Sunday, February 24, 2008

2008 (80th Annual) Academy Award Winners

Sunday night's winners during the 2008 Academy Awards on ABC hosted by comedian Jon Stewart.

Achievement in costume design: "Elizabeth: The Golden Age" (Universal) Alexandra Byrne
Best animated feature film of the year:
"Ratatouille" (Walt Disney): Brad Bird
Achievement in makeup: "La Vie en Rose" (Picturehouse) Didier Lavergne and Jan Archibald
Achievement in visual effects: "The Golden Compass" (New Line in association with Ingenious Film Partners): Michael Fink, Bill Westenhofer, Ben Morris and Trevor Wood
Achievement in art direction: "Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street" (DreamWorks and Warner Bros., Distributed by DreamWorks/Paramount): Art Direction: Dante Ferretti; Set Decoration: Francesca Lo Schiavo
Performance by an actor in a supporting role: Javier Bardem in "No Country for Old Men" (Miramax and Paramount Vantage)
Best live action short film: "Le Mozart des Pickpockets (The Mozart of Pickpockets)" (Premium Films) A Karé Production: Philippe Pollet-Villard
Best animated short film: "Peter & the Wolf" (BreakThru Films) A BreakThru Films/Se-ma-for Studios Production Suzie Templeton and Hugh Welchman
Performance by an actress in a supporting role: Tilda Swinton in "Michael Clayton" (Warner Bros.)
Adapted screenplay: "No Country for Old Men" (Miramax and Paramount Vantage), Written for the screen by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen
Achievement in sound editing: "The Bourne Ultimatum" (Universal): Karen Baker Landers and Per Hallberg
Achievement in sound mixing: "The Bourne Ultimatum" (Universal) Scott Millan, David Parker and Kirk Francis
Performance by an actress in a leading role: Marion Cotillard in "La Vie en Rose" (Picturehouse)
Achievement in film editing: "The Bourne Ultimatum" (Universal): Christopher Rouse
Honorary Oscar: Robert Boyle
Best foreign language film of the year: "The Counterfeiters" Austria
Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original song): "Falling Slowly" from "Once" (Fox Searchlight) Music and Lyric by Glen Hansard and: Marketa Irglova
Achievement in cinematography: "There Will Be Blood" (Paramount Vantage and Miramax): Robert Elswit
Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original score): "Atonement" (Focus Features) Dario Marianelli
Best documentary short subject: "Freeheld" A Lieutenant Films Production: Cynthia Wade and Vanessa Roth
Best documentary feature: "Taxi to the Dark Side" (THINKFilm) An X-Ray Production: Alex Gibney and Eva Orner
Original screenplay: "Juno" (Fox Searchlight), Written by Diablo Cody
Performance by an actor in a leading role: Daniel Day-Lewis in "There Will Be Blood" (Paramount Vantage and Miramax)
Achievement in directing: "No Country for Old Men" (Miramax and Paramount Vantage), Joel Coen and Ethan Coen
Best motion picture of the year: "No Country for Old Men" (Miramax and Paramount Vantage) A Scott Rudin/Mike Zoss Production: Scott Rudin, Ethan Coen and Joel Coen, Producers

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