79. Oscar Verleihung (2007)

Best Motion Picture of the Year

Winner:
Departed, The (2006) - Graham King (I)

Other Nominees:
Babel (2006) - Alejandro González Iñárritu; Jon Kilik; Steve Golin
Letters from Iwo Jima (2006) - Clint Eastwood; Steven Spielberg (I); Robert Lorenz
Little Miss Sunshine (2006) - David T. Friendly; Peter Saraf; Marc Turtletaub
Queen, The (2006) - Andy Harries; Christine Langan; Tracey Seaward


Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role

Winner:
Last King of Scotland, The (2006) - Forest Whitaker

Other Nominees:
Blood Diamond (2006) - Leonardo DiCaprio
Half Nelson (2006) - Ryan Gosling (I)
Pursuit of Happyness, The (2006) - Will Smith (I)
Venus (2006/I) - Peter O'Toole (I)


Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role

Winner:
Queen, The (2006) - Helen Mirren

Other Nominees:
Devil Wears Prada, The (2006) - Meryl Streep
Little Children (2006) - Kate Winslet
Notes on a Scandal (2006) - Judi Dench
Volver (2006/I) - Penélope Cruz


Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role

Winner:
Little Miss Sunshine (2006) - Alan Arkin

Other Nominees:
Blood Diamond (2006) - Djimon Hounsou
Departed, The (2006) - Mark Wahlberg (I)
Dreamgirls (2006) - Eddie Murphy (I)
Little Children (2006) - Jackie Earle Haley


Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role

Winner:
Dreamgirls (2006) - Jennifer Hudson (I)

Other Nominees:
Babel (2006) - Adriana Barraza
Babel (2006) - Rinko Kikuchi
Little Miss Sunshine (2006) - Abigail Breslin
Notes on a Scandal (2006) - Cate Blanchett


Best Achievement in Directing

Winner:
Departed, The (2006) - Martin Scorsese

Other Nominees:
Babel (2006) - Alejandro González Iñárritu
Letters from Iwo Jima (2006) - Clint Eastwood
Queen, The (2006) - Stephen Frears
United 93 (2006) - Paul Greengrass


Best Writing, Original Screenplay

Winner:
Little Miss Sunshine (2006) - Michael Arndt (II)

Other Nominees:
Babel (2006) - Guillermo Arriaga (I)
Laberinto del fauno, El (2006) - Guillermo del Toro
Letters from Iwo Jima (2006) - Iris Yamashita (screenplay/story); Paul Haggis
Queen, The (2006) - Peter Morgan (I)


Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay

Winner:
Departed, The (2006) - William Monahan (II)

Other Nominees:
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan -
Sacha Baron Cohen (screenplay/story)
Children of Men (2006) - Alfonso Cuarón; Timothy J. Sexton; David Arata; Mark
Fergus; Hawk Ostby
Little Children (2006) - Todd Field; Tom Perrotta
Notes on a Scandal (2006) - Patrick Marber


Best Achievement in Cinematography

Winner:
Laberinto del fauno, El (2006) - Guillermo Navarro

Other Nominees:
Black Dahlia, The (2006) - Vilmos Zsigmond
Children of Men (2006) - Emmanuel Lubezki
Illusionist, The (2006) - Dick Pope
Prestige, The (2006) - Wally Pfister


Best Achievement in Art Direction

Winner:
Laberinto del fauno, El (2006) - Eugenio Caballero (art director); Pilar Revuelta (I)

Other Nominees:
Dreamgirls (2006) - John Myhre (art director); Nancy Haigh (set decorator)
Good Shepherd, The (2006) - Jeannine Claudia Oppewall (art director)
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006) - Rick Heinrichs (art director)
Prestige, The (2006) - Nathan Crowley (art director); Julie Ochipinti (set decorator)


Best Achievement in Costume Design

Winner:
Marie Antoinette (2006) - Milena Canonero

Other Nominees:
Devil Wears Prada, The (2006) - Patricia Field
Dreamgirls (2006) - Sharen Davis
Man cheng jin dai huang jin jia (2006) - Chung Man Yee
Queen, The (2006) - Consolata Boyle


Best Achievement in Sound Mixing

Winner:
Dreamgirls (2006) - Michael Minkler; Bob Beemer; Willie D. Burton

Other Nominees:
Apocalypto (2006) - Kevin O'Connell (II); Greg P. Russell; Fernando Cámara (I)
Blood Diamond (2006) - Andy Nelson (I); Anna Behlmer; Ivan Sharrock
Flags of Our Fathers (2006) - John T. Reitz; David E. Campbell
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006) - Paul Massey (I)


Best Achievement in Editing

Winner:
Departed, The (2006) - Thelma Schoonmaker

Other Nominees:
Babel (2006) - Douglas Crise; Stephen Mirrione
Blood Diamond (2006) - Steven Rosenblum
Children of Men (2006) - Alfonso Cuarón; Alex Rodríguez (I)
United 93 (2006) - Clare Douglas; Richard Pearson (I); Christopher Rouse


Best Achievement in Sound Editing

Winner:
Letters from Iwo Jima (2006) - Alan Robert Murray; Bub Asman

Other Nominees:
Apocalypto (2006) - Sean McCormack (I); Kami Asgar
Blood Diamond (2006) - Lon Bender
Flags of Our Fathers (2006) - Alan Robert Murray; Bub Asman
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006) - Christopher Boyes (I)


Best Achievement in Visual Effects

Winner:
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006) - John Knoll

Other Nominees:
Poseidon (2006) - Boyd Shermis; Kim Libreri; Chas Jarrett; John Frazier (I)
Superman Returns (2006) - Mark Stetson; Neil Corbould; Richard R. Hoover


Best Achievement in Makeup

Winner:
Laberinto del fauno, El (2006) - David Martí; Montse Ribé

Other Nominees:
Apocalypto (2006) - Aldo Signoretti; Vittorio Sodano
Click (2006/I) - Kazuhiro Tsuji; Bill Corso


Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Song

Winner:
Inconvenient Truth, An (2006) - Melissa Etheridge
- For the song "I Need To Wake Up".

Other Nominees:
Cars (2006) - Randy Newman (I)
- For the song "Our Town".
Dreamgirls (2006) - Henry Krieger (music); Scott Cutler (II) (music); Anne Preven
(lyrics)
- For the song "Listen".
Dreamgirls (2006) - Henry Krieger (music); Siedah Garrett (lyrics)
- For the song "Love You I Do".
Dreamgirls (2006) - Henry Krieger (music); Willie Reale (lyrics)
- For the song "Patience".


Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Score

Winner:
Babel (2006) - Gustavo Santaolalla

Other Nominees:
Good German, The (2006) - Thomas Newman (I)
Laberinto del fauno, El (2006) - Javier Navarrete (I)
Notes on a Scandal (2006) - Philip Glass
Queen, The (2006) - Alexandre Desplat


Best Short Film, Animated

Winner:
Danish Poet, The (2006) - Torill Kove

Other Nominees:
Lifted (2006) - Gary Rydstrom
Little Matchgirl, The (2006) - Roger Allers; Don Hahn (I)
Maestro (2005) - Géza M. Tóth
No Time for Nuts (2006) - Chris Renaud; Mike Thurmeier


Best Short Film, Live Action

Winner:
West Bank Story (2005) - Ari Sandel

Other Nominees:
Binta y la gran idea (2004) - Javier Fesser; Luis Manso
Helmer & søn (2006) - Søren Pilmark; Kim Magnusson
Saviour, The (2005) - Peter Templeman; Stuart Parkyn
Éramos pocos (2005) - Borja Cobeaga


Best Documentary, Short Subjects

Winner:
Blood of Yingzhou District, The (2006) - Ruby Yang (I); Thomas Lennon (II)

Other Nominees:
Recycled Life (2006) - Leslie Iwerks; Mike Glad
Rehearsing a Dream (2006) - Karen Goodman (II); Kirk Simon
Two Hands: The Leon Fleisher Story (2006) - Nathaniel Kahn (I); Susan Rose Behr


Best Documentary, Features

Winner:
Inconvenient Truth, An (2006) - Davis Guggenheim

Other Nominees:
"P.O.V." (1988) {My Country My Country} - Laura Poitras; Jocelyn Glatzer
Deliver Us from Evil (2006) - Amy Berg (II); Frank Donner
Iraq in Fragments (2006) - James Longley; Yahya Sinno
Jesus Camp (2006) - Heidi Ewing; Rachel Grady


Best Foreign Language Film of the Year

Winner:
Leben der Anderen, Das (2006)
- Germany.

Other Nominees:
Efter brylluppet (2006)
- Denmark.
Indigènes (2006)
- Algeria.
Laberinto del fauno, El (2006)
- Mexico.
Water (2005)
- Canada.


Best Animated Feature Film of the Year

Winner:
Happy Feet (2006) - George Miller (II)

Other Nominees:
Cars (2006) - John Lasseter
Monster House (2006) - Gil Kenan (I)



Honorary Award

Awarded to:
Ennio Morricone
- For his magnificent and multifaceted contributions to the art of film music
(statuette).