AWARDS
Performance by an actor in a leading role
Philip Seymour Hoffman in “Capote” (UA/Sony Pictures Classics)
Terrence Howard in “Hustle & Flow” (Paramount Classics, MTV Films and New Deal Entertainment)
Heath Ledger in “Brokeback Mountain” (Focus Features)
Joaquin Phoenix in “Walk the Line” (20th Century Fox)
David Strathairn in “Good Night, and Good Luck.” (Warner Independent Pictures)
Performance by an actor in a supporting role
George Clooney in “Syriana” (Warner Bros.)
Matt Dillon in “Crash” (Lions Gate)
Paul Giamatti in “Cinderella Man” (Universal and Miramax)
Jake Gyllenhaal in “Brokeback Mountain” (Focus Features)
William Hurt in “A History of Violence” (New Line)
Performance by an actress in a leading role
Judi Dench in “Mrs. Henderson Presents” (The Weinstein Company)
Felicity Huffman in “Transamerica” (The Weinstein Company and IFC Films)
Keira Knightley in “Pride & Prejudice” (Focus Features)
Charlize Theron in “North Country” (Warner Bros.)
Reese Witherspoon in “Walk the Line” (20th Century Fox)
Performance by an actress in a supporting role
Amy Adams in “Junebug” (Sony Pictures Classics)
Catherine Keener in “Capote” (UA/Sony Pictures Classics)
Frances McDormand in “North Country” (Warner Bros.)
Rachel Weisz in “The Constant Gardener” (Focus Features)
Michelle Williams in “Brokeback Mountain” (Focus Features)
Best animated feature film of the year
“Howl’s Moving Castle” (Buena Vista) Hayao Miyazaki
“Tim Burton’s Corpse Bride” (Warner Bros.) Tim Burton and Mike Johnson
“Wallace & Gromit in the Curse of the Were-Rabbit”
(DreamWorks Animation SKG)
Nick Park and Steve Box
Achievement in art direction
“Good Night, and Good Luck.”
(Warner Independent Pictures)
Art Direction:
Set Decoration:
Jim Bissell
Jan Pascale
“Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire”
(Warner Bros.)
Art Direction:
Set Decoration:
Stuart Craig
Stephenie McMillan
“King Kong”
(Universal)
Art Direction:
Set Decoration:
Grant Major
Dan Hennah and
Simon Bright
“Memoirs of a Geisha”
(Sony Pictures Releasing)
Art Direction:
Set Decoration:
John Myhre
Gretchen Rau
“Pride & Prejudice”
(Focus Features)
Art Direction:
Set Decoration:
Sarah Greenwood
Katie Spencer
Achievement in cinematography
“Batman Begins” (Warner Bros.) Wally Pfister
“Brokeback Mountain” (Focus Features) Rodrigo Prieto
“Good Night, and Good Luck.”
(Warner Independent Pictures)
Robert Elswit
“Memoirs of a Geisha” (Sony Pictures Releasing) Dion Beebe
“The New World” (New Line) Emmanuel Lubezki
Achievement in costume design
“Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” (Warner Bros.) Gabriella Pescucci
“Memoirs of a Geisha” (Sony Pictures Releasing) Colleen Atwood
“Mrs. Henderson Presents” (The Weinstein Company) Sandy Powell
“Pride & Prejudice” (Focus Features) Jacqueline Durran
“Walk the Line” (20th Century Fox) Arianne Phillips
Achievement in directing
“Brokeback Mountain” (Focus Features) Ang Lee
“Capote” (UA/Sony Pictures Classics) Bennett Miller
“Crash” (Lions Gate) Paul Haggis
“Good Night, and Good Luck.”
(Warner Independent Pictures)
George Clooney
“Munich” (Universal and DreamWorks) Steven Spielberg
Best documentary feature
“Darwin’s Nightmare” (International Film Circuit)
A Mille et Une Production
Hubert Sauper
“Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room”
(Magnolia Pictures)
An HDNet Films Production
Alex Gibney and Jason Kliot
“March of the Penguins” (Warner Independent Pictures)
A Bonne Pioche Production
Luc Jacquet and Yves Darondeau
“Murderball” (THINKFilm)
An Eat Films Production
Henry-Alex Rubin and Dana Adam Shapiro
“Street Fight”
A Marshall Curry Production
Marshall Curry
Best documentary short subject
“The Death of Kevin Carter: Casualtyof the Bang Bang Club”
A Dan Krauss Production
Dan Krauss
“God Sleeps in Rwanda”
An Acquaro/Sherman Production
Kimberlee Acquaro and Stacy Sherman
“The Mushroom Club”
A Farallon Films Production
Steven Okazaki
“A Note of Triumph: The Golden Age
of Norman Corwin”
A NomaFilms Production
Corinne Marrinan and Eric Simonson
Achievement in film editing
“Cinderella Man” (Universal and Miramax)
“The Constant Gardener” (Focus Features)
“Crash” (Lions Gate)
“Munich” (Universal and DreamWorks)
“Walk the Line” (20th Century Fox)
Mike Hill and Dan Hanley
Claire Simpson
Hughes Winborne
Michael Kahn
Michael McCusker
Best foreign language film of the year
“Don’t Tell”
A Cattleya/Rai Cinema Production
“Joyeux Noël”
A Nord-Ouest Production
“Paradise Now”
An Augustus Film Production
“Sophie Scholl - The Final Days”
A Goldkind Filmproduktion and
Broth Film Production
“Tsotsi”
A Moviworld Production
Italy
France
Palestine
Germany
South Africa
Achievement in makeup
“The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch Howard Berger and Tami Lane
and the Wardrobe” (Buena Vista)
“Cinderella Man” (Universal and Miramax) David Leroy Anderson and Lance Anderson
“Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith” Dave Elsey and Nikki Gooley
(20th Century Fox)
Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original score)
“Brokeback Mountain” (Focus Features) Gustavo Santaolalla
“The Constant Gardener” (Focus Features) Alberto Iglesias
“Memoirs of a Geisha” (Sony Pictures Releasing) John Williams
“Munich” (Universal and DreamWorks) John Williams
“Pride & Prejudice” (Focus Features) Dario Marianelli
Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original song)
“In the Deep” from Music by Kathleen “Bird” York and Michael Becker
“Crash” (Lions Gate) Lyric by Kathleen “Bird” York
“It’s Hard Out Here for a Pimp” from Music and Lyric by Jordan Houston, Cedric Coleman
“Hustle & Flow” and Paul Beauregard
(Paramount Classics, MTV Films and
New Deal Entertainment)
“Travelin’ Thru” from Music and Lyric by Dolly Parton
“Transamerica”
(The Weinstein Company and IFC Films)
Best motion picture of the year
“Brokeback Mountain” (Focus Features) Diana Ossana and James Schamus, Producers
A River Road Entertainment Production
“Capote” (UA/Sony Pictures Classics) Caroline Baron, William Vince and Michael Ohoven,
An A-Line Pictures/Cooper’s Town/ Producers
Infinity Media Production
“Crash” (Lions Gate) Paul Haggis and Cathy Schulman, Producers
A Bob Yari/DEJ/Blackfriar’s Bridge/
Harris Company/ApolloProscreen
GmbH & Co./Bull’s Eye Entertainment
Production
“Good Night, and Good Luck.” Grant Heslov, Producer
(Warner Independent Pictures)
A Good Night Good Luck LLC Production
“Munich” (Universal and DreamWorks) Kathleen Kennedy, Steven Spielberg and
A Universal Pictures/DreamWorks Barry Mendel, Producers
Pictures Production
Best animated short film
“Badgered”
A National Film and Television
School Production
Sharon Colman
“The Moon and the Son: An Imagined
Conversation”
A John Canemaker Production
John Canemaker and Peggy Stern
“The Mysterious Geographic Explorationsof Jasper Morello” (Monster Distributes)
A 3D Films Production
Anthony Lucas
“9”
A Shane Acker Production
Shane Acker
“One Man Band”
A Pixar Animation Studios Production
Andrew Jimenez and Mark Andrews
Best live action short film
“Ausreisser (The Runaway)”
A Hamburg Media School,
Filmwerkstatt Production
Ulrike Grote
“Cashback” (The British Film Institute)
A Left Turn Films Production
Sean Ellis and Lene Bausager
“The Last Farm”
A Zik Zak Filmworks Production
Rúnar Rúnarsson and Thor S. Sigurjónsson
“Our Time Is Up”
A Station B Production
Rob Pearlstein and Pia Clemente
“Six Shooter” (Sundance Film Channel)
A Missing in Action Films and
Funny Farm Films Production
Martin McDonagh
Achievement in sound editing
“King Kong” (Universal) Mike Hopkins and Ethan Van der Ryn
“Memoirs of a Geisha” (Sony Pictures Releasing) Wylie Stateman
“War of the Worlds” (Paramount and DreamWorks) Richard King
William Hoehne
