Actor in a Leading Role

• Adrien Brody in "The Pianist"
• Nicolas Cage in "Adaptation"
• Michael Caine in "The Quiet American"
• Daniel Day-Lewis in "Gangs of New York"
• Jack Nicholson in "About Schmidt"

Actor in a Supporting Role

• Chris Cooper in "Adaptation"
• Ed Harris in "The Hours"
• Paul Newman in "Road to Perdition"
• John C. Reilly in "Chicago"
• Christopher Walken in "Catch Me If You Can"

Actress in a Leading Role

• Salma Hayek in "Frida"
• Nicole Kidman in "The Hours"
• Diane Lane in "Unfaithful"
• Julianne Moore in "Far from Heaven"
• Renée Zellweger in "Chicago"

Actress in a Supporting Role

• Kathy Bates in "About Schmidt"
• Julianne Moore in "The Hours"
• Queen Latifah in "Chicago"
• Meryl Streep in "Adaptation"
• Catherine Zeta-Jones in "Chicago"

Animated Feature Film

• "Ice Age" Chris Wedge
• "Lilo & Stitch" Chris Sanders
• "Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron" Jeffrey Katzenberg
• "Spirited Away" Hayao Miyazaki
• "Treasure Planet" Ron Clements

Art Direction

• "Chicago" Art Direction: John Myhre; Set Decoration: Gordon Sim
• "Frida" Art Direction: Felipe Fernandez del Paso; Set Decoration: Hania Robledo
• "Gangs of New York" Art Direction: Dante Ferretti; Set Decoration: Francesca Lo Schiavo
• "The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers" Art Direction: Grant Major; Set Decoration: Dan Hennah and Alan Lee
• "Road to Perdition" Art Direction: Dennis Gassner; Set Decoration: Nancy Haigh

Cinematography

• "Chicago" Dion Beebe
• "Far from Heaven" Edward Lachman
• "Gangs of New York" Michael Ballhaus
• "The Pianist" Pawel Edelman
• "Road to Perdition" Conrad L. Hall

Costume Design

• "Chicago" Colleen Atwood
• "Frida" Julie Weiss
• "Gangs of New York" Sandy Powell
• "The Hours" Ann Roth
• "The Pianist" Anna Sheppard

Directing

• "Chicago" Rob Marshall
• "Gangs of New York" Martin Scorsese
• "The Hours" Stephen Daldry
• "The Pianist" Roman Polanski
• "Talk to Her" Pedro Almodóvar

Documentary (Feature)

• "Bowling for Columbine" Michael Moore, Michael Donovan
• "Daughter from Danang" Gail Dolgin, Vicente Franco
• "Prisoner of Paradise" Malcolm Clarke, Stuart Sender
• "Spellbound" Jeffrey Blitz, Sean Welch
• "Winged Migration" Jacques Perrin

Documentary (Short Subject)

• "The Collector of Bedford Street" Alice Elliott
• "Mighty Times: The Legacy of Rosa Parks" Robert Hudson, Bobby Houston
• "Twin Towers" Bill Guttentag, Robert David Port
• "Why Can’t We Be a Family Again?" Roger Weisberg, Murray Nossel

Film Editing

• "Chicago" Martin Walsh
• "Gangs of New York" Thelma Schoonmaker
• "The Hours" Peter Boyle
• "The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers" Michael Horton
• "The Pianist" Hervé de Luze

Foreign Language Film

• "El Crimen del Padre Amaro" Mexico
• "Hero" People’s Republic of China
• "The Man without a Past" Finland
• "Nowhere in Africa" Germany
• "Zus & Zo" The Netherlands

Makeup

• "Frida" John Jackson, Beatrice De Alba
• "The Time Machine" John M. Elliott, Jr., Barbara Lorenz

Music (Original Score)

• "Catch Me If You Can" John Williams
• "Far from Heaven" Elmer Bernstein
• "Frida" Elliot Goldenthal
• "The Hours" Philip Glass
• "Road to Perdition" Thomas Newman

Music (Original Song)

• "Burn It Blue" from "Frida" Music by Elliot Goldenthal; Lyric by Julie Taymor
• "Father and Daughter" from "The Wild Thornberrys Movie" Music and Lyric by Paul Simon
• "The Hands That Built America" from "Gangs of New York" Music and Lyric by Bono, The Edge, Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen
• "I Move On" from "Chicago" Music by John Kander; Lyric by Fred Ebb
• "Lose Yourself" from "8 Mile" Music by Eminem, Jeff Bass and Luis Resto; Lyric by Eminem

Best Picture

• "Chicago" Martin Richards, Producer
• "Gangs of New York" Alberto Grimaldi and Harvey Weinstein, Producers
• "The Hours" Scott Rudin and Robert Fox, Producers
• "The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers" Barrie M. Osborne, Fran Walsh and Peter Jackson, Producers
• "The Pianist" Roman Polanski, Robert Benmussa and Alain Sarde, Producers

Short Film (Animated)

• "The Cathedral" Tomek Baginski
• "The ChubbChubbs!" Eric Armstrong
• "Das Rad" Chris Stenner, Heidi Wittlinger
• "Mike’s New Car" Pete Docter, Roger Gould
• "Mt. Head" Koji Yamamura

Short Film (Live Action)

• "Fait D’Hiver" Dirk Beliën, Anja Daelemans
• "I’ll Wait for the Next One... (J’Attendrai Le Suivant...)" Philippe Orreindy, Thomas Gaudin
• "Inja (Dog)" Steven Pasvolsky, Joe Weatherstone
• "Johnny Flynton" Lexi Alexander, Alexander Buono
• "This Charming Man (Der Er En Yndig Mand)" Martin Strange-Hansen, Mie Andreasen

Sound

• "Chicago" Michael Minkler, Dominick Tavella, David Lee
• "Gangs of New York" Tom Fleischman, Eugene Gearty, Ivan Sharrock
• "The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers" Christopher Boyes, Michael Semanick, Michael Hedges, Hammond Peek
• "Road to Perdition" Scott Millan, Bob Beemer, John Patrick Pritchett
• "Spider-Man" Kevin O’Connell, Greg P. Russell, Ed Novick

Sound Editing

• "The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers" Ethan Van der Ryn, Michael Hopkins
• "Minority Report" Richard Hymns, Gary Rydstrom
• "Road to Perdition" Scott A. Hecker

Visual Effects

• "The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers" Jim Rygiel, Joe Letteri, Randall William Cook, Alex Funke
• "Spider-Man" John Dykstra, Scott Stokdyk, Anthony LaMolinara, John Frazier
• "Star Wars Episode II Attack of the Clones" Rob Coleman, Pablo Helman, John Knoll, Ben Snow

Writing (Adapted Screenplay)

• "About a Boy" Screenplay by Peter Hedges, Chris Weitz and Paul Weitz
• "Adaptation" Screenplay by Charlie Kaufman and Donald Kaufman
• "Chicago" Screenplay by Bill Condon
• "The Hours" Screenplay by David Hare
• "The Pianist" Screenplay by Ronald Harwood

Writing (Original Screenplay)

• "Far from Heaven" Written by Todd Haynes
• "Gangs of New York" Screenplay by Jay Cocks and Steve Zaillian and Kenneth Lonergan; Story by Jay Cocks
• "My Big Fat Greek Wedding" Written by Nia Vardalos
• "Talk to Her" Written by Pedro Almodóvar
• "Y Tu Mamá También" Written by Carlos Cuarón and Alfonso Cuarón

• Star indicates a win.