Looking at Film from Every Angle

78th Academy Awards (2005): Precursor Tallies

The titles of the Academy Award Winners are accented in blue. The titles of the Academy Awards Nominees are accented in bold. Professional Guild winners have the guild abbreviation highlighted in blue. Organization Abbreviations Guide at bottom.

Best Picture

Brokeback Mountain (17) – LAFCA, BSFC, NYFCC, SFFC, SAT, DFWFCA, LVFCS, SEFCA, UFC, FFC, SLFC, BFCS, IFC, GG, PGA, OFTA, BAFTA
A History of Violence (3) – TFCA, COFC, OFCS
Munich (2) – WAFCA, KCFCC
Walk the Line (2) – SAT, GG
Capote (1) – NSFC
Cinderella Man (1) – PFC
Crash (1) – CFC
Good Night, and Good Luck (1) – NBR
King Kong (1) – SDFC
The Squid and the Whale (1) – NYFCO

Best Animated Film

Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (15) – LAFCA, NYFCO, DFWFCA, LVFCS, SEFCA, PFC, TFCA, FFC, WAFCA, KCFCC, BFCS, OFCS, PGA, AA, OFTA
Howl’s Moving Castle (2) – NYFCC, SDFC
The Corpse Bride (1) – NBR

Best Director

Ang Lee – Brokeback Mountain (18) – LAFCA, BSFC, NYFCC, NBR, SFFC, SAT, DFWFCA, LVFCS, SEFCA, UFC, FFC, SLFC, BFCS, IFC, GG, DGA, OFTA, BAFTA
David Cronenberg – A History of Violence (5) – TFCA, NSFC, CFC, COFC, OFCS
Steven Spielberg – Munich (2) – WAFCA, KCFCC
George Clooney – Good Night, and Good Luck (1) – PFC
Fernando Meirelles – The Constant Gardener (1) – NYFCO
Bennett Miller – Capote (1) – SDFC

Best Actor

Philip Seymour Hoffman – Capote (22) – LAFCA, BSFC, NYFCO, NBR, SAT, DFWFCA, SEFCA, SDFC, TFCA, UFC, FFC, WAFCA, KCFCC, NSFC, CFC, BFCS, IFC, OFCS, GG, SAG, OFTA, BAFTA
Heath Ledger – Brokeback Mountain (7) – NYFCC, SFFC, LVFCS, PFC, SLFC, COFC, OFTA
Terrence Howard – Hustle & Flow (1) – SAT
Joaquin Phoenix – Walk the Line (1) – GG

Best Actress

Reese Witherspoon – Walk the Line (16) – BSFC, NYFCC, SFFC, SAT, LVFCS, UFC, FFC, WAFCA, KCFCC, NSFC, BFCS, OFCS, GG, SAG, OFTA, BAFTA
Felicity Huffman – Transamerica (6) – NBR, SAT, DFWFCA, SEFCA, PFC, GG
Joan Allen – The Upside of Anger (3) – SDFC, CFC, IFC
Judi Dench – Mrs. Henderson Presents (1) – SLFC
Vera Farmiga – Down to the Bone (1) – LAFCA
Keira Knightley – Pride and Prejudice (1) – NYFCO
Laura Linney – The Squid and the Whale (1) – TFCA

Best Supporting Actor

Paul Giamatti – Cinderella Man (9) – BSFC, SEFCA, TFCA, FFC, WAFCA, KCFCC, BFCS, IFC, SAG
Jake Gyllenhaal – Brokeback Mountain (4) – NBR, PFC, OFTA, BAFTA
George Clooney – Syriana (2) – SLFC, GG
Matt Dillon – Crash (2) – DFWFCA, LVFCS
William Hurt – A History of Violence (2) – LAFCA, NYFCC
Mickey Rourke – Sin City (2) – CFC, OFCS
Kevin Costner – The Upside of Anger (1) – SFFC
Ed Harris – A History of Violence (1) – NSFC
Danny Huston – The Constant Gardener (1) – SAT
Val Kilmer – Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (1) – SAT
Oliver Platt – Casanova (1) – NYFCO
Andy Serkis – King Kong (1) – UFC
Jeffrey Wright – Broken Flowers (1) – SDFC

Best Supporting Actress

Amy Adams – Junebug (7) – NYFCO, SFFC, SEFCA, FFC, WAFCA, NSFC, BFCS
Maria Bello – A History of Violence (6) – NYFCC, KCFCC, CFC, COFC, OFCS, OFTA
Rachael Weisz – The Constant Gardener (6) – SDFC, UFC, SLFC, IFC, GG, SAG
Catherine Keener – The 40-Year-Old Virgin, Capote, The Ballad of Jack and Rose (4) – LAFCA, BSFC, DFWFCA, TFCA; The Interpreter (1) – LAFCA
Michelle Williams – Brokeback Mountain (2) – PFC, BFCS
Rosario Dawson – Rent (1) – SAT
Gong Li – Memoirs of a Geisha (1) – NBR
Laura Linney – The Squid and the Whale (1) – SAT
Frances McDormand – North Country (1) – LVFCS
Thandie Newton – Crash (1) – BAFTA

Best Original Screenplay

Crash (9) – NYFCO, LVFCS, SEFCA, PFC, WAFCA, CFC, BFCS, WGA, BAFTA
Good Night, and Good Luck (5) – SFFC, SAT, KCFCC, OFCS, OFTA
The Squid and the Whale (5) – LAFCA, NYFCC, NBR, TFCA, NSFC
Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang (2) – SDFC, UFC
Me and You and Everyone We Know (1) – UFC

Best Adapted Screenplay

Brokeback Mountain (12) – DFWFCA, LVFCS, SEFCA, PFC, FFC, SLFC, COFC, OFCS, GG, WGA, OFTA, BAFTA
Capote (5) – LAFCA, BSFC, SDFC, WAFCA, USC
Memoirs of a Geisha (1) – SAT
Munich (1) – KCFCC
Syriana (1) – NBR

Best Original Song

“A Love That Will Never Grow Old” – Brokeback Mountain (3) – SAT, GG, OFTA
“Travelin’ Thru” – Transamerica (2) – LVFCS, PFC
“Hustle & Flow” – Hustle & Flow (1) – BFCS

Best Original Score

Brokeback Mountain (4) – LVFCS, CFC, OFCS, OFTA
Memoirs of a Geisha (3) – BFCS, GG, BAFTA
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (1) – PFC
Howl’s Moving Castle (1) – LAFCA
Kingdom of Heaven (1) – SAT

Best Editing

The Constant Gardener (2) – OFTA, BAFTA
Sin City (2) – PFC, OFCS
Brokeback Mountain (1) – SAT
Crash (1) – ACE
King Kong (1) – LVFCS
March of the Penguins (1) – ACE
Walk the Line (1) – ACE

Best Cinematography

Brokeback Mountain (5) – DFWFCA, PFC, FFC, CFC, OFTA
Good Night, and Good Luck (2) – LAFCA, BSFC
Memoirs of a Geisha (2) – BAFTA, ASC
2046 (2) – NYFCC, NSFC
The Constant Gardener (1) – SAT
King Kong (1) – LVFCS
March of the Penguins (1) – NYFCO
Sin City (1) – OFCS

Best Art Direction

King Kong (3) – LVFCS, PFC, OFTA
The Chronicles of Narnia (1) – WAFCA
Good Night, and Good Luck (1) – SAT
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (1) – BAFTA
Memoirs of a Geisha (1) – ADG
2046 (1) – LAFCA
Walk the Line (1) – ADG

Best Costume Design

Memoirs of a Geisha (4) – PFC, OFTA, BAFTA, CDG
Chronicles of Narnia (1) – CDG
King Kong (1) – LVFCS
Pride & Prejudice (1) – SAT
Transamerica (1) – CDG

Best Makeup

Sin City (2) – PFC, OFTA
The Chronicles of Narnia (1) – BAFTA

Best Sound

Walk the Line (2) – BAFTA, CAS
King Kong (1) – OFTA
Star Wars: Episode III (1) – SAT

Best Sound Editing

King Kong (1) – OFTA

Best Visual Effects

King Kong (5) – LVFCS, PFC, SLFC, OFTA, BAFTA
Star Wars: Episode III (1) – SAT

Best Foreign Film

Kung Fu Hustle (7) – BSFC, LVFCS, PFC, UFC, FFC, WAFCA, BFCS
Cache (4) – LAFCA, SFFC, SEFCA, CFC
Downfall (4) – NYFCO, KCFCC, OFCS, OFTA
Paradise Now (3) – NBR, DFWFCA, GG
The Beat That My Heart Skipped (1) – BAFTA
Head-On (1) – NSFC
Innocent Voices (1) – SDFC
Mother of Mine (1) – SAT
Tsotsi (1) – SLFC
2046 (1) – NYFCC
The World (1) – TFCA

Best Documentary Feature

Grizzly Man (12) – LAFCA, NYFCO, NYFCC, SFFC, SDFC, TFCA, FFC, KCFCC, NSFC, CFC, OFCS, OFTA
March of the Penguins (7) – NBR, LVFCS, SEFCA, PFC, CFC, BFCS, OFTA
Murderball (4) – BSFC, DFWFCA, UFC, KCFCC
Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room (1) – WAFCA
Mad Hot Ballroom (1) – SAT
White Diamond (1) – NYFCC