79th Academy Awards Ceremony
(2007)
231 minutes
Drama / Family / News
Sunday, February 25, 2007 at Kodak Theatre, Hollywood, California
Pre-show Hosted by Chris Connelly, Lisa Ling, André Leon Talley and Allyson Waterman
Hosted by Ellen DeGeneres
BEST PICTURE
The Departed
Babel
Letters from Iwo Jima
Little Miss Sunshine
The Queen
BEST DIRECTOR
Martin Scorsese – The Departed
Clint Eastwood – Letters from Iwo Jima
Stephen Frears – The Queen
Alejandro González Iñárritu – Babel
Paul Greengrass – United 93
BEST ACTOR
Forest Whitaker – The Last King of Scotland
Leonardo DiCaprio – Blood Diamond
Ryan Gosling – Half Nelson
Peter O'Toole – Venus
Will Smith – The Pursuit of Happyness
BEST ACTRESS
Helen Mirren – The Queen
Penelope Cruz – Volver
Judi Dench – Notes on a Scandal
Meryl Streep – The Devil Wears Prada
Kate Winslet – Little Children
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Alan Arkin – Little Miss Sunshine
Jackie Earle Haley – Little Children
Djimon Hounsou – Blood Diamond
Eddie Murphy – Dreamgirls
Mark Wahlberg – The Departed
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Jennifer Hudson – Dreamgirls
Adriana Barraza – Babel
Cate Blanchett – Notes on a Scandal
Abigail Breslin – Little Miss Sunshine
Rinko Kikuchi – Babel
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Little Miss Sunshine – Michael Arndt
Babel – Guillermo Arriaga
Letters from Iwo Jima – Iris Yamashita and Paul Haggis
Pan's Labyrinth – Guillermo del Toro
The Queen – Peter Morgan
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
The Departed – William Monahan
Borat – Sacha Baron Cohen, Peter Baynham, Anthony Hines, Dan Mazer and Todd Phillips
Children of Men – Alfonso Cuarón, Timothy J. Sexton, David Arata, Mark Fergus and Hawk Ostby
Little Children – Todd Field and Tom Perotta
Notes on a Scandal – Patrick Marber
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
Happy Feet
Cars
Monster House
BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
An Inconvenient Truth – Davis Guggenheim
Deliver Us From Evil – Amy Berg and Frank Donner
Iraq in Fragments – James Longley and John Sinno
Jesus Camp – Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady
My Country, My Country – Laura Poitras and Jocelyn Glatzer
BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT
The Blood of Yingzhou District – Ruby Yang and Thomas Lennon
Recycled Life – Leslie Iwerks and Mike Glad
Rehearsing a Dream – Karen Goodman and Kirk Simon
Two Hands: The Leon Fleisher Story – Nathaniel Kahn and Susan Rose Behr
BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT
West Bank Story – Ari Sandel
Binta and the Great Idea – Javier Fesser and Luis Manso
Éramos Pocos – Borja Cobeaga
Helmer and Son – Soren Pilmark and Kim Magnusson
The Saviour – Peter Templeman and Stuart Parkyn
BEST ANIMATED SHORT
The Danish Poet – Torill Kove
Lifted – Gary Rydstrom
The Little Matchgirl – Roger Allers and Don Hahn
Maestro – Géza M. Tóth
No Time for Nuts – Chris Renaud and Michael Thurmeier
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
Babel – Gustavo Santaolalla
The Good German – Thomas Newman
Notes on a Scandal – Phillip Glass
Pan's Labyrinth – Javier Navarrete
The Queen – Alexandre Desplat
BEST ORIGINAL SONG
"I Need to Wake Up" from An Inconvenient Truth – Music and Lyric by Melissa Etheridge
"Listen" from Dreamgirls – Music by Henry Krieger and Scott Cutler; Lyric by Anne Preven
"Love You I Do" from Dreamgirls – Music by Henry Krieger; Lyric by Siedah Garrett
" Our Town " from Cars – Music and Lyric by Randy Newman
"Patience" from Dreamgirls – Music by Henry Krieger; Lyric by Willie Reale
BEST SOUND EDITING
Letters from Iwo Jima – Alan Robert Murray and Bub Asman
Apocalypto – Sean McCormack and Kami Asgar
Blood Diamond – Lon Bender
Flags of Our Fathers – Alan Robert Murray and Bub Asman
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest – Christopher Boyes and George Watters II
BEST SOUND MIXING
Dreamgirls – Michael Minkler, Bob Beemer and Willie D. Burton
Apocalypto – Kevin O'Connell, Greg P. Russell and Fernando Cámara
Blood Diamond – Andy Nelson, Anna Behlmer and Ivan Sharrock
Flags of Our Fathers – John T. Reitz, David E. Campbell, Gregg Rudloff and Walt Martin
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest – Paul Massey, Christopher Boyes and Lee Orloff
BEST ART DIRECTION
Pan's Labyrinth – Art Direction: Eugenio Caballero; Set Decoration: Pilar Revuelta
Dreamgirls – Art Direction: John Myhre; Set Decoration: Nancy Haigh
The Good Shepherd – Art Direction: Jeannine Oppewall; Set Decoration: Gretchen Rau and Leslie E. Rollins
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest – Art Direction: Rick Heinrichs; Set Decoration: Cheryl A. Carasik
The Prestige – Art Direction: Nathan Crowley; Set Decoration: Julie Ochipinti
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Pan's Labyrinth – Guillermo Navarro
The Black Dahlia – Vilmos Zsigmond
Children of Men – Emmanuel Lubezki
The Illusionist – Dick Pope
The Prestige – Wally Pfister
BEST MAKEUP
Pan's Labyrinth – David Marti and Montse Ribe
Apocalypto – Aldo Signoretti and Vittorio Sodano
Click – Kazuhiro Tsuji and Bill Corso
BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Marie Antoinette – Milena Canonero
Curse of the Golden Flower – Chung Man Yee
The Devil Wears Prada – Patricia Field
Dreamgirls – Sharen Davis
The Queen – Consolata Boyle
BEST FILM EDITING
The Departed – Thelma Schoonmaker
Babel – Douglas Crise and Stephen Mirrione
Blood Diamond – Steven Rosenblum
Children of Men – Alfonso Cuarón and Alex Rodríguez
United 93 – Clare Douglas, Richard Pearson and Christopher Rouse
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest – John Knoll, Hal Hickel, Charles Gibson and Allen Hall
Poseidon – Boyd Shermis, Kim Libreri, Chaz Jarrett and John Frazier
Superman Returns – Mark Stetson, Neil Corbould, Richard R. Hoover and Jon Thum
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
The Lives of Others (Germany)
After the Wedding (Denmark)
Days of Glory (Indigènes) (Algeria)
Pan's Labyrinth (Mexico)
Water (Canada)
ACADEMY HONORARY AWARD
Ennio Morricone
JEAN HERSHOLT HUMANITARIAN AWARD
Sherry Lansing
IN MEMORIAM
Presented by Jodie Foster
The Academy takes a moment to remember those in the film industry that passed away in the previous year: Glenn Ford, Bruno Kirby, Alida Valli, songwriter Betty Comden, Jane Wyatt, Don Knotts, Red Buttons, director Gillo Pontecorvo, Darren McGavin, director Richard Fleischer, cinematographer Sven Nykvist, producer/cartoonist Joseph Barbera, Tamara Dobson, set designer Gretchen Rau, June Allyson, director Gordon Parks, Philippe Noiret, Maureen Stapleton, Jack Wild, director Vincent Sherman, James Doohan, director Shohei Imamura, producer Carlo Ponti, Peter Boyle, cinematographer James Glennon, screenwriter Sidney Sheldon, Jack Palance, Mako, Jack Warden, composer Basil Poledouris, art director Henry Bumstead, screenwriter Jay Presson Allen, and director Robert Altman.
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