2001 Academy Award winners and nominations

(Winners in red)

DreamWorks' "Gladiator" took top honors as Best Picture and Best Actor for star Russell Crowe. At right, the film's producers Douglas Wick, David Franzoni and Branko Lustig show off their Oscar gold.
Best Picture
  • "Chocolat"
    (Miramax) A David Brown Production
    David Brown, Kit Golden and Leslie Holleran, producers
  • "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon"
    (Sony Pictures Classics) A Zoom Hunt International Production
    Bill Kong, Hsu Li Kong and Ang Lee, producers
  • "Erin Brockovich"
    (Universal, Columbia) A Jersey Films Production
    Danny DeVito, Michael Shamberg and Stacey Sher, producers
  • "Gladiator"
    (DreamWorks, Universal) A Douglas Wick in association with Scott Free Production
    Douglas Wick, David Franzoni and Branko Lustig, producers
  • "Traffic"
    (USA Films) A Bedford Falls/Laura Bickford Production
    Edward Zwick, Marshall Herskovitz and Laura Bickford, producers
Best Director
  • Stephen Daldry, "Billy Elliot"
  • Ang Lee, "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon"
  • Steven Soderbergh, "Erin Brockovich"
  • Ridley Scott, "Gladiator"
  • Steven Soderbergh, "Traffic"
Best Actor
  • Javier Bardem in "Before Night Falls"
  • Russell Crowe in "Gladiator"
  • Tom Hanks in "Cast Away"
  • Ed Harris in "Pollock"
  • Geoffrey Rush in "Quills"
Best Actress
  • Joan Allen in "The Contender"
  • Juliette Binoche in "Chocolat"
  • Ellen Burstyn in "Requiem For a Dream"
  • Laura Linney in "You Can Count on Me"
  • Julia Roberts in "Erin Brockovich"
Best Supporting Actor
  • Jeff Bridges in "The Contender"
  • Willem Dafoe in "Shadow of the Vampire"
  • Benicio Del Toro in "Traffic"
  • Albert Finney in "Erin Brockovich"
  • Joaquin Phoenix in "Gladiator"
Best Supporting Actress
  • Judi Dench in "Chocolat"
  • Marcia Gay Harden in "Pollock"
  • Kate Hudson in "Almost Famous"
  • Frances McDormand in "Almost Famous"
  • Julie Walters in "Billy Elliot"
Best Original Screenplay
  • "Almost Famous" by Cameron Crowe
  • "Billy Elliot" by Lee Hall
  • "Erin Brockovich" by Susannah Grant
  • "Gladiator" by David Franzoni and John Logan and William Nicholson; Story by David Franzoni
  • "You Can Count on Me" by Kenneth Lonergan
Best Adapted Screenplay
  • "Chocolat" by Robert Nelson Jacobs
  • "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" by Wang Hui Ling and James Schamus and Tsai Kuo Jung
  • "O Brother, Where Art Thou?" by Ethan Coen & Joel Coen
  • "Traffic" by Stephen Gaghan
  • "Wonder Boys" by Steve Kloves
Best Art Direction
  • "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon"
    Art Direction: Tim Yip
  • "Dr Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas"
    Art Direction: Michael Corenblith; Set Decoration: Merideth Boswell
  • "Gladiator"
    Art Direction: Arthur Max; Set Decoration: Crispian Sallis
  • "Quills"
    Art Direction: Martin Childs; Set Decoration: Jill Quertier
  • "Vatel"
    Art Direction: Jean Rabasse; Set Decoration: Franoise Benoit-Fresco
Best Cinematography
  • "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" - Peter Pau
  • "Gladiator" - John Mathieson
  • "Malena" - Lajos Koltai
  • "O Brother, Where Art Thou?" - Roger Deakins
  • "The Patriot" - Caleb Deschanel
Best Costume Design
  • "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" - Tim Yip
  • "Dr Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas" - Rita Ryack
  • "Gladiator" - Janty Yates
  • "102 Dalmatians" - Anthony Powell
  • "Quills" - Jacqueline West
Best Editing
  • "Almost Famous" - Joe Hutshing and Saar Klein
  • "Croucing Tiger, Hidden Dragon" - Tim Squyres
  • "Gladiator" - Pietro Scalia
  • "Traffic" - Stephen Mirrione
  • "Wonder Boys" - Dede Allen
Best Makeup
  • "The Cell" - Michele Burke and Edouard Henriques
  • "Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas" - Rick Baker and Gail Ryan
  • "Shadow of the Vampire" - Ann Buchanan and Amber Sibley
Best Original Score
  • "Chocolat" - Rachel Portman
  • "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" - Tan Dun
  • "Gladiator" - Hans Zimmer
  • "Malena" - Ennio Morricone
  • "The Patriot" - John Williams
Best Original Song
  • "A Fool In Love" from "Meet the Parents"
    Music and Lyric by Randy Newman
  • "I've Seen It All" from "Dancer in the Dark"
    Music by Bjork; Lyric by Lars von Trier and Sjon Sigurdsson
  • "A Love Before Time" from "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon"
    Music by Jorge Calandrelli and Tan Dun; Lyric by James Schamus
  • "My Funny Friend and Me" from "The Emperor's New Groove"
    Music by Sting and David Hartley; Lyrics by Sting
  • "Things Have Changed" from "Wonder Boys"
    Music and Lyric by Bob Dylan
Best Sound
  • "Cast Away" - Randy Thom, Tom Johnson, Dennis Sands and William B. Kaplan
  • "Gladiator" - Scott Millan, Bob Beemer and Ken Weston
  • "The Patriot" - Kevin O'Connell, Greg P. Russell and Lee Orloff
  • "The Perfect Storm" - John Reitz, Gregg Rudloff, David Campbell and Keith A. Wester
  • "U-571" - Steve Maslow, Gregg Landaker, Rick Kline and Ivan Sharrock
Best Sound Effects Editing
  • "Space Cowboys" - Alan Robert Murray and Bub Asman
  • "U-571" - Jon Johnson
Best Visual Effects
  • "Gladiator" - John Nelson, Neil Corbould, Tim Burke and Rob Harvey
  • "Hollow Man" - Scott E. Anderson, Craig Hayes, Scott Stokdyk and Stan Parks
  • "The Perfect Storm" - Stefen Fangmeier, Habib Zargarpour, John Frazier and Walt Conti
Best Foreign-Language Film
  • "Amores Perros"
    (Mexico) An AltaVista Films Production
  • "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon"
    (Taiwan) A Zoom Hunt International Production
  • "Divided We Fall"
    (Czech Republic) A Total Helpart T.H.A./Czech Television Production
  • "Everybody Famous"
    (Belgium) An Otomatic Production
  • "The Taste of Others"
    (France) A Telema/Les Films A4/France 2 Cinema Production
Best Documentary - Feature
  • "Into the Arms of Strangers: Stories of the Kindertransport"
    (Warner Bros.) A Sabine Films Production; Mark Jonathan Harris and Deborah Oppenheimer
  • "Legacy"
    A Nomadic Pictures Production; Tod S. Lending
  • "Long Night's Journey into Day"
    (Seventh Art) An Iris Films Production; Frances Reid and Deborah Hoffmann
  • "Scottsboro: An American Tragedy"
    A Social Media Production; Barak Goodman and Daniel Anker
  • "Sound and Fury"
    (Artistic License Films) A Production of Aronson Film Associates and Public Policy Productions; Josh Aronson and Roger Weisberg
Best Documentary - Short Subject
  • "Big Mama"
    A Birthmark Production; Tracy Seretean
  • "Curtain Call"
    An NJN/White Whale Production; Chuck Braverman and Steve Kalafer
  • "Dolphins"
    A MacGillivray Freeman Films Production; Greg MacGillivray and Alec Lorimore
  • "The Man in Lincoln's Nose"
    An Adama Films Production; Daniel Raim
  • "On Tiptoe: Gentle Steps to Freedom"
    An On Tip Toe Production; Eric Simonson and Leelai Demoz
Animated Short Film
  • "Father and Daughter"
    A Cinete Filmproductie bv/Cloudrunner Ltd. Production; Michael Dudok de Wit
  • "The Periwig-Maker"
    An Ideal Standard Film Production; Steffen Scheffler and Annette Scheffler
  • "Rejected"
    A Bitter Films Production; Don Hertzfeldt
Live Action Short Film
  • "By Courier"
    A Two Tequila Production; Peter Riegert and Ericka Frederick
  • "One Day Crossing"
    An Open Eyes Production; Joan Stein and Christina Lazaridi
  • "Quiero Ser (I Want to Be)"
    Marc-Andreas Bochert and Gabriele Lins; Florian Gallenberger
  • "Seraglio"
    A Seraglio Production; Gail Lerner and Colin Campbell
  • "A Soccer Story (Una Historia de Futebol)"
    A UM Filmes Production; Paulo Machline
Irving G. Thalberg Award
  • Dino de Laurentiis
Honorary Academy Award
  • Jack Cardiff
Honorary Academy Award
  • Ernest Lehman
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