72nd Annual Academy AwardÆ Nominations
Best Picture Of The Year ""American Beauty"" (DreamWorks) A Jinks/Cohen Company Production Bruce Cohen and Dan Jinks, Producers ""The Cider House Rules"" (Miramax) A FilmColony Production Richard N. Gladstein, Producer ""The Green Mile"" (Warner Bros.) A Castle Rock Pictures, Inc. Production David Valdes and Frank Darabont, Producers ""The Insider"" (Buena Vista) A Touchstone Pictures Production Michael Mann and Pieter Jan Brugge, Producers ""The Sixth Sense"" (Buena Vista) A Hollywood Pictures/Spyglass Entertainment Production Frank Marshall, Kathleen Kennedy and Barry Mendel, Producers Best Performance By An Actor In A Leading Role Russell Crowe in ""The Insider"" (Buena Vista) Richard Farnsworth in ""The Straight Story"" (Buena Vista) Sean Penn in ""Sweet And Lowdown"" (Sony Pictures Classics) Kevin Spacey in ""American Beauty"" (DreamWorks) Denzel Washington in ""The Hurricane"" (Universal and Beacon) Best Performance By An Actor In A Supporting Role Michael Caine in ""The Cider House Rules"" (Miramax) Tom Cruise in ""Magnolia"" (New Line) Michael Clarke Duncan in ""The Green Mile"" (Warner Bros.) Jude Law in ""The Talented Mr. Ripley"" (Paramount & Miramax) Haley Joel Osment in ""The Sixth Sense"" (Buena Vista) Best Performance By An Actress In A Leading Role Annette Bening in ""American Beauty"" (DreamWorks) Janet McTeer in ""Tumbleweeds"" (New Line) Julianne Moore in ""The End Of The Affair"" (Columbia) Meryl Streep in ""Music Of The Heart"" (Miramax) Hilary Swank in ""Boys Donít Cry"" (Fox Searchlight) Best Performance By An Actress In A Supporting Role Toni Collette in ""The Sixth Sense"" (Buena Vista) Angelina Jolie in ""Girl, Interrupted"" (Columbia) Catherine Keener in ""Being John Malkovich"" (USA Films) Samantha Morton in ""Sweet And Lowdown"" (Sony Pictures Classics) ChloÎ Sevigny in ""Boys Donít Cry"" (Fox Searchlight) Best Achievement In Art Direction ""Anna And The King"" (20th Century Fox) Art Direction: Luciana Arrighi Set Decoration: Ian Whittaker ""The Cider House Rules"" (Miramax) Art Direction: David Gropman Set Decoration: Beth Rubino ""Sleepy Hollow"" (Paramount and Mandalay) Art Direction: Rick Heinrichs Set Decoration: Peter Young ""The Talented Mr. Ripley"" (Paramount & Miramax) Art Direction: Roy Walker Set Decoration: Bruno Cesari ""Topsy-Turvy"" (USA Films) Art Direction: Eve Stewart Set Decoration: John Bush Best Achievement In Cinematography ""American Beauty"" (DreamWorks) Conrad L. Hall ""The End Of The Affair"" (Columbia) Roger Pratt ""The Insider"" (Buena Vista) Dante Spinotti ""Sleepy Hollow"" (Paramount and Mandalay) Emmanuel Lubezki ""Snow Falling On Cedars"" (Universal) Robert Richardson Best Achievement In Costume Design ""Anna And The King"" (20th Century Fox) Jenny Beavan ""Sleepy Hollow"" (Paramount and Mandalay) Colleen Atwood ""The Talented Mr. Ripley"" (Paramount & Miramax) Ann Roth and Gary Jones ""Titus"" (Fox Searchlight) Milena Canonero ""Topsy-Turvy"" (USA Films) Lindy Hemming Best Achievement In Directing ""American Beauty"" (DreamWorks) Sam Mendes ""Being John Malkovich"" (USA Films) Spike Jonze ""The Cider House Rules"" (Miramax) Lasse Hallstr?m ""The Insider"" (Buena Vista) Michael Mann ""The Sixth Sense"" (Buena Vista) M. Night Shyamalan Best Achievement In Documentary Features ""Buena Vista Social Club"" (Artisan) A Road Movies Production Wim Wenders and Ulrich Felsberg ""Genghis Blues"" (Roxie Releasing) A Wadi Rum Production Roko Belic and Adrian Belic ""On The Ropes"" (WinStar Cinema) A Highway Films Production Nanette Burstein and Brett Morgen ""One Day In September"" An Arthur Cohn Production Arthur Cohn and Kevin Macdonald ""Speaking In Strings"" (Seventh Art) A CounterPoint Films Production Paola di Florio and Lilibet Foster Best Achievement In Documentary Short Subjects ""Eyewitness"" A Marbert Art Foundation Production Bert Van Bork ""King Gimp"" A Whiteford-Hadary/University of Maryland/Tapestry International Production Susan Hannah Hadary and William A. Whiteford ""The Wildest Show In The South: The Angola Prison Rodeo"" A Gabriel Films Production Simeon Soffer and Jonathan Stack Best Achievement In Film Editing ""American Beauty"" (DreamWorks) Tariq Anwar ""The Cider House Rules"" (Miramax) Lisa Zeno Churgin ""The Insider"" (Buena Vista) William Goldenberg, Paul Rubell and David Rosenbloom ""The Matrix"" (Warner Bros.) Zach Staenberg ""The Sixth Sense"" (Buena Vista) Andrew Mondshein Best Foreign Language Film Of The Year ""All About My Mother"" An El Deseo S.A./Renn/France 2 CinÈma Production Spain ""Caravan"" A GalatÈe Films - France 2 CinÈma - Les Productions de la GuÈville/Les Productions JMH/Antelope (UK) Limited/National Studio Limited/Bac Films Production Nepal ""East-West"" A UGC YM Production France ""Solomon And Gaenor"" An Apt Film and Television Company Production United Kingdom ""Under The Sun"" A Sweetwater AB Production Sweden Best Achievement In Makeup ""Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me"" MichËle Burke and Mike Smithson (New Line) ""Bicentennial Man"" (Buena Vista) Greg Cannom ""Life"" (Universal) Rick Baker ""Topsy-Turvy"" (USA Films) Christine Blundell and Trefor Proud Best Achievement In Music (Original Score) ""American Beauty"" (DreamWorks) Thomas Newman ""Angelaís Ashes"" (Paramount and Universal Pictures International) John Williams ""The Cider House Rules"" (Miramax) Rachel Portman ""The Red Violin"" (Lions Gate) John Corigliano ""The Talented Mr. Ripley"" (Paramount & Miramax) Gabriel Yared Best Achievement In Music (Original Song) ""Blame Canada"" from ""South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut"" (Paramount and Warner Bros.) Music and Lyric by Trey Parker and Marc Shaiman ""Music Of My Heart"" from ""Music Of The Heart"" (Miramax) Music and Lyric by Diane Warren ""Save Me"" from ""Magnolia"" (New Line) Music and Lyric by Aimee Mann ""When She Loved Me"" from ""Toy Story 2"" (Buena Vista) Music and Lyric by Randy Newman ""Youíll Be In My Heart"" from ""Tarzan"" (Buena Vista) Music and Lyric by Phil Collins Best Achievement In Animated Short Films ""Humdrum"" An Aardman Animations Limited Production Peter Peake ""My Grandmother Ironed The Kingís Shirts"" A National Film Board of Canada & Studio Magica a.s. Production Torill Kove ""The Old Man And The Sea"" A Productions Pascal Blais/Imagica Corp./ Dentsu Tech./NHK Enterprise 21/Panorama Studio of Yaroslavl Production Alexandre Petrov ""3 Misses"" A CinÈTÈ Film Production Paul Driessen ""When The Day Breaks"" A National Film Board of Canada Production Wendy Tilby and Amanda Forbis Best Achievement In Live Action Short Films ""Bror, Min Bror"" (Teis and Nico) A Nimbus Film & Dansk Novellefilm Production Henrik Ruben Genz and Michael W. Horsten ""Killing Joe"" A Joy Films and Chelsea Pictures Production Mehdi Norowzian and Steve Wax ""Kleingeld"" (Small Change) A Production of Die Hochschule f¸r Film und Fernsehen ""Konrad Wolf"" Potsdam-Babelsberg Marc-Andreas Bochert and Gabriele Lins ""Major And Minor Miracles"" A Dramatiska Institutet Production Marcus Olsson ""My Mother Dreams The Satanís Disciples In New York"" (American Film Institute) A Kickstart Production Barbara Schock and Tammy Tiehel Best Achievement In Sound ""The Green Mile"" (Warner Bros.) Robert J. Litt, Elliot Tyson, Michael Herbick and Willie D. Burton ""The Insider"" (Buena Vista) Andy Nelson, Doug Hemphill and Lee Orloff ""The Matrix"" (Warner Bros.) John Reitz, Gregg Rudloff, David Campbell and David Lee ""The Mummy"" (Universal) Leslie Shatz, Chris Carpenter, Rick Kline and Chris Munro ""Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace"" Gary Rydstrom, Tom Johnson, Shawn Murphy and (20th Century Fox) John Midgley Best Achievement In Sound Effects Editing ""Fight Club"" (20th Century Fox) Ren Klyce and Richard Hymns ""The Matrix"" (Warner Bros.) Dane A. Davis ""Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace"" Ben Burtt and Tom Bellfort (20th Century Fox) Best Achievement In Visual Effects ""The Matrix"" (Warner Bros.) John Gaeta, Janek Sirrs, Steve Courtley and Jon Thum ""Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace"" John Knoll, Dennis Muren, Scott Squires and (20th Century Fox) Rob Coleman ""Stuart Little"" (Columbia) John Dykstra, Jerome Chen, Henry F. Anderson III and Eric Allard Best Screenplay Based On Material Previously Produced Or Published ""The Cider House Rules"" (Miramax) Screenplay by John Irving ""Election"" (Paramount) Screenplay by Alexander Payne & Jim Taylor ""The Green Mile"" (Warner Bros.) Written for the screen by Frank Darabont ""The Insider"" (Buena Vista) Written by Eric Roth & Michael Mann ""The Talented Mr. Ripley"" (Paramount & Miramax) Screenplay by Anthony Minghella Best Screenplay Written Directly For The Screen ""American Beauty"" (DreamWorks) Written by Alan Ball ""Being John Malkovich"" (USA Films) Written by Charlie Kaufman ""Magnolia"" (New Line) Written by Paul Thomas Anderson ""The Sixth Sense"" (Buena Vista) Written by M. Night Shyamalan ""Topsy-Turvy"" (USA Films) Written by Mike Leigh