2000 Academy Award winners and nominations

(Winners in red)


Warner Bros.' drama "The Green Mile," produced by David Valdes and Frank Darabont, picks up four nominations, including best picture.

Best Picture

  • AMERICAN BEAUTY (DreamWorks)
    A Jinks/Cohen Company Production.
    Bruce Cohen and Dan Jinks, Producers
  • THE CIDER HOUSE RULES (Miramax)
    A FilmColony Production.
    Richard N. Gladstein, Producer
  • THE GREEN MILE (Warner Bros.)
    A Castle Rock Pictures, Inc. Production.
    David Valdes and Frank Darabont, Producers
  • THE INSIDER (Buena Vista)
    A Touchstone Pictures Production.
    Michael Mann and Pieter Jan Brugge, Producers
  • THE SIXTH SENSE (Buena Vista)
    A Hollywood Pictures/Spyglass Entertainment Production.
    Frank Marshall, Kathleen Kennedy and Barry Mendel, Producers.

Actor

  • Russell Crowe in THE INSIDER (Buena Vista)
  • Richard Farnsworth in THE STRAIGHT STORY (Buena Vista)
  • Sean Penn in SWEET AND LOWDOWN (Sony Pictures Classics)
  • Kevin Spacey in AMERICAN BEAUTY (DreamWorks)
  • Denzel Washington in THE HURRICANE (Universal and Beacon)

Hilary Swank, right, backs up her Golden Globe with a best actress Oscar nom for her role as doomed cross-dresser Brandon Teena in "Boys Don't Cry."

Actress

  • Annette Bening in AMERICAN BEAUTY (DreamWorks)
  • Janet McTeer in TUMBLEWEEDS (New Line)
  • Julianne Moore in THE END OF THE AFFAIR (Columbia)
  • Meryl Streep in MUSIC OF THE HEART (Miramax)
  • Hilary Swank in BOYS DON'T CRY (Fox Searchlight)

Director

  • AMERICAN BEAUTY (DreamWorks)
    Sam Mendes
  • BEING JOHN MALKOVICH (USA Films)
    Spike Jonze
  • THE CIDER HOUSE RULES (Miramax)
    Lasse Hallström
  • THE INSIDER (Buena Vista)
    Michael Mann
  • THE SIXTH SENSE (Buena Vista)
    M. Night Shyamalan

Tom Cruise earns a supporting actor nod for his turn as a misogynistic motivational speaker in "Magnolia."

Supporting Actor

  • Michael Caine in THE CIDER HOUSE RULES (Miramax)
  • Tom Cruise in MAGNOLIA (New Line)
  • Michael Clarke Duncan in THE GREEN MILE (Warner Bros.)
  • Jude Law in THE TALENTED MR. RIPLEY (Paramount & Miramax)
  • Haley Joel Osment in THE SIXTH SENSE (Buena Vista)

Supporting Actress

  • Toni Collette in THE SIXTH SENSE (Buena Vista)
  • Angelina Jolie in GIRL, INTERRUPTED (Columbia)
  • Catherine Keener in BEING JOHN MALKOVICH (USA Films)
  • Samantha Morton in SWEET AND LOWDOWN (Sony Pictures Classics)
  • Chloë Sevigny in BOYS DON'T CRY (Fox Searchlight)

Original Screenplay

  • AMERICAN BEAUTY (DreamWorks)
    Written by Alan Ball
  • BEING JOHN MALKOVICH (USA Films)
    Written by Charlie Kaufman
  • MAGNOLIA (New Line)
    Written by Paul Thomas Anderson
  • THE SIXTH SENSE (Buena Vista)
    Written by M. Night Shyamalan
  • TOPSY-TURVY (USA Films)
    Written by Mike Leigh

Adapted Screenplay

  • THE CIDER HOUSE RULES (Miramax)
    Screenplay by John Irving
  • ELECTION (Paramount)
    Screenplay by Alexander Payne & Jim Taylor
  • THE GREEN MILE (Warner Bros.)
    Written for the screen by Frank Darabont
  • THE INSIDER (Buena Vista)
    Written by Eric Roth & Michael Mann
  • THE TALENTED MR. RIPLEY (Paramount & Miramax)
    Screenplay by Anthony Minghella

    "Sleepy Hollow," Tim Burton's retelling of the Headless Horseman tale, rides off with three noms, including best art direction.

    Art Direction

    • ANNA AND THE KING (20th Century Fox)
      Art Direction: Luciana Arrighi
      Set Decoration: Ian Whittaker
    • THE CIDER HOUSE RULES (Miramax)
      Art Direction: David Gropman
      Set Decoration: Beth Rubino
    • SLEEPY HOLLOW (Paramount and Mandalay)
      Art Direction: Rick Heinrichs
      Set Decoration: Peter Young
    • THE TALENTED MR. RIPLEY (Paramount & Miramax)
      Art Direction: Roy Walker
      Set Decoration: Bruno Cesari
    • TOPSY-TURVY (USA Films)
      Art Direction: Eve Stewart
      Set Decoration: John Bush

    Cinematography

    • AMERICAN BEAUTY (DreamWorks)
      Conrad L. Hall
    • THE END OF THE AFFAIR (Columbia)
      Roger Pratt
    • THE INSIDER (Buena Vista)
      Dante Spinotti
    • SLEEPY HOLLOW (Paramount and Mandalay)
      Emmanuel Lubezki
    • SNOW FALLING ON CEDARS (Universal)
      Robert Richardson

    One of the two nominations for Fox's "Anna and the King" starring Chow Yun-Fat and Jodie Foster is for costume design.

    Costume Design

    • ANNA AND THE KING (20th Century Fox)
      Jenny Beavan
    • SLEEPY HOLLOW (Paramount and Mandalay)
      Colleen Atwood
    • THE TALENTED MR. RIPLEY (Paramount & Miramax)
      Ann Roth and Gary Jones
    • TITUS (Fox Searchlight)
      Milena Canonero
    • TOPSY-TURVY (USA Films)
      Lindy Hemming

    Documentary (Feature)

    • BUENA VISTA SOCIAL CLUB (Artisan)
      A Road Movies Production
      Wim Wenders and Ulrich Felsberg
    • GENGHIS BLUES (Roxie Releasing)
      A Wadi Rum Production
      Roko Belic and Adrian Belic
    • ON THE ROPES (WinStar Cinema)
      A Highway Films Production
      Nanette Burstein and Brett Morgen
    • ONE DAY IN SEPTEMBER
      An Arthur Cohn Production
      Arthur Cohn and Kevin Macdonald
    • SPEAKING IN STRINGS (Seventh Art)
      A CounterPoint Films Production
      Paola di Florio and Lilibet Foster

    Documentary (Short subject)

    • EYEWITNESS
      A Marbert Art Foundation Production
      Bert Van Bork
    • KING GIMP
      A Whiteford-Hadary/University of Maryland/Tapestry International Production
      Susan Hannah Hadary and William A. Whiteford
    • THE WILDEST SHOW IN THE SOUTH: THE ANGOLA PRISON RODEO
      A Gabriel Films Production
      Simeon Soffer and Jonathan Stack

    Editing

    • AMERICAN BEAUTY (DreamWorks)
      Tariq Anwar and Christopher Greenbury
    • THE CIDER HOUSE RULES (Miramax)
      Lisa Zeno Churgin
    • THE INSIDER (Buena Vista)
      William Goldenberg, Paul Rubell and David Rosenbloom
    • THE MATRIX (Warner Bros.)
      Zach Staenberg
    • THE SIXTH SENSE (Buena Vista)
      Andrew Mondshein

    Pedro Almodovar's Spanish comedy-drama "All About My Mother" is among the nominees for best foreign language film.

    Foreign Language Film

    • ALL ABOUT MY MOTHER
      An El Deseo S.A./Renn/France 2 Cinéma Production
      Spain
    • CARAVAN
      A Galatée Films - France 2 Cinéma - Les Productions de la Guéville/Les Productions JMH/Antelope (UK) Limited/National Studio Limited/Bac Films Production
      Nepal
    • EAST-WEST
      A UGC YM Production
      France
    • SOLOMON AND GAENOR
      An Apt Film and Television Company Production
      United Kingdom
    • UNDER THE SUN
      A Sweetwater AB Production
      Sweden

    Makeup

    • AUSTIN POWERS: THE SPY WHO SHAGGED ME (New Line)
      Michèle Burke and Mike Smithson
    • BICENTENNIAL MAN (Buena Vista)
      Greg Cannom
    • LIFE (Universal)
      Rick Baker
    • TOPSY-TURVY (USA Films)
      Christine Blundell and Trefor Proud

    Original Score

    • AMERICAN BEAUTY (DreamWorks)
      Thomas Newman
    • ANGELA S ASHES (Paramount and Universal Pictures International)
      John Williams
    • THE CIDER HOUSE RULES (Miramax)
      Rachel Portman
    • THE RED VIOLIN (Lions Gate)
      John Corigliano
    • THE TALENTED MR. RIPLEY (Paramount & Miramax)
      Gabriel Yared

    Original Song

    • "Blame Canada" from SOUTH PARK: BIGGER, LONGER & UNCUT (Paramount and Warner Bros.)
      Music and Lyric by Trey Parker and Marc Shaiman
    • "Music Of My Heart" from MUSIC OF THE HEART (Miramax)
      Music and Lyric by Diane Warren
    • "Save Me" from MAGNOLIA (New Line)
      Music and Lyric by Aimee Mann
    • "When She Loved Me" from TOY STORY 2 (Buena Vista)
      Music and Lyric by Randy Newman
    • "You ll Be In My Heart" from TARZAN (Buena Vista)
      Music and Lyric by Phil Collins

    Animated Short Film

    • HUMDRUM
      An Aardman Animations Limited Production
      Peter Peake
    • MY GRANDMOTHER IRONED THE KING S SHIRTS
      A National Film Board of Canada & Studio Magica a.s. Production
      Torill Kove
    • THE OLD MAN AND THE SEA
      A Productions Pascal Blais/Imagica Corp./ Dentsu Tech./NHK Enterprise 21/Panorama Studio of Yaroslavl Production
      Alexandre Petrov
    • 3 MISSES
      A CinéTé Film Production
      Paul Driessen
    • WHEN THE DAY BREAKS
      A National Film Board of Canada Production
      Wendy Tilby and Amanda Forbis

    Live Action Short Film

    • BROR, MIN BROR (Teis and Nico)
      A Nimbus Film & Dansk Novellefilm Production
      Henrik Ruben Genz and Michael W. Horsten
    • KILLING JOE
      A Joy Films and Chelsea Pictures Production
      Mehdi Norowzian and Steve Wax
    • KLEINGELD (Small Change)
      A Production of Die Hochschule für Film und Fernsehen "Konrad Wolf" Potsdam-Babelsberg
      Marc-Andreas Bochert and Gabriele Lins
    • MAJOR AND MINOR MIRACLES
      A Dramatiska Institutet Production
      Marcus Olsson
    • MY MOTHER DREAMS THE SATAN S DISCIPLES IN NEW YORK (American Film Institute)
      A Kickstart Production
      Barbara Schock and Tammy Tiehel

    The Wachowski brothers' hit "The Matrix" claims a best sound nomination among its four Oscar mentions.

    Sound

    • THE GREEN MILE (Warner Bros.)
      Robert J. Litt, Elliot Tyson, Michael Herbick and Willie D. Burton
    • THE INSIDER (Buena Vista)
      Andy Nelson, Doug Hemphill and Lee Orloff
    • THE MATRIX (Warner Bros.)
      John Reitz, Gregg Rudloff, David Campbell and David Lee
    • THE MUMMY (Universal)
      Leslie Shatz, Chris Carpenter, Rick Kline and Chris Munro
    • STAR WARS EPISODE I: THE PHANTOM MENACE (20th Century Fox)
      Gary Rydstrom, Tom Johnson, Shawn Murphy and John Midgley

    Sound Effects Editing

    • FIGHT CLUB (20th Century Fox)
      Ren Klyce and Richard Hymns
    • THE MATRIX (Warner Bros.)
      Dane A. Davis
    • STAR WARS EPISODE I: THE PHANTOM MENACE (20th Century Fox)
      Ben Burtt and Tom Bellfort

    Visual Effects

    • THE MATRIX (Warner Bros.)
      John Gaeta, Janek Sirrs, Steve Courtley and Jon Thum
    • STAR WARS EPISODE I: THE PHANTOM MENACE (20th Century Fox)
      John Knoll, Dennis Muren, Scott Squires and Rob Coleman
    • STUART LITTLE (Columbia)
      John Dykstra, Jerome Chen, Henry F. Anderson III and Eric Allard
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