| Best motion picture of the year |
| Winner: |
Crash
|
| Nominees: |
| Brokeback Mountain |
| Capote |
| Good Night, and Good Luck |
| Munich |
| |
| Performance by an actor in a leading role |
| Winner: |
| Philip Seymour Hoffman in Capote |
| Nominees: |
| Terrence Howard in Hustle & Flow |
| Heath Ledger in Brokeback Mountain |
| Joaquin Phoenix in Walk the Line |
| David Strathairn in Good Night, and Good Luck |
| |
| Performance by an actor in a supporting role |
| Winner: |
| George Clooney - Syriana |
| Nominees: |
| Matt Dillon in Crash |
| Paul Giamatti in Cinderella Man |
| Jake Gyllenhaal in Brokeback Mountain |
| William Hurt in A History of Violence |
| |
| Performance by an actress in a leading role |
| Winner: |
| Reese Witherspoon in Walk the
Line |
| Nominees: |
| Judi Dench in Mrs. Henderson Presents |
| Felicity Huffman in Transamerica |
| Keira Knightley in Pride & Prejudice |
| Charlize Theron in North Country |
| |
| Performance by an actress in a supporting role |
| Winner: |
| Rachel Weisz in The Constant
Gardener |
| Nominees: |
| Amy Adams in Junebug |
| Catherine Keener in Capote |
| Frances McDormand in North Count |
| Michelle Williams in Brokeback Mountain |
| |
| Best animated feature film of the year |
| Winner: |
Wallace & Gromit in the
Curse of the Were-Rabbit
|
| Nominees: |
| Howl’s Moving Castle |
| Tim Burton’s Corpse Bride |
| |
| Achievement in art direction |
| Winner: |
Memoirs of a Geisha
Art Direction: John Myhre
Set Decoration: Gretchen Rau |
| Nominees: |
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Art Direction: Stuart Craig
Set Decoration: Stephenie McMillan |
King Kong
Art Direction: Grant Major
Set Decoration: Dan Hennah and Simon Bright |
Good Night, and Good Luck
Art Direction: Jim Bissell
Set Decoration: Jan Pascale |
Pride & Prejudice
Art Direction: Sarah Greenwood
Set Decoration: Katie Spencer |
| |
| Achievement in cinematography |
| Winner: |
Memoirs of a Geisha
Dion Beebe |
| Nominees: |
Batman Begins
Wally Pfister |
Brokeback Mountain
Rodrigo Prieto |
Good Night, and Good Luck
Robert Elswit |
The New World
Emmanuel Lubezki |
| |
| Achievement in costume design |
| Winner: |
Memoirs of a Geisha
Colleen Atwood
|
| Nominees: |
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Gabriella Pescucci |
Mrs. Henderson Presents
Sandy Powell |
Pride & Prejudice
Jacqueline Durran |
Walk the Line
Arianne Phillips |
| |
| Achievement in directing |
| Winner: |
Brokeback Mountain
Ang Lee |
| Nominees: |
Capote
Bennett Miller |
Crash
Paul Haggis |
Good Night, and Good Luck
George Clooney |
Munich
Steven Spielberg |
| |
| Best documentary feature |
| Winner: |
March of the Penguins
Luc Jacquet and Yves Darondeau
|
| Nominees: |
Darwin’s Nightmare
Hubert Sauper |
Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room
Alex Gibney and Jason Kliot |
Murderball)
Henry-Alex Rubin and Dana Adam Shapiro |
Street Fight
Marshall Curry |
| |
| Best documentary short subject |
| Winner: |
A Note of Triumph: The Golden
Age of Norman Corwin”
Corinne Marrinan and Eric Simonson |
| Nominees: |
The Death of Kevin Carter: Casualty of the
Bang Bang Club
Dan Krauss |
The Mushroom Clu
Steven Okazaki |
| |
| Achievement in film editing |
| Winner: |
Crash
Hughes Winborne |
| Nominees: |
Cinderella Man)
Mike Hill and Dan Hanley |
The Constant Gardener
Claire Simpson |
Munich
Michael Kahn |
Walk the Line
Michael McCusker |
| |
| Best foreign language film of the year |
| Winner: |
Tsotsi
South Africa |
| Nominees: |
Paradise Now
Palestine |
Joyeux Noël
France |
Don’t Tell
Italy |
Sophie Scholl - The Final Days
Germany |
| |
| Achievement in makeup |
| Winner: |
The Chronicles of Narnia: The
Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Howard Berger and Tami Lane |
| Nominees: |
Cinderella Man
David Leroy Anderson and Lance Anderson |
Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith
Dave Elsey and Nikki Gooley |
| |
| Achievement in music written for motion pictures / Original score |
| Winner: |
Brokeback Mountain
Gustavo Santaolalla |
| Nominees: |
The Constant Gardener
Alberto Iglesias |
Memoirs of a Geisha
John Williams |
Munich
John Williams |
Pride & Prejudice
Dario Marianelli |
| |
| Achievement in music written for motion pictures / Original song |
| Winner: |
It’s Hard Out Here for
a Pimp
from Hustle & Flow
Music and Lyric by Jordan Houston, Cedric Coleman
and Paul Beauregard |
| Nominees: |
In the Deep
from Crash
Music by Kathleen “Bird” York and
Michael Becker
Lyric by Kathleen “Bird” York |
Travelin’ Thru
from Transamerica
Music and Lyric by Dolly Parton |
| |
| Best animated short film |
| Winner: |
| The Moon and the Son: An Imagined
Conversation |
| Nominees: |
| Badgered |
| The Mysterious Geographic Explorations of
Jasper Morello (Monster Distributes) |
| 9 |
| One Man Band |
| |
| Best live action short film |
| Winner: |
Six Shooter (Sundance Film
Channel)
A Missing in Action Films and Funny Farm Films
Production |
| Nominees: |
Ausreisser (The Runaway)
A Hamburg Media School, Filmwerkstatt Production |
Cashback (The British Film Institute)
A Left Turn Films Production |
The Last Farm
A Zik Zak Filmworks Production |
Our Time Is Up
A Station B Production |
| |
| Achievement in sound editing |
| Winner: |
King Kong
Mike Hopkins and
Ethan Van der Ryn |
| Nominees: |
Memoirs of a Geisha
Wylie Stateman |
War of the Worlds
Richard King |
| |
| Achievement in sound mixing |
| Winner: |
King Kong
Christopher Boyes, Michael Semanick, Michael
Hedges and Hammond Peek |
| Nominees: |
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch
and the Wardrobe
Terry Porter, Dean A. Zupancic and Tony Johnson |
Memoirs of a Geisha
Kevin O’Connell, Greg P. Russell, Rick
Kline and John Pritchett |
Walk the Line
Paul Massey, D.M. Hemphill and Peter F. Kurland |
War of the Worlds
Andy Nelson, Anna Behlmer and Ronald Judkins |
| |
| Achievement in visual effects |
| Winner: |
King Kong
Joe Letteri, Brian Van’t Hul, Christian
Rivers and Richard Taylor |
| Nominees: |
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch
and the Wardrobe
Dean Wright, Bill Westenhofer, Jim Berney and
Scott Farrar |
War of the Worlds
Dennis Muren, Pablo Helman, Randal M. Dutra
and Daniel Sudick |
| |
| Adapted screenplay |
| Winner: |
Brokeback Mountain
Screenplay by Larry McMurtry & Diana Ossana
|
| Nominees: |
Capote
Screenplay by Dan Futterman |
The Constant Gardener
Screenplay by Jeffrey Caine |
A History of Violence
Screenplay by Josh Olson |
Munich
Screenplay by Tony Kushner and Eric Roth |
| |
| Original screenplay |
| Winner: |
Crash
Screenplay by Paul Haggis & Bobby Moresco
Story by Paul Haggis |
| Nominees: |
Good Night, and Good Luck
Screenplay by George Clooney & Grant Heslov
|
Match Point
Written by Woody Allen |
The Squid and the Whale
Written by Noah Baumbach |
Syriana
Written by Stephen Gaghan |
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