76th Academy Awards (2004)

Best Picture

The Lord of the Rings - The Return of the King
Lost in Translation
Master and Commander - The Far Side of the World
Mystic River
Seabiscuit

Best Director

The Lord of the Rings - The Return of the King - Peter Jackson
City of God - Fernando Meirelles
Lost in Translation - Sofia Coppola
Master and Commander - The Far Side of the World - Peter Weir
Mystic River - Clint Eastwood

Best Original Screenplay

Lost in Translation - Sofia Coppola
Dirty Pretty Things - Steven Knights
Finding Nemo - Andrew Stanton, Bob Peterson, David Reynolds
In America - Jim Sheridan, Naomi Sheridan, Kirsten Sheridan
The Barbarian Invasions - Denys Arcand

Best Adapted Screenplay

The Lord of the Rings - The Return of the King - Peter Jackson, Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens
American Splendor - Shari Springer Berman, Robert Pulcini
City of God - Braulio Mantovani
Mystic River - Brian Helgeland
Seabiscuit - Gary Ross

Best Actor in a Leading Role

Mystic River - Sean Penn
Cold Mountain - Jude Law
House of Sand and Fog - Ben Kingsley
Lost in Translation - Bill Murray
Pirates of the Caribbean - The Curse of the Black Pearl - Johnny Depp

Best Actress in a Leading Role

Monster - Charlize Theron
21 Grams - Naomi Watts
In America - Samantha Morton
Something's Gotta Give - Diane Keaton
Whale Rider - Keisha Castle-Hughes

Best Supporting Actor

Mystic River - Tim Robbins
21 Grams - Benicio del Toro
The Cooler - Alec Baldwin
In America - Djimon Hounsou
The Last Samurai - Ken Watanabe

Best Supporting Actress

Cold Mountain - Renee Zellweger
House of Sand and Fog - Shohreh Aghdashloo
Mystic River - Marcia Gay Harden
Pieces of April - Patricia Clarkson
thirteen - Holly Hunter

Best Art Direction

The Lord of the Rings - The Return of the King - Grant Major, Dan Hennah, Alan Lee
Girl with a Pearl Earring - Ben Van Os, Cecile Heideman
Seabiscuit - Jeannine Oppewall, Leslie Pope
The Last Samurai - Lilly Kilvert, Gretchen Rau
Master and Commander - The Far Side of the World - William Sandell, Robert Gould

Best Cinematography

Master and Commander - The Far Side of the World - Russell Boyd
City of God - Cesar Charlone
Girl with a Pearl Earring - Eduardo Serra
Seabiscuit - John Schwartzman
Cold Mountain - John Seale

Best Original Song

The Lord of the Rings - The Return of the King - Annie Lennox, Fran Walsh, Howard Shore for "Into the West"
A Mighty Wind - Michael McKean, Annette O'Toole for "A Kiss at the End of the RainbowO'Toole"
Cold Mountain - Alison Krauss, Sting for "You Will Be My Ain True Love"
Cold Mountain - T. Bone Burnett, Elvis Costello for "Scarlet Tide"
The Triplets of Belleville - Benoit Charest, Sylvain Chomet for "The Triplets of Belleville"

Best Original Score

The Lord of the Rings - The Return of the King - Howard Shore
Big Fish - Danny Elfman
Cold Mountain - Gabriel Yared
House of Sand and Fog - James Horner
Finding Nemo - Thomas Newman

Best Sound Mixing

The Lord of the Rings - The Return of the King - Christopher Boyes, Michael Semanick, Michael Hedges, Hammond Peek
The Last Samurai - Andy Nelson, Anna Behlmer, Jeff Wexler
Seabiscuit - Andy Nelson, Anna Behlmer, Todd A. Maitland
Pirates of the Caribbean - The Curse of the Black Pearl - Christopher Boyes, David Parker, David Campbell, Lee Orloff
Master and Commander - The Far Side of the World - Paul Massey, D.M. Hemphill, Arthur Rochester

Best Sound Editing

Master and Commander - The Far Side of the World - Richard King
Pirates of the Caribbean - The Curse of the Black Pearl - Christopher Boyes, George Watters II
Finding Nemo - Gary Rydstrom, Michael Silvers

Best Visual Effects

The Lord of the Rings - The Return of the King - Jim Rygiel, Randall William Cook, Alex Funke, Joe Letteri
Master and Commander - The Far Side of the World - Dan Sudick, Stefen Fangmeier, Nathan McGuinness, Robert Stromberg
Pirates of the Caribbean - The Curse of the Black Pearl - John Knoll, Hal Hickel, Charles Gibson, Terry Frazee

Best Costume Design

The Lord of the Rings - The Return of the King - Ngila Dickson, Richard Taylor
Girl with a Pearl Earring - Dien van Straalen
Seabiscuit - Judianna Makovsky
The Last Samurai - Ngila Dickson
Master and Commander - The Far Side of the World - Wendy Stites

Best Makeup

The Lord of the Rings - The Return of the King - Richard Taylor, Peter King
Pirates of the Caribbean - The Curse of the Black Pearl - Ve Neill, Martin Smauel
Master and Commander - The Far Side of the World - Edouard Henriques III, Yolanda Toussieng

Best Animated Feature

Finding Nemo

Best Animated Short Film

Harvie Krumpet

Best Documentary Feature

The Fog of War - Eleven Lessons from the Life of Robert S. McNamara

Best Documentary Short Subject

Chernobyl Heart

Best Foreign Language Film

The Barbarian Invasions

Academy Honorary Award

Blake Edwards

Best Live Action Short Film

Two Soldiers

Best Film Editing

The Lord of the Rings - The Return of the King - Jamie Selkirk
City of God - Daniel Rezende
Master and Commander - The Far Side of the World - Lee Smith
Cold Mountain - Walter Murch
Seabiscuit - William Goldenberg