Slumdog Millionaire – Christian Colson

• The Curious Case of Benjamin Button – Kathleen Kennedy, Frank Marshall and Ceán Chaffin
• Frost/Nixon – Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Brian Grazer and Ron Howard
• Milk – Dan Jinks and Bruce Cohen
• The Reader – Anthony Minghella, Sydney Pollack, Donna Gigliotti and Redmond Morris

Danny Boyle – Slumdog Millionaire

• Clint Eastwood – Changeling
• David Fincher – The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
• Ron Howard – Frost/Nixon
• Stephen Daldry – The Reader

Mickey Rourke – The Wrestler as Robin Ramzinski/Randy Robinson

• Brad Pitt – The Curious Case of Benjamin Button as Benjamin Button
• Dev Patel – Slumdog Millionaire as Jamal Malik
• Frank Langella – Frost/Nixon as Richard Nixon
• Sean Penn – Milk as Harvey Milk

Kate Winslet – The Reader as Hanna Schmitz

• Angelina Jolie – Changeling as Christine Collins
• Kate Winslet – Revolutionary Road as April Wheeler
• Kristin Scott Thomas – I've Loved You So Long as Juliette Fontaine
• Meryl Streep – Doubt as Sister Aloysius Beauvier

Heath Ledger – The Dark Knight as Joker

• Brad Pitt – Burn After Reading as Chad Feldheimer
• Brendan Gleeson – In Bruges as Ken Daley
• Philip Seymour Hoffman – Doubt as Father Brendan Flynn
• Robert Downey Jr. – Tropic Thunder as Kirk Lazarus

Penélope Cruz – Vicky Cristina Barcelona as Maria Elena

• Amy Adams – Doubt as Sister James
• Freida Pinto – Slumdog Millionaire as Latika
• Marisa Tomei – The Wrestler as Pam/Cassidy
• Tilda Swinton – Burn After Reading as Katie Cox

In Bruges – Martin McDonagh

• Burn After Reading – Joel Coen and Ethan Coen
• Changeling – J. Michael Straczynski
• I've Loved You So Long – Philippe Claudel
• Milk – Dustin Lance Black

Slumdog Millionaire – Simon Beaufoy

• The Curious Case of Benjamin Button – Eric Roth
• Frost/Nixon – Peter Morgan
• The Reader – David Hare (playwright)
• Revolutionary Road – Justin Haythe

Slumdog Millionaire – Anthony Dod Mantle

• Changeling – Tom Stern
• The Curious Case of Benjamin Button – Claudio Miranda
• The Dark Knight – Wally Pfister
• The Reader – Chris Menges and Roger Deakins

The Duchess – Michael O'Connor

• Changeling – Deborah Hopper
• The Curious Case of Benjamin Button – Jacqueline West
• The Dark Knight – Lindy Hemming
• Revolutionary Road – Albert Wolsky

Slumdog Millionaire – Chris Dickens

• Changeling – Joel Cox and Gary D. Roach
• The Curious Case of Benjamin Button – Kirk Baxter and Angus Wall
• The Dark Knight – Lee Smith
• Frost/Nixon – Mike Hill and Daniel P. Hanley
• In Bruges – Jon Gregory

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button – Jean Ann Black and Colleen Callaghan

• The Dark Knight – Peter King
• The Duchess – Daniel Phillips and Jan Archibald
• Frost/Nixon – Edouard F. Henriques and Kim Santantonio
• Milk – Steven E. Anderson and Michael White

Slumdog Millionaire – A. R. Rahman

• The Curious Case of Benjamin Button – Alexandre Desplat
• The Dark Knight – Hans Zimmer and James Newton Howard
• Mamma Mia! – Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus
• WALL-E – Thomas Newman

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button – Donald Graham Burt and Victor J. Zolfo

• Changeling – James J. Murakami and Gary Fettis
• The Dark Knight – Nathan Crowley and Peter Lando
• Revolutionary Road – Kristi Zea and Debra Schutt
• Slumdog Millionaire – Mark Digby and Michelle Day

Slumdog Millionaire – Glenn Freemantle, Resul Pookutty, Richard Pryke, Tom Sayers and Ian Tapp

• Changeling – Walt Martin, Alan Robert Murray, John T. Reitz and Gregg Rudloff
• The Dark Knight – Lora Hirschberg, Richard King, Ed Novick and Gary Rizzo
• Quantum of Solace – Eddy Joseph, Chris Munro, Mike Prestwood Smith, Mark Taylor and Jimmy Boyle
• WALL-E – Ben Burtt, Tom Myers, Michael Semanick and Matthew Wood

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button – Eric Barba, Craig Barron, Nathan McGuinness and Edson Williams

• The Dark Knight – Chris Corbould, Nick Davis, Paul Franklin and Tim Webber
• Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull – Pablo Helman, Marshall Krasser and Steve Rawlins
• Iron Man – Shane Mahan, John Nelson, Ben Snow and Hal Hickel
• Quantum of Solace – Chris Corbould and Kevin Tod Haug

Man on Wire – Simon Chinn and James Marsh

• Hunger – Laura Hastings-Smith, Robin Gutch, Steve McQueen and Enda Walsh
• In Bruges – Graham Broadbent, Peter Czernin and Martin McDonagh
• Mamma Mia! – Judy Craymer, Gary Goetzman, Phyllida Lloyd and Catherine Johnson
• Slumdog Millionaire – Christian Colson, Danny Boyle and Simon Beaufoy

Hunger – Steve McQueen (Writer/Director)

• Mamma Mia! – Judy Craymer (Producer)
• Man on Wire – Simon Chinn (Producer)
• Of Time and the City – Roy Boulter and Sol Papadopoulos (Producer)
• Son of Rambow – Garth Jennings (Writer)

A Matter of Loaf and Death – Steve Pegram, Nick Park and Bob Baker

• Codswallop – Greg McLead and Myles McLead
• Varmints – Sue Goffe and Marc Craste

September – Stewart Le Marechal and Esther May Campbell

• The Business Trip – Celine Quideau and Sean Ellis
• Kingsland #1: The Dreamer – Kate Ogborn and Tony Grisoni
• Love You More – Sam Taylor-Johnson, Patrick Marber, Anthony Minghella and Caroline Harvey
• Ralph – Olivier Kaempfer and Alex Winckler

WALL-E – Andrew Stanton

• Persepolis – Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud
• Waltz with Bashir – Ari Folman

I've Loved You So Long – Yves Marmion and Philippe Claudel

• The Baader Meinhof Complex – Bernd Eichinger and Uli Edel
• Gomorrah – Domenico Procacci and Matteo Garrone
• Persepolis – Marc-Antoine Robert, Xavier Rigault, Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud
• Waltz with Bashir – Serge Lalou, Gerhard Mexiner, Yael Nahlieli and Ari Folman

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