| 75th Academy Awards | ||||
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| Date | Sunday, March 23, 2003 | |||
| Site | Kodak Theatre Hollywood, CA | |||
| Host | Steve Martin | |||
| Highlights | ||||
| Best Picture | Chicago | |||
| Most wins | Chicago (6) | |||
| Most nominations | Chicago (13) | |||
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The 75th Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) took place on March 23, 2003, at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles beginning at 5:30 p.m. PST / 8:30 p.m. EST. During the ceremony, AMPAS presented Academy Awards (commonly referred to as Oscars) in 24 categories honoring films released in 2002. The ceremony, televised in the United States by ABC, was produced by Gil Cates and was directed by Louis J. Horvitz. Actor Steve Martin hosted for the second time, having previously presided over the 73rd Academy Awards ceremony held in 2001. Three weeks earlier in a ceremony at Regent Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills, California held on March 1, 2003, the Academy Awards for Technical Achievement were presented by host Kate Hudson.
Chicago won six awards including Best Picture.[6][7] Other winners included The Pianist with three awards, Frida and The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers with two, and Adaptation, Bowling for Columbine, The ChubbChubbs!, 8 Mile, The Hours, Nowhere in Africa, Road to Perdition, Spirited Away, Talk to Her, This Charming Man, and Twin Towers with one. The telecast garnered about 33 million viewers in the United States, making it the least watched and lowest rated televised Oscar ceremony at the time.
Best Picture
See also: Best Picture
- Winner
- Chicago — Martin Richards
- Nominees
- Gangs of New York — Alberto Grimaldi, Harvey Weinstein
- The Hours — Scott Rudin, Robert Fox
- The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers — Barrie M. Osborne, Fran Walsh, Peter Jackson
- The Pianist — Roman Polanski, Robert Benmussa, Alain Sarde
Best Actor
See also: Best Actor
- Winner
- Adrien Brody — The Pianist
- Nominees
- Nicolas Cage — Adaptation.
- Michael Caine — The Quiet American
- Daniel Day-Lewis — Gangs of New York
- Jack Nicholson — About Schmidt
Best Actress
See also: Best Actress
- Winner
- Nicole Kidman — The Hours
- Nominees
- Salma Hayek — Frida
- Diane Lane — Unfaithful
- Julianne Moore — Far from Heaven
- Renee Zellweger — Chicago
Best Supporting Actor
See also: Best Supporting Actor
- Winner
- Chris Cooper — Adaptation.
- Nominees
- Ed Harris — The Hours
- Paul Newman — Road to Perdition
- John C. Reilly — Chicago
- Christopher Walken — Catch Me If You Can
Best Supporting Actress
See also: Best Supporting Actress
- Winner
- Catherine Zeta-Jones — Chicago
- Nominees
- Kathy Bates — About Schmidt
- Julianne Moore — The Hours
- Queen Latifah — Chicago
- Meryl Streep — Adaptation.
Best Director
See also: Best Director
- Winner
- The Pianist — Roman Polanski
- Nominees
- Chicago — Rob Marshall
- Gangs of New York — Martin Scorsese
- The Hours — Stephen Daldry
- Talk to Her — Pedro Almodóvar
Best Original Screenplay
See also: Best Original Screenplay
- Winner
- Talk to Her — Pedro Almodóvar
- Nominees
- Far from Heaven — Todd Haynes
- Gangs of New York — Jay Cocks, Steven Zaillian, Kenneth Lonergan
- My Big Fat Greek Wedding — Nia Vardalos
- Y Tu Mamá También — Carlos Cuarón, Alfonso Cuarón
Best Adapted Screenplay
See also: Best Adapted Screenplay
- Winner
- The Pianist — Ronald Harwood
- Nominees
- About a Boy — Peter Hedges,Chris Weitz, Paul Weitz
- Adaptation. — Charlie Kaufman
- Chicago — Bill Condon
- The Hours — David Hare
Best Animated Feature
See also: Best Animated Feature
- Winner
- Spirited Away — Hayao Miyazaki
- Nominees
- Ice Age — Chris Wedge
- Lilo & Stitch — Chris Sanders
- Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron — Jeffrey Katzenberg
- Treasure Planet — Ron Clements
Best Documentary Feature
See also: Best Documentary Feature
- Winner
- Bowling for Columbine — Michael Moore, Michael Donovan
- Nominees
- Daughter from Danang — Gail Dolgin, Vicente Franco
- Prisoner of Paradise — Malcolm Clarke, Stuart Sender
- Spellbound — Jeffrey Blitz, Sean Welch
- Winged Migration — Jacques Perrin
Best Documentary Short
See also: Best Documentary Short
- Winner
- Twin Towers — Bill Guttentag, Robert David Port
- Nominees
- The Collector of Bedford Street — Alice Elliott
- Mighty Times: The Legacy of Rosa Parks — Robert Hudson, Bobby Houston
- Why Can't We Be a Family Again? — Roger Weisberg, Murray Nossel
Best Animated Short
See also: Best Animated Short
- Winner
- The ChubbChubbs! — Eric Armstrong
- Nominees
- The Cathedral — Tomek Baginski
- Das Rad — Chris Stenner, Heidi Wittlinger
- Mike's New Car — Pete Docter, Roger Gould
- Mt. Head — Koji Yamamura
Best Live Action Short
See also: Best Live Action Short
- Winner
- This Charming Man (Der Er En Yndig Mand) — Martin Strange-Hansen, Mie Andreasen
- Nominees
- 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, Alexander Buono
Best Art Direction
See also: Best Art Direction
- Winner
- Chicago — John Myhre, Gordon Sim
- Nominees
- Frida — Felipe Fernandez del Paso, Hania Robledo
- Gangs of New York — Dante Ferretti, Francesca Lo Schiavo
- The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers — Grant Major, Dan Hennah, Alan Lee
- Road to Perdition — Dennis Gassner, Nancy Haigh
Best Cinematography
See also: Best Cinematography
- Winner
- Road to Perdition — Conrad L. Hall
- Nominees
- Chicago — Dion Beebe
- Far from Heaven — Edward Lachman
- Gangs of New York — Michael Ballhaus
- The Pianist — Pawel Edelman
Best Costume Design
See also: Best Costume Design
- Winner
- Chicago — Colleen Atwood
- Nominees
- Frida — Julie Weiss
- Gangs of New York — Sandy Powell
- The Hours — Ann Roth
- The Pianist — Anna B. Sheppard
Best Film Editing
See also: Best Film Editing
- Winner
- Chicago — Martin Walsh
- Nominees
- Gangs of New York — Thelma Schoonmaker
- The Hours — Peter Boyle
- The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers — Michael Horton
- The Pianist — Herve de Luze
Best Foreign Language Film
See also: Best Foreign Language Film
- Winner
- Nowhere in Africa from Germany — Caroline Link
- Nominees
- The Crime of Father Amaro from Mexico — Carlos Carrera
- Hero from People's Republic of China — Zhang Yimou
- The Man without a Past from Finland — Aki Kaurismäki
- Zus & Zo from The Netherlands — Paula van der Oest
Best Makeup
See also: Best Makeup
- Winner
- Frida — John Jackson, Beatrice De Alba
- Nominees
- The Time Machine — John M. Elliott, Jr., Barbara Lorenz
Best Original Score
See also: Best Original Score
- Winner
- Frida — Elliot Goldenthal
- Nominees
- Catch Me If You Can — John Williams
- Far from Heaven — Elmer Bernstein
- The Hours — Philip Glass
- Road to Perdition — Thomas Newman
Best Original Song
See also: Best Original Song
- Winner
- "Lose Yourself" from 8 Mile — Eminem, Jeff Bass, Luis Resto
- Nominees
- "Burn it Blue" from Frida — Elliot Goldenthal, Julie Taymor
- "Father and Daughter" from The Wild Thornberrys Movie — Paul Simon
- "The Hands that Built America" from Gangs of New York — U2
- "I Move On" from Chicago — John Kander, Fred Ebb
Best Sound
See also: Best Sound
- Winner
- Chicago — Michael Minkler, Dominick Tavella, David Lee
- Nominees
- Gangs of New York — Tom Fleischman, Eugene Gearty, Ivan Sharrock
- The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers — Christopher Boyes, Michael Semanick, Michael Hedges, Hammond Peek
- Road to Perdition — Scott Millan, Bob Beemer, John Pritchett
- Spider-Man — Kevin O'Connell, Greg P. Russell, Ed Novick
Best Sound Editing
See also: Best Sound Editing
- Winner
- The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers — Ethan Van der Ryn, Mike Hopkins
- Nominees
- Minority Report — Richard Hymns, Gary Rydstrom
- Road to Perdition — Scott A. Hecker
Best Visual Effects
See also: Best Visual Effects
- Winner
- The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers — Jim Rygiel, Joe Letteri, Randall William Cook, Alex Funke
- Nominees
- Spider-Man — John Dykstra, Scott Stokdyk, Anthony LaMolinara, John Frazier
- Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones — Rob Coleman, Pablo Helman, John Knoll, Ben Snow
Honorary Award
- Peter O'Toole "whose remarkable talents have provided cinema history with some of its most memorable characters."