The 81st Annual Academy Awards 2009 Nominees

Best Motion Picture of the Year
Nominees:

--The Curious Case of Benjamin Button: Ceán Chaffin, Kathleen Kennedy, Frank Marshall

--Frost/Nixon: Brian Grazer, Ron Howard, Eric Fellner

--Milk: Bruce Cohen, Dan Jinks

--The Reader: Nominees to be determined

--Slumdog Millionaire: Christian Colson


Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
Nominees:

--Richard Jenkins for The Visitor

--Frank Langella for Frost/Nixon

--Sean Penn for Milk

--Brad Pitt for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

--Mickey Rourke for The Wrestler

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
Nominees:

--Anne Hathaway for Rachel Getting Married

--Angelina Jolie for Changeling

--Melissa Leo for Frozen River

--Meryl Streep for Doubt

--Kate Winslet for The Reader

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role
Nominees:

--Josh Brolin for Milk

--Robert Downey Jr. for Tropic Thunder

--Philip Seymour Hoffman for Doubt

--Heath Ledger for The Dark Knight

--Michael Shannon for Revolutionary Road

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
Nominees:

--Amy Adams for Doubt

--Penélope Cruz for Vicky Cristina Barcelona

--Viola Davis for Doubt

--Taraji P. Henson for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

--Marisa Tomei for The Wrestler

Best Achievement in Directing
Nominees:

--Danny Boyle for Slumdog Millionaire

--Stephen Daldry for The Reader

--David Fincher for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

--Ron Howard for Frost/Nixon

--Gus Van Sant for Milk

Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen
Nominees:

--Frozen River: Courtney Hunt

--Happy-Go-Lucky: Mike Leigh

--In Bruges: Martin McDonagh

--Milk: Dustin Lance Black

--WALL·E: Andrew Stanton, Pete Docter, Jim Reardon

Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published
Nominees:

--The Curious Case of Benjamin Button: Eric Roth, Robin Swicord

--Doubt: John Patrick Shanley

--Frost/Nixon: Peter Morgan

--The Reader: David Hare

--Slumdog Millionaire: Simon Beaufoy

Best Achievement in Cinematography
Nominees:

--Changeling: Tom Stern

--The Curious Case of Benjamin Button: Claudio Miranda

--The Dark Knight: Wally Pfister

--The Reader: Roger Deakins, Chris Menges

--Slumdog Millionaire: Anthony Dod Mantle

Best Achievement in Editing
Nominees:

--The Curious Case of Benjamin Button: Angus Wall, Kirk Baxter

--The Dark Knight: Lee Smith

--Frost/Nixon: Daniel P. Hanley, Mike Hill

--Milk: Elliot Graham

--Slumdog Millionaire: Chris Dickens

Best Achievement in Art Direction
Nominees:

Changeling: James J. Murakami, Gary Fettis

--The Curious Case of Benjamin Button: Donald Graham Burt, Victor J. Zolfo

--The Dark Knight: Nathan Crowley, Peter Lando

--The Duchess: Michael Carlin, Rebecca Alleway

--Revolutionary Road: Kristi Zea, Debra Schutt

Best Achievement in Costume Design
Nominees:

--Australia: Catherine Martin

--The Curious Case of Benjamin Button: Jacqueline West

--The Duchess: Michael O'Connor

--Milk: Danny Glicker

--Revolutionary Road: Albert Wolsky

Best Achievement in Makeup
Nominees:

--The Curious Case of Benjamin Button: Greg Cannom

--The Dark Knight: John Caglione Jr., Conor O'Sullivan

--Hellboy II: The Golden Army: Mike Elizalde, Thomas Floutz

Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Score
Nominees:

--The Curious Case of Benjamin Button: Alexandre Desplat

--Defiance: James Newton Howard

--Milk: Danny Elfman

--Slumdog Millionaire: A.R. Rahman

--WALL·E: Thomas Newman

Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Song
Nominees:

--Slumdog Millionaire: A.R. Rahman, Gulzar("Jai Ho")

--Slumdog Millionaire: A.R. Rahman, Maya Arulpragasam("O Saya")

--WALL·E: Peter Gabriel, Thomas Newman("Down to Earth")

Best Achievement in Sound
Nominees:

--The Curious Case of Benjamin Button: David Parker, Michael Semanick, Ren Klyce, Mark Weingarten

--The Dark Knight: Ed Novick, Lora Hirschberg, Gary Rizzo

--Slumdog Millionaire: Ian Tapp, Richard Pryke, Resul Pookutty

--WALL·E: Tom Myers, Michael Semanick, Ben Burtt

--Wanted: Chris Jenkins, Frank A. Montaño, Petr Forejt

Best Achievement in Sound Editing
Nominees:

--The Dark Knight: Richard King

--Iron Man: Frank E. Eulner, Christopher Boyes

--Slumdog Millionaire: Tom Sayers

--WALL·E: Ben Burtt, Matthew Wood

--Wanted: Wylie Stateman

Best Achievement in Visual Effects
Nominees:

--The Curious Case of Benjamin Button: Eric Barba, Steve Preeg, Burt Dalton, Craig Barron

--The Dark Knight: Nick Davis, Chris Corbould, Timothy Webber, Paul J. Franklin

--Iron Man: John Nelson, Ben Snow, Daniel Sudick, Shane Mahan

Best Animated Feature Film of the Year
Nominees:

--Bolt: Chris Williams, Byron Howard

--Kung Fu Panda: John Stevenson, Mark Osborne

--WALL·E: Andrew Stanton

Best Foreign Language Film of the Year
Nominees:

--Der Baader Meinhof Komplex(Germany)

--Entre les murs(France)

--Revanche(Austria)

--Okuribito(Japan)

--Vals Im Bashir(Israel)

Best Documentary, Features
Nominees:

--The Betrayal - Nerakhoon: Ellen Kuras, Thavisouk Phrasavath

--Encounters at the End of the World: Werner Herzog, Henry Kaiser

--The Garden: Scott Hamilton Kennedy

--Man on Wire: James Marsh, Simon Chinn

--Trouble the Water: Tia Lessin, Carl Deal

Best Documentary, Short Subjects
Nominees:

--The Conscience of Nhem En: Steven Okazaki

--The Final Inch: Irene Taylor Brodsky, Tom Grant

--Smile Pinki: Megan Mylan

--The Witness from the Balcony of Room 306: Adam Pertofsky, Margaret Hyde

Best Short Film, Animated
Nominees:

--La Maison en Petits Cubes: Kunio Kato

--Ubornaya istoriya - lyubovnaya istoriya: Konstantin Bronzit

--Oktapodi: Emud Mokhberi, Thierry Marchand

--Presto: Doug Sweetland

--This Way Up: Alan Smith, Adam Foulkes

Best Short Film, Live Action
Nominees:

--Auf der Strecke: Reto Caffi

--Manon sur le bitume: Elizabeth Marre, Olivier Pont

--New Boy: Steph Green, Tamara Anghie

--Grisen: Tivi Magnusson, Dorthe Warnø Høgh

--Spielzeugland: Jochen Alexander Freydank