77th Academy Awards (2005)
The 77th Academy Awards honored the best films of 2004. The award ceremony was held on 27th February 2005 at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, California. Chris Rock was the anchor of the show. While Millior Dollar Baby was awarded Best Picture trophy, The Aviator bagged awards in maximum categories.
- WINNER
Best Picture
Million Dollar Baby
The Aviator
Finding Neverland
Ray
Sideways
Best Director
Million Dollar Baby
- Clint Eastwood
The Aviator
- Martin Scorsese
Ray
- Taylor Hackford
Sideways
- Alexander Payne
Vera Drake
- Mike Leigh
Best Original Screenplay
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
- Charlie Kaufman, Michel Gondry, Pierre Bismuth
The Aviator
- John Logan
Hotel Rwanda
- Terry George, Keir Pearson
The Incredibles
- Brad Bird
Vera Drake
- Mike Leigh
Best Adapted Screenplay
Sideways
- Alexander Payne, Jim Taylor
Million Dollar Baby
- Paul Haggis
Finding Neverland
- David Magee
The Motorcycle Diaries
- Jose Rivera
Before Sunset
- Ethan Hawke, Richard Linklater, Julie Delpy, Kim Krizan
Best Actor in a Leading Role
Ray
- Jamie Foxx
The Aviator
- Leonardo DiCaprio
Finding Neverland
- Johnny Depp
Hotel Rwanda
- Don Cheadle
Million Dollar Baby
- Clint Eastwood
Best Actress in a Leading Role
Million Dollar Baby
- Hilary Swank
Being Julia
- Annette Bening
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
- Kate Winslet
Maria Full of Grace
- Catalina Sandino Moreno
Vera Drake
- Imelda Staunton
Best Supporting Actor
Million Dollar Baby
- Morgan Freeman
The Aviator
- Alan Alda
Closer
- Clive Owen
Collateral
- Jamie Foxx
Sideways
- Thomas Haden Church
Best Supporting Actress
The Aviator
- Cate Blanchett
Closer
- Natalie Portman
Hotel Rwanda
- Sophie Okonedo
Kinsey
- Laura Linney
Sideways
- Virginia Madsen
Best Art Direction
The Aviator
- Dante Ferretti, Francesca Lo Schiavo
A Very Long Engagement
- Aline Bonetto
The Phantom of the Opera
- Anthony Pratt, Celia Bobak
Finding Neverland
- Gemma Jackson, Trisha Edwards
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
- Rick Heinrichs, Cheryl Carasik
Best Cinematography
The Aviator
- Robert Richardson
A Very Long Engagement
- Bruno Delbonnel
The Passion of the Christ
- Caleb Deschanel
The Phantom of the Opera
- John Mathieson
House of Flying Daggers
- Xiaoding Zhao
Best Original Song
The Motorcycle Diaries
- Jorge Drexler
for "Al Otro Lado Del Rio"
The Phantom of the Opera
- Andrew Lloyd Webber, Charles Hart
for "Learn to Be Lonely"
The Polar Express
- Glen Ballard, Alan Silvestri
for "Believe"
The Chorus
- Bruno Coulais, Christophe Barratier
for "Look To Your Path"
Shrek 2
- Jim Bogios, David Bryson, Adam Duritz, Charles Gillingham, David Immergluck, Matthew Malley, Dan Vickrey
for "Accidentally in Love"
Best Original Score
Finding Neverland
- Jan A. P. Kaczmarek
The Village
- James Newton Howard
The Passion of the Christ
- John Debney
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
- John Williams
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
- Thomas Newman
Best Sound Mixing
Ray
- Scott Millan, Greg Orloff, Bob Beemer, Steve Cantamessa
The Incredibles
- Gary A. Rizzo, Randy Thom, Doc Kane
Spider-Man 2
- Jeffrey J. Haboush, Kevin O'Connell, Greg P. Russell, Joseph Geisinger
The Aviator
- Tom Fleischman, Petur Hliddal
The Polar Express
- Tom Johnson, Dennis Sands, Randy Thom, William B. Kaplan
Best Sound Editing
The Incredibles
- Michael Silvers, Randy Thom
Spider-Man 2
- Paul N.J. Ottosson
The Polar Express
- Dennis Leonard, Randy Thom
Best Visual Effects
Spider-Man 2
- John Dykstra, John Frazier, Scott Stokdyk, Anthony LaMolinara
I, Robot
- Andrew R Jones, Joe Letteri, Erik Nash, John Nelson
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
- Tim Burke, William George, Roger Guyett, John Richardson
Best Costume Design
The Aviator
- Sandy Powell
Finding Neverland
- Alexandra Byrne
Troy
- Bob Ringwood
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
- Colleen Atwood
Ray
- Sharen Davis
Best Makeup
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
- Valli O'Reilly, Bill Corso
The Passion of the Christ
- Christien Tinsley, Keith VanderLaan
The Sea Inside
- Jo Allen, Manuel Garcia
Best Animated Feature
The Incredibles
Best Animated Short Film
Ryan
- Chris Landreth
Birthday Boy
- Sejong Park, Andrew Gregory
Gopher Broke
- Jeff Fowler, Tim Miller
Guard Dog
- Bill Plympton
Lorenzo
- Mike Gabriel, Baker Bloodworth
Best Documentary Feature
Born Into Brothels - Calcutta's Red Light Kids
Best Documentary Short Subject
Mighty Times - The Children's March
Best Foreign Language Film
The Sea Inside
Academy Honorary Award
Sidney Lumet
Best Live Action Short Film
Wasp
- Andrea Arnold
Everything in This Country Must
- Gary McKendry
Little Terrorist
- Ashvin Kumar
7:35 in the Morning
- Nacho Vigalondo
Two Cars, One Night
- Taika Waititi, Ainsley Gardiner
Best Film Editing
The Aviator
- Thelma Schoonmaker
Collateral
- Jim Miller, Paul Rubell
Million Dollar Baby
- Joel Cox
Finding Neverland
- Matt Chesse
Ray
- Paul Hirsch
Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award
Roger Mayer