Oscar Weekend

Oscar Weekend

Oscar weekend, time to get together with friends, predict the winners, gawk at the celebrities. The Academy Awards, popularly known as the Oscars, are the most prominent and most watched film awards ceremony in the world. Awarded... [more]

Oscar weekend, time to get together with friends, predict the winners, gawk at the celebrities. The Academy Awards, popularly known as the Oscars, are the most prominent and most watched film awards ceremony in the world. Awarded annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences since 1929 in Los Angeles, it recognizes excellence in motion picture making, such as acting, directing and screenwriting.

Oscar Winners

Best Documentary, Short Subjects
Winner: The Blood of Yingzhou District (2006) - Ruby Yang, Thomas Lennon


Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
Winner: Jennifer Hudson for Dreamgirls (2006)


Best Foreign Language Film of the Year
Winner: Leben der Anderen, Das (2006)(Germany)


Best Achievement in Visual Effects
Winner: Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006) - John Knoll, Hal T. Hickel, Charles Gibson, Allen Hall


Best Achievement in Cinematography
Winner: Laberinto del Fauno, El (2006) - Guillermo Navarro


Best Achievement in Costume Design
Winner: Marie Antoinette (2006) - Milena Canonero


Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published
Winner: The Departed (2006) - William Monahan


Best Animated Feature Film of the Year
Winner: Happy Feet (2006) - George Miller


Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role
Winner: Alan Arkin for Little Miss Sunshine (2006)


Best Achievement in Sound
Winner: Dreamgirls (2006) - Michael Minkler, Bob Beemer, Willie D. Burton


Best Achievement in Sound Editing
Winner: Letters from Iwo Jima (2006) - Alan Robert Murray, Bub Asman


Best Short Film, Live Action
Winner: West Bank Story (2005) - Ari Sandel


Best Short Film, Animated
Winner: The Danish Poet (2006) - Torill Kove


Best Achievement in Makeup
Winner: Laberinto del Fauno, El (2006) - David Martí, Montse Ribé


Best Achievement in Art Direction
Winner: Laberinto del Fauno, El (2006) - Eugenio Caballero, Pilar Revuelta

 

Source: IMDB.com 

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