Who Won the 2009 Oscars (or the 81st Academy Awards)?
And another year of the Academy Awards has come and gone by. Now all that’s left to do is go see all the movies that have won Oscars if you haven’t had a chance to yet.
So who are the winners of the 2009 Oscars? Check them out below.
Best motion picture of the year
“Slumdog Millionaire”
Performance by an actor in a leading role
Sean Penn in “Milk”
Performance by an actor in a supporting role
Heath Ledger in “The Dark Knight”
Performance by an actress in a leading role
Kate Winslet in “The Reader”
Performance by an actress in a supporting role
Penélope Cruz in “Vicky Cristina Barcelona”
Best animated feature film of the year
“WALL-E”
Achievement in art direction
“The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” Art Direction: Donald Graham Burt, Set Decoration: Victor J. Zolfo
Achievement in cinematography
“Slumdog Millionaire”, Anthony Dod Mantle
Achievement in costume design
“The Duchess”, Michael O’Connor
Achievement in directing
Danny Boyle, “Slumdog Millionaire”
Best documentary feature
“Man on Wire”, A Wall to Wall Production, James Marsh and Simon Chinn
Best documentary short subject
“Smile Pinki” A Principe Production, Megan Mylan
Achievement in film editing
“Slumdog Millionaire”, Chris Dickens
Best foreign language film of the year
“Departures”, A Departures Film Partners Production, Japan
Achievement in makeup
“The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”, Greg Cannom
Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original score)
“Slumdog Millionaire”, A.R. Rahman
Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original song)
“Jai Ho” from “Slumdog Millionaire”, Music by A.R. Rahman, Lyric by Gulzar
Best animated short film
“La Maison en Petits Cubes” A Robot Communications Production, Kunio Kato
Best live action short film
“Spielzeugland (Toyland)” A Mephisto Film Production, Jochen Alexander Freydank
Adapted screenplay
“Slumdog Millionaire”, Screenplay by Simon Beaufoy
Original screenplay
“Milk”, Written by Dustin Lance Black
