OSCAR Winners 2008!

The recently concluded 80th OSCAR Awards Nights held at the Kodak Theater last February 25 has produced another set of winners in the Hollywood Film Making Industry. Below is the list of the respective winners:

• Performance by an actor in a leading role: Daniel Day-Lewis in “There Will Be Blood” (Paramount Vantage and Miramax)

• Performance by an actor in a supporting role: Javier Bardem in “No Country for Old Men” (Miramax and Paramount Vantage)

• Performance by an actress in a leading role: Marion Cotillard in “La Vie en Rose” (Picturehouse)

• Performance by an actress in a supporting role: Tilda Swinton in “Michael Clayton” (Warner Bros.)

• Best animated feature film of the year: “Ratatouille” (Walt Disney) Brad Bird

• Achievement in art direction: “Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street” (DreamWorks and Warner Bros., Distributed by DreamWorks/Paramount)

          Art Direction: Dante Ferretti
          Set Decoration: Francesca Lo Schiavo

• Achievement in cinematography: “There Will Be Blood” (Paramount Vantage and Miramax) Robert Elswit

• Achievement in costume design: “Elizabeth: The Golden Age” (Universal) Alexandra Byrne

• Achievement in directing: “No Country for Old Men” (Miramax and Paramount Vantage) Joel Coen and Ethan Coen

• Best documentary feature: “Taxi to the Dark Side” (THINKFilm) An X-Ray Production, Alex Gibney and Eva Orner

• Best documentary short subject: “Freeheld”, A Lieutenant Films Production, Cynthia Wade and Vanessa Roth

• Achievement in film editing: “The Bourne Ultimatum” (Universal) Christopher Rouse

• Best foreign language film of the year: “The Counterfeiters” An Aichholzer Filmproduktion, Magnolia Filmproduktion Production, Austria

• Achievement in makeup: “La Vie en Rose” (Picturehouse) Didier Lavergne and Jan Archibald

• Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original score): “Atonement” (Focus Features) Dario Marianelli

• Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original song): “Falling Slowly” from “Once" (Fox Searchlight), Music and Lyric by Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova

• Best motion picture of the year: “No Country for Old Men” (Miramax and Paramount Vantage), A Scott Rudin/Mike Zoss Production, Scott Rudin, Ethan Coen and Joel Coen, Producers

• Best animated short film: “Peter & the Wolf” (BreakThru Films), A BreakThru Films/Se-ma-for Studios Production, Suzie Templeton and Hugh Welchman

• Best live action short film: “Le Mozart des Pickpockets (The Mozart of Pickpockets)” (Premium Films) A Karé Production, Philippe Pollet-Villard

• Achievement in sound editing: “The Bourne Ultimatum” (Universal), Karen Baker Landers and Per Hallberg

• Achievement in sound mixing: “The Bourne Ultimatum” (Universal), Scott Millan, David Parker and Kirk Francis

• Achievement in visual effects: “The Golden Compass” (New Line in association with Ingenious Film Partners), Michael Fink, Bill Westenhofer, Ben Morris and Trevor Wood

• Adapted screenplay: “No Country for Old Men” (Miramax and Paramount Vantage), Written for the screen by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen

• Original screenplay: “Juno” (Fox Searchlight), Written by Diablo Cody

For the complete list of nominees and winners, please click here.

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