HISTORY OF THE ACADEMY AWARDS ® PRESENTATION

HISTORY OF THE OSCAR ®

Best motion picture of the year
“Slumdog Millionaire” (Fox Searchlight), A Celador Films Production, Christian Colson, Producer

Performance by an actor in a leading role
Sean Penn in “Milk” (Focus Features)

Performance by an actor in a supporting role
Heath Ledger in “The Dark Knight” (Warner Bros.)

Performance by an actress in a leading role
Kate Winslet in “The Reader” (The Weinstein Company)

Performance by an actress in a supporting role
Penélope Cruz in “Vicky Cristina Barcelona” (The Weinstein Company)

Best animated feature film of the year
“WALL-E” (Walt Disney), Andrew Stanton

Achievement in art direction
“The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” (Paramount and Warner Bros.), Art Direction: Donald Graham Burt, Set Decoration: Victor J. Zolfo

Achievement in cinematography
“Slumdog Millionaire” (Fox Searchlight), Anthony Dod Mantle

Achievement in costume design
“The Duchess” (Paramount Vantage, Pathé and BBC Films), Michael O’Connor

Achievement in directing
“Slumdog Millionaire” (Fox Searchlight), Danny Boyle

Best documentary feature
“Man on Wire” (Magnolia Pictures), A Wall to Wall in association with Red Box Films Production, James Marsh and Simon Chinn

Best documentary short subject
“Smile Pinki” A Principe Production, Megan Mylan

Achievement in film editing
“Slumdog Millionaire” (Fox Searchlight), Chris Dickens

Best foreign language film of the year
“Departures” (Regent Releasing), A Departures Film Partners Production, Japan

Achievement in makeup
“The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” (Paramount and Warner Bros.), Greg Cannom

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original score)
“Slumdog Millionaire” (Fox Searchlight), A.R. Rahman

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original song)
“Jai Ho” from “Slumdog Millionaire” (Fox Searchlight), Music by A.R. Rahman, Lyric by Gulzar

Best animated short film
“La Maison en Petits Cubes” A Robot Communications Production, Kunio Kato

Best live action short film
“Spielzeugland (Toyland)” A Mephisto Film Production, Jochen Alexander Freydank

Achievement in sound editing
“The Dark Knight” (Warner Bros.), Richard King

Achievement in sound mixing
“Slumdog Millionaire” (Fox Searchlight), Ian Tapp, Richard Pryke and Resul Pookutty

Achievement in visual effects
“The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” (Paramount and Warner Bros.), Eric Barba, Steve Preeg, Burt Dalton and Craig Barron

Adapted screenplay
“Slumdog Millionaire” (Fox Searchlight), Screenplay by Simon Beaufoy

Original screenplay
“Milk” (Focus Features), Written by Dustin Lance Black