BEST MOTION PICTURE OF THE YEAR : The Departed
Nominataions:
Babel
The Departed
Letters From Iwo Jima
Little Miss Sunshine
The Queen
 
ACHIEVEMENT IN DIRECTING :Martin Scorsese - The Departed
Nominataions:
 

Alejandro González Iñárritu - Babel
Martin Scorsese - The Departed
Clint Eastwood - Letters From Iwo Jima
Stephen Frears - The Queen
Paul Greengrass - United 93
 
PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE :Forest Whitaker - The Last King of Scotland
 

Nominataions:
Leonardo DiCaprio - Blood Diamond
Ryan Gosling - Half Nelson
Peter O’Toole - Venus
Will Smith - The Pursuit of Happiness
Forest Whitaker - The Last King of Scotland
 
PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE:Helen Mirren - The Queen
Nominataions:
 

Penélope Cruz - Volver
Judi Dench - Notes on a Scandal
Helen Mirren - The Queen
Meryl Streep - The Devil Wears Prada
Kate Winslet - Little Children
 
PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE : Alan Arkin - Little Miss Sunshine
 

Nominataions:
Alan Arkin - Little Miss Sunshine
Jackie Earle Haley - Little Children
Djimon Hounsou - Blood Diamond
Eddie Murphy - Dreamgirls
Mark Wahlberg - The Departed
 
PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE:Jennifer Hudson - Dreamgirls
 

Nominataions:
Adriana Barraza - Babel
Cate Blanchett - Notes on a Scandal
Abigail Breslin - Little Miss Sunshine
Jennifer Hudson - Dreamgirls
Rinko Kikuchi - Babel

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY : William Monahan - The Departed
 

Nominataions:
Sacha Baron Cohen & Anthony Hines & Peter Baynham & Dan Mazer - Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
Alfonso Cuarón & Timothy J. Sexton & David Arata & Mark Fergus & Hawk Ostby - Children of Men
William Monahan - The Departed
Todd Field & Tom Perrotta - Little Children
Patrick Marber - Notes on a Scandal
 

 
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY :Michael Arndt - Little Miss Sunshine
 

Nominataions:
Guillermo Arriaga - Babel
Iris Yamashita - Letters From Iwo Jima
Michael Arndt - Little Miss Sunshine
Guillermo del Toro - Pan’s Labyrinth
Peter Morgan - The Queen
 
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM OF THE YEAR :The Lives of Others
 

Nominataions:
After the Wedding
Days of Glory (Indigenes)
The Lives of Others
Pan’s Labyrinth
Water

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM OF THE YEAR: Happy Feet
 

Nominataions:
 

Cars
Happy Feet
Monster House
 
ACHIEVEMENT IN ART DIRECTION:Pan’s Labyrinth
Art Direction: Eugenio Caballero; Set Decoration: Pilar Revuelta
 

Nominataions:
Dreamgirls
Art Direction: John Myhre; Set Decoration: Nancy Haigh
The Good Shepherd
Art Direction: Jeannine Oppewall; Set Decoration: Gretchen Rau and Leslie E. Rollins
Pan’s Labyrinth
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
Art Direction: Eugenio Caballero; Set Decoration: Pilar Revuelta

ACHIEVEMENT IN CINEMATOGRAPHY :Guillermo Navarro - Pan’s Labyrinth
 

Nominataions:
Vilmos Zsigmond - The Black Dahlia
Emmanuel Lubezki - Children of Men
Dick Pope - The Illusionist
Guillermo Navarro - Pan’s Labyrinth
Wally Pfister - The Prestige
 
ACHIEVEMENT IN COSTUME DESIGN: Milena Canonero - Marie Antoinette
 

Nominataions:
Yee Chung Man - Curse of the Golden Flower
Patricia Field - The Devil Wears Prada
Sharen Davis - Dreamgirls
Milena Canonero - Marie Antoinette
Consolata Boyle - The Queen

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE: An Inconvenient Truth
 

Nominataions:
Deliver Us From Evil
An Inconvenient Truth
Iraq in Fragments
Jesus Camp
My Country, My Country
 

ACHIEVEMENT IN FILM EDITING:Thelma Schoonmaker - The Departed
 

Nominataions:
Stephen Mirrione and Douglas Crise - Babel
Steven Rosenblum - Blood Diamond
Alex Rodríguez and Alfonso Cuarón - Children of Men
Thelma Schoonmaker - The Departed
Clare Douglas, Christopher Rouse and Richard Pearson - United 93
 

ACHIEVEMENT IN MAKEUP:David Marti and Montse Ribe - Pan’s Labyrinth
 

Nominataions:
Adlo Signoretti and Vittorio Sodano - Apocalypto
Kazuhiro Tsuji and Bill Corso - Click
David Marti and Montse Ribe - Pan’s Labyrinth
 

ACHIEVEMENT IN MUSIC WRITTEN FOR MOTION PICTURES :Gustavo Santaolalla - Babel
(ORIGINAL SCORE)
 

Nominataions:
Gustavo Santaolalla - Babel
Thomas Newman - The Good German
Philip Glass - Notes on a Scandal
Javier Navarrete - Pan’s Labyrinth
Alexandre Desplat - The Queen
 

ACHIEVEMENT IN MUSIC WRITTEN FOR MOTION PICTURES:“I Need to Wake Up” - An Inconvenient Truth   Music and Lyric by Melissa Etheridge
(ORIGINAL SONG)
 

Nominataions:
“I Need to Wake Up” - An Inconvenient Truth
Music and Lyric by Melissa Etheridge
“Listen” - Dreamgirls
Music by Henry Krieger and Scott Cutler; Lyric by Anne Preven
“Love You I Do” - Dreamgirls
Music by Henry Krieger; Lyric by Siedah Garrett
“Our Town” - Cars
Music and Lyric by Randy Newman
“Patience” - Dreamgirls
Music by Henry Krieger; Lyric by Willie Reale
 
ACHIEVEMENT IN SOUND MIXING:Alan Robert Murray - Letters From Iwo Jima
 

Nominataions:
Kevin O’Connell, Greg P. Russell and Fernando Camara - Apocalypto
Andy Nelson, Anna Behlmer and Ivan Sharrock - Blood Diamond
Michael Minkler, Bob Beemer and Willie Burton - Dreamgirls
John Reitz, Dave Campbell, Gregg Rudloff and Walt Martin - Flags of Our Fathers
Paul Massey, Christopher Boyes and Lee Orloff - Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest
 
ACHIEVEMENT IN SOUND EDITING: Alan Robert Murray - Letters From Iwo Jima
 

Nominataions:
Sean McCormack and Kami Asgar - Apocalypto
Lon Bender - Blood Diamond
Alan Robert Murray and Bub Asman - Flags of Our Fathers
Alan Robert Murray - Letters From Iwo Jima
Christopher Boyes and George Watters II - Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest
 

ACHIEVEMENT IN VISUAL EFFECTS:John Knoll, Hal Hickel, Charles Gibson and Allen Hall - Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest
 

Nominataions:
John Knoll, Hal Hickel, Charles Gibson and Allen Hall - Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest
Boyd Shermis, Kim Libreri, Chaz Jarrett and John Frazier - Poseidon
Mark Stetson, Neil Corbould, Richard R. Hoover and Jon Thum - Superman Returns
 

BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT SUBJECT :The Blood of Yingzhou District
 

Nominataions:
The Blood of Yingzhou District
Recycled Life
Rehearsing a Dream
Two Hands

BEST ANIMATED SHORT FILM: The Danish Poet
 

Nominataions:
The Danish Poet
Lifted
The Little Matchgirl
Maestro
No Time for Nuts