The 75th Academy Awards | 2003
Best Picture
Chicago
Martin Richards, Producer
Gangs of New York
Alberto Grimaldi and Harvey Weinstein, Producers
The Hours
Scott Rudin and Robert Fox, Producers
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Barrie M. Osborne, Fran Walsh and Peter Jackson, Producers
The Pianist
Roman Polanski, Robert Benmussa and Alain Sarde, Producers
Directing
The Pianist
Roman Polanski
Chicago
Rob Marshall
Gangs of New York
Martin Scorsese
The Hours
Stephen Daldry
Talk to Her
Pedro Almodóvar
Actor in a Leading Role
Adrien Brody
The Pianist
Nicolas Cage
Adaptation
Michael Caine
The Quiet American
Daniel Day-Lewis
Gangs of New York
Jack Nicholson
About Schmidt
Actress in a Leading Role
Nicole Kidman
The Hours
Salma Hayek
Frida
Diane Lane
Unfaithful
Julianne Moore
Far from Heaven
Renée Zellweger
Chicago
Actor in a Supporting Role
Chris Cooper
Adaptation
Ed Harris
The Hours
Paul Newman
Road to Perdition
John C. Reilly
Chicago
Christopher Walken
Catch Me If You Can
Actress in a Supporting Role
Catherine Zeta-Jones
Chicago
Kathy Bates
About Schmidt
Julianne Moore
The Hours
Queen Latifah
Chicago
Meryl Streep
Adaptation
Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
The Pianist
Screenplay by Ronald Harwood
About a Boy
Screenplay by Peter Hedges, Chris Weitz, & Paul Weitz
Adaptation
Screenplay by Charlie Kaufman and Donald Kaufman
Chicago
Screenplay by Bill Condon
The Hours
Screenplay by David Hare
Writing (Original Screenplay)
Talk to Her
Written by Pedro Almodóvar
Far from Heaven
Written by Todd Haynes
Gangs of New York
Screenplay by Jay Cocks and Steve Zaillian and Kenneth Lonergan; Story by Jay Cocks
My Big Fat Greek Wedding
Written by Nia Vardalos
Y Tu Mamá También
Written by Carlos Cuarón and Alfonso Cuarón
Film Editing
Chicago
Martin Walsh
Gangs of New York
Thelma Schoonmaker
The Hours
Peter Boyle
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Michael Horton
The Pianist
Hervé de Luze
Cinematography
Road to Perdition
Conrad L. Hall
Chicago
Dion Beebe
Far from Heaven
Edward Lachman
Gangs of New York
Michael Ballhaus
The Pianist
Pawel Edelman
Art Direction
Chicago
Art Direction: John Myhre; Set Decoration: Gordon Sim
Frida
Art Direction: Felipe Fernandez del Paso; Set Decoration: Hania Robledo
Gangs of New York
Art Direction: Dante Ferretti; Set Decoration: Francesca Lo Schiavo
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Art Direction: Grant Major; Set Decoration: Dan Hennah and Alan Lee
Road to Perdition
Art Direction: Dennis Gassner; Set Decoration: Nancy Haigh
Costume Design
Chicago
Colleen Atwood
Frida
Julie Weiss
Gangs of New York
Sandy Powell
The Hours
Ann Roth
The Pianist
Anna Sheppard
Makeup
Frida
John Jackson, Beatrice De Alba
The Time Machine
John M. Elliott, Jr., Barbara Lorenz
Visual Effects
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Jim Rygiel, Joe Letteri, Randall William Cook, Alex Funke
Spider-Man
John Dykstra, Scott Stokdyk, Anthony LaMolinara, John Frazier
Star Wars Episode II Attack of the Clones
Rob Coleman, Pablo Helman, John Knoll, Ben Snow
Music (Original Score)
Frida
Elliot Goldenthal
Catch Me If You Can
John Williams
Far from Heaven
Elmer Bernstein
The Hours
Philip Glass
Road to Perdition
Thomas Newman
Music (Original Song)
8 Mile
Lose Yourself in "8 Mile" Music by Eminem, Jeff Bass and Luis Resto; Lyric by Eminem
Frida
Burn It Blue in "Frida" Music by Elliot Goldenthal; Lyric by Julie Taymor
The Wild Thornberrys Movie
Father And Daughter in "The Wild Thornberrys Movie" Music and Lyric by Paul Simon
Gangs of New York
The Hands That Built America in "Gangs of New York" Music and Lyric by Bono, The Edge, Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen
Chicago
I Move On in "Chicago" Music by John Kander; Lyric by Fred Ebb
Sound
Chicago
Michael Minkler, Dominick Tavella, David Lee
Gangs of New York
Tom Fleischman, Eugene Gearty, Ivan Sharrock
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Christopher Boyes, Michael Semanick, Michael Hedges, Hammond Peek
Road to Perdition
Scott Millan, Bob Beemer, John Patrick Pritchett
Spider-Man
Kevin O'Connell, Greg P. Russell, Ed Novick
Sound Editing
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Ethan Van der Ryn, Michael Hopkins
Minority Report
Richard Hymns, Gary Rydstrom
Road to Perdition
Scott A. Hecker
Foreign Language Film
Nowhere in Africa
Germany
El Crimen del Padre Amaro
Mexico
Hero
People's Republic of China
The Man without a Past
Finland
Zus & Zo
The Netherlands
Documentary (Feature)
Bowling for Columbine
Michael Moore, Michael Donovan
Daughter from Danang
Gail Dolgin, Vicente Franco
Prisoner of Paradise
Malcolm Clarke, Stuart Sender
Spellbound
Jeffrey Blitz, Sean Welch
Winged Migration
Jacques Perrin
Animated Feature Film
Spirited Away
Hayao Miyazaki
Ice Age
Chris Wedge
Lilo & Stitch
Chris Sanders
Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron
Jeffrey Katzenberg
Treasure Planet
Ron Clements
Short Film (Live Action)
This Charming Man (Der Er En Yndig Mand)
Martin Strange-Hansen, Mie Andreasen
Fait D'Hiver
Fait D'Hiver
I'll Wait for the Next One... (J'Attendrai Le Suivant...)
Philippe Orreindy, Thomas Gaudin
Inja (Dog)
Steven Pasvolsky, Joe Weatherstone
Johnny Flynton
Lexi Alexander, Alexander Buono
Short Film (Animated)
The ChubbChubbs!
Eric Armstrong
The Cathedral
Tomek Baginski
Das Rad
Chris Stenner, Heidi Wittlinger
Mike's New Car
Pete Docter, Roger Gould
Mt. Head
Koji Yamamura
Documentary (Short Subject)
Twin Towers
Bill Guttentag, Robert David Port
The Collector of Bedford Street
Alice Elliott
Mighty Times: The Legacy of Rosa Parks
Robert Hudson, Bobby Houston
Why Can't We Be a Family Again?
Roger Weisberg, Murray Nossel