Awards

2007 Oscars 79th Academy Awards

Posted by Joe Hummel IIIPosted 18 years ago February 25, 2007

2007 Oscars 79th Academy Awards

Winners Announced: February 25, 2007
Held at: Kodak Theatre, Hollywood, California
Host: Ellen DeGeneres
Eligibility Year: 2006

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Ellen DeGeneres hosting marked her first time leading the Oscars. Her casual banter and comedic approach added a unique vibe.
The Departed nabbed Best Picture and was a career milestone for Martin Scorsese. It was his first win for Best Director after many nominations, breaking his Oscar “curse.”
This year’s Oscars saw three African-American actors nominated for lead roles, a significant moment in Oscar history.
Environmentalism was a prominent theme, as the Academy promoted “green” practices for the event. They used eco-friendly materials for stage design and promoted carpooling among attendees.
The Best Foreign Language Film award went to The Lives of Others, beating the hot favorite, Pan’s Labyrinth, which won three other Oscars.
Will Smith, nominated for The Pursuit of Happyness, brought his son Jaden Smith as his plus-one, creating a memorable father-son moment.
An Inconvenient Truth, Al Gore’s climate change documentary, won Best Documentary Feature, further spotlighting environmental issues.
The “Academy Award of Merit” is what the Oscar statue is officially called.

2007 Oscar Nominees and Winners

Best Picture:
The Departed – Graham King, producer (WINNER)
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 Director:
Martin Scorsese – The Departed (WINNER)
Alejandro González Iñárritu – Babel
Clint Eastwood – Letters from Iwo Jima
Stephen Frears – The Queen
Paul Greengrass – United 93

Best Actor:
Forest Whitaker – The Last King of Scotland as Idi Amin (WINNER)
Leonardo DiCaprio – Blood Diamond as Danny Archer
Ryan Gosling – Half Nelson as Dan Dunne
Peter O’Toole – Venus as Maurice
Will Smith – The Pursuit of Happyness as Chris Gardner

Best Actress:
Helen Mirren – The Queen as Queen Elizabeth II (WINNER)
Penélope Cruz – Volver as Raimunda
Judi Dench – Notes on a Scandal as Barbara Covett
Meryl Streep – The Devil Wears Prada as Miranda Priestly
Kate Winslet – Little Children as Sarah Pierce

Best Supporting Actor:
Alan Arkin – Little Miss Sunshine as Edwin Hoover (WINNER)
Jackie Earle Haley – Little Children as Ronald James McGorvey
Djimon Hounsou – Blood Diamond as Solomon Vandy
Eddie Murphy – Dreamgirls as James “Thunder” Early
Mark Wahlberg – The Departed as Staff Sergeant Dignam

Best Supporting Actress:
Jennifer Hudson – Dreamgirls as Effie White (WINNER)
Adriana Barraza – Babel as Amelia Hernandez
Cate Blanchett – Notes on a Scandal as Bathsheba “Sheba” Hart
Abigail Breslin – Little Miss Sunshine as Olive Hoover
Rinko Kikuchi – Babel as Chieko Wataya

Best Original Screenplay:
Little Miss Sunshine – Michael Arndt (WINNER)
Babel – Guillermo Arriaga
Letters from Iwo Jima – Iris Yamashita and Paul Haggis
Pan’s Labyrinth – Guillermo del Toro
The Queen – Peter Morgan

Best Adapted Screenplay:
The Departed – William Monahan based on the film Infernal Affairs (WINNER)
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan – Sacha Baron Cohen, Anthony Hines, Peter Baynham, Dan Mazer and Todd Phillips based on characters created by Sacha Baron Cohen
Children of Men – Alfonso Cuarón, Timothy J. Sexton, David Arata, Mark Fergus and Hawk Ostby based on the book by P. D. James
Little Children – Todd Field and Tom Perrotta based on the novel by Tom Perrotta
Notes on a Scandal – Patrick Marber based on the book by Zoë Heller

Best Animated Feature Film:
Happy Feet – George Miller (WINNER)
Cars – John Lasseter
Monster House – Gil Kenan

Best Foreign Language Film:
The Lives of Others (Germany) in German – Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck (WINNER)
After the Wedding (Denmark) in Danish, Hindi, and Swedish – Susanne Bier
Days of Glory (Indigènes) (Algeria) in Arabic – Rachid Bouchareb
Pan’s Labyrinth (Mexico) in Spanish – Guillermo del Toro
Water (Canada) in Hindi – Deepa Mehta

Best Documentary Feature:
An Inconvenient Truth – Davis Guggenheim (WINNER)
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 Subject:
The Blood of Yingzhou District – Ruby Yang and Thomas Lennon (WINNER)
Recycled Life – Leslie Iwerks and Mike Glad
Rehearsing a Dream – Karen Goodman and Kirk Simon
Two Hands – Nathaniel Kahn and Susan Rose Behr

Best Live Action Short Film:
West Bank Story – Ari Sandel (WINNER)
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 Animated Short Film:
The Danish Poet – Torill Kove (WINNER)
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 Original Score:
Babel – Gustavo Santaolalla (WINNER)
The Good German – Thomas Newman
Notes on a Scandal – Philip Glass
Pan’s Labyrinth – Javier Navarrete
The Queen – Alexandre Desplat

Best Original Song:
“I Need to Wake Up” from An Inconvenient Truth – Music and Lyrics by Melissa Etheridge (WINNER)
“Listen” from Dreamgirls – Music by Henry Krieger and Scott Cutler; Lyrics by Anne Preven
“Love You I Do” from Dreamgirls – Music by Henry Krieger; Lyrics by Siedah Garrett
“Our Town” from Cars – Music and Lyrics by Randy Newman
“Patience” from Dreamgirls – Music by Henry Krieger; Lyrics by Willie Reale

Best Sound Editing:
Letters from Iwo Jima – Alan Robert Murray and Bub Asman (WINNER)
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:
Dreamgirls – Michael Minkler, Bob Beemer and Willie D. Burton (WINNER)
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 Art Direction:
Pan’s Labyrinth – Art Direction: Eugenio Caballero; Set Decoration: Pilar Revuelta (WINNER)
Dreamgirls – Art Direction: John Myhre; Set Decoration: Nancy Haigh
The Good Shepherd – Art Direction: Jeannine Oppewall; Set Decoration: Gretchen Rau (posthumous nomination) 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:
Pan’s Labyrinth – Guillermo Navarro (WINNER)
The Black Dahlia – Vilmos Zsigmond
Children of Men – Emmanuel Lubezki
The Illusionist – Dick Pope
The Prestige – Wally Pfister

Best Makeup:
Pan’s Labyrinth – David Martí and Montse Ribé (WINNER)
Apocalypto – Aldo Signoretti and Vittorio Sodano
Click – Kazuhiro Tsuji and Bill Corso

Best Costume Design:
Marie Antoinette – Milena Canonero (WINNER)
Curse of the Golden Flower – Yee Chung Man
The Devil Wears Prada – Patricia Field
Dreamgirls – Sharen Davis
The Queen – Consolata Boyle

Best Film Editing:
The Departed – Thelma Schoonmaker (WINNER)
Babel – Douglas Crise and Stephen Mirrione
Blood Diamond – Steven Rosenblum
Children of Men – Alfonso Cuarón and Álex Rodríguez
United 93 – Clare Douglas, Richard Pearson and Christopher Rouse

Best Visual Effects:
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest – John Knoll, Hal Hickel, Charles Gibson and Allen Hall (WINNER)
Poseidon – Boyd Shermis, Kim Libreri, Chaz Jarrett and John Frazier
Superman Returns – Mark Stetson, Neil Corbould, Richard R. Hoover and Jon Thum

Honorary Academy Award:
Ennio Morricone

Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award:
Sherry Lansing