Oscars 2009 Winners

Oscars 2009 Winners

Following is a complete list of winners at the 81st annual Academy Awards.

Best Picture

"Slumdog Millionaire" (Fox Searchlight) A Celador Films Production, Christian Colson, producer

Lead Actor

Sean Penn in "Milk" (Focus Features)

Lead Actress

Kate Winslet in "The Reader" (The Weinstein Company)

Director

Danny Boyle for "Slumdog Millionaire" (Fox Searchlight)

Foreign Language Film

"Departures" — Japan (Regent Releasing) A Departures Film Partners production

Supporting Actor

Heath Ledger in "The Dark Knight" (Warner Bros)

Supporting Actress

Penelope Cruz in "Vicky Cristina Barcelona" (The Weinstein Company)

Original Screenplay

Dustin Lance Black for "Milk" (Focus Features)

Adapted Screenplay

Simon Beaufoy for "Slumdog Millionaire" (Fox Searchlight)

Animated Feature

Andrew Stanton for "WALL-E" (Walt Disney)

Animated Short Film

Kunio Kato for "La Maison en Petits Cubes" (A Robot Communications Production)

Art Direction

Donald Graham Burt for art direction and Victor J. Zolfo for set decoration on "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"

(Paramount and Warner Bros)

Costume Design

Michael O'Connor for "The Duchess" (Paramount Vantage, Pathe and BBC Films)

Makeup

Greg Cannom for "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" (Paramount and Warner Bros)

Cinematography

Anthony Dod Mantle for "Slumdog Millionaire" (Fox Searchlight)

Live Action Short Firm

Jochen Alexander Freydank for "Spielzeugland (Toyland)", a Mephisto Film production

Documentary Feature

James Marsh and Simon Chinn for "Man on Wire" (Magnolia Pictures) A Wall to Wall production

Documentary Short

Megan Mylan for "Smile Pinki", a Principle production

Visual Effects

Eric Barba, Steve Preeg, Burt Dalton and Craig Barron for "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" (Paramount and Warner Bros)

Sound Editing

Richard King for "The Dark Knight" (Warner Bros)

Sound Mixing

Ian Tapp, Richard Pryke and Resul Pookutty for "Slumdog Millionaire" (Fox Searchlight)

Film Editing

Chris Dickens for "Slumdog Millionaire" (Fox Searchlight)

Original Score

A.R. Rahman for "Slumdog Millionaire" (Fox Searchlight)

Original Song

"Jai Ho" from "Slumdog Millionaire" (Fox Searchlight), music by A.R. Rahman, lyrics by Gulzar.