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2002

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The 74th Academy Awards | 2002
Kodak Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center
Sunday, March 24, 2002
Honoring movies released in 2001
Highlights
Honorary Award

Sidney Poitier receives an Honorary Award

ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
Training Day

Denzel Washington Wins Best Actor

Best ORIGINAL SONG
Monsters, Inc.

"If I Didn't Have You" from Monsters, Inc. Wins Best Song

Memorable Moments
Halle Berry and Denzel Washington
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Best Actress winner for Monster's Ball and Best Actor winner for Training Day

Ron Howard and Brian Grazer
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Best Picture winners for A Beautiful Mind

Jim Broadbent and Jennifer Connelly
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Supporting Actor winner for Iris and Supporting Actress winner for A Beautiful Mind

WINNERS & NOMINEES
Actor in a Leading Role
Winner
Denzel Washington
Training Day
Nominees
Russell Crowe
A Beautiful Mind
Nominees
Sean Penn
I Am Sam
Nominees
Will Smith
Ali
Nominees
Tom Wilkinson
In the Bedroom
Actor in a Supporting Role
Winner
Jim Broadbent
Iris
Nominees
Ethan Hawke
Training Day
Nominees
Ben Kingsley
Sexy Beast
Nominees
Ian McKellen
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Nominees
Jon Voight
Ali
Actress in a Leading Role
Winner
Halle Berry
Monster's Ball
Nominees
Judi Dench
Iris
Nominees
Nicole Kidman
Moulin Rouge
Nominees
Sissy Spacek
In the Bedroom
Nominees
Renée Zellweger
Bridget Jones's Diary
Actress in a Supporting Role
Winner
Jennifer Connelly
A Beautiful Mind
Nominees
Helen Mirren
Gosford Park
Nominees
Maggie Smith
Gosford Park
Nominees
Marisa Tomei
In the Bedroom
Nominees
Kate Winslet
Iris
Animated Feature Film
Winner
Shrek
Aron Warner
Nominees
Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius
Steve Oedekerk, John A. Davis
Nominees
Monsters, Inc.
Pete Docter, John Lasseter
Art Direction
Winner
Moulin Rouge
Art Direction: Catherine Martin; Set Decoration: Brigitte Broch
Nominees
Amélie
Art Direction: Aline Bonetto; Set Decoration: Marie-Laure Valla
Nominees
Gosford Park
Art Direction: Stephen Altman; Set Decoration: Anna Pinnock
Nominees
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
Art Direction: Stuart Craig; Set Decoration: Stephenie McMillan
Nominees
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Art Direction: Grant Major; Set Decoration: Dan Hennah
Cinematography
Winner
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Andrew Lesnie
Nominees
Amélie
Bruno Delbonnel
Nominees
Black Hawk Down
Slawomir Idziak
Nominees
The Man Who Wasn't There
Roger Deakins
Nominees
Moulin Rouge
Donald M. McAlpine
Costume Design
Winner
Moulin Rouge
Catherine Martin, Angus Strathie
Nominees
The Affair of the Necklace
Milena Canonero
Nominees
Gosford Park
Jenny Beavan
Nominees
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
Judianna Makovsky
Nominees
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Ngila Dickson, Richard Taylor
Directing
Winner
A Beautiful Mind
Ron Howard
Nominees
Black Hawk Down
Ridley Scott
Nominees
Gosford Park
Robert Altman
Nominees
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Peter Jackson
Nominees
Mulholland Drive
David Lynch
Documentary (Feature)
Winner
Murder on a Sunday Morning
Jean-Xavier de Lestrade, Denis Poncet
Nominees
Children Underground
Edet Belzberg
Nominees
LaLee's Kin: The Legacy of Cotton
Susan Froemke, Deborah Dickson
Nominees
Promises
Justine Shapiro, B.Z. Goldberg
Nominees
War Photographer
Christian Frei
Documentary (Short Subject)
Winner
Thoth
Sarah Kernochan, Lynn Appelle
Nominees
Artists and Orphans: A True Drama
Lianne Klapper McNally
Nominees
Sing!
Freida Lee Mock, Jessica Sanders
Film Editing
Winner
Black Hawk Down
Pietro Scalia
Nominees
A Beautiful Mind
Mike Hill, Dan Hanley
Nominees
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
John Gilbert
Nominees
Memento
Dody Dorn
Nominees
Moulin Rouge
Jill Bilcock
Foreign Language Film
Winner
No Man's Land
Bosnia & Herzegovina
Nominees
Amélie
France
Nominees
Elling
Norway
Nominees
Lagaan
India
Nominees
Son of the Bride
Argentina
Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award
Winner
Arthur Hiller
Makeup
Winner
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Peter Owen, Richard Taylor
Nominees
A Beautiful Mind
Greg Cannom, Colleen Callaghan
Nominees
Moulin Rouge
Maurizio Silvi, Aldo Signoretti
Music (Original Score)
Winner
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Howard Shore
Nominees
A.I. Artificial Intelligence
John Williams
Nominees
A Beautiful Mind
James Horner
Nominees
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
John Williams
Nominees
Monsters, Inc.
Randy Newman
Music (Original Song)
Winner
Monsters, Inc.
If I Didn't Have You in "Monsters, Inc." Music and Lyric by Randy Newman
Nominees
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
May It Be in "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring" Music and Lyric by Enya, Nicky Ryan and Roma Ryan
Nominees
Pearl Harbor
There You'll Be in "Pearl Harbor" Music and Lyric by Diane Warren
Nominees
Kate & Leopold
Until in "Kate & Leopold" Music and Lyric by Sting
Nominees
Vanilla Sky
Vanilla Sky in "Vanilla Sky" Music and Lyric by Paul McCartney
Best Picture
Winner
A Beautiful Mind
Brian Grazer and Ron Howard, Producers
Nominees
Gosford Park
Robert Altman, Bob Balaban and David Levy, Producers
Nominees
In the Bedroom
Graham Leader, Ross Katz and Todd Field, Producers
Nominees
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Peter Jackson, Fran Walsh and Barrie M. Osborne, Producers
Nominees
Moulin Rouge
Martin Brown, Baz Luhrmann and Fred Baron, Producers
Short Film (Animated)
Winner
For the Birds
Ralph Eggleston
Nominees
Fifty Percent Grey
Ruairi Robinson, Seamus Byrne
Nominees
Give Up Yer Aul Sins
Cathal Gaffney, Darragh O'Connell
Nominees
Strange Invaders
Cordell Barker
Nominees
Stubble Trouble
Joseph E. Merideth
Short Film (Live Action)
Winner
the accountant
Ray McKinnon, Lisa Blount
Nominees
Copy Shop
Virgil Widrich
Nominees
Gregor's Greatest Invention
Johannes Kiefer
Nominees
A Man Thing (Meska Sprawa)
Slawomir Fabicki, Bogumil Godfrejow
Nominees
Speed for Thespians
Kalman Apple, Shameela Bakhsh
Sound
Winner
Black Hawk Down
Michael Minkler, Myron Nettinga, Chris Munro
Nominees
Amélie
Vincent Arnardi, Guillaume Leriche, Jean Umansky
Nominees
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Christopher Boyes, Michael Semanick, Gethin Creagh, Hammond Peek
Nominees
Moulin Rouge
Andy Nelson, Anna Behlmer, Roger Savage, Guntis Sics
Nominees
Pearl Harbor
Kevin O'Connell, Greg P. Russell, Peter J. Devlin
Sound Editing
Winner
Pearl Harbor
George Watters II, Christopher Boyes
Nominees
Monsters, Inc.
Gary Rydstrom, Michael Silvers
Visual Effects
Winner
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Jim Rygiel, Randall William Cook, Richard Taylor, Mark Stetson
Nominees
A.I. Artificial Intelligence
Dennis Muren, Scott Farrar, Stan Winston, Michael Lantieri
Nominees
Pearl Harbor
Eric Brevig, John Frazier, Ed Hirsh, Ben Snow
Writing (Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published)
Winner
A Beautiful Mind
Written by Akiva Goldsman
Nominees
Ghost World
Written by Daniel Clowes & Terry Zwigoff
Nominees
In the Bedroom
Screenplay by Rob Festinger and Todd Field
Nominees
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Screenplay by Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens, Peter Jackson
Nominees
Shrek
Written by Ted Elliott, Terry Rossio, Joe Stillman & Roger S.H. Schulman
Writing (Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen)
Winner
Gosford Park
Written by Julian Fellowes
Nominees
Amélie
Screenplay by Guillaume Laurant and Jean-Pierre Jeunet; Dialogue by Guillaume Laurant
Nominees
Memento
Screenplay by Christopher Nolan; Story by Jonathan Nolan
Nominees
Monster's Ball
Written by Milo Addica & Will Rokos
Nominees
The Royal Tenenbaums
Written by Wes Anderson & Owen Wilson

A

A.I. Artificial Intelligence
2 NOMINATIONS
  • Music (Original Score) - John Williams
  • Visual Effects - Dennis Muren, Scott Farrar, Stan Winston, Michael Lantieri
the accountant
1 WIN, 1 NOMINATION
  • * Short Film (Live Action) - Ray McKinnon, Lisa Blount
The Affair of the Necklace
1 NOMINATION
  • Costume Design - Milena Canonero
Ali
2 NOMINATIONS
  • Actor in a Leading Role - Will Smith
  • Actor in a Supporting Role - Jon Voight
Amélie
5 NOMINATIONS
  • Art Direction - Art Direction: Aline Bonetto; Set Decoration: Marie-Laure Valla
  • Cinematography - Bruno Delbonnel
  • Foreign Language Film - France
  • Sound - Vincent Arnardi, Guillaume Leriche, Jean Umansky
  • Writing (Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen) - Screenplay by Guillaume Laurant and Jean-Pierre Jeunet; Dialogue by Guillaume Laurant
Artists and Orphans: A True Drama
1 NOMINATION
  • Documentary (Short Subject) - Lianne Klapper McNally

B

A Beautiful Mind
8 NOMINATIONS, 4 WINS
  • * Actress in a Supporting Role - Jennifer Connelly
  • * Directing - Ron Howard
  • * Best Picture - Brian Grazer and Ron Howard, Producers
  • * Writing (Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published) - Written by Akiva Goldsman
  • Actor in a Leading Role - Russell Crowe
  • Film Editing - Mike Hill, Dan Hanley
  • Makeup - Greg Cannom, Colleen Callaghan
  • Music (Original Score) - James Horner
Black Hawk Down
4 NOMINATIONS, 2 WINS
  • * Film Editing - Pietro Scalia
  • * Sound - Michael Minkler, Myron Nettinga, Chris Munro
  • Cinematography - Slawomir Idziak
  • Directing - Ridley Scott
Bridget Jones's Diary
1 NOMINATION
  • Actress in a Leading Role - Renée Zellweger
In the Bedroom
5 NOMINATIONS
  • Actor in a Leading Role - Tom Wilkinson
  • Actress in a Leading Role - Sissy Spacek
  • Actress in a Supporting Role - Marisa Tomei
  • Best Picture - Graham Leader, Ross Katz and Todd Field, Producers
  • Writing (Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published) - Screenplay by Rob Festinger and Todd Field

C

Children Underground
1 NOMINATION
  • Documentary (Feature) - Edet Belzberg
Copy Shop
1 NOMINATION
  • Short Film (Live Action) - Virgil Widrich

E

Elling
1 NOMINATION
  • Foreign Language Film - Norway

F

Fifty Percent Grey
1 NOMINATION
  • Short Film (Animated) - Ruairi Robinson, Seamus Byrne
For the Birds
1 WIN, 1 NOMINATION
  • * Short Film (Animated) - Ralph Eggleston

G

Ghost World
1 NOMINATION
  • Writing (Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published) - Written by Daniel Clowes & Terry Zwigoff
Give Up Yer Aul Sins
1 NOMINATION
  • Short Film (Animated) - Cathal Gaffney, Darragh O'Connell
Gosford Park
6 NOMINATIONS, 1 WIN
  • * Writing (Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen) - Written by Julian Fellowes
  • Actress in a Supporting Role - Helen Mirren, Maggie Smith
  • Art Direction - Art Direction: Stephen Altman; Set Decoration: Anna Pinnock
  • Costume Design - Jenny Beavan
  • Directing - Robert Altman
  • Best Picture - Robert Altman, Bob Balaban and David Levy, Producers
Gregor's Greatest Invention
1 NOMINATION
  • Short Film (Live Action) - Johannes Kiefer

H

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
3 NOMINATIONS
  • Art Direction - Art Direction: Stuart Craig; Set Decoration: Stephenie McMillan
  • Costume Design - Judianna Makovsky
  • Music (Original Score) - John Williams

I

I Am Sam
1 NOMINATION
  • Actor in a Leading Role - Sean Penn
Iris
3 NOMINATIONS, 1 WIN
  • * Actor in a Supporting Role - Jim Broadbent
  • Actress in a Leading Role - Judi Dench
  • Actress in a Supporting Role - Kate Winslet

J

Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius
1 NOMINATION
  • Animated Feature Film - Steve Oedekerk, John A. Davis

K

Kate & Leopold
1 NOMINATION
  • Music (Original Song) - Until in "Kate & Leopold" Music and Lyric by Sting

L

Lagaan
1 NOMINATION
  • Foreign Language Film - India
LaLee's Kin: The Legacy of Cotton
1 NOMINATION
  • Documentary (Feature) - Susan Froemke, Deborah Dickson
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
13 NOMINATIONS, 4 WINS
  • * Cinematography - Andrew Lesnie
  • * Makeup - Peter Owen, Richard Taylor
  • * Music (Original Score) - Howard Shore
  • * Visual Effects - Jim Rygiel, Randall William Cook, Richard Taylor, Mark Stetson
  • Actor in a Supporting Role - Ian McKellen
  • Art Direction - Art Direction: Grant Major; Set Decoration: Dan Hennah
  • Costume Design - Ngila Dickson, Richard Taylor
  • Directing - Peter Jackson
  • Film Editing - John Gilbert
  • Music (Original Song) - May It Be in "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring" Music and Lyric by Enya, Nicky Ryan and Roma Ryan
  • Best Picture - Peter Jackson, Fran Walsh and Barrie M. Osborne, Producers
  • Sound - Christopher Boyes, Michael Semanick, Gethin Creagh, Hammond Peek
  • Writing (Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published) - Screenplay by Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens, Peter Jackson

M

A Man Thing (Meska Sprawa)
1 NOMINATION
  • Short Film (Live Action) - Slawomir Fabicki, Bogumil Godfrejow
The Man Who Wasn't There
1 NOMINATION
  • Cinematography - Roger Deakins
Memento
2 NOMINATIONS
  • Film Editing - Dody Dorn
  • Writing (Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen) - Screenplay by Christopher Nolan; Story by Jonathan Nolan
Monster's Ball
2 NOMINATIONS, 1 WIN
  • * Actress in a Leading Role - Halle Berry
  • Writing (Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen) - Written by Milo Addica & Will Rokos
Monsters, Inc.
4 NOMINATIONS, 1 WIN
  • * Music (Original Song) - If I Didn't Have You in "Monsters, Inc." Music and Lyric by Randy Newman
  • Animated Feature Film - Pete Docter, John Lasseter
  • Music (Original Score) - Randy Newman
  • Sound Editing - Gary Rydstrom, Michael Silvers
Moulin Rouge
8 NOMINATIONS, 2 WINS
  • * Art Direction - Art Direction: Catherine Martin; Set Decoration: Brigitte Broch
  • * Costume Design - Catherine Martin, Angus Strathie
  • Actress in a Leading Role - Nicole Kidman
  • Cinematography - Donald M. McAlpine
  • Film Editing - Jill Bilcock
  • Makeup - Maurizio Silvi, Aldo Signoretti
  • Best Picture - Martin Brown, Baz Luhrmann and Fred Baron, Producers
  • Sound - Andy Nelson, Anna Behlmer, Roger Savage, Guntis Sics
Mulholland Drive
1 NOMINATION
  • Directing - David Lynch
Murder on a Sunday Morning
1 WIN, 1 NOMINATION
  • * Documentary (Feature) - Jean-Xavier de Lestrade, Denis Poncet

N

No Man's Land
1 WIN, 1 NOMINATION
  • * Foreign Language Film - Bosnia & Herzegovina

P

Pearl Harbor
4 NOMINATIONS, 1 WIN
  • * Sound Editing - George Watters II, Christopher Boyes
  • Music (Original Song) - There You'll Be in "Pearl Harbor" Music and Lyric by Diane Warren
  • Sound - Kevin O'Connell, Greg P. Russell, Peter J. Devlin
  • Visual Effects - Eric Brevig, John Frazier, Ed Hirsh, Ben Snow
Promises
1 NOMINATION
  • Documentary (Feature) - Justine Shapiro, B.Z. Goldberg

R

The Royal Tenenbaums
1 NOMINATION
  • Writing (Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen) - Written by Wes Anderson & Owen Wilson

S

Sexy Beast
1 NOMINATION
  • Actor in a Supporting Role - Ben Kingsley
Shrek
2 NOMINATIONS, 1 WIN
  • * Animated Feature Film - Aron Warner
  • Writing (Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published) - Written by Ted Elliott, Terry Rossio, Joe Stillman & Roger S.H. Schulman
Sing!
1 NOMINATION
  • Documentary (Short Subject) - Freida Lee Mock, Jessica Sanders
Son of the Bride
1 NOMINATION
  • Foreign Language Film - Argentina
Speed for Thespians
1 NOMINATION
  • Short Film (Live Action) - Kalman Apple, Shameela Bakhsh
Strange Invaders
1 NOMINATION
  • Short Film (Animated) - Cordell Barker
Stubble Trouble
1 NOMINATION
  • Short Film (Animated) - Joseph E. Merideth

T

Thoth
1 WIN, 1 NOMINATION
  • * Documentary (Short Subject) - Sarah Kernochan, Lynn Appelle
Training Day
2 NOMINATIONS, 1 WIN
  • * Actor in a Leading Role - Denzel Washington
  • Actor in a Supporting Role - Ethan Hawke

V

Vanilla Sky
1 NOMINATION
  • Music (Original Song) - Vanilla Sky in "Vanilla Sky" Music and Lyric by Paul McCartney

W

War Photographer
1 NOMINATION
  • Documentary (Feature) - Christian Frei
No Films Found