Year, Category, Nominee, Additional Info, Won an Oscar?
2004 (77th), Actor - Leading Role, Don Cheadle, Hotel Rwanda {'Paul Rusesabagina'}, NO
2004 (77th), Actor - Leading Role, Johnny Depp, Finding Neverland {'Sir James Matthew Barrie'}, NO
2004 (77th), Actor - Leading Role, Leonardo DiCaprio, The Aviator {'Howard Hughes'}, NO
2004 (77th), Actor - Leading Role, Clint Eastwood, Million Dollar Baby {'Frankie Dunn'}, NO
2004 (77th), Actor - Leading Role, Jamie Foxx, Ray {'Ray Charles'}, YES
2004 (77th), Actor - Supporting Role, Alan Alda, The Aviator {'Senator Ralph Owen Brewster'}, NO
2004 (77th), Actor - Supporting Role, Thomas Haden Church, Sideways {'Jack'}, NO
2004 (77th), Actor - Supporting Role, Jamie Foxx, Collateral {'Max'}, NO
2004 (77th), Actor - Supporting Role, Morgan Freeman, Million Dollar Baby {'Eddie Scrap-Iron Dupris'}, YES
2004 (77th), Actor - Supporting Role, Clive Owen, Closer {'Larry'}, NO
2004 (77th), Actress - Leading Role, Annette Bening, Being Julia {'Julia Lambert'}, NO
2004 (77th), Actress - Leading Role, Catalina Sandino Moreno, Maria Full of Grace {'Maria'}, NO
2004 (77th), Actress - Leading Role, Imelda Staunton, Vera Drake {'Vera'}, NO
2004 (77th), Actress - Leading Role, Hilary Swank, Million Dollar Baby {'Maggie Fitzgerald'}, YES
2004 (77th), Actress - Leading Role, Kate Winslet, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind {'Clementine Kruczynski'}, NO
2004 (77th), Actress - Supporting Role, Cate Blanchett, The Aviator {'Katharine Hepburn'}, YES
2004 (77th), Actress - Supporting Role, Laura Linney, Kinsey {'Clara McMillen'}, NO
2004 (77th), Actress - Supporting Role, Virginia Madsen, Sideways {'Maya'}, NO
2004 (77th), Actress - Supporting Role, Sophie Okonedo, Hotel Rwanda {'Tatiana Rusesabagina'}, NO
2004 (77th), Actress - Supporting Role, Natalie Portman, Closer {'Alice'}, NO
2004 (77th), Animated Feature Film, The Incredibles, Brad Bird, YES
2004 (77th), Animated Feature Film, Shark Tale, Bill Damaschke, NO
2004 (77th), Animated Feature Film, Shrek 2, Andrew Adamson, NO
2004 (77th), Art Direction, The Aviator, Art Direction: Dante Ferretti; Set Decoration: Francesca Lo Schiavo, YES
2004 (77th), Art Direction, Finding Neverland, Art Direction: Gemma Jackson; Set Decoration: Trisha Edwards, NO
2004 (77th), Art Direction, Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events, Art Direction: Rick Heinrichs; Set Decoration: Cheryl Carasik, NO
2004 (77th), Art Direction, The Phantom of the Opera, Art Direction: Anthony Pratt; Set Decoration: Celia Bobak, NO
2004 (77th), Art Direction, A Very Long Engagement, Art Direction: Aline Bonetto, NO
2004 (77th), Cinematography, The Aviator, Robert Richardson, YES
2004 (77th), Cinematography, House of Flying Daggers, Zhao Xiaoding, NO
2004 (77th), Cinematography, The Passion of the Christ, Caleb Deschanel, NO
2004 (77th), Cinematography, The Phantom of the Opera, John Mathieson, NO
2004 (77th), Cinematography, A Very Long Engagement, Bruno Delbonnel, NO
2004 (77th), Costume Design, The Aviator, Sandy Powell, YES
2004 (77th), Costume Design, Finding Neverland, Alexandra Byrne, NO
2004 (77th), Costume Design, Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events, Colleen Atwood, NO
2004 (77th), Costume Design, Ray, Sharen Davis, NO
2004 (77th), Costume Design, Troy, Bob Ringwood, NO
2004 (77th), Directing, The Aviator, Martin Scorsese, NO
2004 (77th), Directing, Million Dollar Baby, Clint Eastwood, YES
2004 (77th), Directing, Ray, Taylor Hackford, NO
2004 (77th), Directing, Sideways, Alexander Payne, NO
2004 (77th), Directing, Vera Drake, Mike Leigh, NO
2004 (77th), Documentary (Feature), Born into Brothels, Ross Kauffman and Zana Briski, YES
2004 (77th), Documentary (Feature), The Story of the Weeping Camel, Luigi Falorni and Byambasuren Davaa, NO
2004 (77th), Documentary (Feature), Super Size Me, Morgan Spurlock, NO
2004 (77th), Documentary (Feature), Tupac: Resurrection, Lauren Lazin and Karolyn Ali, NO
2004 (77th), Documentary (Feature), Twist of Faith, Kirby Dick and Eddie Schmidt, NO
2004 (77th), Documentary (Short Subject), Autism Is a World, Gerardine Wurzburg, NO
2004 (77th), Documentary (Short Subject), The Children of Leningradsky, Hanna Polak and Andrzej Celinski, NO
2004 (77th), Documentary (Short Subject), Hardwood, Hubert Davis and Erin Faith Young, NO
2004 (77th), Documentary (Short Subject), Mighty Times: The Children's March, Robert Hudson and Bobby Houston, YES
2004 (77th), Documentary (Short Subject), Sister Rose's Passion, Oren Jacoby and Steve Kalafer, NO
2004 (77th), Film Editing, The Aviator, Thelma Schoonmaker, YES
2004 (77th), Film Editing, Collateral, Jim Miller and Paul Rubell, NO
2004 (77th), Film Editing, Finding Neverland, Matt Chesse, NO
2004 (77th), Film Editing, Million Dollar Baby, Joel Cox, NO
2004 (77th), Film Editing, Ray, Paul Hirsch, NO
2004 (77th), Foreign Language Film, As It Is in Heaven, Sweden, NO
2004 (77th), Foreign Language Film, The Chorus (Les Choristes), France, NO
2004 (77th), Foreign Language Film, Downfall, Germany, NO
2004 (77th), Foreign Language Film, The Sea Inside, Spain, YES
2004 (77th), Foreign Language Film, Yesterday, South Africa, NO
2004 (77th), Makeup, Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events, Valli O'Reilly and Bill Corso, YES
2004 (77th), Makeup, The Passion of the Christ, Keith Vanderlaan and Christien Tinsley, NO
2004 (77th), Makeup, The Sea Inside, Jo Allen and Manuel García, NO
2004 (77th), Music (Scoring), Finding Neverland, Jan A.P. Kaczmarek, YES
2004 (77th), Music (Scoring), Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, John Williams, NO
2004 (77th), Music (Scoring), Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events, Thomas Newman, NO
2004 (77th), Music (Scoring), The Passion of the Christ, John Debney, NO
2004 (77th), Music (Scoring), The Village, James Newton Howard, NO
2004 (77th), Music (Song), Shrek 2, "Music by Adam Duritz, Charles Gillingham, Jim Bogios, David Immergluck, Matthew Malley and David Bryson; Lyric by Adam Duritz and Daniel Vickrey", NO
2004 (77th), Music (Song), The Motorcycle Diaries, Music and Lyric by Jorge Drexler, YES
2004 (77th), Music (Song), The Polar Express, Music and Lyric by Glen Ballard and Alan Silvestri, NO
2004 (77th), Music (Song), The Phantom of the Opera, Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber; Lyric by Charles Hart, NO
2004 (77th), Music (Song), The Chorus (Les Choristes), Music by Bruno Coulais; Lyric by Christophe Barratier, NO
2004 (77th), Best Picture, The Aviator, "Michael Mann and Graham King, Producers", NO
2004 (77th), Best Picture, Finding Neverland, "Richard N. Gladstein and Nellie Bellflower, Producers", NO
2004 (77th), Best Picture, Million Dollar Baby, "Clint Eastwood, Albert S. Ruddy and Tom Rosenberg, Producers", YES
2004 (77th), Best Picture, Ray, "Taylor Hackford, Stuart Benjamin and Howard Baldwin, Producers", NO
2004 (77th), Best Picture, Sideways, "Michael London, Producer", NO
2004 (77th), Short Film (Animated), Birthday Boy, Sejong Park and Andrew Gregory, NO
2004 (77th), Short Film (Animated), Gopher Broke, Jeff Fowler and Tim Miller, NO
2004 (77th), Short Film (Animated), Guard Dog, Bill Plympton, NO
2004 (77th), Short Film (Animated), Lorenzo, Mike Gabriel and Baker Bloodworth, NO
2004 (77th), Short Film (Animated), Ryan, Chris Landreth, YES
2004 (77th), Short Film (Live Action), Everything in This Country Must, Gary McKendry, NO
2004 (77th), Short Film (Live Action), Little Terrorist, Ashvin Kumar, NO
2004 (77th), Short Film (Live Action), 7:35 in the Morning (7:35 de la Mañana), Nacho Vigalondo, NO
2004 (77th), Short Film (Live Action), "Two Cars, One Night", Taika Waititi and Ainsley Gardiner, NO
2004 (77th), Short Film (Live Action), Wasp, Andrea Arnold, YES
2004 (77th), Sound, The Aviator, Tom Fleischman and Petur Hliddal, NO
2004 (77th), Sound, The Incredibles, "Randy Thom, Gary A. Rizzo and Doc Kane", NO
2004 (77th), Sound, The Polar Express, "Randy Thom, Tom Johnson, Dennis Sands and William B. Kaplan", NO
2004 (77th), Sound, Ray, "Scott Millan, Greg Orloff, Bob Beemer and Steve Cantamessa", YES
2004 (77th), Sound, Spider-Man 2, "Kevin O'Connell, Greg P. Russell, Jeffrey J. Haboush and Joseph Geisinger", NO
2004 (77th), Sound Editing, The Incredibles, Michael Silvers and Randy Thom, YES
2004 (77th), Sound Editing, The Polar Express, Randy Thom and Dennis Leonard, NO
2004 (77th), Sound Editing, Spider-Man 2, Paul N.J. Ottosson, NO
2004 (77th), Visual Effects, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, "Roger Guyett, Tim Burke, John Richardson and Bill George", NO
2004 (77th), Visual Effects, "I, Robot", "John Nelson, Andrew R. Jones, Erik Nash and Joe Letteri", NO
2004 (77th), Visual Effects, Spider-Man 2, "John Dykstra, Scott Stokdyk, Anthony LaMolinara and John Frazier", YES
2004 (77th), Writing, Before Sunset, Screenplay by Richard Linklater & Julie Delpy & Ethan Hawke; Story by Richard Linklater & Kim Krizan, NO
2004 (77th), Writing, Finding Neverland, Screenplay by David Magee, NO
2004 (77th), Writing, Million Dollar Baby, Screenplay by Paul Haggis, NO
2004 (77th), Writing, The Motorcycle Diaries, Screenplay by José Rivera, NO
2004 (77th), Writing, Sideways, Screenplay by Alexander Payne & Jim Taylor, YES
2004 (77th), Writing, The Aviator, Written by John Logan, NO
2004 (77th), Writing, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Screenplay by Charlie Kaufman; Story by Charlie Kaufman & Michel Gondry & Pierre Bismuth, YES
2004 (77th), Writing, Hotel Rwanda, Written by Keir Pearson & Terry George, NO
2004 (77th), Writing, The Incredibles, Written by Brad Bird, NO
2004 (77th), Writing, Vera Drake, Written by Mike Leigh, NO
2004 (77th), Honorary Award, "To Sidney Lumet in recognition of his brilliant services to screenwriters, performers and the art of the motion picture.", YES
2004 (77th), Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award, Roger Mayer, YES
2004 (77th), Scientific and Technical (Academy Award of Merit), "To HORST BURBULLA for the invention and continuing development of the Technocrane telescoping camera crane. With its electronically driven leveling head, adjustable moveable weight carriage, and lightweight, extremely precise telescoping beam elements that allow camera movement during shots, the Technocrane has redefined the state-of-the-art in camera crane technology. [Camera Cranes]", YES
2004 (77th), Scientific and Technical (Academy Award of Merit), "To JEAN-MARIE LAVALOU, ALAIN MASSERON and DAVID SAMUELSON for the engineering and development of the Louma Camera Crane and remote system for motion picture production. The Louma pioneered a remotely-operated camera head combined with a lightweight and portable modular crane. Its design has proved to be the inspiration for numerous subsequent remote camera systems. [Camera Cranes]", YES
2004 (77th), Scientific and Technical (Scientific and Engineering Award), "To GYULA MESTER (electronic systems design) and KEITH EDWARDS (mechanical engineering) for their significant contributions to and continuing development of the Technocrane telescoping camera crane. With its electronically driven leveling head, adjustable moveable weight carriage, and lightweight, extremely precise telescoping beam elements that allow camera movement during shots, the Technocrane has redefined the state-of-the-art in camera crane technology. [Camera Cranes]", YES
2004 (77th), Scientific and Technical (Scientific and Engineering Award), "To LINDSAY ARNOLD, GUY GRIFFITHS, DAVID HODSON, CHARLIE LAWRENCE and DAVID MANN for their development of the Cineon Digital Film Workstation. Cineon pioneered a commercial node-graph compositing system establishing a new visual method for direct manipulation of the compositing process, which influenced and defined modern digital compositing workflows. [Digital Imaging Technology]", YES
2004 (77th), Scientific and Technical (Technical Achievement Award), "To GREG CANNOM and WESLEY WOFFORD for the development of their special modified silicone material for makeup appliances used in motion pictures. This proprietary modified silicone makeup system allows for the creation of either partial or full-face appliances for motion picture makeup effects that move like real flesh, have translucency similar to skin and will accept standard makeup materials. [Systems]", YES
2004 (77th), Scientific and Technical (Technical Achievement Award), "To JERRY COTTS for the original concept and design and ANTHONY SEAMAN for the engineering of the Satellight-X HMI Softlight. With its large radiating surface and thin profile, this collapsible, self-contained HMI softlight provides a diffuse light to simulate daylight in location interiors, where space is often limited. [Lighting]", YES
2004 (77th), Scientific and Technical (Technical Achievement Award), "To STEVEN E. BOZE for the design and implementation of the DNF 001 multi-band digital audio noise suppressor. Designed in the early 1990s when digital signal processing was in its early stages, the real-time digital approach of the DNF 001 provided accurate filter response with minimal interaction, allowing noise attenuation with fewer artifacts. [Sound]", YES
2004 (77th), Scientific and Technical (Technical Achievement Award), To DR. CHRISTOPHER HICKS and DAVE BETTS for the design and implementation of the Cedar DNS 1000 multi-band digital noise suppressor. The Cedar DNS 1000 is specifically designed to reduce background noise from recorded motion picture dialog. With its precise filters it allows the frequency ranges to be altered or even cascaded to pinpoint and reduce the offending noise. [Sound], YES
2004 (77th), Scientific and Technical (Technical Achievement Award), "To NELSON TYLER for the development of the Tyler Gyroplatform boat mount stabilizing device for motion picture photography. As a pioneer in this area of motion picture technology, Tyler's 2-axis, hydraulically-powered camera mount successfully eliminates the pitch and roll associated with camera shots taken from a boat in the water. [Photography]", YES
2004 (77th), Scientific and Technical (Technical Achievement Award), "To DR. JULIAN MORRIS, MICHAEL BIRCH, DR. PAUL SMYTH and PAUL TATE for the development of the Vicon motion capture technology. Vicon Motion Systems developed special-purpose cameras for motion capture with software systems that maximized their impact on the motion picture industry. [Digital Imaging Technology]", YES
2004 (77th), Scientific and Technical (Technical Achievement Award), "To DR. JOHN O.B. GREAVES, NED PHIPPS, ANTONIE J. VAN DEN BOGERT and WILLIAM HAYES for the development of the Motion Analysis motion capture technology. Motion Analysis Corporation developed special-purpose cameras for motion capture with software systems that maximized their impact on the motion picture industry. [Digital Imaging Technology]", YES
2004 (77th), Scientific and Technical (Technical Achievement Award), "To DR. NELS MADSEN, VAUGHN CATO, MATTHEW MADDEN and BILL LORTON for the development of the Giant Studios motion capture technology. The software solution created by Giant Studios applied a unique biometric approach that has influenced the development of motion capture technology for motion pictures. [Digital Imaging Technology]", YES
2004 (77th), Scientific and Technical (Technical Achievement Award), To ALAN KAPLER for the design and development of Storm, " a software toolkit for artistic control of volumetric effects. Storm"" employs an efficient method for directly manipulating volumetric data to create effects such as clouds", " water and avalanches with familiar operators inspired by image compositing and painting operations. [Digital Imaging Technology]"
2004 (77th), Scientific and Technical (Gordon E. Sawyer Award), Takuo Miyagishima, YES
2004 (77th), Scientific and Technical (Special Awards), "To Arthur Widmer for his lifetime of achievement in the science and technology of image compositing for motion pictures as exemplified by his significant contributions to the development of the Ultra Violet and the bluescreen"" compositing processes.""", YES