The Academy Awards, popularly known as the Oscars, are presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to recognize excellence of professionals in the film industry, including directors, actors, and writers. The formal ceremony at which the awards are presented is among the most prominent and most watched film awards ceremonies in the world.

So, here come the nominees:


Performance by an actor in a leading role

George Clooney in “Michael Clayton” 
Daniel Day-Lewis in “There Will Be Blood”
Johnny Depp in “Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street”
Tommy Lee Jones in “In the Valley of Elah” 
Viggo Mortensen in “Eastern Promises”

Performance by an actor in a supporting role

Casey Affleck in “The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford”
Javier Bardem in “No Country for Old Men”
Philip Seymour Hoffman in “Charlie Wilson’s War”
Hal Holbrook in “Into the Wild”
Tom Wilkinson in “Michael Clayton”

Performance by an actress in a leading role

Cate Blanchett in “Elizabeth: The Golden Age”
Julie Christie in “Away from Her”
Marion Cotillard in “La Vie en Rose”
Laura Linney in “The Savages”
Ellen Page in “Juno”

Performance by an actress in a supporting role

Cate Blanchett in “I’m Not There”
Ruby Dee in “American Gangster”
Saoirse Ronan in “Atonement”
Amy Ryan in “Gone Baby Gone”
Tilda Swinton in “Michael Clayton”

Best animated feature film of the year

“Persepolis”
“Ratatouille
“Surf's Up”

Achievement in art direction

“American Gangster”
Art Direction: Arthur Max
Set Decoration: Beth A. Rubino                                 
 
 “Atonement”
Art Direction: Sarah Greenwood            
    Set Decoration: Katie Spencer  

“The Golden Compass”
Art Direction: Dennis Gassner
          Set Decoration: Anna Pinnock  

“Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street”
Art Direction: Dante Ferretti
           Set Decoration: Francesca Lo Schiavo  

“There Will Be Blood”
Art Direction: Jack Fisk
           Set Decoration: Jim Erickson


Achievement in cinematography

“The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford”  Roger Deakins  
“Atonement” Seamus McGarvey
 “The Diving Bell and the Butterfly” Janusz Kaminski 
 “No Country for Old Men” Roger Deakins
  “There Will Be Blood Robert Elswit 


Achievement in costume design

“Across the Universe” Albert Wolsky  
“Atonement” Jacqueline Durran  
“Elizabeth: The Golden Age” Alexandra Byrne 
 “La Vie en Rose” Marit Allen  
“Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street” Colleen Atwood


    Achievement in directing

“The Diving Bell and the Butterfly” Julian Schnabel
“Juno” Jason Reitman  
"Michael Clayton” Tony Gilroy  
“No Country for Old Men” Joel Coen and Ethan Coen 
“There Will Be Blood” Paul Thomas Anderson

Best documentary feature

“No End in Sight”
             Charles Ferguson and Audrey Marrs 
 “Operation Homecoming: Writing the Wartime Experience”
            Richard E. Robbins  
“Sicko”
           Michael Moore and Meghan O’Hara  
“Taxi to the Dark Side
            Alex Gibney and Eva Orner  
“War/Dance”
           Andrea Nix Fine and Sean Fine


Best documentary short subject

“Freeheld”  Cynthia Wade and Vanessa Roth  
“La Corona (The Crown)”  Amanda Micheli and Isabel Vega  
“Salim Baba”  Tim Sternberg and Francisco Bello 
 “Sari’s Mother” James Longley


Achievement in film editing

“The Bourne Ultimatum” Christopher Rouse
“The Diving Bell and the Butterfly”  Juliette Welfling
“Into the Wild” Jay Cassidy
“No Country for Old Men” Roderick Jaynes
“There Will Be Blood” Dylan Tichenor

Best foreign language film of the year

“Beaufort” Israel  
“The Counterfeiters” Austria 
 “Katyń” Poland  
“Mongol” Kazakhstan 
 “12” Russia

Achievement in makeup

“La Vie en Rose” Didier Lavergne and Jan Archibald 
 “Norbit” Rick Baker and Kazuhiro Tsuji 
 “Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End” (Walt Disney) Ve Neill and Martin Samuel

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original score)

“Atonement” Dario Marianelli 
 “The Kite Runner” Alberto Iglesias
  “Michael Clayton” James Newton Howard 
 “Ratatouille” Michael Giacchino 
 “3:10 to Yuma” (Lionsgate) Marco Beltrami

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original song)

“Falling Slowly” from “Once”
Music and Lyric by Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova 
 “Happy Working Song” from “Enchanted”
Music by Alan Menken
Lyric by Stephen Schwartz  
“Raise It Up” from “August Rush”
Nominees to be determined
  “So Close” from “Enchanted”
Music by Alan Menken
Lyric by Stephen Schwartz 
 “That’s How You Know” from “Enchanted”
Music by Alan Menken
Lyric by Stephen Schwartz

Best motion picture of the year

“Atonement”
“Juno”
“Michael Clayton”
“No Country for Old Men”
“There Will Be Blood”

Best animated short film

“I Met the Walrus”
  “Madame Tutli-Putli”
  “Même Les Pigeons Vont au Paradis (Even Pigeons Go to Heaven)” (Premium Films)
“My Love (Moya Lyubov)”
“Peter & the Wolf” (BreakThru Films)

Best live action short film

“At Night”
“Il Supplente (The Substitute)” (Sky Cinema Italia)
“Le Mozart des Pickpockets (The Mozart of Pickpockets)” (Premium Films)
“Tanghi Argentini” (Premium Films)
“The Tonto Woman”

Achievement in sound editing

“The Bourne Ultimatum”
Karen Baker Landers and Per Hallberg 
 “No Country for Old Men” Skip Lievsay  
“Ratatouille” Randy Thom and Michael Silvers  
“There Will Be Blood” Christopher Scarabosio and Matthew Wood  
“Transformers” Ethan Van der Ryn and Mike Hopkins

Achievement in sound mixing

“The Bourne Ultimatum” Scott Millan, David Parker and Kirk Francis  
“No Country for Old Men” Skip Lievsay, Craig Berkey, Greg Orloff and Peter Kurland
  “Ratatouille” Randy Thom, Michael Semanick and Doc Kane 
 “3:10 to Yuma” Paul Massey, David Giammarco and Jim Stuebe  
“Transformers” Kevin O’Connell, Greg P. Russell and Peter J. Devlin

Achievement in visual effects

“The Golden Compass” Michael Fink, Bill Westenhofer, Ben Morris and Trevor Wood
  “Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End” John Knoll, Hal Hickel, Charles Gibson and John Frazier  
“Transformers” Scott Farrar, Scott Benza, Russell Earl and John Frazier

Adapted screenplay

“Atonement” Screenplay by Christopher Hampton  
“Away from Her” Written by Sarah Polley  
“The Diving Bell and the Butterfly” Screenplay by Ronald Harwood
  “No Country for Old Men” Written for the screen by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen
  “There Will Be Blood” Written for the screen by Paul Thomas Anderson

Original screenplay

“Juno” Written by Diablo Cody 
 “Lars and the Real Girl” Written by Nancy Oliver
  “Michael Clayton” Written by Tony Gilroy  
“Ratatouille” Screenplay by Brad Bird Story by Jan Pinkava, Jim Capobianco, Brad Bird 
 “The Savages” Written by Tamara Jenkins

Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2007 will be presented on Sunday, February 24, 2008, at the Kodak Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center.
 
 


Publication date: 23 January 2008   

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