2006 (79th Annual Awards)
Nominations and Winners
Listed below are the Academy Award nominations and winners for the year 2006. The
symbol appears next to the winner in each category. Click on the name of a film, person or song in the list to display more information about that film, person or song. Or, click on a year in the column on the right to display the nominations and winners from that year.
Best Picture
Babel, Anonymous Content/Zeta Film/Central Films Production; Paramount and Paramount Vantage. (France, USA, Mexico) Alejandro González Iñárritu, Jon Kilik and Steve Golin, Producers.Letters from Iwo Jima, DreamWorks Pictures/Warner Bros. Pictures Production; Warner Bros. Clint Eastwood, Steven Spielberg and Robert Lorenz, Producers.Little Miss Sunshine, Big Beach/Bona Fide Production; Fox Searchlight. David T. Friendly, Peter Saraf and Marc Turtletaub, Producers.The Queen, Granada Production; Miramax, Pathé and Granada. (UK, USA, France, Italy) Andy Harries, Christine Langan and Tracey Seaward, Producers.Actor in a Leading Role
Forest Whitaker in The Last King of Scotland, Cowboy Films/Slate Films Production; Fox Searchlight. (UK, Germany)Actress in a Leading Role
Meryl Streep in The Devil Wears Prada, Fox 2000 Pictures Production; 20th Century Fox. (USA, France)Actor in a Supporting Role
Actress in a Supporting Role
Adriana Barraza in Babel, Anonymous Content/Zeta Film/Central Films Production; Paramount and Paramount Vantage. (France, USA, Mexico)Rinko Kikuchi in Babel, Anonymous Content/Zeta Film/Central Films Production; Paramount and Paramount Vantage. (France, USA, Mexico)Directing
Babel, Anonymous Content/Zeta Film/Central Films Production; Paramount and Paramount Vantage. (France, USA, Mexico) Alejandro González Iñárritu.Letters from Iwo Jima, DreamWorks Pictures/Warner Bros. Pictures Production; Warner Bros. Clint Eastwood.United 93, Universal Pictures/StudioCanal/Working Title Films Production; Universal and StudioCanal. (USA, UK, France) Paul Greengrass.Animated Feature Film
Art Direction-Set Decoration
Dreamgirls, Laurence Mark Production; DreamWorks and Paramount. Art direction by John Myhre; set decoration by Nancy Haigh.The Good Shepherd, Morgan Creek Production; Universal. Art direction by Jeannine Oppewall; set decoration by Gretchen Rau and Leslie E. Rollins.Pan’s Labyrinth, Tequila Gang/Esperanto Filmoj/Estudios Picasso Production; Picturehouse. (Mexico, Spain) Art direction by Eugenio Caballero; set decoration by Pilar Revuelta.Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest, Walt Disney Pictures/Jerry Bruckheimer Films Production; Buena Vista. Art direction by Rick Heinrichs; set decoration by Cheryl Carasik.The Prestige, Touchstone Pictures/Warner Bros. Pictures Production; Buena Vista. (USA, UK) Art direction by Nathan Crowley; set decoration by Julie Ochipinti.Cinematography
Children of Men, Universal Pictures/Strike Entertainment Production; Universal. (USA, UK, Japan) Emmanuel Lubezki.Pan’s Labyrinth, Tequila Gang/Esperanto Filmoj/Estudios Picasso Production; Picturehouse. (Mexico, Spain) Guillermo Navarro.The Prestige, Touchstone Pictures/Warner Bros. Pictures Production; Buena Vista. (USA, UK) Wally Pfister.Costume Design
Curse of the Golden Flower, Film Partner International Inc. Production; Sony Pictures Classics. (China, Hong Kong) Yee Chung Man.The Devil Wears Prada, Fox 2000 Pictures Production; 20th Century Fox. (USA, France) Patricia Field.Marie Antoinette, I Want Candy, LLC Production; Sony Pictures Releasing. (USA, France, Japan) Milena Canonero.The Queen, Granada Production; Miramax, Pathé and Granada. (UK, USA, France, Italy) Consolata Boyle.Documentary
(Feature)
An Inconvenient Truth, Lawrence Bender/Laurie David Production; Paramount Classics and Participant Productions. Davis Guggenheim.Iraq in Fragments, Typecast Pictures/Daylight Factory Production; Typecast Releasing in association with HBO Documentary Films. James Longley and John Sinno.My Country, My Country, Praxis Films Production; Zeitgeist Films. Laura Poitras and Jocelyn Glatzer.(Short Subject)
The Blood of Yingzhou District, Thomas Lennon Films Production. (China, USA) Ruby Yang and Thomas Lennon.Film Editing
Babel, Anonymous Content/Zeta Film/Central Films Production; Paramount and Paramount Vantage. (France, USA, Mexico) Stephen Mirrione and Douglas Crise.Children of Men, Universal Pictures/Strike Entertainment Production; Universal. (USA, UK, Japan) Alex Rodríguez and Alfonso Cuarón.United 93, Universal Pictures/StudioCanal/Working Title Films Production; Universal and StudioCanal. (USA, UK, France) Clare Douglas, Christopher Rouse and Richard Pearson.Foreign Language Film
After the Wedding, Zentropa Entertainments 16 Production; IFC Films. (Denmark, Sweden, UK, Norway) Denmark.Days of Glory (Indigènes), Tessalit Production; The Weinstein Company/IFC Films. (Algeria, France, Morocco, Belgium) Algeria.The Lives of Others, Wiedemann & Berg Production; Sony Pictures Classics. (Germany) Germany.Pan’s Labyrinth, Tequila Gang/Esperanto Filmoj/Estudios Picasso Production; Picturehouse. (Mexico, Spain) Mexico.Water, Hamilton-Mehta Production; Fox Searchlight. (Canada, India) Canada.Makeup
Click, Columbia Pictures/Revolution Studios Production; Sony Pictures Releasing. Kazuhiro Tsuji and Bill Corso.Pan’s Labyrinth, Tequila Gang/Esperanto Filmoj/Estudios Picasso Production; Picturehouse. (Mexico, Spain) David Martí and Montse Ribé.Music
(Original Score)
Babel, Anonymous Content/Zeta Film/Central Films Production; Paramount and Paramount Vantage. (France, USA, Mexico) Gustavo Santaolalla.Pan’s Labyrinth, Tequila Gang/Esperanto Filmoj/Estudios Picasso Production; Picturehouse. (Mexico, Spain) Javier Navarrete.The Queen, Granada Production; Miramax, Pathé and Granada. (UK, USA, France, Italy) Alexandre Desplat.(Original Song)
I Need to Wake Up from An Inconvenient Truth, Lawrence Bender/Laurie David Production; Paramount Classics and Participant Productions. Music and lyric by Melissa Etheridge.Listen from Dreamgirls, Laurence Mark Production; DreamWorks and Paramount. Music by Henry Krieger and Scott Cutler; lyric by Anne Preven.Love You I Do from Dreamgirls, Laurence Mark Production; DreamWorks and Paramount. Music by Henry Krieger; lyric by Siedah Garrett.Our Town from Cars, Pixar Animation Studios Production; Buena Vista. Music and lyric by Randy Newman.Patience from Dreamgirls, Laurence Mark Production; DreamWorks and Paramount. Music by Henry Krieger; lyric by Willie Reale.Short Films
(Animated)
The Danish Poet, Mikrofilm and National Film Board of Canada Production; National Film Board of Canada. (Norway, Canada) Torill Kove.No Time for Nuts, Blue Sky Studios Production; 20th Century Fox. Chris Renaud and Michael Thurmeier.(Live Action)
Binta and the Great Idea (Binta y la gran idea), Peliculas Pendelton and Tus Ojos Production. (Spain) Javier Fesser and Luis Manso.The Saviour, Australian Film Television and Radio School Production; Australian Film Television and Radio School. (Australia) Peter Templeman and Stuart Parkyn.West Bank Story, Ari Sandel, Pascal Vaguelsy, Amy Kim, Ravi Malhotra and Ashley Jordan Production. Ari Sandel.Sound Editing
Flags of Our Fathers, Malpaso/Amblin Entertainment Production; DreamWorks and Warner Bros., distributed by Paramount. Alan Robert Murray and Bub Asman.Letters from Iwo Jima, DreamWorks Pictures/Warner Bros. Pictures Production; Warner Bros. Alan Robert Murray and Bub Asman.Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest, Walt Disney Pictures/Jerry Bruckheimer Films Production; Buena Vista. Christopher Boyes and George Watters II.Sound Mixing
Apocalypto, Icon Distribution, Inc. Production; Buena Vista. Kevin O’Connell, Greg P. Russell and Fernando Cámara.Blood Diamond, Liberty Pictures, Inc. Production; Warner Bros. (USA, Germany) Andy Nelson, Anna Behlmer and Ivan Sharrock.Dreamgirls, Laurence Mark Production; DreamWorks and Paramount. Michael Minkler, Bob Beemer and Willie Burton.Flags of Our Fathers, Malpaso/Amblin Entertainment Production; DreamWorks and Warner Bros., distributed by Paramount. John Reitz, Dave Campbell, Gregg Rudloff and Walt Martin.Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest, Walt Disney Pictures/Jerry Bruckheimer Films Production; Buena Vista. Paul Massey, Christopher Boyes and Lee Orloff.Visual Effects
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest, Walt Disney Pictures/Jerry Bruckheimer Films Production; Buena Vista. John Knoll, Hal Hickel, Charles Gibson and Allen Hall.Poseidon, Warner Bros. Pictures Production; Warner Bros. Boyd Shermis, Kim Libreri, Chas Jarrett and John Frazier.Superman Returns, Outback Pictures Inc. Production; Warner Bros. Mark Stetson, Neil Corbould, Richard R. Hoover and Jon Thum.Writing
(Adapted Screenplay)
Borat Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan, 20th Century Fox Production; 20th Century Fox. (USA, UK) Screenplay by Sacha Baron Cohen & Anthony Hines & Peter Baynham & Dan Mazer; story by Sacha Baron Cohen & Peter Baynham & Anthony Hines & Todd Phillips.Children of Men, Universal Pictures/Strike Entertainment Production; Universal. (USA, UK, Japan) Screenplay by Alfonso Cuarón & Timothy J. Sexton and David Arata and Mark Fergus & Hawk Ostby.Little Children, Bona Fide/Standard Film Company Production; New Line. Screenplay by Todd Field & Tom Perrotta.Notes on a Scandal, Scott Rudin/Robert Fox Production; Fox Searchlight. (UK) Screenplay by Patrick Marber.(Original Screenplay)
Babel, Anonymous Content/Zeta Film/Central Films Production; Paramount and Paramount Vantage. (France, USA, Mexico) Written by Guillermo Arriaga.Letters from Iwo Jima, DreamWorks Pictures/Warner Bros. Pictures Production; Warner Bros. Screenplay by Iris Yamashita; story by Iris Yamashita & Paul Haggis.Pan’s Labyrinth, Tequila Gang/Esperanto Filmoj/Estudios Picasso Production; Picturehouse. (Mexico, Spain) Written by Guillermo del Toro.The Queen, Granada Production; Miramax, Pathé and Granada. (UK, USA, France, Italy) Written by Peter Morgan.Honorary Award
To Ennio Morricone in recognition of his magnificent and multifaceted contributions to the art of film music. [ [Statuette]]To Ioan Allen, J. Wayne Anderson, Mary Ann Anderson, Ted Costas, Paul R. Goldberg, Shawn Jones, Thomas Kuhn, Dr. Alan Masson, Colin Mossman, Martin Richards, Frank Ricotta and Richard C. Sehlin for their contributions to the environmentally responsible industry conversion from silver-based to cyan dye analog soundtracks. [ [Award of Commendaton - Special Award Plaque]]To Richard Edlund for his outstanding service and dedication in upholding the high standards of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. [ [John A. Bonner Medal of Commendation]]Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award
Gordon E. Sawyer Award
NOTE: The Gordon E. Sawyer Award was presented at the Scientific and Technical Awards ceremony on February 10, 2007, in the Ballroom of the Regent Beverly Wilshire Hotel.
Scientific and Technical Award
(Scientific and Engineering Award)
To Phillip J. Feiner, Jim Houston, Denis Leconte and Chris Bushman of Pacific Title and Art Studio for the design and development of the Rosetta process for creating digital YCM archival masters for digital film restoration. With elements that may be recombined either digitally or optically, the Rosetta Separations process offers a uniquely great versatility in achieving high-quality results for digital YCM archiving.To Steve Sullivan, Colin Davidson, Max Chen and Francesco Callari for the design and development of the ILM Image-based Modeling System. This highly integrated system facilitates interactive construction and editing of 3D models from digital photographs and addresses the three-dimensional scanning needs of motion pictures in unique and innovative ways.To Dr. Bill Collis, Simon Robinson, Ben Kent and Dr. Anil Kokaram for the design and development of the Furnace integrated suite of software tools that robustly utilizes temporal coherence for enhancing visual effects in motion picture sequences. The Furnace toolset’s modularity, flexibility and robustness has set a high standard of quality for optical flow-based image manipulation.To Howard Preston and Mirko Kovacevic for the design and engineering of the Preston Cinema Systems FI+Z wireless remote system. Pioneering unprecedented reliability and flexibility in wireless lens and camera operation, the FI+Z has continued to be a leader in innovation since its introduction in 1994.(Technical Achievement Award)
To Joshua Pines and Chris Kutcka of Technicolor Digital Intermediates for the design and development of the TDI process for creating archival separations from digital image data. The TDI process is based on the production of digital separation negatives creating archival elements that can be scanned and digitally recombined in the future.To William Feightner and Chris Edwards of E-Film for the design and development of the E-Film process for creating archival separations from digital image data. The E-Film process is based on the production of digital separation negatives creating archival elements that can be scanned and digitally recombined in the future.To Albert Ridilla, Papken Shahbazian, Ronald Belknap and Jay McGarrigle for the design and development of the Hollywood Film Company Brumagic MPST Densitometer. The Brumagic MPST was designed specifically to measure density in the motion picture soundtrack and has become the densitometer of choice for reading soundtrack negative and positive densities worldwide.To Klemens Kehrer, Josef Handler, Thomas Smidek and Marc Shipman Mueller for the design and development of the Arriflex 235 Camera System. Designed for handheld photography, the features of this small, lightweight MOS camera also allow it to be used as a secondary production camera.To Florian Kainz for the design and engineering of OpenEXR, a software package implementing 16-bit, floating point, high dynamic range image files. Widely adopted, OpenEXR is engineered to meet the requirements of the visual effects industry by providing for lossless and lossy compression of tiered and tiled images.To Walter Trauninger and Ernst Tschida for the design and engineering of the Arri WRC wireless remote lens control system. This highly modular system permits accurate and reliable wireless control with multiple hand controls of all lens functions.To Christian Tschida and Martin Waitz of cmotion for the design and engineering of the cmotion Wireless Remote System. The graphical user interface of the cmotion System eases the difficult task of following focus, and the unique lens tag system recalls the calibration for each lens.To Peter Litwinowicz and Pierre Jasmin for the design and development of the RE:Vision Effects family of software tools for optical flow-based image manipulation. A unique user interface and relatively low cost have made these tools ubiquitous in the visual effects community.NOTE: The Scientific and Technical Awards were presented at their own ceremony on February 10, 2007, in the Ballroom of the Regent Beverly Wilshire Hotel.