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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