77th Academy Awards

THE FILMS OF 2004

Best Motion Picture of the Year

Million Dollar Baby

WINNER

Finding Neverland

Best Directing

Clint Eastwood
Million Dollar Baby

WINNER

Taylor Hackford
Ray

Mike Leigh
Vera Drake

Alexander Payne
Sideways

Martin Scorsese
The Aviator

Best Actor in a Leading Role

Jamie Foxx
Ray

WINNER

Don Cheadle
Hotel Rwanda

Johnny Depp
Finding Neverland

Leonardo DiCaprio
The Aviator

Clint Eastwood
Million Dollar Baby

Best Actress in a Leading Role

Hilary Swank
Million Dollar Baby

WINNER

Annette Bening
Being Julia

Catalina Sandino Moreno
Maria Full of Grace

Imelda Staunton
Vera Drake

Kate Winslet
Eternal Sunshine of the
Spotless Mind

Best Actor in a Supporting Role

Morgan Freeman
Million Dollar Baby

WINNER

Alan Alda
The Aviator

Thomas Haden Church
Sideways

Jamie Foxx
Collateral

Clive Owen
Closer

Best Actress in a Supporting Role

Cate Blanchett
The Aviator

WINNER

Laura Linney
Kinsey

Virginia Madsen
Sideways

Sophie Okonedo
Hotel Rwanda

Natalie Portman
Closer

Best Original Screenplay

Charlie Kaufman
Michel Gondry
Pierre Bismuth
Eternal Sunshine of the
Spotless Mind

WINNER

John Logan
The Aviator

Terry George
Keir Pearson
Hotel Rwanda

Brad Bird
The Incredibles

Mike Leigh
Vera Drake

Best Adapted Screenplay

Alexander Payne
Jim Taylor
Sideways

WINNER

Richard Linklater
Julie Delpy
Ethan Hawke
Kim Krizan
Before Sunset

David Magee
Finding Neverland

Paul Haggis
Million Dollar Baby

José Rivera
The Motorcycle Diaries

Best Cinematography

Robert Richardson
The Aviator

WINNER

Xiaoding Zhao
House of Flying Daggers

Caleb Deschanel
The Passion of the Christ

John Mathieson
The Phantom of the Opera

Bruno Delbonnel
A Very Long Engagement

Best Film Editing

Thelma Schoonmaker
The Aviator

WINNER

Jim Miller
Paul Rubell
Collateral

Matt Chessé
Finding Neverland

Joel Cox
Million Dollar Baby

Paul Hirsch
Ray

Best Costume Design

Sandy Powell
The Aviator

WINNER

Alexandra Byrne
Finding Neverland

Colleen Atwood
Lemony Snicket’s a Series of Unfortunate Events

Sharen Davis
Ray

Bob Ringwood
Troy

Best Art Direction

Dante Ferretti
Francesca Lo Schiavo
The Aviator

WINNER

Gemma Jackson
Trisha Edwards
Finding Neverland

Rick Heinrichs
Cheryl Carasik
Lemony Snicket’s a Series of Unfortunate Events

Anthony Pratt
Celia Bobak
The Phantom of the Opera

Aline Bonetto
A Very Long Engagement

Best Music, Original Score

Jan A. P. Kaczmarek
Finding Neverland

WINNER

John Williams
Harry Potter and the
Prisoner of Azkaban

Thomas Newman
Lemony Snicket’s a Series of Unfortunate Events

John Debney
The Passion of the Christ

James Newton Howard
The Village

Best Music, Original Song

“AL OTRO LADO DEL RIO“

Jorge Drexler
The Motorcycle Diaries

WINNER

“ACCIDENTALLY IN LOVE“

Adam Duritz
Charles Gillingham
Jim Bogios
David Immerglück
Matthew Malley
David Bryson
Dan Vickrey
Shrek 2

Glen Ballard
Alan Silvestri
The Polar Express

“LEARN TO BE LONELY“

Andrew Lloyd Webber
Charles Hart
The Phantom of the Opera

“LOOK TO YOUR PATH“

Bruno Coulais
Christophe Barratier
The Chorus

Best Makeup

Lemony Snicket’s a Series of Unfortunate Events

WINNER

The Passion of the Christ

The Sea Inside

Best Sound Mixing

WINNER

The Incredibles

The Polar Express

Best Sound Editing

The Incredibles

WINNER

The Polar Express

Best Visual Effects

WINNER

Harry Potter and the
Prisoner of Azkaban

Best Foreign Language Film

The Sea Inside

WINNER

As It Is in Heaven

Yesterday

Best Animated Feature Film

The Incredibles

WINNER