Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2008 will be presented on Sunday, February 22, 2009, at the Kodak Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center®.

• Best Picture
• 'The Curious Case of Benjamin Button'
• 'Frost/Nixon'
• 'Milk'
• 'The Reader'
• 'Slumdog Millionaire'
• Best Director
• Danny Boyle 'Slumdog Millionaire'
• Stephen Daldry 'The Reader'
• David Fincher 'The Curious Case of Benjamin Button'
• Ron Howard 'Frost/Nixon'
• Gus Van Sant 'Milk'
• Best Actor
• Richard Jenkins 'The Visitor'
• Frank Langella 'Frost/Nixon'
• Sean Penn 'Milk'
• Brad Pitt 'The Curious Case of Benjamin Button'
• Mickey Rourke 'The Wrestler'
• Best Actress
• Anne Hathaway 'Rachel Getting Married'
• Angelina Jolie 'Changeling'
• Melissa Leo 'Frozen River'
• Meryl Streep 'Doubt'
• Kate Winslet 'The Reader'
• Best Supporting Actor
• Josh Brolin 'Milk'
• Robert Downey Jr. 'Tropic Thunder'
• Philip Seymour Hoffman 'Doubt'
• Heath Ledger 'The Dark Knight'
• Michael Shannon 'Revolutionary Road'
• Best Supporting Actress
• Amy Adams 'Doubt'
• Penelope Cruz 'Vicky Cristina Barcelona'
• Viola Davis 'Doubt'
• Taraji P. Henson 'The Curious Case of Benjamin Button'
• Marisa Tomei 'The Wrestler'
• Best Animated Feature Film
• 'Bolt'
• 'Kung Fu Panda'
• 'Wall-E'
• Best Foreign Film
• 'The Baader Meinhof Complex'
• 'The Class'
• 'Departures'
• 'Revanche'
• 'Waltz With Bashir'
• Best Original Screenplay
• 'Milk'

  Dustin Lance Black

• 'Frozen River'

  Courtney Hunt

• 'Happy Go Lucky'

  Mike Leigh

• 'In Bruges'

  Martin McDonagh

• 'Wall-E'

  Andrew Stanton, Jim Reardon, Pete Docter

• Best Adapted Screenplay
• 'The Curious Case of Benjamin Button'

  Eric Roth, Robin Swicord

• 'Doubt'

  John Patrick Shanley

• 'Frost/ Nixon'

  Peter Morgan

• 'The Reader'

  David Hare

• 'Slumdog Millionaire'

  Simon Beaufoy

• Best Documentary Feature
• 'The Betrayal (Nerakhoon)'
• 'Encounters at the End of the World'
• 'The Garden'
• 'Man on Wire'
• 'Trouble the Water'
• Best Original Score
• 'The Curious Case of Benjamin Button'
• 'Defiance'
• 'Milk'
• 'Slumdog Millionaire'
• 'WALL-E'
• Best Original Song

• 'Down to Earth'

  'WALL-E'

• 'Jai Ho'

  'Slumdog Millionaire'

• 'O Saya'

  'Slumdog Millionaire'
• Best Film Editing
• 'The Curious Case of Benjamin Button'

  Kirk Baxter, Angus Wall

• 'The Dark Knight'

  Lee Smith

• 'Frost/Nixon'

  Mike Hill, Dan Hanley

• 'Milk'

  Elliot Graham

• 'Slumdog Millionaire'

  Chris Dickens

• Best Documentary - Short Subject

• 'The Conscience of Nhem En'

• 'The Final Inch'

• 'Smile Pinki'

• 'The Witness - From the Balcony of Room 306'

• Best Cinematography
• 'Changeling'

  Tom Stern

• 'The Curious Case of Benjamin Button'

  Claudio Miranda

• 'The Dark Knight''

  Wally Pfister

• 'The Reader'

  Chris Menges, Roger Deakins

• 'Slumdog Millionaire'

  Anthony Dod Mantle

• Best Costume Design
• 'Australia'

  Catherine Martin

• 'The Curious Case of Benjamin Button'

  Jacqueline West

• 'The Duchess'

  Michael O'Connor

• 'Milk'

  Danny Glicker

• 'Revolutionary Road'

  Albert Wolsky

• Best Sound Mixing
• 'The Curious Case of Benjamin Button'

  David Parker, Michael Semanick, Ren Klyce, Mark Weingarten

• 'The Dark Knight'

  Lora Hirschberg, Gary Rizzo, Ed Novick

• 'Slumdog Millionaire'

  Ian Tapp, Richard Pryke, Resul Pookutty

• 'WALL-E'

  Tom Myers, Michael Semanick, Ben Burtt

• 'Wanted'

  Chris Jenkins, Frank A. Montaņo, Petr Forejt

• Best Sound Editing
• 'The Dark Knight'

  Richard King

• 'Iron Man'

  Frank Eulner, Christopher Boyes

• 'Slumdog Millionaire'

  Tom Sayers

• 'WALL-E'

  Ben Burtt, Matthew Wood

• 'Wanted'

  Wylie Stateman

• Best Live Action Short Film

• 'Auf der Strecke (On the Line)'

• 'Manon on the Asphalt'

• 'New Boy'

• 'The Pig'

• 'Spielzeugland (Toyland)'

• Best Animated Short Film

• 'La Maison de Petits Cubes'

• 'Lavatory - Lovestory'

• 'Oktapodi'

• 'Presto'

• 'This Way Up'

• Best Makeup
• 'The Curious Case of Benjamin Button'

  Greg Cannom

• 'The Dark Knight'

  John Caglione, Jr., Conor O'Sullivan

• 'Hellboy II: The Golden Army'

  Mike Elizalde, Thom Flout

• Best Art Direction
• 'Changeling'

  James J. Murakami, Gary Fettis

• 'The Curious Case of Benjamin Button'

  Donald Graham Burt, Victor J. Zolfo

• 'The Dark Knight'

  Nathan Crowley, Peter Lando

• 'The Duchess'

  Michael Carlin, Rebecca Alleway

• 'Revolutionary Road'

  Kristi Zea, Debra Schutt

• Best Visual Effects
• 'The Curious Case of Benjamin Button'

  Eric Barba, Steve Preeg, Burt Dalton, Craig Barron

• 'The Dark Knight'

  Nick Davis, Chris Corbould, Tim Webber, Paul Franklin

• 'Iron Man'

  John Nelson, Ben Snow, Dan Sudick, Shane Mahan