2001 Academy Awards

Updated September 9, 2022 | Infoplease Staff

The 2001 Academy Awards were presented March 24, 2002 at the Kodak Theatre.

Best Picture

A Beautiful Mind, Brian Grazer and Ron Howard, producers

Gosford Park, Robert Altman, Bob Balaban, and David Levy, producers

In the Bedroom, Graham Leader, Ross Katz and Todd Field, producers

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, Peter Jackson, Fran Walsh, and Barrie M. Osbourne, producers

Moulin Rouge, Martin Brown, Baz Luhrmann, and Fred Baron, producers

Best Animated Picture

Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius (Paramount and Nickelodeon Movies)

Monsters, Inc. (Buena Vista)

Shrek (DreamWorks)

Actor in a Leading Role

Russell Crowe, A Beautiful Mind

Sean Penn, I Am Sam

Will Smith, Ali

Denzel Washington, Training Day

Tom Wilkinson, In the Bedroom

Actress in a Leading Role

Halle Berry, Monster's Ball

Judi Dench, Iris

Nicole Kidman, Moulin Rouge

Sissy Spacek, In the Bedroom

Renée Zellweger, Bridget Jones's Diary

Actor in a Supporting Role

Jim Broadbent, Iris

Ethan Hawke, Training Day

Ben Kingsley, Sexy Beast

Ian McKellen, The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

Jon Voight, Ali

Actress in a Supporting Role

Jennifer Connelly, A Beautiful Mind

Helen Mirren, Gosford Park

Maggie Smith, Gosford Park

Marisa Tomei, In the Bedroom

Kate Winslet, Iris

Directing

Ron Howard, A Beautiful Mind

Ridley Scott, Black Hawk Down

Robert Altman, Gosford Park

Peter Jackson, The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

David Lynch, Mulholland Drive

Writing

Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen	Guillaume Laurant and Jean-Pierre Jeunet, Amélie
	Julian Fellowes, *Gosford Park*
	Christopher Nolan, screenplay; Jonathan Nolan, story, Memento
	Milo Addica and Will Rokos, Monster's Ball
	Wes Anderson and Owen Wilson, The Royal Tenenbaums
Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published	Akiva Goldsman, *A Beautiful Mind*
	Daniel Clowes and Terry Zwigoff, Ghost World
	Rob Festinger and Todd Field, In the Bedroom
	Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens, and Peter Jackson, The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
	Ted Elliott, Terry Rossio, Joe Stillman, and Roger S.H. Schulman, Shrek

Cinematography

Bruno Delbonnel, Amélie

Slawomir Idziak, Black Hawk Down

Andrew Lesnie, The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

Roger Deakins, The Man Who Wasn't There

Donald M. McAlpine, Moulin Rouge

Art Direction

Amélie, Aline Bonetto, art direction; Marie-Laure Valla, set decoration

Gosford Park, Stephen Altman, art direction; Anna Pinnock, set decoration

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, Stuart Craig, art direction; Stephenie McMillan, set decoration

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, Grant Major, art direction; Dan Hennah, set decoration

Moulin Rouge, Catherine Martin, art direction; Brigitte Broch, set decoration

Sound

Vincent Arnardi, Guillaume Leriche, and Jean Umansky, Amélie

Michael Minkler, Myron Nettinga, and Chris Munro, Black Hawk Down

Christopher Boyes, Michael Semanick, Gethin Creagh, and Hammond Peek, The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

Andy Nelson, Anna Behlmer, Roger Savage, and Guntis Sics, Moulin Rouge

Kevin O'Connell, Greg P. Russell, and Peter J. Devlin, Pearl Harbor

Music

Song	“If I Didn't Have You,” *Monsters, Inc., Randy Newman*
	“May It Be”, The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, Enya, Nicky Ryan, and Roma Ryan
	“There You'll Be,” Pearl Harbor, Diane Warren
	“Until,” Kate & Leopold, Sting
	“Vanilla Sky,” Vanilla Sky, Paul McCartney
Original Score	John Williams, A.I. Artificial Intelligence
	James Horner, A Beautiful Mind
	John Williams, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
	Howard Shore, *The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring*
	Randy Newman, Monsters, Inc.

Film Editing

Mike Hill and Dan Hanley, A Beautiful Mind

Pietro Scalia, Black Hawk Down

John Gilbert, The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

Dody Dorn, Memento

Jill Bilcock, Moulin Rouge

Costume Design

Milena Canonero, The Affair of the Necklace

Jenny Beavan, Gosford Park

Judianna Makovsky, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

Ngila Dickson and Richard Taylor, The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

Catherine Martin and Angus Strathie, Moulin Rouge

Makeup

Greg Cannom and Colleen Callaghan, A Beautiful Mind

Peter Owen and Richard Taylor, The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

Maurizio Silvi and Aldo Signoretti, Moulin Rouge

Visual Effects

Dennis Muren, Scott Farrar, Stan Winston, and Michael Lantieri, A.I. Artificial Intelligence

Jim Rygiel, Randall William Cook, Richard Taylor, and Mark Stetson, The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

Eric Brevig, John Frazier, Ed Hirsh, and Ben Snow, Pearl Harbor

Sound Editing

Gary Rydstrom and Michael Silvers, Monsters, Inc.

George Watters II and Christopher Boyes, Pearl Harbor

Short Films

Animation	Fifty Percent Grey (Ruairi Robinson and Seamus Byrne)
	*For the Birds* (Ralph Eggleston)
	Give Up Yer Aul Sins (Cathal Gaffney and Darragh O'Connell)
	Strange Invaders (Cordell Barker)
	Stubble Trouble (Joseph E. Merideth)
Live Action	*The Accountant* (Ray McKinnon and Lisa Blount)
	Copy Shop (Virgil Widrich)
	Gregor's Greatest Invention (Johannes Kiefer)
	A Man Thing (Meska Sprawa) (Slawomir Fabicki and Bogumil Godfrejow)
	Speed for Thespians (Kalman Apple and Shameela Bakhsh)

Documentary

Short Subject	Artists and Orphans: A True Drama (Lianne Klapper McNally)
	Sing! (Freida Lee Mock and Jessica Sanders)
	*Thoth* (Sarah Kernochan and Lynn Appelle)
Feature	Children Underground (Edet Belzberg)
	LaLee's Kin: The Legacy of Cotton (Susan Froemke and Deborah Dickson)
	*Murder on a Sunday Morning* (Jean-Xavier de Lestrade and Denis Poncet)
	Promises (Justine Shapiro and B.Z. Goldberg)
	War Photographer (Christian Frei)