Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

Actor in a Leading Role

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

Actor in a Supporting Role

• Josh Brolin in "Milk"
• Robert Downey Jr. in "Tropic Thunder"
• Philip Seymour Hoffman in "Doubt"
• Heath Ledger in "The Dark Knight"
• Michael Shannon in "Revolutionary Road"

Actress in a Leading Role

• Anne Hathaway in "Rachel Getting Married"
• Angelina Jolie in "Changeling"
• Melissa Leo in "Frozen River"
• Meryl Streep in "Doubt"
• Kate Winslet in "The Reader"

Actress in a Supporting Role

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

Animated Feature Film

• "Bolt" Chris Williams and Byron Howard
• "Kung Fu Panda"  John Stevenson and Mark Osborne
• "WALL-E" Andrew Stanton

Art Direction

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

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

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

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

Documentary (Feature)

• "The Betrayal (Nerakhoon)" 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

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

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

Foreign Language Film

• "The Baader Meinhof Complex" Germany
• "The Class" France
• "Departures" Japan
• "Revanche" Austria
• "Waltz with Bashir" Israel

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

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

Music (Original Song)

• "Down to Earth" from "WALL-E" Music by Peter Gabriel and Thomas Newman; Lyric by Peter Gabriel
• "Jai Ho" from "Slumdog Millionaire" Music by A.R. Rahman; Lyric by Gulzar
• "O Saya" from "Slumdog Millionaire" Music and Lyric by A.R. Rahman and Maya Arulpragasam                  
  

Best Picture

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

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

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

Sound Editing

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

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

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

Writing (Adapted Screenplay)

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

Writing (Original Screenplay)

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

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• Star indicates a win.