2003 Academy Award® Nominations: winners are underlined.

Best Picture: L.O.T.R.: The Return of the King Lost in Translation Master and Comander Mystic River Seabiscuit What will win: Return of the King What should win: Return of the King Runner-up: Mystic River What's missing: School of Rock

Best Director: Sofia Coppola, Lost in Translation Clint Eastwood, Mystic River Peter Jackson, L.O.T.R.: The Return of the King Fernando Meirelles, City of God Peter Weir, Master and Comander Who will win: Peter Jackson, Return of the King Who should win: Peter Jackson, Return of the King Runner up: Clint Eastwood, Mystic River Who's Missing: Andrew Stanton, Lee Unkrich, Finding Nemo

Best Actor: Johnny Depp, Pirates of the Caribbean Ben Kingsley, House of Sand and Fog Jude Law, Cold Mountain Bill Murray, Lost in Translation Sean Penn, Mystic River Who will win: Sean Penn Who should win: Bill Murrey Runner-up: Ben Kingsley Who's Missing: Kevin Bacon, Mystic River

Best Actress: Keisha Castle-Hughes, Whale Rider Diane Keaton, Something's Got to Give Samantha Morton, In America Charlize Theron, Monster Naomi Watts, 21 Grams Who will win: Charlize Theron Who should win: Charlize Theron Runner-up: Keisha Castle-Hughes Who's missing: Audrey Tautou, He Loves Me... He Loves Me Not

Best Supporting Actor: Alec Baldwin, The Cooler Benicio Del Toro, 21 Grams Djimon Hounsou, In America Tim Robbins, Mystic River Ken Watanabe, The Last Samurai Who will win: Tim Robbins Who should win: Tim Robbins Runner-up: Ken Watanabe Who's missing: Bobby Cannavale, The Station Agent

Best Supporting Actress: Shohreh Aghdashloo, House of Sand and Fog Patricia Clarkson, Pieces of April Marcia Gay Harden, Mystic River Holly Hunter, Thirteen Renée Zellweger, Cold Mountain Who will win: Holly Hunter Who should win: Marcia Gay Harden Runner-up: Shohreh Aghdashloo Who's missing: Patricia Clarkson, The Station Agent

Best Original Screenplay:
Denys Arcand, The Barbarian Invasions
Sofia Coppola, Lost in Translation
Steven Knight, Dirty Pretty Things
Jim Sheridan, Naomi Sheridan, Kirsten Sheridan, In America
Andrew Stanton, Bob Peterson, David Reynolds, Finding Nemo

What will win: Lost in Translation
What should win: Lost in Translation
Runner-up: Finding Nemo
What's missing: The Station Agent

Best Adapted Screenplay:
Brian Helgeland, Mystic River
Braulio Mantovani, City of God
Robert Pulcini, Springer Berman, American Splendor
Gary Ross, Seabiscuit
Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens, Peter Jackson, L.O.T.R.: The Return of the King

What will win: Mystic River
What should win: Return of the King
Runner-up: Mystic River
What's missing: The Missing, Holes

Best Foreign Film: The Barbarian Invasions, Canada Evil, Sweden The Twilight Samurai, Japan Twin Sisters, The Netherlands Želary, Czech Republic

Best Animated Feature: Brother Bear Finding Nemo The Triplets of Belleville

Best Cinematography: City of God Cold Mountain Girl With a Pearl Earring Master and Commander Seabiscuit

Best Sound Mixing: The Last Samurai L.O.T.R.: The Return of the King Master and Commander Pirates of the Caribbean Seabiscuit

Best Art Direction: Girl With a Pearl Earring The Last Samurai L.O.T.R.: The Return of the King Master and Commander Seabiscuit

Visual Effects: L.O.T.R.: The Return of the King Master and Commander Pirates of the Caribbean

Best Makeup: L.O.T.R.: The Return of the King Master and Commander Pirates of the Caribbean

Sound Editing: Finding Nemo Master and Commander Pirates of the Caribbean

Film Editing: City of God Cold Mountain L.O.T.R.: Return of the King Master and Commander Seabiscuit

Best Original Score: Danny Elfman, Big Fish James Horner, House of Sand and Fog Thomas Newman, Finding Nemo Howard Shore, L.O.T.R.: Return of the King Gabriel Yared, Cold Mountain

Best Costumes: Girl With a Pearl Earring The Last Samurai L.O.T.R.: Return of the King Master and Commander Seabiscuit

Best Original Song:
T Bone Burnett, Elvis Costello, "Scarlet Tide" from Cold Mountain
Benoit Charest, Sylvain Chomet, "The Triplets of Belleville" from The Triplets of Belleville
Michael McKean, Annette O'Toole, "A Kiss at the End of the Rainbow" from A Mighty Wind
Sting, "You Will Be My Ain True Love" from Cold Mountain
Fran Walsh, Howard Shore, Annie Lennox, "Into the West" from L.O.T.R.: The Return of the King

Best Documentary Feature: Balseros Capturing the Friedmans The Fog of War My Architect The Weather Underground

Documentary, Short Subject: Asylum Chernobyl Heart Ferry Tales

Live Action Short Film: Die Rote Jacke (The Red Jacket) Most (The Bridge) Squash (A) Torzija ([A] Torsion) Two Soldiers

Animated Short Film: Boundin' Destino Gone Nutty Harvie Krumpet Nibbles

The Academy Award® ceremony was held on Sunday, February 29, 2004


Winners:
(11 movies)

Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (11) - Picture, Director, Adapted Screenplay, Art Direction, Costumes, Visual Effects, Makeup, Sound Mixing, Original Score, Editing, Original Song
Master and Comander: The Far Side of the World (2) - Sound Editing, Cinematography
Mystic River (2) - Actor, Supporting Actor
Cold Mountain (1) - Supporting Actress
Finding Nemo (1) - Animated Feature
Lost in Translation (1) - Original Screenplay
Monster (1) - Actress
The Barbarian Invasions (1) - Foreign Film
The Fog of War (1) - Documentary Feature
Chernobyl Heart (1) - Documentary, Short Subject
Two Soldiers (1) - Live Action Short Film
Harvie Krumpet (1) - Animated Short Film

Nomination Totals:
(49 movies)
Commercial English language films:
American Splendor (1) - Adapted Screenplay
Big Fish (1) - Original Score
Brother Bear (1) - Animated Feature
Cold Mountain (7) - Actor, Supporting Actress, Cinematography, Editing, Original Score, Original Song, Original Song
The Cooler (1) - Supporting Actor
Finding Nemo (4) - Original Screenplay, Animated Feature, Sound Editing, Original Score
Girl With a Pearl Earring (3) - Cinematography, Art Direction, Costumes
House of Sand and Fog (3) - Actor, Supporting Actress, Original Score
In America (3) - Actress, Supporting Actor, Original Screenplay
The Last Samurai (4) - Supporting Actor, Sound Mixing, Art Direction, Costumes
Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (11) - Picture, Director, Adapted Screenplay, Sound Mixing, Art Direction, Visual Effects, Makeup, Editing, Original Score, Costumes, Original Song
Lost in Translation (4) - Picture, Director, Actor, Original Screenplay
Master and Comander: The Far Side of the World (10) - Picture, Director, Cinematography, Sound Mixing, Art Direction, Visual Effects, Makeup, Sound Editing, Editing, Costumes
A Mighty Wind (1) - Original Song
Monster (1) - Actress
Mystic River (6) - Picture, Director, Actor, Supporting Actor, Supporting Actress, Adapted Screenplay
Pieces of April (1) - Supporting Actress
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (5) - Actor, Sound Mixing, Visual Effects, Makeup, Sound Editing
Seabiscuit (7) - Picture, Adapted Screenplay, Cinematography, Sound Mixing, Art Direction, Editing, Costumes
Something's Got to Give (1) - Actress
Thirteen (1) - Supporting Actress
21 Grams (2) - Actress, Supporting Actor
Whale Rider (1) - Actress

Foreign language films:
The Barbarian Invasions (2) - Foreign Film, Original Screenplay
City of God (4) - Director, Adapted Screenplay, Cinematography, Editing
Dirty Pretty Things (1) - Original Screenplay
Evil (1) - Foreign Film
The Triplets of Belleville (2) - Animated Feature, Original Song
The Twilight Samurai (1) - Foreign Film
Twin Sisters (1) - Foreign Film
Želary (1) - Foreign Film

Documentaries and short films:
Asylum (1) - Documentary, Short Subject
Balseros (1) - Best Documentary Feature
Boundin' (1) - Animated Short Film
Capturing the Friedmans (1) - Best Documentary Feature
Chernobyl Heart (1) - Documentary, Short Subject
Destino (1) - Animated Short Film
Die Rote Jacke (The Red Jacket) (1) - Live Action Short Film
Ferry Tales (1) - Documentary, Short Subject
The Fog of War (1) - Best Documentary Feature
Gone Nutty (1) - Animated Short Film
Harvie Krumpet (1) - Animated Short Film
Most (The Bridge) (1) - Live Action Short Film
My Architect (1) - Best Documentary Feature
Nibbles (1) - Animated Short Film
Squash (1) - Live Action Short Film
(A) Torzija ([A] Torsion) (1) - Live Action Short Film
Two Soldiers (1) - Live Action Short Film
The Weather Underground (1) - Best Documentary Feature

Back to my main page

---