76th Academy Awards

Awards

Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.

Best Picture	Best Director
*The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King* Lost in Translation Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World Mystic River Seabiscuit	Peter Jackson – The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King Fernando Meirelles – City of God Sofia Coppola – Lost in Translation Peter Weir – Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World Clint Eastwood – Mystic River
Best Actor	Best Actress
Sean Penn – Mystic River Jude Law – Cold Mountain Ben Kingsley – House of Sand and Fog Bill Murray – Lost in Translation Johnny Depp – Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl	Charlize Theron – Monster Naomi Watts – 21 Grams Samantha Morton – In America Diane Keaton – Something's Gotta Give Keisha Castle-Hughes – Whale Rider
Best Supporting Actor	Best Supporting Actress
Tim Robbins – Mystic River Benicio del Toro – 21 Grams Alec Baldwin – The Cooler Djimon Hounsou – In America Ken Watanabe – The Last Samurai	Renée Zellweger – Cold Mountain Shohreh Aghdashloo – House of Sand and Fog Marcia Gay Harden – Mystic River Patricia Clarkson – Pieces of April Holly Hunter – Thirteen
Best Original Screenplay	Best Adapted Screenplay
Lost in Translation – Sofia Coppola Dirty Pretty Things – Steven Knight Finding Nemo – Andrew Stanton, Bob Peterson and David Reynolds In America – Jim Sheridan, Naomi Sheridan and Kirsten Sheridan The Barbarian Invasions – Denys Arcand	The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King – Peter Jackson, Fran Walsh and Philippa Boyens American Splendor – Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini City of God – Bráulio Mantovani Mystic River – Brian Helgeland Seabiscuit – Gary Ross
Best Animated Feature	Best Foreign Language Film
Finding Nemo Brother Bear The Triplets of Belleville	The Barbarian Invasions (Canada) Evil (Sweden) The Twilight Samurai (Japan) Twin Sisters (Netherlands) Želary (Czech Republic)
Best Documentary Feature	Best Documentary Short
The Fog of War: Eleven Lessons from the Life of Robert S. McNamara – Errol Morris and Michael Williams Balseros – Carlos Bosch and Josep Maria Domenech Capturing the Friedmans – Andrew Jarecki and Marc Smerling My Architect – Nathaniel Kahn and Susan Rose Behr The Weather Underground – Sam Green and Bill Siegel	Chernobyl Heart – Maryann DeLeo Asylum – Sandy McLeod and Gini Reticker Ferry Tales – Katja Esson
Best Live Action Short	Best Animated Short
Two Soldiers – Aaron Schneider and Andrew J. Sacks Die Rote Jacke (The Red Jacket) – Florian Baxmeyer Most (The Bridge) – Bobby Garabedian and William Zabka Squash – Lionel Bailliu (A) Torzija – Stefan Arsenijevic	Harvie Krumpet – Adam Elliot Boundin' – Bud Luckey Destino – Dominique Monfery and Roy Edward Disney Gone Nutty – Carlos Saldanha and John C. Donkin Nibbles – Christopher Hinton
Best Original Score	Best Original Song
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King – Howard Shore Big Fish – Danny Elfman Cold Mountain – Gabriel Yared House of Sand and Fog – James Horner Finding Nemo – Thomas Newman	*"Into the West" from The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King* – Music and Lyric by Fran Walsh, Howard Shore and Annie Lennox** "A Kiss at the End of the Rainbow" from A Mighty Wind – Music and Lyric by Michael McKean and Annette O'Toole "You Will Be My Ain True Love" from Cold Mountain – Music and Lyric by Sting "Scarlet Tide" from Cold Mountain – Music and Lyric by T Bone Burnett and Elvis Costello "Belleville Rendez-vous" from The Triplets of Belleville – Music by Benoît Charest; Lyric by Sylvain Chomet
Best Sound Editing	Best Sound Mixing
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World – Richard King Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl – Christopher Boyes and George Watters II Finding Nemo – Gary Rydstrom and Michael Silvers	The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King – Christopher Boyes, Michael Semanick, Michael Hedges and Hammond Peek The Last Samurai – Andy Nelson, Anna Behlmer and Jeff Wexler Seabiscuit – Andy Nelson, Anna Behlmer and Tod A. Maitland Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl – Christopher Boyes, David Parker, David E. Campbell and Lee Orloff Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World – Paul Massey, Doug Hemphill and Art Rochester
Best Art Direction	Best Cinematography
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King – Art Direction: Grant Major; Set Decoration: Dan Hennah and Alan Lee Girl with a Pearl Earring – Art Direction: Ben Van Os; Set Decoration: Cecile Heideman Seabiscuit – Art Direction: Jeannine Oppewall; Set Decoration: Leslie Pope The Last Samurai – Art Direction: Lilly Kilvert; Set Decoration: Gretchen Rau Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World – Art Direction: William Sandell; Set Decoration: Robert Gould	Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World – Russell Boyd City of God – Cesar Charlone Girl with a Pearl Earring – Eduardo Serra Seabiscuit – John Schwartzman Cold Mountain – John Seale
Best Makeup	Best Costume Design
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King – Richard Taylor and Peter King Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl – Ve Neill and Martin Samuel Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World – Edouard Henriques III and Yolanda Toussieng	The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King – Ngila Dickson and Richard Taylor Girl with a Pearl Earring – Dien van Straalen Seabiscuit – Judianna Makovsky The Last Samurai – Ngila Dickson Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World – Wendy Stites
Best Film Editing	Best Visual Effects
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King – Jamie Selkirk City of God – Daniel Rezende Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World – Lee Smith Cold Mountain – Walter Murch Seabiscuit – William Goldenberg	The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King – Jim Rygiel, Randall William Cook, Alex Funke and Joe Letteri Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World – Dan Sudick, Stefen Fangmeier, Nathan McGuinness and Robert Stromberg Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl – John Knoll, Hal Hickel, Charles Gibson and Terry Frazee