Winner 76th Academy Awards
The 2003 file: winners first, ballot trails on demand, and the films that shaped the ceremony.
Year
2003
Nominations
122
Categories Decided
All 30
Top Winner
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Ceremony at a glance
Best Picture went to The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King. The winning leader is The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King with 11 wins. The most nominated title is The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King with 11 nominations. 36 winners named across 30 categories.
Most awarded titles
- The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King 11 wins11 nominations
- Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World 2 wins10 nominations
- Mystic River 2 wins6 nominations
- Cold Mountain 1 win7 nominations
- Finding Nemo 1 win4 nominations
Best Picture Nominees
The major races
The 2003 ceremony centers on The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King. Picture, Director, Actor and Actress: 4 of 4 decided, 20 nominees in all.
Best Picture Winner
- Lost in Translation Ross Katz | Sofia Coppola
- Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World Samuel Goldwyn Jr. | Peter Weir | Duncan Henderson
- Mystic River Robert Lorenz | Judie G. Hoyt | Clint Eastwood
- Seabiscuit Kathleen Kennedy | Frank Marshall | Gary Ross
Best Director Winner
Best Actor Winner
Best Actress Winner
Complete Ceremony Ledger
The winner in every category. Open the full ballot to see every nominee.
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Winner
Lost in Translation
Credit: Sofia Coppola
1 winner5 records
1 winner3 records
2 more nominees in the full ballot
Winner
Finding Nemo
Credit: Andrew Stanton
1 winner5 records
4 more nominees in the full ballot
Winner
The Barbarian Invasions
Credit: Canada
1 winner5 records
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4 more nominees in the full ballot
Winner
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Credit: Fran WalshHoward ShoreAnnie Lennox
Into The West
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4 more nominees in the full ballot
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1 winner3 records
2 more nominees in the full ballot
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Chernobyl Heart
Credit: Maryann DeLeo
1 winner5 records
4 more nominees in the full ballot
Winner
Harvie Krumpet
Credit: Adam Elliot
1 winner5 records
4 more nominees in the full ballot
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1 winner3 records
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Ceremony Highlights
On Lunara Film
Lunara Film reviews of films from this ceremony.
Categories in this ceremony
Best Actor
Best Supporting Actor
Best Actress
Best Supporting Actress
ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
ART DIRECTION
Best Picture
CINEMATOGRAPHY
COSTUME DESIGN
Best Director
DOCUMENTARY (Feature)
DOCUMENTARY (Short Subject)
FILM EDITING
GORDON E. SAWYER AWARD
HONORARY AWARD
INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM
JOHN A. BONNER MEDAL OF COMMENDATION
MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING
MUSIC (Original Score)
MUSIC (Original Song)
SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL AWARD (Academy Award of Merit)
SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL AWARD (Scientific and Engineering Award)
SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL AWARD (Technical Achievement Award)
SHORT FILM (Animated)
SHORT FILM (Live Action)
SOUND EDITING
SOUND MIXING
VISUAL EFFECTS
WRITING (Adapted Screenplay)
WRITING (Original Screenplay)
Winner Circle
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Peter Jackson
Charlize Theron
Sean Penn
Renée Zellweger
Tim Robbins
Lost in Translation
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Finding Nemo
The Barbarian Invasions
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Into The West
Richard Taylor and Peter King
Ngila Dickson and Richard Taylor
Russell Boyd
Jamie Selkirk
Jim Rygiel, Joe Letteri, Randall William Cook and Alex Funke
Art Direction: Grant Major; Set Decoration: Dan Hennah and Alan Lee
Errol Morris and Michael Williams
Maryann DeLeo
GORDON E. SAWYER AWARD
Peter D. Parks
Blake Edwards
JOHN A. BONNER MEDAL OF COMMENDATION
Douglas Greenfield
SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL AWARD (Academy Award of Merit)
BILL TONDREAU
SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL AWARD (Academy Award of Merit)
Digidesign
SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL AWARD (Scientific and Engineering Award)
Christopher Alfred, Andrew J. Cannon, Michael C. Carlos, Mark Crabtree, Chuck Grindstaff and John Melanson
SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL AWARD (Scientific and Engineering Award)
Kenneth L. Tingler, CHARLES C. ANDERSON, DIANE E. KESTNER and BRIAN A. SCHELL
SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL AWARD (Scientific and Engineering Award)
KINOTON GmbH
SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL AWARD (Scientific and Engineering Award)
Stephen Regelous
Christophe Hery, KEN McGAUGH and Joe Letteri
SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL AWARD (Technical Achievement Award)
Henrik Wann Jensen, Stephen R. Marschner and Pat Hanrahan
SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL AWARD (Technical Achievement Award)
Kish Sadhvani, Paul Duclos and Carl Pernicone
Adam Elliot
Aaron Schneider and Andrew J. Sacks
Richard King
Christopher Boyes, Michael Semanick, Michael Hedges and Hammond Peek
Sortable ledger
Every nomination from this ceremony as a sortable table, for research that needs the raw record beside the posters and winners above.