2006 Oscar Nominations

2006 Oscar Nominations for Best Actor

• Heath Ledger in Brokeback Mountain
• Philip Seymour Hoffman in Capote
• David Strathairn in Good Night, and Good Luck
• Terrence Howard in Hustle & Flow
• Joaquin Phoenix in Walk the Line

Nominations for Best Supporting Actor

• Jake Gyllenhaal in Brokeback Mountain
• Paul Giamatti in Cinderella Man
• Matt Dillon in Crash
• William Hurt in A History of Violence
• George Clooney in Syriana

Nominations for Best Actress

• Judi Dench in Mrs. Henderson Presents
• Charlize Theron in North Country
• Keira Knightley in Pride & Prejudice
• Felicity Huffman in Transamerica
• Reese Witherspoon in Walk the Line

Nominations for Best Supporting Actress

• Michelle Williams in Brokeback Mountain
• Catherine Keener in Capote
• Rachel Weisz in The Constant Gardener
• Amy Adams in Junebug
• Frances McDormand in North Country

2006 Oscar Nominations for Best Picture

• Brokeback Mountain
• Capote
• Crash
• Good Night, and Good Luck
• Munich

Nominations for Best Animated Film

• Howl’s Moving Castle
• Tim Burton’s Corpse Bride
• Wallace and Gromit: Curse of the Were-Rabbit

Nominations for Achievement in Art Direction

• Jim Bissell and Jan Pascale, Good Night, and Good Luck
• Stuart Craig and Stephanie McMillan, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
• Grant Major, Dan Hennah, and Simon Bright, King Kong
• John Myhre and Gretchen Rau, Memoirs of a Geisha
• Sarah Greenwood and Katie Spencer, Pride & Prejudice

Nominations for Achievement in Cinematography

• Wally Pfister, Batman Begins
• Rodrigo Prieto, Brokeback Mountain
• Robert Elswit, Good Night, and Good Luck
• Dion Beebe, Memoirs of a Geisha
• Emmanuel Lubezki, The New World

Nominations for Achievement in Costume Design

• Gabriella Pescucci, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
• Colleen Atwood, Memoirs of a Geisha
• Sandy Powell, Mrs. Henderson Presents
• Jacqueline Durran, Pride & Prejudice
• Arianne Phillips, Walk the Line

Nominations for Best Director

• Ang Lee, Brokeback Mountain
• Bennett Miller, Capote
• Paul Haggis, Crash
• George Clooney, Good Night, and Good Luck
• Steven Spielberg, Munich

Nominations for Best Documentary Feature

• Darwin’s Nightmare
• Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room
• March of the Penguins
• Murderball
• Street Fight

Nominations for Best Documentary Short Subject

• The Death of Kevin Carter: Casualty of the Bang Bang Club
• God Sleeps in Rwanda
• The Mushroom Club
• A Note of Triumph: The Golden Age of Norman Corwin

Nominations for Achievement in Film Editing

• Mike Hill and Dan Hanley, Cinderella Man
• Claire Simpson, The Constant Gardener
• Hughes Winborne, Crash
• Michael Kahn, Munich
• Michael McCusker, Walk the Line

Nominations for Best Foreign Language Film

• Italy: Don’t Tell
• France: Joyeux Noël
• Palestine: Paradise Now
• Germany: Sophie Scholl - The Final Days
• South Africa: Tsotsi

Nominations for Achievement in Makeup

• Howard Berger and Tami Lane, The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
• David Leroy Anderson and Lance Anderson, Cinderella Man
• Dave Elsey and Nikki Gooley, Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith

Nominations for Best Original Motion Picture Score

• Gustavo Santaolalla, Brokeback Mountain
• Alberto Iglesias, The Constant Gardener
• John Williams, Memoirs of a Geisha
• John Williams, Munich
• Dario Marianelli, Pride & Prejudice

Nominations for Best Original Song (Written for Motion Picture)

• Kathleen “Bird” York and Michael Becker, "In the Deep" from Crash
• Jordan Houston, Cedric Coleman and Paul Beauregard, "It’s Hard Out Here for a Pimp" from Hustle & Flow
• Dolly Parton, "Travelin’ Thru" from Transamerica

Nominations for Best Animated Short Film

• Badgered
• The Moon and the Son: An Imagined Conversation
• The Mysterious Geographic Explorations of Jasper Morello
• 9
• One Man Band

Nominations for Best Live-Action Short Film

• Ausreisser (The Runaway)
• Cashback
• The Last Farm
• Our Time Is Up
• Six Shooter

Nominations for Achievement in Sound Editing

• Mike Hopkins and Ethan Van der Ryn, King Kong
• Wylie Stateman, Memoirs of a Geisha
• Richard King, War of the Worlds

Nominations for Achievement in Sound Mixing

• Terry Porter, Dean A. Zupancic and Tony Johnson, The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
• Christopher Boyes, Michael Semanick, Michael Hedges and Hammond Peek, King Kong
• Kevin O’Connell, Greg P. Russell, Rick Kline and John Pritchett, Memoirs of a Geisha
• Paul Massey, D.M. Hemphill and Peter F. Kurland, Walk the Line
• Andy Nelson, Anna Behlmer and Ronald Judkins, War of the Worlds

Nominations for Achievement in Visual Effects

• The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
• King Kong
• War of the Worlds

Nominations for Best Adapted Screenplay

• Brokeback Mountain
• Capote
• The Constant Gardener
• A History of Violence
• Munich

Nominations for Best Original Screenplay

• Crash
• Good Night, and Good Luck
• Match Point
• The Squid and the Whale
• Syriana

Who Got the Most Nominations?

• Brokeback Mountain, 8 2006 Oscar nominations
• Crash, 6 nominations
• Good Night and Good Luck, 6 nominations
• Memoirs of a Geisha, 6 nominations
• Capote, 5 nominations
• Walk the Line, 5 nominations

Related Links

• All About the Oscars
• Brokeback Mountain
• Syriana
• Batman Begins
• Wallace and Gromit: Curse of the Were-Rabbit
• American_Film_Institute_-_AFI