80th Academy Awards
Oscar-Preisverleihung 2008

Bekanntgabe der Nominierungen am 22.01.2008
Oscar-Verleihung am 24.02.2008 im Kodak Theatre.
Moderiert wurde die Veranstaltung von Jon Stewart.

Bester Film

Best Motion Picture of the Year

• "No Country for Old Men"
  Scott Rudin, Ethan Coen, Joel Coen
  • "Abbitte"
    Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Paul Webster
  • "Juno"
    Lianne Halfon, Mason Novick, Russell Smith
  • "Michael Clayton"
    Sydney Pollack, Jennifer Fox, Kerry Orent
  • "There Will Be Blood"
    JoAnne Sellar, Paul Thomas Anderson, Daniel Lupi

Bestes Drehbuch - Original

Best Writing, Screenplay written directly for the Screen

• "Juno" - Diablo Cody
  • "Die Geschwister Savage" - Tamara Jenkins
  • "Lars und die Frauen"- Nancy Oliver
  • "Michael Clayton"- Tony Gilroy
  • "Ratatouille" - Brad Bird

Bestes Drehbuch - Nach Vorlage (adaptiert)

Best Writing, Screenplay based on Material Previously Produced or Published

• "No Country for Old Men" - Ethan Coen, Joel Coen
  • "Abbitte" - Christopher Hampton
  • "An ihrer Seite" - Sarah Polley
  • "There Will Be Blood" - Paul Thomas Anderson
  • "Schmetterling und Taucherglocke" - Ronald Harwood

Beste Regie

Best Achievement in Directing

• "No Country for Old Men" - Ethan Coen, Joel Coen
  • "Juno" - Jason Reitman
  • "Michael Clayton" - Tony Gilroy
  • "There Will Be Blood" - Paul Thomas Anderson
  • "Schmetterling und Taucherglocke" - Julian Schnabel

Bester Hauptdarsteller

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role

• Daniel-Day-Lewis in "There Will Be Blood"
  • Viggo Mortensen in "Tödliche Versprechen"
  • Tommy Lee Jones in "Im Tal von Elah"
  • George Clooney in "Michael Clayton"
  • Johnny Depp in "Sweeney Todd - Der teuflische Barbier aus der Fleet Street"

Beste Hauptdarstellerin

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role

• Marion Cotillard in "La Vie en rose"
  • Julie Christie in "An ihrer Seite"
  • Cate Blanchett in "Elizabeth - Das goldene Königreich"
  • Ellen Page in "Juno"
  • Laura Linney in "Die Geschwister Savage"

Bester Nebendarsteller

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role

• Javier Bardem in "No Country for Old Men"
  • Casey Affleck in "Die Ermordung des Jesse James durch den Feigling Robert Ford"
  • Philip Seymour Hoffman in "Der Krieg des Charlie Wilson"
  • Hal Holbrook in "In die Wildnis - Allein nach Alaska"
  • Tom Wilkinson in "Michael Clayton"

Beste Nebendarstellerin

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role

• Tilda Swinton in "Michael Clayton"
  • Ruby Dee in "American Gangster"
  • Saoirse Ronan in "Abbitte"
  • Amy Ryan in "Gone Baby Gone - Kein Kinderspiel"
  • Cate Blanchett in "I'm Not There"

Beste Ausstattung

Best Achievement in Art Direction

• "Sweeney Todd - Der teuflische Barbier aus der Fleet Street"
  Art Direction(AD): Dante Ferretti, Set Decoration(SD): Francesca Lo Schiavo
  • "American Gangster"
    AD: Arthur Max, SD: Beth A. Rubino
  • "Abbitte"
    AD: Sarah Greenwood, SD: Katie Spencer
  • "Der Goldene Kompass"
    AD: Dennis Gassner, SD: Anna Pinnock
  • "There Will Be Blood"
    AD: Jack Fisk, SD: Jim Erickson

Besten Kostüme

Best Achievement in Costume Design

• "Elizabeth - Das goldene Königreich" - Alexandra Byrne
  • "Across the Universe" - Albert Wolsky
  • "Abbitte" - Jacqueline Durran
  • "Sweeney Todd - Der teuflische Barbier aus der Fleet Street" - Colleen Atwood
  • "La Vie en rose" - Marit Allen

Beste Maske

Best Achievement in Makeup

• "La Vie en rose" - Didier Lavergne, Jan Archibald
  • "Pirates of the Caribbean - Am Ende der Welt" - Ve Neill, Martin Samuel
  • "Norbit" - Rick Baker, Kazuhiro Tsuji

Beste Kamera

Best Achievement in Cinematography

• "There Will Be Blood" - Robert Elswit
  • "Die Ermordung des Jesse James durch den Feigling Robert Ford" - Roger Deakins
  • "Abbitte" - Seamus McGarvey
  • "No Country for Old Men" - Roger Deakins
  • "Schmetterling und Taucherglocke" - Janusz Kaminski

Bester Schnitt

Best Achievement in Editing

• "Das Bourne Ultimatum" - Christopher Rouse
  • "There Will Be Blood" - Dylan Tichenor
  • "In die Wildnis - Allein nach Alaska" - Jay Cassidy
  • "No Country for Old Men" - Roderick P. Jaynes
  • "Schmetterling und Taucherglocke" - Juliette Welfling

Beste Filmmusik

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

• "Abbitte" - Dario Marianelli
  • "Todeszug nach Yuma" - Marco Beltrami
  • "Ratatouille" Michael Giacchino
  • "Drachenläufer" - Alberto Iglesias
  • "Michael Clayton" - James Newton Howard

Bester Filmsong

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

• "Falling Slowly" von "Once"
  Musik und Text von Glen Hansard & Marketa Irglova
  • "Raise It Up" von "Der Klang des Herzens"
    Musik und Text von "tbd"
  • "Happy Working Song" von "Verwünscht"
    Musik und Text von Alan Menken & Stephen Schwartz
  • "So Close" von "Verwünscht"
    Musik und Text von Alan Menken & Stephen Schwartz
  • "That's How You Know" von "Verwünscht"
    Musik und Text von Alan Menken & Stephen Schwartz

Bester Ton

Best Achievement in Sound

• "Das Bourne Ultimatum" - Scott Millan, David Parker, Kirk Francis
  • "Todeszug nach Yuma" - Paul Massey, David Giammarco, Jim Stuebe
  • "Transformers - Kevin O'Connell, Greg P. Russel, Peter J. Devlin
  • "No Country for Old Men" - Skip Lievsay, Craig Berkey, Greg Orloff, Peter F. Kurland
  • "Ratatouille" - Randy Thom, Michael Semanick, Doc Kane

Bester Toneffektschnitt

Best Achievement in Sound Editing

• "Das Bourne Ultimatum" - Karen M. Baker, Per Hallberg
  • "Transformers" - Ethan Van der Ryn, Mike Hopkins
  • "No Country for Old Men" - Skip Lievsay
  • "Ratatouille" - Randy Thom, Michael Silvers
  • "There Will Be Blood" - Matthew Wood, Christopher Scarabosio

Besten Spezialeffekte

Best Achievement in Visual Effects

• "Der Goldene Kompass" - Michael L. Fink, Bill Westenhofer, Ben Morris, Trevor Wood
  • "Transformers" - Scott Farrar, Scott Benza, Russell Earl, John Frazier
  • "Pirates of the Caribbean - Am Ende der Welt" - John Knoll, Hal T. Hickel, Charlie Gibson, John Frazier

Bester Animationsfilm

Best Animated Feature Film of the Year

• "Ratatouille" - Brad Bird
  • "Persepolis" - Marjane Satrapi, Vincent Paronnaud
  • "Könige der Wellen" - Ash Brannon, Chris Buck

Bester kurzer Animationsfilm

Best Animated short Film

• "Peter und der Wolf" - Suzie Templeton, Hugh Welchman
  • "I Met the Walrus" - Josh Raskin
  • "Madame Tutli-Putli" - Chris Lavis, Maciek Szczerbowski
  • "My Love" - Aleksandr Petrov
  • "Even Pigeons Go to Heaven" - Samuel Tourneux, Vanesse Simon

Bester Fremdsprachiger Film

Best Foreign Language Film of the Year

• "Die Fälscher " - Österreich
  • "12" - Russland
  • "Beaufort" - Israel
  • "Mongol" - Kasachstan
  • "Katyn" - Polen

Bester Kurzfilm

Best Live Action Short Film

• "Le Mozart des pickpockets" - Philippe Pollet-Villard
  • "At Night" - Christian E. Christiansen, Louise Vesth
  • "The Tonto Woman" - Daniel Barber, Matthew Brown
  • "The Substitute" - Andera Jublin
  • "Tanghi argentini" - Guy Thys, Anja Daelemans

Bester Dokumentarfilm

Best Documentary Feature

• "Taxi zur Hölle" - Alex Gibney, Eva Orner
  • "No End in Sight" - Charles Ferguson, Audrey Marrs
  • "Operation Homecoming: Writing the Wartime Experience" - Richard Robbins
  • "Sicko" - Michael Moore, Meghan O'Hara
  • "War Dance" - Andrea Nix, Sean Fine

Bester kurzer Dokumentarfilm

Best Documentary short Subject

• "Freeheld" - Cynthia Wade, Vanessa Roth
  • "La Corona" - Amanda Micheli, Isabel Vega
  • "Sari's Mother" - James Longley
  • "Salim Baba" - Tim Sternberg, Francisco Bello