2002 Film Year: Oscar Winners & Nominees
The AwardWentTo archive contains 112 Academy Award records for the 2002 film year, covering 52 films and including 24 wins.
Years follow the source film eligibility/dataset year, which may differ from the ceremony calendar year. Counts describe film-linked archive records, including historical and special-award context where supplied.
Best Picture result
- ★ ChicagoMartin Richards, Producer
5 Best Picture award records for this film year. See the full result · Best Picture history
Acting category results
Leading winning films
Ranked by winning records in this film-year selection.
- Chicago
6 wins from 13 award records
- The Pianist
3 wins from 7 award records
- Frida
2 wins from 6 award records
- The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
2 wins from 6 award records
- The Hours
1 win from 9 award records
- Road to Perdition
1 win from 6 award records
Category winners
Select a category to explore its history, or jump to this year's full records.
Nominations and award records by category
Showing 112 of 112 archive records. Gold stars mark winning records.
Best Picture
- ★ Chicago IMDB — Martin Richards, Producer
- Gangs of New York IMDB — Alberto Grimaldi and Harvey Weinstein, Producers
- The Hours IMDB — Scott Rudin and Robert Fox, Producers
- The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers IMDB — Barrie M. Osborne, Fran Walsh and Peter Jackson, Producers
- The Pianist IMDB — Roman Polanski, Robert Benmussa and Alain Sarde, Producers
Best Actor
- ★ The Pianist IMDB — Adrien BrodyWladyslaw Szpilman
- Adaptation IMDB — Nicolas CageCharlie Kaufman & Donald Kaufman
- The Quiet American IMDB — Michael CaineThomas Fowler
- Gangs of New York IMDB — Daniel Day-LewisBill 'The Butcher' Cutting
- About Schmidt IMDB — Jack NicholsonWarren Schmidt
Best Supporting Actor
- ★ Adaptation IMDB — Chris CooperJohn Laroche
- The Hours IMDB — Ed HarrisRichard Brown
- Road to Perdition IMDB — Paul NewmanJohn Rooney
- Chicago IMDB — John C. ReillyAmos Hart
- Catch Me If You Can IMDB — Christopher WalkenFrank Abagnale
Best Actress
- ★ The Hours IMDB — Nicole KidmanVirginia Woolf
- Frida IMDB — Salma HayekFrida Kahlo
- Unfaithful IMDB — Diane LaneConnie Sumner
- Far from Heaven IMDB — Julianne MooreCathy Whitaker
- Chicago IMDB — Renée ZellwegerRoxie Hart
Best Supporting Actress
- ★ Chicago IMDB — Catherine Zeta-JonesVelma Kelly
- About Schmidt IMDB — Kathy BatesRoberta Hertzel
- The Hours IMDB — Julianne MooreLaura Brown
- Chicago IMDB — Queen LatifahMatron Mama Morton
- Adaptation IMDB — Meryl StreepSusan Orlean
Animated Feature Film
Art Direction
- ★ Chicago IMDB — Art Direction: John Myhre; Set Decoration: Gordon Sim
- Frida IMDB — Art Direction: Felipe Fernandez del Paso; Set Decoration: Hania Robledo
- Gangs of New York IMDB — Art Direction: Dante Ferretti; Set Decoration: Francesca Lo Schiavo
- The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers IMDB — Art Direction: Grant Major; Set Decoration: Dan Hennah and Alan Lee
- Road to Perdition IMDB — Art Direction: Dennis Gassner; Set Decoration: Nancy Haigh
Cinematography
Costume Design
Best Director
Documentary Feature
- ★ Bowling for Columbine IMDB — Michael Moore, Michael Donovan
- Daughter from Danang IMDB — Gail Dolgin, Vicente Franco
- Prisoner of Paradise IMDB — Malcolm Clarke, Stuart Sender
- Spellbound IMDB — Jeffrey Blitz, Sean Welch
- Winged Migration IMDB — Jacques Perrin
Documentary Short Subject
- ★ Twin Towers IMDB — Bill Guttentag, Robert David Port
- The Collector of Bedford Street IMDB — Alice Elliott
- Mighty Times: The Legacy of Rosa Parks IMDB — Robert Hudson, Bobby Houston
- Why Can't We Be a Family Again? IMDB — Roger Weisberg, Murray Nossel
Film Editing
International Feature Film
- ★ Nowhere in Africa IMDB — Germany
- El Crimen del Padre Amaro IMDB — Mexico
- Hero IMDB — People's Republic of China
- The Man without a Past IMDB — Finland
- Zus & Zo IMDB — The Netherlands
Makeup and Hairstyling
- ★ Frida IMDB — John Jackson, Beatrice De Alba
- The Time Machine IMDB — John M. Elliott, Jr., Barbara Lorenz
Original Score
Original Song
- ★ 8 Mile IMDB — Music by Eminem, Jeff Bass and Luis Resto; Lyric by EminemLose Yourself
- Frida IMDB — Music by Elliot Goldenthal; Lyric by Julie TaymorBurn It Blue
- The Wild Thornberrys Movie IMDB — Music and Lyric by Paul SimonFather And Daughter
- Gangs of New York IMDB — Music and Lyric by Bono, The Edge, Adam Clayton and Larry MullenThe Hands That Built America
- Chicago IMDB — Music by John Kander; Lyric by Fred EbbI Move On
Animated Short Film
- ★ The ChubbChubbs! IMDB — Eric Armstrong
- The Cathedral IMDB — Tomek Baginski
- Das Rad IMDB — Chris Stenner, Heidi Wittlinger
- Mike's New Car IMDB — Pete Docter, Roger Gould
- Mt. Head IMDB — Koji Yamamura
Live Action Short Film
- ★ This Charming Man (Der Er En Yndig Mand) IMDB — Martin Strange-Hansen, Mie Andreasen
- Fait D'Hiver IMDB — Dirk Beliën, Anja Daelemans
- I'll Wait for the Next One... (J'Attendrai Le Suivant...) IMDB — Philippe Orreindy, Thomas Gaudin
- Inja (Dog) IMDB — Steven Pasvolsky, Joe Weatherstone
- Johnny Flynton IMDB — Lexi Alexander, Alexander Buono
Sound Editing
- ★ The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers IMDB — Ethan Van der Ryn, Michael Hopkins
- Minority Report IMDB — Richard Hymns, Gary Rydstrom
- Road to Perdition IMDB — Scott A. Hecker
Sound Mixing
- ★ Chicago IMDB — Michael Minkler, Dominick Tavella, David Lee
- Gangs of New York IMDB — Tom Fleischman, Eugene Gearty, Ivan Sharrock
- The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers IMDB — Christopher Boyes, Michael Semanick, Michael Hedges, Hammond Peek
- Road to Perdition IMDB — Scott Millan, Bob Beemer, John Patrick Pritchett
- Spider-Man IMDB — Kevin O'Connell, Greg P. Russell, Ed Novick
Visual Effects
- ★ The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers IMDB — Jim Rygiel, Joe Letteri, Randall William Cook, Alex Funke
- Spider-Man IMDB — John Dykstra, Scott Stokdyk, Anthony LaMolinara, John Frazier
- Star Wars Episode II Attack of the Clones IMDB — Rob Coleman, Pablo Helman, John Knoll, Ben Snow
Adapted Screenplay
- ★ The Pianist IMDB — Screenplay by Ronald Harwood
- About a Boy IMDB — Screenplay by Peter Hedges and Chris Weitz & Paul Weitz
- Adaptation IMDB — Screenplay by Charlie Kaufman and Donald Kaufman
- Chicago IMDB — Screenplay by Bill Condon
- The Hours IMDB — Screenplay by David Hare
Original Screenplay
- ★ Talk to Her IMDB — Written by Pedro Almodóvar
- Far from Heaven IMDB — Written by Todd Haynes
- Gangs of New York IMDB — Screenplay by Jay Cocks and Steve Zaillian and Kenneth Lonergan; Story by Jay Cocks
- My Big Fat Greek Wedding IMDB — Written by Nia Vardalos
- Y Tu Mamá También IMDB — Written by Carlos Cuarón and Alfonso Cuarón
Nominated films and other recorded entries
52 films represented in the 2002 archive selection.
- 8 Mile
- About a Boy
- About Schmidt
- Adaptation
- Bowling for Columbine
- Catch Me If You Can
- Chicago
- Das Rad
- Daughter from Danang
- El Crimen del Padre Amaro
- Fait D'Hiver
- Far from Heaven
- Frida
- Gangs of New York
- Hero
- I'll Wait for the Next One... (J'Attendrai Le Suivant...)
- Ice Age
- Inja (Dog)
- Johnny Flynton
- Lilo & Stitch
- Mighty Times: The Legacy of Rosa Parks
- Mike's New Car
- Minority Report
- Mt. Head
- My Big Fat Greek Wedding
- Nowhere in Africa
- Prisoner of Paradise
- Road to Perdition
- Spellbound
- Spider-Man
- Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron
- Spirited Away
- Star Wars Episode II Attack of the Clones
- Talk to Her
- The Cathedral
- The ChubbChubbs!
- The Collector of Bedford Street
- The Hours
- The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
- The Man without a Past
- The Pianist
- The Quiet American
- The Time Machine
- The Wild Thornberrys Movie
- This Charming Man (Der Er En Yndig Mand)
- Treasure Planet
- Twin Towers
- Unfaithful
- Why Can't We Be a Family Again?
- Winged Migration
- Y Tu Mamá También
- Zus & Zo
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.
Each distinct performance, song or award credit remains a separate record, even when it belongs to the same film. Shared credits stay together. A person's page covers the name shown, without combining aliases or shared credits into a complete career total.
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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