The 2008 Academy Award Winners

The 81st Annual Academy Awards

The Winners

Best Motion Picture of the Year:

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Frost/Nixon
Milk
The Reader
Slumdog Millionaire

Best Achievement in Directing:

Danny Boyle – Slumdog Millionaire
David Fincher– The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Ron Howard – Frost/Nixon
Stephen Daldry – The Reader
Gus Van Sant – Milk

Best Actor in a Leading Role:

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

Best Actress in a Leading Role:

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

Best Actor in a Supporting Role:

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

Best Actress in a Supporting Role:

Amy Adams – Doubt
Penelope Cruz – Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Viola Davis – Doubt
Taraji P. Henson – The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Marisa Tomei – The Wrestler

Best Original Screenplay:

Courtney Hunt – Frozen River
Dustin Lance – Milk
Andrew Stanton – Wall-E
Martin McDonagh – In Bruges
Mike Leigh – Happy-Go-Lucky

Best Adapted Screenplay:

Eric Roth – The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
John Patrick Shanley – Doubt
David Hare – The Reader
Simon Beaufoy – Slumdog Millionaire
Peter Morgan – Frost/Nixon

Best Animated Film:

WALL-E
Bolt
Kung Fu Panda

Best Foreign Language Film:

The Baader-Meinhof Complex – Germany
The Class – France
Waltz with Bashir – Israel
Revanche – Austria
Okuribito – Japan

Best Cinematography:

Tom Stern – Changeling
Claudio Miranda – The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Wally Pfister – The Dark Knight
Anthony Dod Mantle – Slumdog Millionaire
Roger Deakins & Chris Menges – The Reader

Best Art Direction:

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Revolutionary Road
The Dark Knight
Duchess
Changeling


Best Film Editing:

Milk
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
Slumdog Millionaire
Frost/Nixon

Best Costume Design:

Milk
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Duchess
Australia
Revolutionary Road

Best Makeup:

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
Hellboy II: The Golden Army

Best Visual Effects:

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Iron Man
The Dark Knight

Best Sound Mixing:

The Dark Knight
Slumdog Millionaire
WALL-E
Wanted
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Best Sound Editing:

The Dark Knight
Iron Man
WALL-E
Wanted
Slumdog Millionaire

Best Original Score:

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Slumdog Millionaire
Milk
WALL-E
Defiance

Best Original Song:

“Down to Earth” – WALL-E
“Jai Ho” – Slumdog Millionaire
“O Saya” – Slumdog Millionaire