Academy Awards

annual awards for cinematic achievements

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2009 edition

• Academy Award for Best Visual Effects

  🏆 Burt Dalton

  🏆 Craig Barron

  🏆 Eric Barba

  🏆 Steve Preeg

  For the film: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

  Also nominated: Ben Snow · Chris Corbould · Daniel Sudick · Iron Man · John Nelson · Nick Davis · Paul Franklin · Shane Mahan · The Dark Knight · Tim Webber

• Academy Award for Best Sound

  🏆 Ian Tapp

  🏆 Resul Pookutty

  🏆 Richard Pryke

  For the film: Slumdog Millionaire

  Also nominated: Ben Burtt · Chris Jenkins · David Parker · Ed Novick · Frank A. Montaño · Gary Rizzo · Lora Hirschberg · Mark Weingarten · Michael Semanick · Wanted · Petr Forejt · Ren Klyce · The Curious Case of Benjamin Button · The Dark Knight · Tom Myers · WALL·E

• Academy Award for Best Production Design

  🏆 Donald Graham Burt

  🏆 Victor J. Zolfo

  For the film: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

  Also nominated: The Duchess · Changeling · Debra Schutt · Gary Fettis · James J. Murakami · Kristi Zea · Michael Carlin · Nathan Crowley · Peter Lando · Rebecca Alleway · Revolutionary Road · The Dark Knight

• Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film

  🏆 Kunio Katō

  For the film: La Maison en Petits Cubes

  Also nominated: Adam Foulkes · Alan Smith · Doug Sweetland · Emud Mokhberi · Konstantin Bronzit · Lavatory Lovestory · Oktapodi · Presto · Thierry Marchand · This Way Up

• Academy Award for Best Cinematography

  🏆 Anthony Dod Mantle

  For the film: Slumdog Millionaire

  Also nominated: Changeling · Chris Menges · Claudio Miranda · The Reader · Roger Deakins · The Curious Case of Benjamin Button · The Dark Knight · Tom Stern · Wally Pfister

• Academy Award for Best Costume Design

  🏆 Michael O'Connor

  For the film: The Duchess

  Also nominated: Albert Wolsky · Australia · Catherine Martin · Danny Glicker · Jacqueline West · Milk · Revolutionary Road · The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

• Academy Award for Best Director

  🏆 Danny Boyle

  For the film: Slumdog Millionaire

  Also nominated: David Fincher · Frost/Nixon · Gus Van Sant · Milk · The Reader · Ron Howard · Stephen Daldry · The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

• Academy Award for Best Documentary (Short Subject)

  🏆 Megan Mylan

  For the film: Smile Pinki

  Also nominated: Adam Pertofsky · Irene Taylor · Margaret Hyde · Steven Okazaki · The Conscience of Nhem En · The Final Inch · The Witness from the Balcony of Room 306 · Tom Grant

• Academy Award for Best Film Editing

  🏆 Chris Dickens

  For the film: Slumdog Millionaire

  Also nominated: Angus Wall · Daniel P. Hanley · Elliot Graham · Frost/Nixon · Kirk Baxter · Lee Smith · Mike Hill · Milk · The Curious Case of Benjamin Button · The Dark Knight

• Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film

  🏆 Jochen Alexander Freydank

  For the film: Toyland

  Also nominated: Auf der Strecke · Dorte Warnøe Høgh · Elizabeth Marre · Grisen · Manon sur le bitume · New Boy · Olivier Pont · Reto Caffi · Steph Green · Tamara Anghie · Tivi Magnusson

• Academy Award for Best Makeup and Hairstyling

  🏆 Greg Cannom

  For the film: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

  Also nominated: Conor O'Sullivan · Hellboy II: The Golden Army · John Caglione Jr. · Mike Elizalde · The Dark Knight · Thom Floutz

• Academy Award for Best Original Score

  🏆 A.R. Rahman

  For the film: Slumdog Millionaire

  Also nominated: Alexandre Desplat · Danny Elfman · Defiance · James Newton Howard · Milk · The Curious Case of Benjamin Button · Thomas Newman · WALL·E

• Academy Award for Best Picture

  🏆 Christian Colson

  For the film: Slumdog Millionaire

  Also nominated: Anthony Minghella · Brian Grazer · Bruce Cohen · Ceán Chaffin · Dan Jinks · Donna Gigliotti · Eric Fellner · Frank Marshall · Frost/Nixon · Kathleen Kennedy · Milk · The Reader · Redmond Morris · Ron Howard · Sydney Pollack · The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

• Academy Award for Best Sound Editing

  🏆 Richard King

  For the film: The Dark Knight

  Also nominated: Ben Burtt · Christopher Boyes · Frank E. Eulner · Glenn Freemantle · Iron Man · Matthew Wood · Wanted · Slumdog Millionaire · Tom Sayers · WALL·E · Wylie Stateman

• Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor

  🏆 Heath Ledger

  For the film: The Dark Knight

  Also nominated: Doubt · Josh Brolin · Michael Shannon · Milk · Philip Seymour Hoffman · Revolutionary Road · Tropic Thunder

• Academy Scientific and Technical Award

  🏆 Paul Debevec

  🏆 Tamás Perlaki

• Academy Award for Technical Achievement

  🏆 Tim Hawkins

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