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Academy Awards, USA: 2007

Oscar

Date:	25 February
Host:	Ellen DeGeneres
Location:	Kodak Theatre, Hollywood & Highland, Los Angeles, California, USA

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; Robert Lorenz (I) 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 (story) 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 (2006) - Sacha Baron Cohen (screenplay/story); Anthony Hines (screenplay/story); Peter Baynham (screenplay/story); Dan Mazer (screenplay); Todd Phillips (I) (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) (set decorator)
Other Nominees:
	Dreamgirls (2006) - John Myhre (art director); Nancy Haigh (set decorator) Good Shepherd, The (2006) - Jeannine Claudia Oppewall (art director); Gretchen Rau (set decorator); Leslie E. Rollins (set decorator) Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006) - Rick Heinrichs (art director); Cheryl Carasik (set decorator) 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; Gregg Rudloff; Walt Martin Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006) - Paul Massey (I); Christopher Boyes; Lee Orloff

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; George Watters II

Best Achievement in Visual Effects


Winner:
	Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006) - John Knoll; Hal T. Hickel; Charles Gibson (I); Allen Hall (II)
Other Nominees:
	Poseidon (2006) - Boyd Shermis; Kim Libreri; Chas Jarrett; John Frazier (I) Superman Returns (2006) - Mark Stetson; Neil Corbould; Richard R. Hoover; Jon Thum

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 (I) (music); Scott Cutler (II) (music); Anne Preven (lyrics) - For the song "Listen". Dreamgirls (2006) - Henry Krieger (I) (music); Siedah Garrett (lyrics) - For the song "Love You I Do". Dreamgirls (2006) - Henry Krieger (I) (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 (I); 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; 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 (I); 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).

Medal of Commendation


Awarded to:
	Richard Edlund

Award of Commendation


Awarded to:
	Ioan Allen; J. Wayne Anderson; Mary Ann Anderson; Ted Costas; Paul R. Goldberg; Shawn Jones; Tom Kuhn; Dr. Alan Masson; Colin Mossman; Martin Richards; Frank Ricotta; Richard C. Sehlin - For their contributions to the environmentally responsible industry conversion from silver-based to cyan dye analog soundtracks.

Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award


Awarded to:
	Sherry Lansing

Academy Award of Merit

Date:	10 February
Host:	Maggie Gyllenhaal
Location:	Regent Beverly Wilshire Hotel, Los Angeles, California, USA

Scientific and Engineering Award


Winners:
	Dr. Bill Collis; Simon Robinson; Ben Kent (I); Anil Kokaram - For the design and development of the Furnace integrated suite of software tools that robustly utilizes temporal coherence for enhancing visual effects in motion picture sequences. Phillip Feiner (Pacific Title and Art Studio); Jim Houston (Pacific Title and Art Studio); Denis Leconte (Pacific Title and Art Studio); Chris Bushman (Pacific Title and Art Studio) - For the design and development of the Rosetta process for creating digital YCM archival masters for digital film restoration. Howard Preston; Mirko Kovacevic - For the design and engineering of the Preston Cinema Systems FI+Z wireless remote system. Steve Sullivan; Colin Davidson (II); Max Chen; Francesco Callari (II) - For the design and development of the ILM Image-based Modeling System.

Technical Achievement Award


Winners:
	Bill Feightner (E-Film); Chris Edwards (E-Film) - For the design and development of the E-Film process for creating archival separations from digital image data. Florian Kainz - For the design and engineering of OpenEXR, a software package implementing 16-bit, floating-point, high dynamic range image files. Klemens Kehrer; Josef Handler; Thomas Smidek; Marc Shipman Mueller - For the design and development of the Arriflex 235 Camera System. Peter Litwinowicz; Pierre Jasmin - For the design and development of the RE: Vision Effects family of software tools for optical flow-based image manipulation. Joshua Pines (Technicolor Digital Intermediates); Chris Kutcka (Technicolor Digital Intermediates) - For the design and development of the TDI process for creating archival separations from digital image data. Albert Ridilla; Papken Shahbazian; Ronald Belknap; Jay McGarrigle - For the design and development of the Hollywood Film Company Brumagic MPST Densitometer. Walter Trauniger; Ernst Tschida - For the design and engineering of the Arri WRC wireless remote lens control system. Christian Tschida (cmotion); Martin Waitz (cmotion) - For the design and engineering of the cmotion Wireless Remote System.

Gordon E. Sawyer Award


Awarded to:
	Ray Feeney - For his technological contributions, which have brought credit to the motion picture industry.