2002 (75th Annual Awards)
Nominations and Winners
Listed below are the Academy Award nominations and winners for the year 2002. 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
Chicago, Producer Circle Co., Zadan/Meron Production; Miramax. (USA, Germany, Canada) Martin Richards, Producer.
Gangs of New York, Alberto Grimaldi Production; Miramax. (USA, Italy) Alberto Grimaldi and Harvey Weinstein, Producers.The Hours, Scott Rudin/Robert Fox Production; Paramount & Miramax. (USA, UK, France, Canada, Germany) Scott Rudin and Robert Fox, Producers.The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, New Line Cinema and Wingnut Films Production; New Line. (New Zealand, USA) Barrie M. Osborne, Fran Walsh and Peter Jackson, Producers.The Pianist, R. P. Productions, Heritage Films, Studio Babelsberg, Runtime LTD. Production; Focus Features. (UK, France, Poland, Germany) Roman Polanski, Robert Benmussa and Alain Sarde, Producers.Actor in a Leading Role
Adrien Brody in The Pianist, R. P. Productions, Heritage Films, Studio Babelsberg, Runtime LTD. Production; Focus Features. (UK, France, Poland, Germany)Michael Caine in The Quiet American, Mirage Enterprises/Saga Pictures/IMF Production; Miramax and Intermedia. (UK, Germany, USA, Vietnam, Australia, France, Canada)Actress in a Leading Role
Salma Hayek in Frida, Ventanarosa in association with Lions Gate Films Production; Miramax. (USA, Canada, Mexico)Nicole Kidman in The Hours, Scott Rudin/Robert Fox Production; Paramount & Miramax. (USA, UK, France, Canada, Germany)Diane Lane in Unfaithful, Fox 2000 Pictures and Regency Enterprises Production; 20th Century Fox. (France, Germany, USA)Julianne Moore in Far from Heaven, Vulcan, Section Eight, Killer Films Production; Focus Features. (USA, France)Renée Zellweger in Chicago, Producer Circle Co., Zadan/Meron Production; Miramax. (USA, Germany, Canada)Actor in a Supporting Role
Ed Harris in The Hours, Scott Rudin/Robert Fox Production; Paramount & Miramax. (USA, UK, France, Canada, Germany)John C. Reilly in Chicago, Producer Circle Co., Zadan/Meron Production; Miramax. (USA, Germany, Canada)Christopher Walken in Catch Me If You Can, Kemp Company and Splendid Pictures Production, a Parkes/MacDonald Production; DreamWorks. (USA, Canada)Actress in a Supporting Role
Julianne Moore in The Hours, Scott Rudin/Robert Fox Production; Paramount & Miramax. (USA, UK, France, Canada, Germany)Queen Latifah in Chicago, Producer Circle Co., Zadan/Meron Production; Miramax. (USA, Germany, Canada)Catherine Zeta-Jones in Chicago, Producer Circle Co., Zadan/Meron Production; Miramax. (USA, Germany, Canada)Directing
The Hours, Scott Rudin/Robert Fox Production; Paramount & Miramax. (USA, UK, France, Canada, Germany) Stephen Daldry.The Pianist, R. P. Productions, Heritage Films, Studio Babelsberg, Runtime LTD. Production; Focus Features. (UK, France, Poland, Germany) Roman Polanski.Animated Feature Film
Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron, DreamWorks Animation LLC, DreamWorks Pictures Production; DreamWorks. Jeffrey Katzenberg.Art Direction-Set Decoration
Chicago, Producer Circle Co., Zadan/Meron Production; Miramax. (USA, Germany, Canada) Art direction by John Myhre; set decoration by Gordon Sim.Frida, Ventanarosa in association with Lions Gate Films Production; Miramax. (USA, Canada, Mexico) Art direction by Felipe Fernandez del Paso; set decoration by Hania Robledo.Gangs of New York, Alberto Grimaldi Production; Miramax. (USA, Italy) Art direction by Dante Ferretti; set decoration by Francesca Lo Schiavo.The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, New Line Cinema and Wingnut Films Production; New Line. (New Zealand, USA) Art direction by Grant Major; set decoration by Dan Hennah and Alan Lee.Road to Perdition, Zanuck Company Production; DreamWorks and 20th Century Fox. Art direction by Dennis Gassner; set decoration by Nancy Haigh.Cinematography
Far from Heaven, Vulcan, Section Eight, Killer Films Production; Focus Features. (USA, France) Edward Lachman.The Pianist, R. P. Productions, Heritage Films, Studio Babelsberg, Runtime LTD. Production; Focus Features. (UK, France, Poland, Germany) Pawel Edelman.Costume Design
Chicago, Producer Circle Co., Zadan/Meron Production; Miramax. (USA, Germany, Canada) Colleen Atwood.Frida, Ventanarosa in association with Lions Gate Films Production; Miramax. (USA, Canada, Mexico) Julie Weiss.The Hours, Scott Rudin/Robert Fox Production; Paramount & Miramax. (USA, UK, France, Canada, Germany) Ann Roth.The Pianist, R. P. Productions, Heritage Films, Studio Babelsberg, Runtime LTD. Production; Focus Features. (UK, France, Poland, Germany) Anna B. Sheppard.Documentary
(Feature)
Bowling for Columbine, Salter Street Films/VIF 2/Dog Eat Dog Films Production; United Artists and Alliance Atlantis. (USA, Canada, Germany) Michael Moore and Michael Donovan.Daughter from Danang, Interfaze Educational Production; Balcony Releasing in association with Cowboy Pictures. Gail Dolgin and Vincente Franco.Prisoner of Paradise, Média Vérité/Café Production; Alliance Atlantis. (USA, Canada, Germany, UK) Malcolm Clarke and Stuart Sender.Winged Migration, Galatée Films/France 2 Cinéma/France 3 Cinéma/Les Productions de la Guéville/Bac Films/Pandora Film/Les Productions JMH/Wanda Vision/Eyescreen Production; Sony Pictures Classics. (France, Germany, Switzerland, Spain, Italy) Jacques Perrin.(Short Subject)
Mighty Times: The Legacy of Rosa Parks, Tell the Truth Pictures Production. Robert Hudson and Bobby Houston.Twin Towers, Wolf Films/Shape Pictures/Universal/Mopo Entertainment Production. Bill Guttentag and Robert David Port.Film Editing
The Hours, Scott Rudin/Robert Fox Production; Paramount & Miramax. (USA, UK, France, Canada, Germany) Peter Boyle.The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, New Line Cinema and Wingnut Films Production; New Line. (New Zealand, USA) Michael Horton.The Pianist, R. P. Productions, Heritage Films, Studio Babelsberg, Runtime LTD. Production; Focus Features. (UK, France, Poland, Germany) Hervé de Luze.Foreign Language Film
El Crimen del Padre Amaro, Alameda Films/BluFilms/Foprocine/Gob. del Estado de Veracruz-Llave Production; Samuel Goldwyn Films. (Mexico, Spain, Argentina, France) Mexico.Hero, Beijing New Picture Film Company/Elite Group Enterprises Production; Miramax. (China, Hong Kong) People’s Republic of China.The Man Without a Past, Sputnik Oy/Pandora Film/Pyramide Prods. Production; Sony Pictures Classics. (Finland, Germany, France) Finland.Nowhere in Africa, MTM Medien & Television München Production; Zeitgeist Films. (Germany) Germany.Zus & Zo, Filmprodukties de Luwte Production; LifeSize Entertainment. (Netherlands) The Netherlands.Makeup
Frida, Ventanarosa in association with Lions Gate Films Production; Miramax. (USA, Canada, Mexico) John Jackson and Beatrice De Alba.The Time Machine, Parkes/MacDonald Production; DreamWorks and Warner Bros. (USA, United Arab Emirates) John M. Elliott, Jr. and Barbara Lorenz.Music
(Original Score)
Catch Me If You Can, Kemp Company and Splendid Pictures Production, a Parkes/MacDonald Production; DreamWorks. (USA, Canada) John Williams.Far from Heaven, Vulcan, Section Eight, Killer Films Production; Focus Features. (USA, France) Elmer Bernstein.Frida, Ventanarosa in association with Lions Gate Films Production; Miramax. (USA, Canada, Mexico) Elliot Goldenthal.The Hours, Scott Rudin/Robert Fox Production; Paramount & Miramax. (USA, UK, France, Canada, Germany) Philip Glass.(Original Song)
Burn It Blue from Frida, Ventanarosa in association with Lions Gate Films Production; Miramax. (USA, Canada, Mexico) Music by Elliot Goldenthal; lyric by Julie Taymor.Father and Daughter from The Wild Thornberrys Movie, Klasky Csupo Production; Paramount and Nickelodeon Movies. Music and lyric by Paul Simon.The Hands That Built America from Gangs of New York, Alberto Grimaldi Production; Miramax. (USA, Italy) Music and lyric by Bono, The Edge, Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen.I Move On from Chicago, Producer Circle Co., Zadan/Meron Production; Miramax. (USA, Germany, Canada) Music by John Kander; lyric by Fred Ebb.Lose Yourself from 8 Mile, Universal Pictures and Imagine Entertainment Production; Universal. (USA, Germany) Music by Eminem, Jeff Bass and Luis Resto; lyric by Eminem.Short Films
(Animated)
Das Rad, Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg GmbH Production. (Germany) Chris Stenner and Heidi Wittlinger.(Live Action)
I’ll Wait for the Next One . . . (J’attendrai le suivant . . .), La Boîte Production. (France) Philippe Orreindy and Thomas Gaudin.Inja (Dog), Australian Film TV & Radio School (AFTRS) Production. (Australia, South Africa) Steven Pasvolsky and Joe Weatherstone.This Charming Man (Der er en yndig mand), M & M Productions for Novellefilm Production. (Denmark) Martin Strange-Hansen and Mie Andreasen.Sound
Chicago, Producer Circle Co., Zadan/Meron Production; Miramax. (USA, Germany, Canada) Michael Minkler, Dominick Tavella and David Lee.Gangs of New York, Alberto Grimaldi Production; Miramax. (USA, Italy) Tom Fleischman, Eugene Gearty and Ivan Sharrock.The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, New Line Cinema and Wingnut Films Production; New Line. (New Zealand, USA) Christopher Boyes, Michael Semanick, Michael Hedges and Hammond Peek.Road to Perdition, Zanuck Company Production; DreamWorks and 20th Century Fox. Scott Millan, Bob Beemer and John Patrick Pritchett.Spider-Man, Columbia Pictures Production; Sony Pictures Releasing. Kevin O’Connell, Greg P. Russell and Ed Novick.Sound Editing
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, New Line Cinema and Wingnut Films Production; New Line. (New Zealand, USA) Ethan Van der Ryn and Michael Hopkins.Minority Report, 20th Century Fox and DreamWorks Pictures Production; 20th Century Fox and DreamWorks. Richard Hymns and Gary Rydstrom.Visual Effects
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, New Line Cinema and Wingnut Films Production; New Line. (New Zealand, USA) Jim Rygiel, Joe Letteri, Randall William Cook and Alex Funke.Spider-Man, Columbia Pictures Production; Sony Pictures Releasing. John Dykstra, Scott Stokdyk, Anthony LaMolinara and John Frazier.Star Wars Episode II Attack of the Clones, Lucasfilm, Ltd. Production; 20th Century Fox. Rob Coleman, Pablo Helman, John Knoll and Ben Snow.Writing
(Adapted Screenplay)
About a Boy, Tribeca/Working Title Production; Universal. (UK, USA, France, Germany) Screenplay by Peter Hedges and Chris Weitz & Paul Weitz.Adaptation, Columbia Pictures/Intermedia Films Production; Sony Pictures Releasing. Screenplay by Charlie Kaufman and Donald Kaufman.Chicago, Producer Circle Co., Zadan/Meron Production; Miramax. (USA, Germany, Canada) Screenplay by Bill Condon.The Hours, Scott Rudin/Robert Fox Production; Paramount & Miramax. (USA, UK, France, Canada, Germany) Screenplay by David Hare.The Pianist, R. P. Productions, Heritage Films, Studio Babelsberg, Runtime LTD. Production; Focus Features. (UK, France, Poland, Germany) Screenplay by Ronald Harwood.(Original Screenplay)
Far from Heaven, Vulcan, Section Eight, Killer Films Production; Focus Features. (USA, France) Written by Todd Haynes.Gangs of New York, Alberto Grimaldi Production; Miramax. (USA, Italy) Screenplay by Jay Cocks and Steve Zaillian and Kenneth Lonergan; story by Jay Cocks.My Big Fat Greek Wedding, Playtone Production; IFC/Gold Circle Films. (Canada, USA) Written by Nia Vardalos.Y Tu Mamá También, Producciones Anhelo Production; IFC Films. (Mexico) Written by Carlos Cuarón and Alfonso Cuarón.Honorary Award
To Peter O’Toole, whose remarkable talents have provided cinema history with some of its most memorable characters. [ [Statuette]]To Curt R. Behlmer and Richard B. Glickman for outstanding service and dedication in upholding the high standards of the Academy. [ [John A. Bonner Medal of Commendation]]Scientific and Technical Award
(Academy Award of Merit)
To Alias/Wavefront for the development of a 3D animation, dynamics, modeling and rendering production tool known as Maya. With its significant and dominant impact on the motion picture industry, the Maya software package offers a robust and widely used commercial visual effects tool with a rich infrastructure for extension and customization.TO Arnold & Richter Cine Technik and Panavision Inc., for their continuing development and innovation in the design and manufacturing of advanced camera systems specifically designed for the motion picture entertainment industry. With a commitment that lies beyond the usual commercial considerations, these two manufacturers continue to lead the industry in developing and introducing products that have defined the state of the art in motion picture camera technology.(Scientific and Engineering Award)
To Glenn Sanders and Howard Stark of Zaxcom for the concept, design and engineering of the portable Deva Digital Audio Disk Recorder. This innovated design employs advanced hard disk recording technology and digital audio techniques for use in both production and post-production recording applications.To Mark Elendt, Paul H. Breslin, Greg Hermanovic and Kim Davidson for their continued development of the procedural modeling and animation components of their Prisms program, as exemplified in the Houdini software package. Through a procedural building-block process, the Houdini software is used to simulate natural phenomena using particle effects and complex three-dimensional models.To Dr. Leslie Gutierrez, Diane E. Kestner, James Merrill and David Niklewicz for the design and development of the Kodak Vision Premier Color Print Film, 2393. This film stock provides filmmakers with enhanced color saturation, higher contrast and darker blacks, producing a bold, colorful “look” on the theater screen.To Dedo Weigert for the concept, Dr. Depu Jin for the optical calculations, and Franz Petters for the mechanical construction of the Dedolight 400D. This uniquely designed set light provides superior performance, reliability and ease of use. Combined with its excellent array of accessories, the Dedolight 400D is an outstanding engineering achievement.(Technical Achievement Award)
To Dick Walsh for the development of the PDI/DreamWorks Facial Animation System. This effective software simulation system is used to create and control natural, expressive, highly-nuanced facial animation on a wide range of computer-generated characters.To Thomas Driemeyer and to the Team of Mathematicians, Physicists and Software Engineers of Mental Images for their contributions to the Mental Ray rendering software for motion pictures. Mental Ray is a highly programmable computer-graphics renderer incorporating ray tracing and global illumination to realistically simulate the behavior of light in computer-generated imagery.To Eric Daniels, George Katanics, Tasso Lappas and Chris Springfield for the development of the Deep Canvas rendering software. The Deep Canvas software program captures the original brush strokes of the traditional background artist to render elements in three dimensions for animated films.To Jim Songer for his contributions to the technical development of video-assist in the motion picture industry. The work of Jim Songer from 1968 through 1973 led directly to the more widespread acceptance of video-assist in the motion picture industry.To Pierre Chabert of Airstar for the introduction of balloons with internal light sources to provide set lighting for the motion picture industry. These helium-filled balloons with internal arrangements for tungsten halogen and HMI light sources, are usable indoors or out, quick to set up, require essentially no rigging and provide a soft light that can cover a very large area.To Rawdon Hayne and Robert W. Jeffs of Leelium Tubelites for their contributions to the development of internally lit balloons for motion picture lighting. These helium-filled balloons with internal arrangements for tungsten halogen and HMI light sources, are usable indoors or out, quick to set up, require essentially no rigging and provide a soft light that can cover a very large area.NOTE: The Scientific and Technical Awards were presented at their own ceremony on March 1, 2003, in the Ballroom of the Regent Beverly Wilshire Hotel.