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The 79th Academy Awards | 2007
Kodak Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center
Sunday, February 25, 2007
Honoring movies released in 2006
Highlights
Costume Design
Marie Antoinette

Milena Canonero, presented by Anne Hathaway and Emily Blunt

Foreign Language Film
The Lives of Others

Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck, accepting for Germany

Supporting Actor
Little Miss Sunshine

Alan Arkin

Memorable Moments
Martin Scorsese
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Best Directing winner for The Departed, with presenters Francis Ford Coppola, George Lucas and Steven Spielberg

An Inconvenient Truth
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Documentary Feature winner Davis Guggenheim with Al Gore, Lawrence Bender, Laurie David, Scott Burns and Lesley Chilcott

Jennifer Hudson
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Supporting Actress winner for Dreamgirls

WINNERS & NOMINEES
Actor in a Leading Role
Winner
Forest Whitaker
The Last King of Scotland
Nominees
Leonardo DiCaprio
Blood Diamond
Nominees
Ryan Gosling
Half Nelson
Nominees
Peter O'Toole
Venus
Nominees
Will Smith
The Pursuit of Happyness
Actor in a Supporting Role
Winner
Alan Arkin
Little Miss Sunshine
Nominees
Jackie Earle Haley
Little Children
Nominees
Djimon Hounsou
Blood Diamond
Nominees
Eddie Murphy
Dreamgirls
Nominees
Mark Wahlberg
The Departed
Actress in a Leading Role
Winner
Helen Mirren
The Queen
Nominees
Penélope Cruz
Volver
Nominees
Judi Dench
Notes on a Scandal
Nominees
Meryl Streep
The Devil Wears Prada
Nominees
Kate Winslet
Little Children
Actress in a Supporting Role
Winner
Jennifer Hudson
Dreamgirls
Nominees
Adriana Barraza
Babel
Nominees
Cate Blanchett
Notes on a Scandal
Nominees
Abigail Breslin
Little Miss Sunshine
Nominees
Rinko Kikuchi
Babel
Animated Feature Film
Winner
Happy Feet
George Miller
Nominees
Cars
John Lasseter
Nominees
Monster House
Gil Kenan
Art Direction
Winner
Pan's Labyrinth
Art Direction: Eugenio Caballero; Set Decoration: Pilar Revuelta
Nominees
Dreamgirls
Art Direction: John Myhre; Set Decoration: Nancy Haigh
Nominees
The Good Shepherd
Art Direction: Jeannine Oppewall; Set Decoration: Gretchen Rau and Leslie E. Rollins
Nominees
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
Art Direction: Rick Heinrichs; Set Decoration: Cheryl Carasik
Nominees
The Prestige
Art Direction: Nathan Crowley; Set Decoration: Julie Ochipinti
Cinematography
Winner
Pan's Labyrinth
Guillermo Navarro
Nominees
The Black Dahlia
Vilmos Zsigmond
Nominees
Children of Men
Emmanuel Lubezki
Nominees
The Illusionist
Dick Pope
Nominees
The Prestige
Wally Pfister
Costume Design
Winner
Marie Antoinette
Milena Canonero
Nominees
Curse of the Golden Flower
Yee Chung Man
Nominees
The Devil Wears Prada
Patricia Field
Nominees
Dreamgirls
Sharen Davis
Nominees
The Queen
Consolata Boyle
Directing
Winner
The Departed
Martin Scorsese
Nominees
Babel
Babel
Nominees
Letters from Iwo Jima
Clint Eastwood
Nominees
The Queen
Stephen Frears
Nominees
United 93
Paul Greengrass
Documentary (Feature)
Winner
An Inconvenient Truth
Davis Guggenheim
Nominees
Deliver Us from Evil
Amy Berg and Frank Donner
Nominees
Iraq in Fragments
James Longley and John Sinno
Nominees
Jesus Camp
Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady
Nominees
My Country, My Country
Laura Poitras and Jocelyn Glatzer
Documentary (Short Subject)
Winner
The Blood of Yingzhou District
Ruby Yang and Thomas Lennon
Nominees
Recycled Life
Leslie Iwerks and Mike Glad
Nominees
Rehearsing a Dream
Karen Goodman and Kirk Simon
Nominees
Two Hands
Nathaniel Kahn and Susan Rose Behr
Film Editing
Winner
The Departed
Thelma Schoonmaker
Nominees
Babel
Stephen Mirrione and Douglas Crise
Nominees
Blood Diamond
Steven Rosenblum
Nominees
Children of Men
Children of Men
Nominees
United 93
Clare Douglas, Christopher Rouse and Richard Pearson
Foreign Language Film
Winner
The Lives of Others
Germany
Nominees
After the Wedding
Denmark
Nominees
Days of Glory (Indigènes)
Algeria
Nominees
Pan's Labyrinth
Mexico
Nominees
Water
Canada
Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award
Winner
Sherry Lansing
Makeup
Winner
Pan's Labyrinth
Pan's Labyrinth
Nominees
Apocalypto
Aldo Signoretti and Vittorio Sodano
Nominees
Click
Kazuhiro Tsuji and Bill Corso
Music (Original Score)
Winner
Babel
Gustavo Santaolalla
Nominees
The Good German
Thomas Newman
Nominees
Notes on a Scandal
Philip Glass
Nominees
Pan's Labyrinth
Javier Navarrete
Nominees
The Queen
Alexandre Desplat
Music (Original Song)
Winner
An Inconvenient Truth
I Need To Wake Up in "An Inconvenient Truth" Music and Lyric by Melissa Etheridge
Nominees
Dreamgirls
Listen in "Dreamgirls" Music by Henry Krieger and Scott Cutler; Lyric by Anne Preven
Nominees
Dreamgirls
Love You I Do in "Dreamgirls" Music by Henry Krieger; Lyric by Siedah Garrett
Nominees
Cars
Our Town in "Cars" Music and Lyric by Randy Newman
Nominees
Dreamgirls
Patience in "Dreamgirls" Music by Henry Krieger; Lyric by Willie Reale
Best Picture
Winner
The Departed
Graham King, Producer
Nominees
Babel
Babel
Nominees
Letters from Iwo Jima
Clint Eastwood, Steven Spielberg and Robert Lorenz, Producers
Nominees
Little Miss Sunshine
David T. Friendly, Peter Saraf and Marc Turtletaub, Producers
Nominees
The Queen
Andy Harries, Christine Langan and Tracey Seaward, Producers
Short Film (Animated)
Winner
The Danish Poet
Torill Kove
Nominees
Lifted
Gary Rydstrom
Nominees
The Little Matchgirl
Roger Allers and Don Hahn
Nominees
Maestro
Maestro
Nominees
No Time for Nuts
Chris Renaud and Michael Thurmeier
Short Film (Live Action)
Winner
West Bank Story
Ari Sandel
Nominees
Binta and the Great Idea (Binta Y La Gran Idea)
Javier Fesser and Luis Manso
Nominees
Borja Cobeaga
Nominees
Helmer & Son
Helmer & Son
Nominees
The Saviour
Peter Templeman and Stuart Parkyn
Sound Editing
Winner
Letters from Iwo Jima
Alan Robert Murray and Bub Asman
Nominees
Apocalypto
Sean McCormack and Kami Asgar
Nominees
Blood Diamond
Lon Bender
Nominees
Flags of Our Fathers
Alan Robert Murray and Bub Asman
Nominees
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
Christopher Boyes and George Watters II
Sound Mixing
Winner
Dreamgirls
Michael Minkler, Bob Beemer and Willie Burton
Nominees
Apocalypto
Kevin O’Connell, Greg P. Russell and Fernando Cámara
Nominees
Blood Diamond
Andy Nelson, Anna Behlmer and Ivan Sharrock
Nominees
Flags of Our Fathers
John Reitz, Dave Campbell, Gregg Rudloff and Walt Martin
Nominees
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
Paul Massey, Christopher Boyes and Lee Orloff
Visual Effects
Winner
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
John Knoll, Hal Hickel, Charles Gibson and Allen Hall
Nominees
Poseidon
Boyd Shermis, Kim Libreri, Chas Jarrett and John Frazier
Nominees
Superman Returns
Mark Stetson, Neil Corbould, Richard R. Hoover and Jon Thum
Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
Winner
The Departed
Screenplay by William Monahan
Nominees
Borat Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
Screenplay by Sacha Baron Cohen, Anthony Hines, Peter Baynham, & Dan Mazer; Story by Sacha Baron Cohen, Peter Baynham, Anthony Hines, & Todd Phillips
Nominees
Children of Men
Screenplay by Alfonso Cuarón, Timothy J. Sexton, David Arata, Mark Fergus and Hawk Ostby
Nominees
Little Children
Screenplay by Todd Field & Tom Perrotta
Nominees
Notes on a Scandal
Screenplay by Patrick Marber
Writing (Original Screenplay)
Winner
Little Miss Sunshine
Written by Michael Arndt
Nominees
Babel
Written by Guillermo Arriaga
Nominees
Letters from Iwo Jima
Screenplay by Iris Yamashita; Story by Iris Yamashita & Paul Haggis
Nominees
Pan's Labyrinth
Written by Guillermo del Toro
Nominees
The Queen
Written by Peter Morgan

A

After the Wedding
1 NOMINATION
  • Foreign Language Film - Denmark
Apocalypto
3 NOMINATIONS
  • Makeup - Aldo Signoretti and Vittorio Sodano
  • Sound Editing - Sean McCormack and Kami Asgar
  • Sound Mixing - Kevin O’Connell, Greg P. Russell and Fernando Cámara

B

Babel
6 NOMINATIONS, 1 WIN
  • * Music (Original Score) - Gustavo Santaolalla
  • Actress in a Supporting Role - Adriana Barraza, Rinko Kikuchi
  • Directing - Babel
  • Film Editing - Stephen Mirrione and Douglas Crise
  • Best Picture - Babel
  • Writing (Original Screenplay) - Written by Guillermo Arriaga
Binta and the Great Idea (Binta Y La Gran Idea)
1 NOMINATION
  • Short Film (Live Action) - Javier Fesser and Luis Manso
The Black Dahlia
1 NOMINATION
  • Cinematography - Vilmos Zsigmond
Blood Diamond
5 NOMINATIONS
  • Actor in a Leading Role - Leonardo DiCaprio
  • Actor in a Supporting Role - Djimon Hounsou
  • Film Editing - Steven Rosenblum
  • Sound Editing - Lon Bender
  • Sound Mixing - Andy Nelson, Anna Behlmer and Ivan Sharrock
The Blood of Yingzhou District
1 WIN, 1 NOMINATION
  • * Documentary (Short Subject) - Ruby Yang and Thomas Lennon
Borat Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
1 NOMINATION
  • Writing (Adapted Screenplay) - Screenplay by Sacha Baron Cohen, Anthony Hines, Peter Baynham, & Dan Mazer; Story by Sacha Baron Cohen, Peter Baynham, Anthony Hines, & Todd Phillips

C

Cars
2 NOMINATIONS
  • Animated Feature Film - John Lasseter
  • Music (Original Song) - Our Town in "Cars" Music and Lyric by Randy Newman
Children of Men
3 NOMINATIONS
  • Cinematography - Emmanuel Lubezki
  • Film Editing - Children of Men
  • Writing (Adapted Screenplay) - Screenplay by Alfonso Cuarón, Timothy J. Sexton, David Arata, Mark Fergus and Hawk Ostby
Click
1 NOMINATION
  • Makeup - Kazuhiro Tsuji and Bill Corso
Curse of the Golden Flower
1 NOMINATION
  • Costume Design - Yee Chung Man

D

The Danish Poet
1 WIN, 1 NOMINATION
  • * Short Film (Animated) - Torill Kove
Days of Glory (Indigènes)
1 NOMINATION
  • Foreign Language Film - Algeria
Deliver Us from Evil
1 NOMINATION
  • Documentary (Feature) - Amy Berg and Frank Donner
The Departed
5 NOMINATIONS, 4 WINS
  • * Directing - Martin Scorsese
  • * Film Editing - Thelma Schoonmaker
  • * Best Picture - Graham King, Producer
  • * Writing (Adapted Screenplay) - Screenplay by William Monahan
  • Actor in a Supporting Role - Mark Wahlberg
The Devil Wears Prada
2 NOMINATIONS
  • Actress in a Leading Role - Meryl Streep
  • Costume Design - Patricia Field
Dreamgirls
6 NOMINATIONS, 2 WINS
  • * Actress in a Supporting Role - Jennifer Hudson
  • * Sound Mixing - Michael Minkler, Bob Beemer and Willie Burton
  • Actor in a Supporting Role - Eddie Murphy
  • Art Direction - Art Direction: John Myhre; Set Decoration: Nancy Haigh
  • Costume Design - Sharen Davis
  • Music (Original Song) - Listen in "Dreamgirls" Music by Henry Krieger and Scott Cutler; Lyric by Anne Preven, Love You I Do in "Dreamgirls" Music by Henry Krieger; Lyric by Siedah Garrett, Patience in "Dreamgirls" Music by Henry Krieger; Lyric by Willie Reale

F

Flags of Our Fathers
2 NOMINATIONS
  • Sound Editing - Alan Robert Murray and Bub Asman
  • Sound Mixing - John Reitz, Dave Campbell, Gregg Rudloff and Walt Martin

G

The Good German
1 NOMINATION
  • Music (Original Score) - Thomas Newman
The Good Shepherd
1 NOMINATION
  • Art Direction - Art Direction: Jeannine Oppewall; Set Decoration: Gretchen Rau and Leslie E. Rollins

H

Half Nelson
1 NOMINATION
  • Actor in a Leading Role - Ryan Gosling
Happy Feet
1 WIN, 1 NOMINATION
  • * Animated Feature Film - George Miller
Helmer & Son
1 NOMINATION
  • Short Film (Live Action) - Helmer & Son

I

The Illusionist
1 NOMINATION
  • Cinematography - Dick Pope
An Inconvenient Truth
2 WINS, 2 NOMINATIONS
  • * Documentary (Feature) - Davis Guggenheim
  • * Music (Original Song) - I Need To Wake Up in "An Inconvenient Truth" Music and Lyric by Melissa Etheridge
Iraq in Fragments
1 NOMINATION
  • Documentary (Feature) - James Longley and John Sinno

J

Jesus Camp
1 NOMINATION
  • Documentary (Feature) - Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady

L

The Last King of Scotland
1 WIN, 1 NOMINATION
  • * Actor in a Leading Role - Forest Whitaker
Letters from Iwo Jima
4 NOMINATIONS, 1 WIN
  • * Sound Editing - Alan Robert Murray and Bub Asman
  • Directing - Clint Eastwood
  • Best Picture - Clint Eastwood, Steven Spielberg and Robert Lorenz, Producers
  • Writing (Original Screenplay) - Screenplay by Iris Yamashita; Story by Iris Yamashita & Paul Haggis
Lifted
1 NOMINATION
  • Short Film (Animated) - Gary Rydstrom
Little Children
3 NOMINATIONS
  • Actor in a Supporting Role - Jackie Earle Haley
  • Actress in a Leading Role - Kate Winslet
  • Writing (Adapted Screenplay) - Screenplay by Todd Field & Tom Perrotta
The Little Matchgirl
1 NOMINATION
  • Short Film (Animated) - Roger Allers and Don Hahn
Little Miss Sunshine
4 NOMINATIONS, 2 WINS
  • * Actor in a Supporting Role - Alan Arkin
  • * Writing (Original Screenplay) - Written by Michael Arndt
  • Actress in a Supporting Role - Abigail Breslin
  • Best Picture - David T. Friendly, Peter Saraf and Marc Turtletaub, Producers
The Lives of Others
1 WIN, 1 NOMINATION
  • * Foreign Language Film - Germany

M

Maestro
1 NOMINATION
  • Short Film (Animated) - Maestro
Marie Antoinette
1 WIN, 1 NOMINATION
  • * Costume Design - Milena Canonero
Monster House
1 NOMINATION
  • Animated Feature Film - Gil Kenan
My Country, My Country
1 NOMINATION
  • Documentary (Feature) - Laura Poitras and Jocelyn Glatzer

N

No Time for Nuts
1 NOMINATION
  • Short Film (Animated) - Chris Renaud and Michael Thurmeier
Notes on a Scandal
4 NOMINATIONS
  • Actress in a Leading Role - Judi Dench
  • Actress in a Supporting Role - Cate Blanchett
  • Music (Original Score) - Philip Glass
  • Writing (Adapted Screenplay) - Screenplay by Patrick Marber

P

Pan's Labyrinth
6 NOMINATIONS, 3 WINS
  • * Art Direction - Art Direction: Eugenio Caballero; Set Decoration: Pilar Revuelta
  • * Cinematography - Guillermo Navarro
  • * Makeup - Pan's Labyrinth
  • Foreign Language Film - Mexico
  • Music (Original Score) - Javier Navarrete
  • Writing (Original Screenplay) - Written by Guillermo del Toro
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
4 NOMINATIONS, 1 WIN
  • * Visual Effects - John Knoll, Hal Hickel, Charles Gibson and Allen Hall
  • Art Direction - Art Direction: Rick Heinrichs; Set Decoration: Cheryl Carasik
  • Sound Editing - Christopher Boyes and George Watters II
  • Sound Mixing - Paul Massey, Christopher Boyes and Lee Orloff
Poseidon
1 NOMINATION
  • Visual Effects - Boyd Shermis, Kim Libreri, Chas Jarrett and John Frazier
The Prestige
2 NOMINATIONS
  • Art Direction - Art Direction: Nathan Crowley; Set Decoration: Julie Ochipinti
  • Cinematography - Wally Pfister
The Pursuit of Happyness
1 NOMINATION
  • Actor in a Leading Role - Will Smith

Q

The Queen
6 NOMINATIONS, 1 WIN
  • * Actress in a Leading Role - Helen Mirren
  • Costume Design - Consolata Boyle
  • Directing - Stephen Frears
  • Music (Original Score) - Alexandre Desplat
  • Best Picture - Andy Harries, Christine Langan and Tracey Seaward, Producers
  • Writing (Original Screenplay) - Written by Peter Morgan

R

Recycled Life
1 NOMINATION
  • Documentary (Short Subject) - Leslie Iwerks and Mike Glad
Rehearsing a Dream
1 NOMINATION
  • Documentary (Short Subject) - Karen Goodman and Kirk Simon

S

The Saviour
1 NOMINATION
  • Short Film (Live Action) - Peter Templeman and Stuart Parkyn
Superman Returns
1 NOMINATION
  • Visual Effects - Mark Stetson, Neil Corbould, Richard R. Hoover and Jon Thum

T

Two Hands
1 NOMINATION
  • Documentary (Short Subject) - Nathaniel Kahn and Susan Rose Behr

U

United 93
2 NOMINATIONS
  • Directing - Paul Greengrass
  • Film Editing - Clare Douglas, Christopher Rouse and Richard Pearson

V

Venus
1 NOMINATION
  • Actor in a Leading Role - Peter O'Toole
Volver
1 NOMINATION
  • Actress in a Leading Role - Penélope Cruz

W

Water
1 NOMINATION
  • Foreign Language Film - Canada
West Bank Story
1 WIN, 1 NOMINATION
  • * Short Film (Live Action) - Ari Sandel
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