Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role

Don Cheadle in HOTEL RWANDA (United Artists in association with Lions Gate Entertainment through MGM Distribution Co.)

Johnny Depp in FINDING NEVERLAND (Miramax)

Leonardo DiCaprio in THE AVIATOR (Miramax, Initial Entertainment Group and Warner Bros.)

Clint Eastwood in MILLION DOLLAR BABY (Warner Bros.)

Jamie Foxx in RAY (Universal)

Alan Alda in THE AVIATOR (Miramax, Initial Entertainment Group and Warner Bros.)

Thomas Haden Church in SIDEWAYS (Fox Searchlight/20th Century Fox)

Jamie Foxx in COLLATERAL, (DreamWorks and Paramount)

Morgan Freeman in MILLION DOLLAR BABY (Warner Bros.)

Clive Owen in CLOSER (Sony Pictures Releasing)

Annette Bening in BEING JULIA (Sony Pictures Classics)

Catalina Sandino Moreno in MARIA FULL OF GRACE (HBO Films in association with Fine Line Features)

Imelda Staunton in VERA DRAKE (Fine Line Features, Alain Sarde and UK Film Council in association with Inside Track Films)

Hilary Swank in MILLION DOLLAR BABY (Warner Bros.)

Kate Winslet in ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND (Focus Features)

Cate Blanchett in THE AVIATOR (Miramax, Initial Entertainment Group and Warner Bros.)

Laura Linney in KINSEY (Fox Searchlight/20th Century Fox)

Virginia Madsen in SIDEWAYS (Fox Searchlight/20th Century Fox)

Sophie Okonedo in HOTEL RWANDA (United Artists in association with Lions Gate Entertainment through MGM Distribution Co.)

Natalie Portman in CLOSER (Sony Pictures Releasing)

THE INCREDIBLES (Buena Vista) Brad Bird

SHARK TALE (DreamWorks) Bill Damaschka

SHREK 2 (DreamWorks) Andrew Adamson

THE AVIATOR (Miramax, Initial Entertainment Group and Warner Bros.)
Art Direction: Dante Ferretti
Set Decoration: Francesca Lo Schiavo

FINDING NEVERLAND (Miramax)
Art Direction: Gemma Jackson
Set Decoration: Trisha Edwards

LEMONY SNICKET'S A SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE EVENTS (Paramount and DreamWorks)
Art Direction: Rick Heinrichs
Set Decoration: Cheryl A. Carasik

THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (Warner Bros.)
Art Direction: Anthony Pratt
Set Decoration: Celia Bobak

A VERY LONG ENGAGEMENT (Warner Independent Pictures)
Art Direction: Aline Bonetto

THE AVIATOR (Miramax, Initial Entertainment Group and Warner Bros.) Robert Richardson

HOUSE OF FLYING DAGGERS (Sony Pictures Classics) Zhao Xiaoding

THE PASSION OF THE CHRIST (Icon and Newmarket) Caleb Deschanel

THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (Warner Bros.) John Mathieson

A VERY LONG ENGAGEMENT (Warner Independent Pictures) Bruno Delbonnel

THE AVIATOR (Miramax, Initial Entertainment Group and Warner Bros.) Sandy Powell

FINDING NEVERLAND (Miramax) Alexandra Byrne

LEMONY SNICKET'S A SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE EVENTS (Paramount and DreamWorks) Colleen Atwood

RAY (Universal) Sharen Davis

TROY (Warner Bros.) Bob Ringwood

THE AVIATOR (Miramax, Initial Entertainment Group and Warner Bros.) Martin Scorsese

MILLION DOLLAR BABY (Warner Bros.) Clint Eastwood

RAY (Universal) Taylor Hackford

SIDEWAYS (Fox Searchlight/20th Century Fox) Alexander Payne

VERA DRAKE (Fine Line Features, Alain Sarde and UK Film Council in association with Inside Track Films) Mike Leigh

BORN INTO BROTHELS (THINKFilm)
Ross Kauffman and Zana Brisk
A Red Light Films, Inc. Production

THE STORY OF THE WEEPING CAMEL (THINKFilm)
Luigi Falorni and Byambasuren Davaa
A Hochschule f黵 Fernsehen und Film M黱chen Production

SUPER SIZE ME (Roadside Attractions/Samuel Goldwyn Films)
Morgan Spurlock
A Kathbur Productions/The Con Production

TUPAC: RESURRECTION (Paramount)
Lauren Lazin and Karolyn Ali
An MTV - Amaru Entertainment, Inc. Production

TWIST OF FAITH
Kirby Dick and Eddie Schmidt
A Chain Camera Pictures Production

AUTISM IS A WORLD
Gerardine Wurzburg
A State of the Art Production

THE CHILDREN OF LENINGRADSKY
Hanna Polak and Andrzej Celinski
A Hanna Polak Production

HARDWOOD
Hubert Davis and Erin Faith Young
A Hardwood Pictures and National Film Board of Canada Production

MIGHTY TIMES: THE CHILDREN'S MARCH
Robert Hudson and Bobby Houston
A Tell the Truth Pictures Production

SISTER ROSE'S PASSION
Oren Jacoby and Steve Kalafer
A New Jersey Studios Production

THE AVIATOR (Miramax, Initial Entertainment Group and Warner Bros.) Thelma Schoonmaker

COLLATERAL (DreamWorks and Paramount) Jim Miller and Paul Rubell

FINDING NEVERLAND (Miramax) Matt Chesse

MILLION DOLLAR BABY (Warner Bros.) Joel Cox

RAY (Universal) Paul Hirsch

AS IT IS IN HEAVEN
Sweden
A GF Studios Production

THE CHORUS
France
A Galat閑 Films/Path?Renn/France 2 Cinema/Novo Arturo Films/Vega Film AG Production

DOWNFALL
Germany
A Constantin Film Production

THE SEA INSIDE
Spain
A Sogecine and Himen髉tero Production

YESTERDAY
South Africa
A Videovision Entertainment Production

LEMONY SNICKET'S A SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE EVENTS (Paramount and DreamWorks) Valli O'Reilly and Bill Corso

THE PASSION OF THE CHRIST (Icon and Newmarket) Keith Vanderlaan and Christien Tinsley

THE SEA INSIDE (Fine Line Features and Sogepaq) Jo Allen and Manuel Garc韆

FINDING NEVERLAND (Miramax) Jan A.P. Kaczmarek

HARRY POTTER AND THE PRISONER OF AZKABAN (Warner Bros.) John Williams

LEMONY SNICKET'S A SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE EVENTS (Paramount and DreamWorks) Thomas Newman

THE PASSION OF THE CHRIST (Icon and Newmarket) John Debney

THE VILLAGE (Buena Vista) James Newton Howard

"Accidentally In Love" from SHREK 2 (DreamWorks)
Music by Adam Duritz, Charles Gillingham, Jim Bogios, David Immergluck, Matthew Mallery and David Bryson
Lyric by Adam Duritz and Daniel Vickrey

"Al Otro Lado Del R韔" from THE MOTORCYCLE DIARIES
Music and Lyric by Jorge Drexler
(Focus Features and Film Four)

"Believe" from THE POLAR EXPRESS (Warner Bros.)
Music and Lyric by Glen Ballard and Alan Silvestri

"Learn To Be Lonely" from THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (Warner Bros.)
Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber
Lyric by Charles Hart

"Look To Your Path (Vois Sur Ton Chemin)" from THE CHORUS (Miramax)
Music by Bruno Coulais
Lyric by Christophe Barratier

THE AVIATOR (Miramax, Initial Entertainment Group and Warner Bros.)
Nominees are still to be determined.
A Forward Pass/Appian Way/IMF Production

FINDING NEVERLAND (Miramax)
Richard N. Gladstein and Nellie Bellflower, Producers
A FilmColony Production

MILLION DOLLAR BABY (Warner Bros.)
Nominees are still to be determined.
A Warner Bros. Pictures Production

RAY (Universal)
Nominees are still to be determined.
A Universal Pictures/Bristol Bay Production

SIDEWAYS (Fox Searchlight/20th Century Fox)
Michael London, Producer
A SIDEWAYS Productions, Inc. Production

BIRTHDAY BOY
Sejong Park and Andrew Gregory
An Australian Film, TV and Radio School Production

GOPHER BROKE
Jeff Fowler and Tim Miller
A Blur Studio Production

GUARD DOG
Bill Plympton
A Bill Plympton Production

LORENZO
Mike Gabriel and Baker Bloodworth
A Walt Disney Pictures Production

RYAN
Chris Landreth
A Copper Heart Entertainment & National Film Board of Canada Production

EVERYTHING IN THIS COUNTRY MUST
Gary McKendry
A Six Mile LLC Production

LITTLE TERRORIST
Ashvin Kumar
An Alipur Films Production

7:35 IN THE MORNING
Nacho Vigalondo
An Ibarretxe & Co. Production

TWO CARS, ONE NIGHT
Taika Waititi and Ainsley Gardiner
A Defender Films Limited Production

WASP
Andrea Arnold
A Cowboy Films Production

THE INCREDIBLES (Buena Vista) Michael Silvers and Randy Thom

THE POLAR EXPRESS (Warner Bros.) Randy Thom and Dennis Leonard

SPIDER-MAN 2 (Sony Pictures Releasing) Paul N.J. Ottosson

THE AVIATOR (Miramax, Initial Entertainment Group and Warner Bros.) Tom Fleischman and Petur Hliddal

THE INCREDIBLES (Buena Vista) Randy Thom, Gary A. Rizzo and Doc Kane

THE POLAR EXPRESS (Warner Bros.) Randy Thom, Tom Johnson, Dennis Sands and William B. Kaplan

RAY (Universal) Scott Millan, Greg Orloff, Bob Beemer and Steve Cantamessa

SPIDER-MAN 2 (Sony Pictures Releasing) Kevin O'Connell, Greg P. Russell, Jeffrey J. Haboush and Joseph Geisinger

HARRY POTTER AND THE PRISONER OF AZKABAN (Warner Bros.) Roger Guyett, Tim Burke, John Richardson and Bill George

I, ROBOT (20th Century Fox) John Nelson, Andrew R. Jones, Erik Nash and Joe Letteri

SPIDER-MAN 2 (Sony Pictures Releasing) John Dykstra, Scott Stokdyk, Anthony LaMolinara and John Frazier

BEFORE SUNSET (Warner Independent Pictures)
Screenplay by Richard Linklater & Julie Delpy & Ethan Hawke
Story by Richard Linklater & Kim Krizan

FINDING NEVERLAND (Miramax)
Screenplay by David Magee

MILLION DOLLAR BABY (Warner Bros.)
Screenplay by Paul Haggis

THE MOTORCYCLE DIARIES (Focus Features and Film Four)
Screenplay by Jos?Rivera

SIDEWAYS (Fox Searchlight/20th Century Fox)
Screenplay by Alexander Payne & Jim Taylor (Miramax, Initial Entertainment Group and Warner Bros.)

THE AVIATOR (Miramax, Initial Entertainment Group and Warner Bros.)
Written by John Logan

ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND(Focus Features)
Screenplay by Charlie Kaufman
Story by Charlie Kaufman & Michel Gondry & Pierre Bismuth

HOTEL RWANDA (United Artists in association with Lions Gate Entertainment through MGM Distribution Co.)
Written by Keir Pearson & Terry George

THE INCREDIBLES (Buena Vista)
Written by Brad Bird

VERA DRAKE (Fine Line Features, Alain Sarde and UK Film Council in association with Inside Track Films)
Written by Mike Leigh