This morning the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced the nominees for the 2008 Academy Awards:
Best motion picture of the year
- Atonement
- Juno
- Michael Clayton
- No Country for Old Men
- There Will Be Blood
Achievement in directing
- The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, Julian Schnabel
- Juno, Jason Reitman
- Michael Clayton, Tony Gilroy
- No Country for Old Men, Joel Coen and Ethan Coen
- There Will Be Blood, Paul Thomas Anderson
Performance by an actor in a leading role
- George Clooney in Michael Clayton
- Daniel Day-Lewis in There Will Be Blood
- Johnny Depp in Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
- Tommy Lee Jones in In the Valley of Elah
- Viggo Mortensen in Eastern Promises
Performance by an actor in a supporting role
- Casey Affleck in The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
- Javier Bardem in No Country for Old Men
- Philip Seymour Hoffman in Charlie Wilson’s War
- Hal Holbrook in Into the Wild
- Tom Wilkinson in Michael Clayton
Performance by an actress in a leading role
- Cate Blanchett in Elizabeth: The Golden Age
- Julie Christie in Away from Her
- Marion Cotillard in La Vie en Rose
- Laura Linney in The Savages
- Ellen Page in Juno
Performance by an actress in a supporting role
- Cate Blanchett in I’m Not There
- Ruby Dee in American Gangster
- Saoirse Ronan in Atonement
- Amy Ryan in Gone Baby Gone
- Tilda Swinton in Michael Clayton
Adapted screenplay
- Atonement, Christopher Hampton
- Away from Her, Sarah Polley
- The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, Ronald Harwood
- No Country for Old Men, Joel Coen & Ethan Coen
- There Will Be Blood, Paul Thomas Anderson
Original screenplay
- Juno, Diablo Cody
- Lars and the Real Girl, Nancy Oliver
- Michael Clayton, Tony Gilroy
- Ratatouille, Brad Bird, Jan Pinkava, Jim Capobianco, Brad Bird
- The Savages, Tamara Jenkins
Best animated feature film of the year
- Persepolis
- Ratatouille
- Surf’s Up
Best animated short film
- I Met the Walrus
- Madame Tutli-Putli
- Même Les Pigeons Vont au Paradis (Even Pigeons Go to Heaven)
- My Love (Moya Lyubov)
- Peter & the Wolf
Best live action short film
- At Night
- Il Supplente (The Substitute)
- Le Mozart des Pickpockets (The Mozart of Pickpockets)
- Tanghi Argentini
- The Tonto Woman
Best documentary feature
- No End in Sight
- Operation Homecoming: Writing the Wartime Experience
- Sicko
- Taxi to the Dark Side
- War/Dance
Best documentary short subject
- Freeheld
- La Corona
- Salim Baba
- Sari’s Mother
Best foreign language film of the year
- Beaufort (Israel)
- The Counterfeiters (Austria)
- Katyń (Poland)
- Mongol (Kazakhstan)
- 12 (Russia)
Achievement in cinematography
- The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, Roger Deakins
- Atonement, Seamus McGarvey
- The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, Janusz Kaminski
- No Country for Old Men, Roger Deakins
- There Will Be Blood, Robert Elswit
Achievement in film editing
- The Bourne Ultimatum, Christopher Rouse
- The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, Juliette Welfling
- Into the Wild, Jay Cassidy
- No Country for Old Men, Roderick Jaynes
- There Will Be Blood, Dylan Tichenor
Achievement in art direction
- American Gangster, Arthur Max and Beth A. Rubino
- Atonement, Sarah Greenwood and Katie Spencer
- The Golden Compass, Dennis Gassner and Anna Pinnock
- Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, Dante Ferretti and Francesca Lo Schiavo
- There Will Be Blood, Jack Fisk and Jim Erickson
Achievement in costume design
- Across the Universe, Albert Wolsky
- Atonement, Jacqueline Durran
- Elizabeth: The Golden Age, Alexandra Byrne
- La Vie en Rose, Marit Allen
- Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, Colleen Atwood
Achievement in makeup
- La Vie en Rose, Didier Lavergne and Jan Archibald
- Norbit, Rick Baker and Kazuhiro Tsuji
- Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End, Ve Neill and Martin Samuel
Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original score)
- Atonement, Dario Marianelli
- The Kite Runner, Alberto Iglesias
- Michael Clayton, James Newton Howard
- Ratatouille, Michael Giacchino
- 3:10 to Yuma, Marco Beltrami
Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original song)
- “Falling Slowly” from Once, Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova
- “Happy Working Song” from Enchanted, Alan Menken and Stephen Schwartz
- “Raise It Up” from August Rush, Nominees to be determined
- “So Close” from Enchanted, Alan Menken and Stephen Schwartz
- “That’s How You Know” from Enchanted, Alan Menken and Stephen Schwartz
Achievement in sound editing
- The Bourne Ultimatum, Karen Baker Landers and Per Hallberg
- No Country for Old Men, Skip Lievsay
- Ratatouille, Randy Thom and Michael Silvers
- There Will Be Blood, Matthew Wood
- Transformers, Ethan Van der Ryn and Mike Hopkins
Achievement in sound mixing
- The Bourne Ultimatum, Scott Millan, David Parker and Kirk Francis
- No Country for Old Men, Skip Lievsay, Craig Berkey, Greg Orloff and Peter Kurland
- Ratatouille, Randy Thom, Michael Semanick and Doc Kane
- 3:10 to Yuma, Paul Massey, David Giammarco and Jim Stuebe
- Transformers, Kevin O’Connell, Greg P. Russell and Peter J. Devlin
Achievement in visual effects
- The Golden Compass, Michael Fink, Bill Westenhofer, Ben Morris and Trevor Wood
- Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End, John Knoll, Hal Hickel, Charles Gibson and John Frazier
- Transformers, Scott Farrar, Scott Benza, Russell Earl and John Frazier