2009 Academy Awards Winners

By Jessica Madison on February 22nd, 2009

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On February 22nd, 2009 the 81st Annual Academy Awards took place at the Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles, CA. From Danny Boyle’s mega successful Slum Dog Millionaire to Heath Ledger’s legendary performance in “The Dark Night, this years Oscars definitely lived up to the hype.

Here’s a list of the Official Academy Award Winners:

BEST PICTURE: Slumdog Millionaire

BEST DIRECTOR: Danny Boyle “Slumdog Millionaire”

BEST ACTRESS: Kate Winslet “The Reader”

BEST ACTOR: Sean Penn “Milk”

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Penelope Cruz “Vicky Christina Barcelona”

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR: Heath Ledger “The Dark Knight”

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM: Japan, “Departures”

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY: Simon Beaufoy “Slumdog Millionaire”

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY: Dustin Lance Black “Milk”

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: Anthony Dod Mantle, “Slumdog Millionaire”

BEST EDITING: Chris Dickens “Slumdog Millionaire”

BEST SCORE: “Slumdog Millionaire”

BEST ART DIRECTION: Donald Graham Burt, Victor J. Zolfo… ‘The Curious Case of Benjamin Button’

BEST COSTUME DESIGN: Michael O’Connor “The Duchess”

BEST ORIGINAL SONG: ‘Jai Ho’, “Slumdog Millionaire”

BEST ANIMATED FILM: Wall.E

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE: Man On Wire

BEST MAKEUP: Greg Cannom ‘The Curious Case of Benjamin Button’

BEST ANIMATED SHORT: ‘La Maison de Petits Cubes’

BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT: ‘Spielzeugland (Toyland)’

BEST SOUND EDITING: Richard King, ‘The Dark Knight’

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS: Eric Barba, Steve Preeg, Burt Dalton, Craig Barron, ‘The Curious Case of Benjamin Button’