The 79th Academy Awards | 2007
Best Picture
The Departed
Graham King, Producer
Babel
Babel
Letters from Iwo Jima
Clint Eastwood, Steven Spielberg and Robert Lorenz, Producers
Little Miss Sunshine
David T. Friendly, Peter Saraf and Marc Turtletaub, Producers
The Queen
Andy Harries, Christine Langan and Tracey Seaward, Producers
Directing
The Departed
Martin Scorsese
Babel
Babel
Letters from Iwo Jima
Clint Eastwood
The Queen
Stephen Frears
United 93
Paul Greengrass
Actor in a Leading Role
Forest Whitaker
The Last King of Scotland
Leonardo DiCaprio
Blood Diamond
Ryan Gosling
Half Nelson
Peter O'Toole
Venus
Will Smith
The Pursuit of Happyness
Actress in a Leading Role
Helen Mirren
The Queen
Penélope Cruz
Volver
Judi Dench
Notes on a Scandal
Meryl Streep
The Devil Wears Prada
Kate Winslet
Little Children
Actor in a Supporting Role
Alan Arkin
Little Miss Sunshine
Jackie Earle Haley
Little Children
Djimon Hounsou
Blood Diamond
Eddie Murphy
Dreamgirls
Mark Wahlberg
The Departed
Actress in a Supporting Role
Jennifer Hudson
Dreamgirls
Adriana Barraza
Babel
Cate Blanchett
Notes on a Scandal
Abigail Breslin
Little Miss Sunshine
Rinko Kikuchi
Babel
Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
The Departed
Screenplay by William Monahan
Borat Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
Screenplay by Sacha Baron Cohen, Anthony Hines, Peter Baynham, & Dan Mazer; Story by Sacha Baron Cohen, Peter Baynham, Anthony Hines, & Todd Phillips
Children of Men
Screenplay by Alfonso Cuarón, Timothy J. Sexton, David Arata, Mark Fergus and Hawk Ostby
Little Children
Screenplay by Todd Field & Tom Perrotta
Notes on a Scandal
Screenplay by Patrick Marber
Writing (Original Screenplay)
Little Miss Sunshine
Written by Michael Arndt
Babel
Written by Guillermo Arriaga
Letters from Iwo Jima
Screenplay by Iris Yamashita; Story by Iris Yamashita & Paul Haggis
Pan's Labyrinth
Written by Guillermo del Toro
The Queen
Written by Peter Morgan
Film Editing
The Departed
Thelma Schoonmaker
Babel
Stephen Mirrione and Douglas Crise
Blood Diamond
Steven Rosenblum
Children of Men
Children of Men
United 93
Clare Douglas, Christopher Rouse and Richard Pearson
Cinematography
Pan's Labyrinth
Guillermo Navarro
The Black Dahlia
Vilmos Zsigmond
Children of Men
Emmanuel Lubezki
The Illusionist
Dick Pope
The Prestige
Wally Pfister
Art Direction
Pan's Labyrinth
Art Direction: Eugenio Caballero; Set Decoration: Pilar Revuelta
Dreamgirls
Art Direction: John Myhre; Set Decoration: Nancy Haigh
The Good Shepherd
Art Direction: Jeannine Oppewall; Set Decoration: Gretchen Rau and Leslie E. Rollins
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
Art Direction: Rick Heinrichs; Set Decoration: Cheryl Carasik
The Prestige
Art Direction: Nathan Crowley; Set Decoration: Julie Ochipinti
Costume Design
Marie Antoinette
Milena Canonero
Curse of the Golden Flower
Yee Chung Man
The Devil Wears Prada
Patricia Field
Dreamgirls
Sharen Davis
The Queen
Consolata Boyle
Makeup
Pan's Labyrinth
José Quetglás and Blanca Sánchez
Apocalypto
Aldo Signoretti and Vittorio Sodano
Click
Kazuhiro Tsuji and Bill Corso
Visual Effects
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
John Knoll, Hal Hickel, Charles Gibson and Allen Hall
Poseidon
Boyd Shermis, Kim Libreri, Chas Jarrett and John Frazier
Superman Returns
Mark Stetson, Neil Corbould, Richard R. Hoover and Jon Thum
Music (Original Score)
Babel
Gustavo Santaolalla
The Good German
Thomas Newman
Notes on a Scandal
Philip Glass
Pan's Labyrinth
Javier Navarrete
The Queen
Alexandre Desplat
Music (Original Song)
An Inconvenient Truth
I Need To Wake Up in "An Inconvenient Truth" Music and Lyric by Melissa Etheridge
Dreamgirls
Listen in "Dreamgirls" Music by Henry Krieger and Scott Cutler; Lyric by Anne Preven
Dreamgirls
Love You I Do in "Dreamgirls" Music by Henry Krieger; Lyric by Siedah Garrett
Cars
Our Town in "Cars" Music and Lyric by Randy Newman
Dreamgirls
Patience in "Dreamgirls" Music by Henry Krieger; Lyric by Willie Reale
Sound Editing
Letters from Iwo Jima
Alan Robert Murray and Bub Asman
Apocalypto
Sean McCormack and Kami Asgar
Blood Diamond
Lon Bender
Flags of Our Fathers
Alan Robert Murray and Bub Asman
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
Christopher Boyes and George Watters II
Sound Mixing
Dreamgirls
Michael Minkler, Bob Beemer and Willie Burton
Apocalypto
Kevin O’Connell, Greg P. Russell and Fernando Cámara
Blood Diamond
Andy Nelson, Anna Behlmer and Ivan Sharrock
Flags of Our Fathers
John Reitz, Dave Campbell, Gregg Rudloff and Walt Martin
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
Paul Massey, Christopher Boyes and Lee Orloff
Foreign Language Film
The Lives of Others
Germany
After the Wedding
Denmark
Days of Glory (Indigènes)
Algeria
Pan's Labyrinth
Mexico
Water
Canada
Documentary (Feature)
An Inconvenient Truth
Davis Guggenheim
Deliver Us from Evil
Amy Berg and Frank Donner
Iraq in Fragments
James Longley and John Sinno
Jesus Camp
Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady
My Country, My Country
Laura Poitras and Jocelyn Glatzer
Animated Feature Film
Happy Feet
George Miller
Cars
John Lasseter
Monster House
Gil Kenan
Short Film (Live Action)
West Bank Story
Ari Sandel
Binta and the Great Idea (Binta Y La Gran Idea)
Javier Fesser and Luis Manso
Borja Cobeaga
Helmer & Son
Helmer & Son
The Saviour
Peter Templeman and Stuart Parkyn
Short Film (Animated)
The Danish Poet
Torill Kove
Lifted
Gary Rydstrom
The Little Matchgirl
Roger Allers and Don Hahn
Maestro
Maestro
No Time for Nuts
Chris Renaud and Michael Thurmeier
Documentary (Short Subject)
The Blood of Yingzhou District
Ruby Yang and Thomas Lennon
Recycled Life
Leslie Iwerks and Mike Glad
Rehearsing a Dream
Karen Goodman and Kirk Simon
Two Hands
Nathaniel Kahn and Susan Rose Behr