Performance by an actor in a leading role
*Adrien Brody in The Pianist (Focus Features)
Nicolas Cage in Adaptation (Sony Pictures Releasing)
Michael Caine in The Quiet American (Miramax and Intermedia)
Daniel Day-Lewis in Gangs Of New York (Miramax)
Jack Nicholson in About Schmidt (New Line)

Adapted screenplay
About A Boy (Universal) Screenplay by Peter Hedges, Chris Weitz, Paul Weitz
Adaptation (Sony Pictures Releasing) Screenplay by Charlie Kaufman, Donald Kaufman
Chicago (Miramax) Screenplay by Bill Condon
The Hours (Paramount and Miramax) Screenplay by David Hare
*The Pianist (Focus Features) Screenplay by Ronald Harwood

Best live action short film
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 and Alexander Buono
*This Charming Man (Der Er En Yndig Mand) - Martin Strange-Hansen, Mie Andreasen

Best 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

ACADEMY AWARD OF MERIT (Oscar 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 Plaque)
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. Through a procedural building-block process, the Houdini software is used to simulate natural phenomena using particle effects and complex three-dimensional models.
To Leslie Gutierrez, Diane Kestner, James Merrill and David Niklewicz for the design and development of the Kodak Vision Premier Color Print Film, 2393. This film stock provides filmmakers with enhanced color saturation, higher contrast and darker blacks, producing a bold, colorful "look" on the theater screen.
To Dedo Weigert for the concept, Chin Depu for the optical calculations, and Franz Petters for the mechanical construction of the Dedolight 400D. This uniquely designed set light provides superior performance, reliability and ease of use. Combined with its excellent array of accessories, the Dedolight 400D is an outstanding engineering achievement.

TECHNICAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS (Academy Certificates)
To Dick Walsh for the development of the PDI/ Dreamworks Facial Animation System. This effective software simulation system is used to create and control natural, expressive, highly-nuanced facial animation on a wide range of computer-generated characters.
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. Mental Ray is a highly programmable computer-graphics renderer incorporating ray tracing and global illumination to realistically simulate the behavior of light in computer-generated imagery.
To Eric Daniels, George Katanics, Tasso Lappas and Chris Springfield for the development of the Deep Canvas rendering software. The Deep Canvas software program captures the original brush strokes of the traditional background artist to render elements in three dimensions for animated films.
To Jim Songer for his contributions to the technical development of video-assist in the motion picture industry. The work of Jim Songer from 1968 through 1973 led directly to the more widespread acceptance 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. These helium-filled balloons with internal arrangements for tungsten halogen and HMI light sources are usable indoors or out, quick to set up, require essentially no rigging and provide a soft light that can cover a very large area.
To Rawden Hayne and Robert W. Jeffs of Leelium Tubelite for their contributions to the development of internally lit balloons for motion picture lighting. These helium-filled balloons with internal arrangements for tungsten halogen and HMI light sources are usable indoors or out, quick to set up, require essentially no rigging and provide a soft light that can cover a very large area.