The 79th Annual Academy Awards
Best Motion Picture of the Year
Winner: The Departed (2006) – Graham King
Dan’s Prediction – Little Miss Sunshine
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
Winner: Forest Whitaker for The Last King of Scotland (2006)
Dan’s Prediction – Forest Whitaker
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
Winner: Helen Mirren for The Queen (2006)
Dan’s Prediction – Helen Mirren
Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role
Winner: Alan Arkin for Little Miss Sunshine (2006)
Dan’s Prediction – Eddie Murphy
Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
Winner: Jennifer Hudson for Dreamgirls (2006)
Dan’s Prediction – Jennifer Hudson
Best Achievement in Directing
Winner: Martin Scorsese for The Departed (2006)
Dan’s Prediction – Martin Scorsese
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Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen
Winner: Little Miss Sunshine (2006) – Michael Arndt
Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published
Winner: The Departed (2006) – William Monahan
Best Achievement in Cinematography
Winner: Laberinto del Fauno, El (2006) – Guillermo Navarro
Best Achievement in Editing
Winner: The Departed (2006) – Thelma Schoonmaker
Best Achievement in Art Direction
Winner: Laberinto del Fauno, El (2006) – Eugenio Caballero, Pilar Revuelta
Best Achievement in Costume Design
Winner: Marie Antoinette (2006) – Milena Canonero
Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Score
Winner: Babel (2006) – Gustavo Santaolalla
Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Song
Winner: An Inconvenient Truth (2006) – Melissa Etheridge (“I Need To Wake Up”)
Best Achievement in Makeup
Winner: Laberinto del Fauno, El (2006) – David MartÌ, Montse RibÈ
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 Achievement in Visual Effects
Winner: Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest (2006) – John Knoll, Hal T. Hickel, Charles Gibson, Allen Hall
Best Animated Feature Film of the Year
Winner: Happy Feet (2006) – George Miller
Best Foreign Language Film of the Year
Winner: Leben der Anderen, Das (2006)(Germany)
Best Documentary, Features
Winner: An Inconvenient Truth (2006) – Davis Guggenheim
Best Documentary, Short Subjects
Winner: The Blood of Yingzhou District (2006) – Ruby Yang, Thomas Lennon
Best Short Film, Animated
Winner: The Danish Poet (2006) – Torill Kove
Best Short Film, Live Action
Winner: West Bank Story (2005) – Ari Sandel
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