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Best Motion Picture of the Year
 CHICAGO (Producers Circle, Zadan/Meron/Miramax) Martin Richards - Producer
 GANGS OF NEW YORK (Alberto Grimaldi/Miramax) Alberto Grimaldi and Harvey Weinstein - Producers
THE HOURS (Scott Rudin-Robert Fox/Paramount &Miramax) Scott Rudin and Robert Fox - Producers
THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE TWO TOWERS (WingNut Films, New Line Cinema/New Line) Barrie M. Osborne, Fran Walsh and Peter Jackson - Producers
THE PIANIST (R.P. Productions, Heritage Films, Studio Babelsberg, Runtime LTD./Focus Features) Roman Polanski, Robert Benmussa and Alain Sarde - Producers
Performance by an 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
Performance by an 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
Performance by an 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
Performance by an 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
Achievement in Directing
Rob Marshall for CHICAGO
Martin Scorsese for GANGS OF NEW YORK
Stephen Daldry for THE HOURS
Roman Polanski for THE PIANIST
Pedro Almodóvar for TALK TO HER
Achievement in Writing: Adapted Screenplay
This category was re-named this year
Peter Hedges and Chris Weitz & Paul Weitz - ABOUT A BOY
Charlie Kaufman and Donald Kaufman - ADAPTATION
Bill Condon - CHICAGO
David Hare - THE HOURS
Ronald Harwood - THE PIANIST
Achievement in Writing: Original Screenplay
This category was re-named this year
Todd Haynes - FAR FROM HEAVEN
Jay Cocks and Steven Zaillian and Kenneth Lonergan (Screenplay); Jay Cocks (Story) - GANGS OF NEW YORK
Nia Vardalos - MY BIG FAT GREEK WEDDING
Pedro Almodóvar - TALK TO HER
Carlos Cuarón, Alfonso Cuarón - Y TU MAMÁ TAMBIÉN
Best Animated Feature Film of the Year
ICE AGE Chris Wedge - Producer
LILO & STITCH Chris Sanders - Producer
SPIRIT: STALLION OF THE CIMARRON Jeffrey Katzenberg - Producer
SPIRITED AWAY Hayao Miyazaki - Producer
TREASURE PLANET Ron Clements - Producer
Achievement in Art Direction
John Myhre (Art Direction); Gord Sim (Set Decoration) - CHICAGO
Felipe Fernandez del Paso (Art Direction); Hania Robledo (Set Decoration) - FRIDA
Dante Ferretti (Art Direction); Francesca Lo Schiavo (Set Decoration) - GANGS OF NEW YORK
Grant Major (Art Direction); Dan Hennah and Alan Lee (Set Decoration) - THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE TWO TOWERS
Dennis Gassner (Art Direction); Nancy Haigh (Set Decoration) - ROAD TO PERDITION
Achievement in Cinematography
Dion Beebe - CHICAGO
Edward Lachman - FAR FROM HEAVEN
Michael Ballhaus - GANGS OF NEW YORK
Pawel Edelman - THE PIANIST
Conrad L. Hall - ROAD TO PERDITION
Achievement in Costume Design
Colleen Atwood - CHICAGO
Julie Weiss - FRIDA
Sandy Powell - GANGS OF NEW YORK
Ann Roth - THE HOURS
Anna Sheppard - THE PIANIST
Best Documentary Feature
BOWLING FOR COLUMBINE Michael Moore and Michael Donovan - Producers
DAUGHTER FROM DANANG Gail Dolgin and Vincente Franco - Producers
PRISONER OF PARADISE Malcolm Clarke and Stuart Sender - Producers
SPELLBOUND Jeffrey Blitz and Sean Welch - Producers
WINGED MIGRATION Jacques Perrin - Producer
Best Documentary Short Subject
THE COLLECTOR OF BEDFORD STREET Alice Elliott - Producer
MIGHTY TIMES: THE LEGACY OF ROSA PARKS Robert Hudson and Bobby Houston - Producers
TWIN TOWERS William Guttentag and Robert David Port - Producers
WHY CAN'T WE BE A FAMILY AGAIN? Roger Weisberg and Murray Nossel - Producers
Achievement in Film Editing
Martin Walsh - CHICAGO
Thelma Schoonmaker - GANGS OF NEW YORK
Peter Boyle - THE HOURS
Michael Horton - THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE TWO TOWERS
Hervé de Luze - THE PIANIST
Best Foreign Language Film of the Year
EL CRIMEN DEL PADRE AMARO (THE CRIME OF FATHER AMARO, Mexico - Daniel Birman Ripstein & Alfredo Ripstein, producers)
YING XIONG (HERO, People's Republic of China - Bill Kong & Yimou Zhang, producers)
MIES VAILLA MENNEISYYTTÄ (THE MAN WITHOUT A PAST, Finland - Aki Kaurismäki, producer)
NIRGENDWO IN AFRIKA (NOWHERE IN AFRICA, Germany - Bernd Eichinger, Peter Herrmann & Michael Weber, producers)
ZUS & ZO (The Netherlands - Jacqueline de Goeij, producer)
Achievement in Makeup
John Jackson and Beatrice De Alba - FRIDA
John M. Elliott, Jr. and Barbara Lorenz - THE TIME MACHINE
Achievement in Music: Original Score
John Williams - CATCH ME IF YOU CAN
Elmer Bernstein - FAR FROM HEAVEN
Elliot Goldenthal - FRIDA
Philip Glass - THE HOURS
Thomas Newman - ROAD TO PERDITION
Achievement in Music: Original Song
"I Move On" Music by John Kander; Lyric by Fred Ebb from CHICAGO
"Lose Yourself"  Music by Eminem, Jeff Bass and Luis Resto; Lyric by Eminem from 8 MILE
"Burn It Blue" Music by Elliot Goldenthal; Lyric by Julie Taymor from FRIDA
"The Hands That Built America" Music & Lyric by Bono, The Edge, Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen from GANGS OF NEW YORK
"Father and Daughter" Music & Lyric by Paul Simon from THE WILD THORNBERRYS MOVIE
Best Animated Short Film
KATEDRA (THE CATHEDRAL) Tomek Baginski - Producer
THE CHUBBCHUBBS! Eric Armstrong - Producer
DAS RAD (ROCKS) Chris Stenner and Heidi Wittlinger - Producers
MIKE'S NEW CAR Peter Docter and Roger Gould - Producers
ATAMA-YAMA (MT. HEAD) Koji Yamamura - Producer
Best Live Action Short Film
FAIT D'HIVER (GRIDLOCK) Dirk Beliën and Anja Daelemans - Producers
J'ATTENDRAI LE SUIVANTÉ (I'LL WAIT FOR THE NEXT ONE...)Philippe Orreindy and Thomas Gaudin - Producers
INJA (DOG) Steven Pasvolsky and Joe Weatherstone - Producers
JOHNNY FLYNTON Lexi Alexander and Alexander Buono - Producers
DER ER EN YNDIG MAND (THIS CHARMING MAN) Martin Strange-Hansen and Mie Andreasen - Producers
Achievement in Sound
CHICAGO - Michael Minkler, Dominick Tavella and David Lee
GANGS OF NEW YORK - Tom Fleischman, Eugene Gearty and Ivan Sharrock
THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE TWO TOWERS - Christopher Boyes, Michael Semanick, Michael Hedges and Hammond Peek
ROAD TO PERDITION - Scott Millan, Bob Beemer and John Patrick Pritchett
SPIDER-MAN - Kevin O'Connell, Greg P. Russell and Ed Novick
Achievement in Sound Editing
THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE TWO TOWERS - Ethan Van der Ryn and Michael Hopkins
MINORITY REPORT - Richard Hymns and Gary Rydstrom
ROAD TO PERDITION - Scott A. Hecker
Achievement in Visual Effects
THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE TWO TOWERS - Jim Rygiel, Joe Letteri, Randall William Cook and Alex Funke
SPIDER-MAN - John C. Dykstra, Scott Stokdyk, Anthony LaMolinara and John Frazier
STAR WARS EPISODE II ATTACK OF THE CLONES - Rob Coleman, Pablo Helman, John Knoll and Ben Snow
Scientific and Technical Awards
John A. Bonner Medals of Commendation (Honorary):
 Curt Behlmer
Richard B. Glickman
Medals presented during the Scientific and Technical Awards presentation dinner on Saturday, 1 March, 2003
Academy Award of Merit (Statuette):
To Alias/Wavefront for the development of a 3D animation, dynamics, modeling and rendering production tool known as Maya.
To Arnold & Richter Cine Technik and to Panavision, Inc., for their continuing development and innovation in the design and manufacturing of advanced camera systems specifically designed for the motion picture entertainment industry.
Scientific and Engineering Awards (Academy Plaques):
 To Glenn Sanders and Howard Stark of Zaxcom for the concept, design and engineering of the portable Deva Digital Audio Disk Recorder.
To Mark Elendt, Paul Breslin, Greg Hermanovic and Kim Davidson for their continued development of the procedural modeling and animation components of their Prisms program, as exemplified in the Houdini software package.
To Leslie Gutierrez, Diane Kestner, James Merrill and David Niklewicz for the design and development of the Kodak Vision Premier Color Print Film, 2393.
To Dedo Weigert for the concept, Chin Depu for the optical calculations, and Franz Petters for the mechanical construction of the Dedolight 400D.
Technical Achievement Awards (Academy Certificates):
 To Dick Walsh for the development of the PDI/ Dreamworks Facial Animation System.
To Thomas Driemeyer and to the mathematicians, physicists and software engineers of Mental Images for their contributions to the Mental Ray rendering software for motion pictures.
To Eric Daniels, George Katanics, Tasso Lappas and Chris Springfield for the development of the Deep Canvas rendering software.
To Jim Songer for his contributions to the technical development of video-assist in the motion picture industry.
To Pierre Chabert of Airstar for the introduction of balloons with internal light sources to provide set lighting for the motion picture industry.
To Rawdon Hayne and Robert W. Jeffs of Leelium Tubelite for their contributions to the development of internally lit balloons for motion picture lighting.
Honorary Award:
To Peter O'Toole - "whose remarkable talents have provided cinema history with some of its most memorable characters." Winner awarded a Statuette.
Jean Hersholt Memorial Award:
No Award this year.
Gordon E. Sawyer Award:
No Award this year.
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FIRSTS
· Adrien Brody becomes the youngest Best Actor winner.
· Adrien Brody becomes the only man to win Best Actor when up against 4 previous Oscar® winners.
· Chicago is the first musical to win Best Picture since Oliver! (1966).
RULE CHANGES
· Writing category names changed back to "Original" and "Adapted".
· Music category names simplified.
ROLE REVERSALS
· John Travolta, Kevin Spacey and Hugh Jackman were all considered for the role of Billy Flynn in Chicago.
· Madonna, Goldie Hawn, Kathy Bates, Rosie O'Donnell, Nicole Kidman, Gwyneth Paltrow, Cameron Diaz and Britney Spears were all considered for roles in Chicago.
· The role of Laura Brown in The Hours was originally intended for Emily Watson.
SINS OF OMISSION
Supporting Actor: Geoffrey Rush - Frida, Andy Serkis - LOTR 2
UNMENTIONABLES
· Chicago director Rob Marshall wanted Catherine Zeta-Jones to wear her natural long hair in the movie, but the actress insisted on the short bob. She explained to People magazine that she didn't want her hair to fall over her face and give people a reason to doubt that she did all the dancing herself.
· In Chicago, the song "Class" was filmed but not used because it didn't fit into the "show-within-Roxie's- mind" concept. It is included, however, as a DVD extra.
· Nicole Kidman's false nose in The Hours, worn to make her look more like Virginia Woolf, has been discussed in print seemingly as much as any other element in the film.
· To look starved and near death in The Pianist, Adrien Brody lost 30 pounds by eating a daily diet of two boiled eggs and green tea for breakfast, a little chicken for lunch, and a small piece of chicken or fish with steamed vegetables for dinner, over a six-week period. Initially, his weight was 160 pounds.
· In The Pianist, the character of the dancing old man leading a group of children in the Warsaw ghetto was based on Janusz Korczak, pedagogue and writer of books for children. He became a legend when he refused to leave the children of the ghetto, even though he had the chance, and died with them at the Treblinka death camp.
· Host Steve Martin was prepared to tell Saddam Hussein, "I hope your connection goes out just before we announce Best Picture," but decided to nix the joke just before the show.
· Producers tried to cut off Michael Moore's anti-war, anti-Bush speech by turning up the music. Moore continued -- albeit in a rush -- to say what he had to say. Among those booing his speech were stagehands who confronted the filmmaker backstage. Rumor had it that there was a threat to withdraw Moore's Oscar®. Insiders warned a UK daily that failure to award Moore's Bowling for Columbine the Oscar® for Best Documentary Feature would be proof that Hollywood had reverted to "the witch-hunting 1950s."
· No one was more surprised about Adrien Brody's win than Brody himself, perhaps with the exception of presenter Halle Berry, who received a giant, cinematic, on-the-lips kiss from the winner, who said, "There comes a time in life when everything seems to make sense, and this is not one of those times."
· Another of the night's upsets came when Barbra Streisand announced the winner for Best Song. Everyone thought Bono and U-2 would take home the gold. However, it was the no-show rapper Eminem who won for "Lose Yourself" from 8 Mile.
· The Best Original Song winner, "Lose Yourself" from 8 Mile, was not performed at the ceremony. Reportedly, ABC asked Eminem to perform an edited version of the rap, but he refused (and did not attend the ceremony nor pick up his Oscar). Excluding Allan Carr's decision not to perform any of the nominated songs in 1989, it was the first time since the Awards were first telecast that the Best Original Song winner was not performed.
· Many thought The Pianist was the best film of the year, yet still more were startled by the win for directing by Roman Polanski, a man who has for years been in exile as a fugitive from American justice for the statutory rape of an underage girl. Martin Scorsese was the first to rise in applause for the brilliant filmmaker and for his work.
· Many in the audience sported a squiggle-shaped pin representing a dove for Peace. When Joan Rivers asked her daughter what they meant, she replied, "Peace." "Every idiot in the world wants peace," Joan complained, adding that, the morning after, the pins would wind up for sale on eBay.
· The Oscar "Family Album" tribute segment included many stars who had not appeared at the previous Oscar "family album" celebration at the 70th Awards show. This time 59 stars attended, including more of the defunct juvenile award winners such as Margaret O'Brien, Hayley Mills, Claude Jarman Jr. and Mickey Rooney.
· The first Oscar show to be aired in High Definition (HD 720p). Picture quality suffered from chroma delay problems, though, which sometimes gave distracting colored outlines.
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