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2003 Academy Awards — 109 nominations across 24 categories.
Best Picture
- ★ The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King IMDB — Barrie M. Osborne, Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh, Producers
- Lost in Translation IMDB — Ross Katz and Sofia Coppola, Producers
- Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World IMDB — Samuel Goldwyn, Jr., Peter Weir and Duncan Henderson, Producers
- Mystic River IMDB — Robert Lorenz, Judie G. Hoyt and Clint Eastwood, Producers
- Seabiscuit IMDB — Kathleen Kennedy, Frank Marshall and Gary Ross, Producers
ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
ART DIRECTION
- ★ The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King IMDB — Art Direction: Grant Major; Set Decoration: Dan Hennah and Alan Lee
- Girl with a Pearl Earring IMDB — Art Direction: Ben Van Os; Set Decoration: Cecile Heideman
- The Last Samurai IMDB — Art Direction: Lilly Kilvert; Set Decoration: Gretchen Rau
- Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World IMDB — Art Direction: William Sandell; Set Decoration: Robert Gould
- Seabiscuit IMDB — Art Direction: Jeannine Oppewall; Set Decoration: Leslie Pope
CINEMATOGRAPHY
COSTUME DESIGN
DIRECTING
DOCUMENTARY (Feature)
DOCUMENTARY (Short Subject)
FILM EDITING
INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM
MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING
MUSIC (Original Score)
MUSIC (Original Song)
- ★ The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King IMDB — Music and Lyric by Fran Walsh and Howard Shore and Annie Lennox
- The Triplets of Belleville IMDB — Music by Benoît Charest; Lyric by Sylvain Chomet
- A Mighty Wind IMDB — Music and Lyric by Michael McKean and Annette O'Toole
- Cold Mountain IMDB — Music and Lyric by T Bone Burnett and Elvis Costello
SHORT FILM (Animated)
SHORT FILM (Live Action)
SOUND EDITING
SOUND MIXING
- ★ The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King IMDB — Christopher Boyes, Michael Semanick, Michael Hedges and Hammond Peek
- The Last Samurai IMDB — Andy Nelson, Anna Behlmer and Jeff Wexler
- Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World IMDB — Paul Massey, D.M. Hemphill and Arthur Rochester
- Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl IMDB — Christopher Boyes, David Parker, David Campbell and Lee Orloff
- Seabiscuit IMDB — Andy Nelson, Anna Behlmer and Tod A. Maitland
VISUAL EFFECTS
- ★ The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King IMDB — Jim Rygiel, Joe Letteri, Randall William Cook and Alex Funke
- Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World IMDB — Dan Sudick, Stefen Fangmeier, Nathan McGuinness and Robert Stromberg
- Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl IMDB — John Knoll, Hal Hickel, Charles Gibson and Terry Frazee
WRITING (Adapted Screenplay)
- ★ The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King IMDB — Screenplay by Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens & Peter Jackson
- American Splendor IMDB — Written by Robert Pulcini & Shari Springer Berman
- City of God IMDB — Screenplay by Braulio Mantovani
- Mystic River IMDB — Screenplay by Brian Helgeland
- Seabiscuit IMDB — Written for the Screen by Gary Ross
WRITING (Original Screenplay)
- ★ Lost in Translation IMDB — Written by Sofia Coppola
- The Barbarian Invasions IMDB — Written by Denys Arcand
- Dirty Pretty Things IMDB — Written by Steven Knight
- Finding Nemo IMDB — Screenplay by Andrew Stanton, Bob Peterson and David Reynolds; Original Story by Andrew Stanton
- In America IMDB — Written by Jim Sheridan & Naomi Sheridan & Kirsten Sheridan