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74th Annual Academy Awards - 2002 Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2001 were presented on Sunday, March 24, 2002, at the Kodak Theatre at Hollywood & Highland in Los Angeles and televised live by the ABC Television Network beginning at 5:30 p.m. (PST). A half-hour arrival segment preceded the presentation ceremony at 5 p.m. Nominations for the Awards were announced February 12, 2002 by Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences President Frank Pierson and Oscar® winner Marcia Gay Harden. Winners are in red text. The 24 major categories are: Picture "A Beautiful Mind" (Universal and DreamWorks) A Universal Pictures and Imagine Entertainment Production, Brian Grazer and Ron Howard - Producers "Gosford Park" (USA Films) A Sandcastle 5 in association with Chicagofilms and Medusa Film Production, Robert Altman, Bob Balaban and David Levy - Producers "In the Bedroom" (Miramax) A Good Machine/GreeneStreet Production , Graham Leader, Ross Katz and Todd Field - Producers "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring" (New Line) A New Line Cinema and Wingnut Films Production, nominees to be determined "Moulin Rouge" (20th Century Fox) A 20th Century Fox Production , Martin Brown, Baz Luhrmann and Fred Baron - Producers   Actor in a Leading Role Russell Crowe in "A Beautiful Mind" (Universal and DreamWorks) Sean Penn in "I Am Sam" (New Line) Will Smith in "Ali" (Sony Pictures Releasing) Denzel Washington in "Training Day" (Warner Bros.) Tom Wilkinson in "In the Bedroom" (Miramax)   Actor in a Supporting Role Jim Broadbent in "Iris" (Miramax) Ethan Hawke in "Training Day" (Warner Bros.) Ben Kingsley in "Sexy Beast" (Fox Searchlight) Ian McKellen in "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring" (New Line) Jon Voight in "Ali" (Sony Pictures Releasing)   Actress in a Leading Role Halle Berry in "Monster's Ball" (Lions Gate) Judi Dench in "Iris" (Miramax) Nicole Kidman in "Moulin Rouge" (20th Century Fox) Sissy Spacek in "In the Bedroom" (Miramax) Rene Zellweger in "Bridget Jones's Diary" (Miramax/Universal/StudioCanal)   Actress in a Supporting Role Jennifer Connelly in "A Beautiful Mind" (Universal and DreamWorks) Helen Mirren in "Gosford Park" (USA Films) Maggie Smith in "Gosford Park" (USA Films) Marisa Tomei in "In the Bedroom" (Miramax) Kate Winslet in "Iris" (Miramax)   Director "A Beautiful Mind" Ron Howard (Universal and DreamWorks) "Black Hawk Down" Ridley Scott (Sony Pictures Releasing) "Gosford Park" Robert Altman (USA Films) "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring" Peter Jackson (New Line) "Mulholland Drive" David Lynch (Universal and StudioCanal)   Animated Feature Film "Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius" nominee to be determined (Paramount and Nickelodeon Movies) "Monsters, Inc." nominee to be determined (Buena Vista) "Shrek" Aron Warner (DreamWorks)   Art Direction "Amelie" Art Direction: Aline Bonetto, Set Decoration: Marie-Laure Valla (Miramax Zoë) "Gosford Park" Art Direction: Stephen Altman, Set Decoration: Anna Pinnock (USA Films) "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" Art Direction: Stuart Craig, Set Decoration: Stephenie McMillan (Warner Bros.) "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring" Art Direction: Grant Major, Set Decoration: Dan Hennah (New Line) "Moulin Rouge" Art Direction: Catherine Martin, Set Decoration: Brigitte Broch (20th Century Fox)   Cinematography "Amelie" Bruno Delbonnel (Miramax Zoë) "Black Hawk Down" Slawomir Idziak (Sony Pictures Releasing) "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring" Andrew Lesnie (New Line) "The Man Who Wasn't There" Roger Deakins (USA Films) "Moulin Rouge" Donald M. McAlpine (20th Century Fox)   Costume Design "The Affair of the Necklace" Milena Canonero (Warner Bros.) "Gosford Park" Jenny Beavan (USA Films) "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" Judianna Makovsky (Warner Bros.) "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring" Ngila Dickson and Richard Taylor (New Line) "Moulin Rouge" Catherine Martin and Angus Strathie (20th Century Fox)   Documentary Feature "Children Underground" A Belzberg Films Production, Edet Belzberg "LaLee's Kin: The Legacy of Cotton" A Maysles Films Inc. Production, Susan Froemke "Murder on a Sunday Morning" A Maha Productions/Path‚ Doc/France 2/HBO Production, Jean-Xavier de Lestrade and Denis Poncet "Promises" A Promises Film Project Production, Justine Shapiro and B.Z. Goldberg "War Photographer" (Films Transit) A Christian Frei Filmproductions, Christian Frei   Documentary Short Subject "Artists and Orphans: A True Drama" A Not by Chance Production, Lianne Klapper McNally "Sing!" A KCET/Hollywood and American Film Foundation Production, Freida Lee Mock and Jessica Sanders "Thoth" An Amateur Rabbit Production, Sarah Kernochan and Lynn Appelle   Film Editing "A Beautiful Mind" Mike Hill and Dan Hanley (Universal and DreamWorks) "Black Hawk Down" Pietro Scalia (Sony Pictures Releasing) "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring" John Gilbert (New Line) "Memento" Dody Dorn (Newmarket Films) "Moulin Rouge" Jill Bilcock (20th Century Fox)   Foreign Language Film "Amelie" A UGC Images Production, France "Elling" A Maipo Film and TV Production, Norway "Lagaan" An Aamir Khan Productions Pvt. Ltd. Production, India "No Man's Land" A No‚ Productions/Fabrica Cinema/Man's Films/Counihan Villiers Productions/Studio, Maj/Casablanca Production, Bosnia & Herzegovina "Son of the Bride" A Pol-ka Producci¢nes/Patagonik Film Group/Jempsa/Tornasol Films Production, Argentina   Makeup "A Beautiful Mind" Greg Cannom and Colleen Callaghan (Universal and DreamWorks) "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring" Peter Owen and Richard Taylor (New Line) "Moulin Rouge" Maurizio Silvi and Aldo Signoretti (20th Century Fox)   Original Score "A.I. Artificial Intelligence" John Williams (Warner Bros.) "A Beautiful Mind" James Horner (Universal and DreamWorks) "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" John Williams (Warner Bros.) "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring" Howard Shore (New Line) "Monsters, Inc." Randy Newman (Buena Vista)   Original Song "If I Didn't Have You" from "Monsters, Inc." (Buena Vista) Music and Lyric by Randy Newman "May It Be" from "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring" (New Line) Music and Lyric by Enya, Nicky Ryan and Roma Ryan "There You'll Be" from "Pearl Harbor" (Buena Vista) Music and Lyric by Diane Warren "Until" from "Kate & Leopold" (Miramax) Music and Lyric by Sting "Vanilla Sky" from "Vanilla Sky" (Paramount) Music and Lyric by Paul McCartney   Short Film - Animated "Fifty Percent Grey" A Zanita Films Production, Ruairi Robinson and Seamus Byrne "For the Birds" A Pixar Animation Studios Production, Ralph Eggleston "Give Up Yer Aul Sins" An Irish Film Board/Radio Telefis Eireann/Arts Council/Brown Bag Films Production, Cathal Gaffney and Darragh O'Connell "Strange Invaders" A National Film Board of Canada Production, Cordell Barker "Stubble Trouble" A Calabash Animation Production, Joseph E. Merideth   Short Film - Live Action "The Accountant" A Ginny Mule Pictures Production, Ray McKinnon and Lisa Blount "Copy Shop" A Virgil Widrich/Multimediaproduktions G.m.b.H. Production, Virgil Widrich "Gregor's Greatest Invention" A Südwest Film Filmproduktion, Johannes Kiefer "A Man Thing (Meska Sprawa)" A Polish National Film School Production, Slawomir Fabicki and Bogumil Godfrejow "Speed for Thespians" A Lester Films Ltd. Production, Kalman Apple and Shameela Bakhsh   Sound "Amelie" Vincent Arnardi, Guillaume Leriche and Jean Umansky (Miramax Zoë) "Black Hawk Down" Mike Minkler, Myron Nettinga and Chris Munro (Sony Pictures Releasing) "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring" Christopher Boyes, Michael Semanick, Gethin Creagh and Hammond Peek (New Line) "Moulin Rouge" Andy Nelson, Anna Behlmer, Roger Savage and Guntis Sics (20th Century Fox) "Pearl Harbor" Kevin O'Connell, Greg P. Russell and Peter J. Devlin (Buena Vista)   Sound Editing "Monsters, Inc." Gary Rydstrom and Michael Silvers (Buena Vista) "Pearl Harbor" George Watters II and Christopher Boyes (Buena Vista)   Visual Effects "A.I. Artificial Intelligence" Dennis Muren, Scott Farrar, Stan Winston and Michael Lantieri (Warner Bros.) "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring" Jim Rygiel, Randall William Cook, Richard Taylor and Mark Stetson (New Line) "Pearl Harbor" Eric Brevig, John Frazier, Ed Hirsh and Ben Snow (Buena Vista)   Screenplay - based on material previously produced or published "A Beautiful Mind" Written by Akiva Goldsman (Universal and DreamWorks) "Ghost World" Written by Daniel Clowes & Terry Zwigoff (United Artists through MGM) "In the Bedroom" Screenplay by Rob Festinger and Todd Field (Miramax) "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring" Screenplay by Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens, Peter Jackson (New Line) "Shrek" Written by Ted Elliott & Terry Rossio and Joe Stillman and Roger S.H. Schulman (DreamWorks)   Screenplay - written directly for the screen "Amelie" Screenplay by Guillaume Laurant and Jean-Pierre Jeunet, Dialogue by Guillaume Laurant (Miramax Zoë) "Gosford Park" Written by Julian Fellowes (USA Films) "Memento" Screenplay by Christopher Nolan, Story by Jonathan Nolan (Newmarket Films) "Monster's Ball" Written by Milo Addica & Will Rokos (Lions Gate) "The Royal Tenenbaums" Written by Wes Anderson & Owen Wilson (Buena Vista) Previously announced winners this year: Jean Hersholt Humanitarian - Arthur Hiller Director Arthur Hiller has been voted the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award by the Board of Governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. The award, an Oscar statuette, was presented during the 74th Academy Awards ceremony on March 24. The Hersholt Award is given to an individual in the motion picture industry whose humanitarian efforts have brought credit to the industry. "The board was persuaded not by Hiller's participation in a single cause, but by the wide diversity of his charitable and educational interests," Pierson said. "In a long and productive career as a director and producer, Arthur has been extraordinarily generous with his time, a most precious commodity in the hell-for-leather pace of motion picture making. His activities extend far beyond the community of film to the society at large." Hiller has been involved with such charitable organizations as the Motion Picture and Television Fund, KCET, Amnesty International, Inner City Filmmakers, the Los Angeles Central Library's reading program, the Deaf Arts Council, the Anti-Defamation League, Los Angeles County Museum programs on film and television, Humanitas, the Streisand Centre at UCLA and the Venice Family Clinic. Hiller is a frequent participant in classes and workshops at universities, festivals and other organizations in the United States and abroad. Hiller was nominated for an Academy Award in 1970 for directing "Love Story," and served as Academy President from 1993 through 1997. Hiller's other film credits include "The Americanization of Emily," "The Out-of-Towners," "Plaza Suite," "Man of La Mancha," "The Hospital," "The In-Laws," "Silver Streak," "Author! Author!," "Outrageous Fortune" and "The Man in the Glass Booth." Hiller's career spans many years and several media. It began in Canadian radio and moved into television in 1954 when he started directing for CBC Television. Shortly after, he was brought to the United States by Matinee Theatre and worked on many other prestigious television series such as "Playhouse 90," "Alfred Hitchcock Presents," "Gunsmoke" and "Naked City." Honorary - Robert Redford Actor Robert Redford has been chosen to receive an Honorary Award by the Board of Governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. The award, an Oscar statuette, was presented during the 74th Academy Awards ceremony on March 24. The citation will read: "Robert Redford - Actor, Director, Producer, Creator of Sundance, inspiration to independent and innovative filmmakers everywhere." "Bob's dedication to independent filmmaking has had an enormously positive impact on the motion picture industry since he created Sundance 20 years ago, and young filmmakers for years to come will continue to benefit from the training that his institute provides and the world-class showcase that his festival offers," said Academy President Frank Pierson. Since his acting debut in the 1962 drama "War Hunt," Redford has appeared in more than 35 films including "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid," "The Way We Were," "All the President's Men" and "The Sting," for which he received an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor in 1973. After gaining success as an actor, Redford tried his hand at directing and won an Academy Award in his directorial debut for the film "Ordinary People" in 1980. He received two nominations in 1994 for directing and producing Best Picture nominee "Quiz Show." Honorary Awards, in the form of Oscar® statuettes, are given by the Academy for "exceptional distinction in the making of motion pictures or for outstanding service to the Academy." Previous recipients include Ernest Lehman, Stanley Donen, Deborah Kerr, Federico Fellini, Ralph Bellamy, Michael Kidd, Alex North and Hal Roach. Honorary - Sidney Poitier Actor Sidney Poitier has been voted an Honorary Award by the Board of Governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. The award, an Oscar statuette, was presented during the 74th Academy Awards ceremony on March 24. The award, an Oscar® statuette, is being given to Poitier "for his extraordinary performances and unique presence on the screen, and for representing the motion picture industry with dignity, style and intelligence throughout the world." "When the Academy honors Sidney Poitier," Pierson said, "it honors itself even more." In a career that has spanned more than 50 years, Poitier has been nominated for two leading actor Oscars®, in 1958 for his role in "The Defiant Ones," and in 1963 for "Lilies of the Field," for which he won the statuette. He has appeared in over 40 films since 1949, including such classics as "Blackboard Jungle," "To Sir, with Love," "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner," "A Raisin in the Sun" and "In the Heat of the Night." So many governors made comments seconding Poitier's nomination that it took Actors Branch Governor Tom Hanks' remark - "When I was a young actor, I worked as a bellboy. I carried Mr. Poitier's bags once, and he tipped me five bucks!" - to finally bring the proposal to a vote. Academy rules state that Honorary Awards, in the form of Oscar statuettes, may be given for "exceptional distinction in the making of motion pictures or for outstanding service to the Academy." Previous recipients include Paul Newman, Satyajit Ray, Michelangelo Antonioni, Akira Kurosawa, Sophia Loren, Walter Lantz, James Stewart and Henry Fonda. Gordon E. Sawyer - Edmund M. Di Giulio Edmund M. Di Giulio, one of the industry's foremost engineering minds, has been voted the Gordon E. Sawyer Award by the Board of Governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. The Award, an Oscar statuette, was presented at the Scientific and Technical Awards Dinner on Saturday, March 2, at the Regent Beverly Wilshire Hotel. Established in 1981, the Sawyer Award is "presented to an individual in the motion picture industry whose technological contributions have brought credit to the industry." Di Giulio is the 16th recipient. Perhaps best known for his part in the engineering and development of the Steadicam, Di Giulio has been active on various Academy subcommittees for many years and chaired the Academy's Scientific and Technical Awards Committee for five years. "In my opinion, Ed is something of an engineering statesman, and someone one could always call on for advice and guidance," said Richard Edlund, current chair of the Scientific and Technical Awards Committee. "We could think of no one who more deserves the Sawyer Award than he does." To this point in his career, Di Giulio has received four Sci-Tech Awards, which he shares with several other people. While at Mitchell Camera Corporation in the early sixties, he developed the company's first reflex camera - the Mark II - and in 1968, he received the Scientific and Engineering Award for the important design and application of a conversion that made it possible to change over most of the industry's existing sound cameras to reflex viewing. In 1992, he received another Scientific and Engineering Award for the camera system design of the CP-65 Showscan Camera System for 65mm motion picture cinematography. In 1998, Di Giulio received a Technical Achievement Award for the design of the KeyKode Sync Reader. The next year, Di Giulio received the John A. Bonner Medal of Commendation, awarded for "outstanding service and dedication in upholding the high standards of the Academy." Di Giulio has authored a number of influential scientific papers and is a well-known lecturer who has appeared at technical conferences and symposia both in the United States and around the world. An Academy member since 1966, Di Giulio is also fellow of the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE), and holds more than a dozen patents in computer and cinema technology. John A. Bonner Medal of Commendation - Ray Feeney The Board of Governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has awarded Ray Feeney the John A. Bonner Medal of Commendation. The medal was presented during the Scientific and Technical Awards presentation dinner on Saturday, March 2. Feeney will receive the Bonner Medal for his pioneering efforts to improve visual effects in the motion picture industry. Since the mid-70's, Feeney has worked to provide leading-edge scientific and engineering solutions to the film industry. The new technologies offered by Feeney and RFX, Inc., the company he founded in 1978, have served as the catalysts to produce ground-breaking visual effects for both feature films and television. In conjunction with leading filmmakers and software engineers, Feeney also founded Silicon Grail, a company that develops digital compositing software to more efficiently create visual effects for feature films. "Ray Feeney has played a leading role in the motion picture industry by working to improve upon current technologies. He has played a pivotal role in the field of visual effects and is truly deserving of the Bonner Medal," said Richard Edlund, chair of the Scientific and Technical Awards Committee. No stranger to Academy recognition, Feeney has won four Scientific and Engineering Awards from the Academy during his illustrious career: in 1988, for developing one of the first motion control camera systems; in 1991, for his work on the Solitaire Film Recorder; and in 1994, honoring his development of film input scanners and the Cinefusion bluescreen extraction technology. Named in honor of the late director of special projects at Warner Hollywood Studios, the Bonner Medal is awarded for outstanding service and dedication in upholding the high standards of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Academy Awards for Scientific and Technical Achievements of 2001 were presented at a gala black tie dinner at the Regent Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills. The Academy Awards and Oscar are registered trademarks owned by The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

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