2004 Academy Awards

Updated September 9, 2022 | Infoplease Staff

The 2004 Academy Awards were presented Feb. 27, 2005 at the Kodak Theatre.

Best Picture

The Aviator

Finding Neverland

Million Dollar Baby

Ray

Sideways

Best Animated Picture

The Incredibles (Pixar/Walt Disney)

Shark Tale (DreamWorks)

Shrek 2 (DreamWorks)

Actor in a Leading Role

Don Cheadle, Hotel Rwanda

Johnny Depp, Finding Neverland

Leonardo DiCaprio, The Aviator

Clint Eastwood, Million Dollar Baby

Jamie Foxx, Ray

Actress in a Leading Role

Annette Bening, Being Julia

Catalina Sandino Moreno, Maria Full of Grace

Imelda Staunton, Vera Drake

Hilary Swank, Million Dollar Baby

Kate Winslet, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

Actor in a Supporting Role

Alan Alda, The Aviator

Thomas Haden Church, Sideways

Jamie Foxx, Collateral

Morgan Freeman, Million Dollar Baby

Clive Owen, Closer

Actress in a Supporting Role

Cate Blanchett, The Aviator

Laura Linney, Kinsey

Virginia Madsen, Sideways

Sophie Okonedo, Hotel Rwanda

Natalie Portman, Closer

Directing

Martin Scorsese, The Aviator

Clint Eastwood, Million Dollar Baby

Taylor Hackford, Ray

Alexander Payne, Sideways

Mike Leigh, Vera Drake

Writing

Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen	John Logan, The Aviator
	Charlie Kaufman, *Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind*
	Keir Pearson and Terry George, Hotel Rwanda
	Brad Bird, The Incredibles
	Mike Leigh, Vera Drake
Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published	Richard Linklater, Julie Delpy, Ethan Hawke, and Kim Krizan, Before Sunset
	David Magee, Finding Neverland
	Paul Haggis, Million Dollar Baby
	José Rivera, The Motorcycle Diaries
	Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor, *Sideways*

Cinematography

Robert Richardson, The Aviator

Zhao Xiaoding, House of Flying Daggers

Caleb Deschanel, The Passion of the Christ

John Mathieson, The Phantom of the Opera

Bruno Delbonnel, A Very Long Engagement

Art Direction

The Aviator, Dante Ferretti, art direction; Francesca Lo Schiavo, set decoration

Finding Neverland, Gemma Jackson, art direction; Trisha Edwards, set decoration

Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events, Rick Heinrichs, art direction; Cheryl A. Carasik, set decoration

The Phantom of the Opera, Anthony Pratt, art direction; Celia Bobak, set decoration

A Very Long Engagement, Aline Bonetto, art direction

Sound

Tom Fleischman and Petur Hliddal, The Aviator

Randy Thom, Gary A. Rizzo, and Doc Kane, The Incredibles

Randy Thom, Tom Johnson, Dennis Sands, and William B. Kaplan, The Polar Express

Scott Millan, Greg Orloff, Bob Beemer, and Steve Cantamessa, Ray

Kevin O'Connell, Greg P. Russell, Jeffrey J. Haboush, and Joseph Geisinger, Spider-Man 2

Music

Song	“Accidentally in Love,” Shrek 2, Adam Duritz, Charles Gillingham, Jim Bogios, David Immergluck, Matthew Mallery, David Bryson, Daniel Vickrey
	“Al Otro Lado Del Río, ” *The Motorcycle Diaries,* Jorge Drexler
	“Believe, ” The Polar Express, Glen Ballard and Alan Silvestri
	“Learn to Be Lonely, ” The Phantom of the Opera, Andrew Lloyd Webber and Charles Hart
	“Look To Your Path (Vois Sur Ton Chemin),” The Chorus, Bruno Coulais and Christophe Barratier
Original Score	Jan A.P. Kaczmarek, *Finding Neverland*
	John Williams, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
	Thomas Newman, Lemony Snicket's a Series of Unfortunate Events
	John Debney, The Passion of the Christ
	James Newton Howard, The Village

Film Editing

Thelma Schoonmaker, The Aviator

Jim Miller and Paul Rubell, Collateral

Matt Chesse, Finding Neverland

Joel Cox, Million Dollar Baby

Paul Hirsch, Ray

Costume Design

Sandy Powell, The Aviator

Alexandra Byrne, Finding Neverland

Colleen Atwood, Lemony Snicket's a Series of Unfortunate Events

Sharen Davis, Ray

Bob Ringwood, Troy

Makeup

Valli O'Reilly and Bill Corso, Lemony Snicket's a Series of Unfortunate Events

Keith Vanderlaan and Christien Tinsley, The Passion of the Christ

Jo Allen and Manuel García, The Sea Inside

Visual Effects

Roger Guyett, Tim Burke, John Richardson and Bill George, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

John Nelson, Andrew R. Jones, Erik Nash and Joe Letteri, I, Robot

John Dykstra, Scott Stokdyk, Anthony LaMolinara and John Frazier, Spider-Man 2

Sound Editing

Michael Silvers and Randy Thom, The Incredibles

Randy Thom and Dennis Leonard, The Polar Express

Paul N.J. Ottosson, Spider-Man 2

Short Films

Animation	Birthday Boy (Sejong Park and Andrew Gregory)
	Gopher Broke (Jeff Fowler and Tim Miller)
	Guard Dog (Bill Plympton)
	Lorenzo (Mike Gabriel and Baker Bloodworth )
	*Ryan* (Chris Landreth)
Live Action	Everything in This Country Must (Gary McKendry)
	Little Terrorist (Ashvin Kumar)
	7:35 in the Morning (Nacho Vigalondo )
	Two Cars, One Night (Taika Waititi and Ainsley Gardiner)
	*Wasp* (Andrea Arnold )

Documentary

Short Subject	Autism is a World (Gerardine Wurzburg)
	The Children of Leningradsky (Hanna Polak and Andrzej Celinski )
	Hardwood (Hubert Davis and Erin Faith Young)
	*Mighty Times: The Children's March* (Robert Hudson and Bobby Houston)
	Sister Rose's Passion (Oren Jacoby and Steve Kalafer)
Feature	*Born into Brothels* (Ross Kauffman and Zana Briski)
	The Story of the Weeping Camel (Luigi Falorni and Byambasuren Davaa)
	Super Size Me (Morgan Spurlock)
	Tupac: Resurrection (Lauren Lazin and Karolyn Ali )
	Twist of Faith (Kirby Dick and Eddie Schmidt)