2008 ARTISTRY AWARDS

WINNERS & NOMINEES

SELECT A CATEGORY

Best Motion Picture of the Year

Slumdog Millionaire

WINNER

The Curious Case of
Benjamin Button

The Dark Knight

Happy-Go-Lucky

WALL•E

Best Director

Danny Boyle
Slumdog Millionaire

WINNER

David Fincher
The Curious Case of
Benjamin Button

Mike Leigh
Happy-Go-Lucky

Christopher Nolan
The Dark Knight

Gus Van Sant
Milk

Best Actor in a Leading Role

Sean Penn
Milk

WINNER

Colin Farrell
In Bruges

Frank Langella
Frost/Nixon

Brad Pitt
The Curious Case of
Benjamin Button

Mickey Rourke
The Wrestler

Best Actress in a Leading Role

Sally Hawkins
Happy-Go-Lucky

WINNER

Anne Hathaway
Rachel Getting Married

Melissa Leo
Frozen River

Meryl Streep
Doubt

Kate Winslet
Revolutionary Road

Best Actor in a Supporting Role

Heath Ledger
The Dark Knight

WINNER

Ralph Fiennes
In Bruges

James Franco
Milk

Philip Seymour Hoffman
Doubt

Eddie Marsan
Happy-Go-Lucky

Best Actress in a Supporting Role

Kate Winslet
The Reader

WINNER

Amy Adams
Doubt

Penélope Cruz
Vicky Cristina Barcelona

Toni Collette
The Black Balloon

Alexis Zegerman
Happy-Go-Lucky

Best Ensemble Cast

Milk

WINNER

The Curious Case of
Benjamin Button

The Dark Knight

Doubt

Happy-Go-Lucky

Best Original Screenplay

Mike Leigh
Happy-Go-Lucky

WINNER

Elissa Down
Jimmy Jack
The Black Balloon

Martin McDonagh
In Bruges

Dustin Lance Black
Milk

Andrew Stanton
Jim Reardon
Pete Docter
WALL•E

Best Adapted Screenplay

Simon Beaufoy
Slumdog Millionaire

WINNER

Eric Roth
Robin Swicord
The Curious Case of
Benjamin Button

Christopher Nolan
Jonathan Nolan
David S. Goyer
The Dark Knight

John Patrick Shanley
Doubt

John Ajvide Lindqvist
Let the Right One In

Best Cinematography

Claudio Miranda
The Curious Case of
Benjamin Button

WINNER

Tom Stern
Changeling

Wally Pfister
The Dark Knight

Hoyte Van Hoytema
Let the Right One In

Anthony Dod Mantle
Slumdog Millionaire

Best Film Editing

Chris Dickens
Slumdog Millionaire

WINNER

Kirk Baxter
Angus Wall
The Curious Case of
Benjamin Button

Lee Smith
The Dark Knight

Elliot Graham
Milk

Stephen Schaffer
WALL•E

Best Original Score

A.R. Rahman
Slumdog Millionaire

WINNER

Alexandre Desplat
The Curious Case of
Benjamin Button

James Newton Howard
Hans Zimmer
The Dark Knight

Thomas Newman
WALL•E

Max Richter
Waltz with Bashir

Best Original Song

“JAI HO“

A.R. Rahman
Gulzar
Slumdog Millionaire

WINNER

“DOWN TO EARTH“

Peter Gabriel
Thomas Newman
WALL•E

“LITTLE PERSON“

Charlie Kaufman
Jon Brion
Synecdoche, New York

“O… SAYA“

A.R. Rahman
M.I.A.
Slumdog Millionaire

“THE WRESTLER“

Bruce Springsteen
The Wrestler

Best Costume Design

Michael O’Connor
The Duchess

WINNER

Catherine Martin
Australia

Jacqueline West
The Curious Case of
Benjamin Button

Danny Glicker
Milk

Albert Wolsky
Revolutionary Road

Best Production Design

Donald Graham Burt
The Curious Case of
Benjamin Button

WINNER

Catherine Martin
Australia

James J. Murakami
Changeling

Michael Carlin
The Duchess

Kristi Zea
Revolutionary Road

Best Hair & Makeup

The Curious Case of
Benjamin Button

WINNER

The Dark Knight

The Duchess

Frost/Nixon

Milk

Best Sound

The Dark Knight

WINNER

The Curious Case of
Benjamin Button

Iron Man

Slumdog Millionaire

WALL•E

Best Visual Effects

The Curious Case of
Benjamin Button

WINNER

The Chronicles of Narnia:
Prince Caspian

Cloverfield

The Dark Knight

Iron Man

Best Animated Feature

WALL•E
Andrew Stanton

WINNER

Bolt
Byron Howard
Chris Williams

Kung Fu Panda
Mark Osborne
John Stevenson

Ponyo
Hayao Miyazaki

Waltz with Bashir
Ari Folman

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