The nominees for the 81st Annual Academy Awards was announced a few moments ago live on television. Following is the list of nominees for each category.
Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
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
Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role
Josh Brolin for Milk
Robert Downey Jr. for Tropic Thunder
Philip Seymour Hoffman for Doubt
Heath Ledger for The Dark Knight
Michael Shannon Revolutionary Road
Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
Anne Hathaway for Rachel Getting Married
Angelina Jolie for Changeling
Melissa Leo for Frozen River
Meryl Streep for Doubt
Kate Winslet for The Reader
Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
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 Animated Feature Film of the Year
Bolt
Kung Fu Panda
Wall-E
Best Achievement in Art Direction
James J. Murakami, Gary Fettis for Changeling
Donald Graham Burt, Victor J. Zolfo for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Nathan Crowley, Peter Lando for The Dark Knight
Michael Carlin, Rebecca Alleway for The Duchess
Kristi Zea, Debra Schutt for Revolutionary Road
Achievement in Cinematography
Tom Stern for Changeling
Claudio Miranda for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Wally Pfister for The Dark Knight
Chris Menges, Roger Deakins for The Reader
Anthony Dod Mantle for Slumdog Millionaire
Achievement in Costume Design
Catherine Martin for Australia
Jacqueline West for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Michael O'Connor for The Duchess
Danny Glicker for Milk
Albert Wolsky for Revolutionary Road
Achievement in Directing
David Fincher for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Ron Howard for Frost/Nixon
Gus Van Sant for Milk
Stephen Daldry for The Reader
Danny Boyle for Slumdog Millionaire
Best Documentary Feature
The Betrayal (Nerakhoon) by Ellen Kuras, Thavisouk Phrasavath
Encounters at the End of the World by Werner Herzog, Henry Kaiser
The Garden by Scott Hamilton Kennedy
Man on Wire by James Marsh, Simon Chinn
Trouble the Water by Tia Lessin, Carl Deal
Best Documentary Short Subject
The Conscience of Nhem En by Steven Okazaki
The Final Inch by Irene Taylor Brodsky, Tom Grant
Smile Pinki by Megan Mylan
The Witness - From the Balcony of Room 306 by Adam Pertofsky, Margaret Hyde
Achievement in Film Editing
Kirk Baxter, Angus Wall for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Lee Smith for The Dark Knight
Mike Hill, Dan Hanley for Frost/Nixon
Elliot Graham for Milk
Chris Dickens for Slumdog Millionaire
Best Foreign Language Film of the Year
The Baader Meinhof Complex from Germany
The Class from France
Departures from Japan
Austria from Revanche
Waltz with Bashir from Israel
Achievement in Make-Up
Greg Cannom for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
John Caglione, Jr., Conor O'Sullivan for The Dark Knight
Mike Elizalde, Thom Floutz for Hellboy II: The Golden Army
Achievement in Music (Original Score)
Alexandre Desplat for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
James Newton Howard for Defiance
Danny Elfman for Milk
A.R. Rahman for Slumdog Millionaire
Thomas Newman for WALL-E
Achievement in Music (Original Song)
"Down to Earth" in WALL-E
"Jai Ho" in Slumdog Millionaire
"O Saya" in Slumdog Millionaire
Best Mostion Picture of the Year
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Frost/Nixon
Milk
The Reader
Slumdog Millionaire
Best Animated Short Film
La Maison de Petits Cubes by Kunio Kato
Lavatory - Lovestory by Konstantin Bronzit
Oktapodi by Emud Mokhberi, Thierry Marchand
Presto by Doug Sweetland
This Way Up by Alan Smith, Adam Foulkes
Best Live Action Short Film
Auf der Strecke (On the Line) by Reto Caffi
Manon on the Asphalt by Elizabeth Marre, Olivier Pont
New Boy by Steph Green, Tamara Anghie
The Pig by Tivi Magnusson, Dorte Høgh
Spielzeugland (Toyland) by Jochen Alexander Freydank
Achievement in Sound Editing
Richard King for The Dark Knight
Frank Eulner, Christopher Boyes for Iron Man
Tom Sayers for Slumdog Millionaire
Ben Burtt, Matthew Wood for WALL-E
Wylie Stateman for Wanted
Achievement in Sound Mixing
David Parker, Michael Semanick, Ren Klyce, Mark Weingarten for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Lora Hirschberg, Gary Rizzo, Ed Novick forThe Dark Knight
Ian Tapp, Richard Pryke, Resul Pookutty for Slumdog Millionaire
Tom Myers, Michael Semanick, Ben Burtt for WALL-E
Chris Jenkins, Frank A. Montaño, Petr Forejt for Wanted
Achievement in Visual Effects
Eric Barba, Steve Preeg, Burt Dalton, Craig Barron for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Nick Davis, Chris Corbould, Tim Webber, Paul Franklin for The Dark Knight
John Nelson, Ben Snow, Dan Sudick, Shane Mahan for Iron Man
Adapted Screenplay
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button by Eric Roth, Robin Swicord
Doubt by John Patrick Shanley
Frost/Nixon by Peter Morgan
The Reader by David Hare
Slumdog Millionaire by Simon Beaufoy
Original Screenplay
Frozen River by Courtney Hunt
Happy-Go-Lucky by Mike Leigh
In Bruges by Martin McDonagh
Milk by Dustin Lance Black
WALL-E by Andrew Stanton, Jim Reardon, Pete Docter
Summary
Number of Awards nominated for
(only films with more than 2 nominations are calculated)
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button - 13 Awards
Slumdog Millionaire - 10 Awards
The Dark Knight - 8 Awards
Milk - 8 Awards
Wall-E - 6 Awards
Doubt - 5 Awards
Frost/Nixon - 5 Awards
Revolutionary Road - 3 Awards
Wanted - 2 Awards
The Wrestler - 2 Awards
Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
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
Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role
Josh Brolin for Milk
Robert Downey Jr. for Tropic Thunder
Philip Seymour Hoffman for Doubt
Heath Ledger for The Dark Knight
Michael Shannon Revolutionary Road
Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
Anne Hathaway for Rachel Getting Married
Angelina Jolie for Changeling
Melissa Leo for Frozen River
Meryl Streep for Doubt
Kate Winslet for The Reader
Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
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 Animated Feature Film of the Year
Bolt
Kung Fu Panda
Wall-E
Best Achievement in Art Direction
James J. Murakami, Gary Fettis for Changeling
Donald Graham Burt, Victor J. Zolfo for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Nathan Crowley, Peter Lando for The Dark Knight
Michael Carlin, Rebecca Alleway for The Duchess
Kristi Zea, Debra Schutt for Revolutionary Road
Achievement in Cinematography
Tom Stern for Changeling
Claudio Miranda for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Wally Pfister for The Dark Knight
Chris Menges, Roger Deakins for The Reader
Anthony Dod Mantle for Slumdog Millionaire
Achievement in Costume Design
Catherine Martin for Australia
Jacqueline West for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Michael O'Connor for The Duchess
Danny Glicker for Milk
Albert Wolsky for Revolutionary Road
Achievement in Directing
David Fincher for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Ron Howard for Frost/Nixon
Gus Van Sant for Milk
Stephen Daldry for The Reader
Danny Boyle for Slumdog Millionaire
Best Documentary Feature
The Betrayal (Nerakhoon) by Ellen Kuras, Thavisouk Phrasavath
Encounters at the End of the World by Werner Herzog, Henry Kaiser
The Garden by Scott Hamilton Kennedy
Man on Wire by James Marsh, Simon Chinn
Trouble the Water by Tia Lessin, Carl Deal
Best Documentary Short Subject
The Conscience of Nhem En by Steven Okazaki
The Final Inch by Irene Taylor Brodsky, Tom Grant
Smile Pinki by Megan Mylan
The Witness - From the Balcony of Room 306 by Adam Pertofsky, Margaret Hyde
Achievement in Film Editing
Kirk Baxter, Angus Wall for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Lee Smith for The Dark Knight
Mike Hill, Dan Hanley for Frost/Nixon
Elliot Graham for Milk
Chris Dickens for Slumdog Millionaire
Best Foreign Language Film of the Year
The Baader Meinhof Complex from Germany
The Class from France
Departures from Japan
Austria from Revanche
Waltz with Bashir from Israel
Achievement in Make-Up
Greg Cannom for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
John Caglione, Jr., Conor O'Sullivan for The Dark Knight
Mike Elizalde, Thom Floutz for Hellboy II: The Golden Army
Achievement in Music (Original Score)
Alexandre Desplat for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
James Newton Howard for Defiance
Danny Elfman for Milk
A.R. Rahman for Slumdog Millionaire
Thomas Newman for WALL-E
Achievement in Music (Original Song)
"Down to Earth" in WALL-E
"Jai Ho" in Slumdog Millionaire
"O Saya" in Slumdog Millionaire
Best Mostion Picture of the Year
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Frost/Nixon
Milk
The Reader
Slumdog Millionaire
Best Animated Short Film
La Maison de Petits Cubes by Kunio Kato
Lavatory - Lovestory by Konstantin Bronzit
Oktapodi by Emud Mokhberi, Thierry Marchand
Presto by Doug Sweetland
This Way Up by Alan Smith, Adam Foulkes
Best Live Action Short Film
Auf der Strecke (On the Line) by Reto Caffi
Manon on the Asphalt by Elizabeth Marre, Olivier Pont
New Boy by Steph Green, Tamara Anghie
The Pig by Tivi Magnusson, Dorte Høgh
Spielzeugland (Toyland) by Jochen Alexander Freydank
Achievement in Sound Editing
Richard King for The Dark Knight
Frank Eulner, Christopher Boyes for Iron Man
Tom Sayers for Slumdog Millionaire
Ben Burtt, Matthew Wood for WALL-E
Wylie Stateman for Wanted
Achievement in Sound Mixing
David Parker, Michael Semanick, Ren Klyce, Mark Weingarten for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Lora Hirschberg, Gary Rizzo, Ed Novick forThe Dark Knight
Ian Tapp, Richard Pryke, Resul Pookutty for Slumdog Millionaire
Tom Myers, Michael Semanick, Ben Burtt for WALL-E
Chris Jenkins, Frank A. Montaño, Petr Forejt for Wanted
Achievement in Visual Effects
Eric Barba, Steve Preeg, Burt Dalton, Craig Barron for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Nick Davis, Chris Corbould, Tim Webber, Paul Franklin for The Dark Knight
John Nelson, Ben Snow, Dan Sudick, Shane Mahan for Iron Man
Adapted Screenplay
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button by Eric Roth, Robin Swicord
Doubt by John Patrick Shanley
Frost/Nixon by Peter Morgan
The Reader by David Hare
Slumdog Millionaire by Simon Beaufoy
Original Screenplay
Frozen River by Courtney Hunt
Happy-Go-Lucky by Mike Leigh
In Bruges by Martin McDonagh
Milk by Dustin Lance Black
WALL-E by Andrew Stanton, Jim Reardon, Pete Docter
Summary
Number of Awards nominated for
(only films with more than 2 nominations are calculated)
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button - 13 Awards
Slumdog Millionaire - 10 Awards
The Dark Knight - 8 Awards
Milk - 8 Awards
Wall-E - 6 Awards
Doubt - 5 Awards
Frost/Nixon - 5 Awards
Revolutionary Road - 3 Awards
Wanted - 2 Awards
The Wrestler - 2 Awards
R.I.P.
