Academy Awards, USA

Best Motion Picture of the Year

Winner

Crash

Paul Haggis

Cathy Schulman

Nominated

Good Night, and Good Luck.

Grant Heslov

Capote

Caroline Baron

William Vince

Michael Ohoven

Brokeback Mountain

Diana Ossana

James Schamus

Munich

Kathleen Kennedy

Steven Spielberg

Barry Mendel

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role

Winner

Philip Seymour Hoffman

Capote

Nominated

David Strathairn

Good Night, and Good Luck.

Terrence Howard

Hustle & Flow

Joaquin Phoenix

Walk the Line

Heath Ledger

Brokeback Mountain

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role

Winner

Reese Witherspoon

Walk the Line

Nominated

Felicity Huffman

Transamerica

Keira Knightley

Pride & Prejudice

Judi Dench

Mrs. Henderson Presents

Charlize Theron

North Country

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role

Winner

George Clooney

Syriana

Nominated

Matt Dillon

Crash

William Hurt

A History of Violence

Paul Giamatti

Cinderella Man

Jake Gyllenhaal

Brokeback Mountain

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role

Winner

Rachel Weisz

The Constant Gardener

Nominated

Amy Adams

Junebug

Michelle Williams

Brokeback Mountain

Catherine Keener

Capote

Frances McDormand

North Country

Best Achievement in Directing

Winner

Ang Lee

Brokeback Mountain

Nominated

Paul Haggis

Crash

George Clooney

Good Night, and Good Luck.

Steven Spielberg

Munich

Bennett Miller

Capote

Best Writing, Original Screenplay

Winner

Crash

Paul Haggis

Bobby Moresco

Nominated

The Squid and the Whale

Noah Baumbach

Syriana

Stephen Gaghan

Match Point

Woody Allen

Good Night, and Good Luck.

George Clooney

Grant Heslov

Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay

Winner

Brokeback Mountain

Larry McMurtry

Diana Ossana

Nominated

A History of Violence

Josh Olson

Capote

Dan Futterman

The Constant Gardener

Jeffrey Caine

Munich

Tony Kushner

Eric Roth

Best Achievement in Cinematography

Winner

Memoirs of a Geisha

Dion Beebe

Nominated

Batman Begins

Wally Pfister

Good Night, and Good Luck.

Robert Elswit

Brokeback Mountain

Rodrigo Prieto

The New World

Emmanuel Lubezki

Best Achievement in Art Direction

Winner

Memoirs of a Geisha

John Myhre

Gretchen Rau

Nominated

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

Stuart Craig

Stephenie McMillan

Good Night, and Good Luck.

Jim Bissell

Jan Pascale

King Kong

Grant Major

Dan Hennah

Simon Bright

Pride & Prejudice

Sarah Greenwood

Katie Spencer

Best Achievement in Film Editing

Winner

Crash

Hughes Winborne

Nominated

The Constant Gardener

Claire Simpson

Cinderella Man

Daniel P. Hanley

Mike Hill

Walk the Line

Michael McCusker

Munich

Michael Kahn

Best Achievement in Costume Design

Winner

Memoirs of a Geisha

Colleen Atwood

Nominated

Walk the Line

Arianne Phillips

Pride & Prejudice

Jacqueline Durran

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

Gabriella Pescucci

Mrs. Henderson Presents

Sandy Powell

Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Song

Winner

Hustle & Flow

Juicy J

Cedric Coleman

D.J. Paul

Nominated

Transamerica

Dolly Parton

Crash

Kathleen York

Michael Becker

Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Score

Winner

Brokeback Mountain

Gustavo Santaolalla

Nominated

The Constant Gardener

Alberto Iglesias

Munich

John Williams

Memoirs of a Geisha

John Williams

Pride & Prejudice

Dario Marianelli

Best Achievement in Sound Mixing

Winner

King Kong

Christopher Boyes

Michael Semanick

Michael Hedges

Hammond Peek

Nominated

The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

Terry Porter

Dean A. Zupancic

Tony Johnson

Walk the Line

Paul Massey

Doug Hemphill

Peter F. Kurland

Memoirs of a Geisha

Kevin O'Connell

Greg P. Russell

Rick Kline

John Pritchett

War of the Worlds

Andy Nelson

Anna Behlmer

Ron Judkins

Best Achievement in Sound Editing

Winner

King Kong

Mike Hopkins

Ethan Van der Ryn

Nominated

War of the Worlds

Richard King

Memoirs of a Geisha

Wylie Stateman

Best Achievement in Visual Effects

Winner

King Kong

Joe Letteri

Brian Van't Hul

Christian Rivers

Richard Taylor

Nominated

The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

Dean Wright

Bill Westenhofer

Jim Berney

Scott Farrar

War of the Worlds

Dennis Muren

Pablo Helman

Randal M. Dutra

Daniel Sudick

Best Short Film, Animated

Winner

The Moon and the Son: An Imagined Conversation

John Canemaker

Peggy Stern

Nominated

Shane Acker

Badgered

Sharon Colman

The Mysterious Geographic Explorations of Jasper Morello

Anthony Lucas

One Man Band

Mark Andrews

Andrew Jimenez

Best Short Film, Live Action

Winner

Six Shooter

Martin McDonagh

Nominated

Cashback

Sean Ellis

Lene Bausager

The Runaway

Ulrike Grote

The Last Farm

Rúnar Rúnarsson

Thor Sigurjonsson

Our Time Is Up

Rob Pearlstein

Pia Clemente

Best Documentary, Short Subjects

Winner

A Note of Triumph: The Golden Age of Norman Corwin

Corinne Marrinan

Eric Simonson

Nominated

God Sleeps in Rwanda

Kimberlee Acquaro

Stacy Sherman

The Life of Kevin Carter

Dan Krauss

The Mushroom Club

Steven Okazaki

Best Documentary, Features

Winner

March of the Penguins

Luc Jacquet

Yves Darondeau

Nominated

Darwin's Nightmare

Hubert Sauper

Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room

Alex Gibney

Jason Kliot

Street Fight

Marshall Curry

Murderball

Henry Alex Rubin

Dana Adam Shapiro

Best Foreign Language Film of the Year

Winner

Tsotsi

Nominated

Don't Tell

Merry Christmas

Sophie Scholl: The Final Days

Paradise Now

Best Animated Feature Film of the Year

Winner

Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit

Steve Box

Nick Park

Nominated

Corpse Bride

Tim Burton

Mike Johnson

Howl's Moving Castle

Hayao Miyazaki

Best Achievement in Makeup

Winner

The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

Howard Berger

Tami Lane

Nominated

Cinderella Man

David LeRoy Anderson

Lance Anderson

Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith

Dave Elsey

Nikki Gooley