| Best motion picture of the year |
| Winner: |
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
|
| Nominees: |
| Lost in Translation |
| Master and Commander: The Far Side of the
World |
| Mystic River |
| Seabiscuit |
| |
| Performance by an actor in a leading role |
| Winner: |
| Sean Penn in Mystic River |
| Nominees: |
| Johnny Depp in Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl |
| Ben Kingsley in House of Sand and Fog |
| Jude Law in Cold Mountain |
| Bill Murray in Lost in Translation |
| |
| Performance by an actor in a supporting role |
| Winner: |
| Tim Robbins in Mystic River |
| Nominees: |
| Alec Baldwin in The Cooler |
| Benicio Del Toro in 21 Grams |
| Djimon Hounsou in In America |
| Ken Watanabe in The Last Samurai |
| |
| Performance by an actress in a leading role |
| Winner: |
| Charlize Theron in Monster |
| Nominees: |
| Keisha Castle-Hughes in Whale Rider |
| Diane Keaton in Something's Gotta Give |
| Samantha Morton in In America |
| Naomi Watts in 21 Grams |
| |
| Performance by an actress in a supporting role |
| Winner: |
| Renée Zellweger in Cold
Mountain |
| Nominees: |
| Shohreh Aghdashloo in House of Sand and Fog |
| Patricia Clarkson in Pieces of April |
| Marcia Gay Harden in Mystic River |
| Holly Hunter in Thirteen |
| |
| Best animated feature film of the year |
| Winner: |
Finding Nemo
|
| Nominees: |
| Brother Bear |
| The Triplets of Belleville |
| |
| Achievement in art direction |
| Winner: |
~The Lord of the Rings: The
Return of the King~
Art Direction: Grant Major
Set Decoration: Dan Hennah and Alan Lee |
| Nominees: |
~Girl with a Pearl Earring~
Art Direction: Ben Van Os
Set Decoration: Cecile Heideman |
~The Last Samurai~
Art Direction: Lilly Kilvert
Set Decoration: Gretchen Rau |
~Master and Commander: The Far Side of the
World~
Art Direction: William Sandell
Set Decoration: Robert Gould |
~Seabiscuit~
Art Direction: Jeannine Oppewall
Set Decoration: Leslie Pope |
| |
| Achievement in cinematography |
| Winner: |
~Master and Commander: The
Far Side of the World~
Russell Boyd |
| Nominees: |
~City of God~
Cesar Charlone |
~Cold Mountain~
John Seale |
~Girl with a Pearl Earring~
Eduardo Serra |
~Seabiscuit~
John Schwartzman |
| |
| Achievement in costume design |
| Winner: |
| ~The Lord of the Rings: The
Return of the King~Ngila Dickson and Richard
Taylor |
| Nominees: |
| ~Girl with a Pearl Earring~ Dien van Straalen |
| ~The Last Samurai~ Ngila Dickson |
| ~Master and Commander: The Far Side of the
World~ Wendy Stites |
| ~Seabiscuit~ Judianna Makovsky |
| |
| Achievement in directing |
| Winner: |
| ~The Lord of the Rings: The
Return of the King~ Peter Jackson |
| Nominees: |
| ~City of God~ Fernando Meirelles |
| ~Lost in Translation~ Sofia Coppola |
| ~Master and Commander: The Far Side of the
World~ Peter Weir |
| ~Mystic River~ Clint Eastwood |
| |
| Best documentary feature |
| Winner: |
~The Fog of War~
A Globe Department Store Production
Errol Morris and Michael Williams |
| Nominees: |
~Balseros~
A Bausan Films S.L. Production
Carlos Bosch and Josep Maria Domenech |
~Capturing the Friedmans~
A Hit The Ground Running Production
Andrew Jarecki and Marc Smerling |
~My Architect~
A Louis Kahn Project, Inc. Production
Nathaniel Kahn and Susan R. Behr |
~The Weather Underground~
A Free History Project Production
Sam Green and Bill Siegel |
| |
| Best documentary short subject |
| Winner: |
~Chernobyl Heart~
Maryann DeLeo |
| Nominees: |
~Asylum~
Sandy McLeod and Gini Reticker |
~Ferry Tales~
Katja Esson |
| |
| Achievement in film editing |
| Winner: |
| ~The Lord of the Rings: The
Return of the King~ Jamie Selkirk |
| Nominees: |
| ~City of God~ Daniel Rezende |
| ~Cold Mountain~ Walter Murch |
| ~Master and Commander: The Far Side of the
World~ Lee Smith |
| ~Seabiscuit~ William Goldenberg |
| |
| Best foreign language film of the year |
| Winner: |
~The Barbarian Invasions~
Canada |
| Nominees: |
~Evil~
Sweden |
~The Twilight Samurai~
Japan |
~Twin Sisters~
The Netherlands |
~Zelary~
Czech Republic |
| |
| Achievement in makeup |
| Winner: |
~The Lord of the Rings: The
Return of the King~
Richard Taylor and Peter King |
| Nominees: |
~Master and Commander: The Far Side of the
World~
Edouard Henriques III and Yolanda Toussieng |
~Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse
of the Black Pearl~
Ve Neill and Martin Samuel |
| |
| Achievement in music written for motion pictures / Original score |
| Winner: |
| ~The Lord of the Rings: The
Return of the King~ Howard Shore |
| Nominees: |
| ~Big Fish~ Danny Elfman |
| ~Cold Mountain~ Gabriel Yared |
| ~Finding Nemo~ Thomas Newman |
| ~House of Sand and Fog~ James Horner |
| |
| Achievement in music written for motion pictures / Original song |
| Winner: |
~Into the West~ from ~The Lord
of the Rings: The Return of the King~
Music and Lyric by Fran Walsh and Howard Shore
and Annie Lennox |
| Nominees: |
~A Kiss at the End of the Rainbow~ from ~A
Mighty Wind~
Music and Lyric by Michael McKean and Annette
O'Toole |
~Scarlet Tide~ from ~Cold Mountain~
Music and Lyric by T Bone Burnett and Elvis
Costello |
~Belleville Rendez-vous~ from ~The Triplets
of Belleville~
Music by Benoit Charest
Lyric by Sylvain Chomet |
~You Will Be My Aint True Love~ from ~Cold
Mountain~
Music and Lyric by Sting |
| |
| Best animated short film |
| Winner: |
| Harvie Krumpet |
| Nominees: |
| Boundin' |
| Destino |
| Gone Nutty |
| Nibbles |
| |
| Best live action short film |
| Winner: |
Two Soldiers
A Shoe Clerk Picture Company Production |
| Nominees: |
Die Rote Jacke (The Red Jacket)
A Hamburger Filmwerkstatt Production |
Most (The Bridge)
An Eastwind Films Production |
Squash
A Tetramedia Production |
(A) Torzija [(A) Torsion]
A Studio Arkadena Production |
| |
| Achievement in sound editing |
| Winner: |
~Master and Commander: The
Far Side of the World~
Richard King |
| Nominees: |
~Finding Nemo~
Gary Rydstrom and Michael Silvers |
~Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the
Black Pearl~
Christopher Boyes and George Watters
II |
| |
| Achievement in sound mixing |
| Winner: |
~The Lord of the Rings: The
Return of the King~
Christopher Boyes, Michael
Semanick, Michael Hedges and Hammond Peek |
| Nominees: |
~The Last Samurai~
Andy Nelson, Anna Behlmer
and Jeff Wexler |
~Master and Commander: The Far Side of the
World~
Paul Massey, D.M. Hemphill and Arthur
Rochester |
~Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the
Black Pearl~
Christopher Boyes, David Parker,
David Campbell and Lee Orloff |
~Seabiscuit~
Andy Nelson, Anna Behlmer and
Tod A. Maitland |
| |
| Achievement in visual effects |
| Winner: |
~The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King~
Jim Rygiel, Joe Letteri, Randall William Cook and Alex Funke |
| Nominees: |
~Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World~
Dan Sudick, Stefen Fangmeier, Nathan McGuinness and Robert Stromberg |
~Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl~
John Knoll, Hal Hickel, Charles Gibson and Terry Frazee |
| |
| Adapted screenplay |
| Winner: |
~The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King~
Screenplay by Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens & Peter Jackson |
| Nominees: |
~American Splendor~
Written by Robert Pulcini & Shari Springer Berman |
~City of God~
Screenplay by Braulio Mantovani |
~Mystic River~
Screenplay by Brian Helgeland |
~Seabiscuit~
Written for the Screen by Gary Ross |
| |
| Original screenplay |
| Winner: |
Lost in Translation
Written by Sofia Coppola
|
| Nominees: |
The Barbarian Invasions
Written by Denys Arcand |
Dirty Pretty Things
Written by Steven Knight |
Finding Nemo
Screenplay by Andrew Stanton, Bob Peterson
and David Reynolds Original Story by Andrew Stanton |
In America
Written by Jim Sheridan & Naomi Sheridan & Kirsten Sheridan |
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