| 79th Academy Awards | ||||
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| Date | Sunday, February 25, 2007 | |||
| Site | Kodak Theatre Hollywood, CA | |||
| Host | Ellen DeGeneres | |||
| Highlights | ||||
| Best Picture | The Departed | |||
| Most wins | The Departed (4) | |||
| Most nominations | Dreamgirls (8) | |||
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The 79th Academy Awards honored the best films of 2006 and took place on February 25, 2007 at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood on ABC. Ellen DeGeneres hosted the ceremony for the first time.
The nominees were announced on January 23 at 5:38 a.m. PST by Academy president Sid Ganis and actress Salma Hayek, at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in the Academy's Beverly Hills headquarters. Bolstered by three nominations for Best Original Song, the musical Dreamgirls received eight nominations, becoming the first film ever to receive the most nominations in a particular Academy Awards ceremony without being nominated for Best Picture. Babel received the second highest number of nominations with seven.
The Departed was the evening's biggest winner, taking home four awards including Best Picture, and a long awaited Best Director award for Martin Scorsese. For the second consecutive year, both acting awards for leading roles went to performers portraying real people.
On February 10, 2007, in a ceremony at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills, California, the Academy Awards for Technical Achievement were presented by host Maggie Gyllenhaal.
Best Picture[]
See also: Best Picture
- Winner
- The Departed — Graham King, producer
- Nominees
- Babel — Alejandro González Iñárritu, Jon Kilik and Steve Golin, producers
- Letters from Iwo Jima — Clint Eastwood, Steven Spielberg and Robert Lorenz, producers
- Little Miss Sunshine — David T. Friendly, Peter Saraf and Marc Turtletaub, producers
- The Queen — Andy Harries, Christine Langan and Tracey Seaward, producers
Best Actor[]
See also: Best Actor
- Winner
- Forest Whitaker — The Last King of Scotland
- Nominees
- Leonardo DiCaprio — Blood Diamond
- Ryan Gosling — Half Nelson
- Peter O'Toole — Venus
- Will Smith — The Pursuit of Happyness
Best Actress[]
See also: Best Actress
- Winner
- Helen Mirren — The Queen
- Nominees
- Penélope Cruz — Volver
- Judi Dench — Notes on a Scandal
- Meryl Streep — The Devil Wears Prada
- Kate Winslet — Little Children
Best Director[]
See also: Best Director
- Winner
- The Departed — Martin Scorsese
- Nominees
- Babel — Alejandro González Iñárritu
- Letters from Iwo Jima — Clint Eastwood
- The Queen — Stephen Frears
- United 93 — Paul Greengrass
Best Supporting Actor[]
See also: Best Supporting Actor
- Winner
- Alan Arkin — Little Miss Sunshine
- Nominees
- Jackie Earle Haley — Little Children
- Djimon Hounsou — Blood Diamond
- Eddie Murphy — Dreamgirls
- Mark Wahlberg — The Departed
Best Supporting Actress[]
See also: Best Supporting Actress
- Winner
- Jennifer Hudson — Dreamgirls
- Nominees
- Adriana Barraza — Babel
- Cate Blanchett — Notes on a Scandal
- Abigail Breslin — Little Miss Sunshine
- Rinko Kikuchi — Babel
Best Adapted Screenplay[]
See also: Best Adapted Screenplay
- Winner
- The Departed — Screenplay by William Monahan
- Nominees
- Borat Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan — Screenplay by Sacha Baron Cohen, Anthony Hines, Peter Baynham and Dan Mazer; Story by Sacha Baron Cohen, Peter Baynham, Anthony Hines and Todd Phillips
- Children of Men — Screenplay by Alfonso Cuarón, Timothy J. Sexton, David Arata, Mark Fergus and Hawk Ostby
- Little Children — Screenplay by Todd Field and Tom Perrotta
- Notes on a Scandal — Screenplay by Patrick Marber
Best Original Screenplay[]
See also: Best Original Screenplay
- Winner
- Little Miss Sunshine — Written by Michael Arndt
- Nominees
- Babel — Written by Guillermo Arriaga
- Letters from Iwo Jima — Screenplay by Iris Yamashita; Story by Iris Yamashita and Paul Haggis
- Pan's Labyrinth — Written by Guillermo del Toro
- The Queen — Written by Peter Morgan
Best Animated Feature[]
See also: Best Animated Feature
- Winner
- Happy Feet — George Miller
- Nominees
- Cars — John Lasseter
- Monster House — Gil Kenan
Best Art Direction[]
See also: Best Art Direction
- Winner
- Pan's Labyrinth — Art Direction: Eugenio Caballero; Set Decoration: Pilar Revuelta
- Nominees
- Dreamgirls — Art Direction: John Myhre; Set Decoration: Nancy Haigh
- The Good Shepherd — Art Direction: Jeannine Oppewall; Set Decoration: Gretchen Rau and Leslie E. Rollins
- Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest — Art Direction: Rick Heinrichs; Set Decoration: Cheryl Carasik
- The Prestige — Art Direction: Nathan Crowley; Set Decoration: Julie Ochipinti
Best Cinematography[]
See also: Best Cinematography
- Winner
- Pan's Labyrinth — Guillermo Navarro
- Nominees
- The Black Dahlia — Vilmos Zsigmond
- Children of Men — Emmanuel Lubezki
- The Illusionist — Dick Pope
- The Prestige — Wally Pfister
Best Costume Design[]
See also: Best Costume Design
- Winner
- Marie Antoinette (2006) — Milena Canonero
- Nominees
- Curse of the Golden Flower — Yee Chung Man
- The Devil Wears Prada — Patricia Field
- Dreamgirls — Sharen Davis
- The Queen — Consolata Boyle
Best Documentary Feature[]
See also: Best Documentary Feature
- Winner
- An Inconvenient Truth — Davis Guggenheim
- Nominees
- Deliver Us from Evil — Amy Berg and Frank Donner
- Iraq in Fragments — James Longley and John Sinno
- Jesus Camp — Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady
- My Country, My Country — Laura Poitras and Jocelyn Glatzer
Best Documentary Short[]
See also: Best Documentary Short
- Winner
- The Blood of Yingzhou District — Ruby Yang and Thomas Lennon
- Nominees
- Recycled Life — Leslie Iwerks and Mike Glad
- Rehearsing a Dream — Karen Goodman and Kirk Simon
- Two Hands — Nathaniel Kahn and Susan R. Behr
Best Film Editing[]
See also: Best Film Editing
- Winner
- The Departed — Thelma Schoonmaker
- Nominees
- Babel — Stephen Mirrione and Douglas Crise
- Blood Diamond — Steven Rosenblum
- Children of Men — Alex Rodriguez and Alfonso Cuarón
- United 93 — Clare Douglas, Christopher Rouse and Richard Pearson
Best Foreign Language Film[]
See also: Best Foreign Language Film
- Winner
- The Lives of Others from Germany — Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
- Nominees
- After the Wedding from Denmark — Susanne Bier
- Days of Glory (Indigènes) from Algeria — Rachid Bouchareb
- Pan's Labyrinth from Mexico — Guillermo del Toro
- Water from Canada — Deepa Mehta
Best Makeup[]
See also: Best Makeup
- Winner
- Pan's Labyrinth — David Martí and Montse Ribé
- Nominees
- Apocalypto — Aldo Signoretti and Vittorio Sodano
- Click — Kazuhiro Tsuji and Bill Corso
Best Original Score[]
See also: Best Original Score
- Winner
- Babel — Gustavo Santaolalla
- Nominees
- The Good German — Thomas Newman
- Notes on a Scandal — Philip Glass
- Pan's Labyrinth — Javier Navarrete
- The Queen — Alexandre Desplat
Best Original Song[]
See also: Best Original Song
- Winner
- "I Need to Wake Up" from An Inconvenient Truth — Music and Lyric by Melissa Etheridge
- Nominees
- "Listen" from Dreamgirls — Music by Henry Krieger and Scott Cutler; Lyric by Anne Preven
- "Love You I Do" from Dreamgirls — Music by Henry Krieger; Lyric by Siedah Garrett
- "Our Town" from Cars — Music and Lyric by Randy Newman
- "Patience" from Dreamgirls — Music by Henry Krieger; Lyric by Willie Reale
Best Animated Short[]
See also: Best Animated Short
- Winner
- The Danish Poet — Torill Kove
- Nominees
- Lifted — Gary Rydstrom
- The Little Matchgirl — Roger Allers and Don Hahn
- Maestro — Géza M. Tóth
- No Time for Nuts — Chris Renaud and Mike Thurmeier
Best Live Action Short[]
See also: Best Live Action Short
- Winner
- West Bank Story — Ari Sandel
- Nominees
- Binta and the Great Idea — Javier Fesser and Luis Manso
- Éramos Pocos (One Too Many) — Borja Cobeaga
- Helmer & Son — Søren Pilmark and Kim Magnusson
- The Saviour — Peter Templeman and Stuart Parkyn
Best Sound Editing[]
See also: Best Sound Editing
- Winner
- Letters from Iwo Jima — Alan Robert Murray and Bub Asman
- Nominees
- Apocalypto — Sean McCormack and Kami Asgar
- Blood Diamond — Lon Bender
- Flags of Our Fathers — Alan Robert Murray and Bub Asman
- Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest — Christopher Boyes and George Watters II
Best Sound Mixing[]
See also: Best Sound Mixing
- Winner
- Dreamgirls — Michael Minkler, Bob Beemer and Willie Burton
- Nominees
- Apocalypto — Kevin O'Connell, Greg P. Russell and Fernando Cámara
- Blood Diamond — Andy Nelson, Anna Behlmer and Ivan Sharrock
- Flags of Our Fathers — John Reitz, Dave Campbell, Gregg Rudloff and Walt Martin
- Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest — Paul Massey, Christopher Boyes and Lee Orloff
Best Visual Effects[]
See also: Best Visual Effects
- Winner
- Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest — John Knoll, Hal Hickel, Charles Gibson and Allen Hall
- Nominees
- Poseidon — Boyd Shermis, Kim Libreri, Chas Jarrett and John Frazier
- Superman Returns — Mark Stetson, Neil Corbould, Richard R. Hoover and Jon Thum
Honorary Award[]
- Ennio Morricone "in recognition of his magnificent and multifaceted contributions to the art of film music."