List of Winners at Oscar Awards 2009

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Following is a complete list of winners at the 81st annual Academy Awards, held in Hollywood on Sunday.

BEST PICTURE

Slumdog Millionaire (Fox Searchlight)

LEAD ACTOR

Sean Penn in Milk

LEAD ACTRESS

Kate Winslet in The Reader

DIRECTOR

Danny Boyle for Slumdog Millionaire

FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM

Departures — Japan

SUPPORTING ACTOR

Heath Ledger in The Dark Knight

SUPPORTING ACTRESS

Penelope Cruz in Vicky Cristina Barcelona

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

Dustin Lance Black for Milk

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

Simon Beaufoy for Slumdog Millionaire

ANIMATED FEATURE

Andrew Stanton for WALL-E

ANIMATED SHORT FILM

Kunio Kato for La Maison en Petits Cubes

ART DIRECTION

Donald Graham Burt for art direction and Victor J. Zolfo for set decoration on The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

COSTUME DESIGN

Michael O'Connor for The Duchess

MAKEUP

Greg Cannom for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

CINEMATOGRAPHY

Anthony Dod Mantle for Slumdog Millionaire

LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM

Jochen Alexander Freydank for Spielzeugland(Toyland)

DOCUMENTARY FEATURE

James Marsh and Simon Chinn for Man on Wire

DOCUMENTARY SHORT

Megan Mylan for Smile Pinki

VISUAL EFFECTS

Eric Barba, Steve Preeg, Burt Dalton and Craig Barron for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

SOUND EDITING

Richard King for The Dark Knight

SOUND MIXING

Ian Tapp, Richard Pryke and Resul Pookutty for Slumdog Millionaire

FILM EDITING

Chris Dickens for Slumdog Millionaire

ORIGINAL SCORE

A R Rahman for Slumdog Millionaire

ORIGINAL SONG

Jai Ho from Slumdog Millionaire, music by A R Rahman, lyrics by Gulzar

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