Oscar 2007 - nominees

The ceremony will take place on Sunday, February 25, 2007, at the Kodak Theatre at Hollywood.

Performance by an actor in a leading role :

• Leonardo DiCaprio in “Blood Diamond” (Warner Bros.)
• Ryan Gosling in “Half Nelson” (THINKFilm)
• Peter O’Toole in “Venus” (Miramax, Filmfour and UK Council)
• Will Smith in “The Pursuit of Happyness” (Sony Pictures Releasing)
• Forest Whitaker in “The Last King of Scotland” (Fox Searchlight)

Performance by an actor in a supporting role :

• Alan Arkin in “Little Miss Sunshine” (Fox Searchlight)
• Jackie Earle Haley in “Little Children” (New Line)
• Djimon Hounsou in “Blood Diamond” (Warner Bros.)
• Eddie Murphy in “Dreamgirls” (DreamWorks and Paramount)
• Mark Wahlberg in “The Departed” (Warner Bros.)

Performance by an actress in a leading role :

• Penélope Cruz in “Volver” (Sony Pictures Classics)
• Judi Dench in “Notes on a Scandal” (Fox Searchlight)
• Helen Mirren in “The Queen” (Miramax, Pathé and Granada)
• Meryl Streep in “The Devil Wears Prada” (20th Century Fox)
• Kate Winslet in “Little Children” (New Line)

Performance by an actress in a supporting role :

• Adriana Barraza in “Babel” (Paramount and Paramount Vantage)
• Cate Blanchett in “Notes on a Scandal” (Fox Searchlight)
• Abigail Breslin in “Little Miss Sunshine” (Fox Searchlight)
• Jennifer Hudson in “Dreamgirls” (DreamWorks and Paramount)
• Rinko Kikuchi in “Babel” (Paramount and Paramount Vantage)

Best animated feature film of the year :

• “Cars” (Buena Vista) John Lasseter
• “Happy Feet” (Warner Bros.) George Miller
• “Monster House” (Sony Pictures Releasing) Gil Kenan

Achievement in art direction :

• “Dreamgirls” (DreamWorks and Paramount)
  Art Direction: John Myhre
  Set Decoration: Nancy Haigh
• “The Good Shepherd” (Universal)
  Art Direction: Jeannine Oppewall
  Set Decoration: Gretchen Rau and Leslie E. Rollins
• “Pan’s Labyrinth” (Picturehouse)
  Art Direction: Eugenio Caballero
  Set Decoration: Pilar Revuelta
• “Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest” (Buena Vista)
  Art Direction: Rick Heinrichs
  Set Decoration: Cheryl Carasik
• “The Prestige” (Buena Vista)
  Art Direction: Nathan Crowley
  Set Decoration: Julie Ochipinti

Achievement in cinematography :

• “The Black Dahlia” (Universal) Vilmos Zsigmond
• “Children of Men” (Universal) Emmanuel Lubezki
• “The Illusionist” (Yari Film Group) Dick Pope
• “Pan’s Labyrinth” (Picturehouse) Guillermo Navarro
• “The Prestige” (Buena Vista) Wally Pfister

Achievement in costume design :

• “Curse of the Golden Flower” (Sony Pictures Classics) Yee Chung Man
• “The Devil Wears Prada” (20th Century Fox) Patricia Field
• “Dreamgirls” (DreamWorks and Paramount) Sharen Davis
• “Marie Antoinette” (Sony Pictures Releasing) Milena Canonero
• “The Queen” (Miramax, Pathé and Granada) Consolata Boyle

Achievement in directing :

• “Babel” (Paramount and Paramount Vantage) Alejandro González Iñárritu
• “The Departed” (Warner Bros.) Martin Scorsese
• “Letters from Iwo Jima” (Warner Bros.) Clint Eastwood
• “The Queen” (Miramax, Pathé and Granada) Stephen Frears
• “United 93” (Universal and StudioCanal) Paul Greengrass

Best documentary feature :

• “Deliver Us from Evil” (Lionsgate)
  A Disarming Films Production
  Amy Berg and Frank Donner
• “An Inconvenient Truth” (Paramount Classics and Participant Productions)
  A Lawrence Bender/Laurie David Production
  Davis Guggenheim
• “Iraq in Fragments” (Typecast Releasing)
  A Typecast Pictures/Daylight Factory Production
  James Longley and John Sinno
• “Jesus Camp” (Magnolia Pictures)
  A Loki Films Production
  Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady
• “My Country, My Country” (Zeitgeist Films)
  A Praxis Films Production
  Laura Poitras and Jocelyn Glatzer

Best documentary short subject :

• “The Blood of Yingzhou District”
  A Thomas Lennon Films Production
  Ruby Yang and Thomas Lennon
• “Recycled Life”
  An Iwerks/Glad Production
  Leslie Iwerks and Mike Glad
• “Rehearsing a Dream”
  A Simon & Goodman Picture Company Production
  Karen Goodman and Kirk Simon
• “Two Hands”
  A Crazy Boat Pictures Production
  Nathaniel Kahn and Susan Rose Behr

Achievement in film editing :

• “Babel” (Paramount and Paramount Vantage)
  Stephen Mirrione and Douglas Crise
• “Blood Diamond” (Warner Bros.)
  Steven Rosenblum
• “Children of Men” (Universal)
  Alex Rodríguez and Alfonso Cuarón
• “The Departed” (Warner Bros.)
  Thelma Schoonmaker
• “United 93” (Universal and StudioCanal)
  Clare Douglas, Christopher Rouse and Richard Pearson

Best foreign language film of the year :

• “After the Wedding” A Zentropa Entertainments 16 Production
  Denmark
• “Days of Glory (Indigènes)” A Tessalit Production
  Algeria
• “The Lives of Others” A Wiedemann & Berg Production
  Germany
• “Pan’s Labyrinth” A Tequila Gang/Esperanto Filmoj/Estudios Picasso Production
  Mexico
• “Water” A Hamilton-Mehta Production
  Canada

Achievement in makeup :

• “Apocalypto” (Buena Vista) Aldo Signoretti and Vittorio Sodano
• “Click” (Sony Pictures Releasing) Kazuhiro Tsuji and Bill Corso
• “Pan’s Labyrinth” (Picturehouse) David Marti and Montse Ribe

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original score) :

• “Babel” (Paramount and Paramount Vantage) Gustavo Santaolalla
• “The Good German” (Warner Bros.) Thomas Newman
• “Notes on a Scandal” (Fox Searchlight) Philip Glass
• “Pan’s Labyrinth” (Picturehouse) Javier Navarrete
• “The Queen” (Miramax, Pathé and Granada) Alexandre Desplat

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original song) :

• “I Need to Wake Up” from “An Inconvenient Truth”
  (Paramount Classics and Participant Productions)
  Music and Lyric by Melissa Etheridge
• “Listen” from “Dreamgirls”
  (DreamWorks and Paramount)
  Music by Henry Krieger and Scott Cutler
  Lyric by Anne Preven
• “Love You I Do” from “Dreamgirls”
  (DreamWorks and Paramount)
  Music by Henry Krieger
  Lyric by Siedah Garrett
• “Our Town” from “Cars”
  (Buena Vista)
  Music and Lyric by Randy Newman
• “Patience” from “Dreamgirls”
  (DreamWorks and Paramount)
  Music by Henry Krieger
  Lyric by Willie Reale

Best motion picture of the year :

• “Babel” (Paramount and Paramount Vantage)
  An Anonymous Content/Zeta Film/Central Films Production
  Alejandro González Iñárritu, Jon Kilik and Steve Golin, Producers
• “The Departed” (Warner Bros.)
  A Warner Bros. Pictures Production
  Graham King, Producer
• “Letters from Iwo Jima” (Warner Bros.)
  A DreamWorks Pictures/Warner Bros. Pictures Production
  Clint Eastwood, Steven Spielberg and Robert Lorenz, Producers
• “Little Miss Sunshine” (Fox Searchlight)
  A Big Beach/Bona Fide Production
  David T. Friendly, Peter Saraf and Marc Turtletaub, Producers
• “The Queen” (Miramax, Pathé and Granada)
  A Granada Production
  Andy Harries, Christine Langan and Tracey Seaward, Producers

Best animated short film :

• “The Danish Poet” (National Film Board of Canada)
  A Mikrofilm and National Film Board of Canada Production
  Torill Kove
• “Lifted” (Buena Vista)
  A Pixar Animation Studios Production
  Gary Rydstrom
• “The Little Matchgirl” (Buena Vista)
  A Walt Disney Pictures Production
  Roger Allers and Don Hahn
• “Maestro” (Szimplafilm)
  A Kedd Production
  Geza M. Toth
• “No Time for Nuts” (20th Century Fox)
  A Blue Sky Studios Production
  Chris Renaud and Michael Thurmeier

Best live action short film :

• “Binta and the Great Idea (Binta Y La Gran Idea)”
  A Peliculas Pendelton and Tus Ojos Production
  Javier Fesser and Luis Manso
• “Éramos Pocos (One Too Many)” (Kimuak)
  An Altube Filmeak Production
  Borja Cobeaga
• “Helmer & Son”
  A Nordisk Film Production
  Soren Pilmark and Kim Magnusson
• “The Saviour” (Australian Film Television and Radio School)
  An Australian Film Television and Radio School Production
  Peter Templeman and Stuart Parkyn
• “West Bank Story”
  An Ari Sandel, Pascal Vaguelsy, Amy Kim, Ravi Malhotra and Ashley Jordan Production
  Ari Sandel

Achievement in sound editing :

• “Apocalypto” (Buena Vista)
  Sean McCormack and Kami Asgar
• “Blood Diamond” (Warner Bros.)
  Lon Bender
• “Flags of Our Fathers” (DreamWorks and Warner Bros., Distributed by Paramount)
  Alan Robert Murray and Bub Asman
• “Letters from Iwo Jima” (Warner Bros.)
  Alan Robert Murray and Bub Asman
• “Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest” (Buena Vista)
  Christopher Boyes and George Watters II

Achievement in sound mixing :

• “Apocalypto” (Buena Vista)
  Kevin O’Connell, Greg P. Russell and Fernando Camara
• “Blood Diamond” (Warner Bros.)
  Andy Nelson, Anna Behlmer and Ivan Sharrock
• “Dreamgirls” (DreamWorks and Paramount)
  Michael Minkler, Bob Beemer and Willie Burton
• “Flags of Our Fathers” (DreamWorks and Warner Bros., Distributed by Paramount)
  John Reitz, Dave Campbell, Gregg Rudloff and Walt Martin
• “Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest” (Buena Vista)
  Paul Massey, Christopher Boyes and Lee Orloff

Achievement in visual effects :

• “Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest” (Buena Vista)
  John Knoll, Hal Hickel, Charles Gibson and Allen Hall
• “Poseidon” (Warner Bros.)
  Boyd Shermis, Kim Libreri, Chas Jarrett and John Frazier
• “Superman Returns” (Warner Bros.)
  Mark Stetson, Neil Corbould, Richard R. Hoover and Jon Thum

Adapted screenplay :

• “Borat Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan” (20th Century Fox)
  Screenplay by Sacha Baron Cohen & Anthony Hines & Peter Baynham & Dan Mazer
  Story by Sacha Baron Cohen & Peter Baynham & Anthony Hines & Todd Phillips
• “Children of Men” (Universal)
  Screenplay by Alfonso Cuarón & Timothy J. Sexton and David Arata and Mark Fergus & Hawk Ostby
• “The Departed” (Warner Bros.)
  Screenplay by William Monahan
• “Little Children” (New Line)
  Screenplay by Todd Field & Tom Perrotta
• “Notes on a Scandal” (Fox Searchlight)
  Screenplay by Patrick Marber

Original screenplay :

• “Babel” (Paramount and Paramount Vantage)
  Written by Guillermo Arriaga
• “Letters from Iwo Jima” (Warner Bros.)
  Screenplay by Iris Yamashita
  Story by Iris Yamashita & Paul Haggis
• “Little Miss Sunshine” (Fox Searchlight)
  Written by Michael Arndt
• “Pan’s Labyrinth” (Picturehouse)
  Written by Guillermo del Toro
• “The Queen” (Miramax, Pathé and Granada)
  Written by Peter Morgan

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