75th Academy Awards (2003)
The 75th Academy Awards honored the best films of 2002. The award ceremony was held on 29th February 2003 at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, California. Steve Martin was the anchor of the show. The nominees were announced on 11th February 2003. The musical Chicago was awarded Best Picture trophy. This movie was also the winner of maximum awards in 2003.
- WINNER
Best Picture
Chicago
Gangs of New York
The Hours
The Lord of the Rings - The Two Towers
The Pianist
Best Director
The Pianist
- Roman Polanski
Chicago
- Rob Marshall
Gangs of New York
- Martin Scorsese
The Hours
- Stephen Daldry
Talk to Her
- Pedro Almodovar
Best Original Screenplay
Talk to Her
- Pedro Almodovar
Far from Heaven
- Todd Haynes
Gangs of New York
- Jay Cocks, Steven Zaillian, Kenneth Lonergan
My Big Fat Greek Wedding
- Nia Vardalos
Y tu mama tambien
- Carlos Cuaron, Alfonso Cuaron
Best Adapted Screenplay
The Pianist
- Ronald Harwood
About a Boy
- Peter Hedges, Chris Weitz, Paul Weitz
Adaptation
- Charlie Kaufman
Chicago
- Bill Condon
The Hours
- David Hare
Best Actor in a Leading Role
The Pianist
- Adrien Brody
About Schmidt
- Jack Nicholson
Adaptation
- Nicolas Cage
Gangs of New York
- Daniel Day-Lewis
The Quiet American
- Michael Caine
Best Actress in a Leading Role
The Hours
- Nicole Kidman
Chicago
- Renee Zellweger
Far from Heaven
- Julianne Moore
Frida
- Salma Hayek
Unfaithful
- Diane Lane
Best Supporting Actor
Adaptation
- Chris Cooper
Catch Me If You Can
- Christopher Walken
Chicago
- John C. Reilly
The Hours
- Ed Harris
Road to Perdition
- Paul Newman
Best Supporting Actress
Chicago
- Catherine Zeta-Jones
About Schmidt
- Kathy Bates
Adaptation
- Meryl Streep
Chicago
- Queen Latifah
The Hours
- Julianne Moore
Best Art Direction
Chicago
- John Mhyre, Gordon Sim
Frida
- Felipe Fernandez del Paso, Hania Robledo
Gangs of New York
- Dante Ferretti, Francesca Lo Schiavo
The Lord of the Rings - The Two Towers
- Grant Major, Dan Hennah, Alan Lee
Road to Perdition
- Dennis Gassner, Nancy Haigh
Best 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
Best Original Song
8 Mile
- Marshall Mathers, Jeff Bass, Luis Resto
for "Lose Yourself"
Chicago
- John Kander, Fred Ebb
for "I Move On"
Frida
- Elliot Goldenthal, Julie Taymor
for "Burn It Blue"
Gangs of New York
- Bono, Adam Clayton, The Edge, Larry Mullen Jr.
for "The Hands That Built America"
The Wild Thornberrys Movie
- Paul Simon
for "Father and Daughter"
Best 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
Best Sound Mixing
Chicago
- Michael Minkler, David Lee, Dominick Tavella
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 Pritchett
Spider-Man
- Kevin O'Connell, Greg P. Russell, Ed Novick
Best Sound Editing
The Lord of the Rings - The Two Towers
- Mike Hopkins, Ethan Van der Ryn
Minority Report
- Richard Hymns, Gary Rydstrom
Road to Perdition
- Scott Hecker
Best Visual Effects
The Lord of the Rings - The Two Towers
- Jim Rygiel, Randall William Cook, Alex Funke, Joe Letteri
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
Best Costume Design
Chicago
- Colleen Atwood
Frida
- Julie Weiss
Gangs of New York
- Sandy Powell
The Hours
- Ann Roth
The Pianist
- Anna B. Sheppard
Best Makeup
Frida
- John E. Jackson, Beatrice De Alba
The Time Machine
- John M. Elliott Jr., Barbara Lorenz
Best Animated Feature
Spirited Away
Ice Age
Lilo And Stitch
Spirit - Stallion of the Cimarron
Treasure Planet
Best Animated Short Film
The ChubbChubbs!
Atama-yama
Das Rad
Katedra
Mike's New Car
Best Documentary Feature
Bowling for Columbine
Daughter from Danang
Prisoner of Paradise
Spellbound
Winged Migration
Best Documentary Short Subject
Twin Towers
The Collector of Bedford Street
Mighty Times - The Legacy of Rosa Parks
Why Can't We Be a Family Again?
Best Foreign Language Film
Nowhere in Africa
Best Live Action Short Film
This Charming Man
Best 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
- Herve de Luze