Academy Awards archive

Milk Oscar Nominations & Wins

Milk has 8 Academy Award records in the AwardWentTo archive, including 2 wins.

Wins recorded in the archive

All 8 award records

Counts reflect film-linked records in this archive. Historical, special and honorary awards may be included; these are not a verified competitive-award total. Years identify the source film eligibility year.

Milk: all recorded nominations and wins
Film yearCategory / credited nomineeRecorded result
Film year2008Best Actor
Credited nominee / recipientSean Penn

Harvey Milk

Win recorded
Film year2008Best Supporting Actor
Credited nominee / recipientJosh Brolin

Dan White

Nomination recorded
Recorded winner in this categoryThe Dark KnightJoker
Heath Ledger
Film year2008Costume Design
Credited nominee / recipientDanny Glicker
Nomination recorded
Recorded winner in this categoryThe Duchess
Michael O'Connor
Film year2008Best Director
Credited nominee / recipientGus Van Sant
Nomination recorded
Recorded winner in this categorySlumdog Millionaire
Danny Boyle
Film year2008Film Editing
Credited nominee / recipientElliot Graham
Nomination recorded
Recorded winner in this categorySlumdog Millionaire
Chris Dickens
Film year2008Original Score
Credited nominee / recipientDanny Elfman
Nomination recorded
Recorded winner in this categorySlumdog Millionaire
A.R. Rahman
Film year2008Best Picture
Credited nominee / recipientDan Jinks and Bruce Cohen, Producers
Nomination recorded
Recorded winner in this categorySlumdog Millionaire
Christian Colson, Producer
Film year2008Original Screenplay
Credited nominee / recipientWritten by Dustin Lance Black
Win recorded

Who else was nominated?

Compare Milk with the film-linked nominees recorded in the same category and ceremony. Each performance or song keeps its own credit; winners are marked in gold.

Comparisons are shown only for unambiguous competitive results. Honorary awards, ties and groups with unresolved source notes remain in the award history above.

Best Actor 2008 film year · Ceremony 81
Best Actor winner historyAll 2008 film-year results
Best Supporting Actor 2008 film year · Ceremony 81
Best Supporting Actor winner historyAll 2008 film-year results
Costume Design 2008 film year · Ceremony 81
Costume Design winner historyAll 2008 film-year results
Best Director 2008 film year · Ceremony 81
Best Director winner historyAll 2008 film-year results
Film Editing 2008 film year · Ceremony 81
Film Editing winner historyAll 2008 film-year results
Original Score 2008 film year · Ceremony 81
Original Score winner historyAll 2008 film-year results
Best Picture 2008 film year · Ceremony 81
  • The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
    Kathleen Kennedy, Frank Marshall and Ceán Chaffin, Producers
    Nominee
  • Frost/Nixon
    Brian Grazer, Ron Howard and Eric Fellner, Producers
    Nominee
  • Milk This film
    Dan Jinks and Bruce Cohen, Producers
    Nominee
  • The Reader
    Anthony Minghella, Sydney Pollack, Donna Gigliotti and Redmond Morris, Producers
    Nominee
  • Slumdog Millionaire
    Christian Colson, Producer
    ★ Winner
Best Picture winner historyAll 2008 film-year results
Original Screenplay 2008 film year · Ceremony 81
  • Frozen River
    Written by Courtney Hunt
    Nominee
  • Happy-Go-Lucky
    Written by Mike Leigh
    Nominee
  • In Bruges
    Written by Martin McDonagh
    Nominee
  • Milk This film
    Written by Dustin Lance Black
    ★ Winner
  • WALL-E
    Screenplay by Andrew Stanton, Jim Reardon; Original story by Andrew Stanton, Pete Docter
    Nominee
Original Screenplay winner historyAll 2008 film-year results
About these award records

This independent archive groups film-linked award records by film, credited name, category and eligibility year. The film year can differ from the year the ceremony took place. Ceremony numbers are shown where supplied by the records.

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Totals can include honorary, special and historical awards alongside competitive nominations. Awards without a linked film are outside these page totals. Source notes and uncertain records are retained; category comparisons omit groups with unresolved notes, ties or conflicting identities.

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