Oscars 2009: Full list of winners

The statuettes handed out at the 81st annual Academy Awards at the Kodak theatre, Los Angeles

Best film
Christian Colson, Slumdog Millionaire



Best actor
Sean Penn, Milk

 



Best actress
Kate Winslet, The Reader

Best director
Danny Boyle, Slumdog Millionaire

Best foreign language film
Japan, Yojiro Takita, Departures

 



Best song
Jai Ho, by AR Rahman and Gulzar, Slumdog Millionaire



Best original score
AR Rahman, Slumdog Millionaire



Jean Hersholt Humanitarian award
Jerry Lewis

Best film editing
Chris Dickens, Slumdog Millionaire

Best sound mixing
Ian Tapp, Richard Pryke and Resul Pookutty, Slumdog Millionaire

Best sound editing
Richard King, The Dark Knight

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

Best documentary short
Megan Mylan, Smile Pinki

Best documentary feature
James Marsh and Simon Chinn, Man On Wire

Best supporting actor
Heath Ledger, The Dark Knight

Best live-action short
Jochen Alexander Freydank, Spielzeugland (Toyland)

Best cinematography
Anthony Dod Mantle, Slumdog Millionaire

Best makeup
Greg Cannom, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Best costume design
Michael O'Connor, The Duchess

Best art direction
Donald Graham Burt and Victor J Zolfo, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Best animated short
Kunio Kato, La Maison en Petits Cubes

Best animated feature
Andrew Stanton, WALL-E

Best adapted screenplay
Simon Beaufoy, Slumdog Millionaire

Best original screenplay
Dustin Lance Black, Milk

Best supporting actress
Penélope Cruz, Vicky Cristina Barcelona