Mar 25, 2001
Steve Martin was the host for the 73rd annual Academy Awards ceremony - held on March 25, 2001 in the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles.
"Gladiator" was the big winner, but "Traffic" also had a big night taking home several "minor" awards.
Who Won Oscars In 2001?
| Best Picture | |
| Gladiator |  
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| Douglas Wick; David Franzoni; Branko Lustig | |
| Other Nominees: Chocolat; Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon; Erin Brokovich; Traffic | |
| Best Actor | |
| Russell Crowe (Gladiator) |
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| Other Nominees: Javier Bardem (Before Night Falls); Tom Hanks (Castaway); Ed Harris (Pollock); Geoffrey Rush (Quills) | |
| Best Actress | |
| Julia Roberts (Erin Brockovich) | |
| Other Nominees: Joan Allen (The Contender); Juliette Binoche (Chocolat); Ellen Burstyn (Requiem for a Dream); Laura Linney (You Can Count On Me) | |
| Best Director | |
| Steven Soderbergh (Traffic) | |
| Other Nominees: Stephen Daldry (Billy Elliot); Ang Lee (Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon); Stephen Soderbergh (Erin Brokovich); Ridley Scott (Gladiator) | |
| Best Supporting Actor | |
| Benicio del Toro (Traffic) | |
| Other Nominees: Jeff Bridges (The Contender); Willem DaFoe (Shadow of the Vampire); Albert Finney (Erin Brockovich); Joaquin Phoenix (Gladiator) | |
| Best Supporting Actress | |
| Marcia Gay Harden (Pollock) | |
| Other Nominees: Judi Dench (Chocolat); Kate Hudson (Almost Famous); Frances McDormand (Almost Famous); Julie Waters (Billy Elliot) | |
| Writing | |
| Traffic | |
| Stephen Gaghan | |
| Other Nominees: Chocolat; Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon; O Brother Where Art Thou?; Wonder Boys | |
| Writing | |
| Almost Famous | 
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| Cameron Crowe | |
| Other Nominees: Billy Elliot; Eric Brockovich; Gladiator; You Can Count On Me | |
| Cinematography | |
| Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon | |
| Peter Pau | |
| Other Nominees: Gladiator; Malena; O Brother Where Art Thou?; The Patriot | |
| Art Direction | |
| Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon | |
| Tim Yip | |
| Other Nominees: How the Grinch Stole Christmas; Gladiator; Quills; Vatel | |
| Film Editing | |
| Traffic | |
| Stephen Mirrione | |
| Other Nominees: Almost Famous; Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon; Gladiator; Wonder Boys | |
| Documentary Feature | |
| Into the Arms of Strangers | |
| Mark Jonathan Harris; Deborah Oppenheimer | |
| Other Nominees: Long Night's Journey Into Day; Scottsboro: An American Tragedy; Sound and Fury | |
| Documentary Short | |
| Big Mama | |
| Tracy Seretean | |
| Other Nominees: Curtain Call; Dolphins; The Man on Lincoln's Nose; On Tiptoe: Gentle Steps To Freedom | |
| Foreign Language Film | |
| Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon | |
| Other Nominees: Amores Perros; Divided We Fall; Everybody Famous!; The Taste of Others | |
| Short Subject Animated | |
| Father and Daughter | |
| Michael Dudok de Wit | |
| Other Nominees: The Periwig-Maker; Rejected | |
| Short Subject Live Action | |
| Quiero Ser | |
| Florian Gallenberger | |
| Other Nominees: By Courier; One Day Crossing; Seraglio; A Soccer Story | |
| Costume Design | |
| Gladiator |
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| Janty Yates | |
| Other Nominees: Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon; How the Grinch Stole Christmas; 102 Dalmations; Quills | |
| Makeup | |
| How the Grinch Stole Christmas | |
| Rich Baker; Gail Ryan | |
| Other Nominees: The Cell; Shadow of the Vampire | |
| Sound Editing | |
| U-571 | |
| Jon Johnson | |
| Other Nominees: Space Cowboys | |
| Sound Mixing | |
| Gladiator |
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| Scott Millan; Bob Beemer; Ken Weston | |
| Other Nominees: Cast Away; The Patriot; The Perfect Storm; U-571 | |
| Visual Effects | |
| Gladiator |
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| John Nelson; Neil Corbould; Tim Burke; Rob Harvey | |
| Other Nominees: Hollow Man; The Perfect Storm | |
| Original Score | |
| Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon | |
| Tan Dun | |
| Other Nominees: Chocolat; Gladiator; Malena; The Patriot | |
| Original Song | |
| Things Have Changed (Wonder Boys) | |
| Bob Dylan | |
| Other Nominees: A Fool In Love (Meet the Parents); I've Seen It All (Dancer In the Dark); A Love Before Time (Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon); My Funny Friend and Me (Emperor's New Groove) | |
| Special Award | |
| Ernest Lehman (Appreciation of a body of varied and enduring work) | |
| Special Award | |
| Jack Cardiff (Master of light and color) | |
| Irving G Thalberg Memorial Award | |
| Dino De Laurentiis | |
Movie Trailer for 'Gladiator'
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