76th Academy Awards®
Oscars® for the 76th Annual Academy Awards were presented on Sunday, February 29, 2004 by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.


Actor in a leading role

Johnny Depp in "Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl"
(Buena Vista)
Ben Kingsley in "House of Sand and Fog" (DreamWorks in association with Cobalt Media Group)
Jude Law in "Cold Mountain" (Miramax)
Bill Murray in "Lost in Translation" (Focus Features)
++++ Sean Penn in "Mystic River" (Warner Bros.)



Actor in a supporting role

Alec Baldwin in "The Cooler" (Lions Gate)
Benicio Del Toro in "21 Grams" (Focus Features)
Djimon Hounsou in "In America" (Fox Searchlight/20th Century Fox)
++++ Tim Robbins in "Mystic River" (Warner Bros.)
Ken Watanabe in "The Last Samurai" (Warner Bros.)

Actress in a leading role

Keisha Castle-Hughes in "Whale Rider" (NewMarket Films)
Diane Keaton in "Something's Gotta Give" (Sony Pictures Releasing)
Samantha Morton in "In America" (Fox Searchlight/20th Century Fox)
++++ Charlize Theron in "Monster" (Newmarket Films)
Naomi Watts in "21 Grams" (Focus Features)

Actress in a supporting role

Shohreh Aghdashloo in "House of Sand and Fog" (DreamWorks in association with Cobalt Media Group)
Patricia Clarkson in "Pieces of April" (MGM)
Marcia Gay Harden in "Mystic River" (Warner Bros.)
Holly Hunter in "Thirteen" (Fox Searchlight/20th Century Fox)
++++ Renée Zellweger in "Cold Mountain" (Miramax)

Animated feature film

"Brother Bear" (Buena Vista)
++++ "Finding Nemo" (Buena Vista)
"The Triplets of Belleville" (Sony Pictures Classics)



Art direction

"Girl with a Pearl Earring" (Lions Gate)
Art Direction: Ben Van Os
Set Decoration: Cecile Heideman

"The Last Samurai" (Warner Bros.)
Art Direction: Lilly Kilvert
Set Decoration: Gretchen Rau

++++ "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King" (New Line)
Art Direction: Grant Major
Set Decoration: Dan Hennah and Alan Lee

"Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World" (20th Century Fox)
Art Direction: William Sandell
Set Decoration: Robert Gould

"Seabiscuit" (Universal/DreamWorks/Spyglass)
Art Direction: Jeannine Oppewall
Set Decoration: Leslie Pope


Cinematography

"City of God" (Miramax) Cesar Charlone
"Cold Mountain" (Miramax) John Seale
"Girl with a Pearl Earring" (Lions Gate) Eduardo Serra
++++ "Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World" (20th Century Fox) Russell Boyd
"Seabiscuit" (Universal/DreamWorks/Spyglass) John Schwartzman


Costume design
"Girl with a Pearl Earring" (Lions Gate) Dien van Straalen
"The Last Samurai" (Warner Bros.) Ngila Dickson
++++ "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King" (New Line) Ngila Dickson and Richard Taylor
"Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World" (20th Century Fox) Wendy Stites
"Seabiscuit" (Universal/DreamWorks/Spyglass) Judianna Makovsky

Directing

"City of God" (Miramax) Fernando Meirelles
"The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King" (New Line) Peter Jackson
++++ "Lost in Translation" (Focus Features) Sofia Coppola
"Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World" (20th Century Fox) Peter Weir
"Mystic River" (Warner Bros.) Clint Eastwood

Documentary feature

"Balseros" (Seventh Art Releasing)
A Bausan Films S.L. Production
Carlos Bosch and Josep Maria Domenech

"Capturing the Friedmans" (Magnolia Pictures)
A Hit The Ground Running Production
Andrew Jarecki and Marc Smerling

++++ "The Fog of War" (Sony Pictures Classics)
A Globe Department Store Production
Errol Morris and Michael Williams

"My Architect" (New Yorker)
A Louis Kahn Project, Inc. Production
Nathaniel Kahn and Susan R. Behr

"The Weather Underground" (Shadow Distribution)
A Free History Project Production
Sam Green and Bill Siegel

Documentary short subject
"Asylum"
A Constant Communication & Make-do Production
Sandy McLeod and Gini Reticker

++++ "Chernobyl Heart"
A Downtown TV Documentaries Production
Maryann DeLeo"Ferry Tales"
A Penelope Pictures Production
Katja Esson


Film editing

"City of God" (Miramax) Daniel Rezende
"Cold Mountain" (Miramax) Walter Murch
++++ "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King" (New Line) Jamie Selkirk
"Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World" (20th Century Fox) Lee Smith
"Seabiscuit" (Universal/DreamWorks/Spyglass) William Goldenberg



Foreign language film

++++ "The Barbarian Invasions"
A Cinémaginaire Inc. Production
Canada
"Evil"
A Moviola Film & Television Production
Sweden
"The Twilight Samurai"
A Shochiku/Nippon Television Network/Sumitomo/Hakuhodo/Nippon Shuppan Hanbai/Eisei Gekijo Production
Japan
"Twin Sisters"
An IdtV Film Production
The Netherlands
"Zelary"
A Total HelpArt T.H.A./Barrandov Studio Production
Czech Republic

Makeup
++++ "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King" (New Line)
Richard Taylor and Peter King
"Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World" (20th Century Fox) Edouard Henriques III and Yolanda Toussieng
"Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl" (Buena Vista)
Ve Neill and Martin Samuel

Music (original score)

"Big Fish" (Sony Pictures Releasing) Danny Elfman
"Cold Mountain" (Miramax) Gabriel Yared
"Finding Nemo" (Buena Vista) Thomas Newman
"House of Sand and Fog" (DreamWorks in association with Cobalt Media Group) James Horner
++++ "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King" (New Line) Howard Shore

Music (original song)

++++ "Into the West" from "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King" (New Line)
Music and Lyric by Fran Walsh and Howard Shore and Annie Lennox
"A Kiss at the End of the Rainbow" from "A Mighty Wind" (Warner Bros.)
Music and Lyric by Michael McKean and Annette O'Toole
"Scarlet Tide" from "Cold Mountain" (Miramax)
Music and Lyric by T Bone Burnett and Elvis Costello
"Belleville Rendez-vous" from "The Triplets of Belleville" (Sony Pictures Classics)
Music by Benoit Charest
Lyric by Sylvain Chomet
"You Will Be My Ain True Love" from "Cold Mountain" (Miramax)
Music and Lyric by Sting


Best picture

++++ "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King" (New Line)
A Wingnut Films Production
Barrie M. Osborne, Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh, Producers
"Lost in Translation" (Focus Features)
An American Zoetrope/Elemental Films Production
Ross Katz and Sofia Coppola, Producers
"Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World" (20th Century Fox)
A 20th Century Fox and Universal Pictures and Miramax Films Production
Samuel Goldwyn, Jr., Peter Weir and Duncan Henderson, Producers
"Mystic River" (Warner Bros.)
A Warner Bros. Pictures Production
Robert Lorenz, Judie G. Hoyt and Clint Eastwood, Producers
"Seabiscuit" (Universal/DreamWorks/Spyglass)
A Universal Pictures/DreamWorks Pictures/Spyglass Entertainment Production
Kathleen Kennedy, Frank Marshall and Gary Ross, Producers


Short film (animated)

"Boundin'"
A Pixar Animation Studios Production
Bud Luckey
"Destino" (Buena Vista)
A Walt Disney Pictures Production
Dominique Monfery and Roy Edward Disney
"Gone Nutty" (20th Century Fox)
A Blue Sky Studios Production
Carlos Saldanha and John C. Donkin
++++ "Harvie Krumpet"
A Melodrama Pictures Production
Adam Elliot
"Nibbles"
An Acme Filmworks Production
Chris Hinton


Short film (live action)

"Die Rote Jacke (The Red Jacket)"
A Hamburger Filmwerkstatt Production
Florian Baxmeyer
"Most (The Bridge)"
An Eastwind Films Production
Bobby Garabedian and William Zabka
"Squash"
A Tetramedia Production
Lionel Bailliu
"(A) Torzija [(A) Torsion]"
A Studio Arkadena Production
Stefan Arsenijevic
++++ "Two Soldiers"
A Shoe Clerk Picture Company Production
Aaron Schneider and Andrew J. Sacks

Sound editing

"Finding Nemo" (Buena Vista) Gary Rydstrom and Michael Silvers
++++ "Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World" (20th Century Fox) Richard King
"Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl" (Buena Vista) Christopher Boyes and George Watters II

Sound mixing

"The Last Samurai" (Warner Bros.) Andy Nelson, Anna Behlmer and Jeff Wexler
++++ "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King" (New Line) Christopher Boyes, Michael Semanick, Michael Hedges and Hammond Peek
"Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World" (20th Century Fox) Paul Massey, D.M. Hemphill and Arthur Rochester
"Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl " (Buena Vista) Christopher Boyes, David Parker, David Campbell and Lee Orloff
"Seabiscuit" (Universal/DreamWorks/Spyglass) Andy Nelson, Anna Behlmer and Tod A. Maitland

Visual effects

++++ "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King" (New Line) Jim Rygiel, Joe Letteri, Randall William Cook and Alex Funke
"Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World" (20th Century Fox) Dan Sudick, Stefen Fangmeier, Nathan McGuinness and Robert Stromberg
"Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl" (Buena Vista) John Knoll, Hal Hickel, Charles Gibson and Terry Frazee

Adapted Screenplay

"American Splendor" (HBO Films in association with Fine Line Features) Written by Robert Pulcini & Shari Springer Berman
"City of God" (Miramax) Screenplay by Braulio Mantovani
++++ "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King" (New Line) Screenplay by Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens & Peter Jackson
"Mystic River" (Warner Bros.) Screenplay by Brian Helgeland
"Seabiscuit" (Universal/DreamWorks/Spyglass) Written for the Screen by Gary Ross

Original Screenplay
"The Barbarian Invasions" (Miramax) Written by Denys Arcand
"Dirty Pretty Things" (Miramax and BBC Films) Written by Steven Knight
"Finding Nemo" (Buena Vista) Screenplay by Andrew Stanton, Bob Peterson
and David Reynolds Original Story by Andrew Stanton
"In America" (Fox Searchlight/20th Century Fox) Written by Jim Sheridan & Naomi Sheridan & Kirsten Sheridan
++++ "Lost in Translation" (Focus Features) Written by Sofia Coppola