79th Academy Awards
Oscar-Preisverleihung 2007

Bekanntgabe der Nominierungen am 23.01.2007
Oscar-Verleihung am 25.02.2007 im Kodak Theatre at Hollywood & Highland
Moderiert wurde die Veranstaltung von Ellen DeGeneres

Bester Film

Best Motion Picture of the Year

• - The Departed
  Graham King
  • Babel
    Alejandro González Iñárritu, Jon Kilik & Steve Golin, Producers
  • Letters from Iwo Jima
    Clint Eastwood, Steven Spielberg & Robert Lorenz
  • Little Miss Sunshine
    David T. Friendly, Peter Saraf & Marc Turtletaub
  • The Queen
    Andy Harries, Christine Langan & Tracey Seaward

Bestes Drehbuch - Original

Best Writing, Screenplay written directly for the Screen

• Little Miss Sunshine - Michaels Arndt
  • Babel - Guillermo Arriaga
  • Letters from Iwo Jima - Iris Yamashita
  • Pans Labyrinth - Guillermo del Toro
  • The Queen - Peter Morgan

Bestes Drehbuch - Nach Vorlage (adaptiert)

Best Writing, Screenplay based on Material Previously Produced or Published

• The Departed - William Monahan
  • Borat - Sacha Baron Cohen, Anthony Hines, Peter Baynham & Dan Mazer
  • Children of Men - Alfonso Cuarón, Timothy J. Sexton, David Arata, Mark Fergus & Hawk Ostby
  • Little Children - Todd Field & Tom Perrotta
  • Tagebuch eines Skandals - Patrick Marber

Beste Regie

Best Achievement in Directing

• The Departed - Martin Scorsese
  • Babel - Alejandro Gonzales Inarritu
  • Letters from Iwo Jima - Clint Eastwood
  • The Queen - Stephen Frears
  • Flug 93 - Paul Greengrass

Bester Hauptdarsteller

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role

• Forest Whitaker in "Der Letzte König von Schottland"
  • Leonardo DiCaprio in "Blood Diamond"
  • Ryan Gosling in "Half Nelson
  • Peter O'Toole in "Venus"
  • Will Smith in "Das Streben nach Glück"

Beste Hauptdarstellerin

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role

• Helen Mirren in "The Queen"
  • Penelope Cruz in "Volver"
  • Judi Dench in "Tagebuch eines Skandals"
  • Meryl Streep in "Der Teufel trägt Prada"
  • Kate Winslet in "Little Children"

Bester Nebendarsteller

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role

• Alan Arkin in "Little Miss Sunshine"
  • Jackie Earle Haley in "Little Children"
  • Djimon Hounsou in "Blood Diamond"
  • Eddie Murphy in "Dreamgirls"
  • Mark Wahlberg in "The Departed"

Beste Nebendarstellerin

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role

• Jennifer Hudson in "Dreamgirls"
  • Adriana Barraza in "Babel"
  • Cate Blanchett in "Tagebuch eines Skandals"
  • Abigail Breslin in "Little Miss Sunshine"
  • Rinko Kikuchi in "Babel"

Beste Ausstattung

Best Achievement in Art Direction

• Pans Labyrinth
  Art Direction(AD):Eugenio Caballero , Set Decoration(SD): Pilar Revuelta
  • Dreamgirls
    AD: John Myhre, SD: Nancy Haigh
  • Der Gute Hirte
    AD: Jeannine Oppewall, SD: Gretchen Rau & Leslie E.Rollins
  • Fluch der Karibik 2
    AD: Rick Heinrichs, SD: Cheryl Carasik
  • Prestige - Die Meister der Magie
    AD: Nathan Crowley, SD: Julie Ochipinti

Besten Kostüme

Best Achievement in Costume Design

• Marie Antoinette - Milena Canonero
  • Der Fluch der goldenen Blume - Yee Chung Man
  • Der Teufel trägt Prada - Patricia Field
  • Dreamgirls - Sharen Davis
  • The Queen - Consolate Boyle

Beste Maske

Best Achievement in Makeup

• Pans Labyrinth - David Marti & Montse Ribe
  • Apocalypto - Aldo Signoretti & Vittorio Sodano
  • Klick - Kazuhiro Tsuji & Bill Corso

Beste Kamera

Best Achievement in Cinematography

• Pans Labyrinth - Guillermo Navarro
  • Black Dahlia> - Vilmos Zsigmond
  • Children of Men - Emmanuel Lubezki
  • The Illusionist - Dick Pope
  • Prestige - Die Meister der Magie - Wally Pfister

Bester Schnitt

Best Achievement in Editing

• The Departed - Thelma Schoonmaker
  • Babel - Stephen Mirrione & Douglas Crise
  • Blood Diamond - Steven Rosenblum
  • Children of Men - Alex Rodriguez & Alfonso Cuaron
  • Flug 93 - Clare Douglas, Christopher Rouse & Richard Pearson

Beste Filmmusik

Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures (Original Score)

• Babel - Gustavo Santaolalla
  • The Good German - Thomas Newman
  • Tagebuch eines Skandals - Philip Glass
  • Pans Labyrinth - Javier Navarrete
  • The Queen - Alexandre Desplat

Bester Filmsong

Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures (Original Song)

• "I Need to Wake Up" von Eine Unbequeme Wahrheit
  Musik und Text von Melissa Etheridge
  • "Listen" von Dreamgirls
    Musik von Henry Krieger & Scott Cutler
    Text von Anne Preven
  • "Love You I Do" von Dreamgirls
    Musik von Henry Krieger
    Text von Siedah Garrett
  • "Our Town" von Cars
    Musik und Text von Randy Newman
  • "Patience" von Dreamgirls
    Musik von Henry Krieger
    Text von Willie Reale

Bester Ton

Best Achievement in Sound Mixing

• Dreamgirls - Michael Minkler, Bob Beemer & Willie Burton
  • Apocalypto - Kevin O’Connell, Greg P. Russell & Fernando Cámara
  • Blood Diamond - Andy Nelson, Anna Behlmer and Ivan Sharrock
  • Flags of our Fathers - John Reitz, Dave Campbell, Gregg Rudloff & Walt Martin
  • Fluch der Karibik 2 - Paul Massey, Christopher Boyes & Lee Orloff

Bester Toneffektschnitt

Best Achievement in Sound Editing

• Letters from Iwo Jima - Alan Robert Murray & Bun Asman
  • Apocalypto - Sean McCormack & Kami Asgar
  • Blood Diamond - Lon Bender
  • Flags of our Fathers - Alan Robert Murray & Bun Asman
  • Fluch der Karibik 2 - Christopher Boyes & George Watters II

Besten Spezialeffekte

Best Achievement in Visual Effects

• Fluch der Karibik 2> - John Knoll, Hal Hickel, Charles Gibson & Allen Hall
  • Poseidon - Boyd Shermis, Kim Libreri, Chas Jarrett & John Frazier
  • Superman Returns - Mark Stetson, Neil Corbould, Richard R. Hoover & Jon Thum

Bester Animationsfilm

Best Animated Feature Film of the Year

• Happy Feet - George Miller
  • Cars - John Lasseter
  • Monster House - Gil Kenan

Bester kurzer Animationsfilm

Best Animated short Film

• The Danish Poet - Torill Kove
  • Lifted - Gary Rydstrom
  • Das Mädchen mit den Schwefelhölzern - Roger Allers & Don Hahn
  • Maestro - Géza M. Tóth
  • No Time for Nuts - Chris Renaud & Michael Thurmeier

Bester Fremdsprachiger Film

Best Foreign Language Film of the Year

• Das Leben der Anderen - Deutschland
  • Nach der Hochzeit - Dänemark
  • Days of Glory - Algerien
  • Pans Labyrinth - Mexico
  • Water - Canada

Bester Kurzfilm

Best Live Action Short Film

• "est Bank Story - Ari Sandel
  • Binta and the Great Idea (Binta Y La Gran Idea) - Javier Fesser and Luis Manso
  • Éramos Pocos (One Too Many) - Borja Cobeaga
  • Helmer & Son - Søren Pilmark and Kim Magnusson
  • The Saviour - Peter Templeman and Stuart Parkyn

Bester Dokumentarfilm

Best Documentary Feature

• Eine Unbequeme Wahrheit - Davis Guggenheim
  • Deliver us from Evil - Amy Berg & Frank Donner
  • "Iraq in Fragments" - James Longley & John Sinno
  • Jesus Camp - Heidi Ewing & Rachel Grady
  • My Country, My Country - Laura Poitras & Jocelyn Glatzer

Bester kurzer Dokumentarfilm

Best Documentary short Subject

• The Blood of Yingzhou District - Ruby Yang & Thomas Lennon
  • Recycled Life" - Leslie Iwerks & Mike Glad
  • Rehearsind a Dream - Karen Goodman & Kirk Simon
  • Two Hands - Nathaniel Kahn & Susan Rose Behr