2004 Film Year: Oscar Winners & Nominees
The AwardWentTo archive contains 112 Academy Award records for the 2004 film year, covering 54 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
- ★ Million Dollar BabyClint Eastwood, Albert S. Ruddy and Tom Rosenberg, Producers
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.
- The Aviator
5 wins from 11 award records
- Million Dollar Baby
4 wins from 7 award records
- Ray
2 wins from 6 award records
- The Incredibles
2 wins from 4 award records
- Finding Neverland
1 win from 7 award records
- Sideways
1 win from 5 award records
Category winners
Select a category to explore its history, or jump to this year's full records.
- ★ Ray — Ray Charles
- ★ Million Dollar Baby — Eddie Scrap-Iron Dupris
- ★ Million Dollar Baby — Maggie Fitzgerald
- ★ The Aviator — Katharine Hepburn
- ★ The Motorcycle Diaries — Al Otro Lado Del Río
- ★ Ryan
- ★ Wasp
- ★ Ray
- ★ Sideways
Nominations and award records by category
Showing 112 of 112 archive records. Gold stars mark winning records.
Best Picture
- ★ Million Dollar Baby IMDB — Clint Eastwood, Albert S. Ruddy and Tom Rosenberg, Producers
- The Aviator IMDB — Michael Mann and Graham King, Producers
- Finding Neverland IMDB — Richard N. Gladstein and Nellie Bellflower, Producers
- Ray IMDB — Taylor Hackford, Stuart Benjamin and Howard Baldwin, Producers
- Sideways IMDB — Michael London, Producer
Best Actor
- ★ Ray IMDB — Jamie FoxxRay Charles
- Hotel Rwanda IMDB — Don CheadlePaul Rusesabagina
- Finding Neverland IMDB — Johnny DeppSir James Matthew Barrie
- The Aviator IMDB — Leonardo DiCaprioHoward Hughes
- Million Dollar Baby IMDB — Clint EastwoodFrankie Dunn
Best Supporting Actor
- ★ Million Dollar Baby IMDB — Morgan FreemanEddie Scrap-Iron Dupris
- The Aviator IMDB — Alan AldaSenator Ralph Owen Brewster
- Sideways IMDB — Thomas Haden ChurchJack
- Collateral IMDB — Jamie FoxxMax
- Closer IMDB — Clive OwenLarry
Best Actress
- ★ Million Dollar Baby IMDB — Hilary SwankMaggie Fitzgerald
- Being Julia IMDB — Annette BeningJulia Lambert
- Maria Full of Grace IMDB — Catalina Sandino MorenoMaria
- Vera Drake IMDB — Imelda StauntonVera
- Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind IMDB — Kate WinsletClementine Kruczynski
Best Supporting Actress
- ★ The Aviator IMDB — Cate BlanchettKatharine Hepburn
- Kinsey IMDB — Laura LinneyClara McMillen
- Sideways IMDB — Virginia MadsenMaya
- Hotel Rwanda IMDB — Sophie OkonedoTatiana Rusesabagina
- Closer IMDB — Natalie PortmanAlice
Animated Feature Film
Art Direction
- ★ The Aviator IMDB — Art Direction: Dante Ferretti; Set Decoration: Francesca Lo Schiavo
- Finding Neverland IMDB — Art Direction: Gemma Jackson; Set Decoration: Trisha Edwards
- Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events IMDB — Art Direction: Rick Heinrichs; Set Decoration: Cheryl Carasik
- The Phantom of the Opera IMDB — Art Direction: Anthony Pratt; Set Decoration: Celia Bobak
- A Very Long Engagement IMDB — Art Direction: Aline Bonetto
Cinematography
Costume Design
Best Director
Documentary Feature
- ★ Born into Brothels IMDB — Ross Kauffman and Zana Briski
- The Story of the Weeping Camel IMDB — Luigi Falorni and Byambasuren Davaa
- Super Size Me IMDB — Morgan Spurlock
- Tupac: Resurrection IMDB — Lauren Lazin and Karolyn Ali
- Twist of Faith IMDB — Kirby Dick and Eddie Schmidt
Documentary Short Subject
- ★ Mighty Times: The Children's March IMDB — Robert Hudson and Bobby Houston
- Autism Is a World IMDB — Gerardine Wurzburg
- The Children of Leningradsky IMDB — Hanna Polak and Andrzej Celinski
- Hardwood IMDB — Hubert Davis and Erin Faith Young
- Sister Rose's Passion IMDB — Oren Jacoby and Steve Kalafer
Film Editing
- ★ The Aviator IMDB — Thelma Schoonmaker
- Collateral IMDB — Jim Miller and Paul Rubell
- Finding Neverland IMDB — Matt Chesse
- Million Dollar Baby IMDB — Joel Cox
- Ray IMDB — Paul Hirsch
International Feature Film
- ★ The Sea Inside IMDB — Spain
- As It Is in Heaven IMDB — Sweden
- The Chorus (Les Choristes) IMDB — France
- Downfall IMDB — Germany
- Yesterday IMDB — South Africa
Makeup and Hairstyling
- ★ Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events IMDB — Valli O'Reilly and Bill Corso
- The Passion of the Christ IMDB — Keith Vanderlaan and Christien Tinsley
- The Sea Inside IMDB — Jo Allen and Manuel García
Original Score
Original Song
- ★ The Motorcycle Diaries IMDB — Music and Lyric by Jorge DrexlerAl Otro Lado Del Río
- Shrek 2 IMDB — Music by Adam Duritz, Charles Gillingham, Jim Bogios, David Immergluck, Matthew Malley and David Bryson; Lyric by Adam Duritz and Daniel VickreyAccidentally In Love
- The Polar Express IMDB — Music and Lyric by Glen Ballard and Alan SilvestriBelieve
- The Phantom of the Opera IMDB — Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber; Lyric by Charles HartLearn To Be Lonely
- The Chorus (Les Choristes) IMDB — Music by Bruno Coulais; Lyric by Christophe BarratierLook To Your Path (Vois Sur Ton Chemin)
Animated Short Film
- ★ Ryan IMDB — Chris Landreth
- Birthday Boy IMDB — Sejong Park and Andrew Gregory
- Gopher Broke IMDB — Jeff Fowler and Tim Miller
- Guard Dog IMDB — Bill Plympton
- Lorenzo IMDB — Mike Gabriel and Baker Bloodworth
Live Action Short Film
- ★ Wasp IMDB — Andrea Arnold
- Everything in This Country Must IMDB — Gary McKendry
- Little Terrorist IMDB — Ashvin Kumar
- 7:35 in the Morning (7:35 de la Mañana) IMDB — Nacho Vigalondo
- Two Cars, One Night IMDB — Taika Waititi and Ainsley Gardiner
Sound Editing
- ★ The Incredibles IMDB — Michael Silvers and Randy Thom
- The Polar Express IMDB — Randy Thom and Dennis Leonard
- Spider-Man 2 IMDB — Paul N.J. Ottosson
Sound Mixing
- ★ Ray IMDB — Scott Millan, Greg Orloff, Bob Beemer and Steve Cantamessa
- The Aviator IMDB — Tom Fleischman and Petur Hliddal
- The Incredibles IMDB — Randy Thom, Gary A. Rizzo and Doc Kane
- The Polar Express IMDB — Randy Thom, Tom Johnson, Dennis Sands and William B. Kaplan
- Spider-Man 2 IMDB — Kevin O'Connell, Greg P. Russell, Jeffrey J. Haboush and Joseph Geisinger
Visual Effects
- ★ Spider-Man 2 IMDB — John Dykstra, Scott Stokdyk, Anthony LaMolinara and John Frazier
- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban IMDB — Roger Guyett, Tim Burke, John Richardson and Bill George
- I, Robot IMDB — John Nelson, Andrew R. Jones, Erik Nash and Joe Letteri
Adapted Screenplay
- ★ Sideways IMDB — Screenplay by Alexander Payne & Jim Taylor
- Before Sunset IMDB — Screenplay by Richard Linklater & Julie Delpy & Ethan Hawke; Story by Richard Linklater & Kim Krizan
- Finding Neverland IMDB — Screenplay by David Magee
- Million Dollar Baby IMDB — Screenplay by Paul Haggis
- The Motorcycle Diaries IMDB — Screenplay by José Rivera
Original Screenplay
- ★ Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind IMDB — Screenplay by Charlie Kaufman; Story by Charlie Kaufman & Michel Gondry & Pierre Bismuth
- The Aviator IMDB — Written by John Logan
- Hotel Rwanda IMDB — Written by Keir Pearson & Terry George
- The Incredibles IMDB — Written by Brad Bird
- Vera Drake IMDB — Written by Mike Leigh
Nominated films and other recorded entries
54 films represented in the 2004 archive selection.
- 7:35 in the Morning (7:35 de la Mañana)
- A Very Long Engagement
- As It Is in Heaven
- Autism Is a World
- Before Sunset
- Being Julia
- Birthday Boy
- Born into Brothels
- Closer
- Collateral
- Downfall
- Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
- Everything in This Country Must
- Finding Neverland
- Gopher Broke
- Guard Dog
- Hardwood
- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
- Hotel Rwanda
- House of Flying Daggers
- I, Robot
- Kinsey
- Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
- Little Terrorist
- Lorenzo
- Maria Full of Grace
- Mighty Times: The Children's March
- Million Dollar Baby
- Ray
- Ryan
- Shark Tale
- Shrek 2
- Sideways
- Sister Rose's Passion
- Spider-Man 2
- Super Size Me
- The Aviator
- The Children of Leningradsky
- The Chorus (Les Choristes)
- The Incredibles
- The Motorcycle Diaries
- The Passion of the Christ
- The Phantom of the Opera
- The Polar Express
- The Sea Inside
- The Story of the Weeping Camel
- The Village
- Troy
- Tupac: Resurrection
- Twist of Faith
- Two Cars, One Night
- Vera Drake
- Wasp
- Yesterday
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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