best picture

Winner:
Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

Nominees:
The Barbarian Invasions
House of Sand and Fog
Lost in Translation
Master & Commander: The Far Side of the World

best director

Winner:
Peter Jackson – Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

Nominees:
Sofia Coppola – Lost in Translation
Clint Eastwood – Mystic River
Vadim Perelman – House of Sand and Fog
Peter Weir – Master & Commander: The Far Side of the World

best lead actor

Winner:
Johnny Depp – Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl

Nominees:
Benicio del Toro – 21 Grams
Ben Kinsgley – House of Sand and Fog
Bill Murray – Lost in Translation
Sean Penn – 21 Grams & Mystic River

best lead actress

Winner:
Toni Collette – Japanese Story

Nominees:
Keisha Castle-Hughes – Whale Rider
Scarlett Johannsen – Girl with a Pearl Earring & Lost in Translation
Charlize Theron – Monster
Naomi Watts – 21 Grams

best supporting actor

Winner:
Billy Boyd – Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

Nominees:
Bill Nighy – Love Actually
Paul Bettany – Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
Tim Robbins – Mystic River
Peter Sarsgaard – Shattered Glass

best supporting actress

Winner:
Shohreh Aghdashloo – House of Sand and Fog

Nominees:
Lyndsay Lohan – Freaky Friday
Patricia Clarkson – Pieces of April & The Station Agent
Marcia Gay Harden – Mystic River
Holly Hunter – thirteen

best limited or cameo performance

Winner:
Laura Linney – Mystic River

Nominees:
Essie Davis – Girl with a Pearl Earring
Darryl Hannah – Kill Bill Vol. 1
Frances McDormand – Something’s Gotta Give
Natalie Portman – Cold Mountain

best adapted screenplay

Winner:
Peter Jackson, Fran Walsh & Phillipa Boyens – Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

Nominees:
Vadim Perelman – House of Sand & Fog
Peter Weir & John Collee – Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
Brian Helgeland – Mystic River
Niki Caro – Whale Rider

best original screenplay

Winner:
Sofia Coppola – Lost in Translation

Nominees:
Denys Arcand – The Barbarian Invasions
Steven Knight – Dirty Pretty Things
Jim Sheridan, Naomi Sheridan & Kirsten Sheridan – In America
Nicholas Griffin & Ted Griffin – Matchstick Men

best original dramatic score

Winner:
Howard Shore – Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

Nominees:
Gabriel Yared – Cold Mountain
James Horner – House of Sand and Fog
Iva Davies, Chris Gordon & Richard Tognetti – Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
Lisa Gerrard – Whale Rider

best original musical or comedy score

Winner:
Thomas Newman – Finding Nemo

Nominees:
Pierre Aviat – The Barbarian Invasions
Danny Elfman – Big Fish
the team from – A Mighty Wind
Klaus Badelt – Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl

best song

Winner:
“Belleville Rendezvous” (Chomet/Charest) – The Triplets of Belleville

Nominees:
“You Will Be My Ain True Love” (Sting) – Cold Mountain
“Into the West” (Shore/Walsh/Lennox) – Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
“A Kiss at the End of the Rainbow” (?) – A Mighty Wind
“A Mighty Wind” (?) – A Mighty Wind

 

best foreign language film

Winner:
The Barbarian Invasions (Canada)

Nominees:
City of God (Brazil)
Osama (Afghanistan)
Swimming Pool (France)
The Triplets of Belleville (France)

best cinematography

Winner:
Eduardo Serra – Girl with a Pearl Earring

Nominees:
Ian Baker – Japanese Story
Andrew Lesnie – Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Robert Richardson – Kill Bill Vol. 1
John Seale – Cold Mountain

best film editing

Winner:
Daniel Rezende – City of God

Nominees:
Jamie Selkirk – Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Joel Cox – Mystic River
Lee Smith – Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
Yana Gorskaya – Spellbound

best production design

Winner:
Grant Major – Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

Nominees:
Ben van Os – Girl with a Pearl Earring
Taneda/Wasco – Kill Bill Vol. 1
Lee Smith – Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
Owen Paterson – The Matrix Reloaded

best costume design

Winner:
Ngila Dickson – The Last Samurai

Nominees:
Colleen Atwood – Cold Mountain
Ngila Dickson – Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Dien van Straalen – Girl with a Pearl Earring
Penny Rose – Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl

best sound design

Winner:
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World

Nominees:
City of God
Finding Nemo
Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Seabiscuit

 

best sound effects editing

Winner:
Kill Bill Vol. 1

Nominees:
Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
The Matrix Reloaded
X2: X-Men United

 

best makeup/hairstyling

Winner:
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl

Nominees:
Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
The Matrix Reloaded
Monster
X2: X-Men United

best visual effects

Winner:

Lord of the Rings: – The Return of the King

Nominees:
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
Underworld
X2: X-Men United

best australian film

Japanese Story

best ensemble

Winner:
House of Sand and Fog

Nominees:

Mystic River
Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
A Mighty Wind
The Barbarian Invasions

best breakthrough or debut

Winner:
Keisha Castle-Hughes Whale Rider

Nominees:
Emma Bolger – In America
Sarah Bolger – In America
Chiwetel Ejiofor – Dirty Pretty Things
Max Pirkis – Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
Evan Rachel Wood – thirteen & The Missing

best animated feature

Finding Nemo

best documentary

Spellbound

best opening titles/sequence

Down With Love

best poster

Big Fish
Identity
In the Cut (winner)
Kill Bill Vol. 1
Lost in Translation

best scene

House of Sand and Fog – Massoud and Nadi at the End
In America – Carnival Wager
Japanese Story – The Swim
Lost in Translation – Whisper Goodbye
Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King – Prelude: Smeagol (winner)
Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King – Lighting the Beacons
Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King – Aragorn & Arwen Reunited
Mystic River – The Parade
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl – Introduction to Captain Jack Sparrow
Whale Rider – School Concert

tallies wins

Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King – 8

Finding Nemo – 2
House of Sand and Fog – 2
Japanese Story – 2
Pirate sof the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl – 2

The Barbarian Invasions – 1 
City of God – 1
Down With Love – 1
Girl With a Pearl Earring – 1
In The Cut – 1
Kill Bill Vol. 1 – 1
The Last Samurai – 1
Lost in Translation – 1
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World – 1
Mystic River – 1
The Triplets of Belleville – 1
Whale Rider – 1

multiple nominations

Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King – 17

Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World – 11

Mystic River – 9

House of Sand and Fog – 8

Lost in Translation – 7

Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl – 6

The Barbarian Invasions – 5
Cold Mountain – 5
Kill Bill Vol. 1 – 5
Whale Rider – 5

Girl With a Pearl Earring – 4
In America – 4
Japanese Story – 4
A Mighty Wind – 4

21 Grams – 3
City of God  – 3
Finding Nemo – 3
The Matrix Reloaded – 3
X2: X-Men United – 3
Big Fish – 2
Dirty Pretty Things – 2
Monster – 2
Spellbound – 2
Thirteen – 2
The Triplets of Belleville – 2

Please note that eligibility periods and category placements may not be 100% accurate, and is in the sole discretion of the writer to do as he wishes. Thanks.

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