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81st Academy Awards

81st Academy Awards

Nominees and winners

Winners of major awards


This is a breakdown of winners of major awards categories only. For a complete list of nominees and winners, see 81st Academy Awards nominees and winners.

Feature films

Award

Winner

Producer

Best Picture

Slumdog Millionaire

Christian Colson

Best Foreign Language Film

Departures – Japan

Yojiro Takita

Best Documentary Feature

Man on Wire

Simon Chinn

Best Animated Feature

WALL·E

Andrew Stanton

Directing

Award

Winner

Film

Best Director

Danny Boyle

Slumdog Millionaire

Acting

Award

Winner

Film

Best Actor in a Leading Role

Sean Penn

Milk

Best Actress in a Leading Role

Kate Winslet

The Reader

Best Actor in a Supporting Role

Heath Ledger

The Dark Knight

Best Actress in a Supporting Role

Penélope Cruz

Vicky Cristina Barcelona

Writing

Award

Winner

Film

Best Writing - Original Screenplay

Dustin Lance Black

Milk

Best Writing - Adapted Screenplay

Simon Beaufoy

Slumdog Millionaire

Special honors

Award

Winner

Field

Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award

Jerry Lewis

Comedic film and humanitarian work

Multiple nominations and awards

The following 15 films received multiple nominations.

  • 13 nominations: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
  • 10 nominations: Slumdog Millionaire
  • 8 nominations: The Dark Knight and Milk
  • 6 nominations: WALL-E
  • 5 nominations: Doubt, Frost/Nixon, and The Reader
  • 3 nominations: Changeling and Revolutionary Road
  • 2 nominations: The Duchess, Frozen River, Iron Man, Wanted, and The Wrestler


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