2003 Academy Award winners and nominations

(Winners in red)

Producer Martin Richards accepts the best picture Academy Award for "Chicago," which was nominated for 13 Oscars, winning six in total.
Best Picture
  • "Chicago"
    (Miramax) A Producer Circle Co., Zadan/Meron Production
    Martin Richards, Producer
  • "Gangs of New York"
    (Miramax) An Alberto Grimaldi Production
    Alberto Grimaldi and Harvey Weinstein, Producers
  • "The Hours"
    (Paramount and Miramax) A Scott Rudin/Robert Fox Production
    Scott Rudin and Robert Fox, Producers
  • "The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers"
    A New Line Cinema and Wingnut Films Production
    Barrie M. Osborne, Fran Walsh and Peter Jackson, Producers
  • "The Pianist"
    (Focus Features) An R.P. Productions, Heritage Films, Studio Babelsberg, Runtime LTD. Production
    Roman Polanski, Robert Benmussa and Alain Sarde, Producers
"Spirited Away," directed by Japan's Hayao Miyazaki, provides a win for Disney, which had three pictures up for the feature animation category.
Best Animated Feature Film
  • "Ice Age"
    (20th Century Fox) Chris Wedge
  • "Lilo & Stitch"
    (Buena Vista) Chris Sanders
  • "Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron"
    (DreamWorks) Jeffrey Katzenberg
  • "Spirited Away"
    (Buena Vista) Hayao Miyazaki
  • "Treasure Planet"
    (Buena Vista) Ron Clements
Roman Polanski, shown on location, wins the best director Oscar for "The Pianist."
Best Director
  • Rob Marshall, "Chicago"
  • Martin Scorsese, "Gangs of New York"
  • Stephen Daldry, "The Hours"
  • Roman Polanski, "The Pianist"
  • Pedro Almodóvar, "Talk to Her"
Adrien Brody holds his Oscar aloft after winning the Academy Award for best actor.
Best Actor
  • Adrien Brody in "The Pianist"
  • Nicolas Cage in "Adaptation"
  • Michael Caine in "The Quiet American"
  • Daniel Day-Lewis in "Gangs of New York"
  • Jack Nicholson in "About Schmidt"
Nicole Kidman's first Oscar win comes for her work in "The Hours" in the best actress category.
Best Actress
  • Salma Hayek in "Frida"
  • Nicole Kidman in "The Hours"
  • Diane Lane in "Unfaithful"
  • Julianne Moore in "Far from Heaven"
  • Renée Zellweger in "Chicago"
Chris Cooper wins the supporting actor Oscar for his turn in "Adaptation."
Best Supporting Actor
  • Chris Cooper in "Adaptation"
  • Ed Harris in "The Hours"
  • Paul Newman in "Road to Perdition"
  • John C. Reilly in "Chicago"
  • Christopher Walken in "Catch Me If You Can"
"Chicago" co-star Catherine Zeta-Jones displays her best supporting actress Oscar.
Best Supporting Actress
  • Kathy Bates in "About Schmidt"
  • Julianne Moore in "The Hours"
  • Queen Latifah in "Chicago"
  • Meryl Streep in "Adaptation"
  • Catherine Zeta-Jones in "Chicago"
Pedro Almodovar gets an Oscar win for "Talk to Her" in the original screenplay category.
Best Original Screenplay
  • "Far from Heaven" by Todd Haynes
  • "Gangs of New York" by Jay Cocks and Steve Zaillian and Kenneth Lonergan; story by Jay Cocks
  • "My Big Fat Greek Wedding" by Nia Vardalos
  • "Talk to Her" by Pedro Almodóvar
  • "Y Tu Mamá También" by Carlos Cuarón and Alfonso Cuarón
Best Adapted Screenplay
  • "About a Boy" by Peter Hedges and Chris Weitz & Paul Weitz
  • "Adaptation" by Charlie Kaufman and Donald Kaufman
  • "Chicago" by Bill Condon
  • "The Hours" by David Hare
  • "The Pianist" by Ronald Harwood
John Myhre and Gord Sim win the Oscar in the art direction category for "Chicago."
Best Art Direction
  • "Chicago"
    Art Direction: John Myhre; Set Decoration: Gord Sim
  • "Frida"
    Art Direction: Felipe Fernandez del Paso; Set Decoration: Hannia Robledo
  • "Gangs of New York"
    Art Direction: Dante Ferretti; Set Decoration: Francesca Lo Schiavo
  • "The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers"
    Art Direction: Grant Major; Set Decoration: Dan Hennah and Alan Lee
  • "Road to Perdition"
    Art Direction: Dennis Gassner; Set Decoration: Nancy Haigh
Accepting the cinematography Oscar for the late Conrad L. Hall for his work in "Road to Perdition" is his son, Conrad W. Hall.
Best Cinematography
  • "Chicago" - Dion Beebe
  • "Far from Heaven" - Edward Lachman
  • "Gangs of New York" - Michael Ballhaus
  • "The Pianist" - Pawel Edelman
  • "Road to Perdition" - Conrad L. Hall
Collen Atwood collects the Academy Award for costume design for her work in "Chicago," winner of six Oscars total.
Best Costume Design
  • "Chicago" - Colleen Atwood
  • "Frida" - Julie Weiss
  • "Gangs of New York" - Sandy Powell
  • "The Hours" - Ann Roth
  • "The Pianist" - Anna Sheppard
Martin Walsh wins the film editing Oscar for his work in "Chicago."
Best Editing
  • "Chicago" - Martin Walsh
  • "Gangs of New York" - Thelma Schoonmaker
  • "The Hours" - Peter Boyle
  • "The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers" - Michael Horton
  • "The Pianist" - Hervé de Luze
John Jackson and Beatrice De Alba share the Oscar in the makeup category for "Frida," one of two wins for the biopic.
Best Makeup
  • "Frida" - John Jackson and Beatrice De Alba
  • "The Time Machine" - John M. Elliott, Jr. and Barbara Lorenz
Elliot Goldenthal raises his Oscar-clutching hand in victory after winning the prize in the original score category for "Frida."
Best Original Score
  • "Catch Me If You Can" - John Williams
  • "Far from Heaven" - Elmer Bernstein
  • "Frida" - Elliot Goldenthal
  • "The Hours" - Philip Glass
  • "Road to Perdition" - Thomas Newman
The song "Lose Yourself," written and performed by Eminem, wins the original song Oscar, which was accepted by Luis Resto.
Best Original Song
  • "Burn It Blue" from "Frida"
    Music by Elliot Goldenthal; Lyric by Julie Taymor
  • "Father and Daughter" from "The Wild Thornberrys Movie"
    Music and Lyric by Paul Simon
  • "The Hands That Built America" from "Gangs of New York"
    Music and Lyric by Bono, The Edge, Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen
  • "I Move On" from "Chicago"
    Music and Lyric by Music by John Kander; Lyric by Fred Ebb
  • "Lose Yourself" from "8 Mile"
    Music by Eminem, Jeff Bass and Luis Resto; Lyric by Eminem
Michael Minkler, Dominick Tavella and David Lee share the Oscar win in the sound category, one of the six awards won by "Chicago."
Best Sound
  • "Chicago" - Michael Minkler, Dominick Tavella and David Lee
  • "Gangs of New York" - Tom Fleischman, Eugene Gearty and Ivan Sharrock
  • "The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers" - Christopher Boyes, Michael Semanick, Michael Hedges and Hammond Peek
  • "Road to Perdition" - Scott Millan, Bob Beemer and John Patrick Pritchett
  • "Spider-Man" - Kevin O'Connell, Greg P. Russell and Ed Novick
Ethan Van der Ryn and Michael Hopkins accept their Oscars for sound effects editing, one of two Academy Awards won by "The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers."
Best Sound Effects Editing
  • "The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers" - Ethan Van der Ryn and Michael Hopkins
  • "Minority Report" - Richard Hymns and Gary Rydstrom
  • "Road to Perdition" - Scott A. Hecker
Representing the team of visual effects technicians who won the Oscar for "The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers" are Jim Rygiel, Joe Letteri, Randall William Cook and Alex Funke.
Best Visual Effects
  • "The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers" - Jim Rygiel, Joe Letteri, Randall William Cook and Alex Funke
  • "Spider-Man" - John Dykstra, Scott Stokdyk, Anthony LaMolinara and John Frazier
  • "Star Wars Episode II Attack of the Clones" - Rob Coleman, Pablo Helman, John Knoll and Ben Snow
Best Foreign-Language Film
  • "El Crimen del Padre Amaro"
    An Alameda Films/BluFilms/Foprocine/Gob. del Estado de Veracruz-Llave Production, Mexico
  • "Hero"
    A Beijing New Picture Film Company/Elite Group Enterprises Production, People's Republic of China
  • "The Man without a Past"
    A Sputnik Oy/Pandora Film/Pyramide Prods. Production, Finland
  • "Nowhere in Africa"
    An MTM Medien & Television München Production, Germany
  • "Zus & Zo"
    A Filmprodukties de Luwte Production, The Netherlands
Michael Moore and Michael Donovan win the Oscar in the category documentary feature for "Bowling for Columbine."
Best Documentary - Feature
  • "Bowling for Columbine"
    A Salter Street Films/VIF 2/Dog Eat Dog Films Production; Michael Moore and Michael Donovan
  • "Daughter from Danang"
    An Interfaze Educational Production; Gail Dolgin and Vincente Franco
  • "Prisoner of Paradise"
    A Média Vérité/Café Production; Malcolm Clarke and Stuart Sender
  • "Spellbound"
    A Blitz/Welch Production; Jeffrey Blitz and Sean Welch
  • "Winged Migration"
    A Galatée Films/France 2 Cinéma/France 3 Cinéma/Les Productions de la Guéville/Bac Films/Pandora Film/Les Productions JMH/ Wanda Vision/Eyescreen Production; Jacques Perrin
"Twin Towers" wins in the category documentary short subject -- and Oscars for Bill Guttentag, left, and Robert David.
Best Documentary - Short Subject
  • "The Collector of Bedford Street"
    An Alice Elliott Production; Alice Elliott
  • "Mighty Times: The Legacy of Rosa Parks"
    A Tell the Truth Pictures Production; Robert Hudson and Bobby Houston
  • "Twin Towers"
    A Wolf Films/Shape Pictures/Universal/Mopo Entertainment Production; Bill Guttentag and Robert David Port
  • "Why Can't We Be a Family Again?"
    A Public Policy Production; Roger Weisberg and Murray Nossel
Winner of the Oscar in the animated short film category is Eric Armstrong for "The ChubbChubbs!"
Animated Short Film
  • "The Cathedral"
    A Platige Image Production; Tomek Baginski
  • "The ChubbChubbs!"
    A Sony Pictures Imageworks Production; Eric Armstrong
  • "Das Rad"
    A Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg GmbH Production; Chris Stenner and Heidi Wittlinger
  • "Mike's New Car"
    A Pixar Animation Studios Production; Pete Docter and Roger Gould
  • "Mt. Head"
    A Yamamura Animation Production; Koji Yamamura
Martin Strange-Hansen and Mie Andreasen get the Oscar for "This Charming Man," winner in the live-action short film category.
Live Action Short Film
  • "Fait D'Hiver"
    An Another Dimension of an Idea Production; Dirk Beliën and Anja Daelemans
  • "I'll Wait for the Next One... (J'Attendrai Le Suivant...)"
    A La Bote Production; Philippe Orreindy and Thomas Gaudin
  • "Inja (Dog)"
    An Australian Film TV & Radio School (AFTRS) Production; Steven Pasvolsky and Joe Weatherstone
  • "Johnny Flynton"
    A Red Corner Production; Lexi Alexander and Alexander Buono
  • "This Charming Man (Der Er En Yndig Mand)"
    An M&M; Productions for Novellefilm Production; Martin Strange-Hansen and Mie Andreasen


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