Best Picture of the Year
 THE AVIATOR [11, 5 (most for a film this year)]: A Forward Pass/Appian Way /IMF Production; Miramax, Initial Entertainment Group and Warner Bros. Michael Mann & Graham King, producers
 FINDING NEVERLAND [7, 1]: Film Colony; Miramax. Richard N. Gladstein and Nellie Bellflower, producers.
 MILLION DOLLAR BABY [7, 4]: Warner Bros. Clint Eastwood, Albert S. Ruddy & Tom Rosenberg, producers
 RAY [6, 2]: A Universal Pictures/Bristol Bay Production; Universal. Taylor Hackford, Howard Baldwin & Stuart Benjamin, producers.
 SIDEWAYS [5, 1]: A Sideways Productions, Inc. Production; Fox Searchlight/20th Century-Fox. Michael London, producer.

Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
 Don Cheadle in HOTEL RWANDA [3, 0]
 Johnny Depp in FINDING NEVERLAND
 Leonardo DiCaprio in THE AVIATOR
 Clint Eastwood in MILLION DOLLAR BABY
 Jamie Foxx in RAY

Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
 Annette Bening in BEING JULIA [1, 0]
 Catalina Sandino Moreno in MARIA FULL OF GRACE [1, 0]
 Imelda Staunton in VERA DRAKE [3, 0]
 Hilary Swank in MILLION DOLLAR BABY
 Kate Winslet in ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND [2, 1]

Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role
 Alan Alda in THE AVIATOR
 Thomas Haden Church in SIDEWAYS
 Jamie Foxx in COLLATERAL [2, 0]
 Morgan Freeman in MILLION DOLLAR BABY
 Clive Owen in CLOSER [2, 0]

Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
 Cate Blanchett in THE AVIATOR
 Laura Linney in KINSEY [1, 0]
 Virginia Madsen in SIDEWAYS
 Sophie Okonedo in HOTEL RWANDA
 Natalie Portman in CLOSER

Achievement in Direction
  Clint Eastwood for MILLION DOLLAR BABY
  Taylor Hackford for RAY
  Mike Leigh for VERA DRAKE
  Alexander Payne for SIDEWAYS
  Martin Scorsese for THE AVIATOR

Achievement in Writing: Original Screenplay
 THE AVIATOR - John Logan
 ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND - Screenplay by Charlie Kaufman; story by Charlie Kaufman, Michel Gondry & Pierre Bismuth
 HOTEL RWANDA - Keir Pearson & Terry George
 THE INCREDIBLES [4, 2]- Brad Bird
 VERA DRAKE - Mike Leigh

Achievement in Writing: Adapted Screenplay
 BEFORE SUNSET [1, 0] - Screenplay by Richard Linklater, Julie Delpy & Ethan Hawke; story by Richard Linklater & Kim Krizan
 DIARIOS DE MOTOCICLETA [2, 1] - José Rivera
 FINDING NEVERLAND - David Magee
 MILLION DOLLAR BABY - Paul Haggis
 SIDEWAYS - Alexander Payne & Jim Taylor

Achievement in Animated Feature Films
 THE INCREDIBLES: Brad Bird, director; (John Walker, producer at Pixar/Disney)
 SHARK TALE [1, 0]: Bill Damaschke, director and producer (w. Janet Healy & Allison Lyon Segan, producers at DreamWorks SKG)
 SHREK 2 [2, 0]: Andrew Adamson, director; David Lipman, Aron Warner & John H. Williams, producers at DreamWorks SKG.

Achievement in 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 [4, 1] - Rick Heinrichs, art direction; Cheryl A. Carasik, set decoration
 UN LONG DIMANCHE DE FIANÇAILLES [2, 0] - Aline Bonetto, art direction
 THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA [3, 0] - Anthony Pratt, art direction; Celia Bobak, set decoration

Achievement in Cinematography
 THE AVIATOR - Robert Richardson
 HOUSE OF FLYING DAGGERS [1, 0] - Zhao Xiaoding
 UN LONG DIMANCHE DE FIANÇAILLES - Bruno Delbonnel
 THE PASSION OF THE CHRIST [3, 0] - Caleb Deschanel
 THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA - John Mathieson

Achievement in Costume Design
 THE AVIATOR - Sandy Powell
 FINDING NEVERLAND - Alexandra Byrne
 LEMONY SNICKET'S A SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE EVENTS - Colleen Atwood
 RAY - Sharen Davis
 TROY [1, 0] - Bob Ringwood

Achievement in Documentary Features
 BORN INTO BROTHELS: CALCUTTA'S RED LIGHT KIDS [1, 1] - Ross Kauffman and Zana Briski, producers
 DIE GESCHICHTE VOM WEINENDEN KAMEL (THE STORY OF THE WEEPING CAMEL) [1, 0] - Luigi Falorni and Byambasuren Davaa, producers
 SUPER SIZE ME [1, 0] - Morgan Spurlock, producer
 TUPAC: RESURRECTION [1, 0] - Lauren Lazin and Karolyn Ali, producers
 TWIST OF FAITH [1, 0] - Kirby Dick and Eddie Schmidt, producers

Achievement in Documentary Short Subjects
 AUTISM IS A WORLD [1, 0] - Gerardine Wurzburg, producer
 THE CHILDREN OF LENINGRADSKY [1, 0] - Hanna Polak and Andrzej Celinski, producers
 HARDWOOD [1, 0] - Hubert Davis and Erin Faith Young, producers
 MIGHTY TIMES: THE CHILDREN'S MARCH [1, 1] - Robert Hudson and Bobby Houston, producers
 SISTER ROSE'S PASSION [1, 0] - Oren Jacoby and Steve Kalafer, producers

Achievement in Film Editing
 THE AVIATOR - Thelma Schoonmaker
 COLLATERAL - Jim Miller and Paul Rubell
 FINDING NEVERLAND - Matt Chesse
 MILLION DOLLAR BABY - Joel Cox
 RAY - Paul Hirsch

Best Foreign Language Film of the Year
 SÅ SOM I HIMMELEN (AS IT IS IN HEAVEN, Sweden - Directed by Kay Pollak) [1, 0]
 LES CHORISTES (THE CHORUS, France - Directed by Christophe Barratier) [2, 0]
 DER UNTERGANG (THE DOWNFALL, Germany - Directed by Oliver Hirschbiegel) [1, 0]
 MAR ADENTRO (THE SEA INSIDE, Spain - Directed by Alejandro Amenábar) [2, 1]
 YESTERDAY (South Africa - Directed by Darrell Roodt) [1, 0]

Achievement in Makeup
 LEMONY SNICKET'S A SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE EVENTS - Valli O'Reilly and Bill Corso
 MAR ADENTRO - Jo Allen and Manuel (Manolo) García
 THE PASSION OF THE CHRIST - Keith Vanderlaan and Christien Tinsley

Achievement in Music: Original Score
 FINDING NEVERLAND: Jan A. P. Kaczmarek
 HARRY POTTER AND THE PRISONER OF AZKABAN [2, 0]: John Williams
 LEMONY SNICKET'S A SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE EVENTS: Thomas Newman
 THE PASSION OF THE CHRIST: John Debney
 THE VILLAGE [1, 0]: James Newton Howard

Achievement in Music: Original Song
 "Accidentally In Love" - SHREK 2 - Music by Adam Duritz, Charles Gillingham, Jim Bogios, David Immergluck, Matthew Mallery and David Bryson; Lyric by Adam Duritz and Daniel Vickrey
 "Al Otro Lado Del Río" - THE MOTORCYCLE DIARIES - Music & Lyric by Jorge Drexler
 "Believe" - THE POLAR EXPRESS [3, 0] - Music & Lyric by Glen Ballard and Alan Silvestri
 "Learn To Be Lonely" - THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA - Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber; Lyric by Charles Hart
 "Look To Your Path (Vois Sur Ton Chemin)" - LES CHORISTES - Music by Bruno Coulais; Lyric by Christophe Barratier

Achievement in Animated Short Films
 BIRTHDAY BOY [1, 0]: Sejong Park and Andrew Gregory, producers
 GOPHER BROKE [1, 0]: Jeff Fowler and Tim Miller, producers
 GUARD DOG [1, 0]: Bill Plympton, producer
 LORENZO [1, 0]: Mike Gabriel and Baker Bloodworth, producers
 RYAN [1, 1]: Chris Landreth, producer

Achievement in Live Action Short Films
 EVERYTHING IN THIS COUNTRY MUST [1, 0]: Gary McKendry, director
 LITTLE TERRORIST [1, 0]: Ashvin Kumar, director
 7:35 DE LA MAÑANA (7:35 IN THE MORNING) [1, 0]: Nacho Vigalondo, director
 TWO CARS, ONE NIGHT [1, 0]: Taika Waikiki,director; Ainsley Gardiner, producer
 WASP [1, 1]: Andrea Arnold, director

Achievement in Sound Editing
 THE INCREDIBLES: Michael Silvers and Randy Thom
 THE POLAR EXPRESS: Randy Thom and Dennis Leonard
 SPIDER-MAN 2 [3, 1]: Paul N.J. Ottosson

Achievement in Sound Mixing
 THE AVIATOR: Tom Fleischman & Petur Hliddal
 THE INCREDIBLES: Randy Thom, Gary A. Rizzo and Doc Kane
 THE POLAR EXPRESS: Randy Thom, Tom Johnson, Dennis Sands and William B. Kaplan
 RAY: Scott Millan, Greg Orloff, Bob Beemer and Steve Cantamessa
 SPIDER-MAN 2: Kevin O'Connell, Greg P. Russell, Jeffrey J. Haboush and Joseph Geisinger

Achievement in Visual Effects
 HARRY POTTER AND THE PRISONER OF AZKABAN: Roger Guyett, Tim Burke, John Richardson and Bill George
 I, ROBOT [1, 0]: John Nelson, Andrew R. Jones, Erik Nash and Joe Letteri
 SPIDER-MAN 2: John Dykstra, Scott Stokdyk, Anthony LaMolinara and John Frazier

Scientific and Technical Awards

Academy Award of Merit (Statuette):
 To Horst Burbulla for the invention and development of the Technocrane telescoping camera crane.
 To Jean-Marie Lavalou, Alain Masseron and David Samuelson for the development of the Louma Camera Crane and a remote control system for its operation.

Scientific and Engineering Awards (Academy Plaques):
 To Gyula Mester (electronic systems design) and Keith Edwards (mechanical engineering) for their significant contributions to and continuing development of the Technocrane telescoping camera crane.
 To Lindsay Arnold, Guy Griffiths, David Hodson, Charlie Lawrence and David Mann for their development of the Cineon Digital Film Workstation.

Technical Achievement Awards (Academy Certificates):
 To Greg Cannom and Wesley Wofford for the development of their special modified silicone material for makeup applications used in motion pictures.
 To Jerry Cotts for the original concept and design and Anthony Seaman for the engineering of the Satellight-X HMI Softlight.
 To Steven E. Boze for the design and implementation of the DNF 001 multi-band digital audio noise suppressor.
 To Dr. Christopher Hicks and Dave Betts for the design and implementation of the Cedar DNS 1000 multi-band digital audio noise suppressor.
 To Nelson Tyler for the development of the Tyler Gyroplatform boat mount stablizing device for motion picture photography.
 To Dr. Julian Morris, Michael Birch, Dr. Paul Smyth and Paul Tate for the development of the Vicon motion capture technology.
 To Dr. John O. B. Greaves, Ned Phipps, Antonie J. van den Bogert and William Hayes for the development of the Motion Analysis motion capture technology.
 To Dr. Nels Madsen, Vaughn Cato, Matthew Madden and Bill Lorton for the development of the Giant Studios motion capture technology.
 To Alan Kapler for the design and development of Storm®, a software toolkit for artistic control of volumetric effects.

Testimonial Awards

Honorary Award (Statuette):
 Sidney Lumet: For "brilliant services to screenwriters, performers and the art of the motion picture."

Award of Commendation (Plaque):
 Arthur Widmer, developer of the Ultra Violet and "bluescreen" compositing processes.

Gordon E. Sawyer Award (Statuette):
 Takuo Miyagishima, leading design engineer at Panavision.

Irving G. Thalberg Award: No Award presented for 2004