79th Annual Academy Awards Nominations (2007)

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  • Date of Ceremony: Sunday, February 25, 2007
  • For films released in: 2006
  • Nominations Announcement: Tuesday, January 23, 2007
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Here is a complete list of nominations for the 79th Annual Academy Awards.

And the nominees are:

Best Picture

  • Babel
    Alejandro González Iñárritu [Producer], Jon Kilik [Producer] and Steve Golin [Producer]
  • The Departed
    Graham King [Producer]
  • Letters From Iwo Jima
    Clint Eastwood [Producer], Steven Spielberg [Producer] and Robert Lorenz [Producer]
  • Little Miss Sunshine
    David T. Friendly [Producer], Peter Saraf [Producer] and Marc Turtletaub [Producer]
  • The Queen
    Andy Harries [Producer], Christine Langan [Producer] and Tracey Seaward [Producer]

Best Directing

  • Babel
    Alejandro González Iñárritu
  • The Departed
    Martin Scorsese
  • Letters From Iwo Jima
    Clint Eastwood
  • The Queen
    Stephen Frears
  • United 93
    Paul Greengrass

Best Actor in a Leading Role

  • Blood Diamond
    Leonardo DiCaprio
  • Half Nelson
    Ryan Gosling
  • The Last King of Scotland
    Forest Whitaker
  • The Pursuit of Happyness
    Will Smith
  • Venus
    Peter O'Toole

Best Actress in a Leading Role

  • The Devil Wears Prada
    Meryl Streep
  • Little Children
    Kate Winslet
  • Notes On A Scandal
    Judi Dench
  • The Queen
    Helen Mirren
  • Volver
    Penelope Cruz

Best Actor in a Supporting Role

  • Blood Diamond
    Djimon Hounsou
  • The Departed
    Mark Wahlberg
  • Dreamgirls
    Eddie Murphy
  • Little Children
    Jackie Earle Haley
  • Little Miss Sunshine
    Alan Arkin

Best Actress in a Supporting Role

Best Animated Feature

  • Cars
    John Lasseter
  • Happy Feet
    George Miller
  • Monster House
    Gil Kenan

Best Foreign Language Film

  • After the Wedding
  • Days of Glory
  • The Lives of Others
  • Pan's Labyrinth
  • Water

Best Art Direction

  • Dreamgirls
    John Myhre [Art Direction] and Nancy Haigh [Set Decoration]
  • The Good Shepherd
    Jeannine Oppewall [Art Direction], Gretchen Rau [Set Decoration] and Leslie E. Rollins [Set Decoration]
  • Pan's Labyrinth
    Eugenio Caballero [Art Direction] and Pilar Revuelta [Set Decoration]
  • Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
    Rick Heinrichs [Art Direction] and Cheryl A. Carasik [Set Decoration]
  • The Prestige
    Nathan Crowley [Art Direction] and Julie Ochipinti [Set Decoration]

Best Cinematography

  • The Black Dahlia
    Vilmos Zsigmond
  • Children of Men
    Emmanuel Lubezki
  • The Illusionist
    Dick Pope
  • Pan's Labyrinth
    Guillermo Navarro
  • The Prestige
    Wally Pfister

Best Costume Design

  • Curse of the Golden Flower
    Yee Chung Man
  • The Devil Wears Prada
    Patricia Field
  • Dreamgirls
    Sharen Davis
  • Marie Antoinette
    Milena Canonero
  • The Queen
    Consolata Boyle

Best Documentary (Feature)

  • Deliver Us from Evil
    Amy Berg and Frank Donner
  • An Inconvenient Truth
    Davis Guggenheim
  • 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
  • Recycled Life
    Leslie Iwerks and Mike Glad
  • Rehearsing a Dream
    Karen Goodman and Kirk Simon
  • Two Hands
    Nathaniel Kahn and Susan Rose Behr

Best Film Editing

  • Babel
    Stephen Mirrione and Douglas Crise
  • Blood Diamond
    Steven Rosenblum
  • Children of Men
    Alex Rodriguez and Alfonso Cuarón
  • The Departed
    Thelma Schoonmaker
  • United 93
    Clare Douglas, Christopher Rouse and Richard Pearson

Best Makeup

  • Apocalypto
    Aldo Signoretti and Vittorio Sodano
  • Click
    Kazuhiro Tsuji and Bill Corso
  • Pan's Labyrinth
    David Marti and Montse Ribe

Best Music (Original Score)

  • Babel
    Gustavo Santaolalla
  • The Good German
    Thomas Newman
  • Notes On A Scandal
    Philip Glass
  • Pan's Labyrinth
    Javier Navarrete
  • The Queen
    Alexandre Desplat

Best Music (Original Song)

  • Cars "Our Town"
    Randy Newman [Music and Lyrics]
  • Dreamgirls "Listen"
    Henry Krieger [Music], Scott Cutler [Music] and Anne Preven [Lyrics]
  • Dreamgirls "Love You I Do"
    Henry Krieger [Music] and Siedah Garrett [Lyrics]
  • Dreamgirls "Patience"
    Henry Krieger [Music] and Willie Reale [Lyrics]
  • An Inconvenient Truth "I Need to Wake Up"
    Melissa Etheridge [Music and Lyrics]

Best Short Film (Animated)

  • The Danish Poet
    Torill Kove
  • Lifted
    Gary Rydstrom
  • The Little Matchgirl
    Roger Allers and Don Hahn
  • Maestro
    Geza M. Toth
  • No Time for Nuts
    Chris Renaud and Michael Thurmeier

Best Short Film (Live Action)

  • Binta and the Great Idea
    Javier Fesser and Luis Manso
  • Éramos Pocos
    Borja Cobeaga
  • Helmer & Son
    Soren Pilmark and Kim Magnusson
  • The Saviour
    Peter Templeman and Stuart Parkyn
  • West Bank Story
    Ari Sandel

Best Sound Editing

  • Apocalypto
    Sean McCormack and Kami Asgar
  • Blood Diamond
    Lon Bender
  • Flags of Our Fathers
    Alan Robert Murray and Bub Asman
  • Letters From Iwo Jima
    Alan Robert Murray
  • Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
    Christopher Boyes and George Watters II

Best Sound Mixing

  • Apocalypto
    Kevin O'Connell, Greg P. Russell and Fernando Camara
  • Blood Diamond
    Andy Nelson, Anna Behlmer and Ivan Sharrock
  • Dreamgirls
    Michael Minkler, Bob Beemer and Willie Burton
  • 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

  • Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
    John Knoll, Hal Hickel, Charles Gibson and Allen Hall
  • Poseidon
    Boyd Shermis, Kim Libreri, Chaz Jarrett and John Frazier
  • Superman Returns
    Mark Stetson, Neil Corbould, Richard R. Hoover and Jon Thurm

Best Writing (Adapted Screenplay)

  • Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
    Sacha Baron Cohen [Screenplay and Story], Anthony Hines [Screenplay and Story], Peter Baynham [Screenplay and Story], Dan Mazer [Screenplay] and Todd Phillips [Story]
  • Children of Men
    Alfonso Cuarón [Screenplay], Timothy J. Sexton [Screenplay], David Arata [Screenplay], Mark Fergus [Screenplay] and Hawk Ostby [Screenplay]
  • The Departed
    William Monahan [Screenplay]
  • Little Children
    Todd Field [Screenplay] and Tom Perrotta [Screenplay]
  • Notes On A Scandal
    Patrick Marber [Screenplay]

Best Writing (Original Screenplay)

  • Babel
    Guillermo Arriaga [Screenplay]
  • Letters From Iwo Jima
    Iris Yamashita [Screenplay and Story] and Paul Haggis [Story]
  • Little Miss Sunshine
    Michael Arndt [Screenplay]
  • Pan's Labyrinth
    Guillermo del Toro [Screenplay]
  • The Queen
    Peter Morgan [Screenplay]
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