Mar 24, 2002
The 74th annual Academy Awards ceremony was held on March 24, 2002 in the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood with Whoopi Goldberg hosting.
It was a "beautiful" night as "A Beautiful Mind" won Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Supporting Actress.
It was also the night that was much celebrated because of two African Americans (Denzel Washington and Halle Berry) winning Best Actor and Best Actress.
Who Won Oscars In 2002?
| Best Picture | |
| A Beautiful Mind |  
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| Brian Grazer; Ron Howard | |
| Other Nominees: Gosford Park; In the Bedroom; Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring; Moulin Rouge | |
| Best Actor | |
| Denzel Washington (Training Day) | |
| Other Nominees: Russell Crowe (A Beautiful Mind); Sean Penn (I Am Sam); Will Smith (Ali); Tom Wilkinson (In the Bedroom) | |
| Best Actress | |
| Halle Berry (Monsters Ball) | |
| Other Nominees: Judi Dench (Iris); Nicole Kidman (Moulin Rouge); Sissy Spacek (In the Bedroom); Renee Zellweger (Bridget Jones Diary) | |
| Best Director | |
| Ron Howard (A Beautiful Mind) |
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| Other Nominees: Ridley Scott (Black Hawk Down); Robert Altman (Gosford Park); Peter Jackson (Lord of the Rings); David Lynch (Mulholland Drive) | |
| Best Supporting Actor | |
| Jim Broadbent (Iris) | |
| Other Nominees: Ethan Hawke (Training Day); Ben Kingsley (Sexy Beast); Ian McKellen (Lord of the Rings); Jon Voight (Ali) | |
| Best Supporting Actress | |
| Jennifer Connelly (A Beautiful Mind) |
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| Other Nominees: Helen Mirren (Gosford Park); Maggie Smith (Gosford Park); Marisa Tomei (In the Bedroom); Kate Winslet (Iris) | |
| Writing | |
| A Beautiful Mind |
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| Akiva Goldsman | |
| Other Nominees: Ghost World; In the Bedroom; Lord of the Rings; Shrek | |
| Writing | |
| Gosford Park | |
| Julian Fellowes | |
| Other Nominees: Amelie; Memento; Monsters Ball; The Royal Tennenbaums | |
| Cinematography | |
| The Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship Of The Ring | |
| Andrew Lesnie | |
| Other Nominees: Amelie; Black Hawk Down; The Man Who Wasn't There; Moulin Rouge | |
| Art Direction | |
| Moulin Rouge | |
| Catherine Martin | |
| Other Nominees: Amelie; Gosford Park; Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone; Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring | |
| Film Editing | |
| Black Hawk Down | |
| Pietro Scalia | |
| Other Nominees: A Beautiful Mind; Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring; Memento; Moulin Rouge | |
| Animated Feature Film | |
| Shrek | 
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| Aron Warner | |
| Other Nominees: Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius; Monsters Inc | |
| Documentary Feature | |
| Murder on a Sunday Morning | |
| Jean-Xavier de Lestrade; Denis Poncet | |
| Other Nominees: Children Underground; Lalee's Kin: The Legacy of Cotton; Promises Promises; War Photographer | |
| Documentary Short | |
| Thoth | |
| Sarah Kernochan; Lynn Appelle | |
| Other Nominees: Artists and Orphans: A True Drama; Sing! | |
| Foreign Language Film | |
| No Man's Land | |
| Other Nominees: Amelie; Elling; Lagaan; Son of the Bride | |
| Short Subject Animated | |
| For the Birds | |
| Ralph Eggleston | |
| Other Nominees: Fifty Percent Grey; Give Up Yer Aul Sins; Strange Invaders; Stubble Trouble | |
| Short Subject Live Action | |
| The Accountant | |
| Ray McKinnon & Lisa Blount | |
| Other Nominees: Copy Shop; Gregor's Greatest Invention; A Man Thing; Speed For Thespians | |
| Costume Design | |
| The Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship Of The Ring | |
| Nglia Dickson; Richard Taylor | |
| Other Nominees: The Affair of the Necklace; Gosford Park; Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone; Moulin Rouge | |
| Makeup | |
| The Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship Of The Ring | |
| Peter Owen; Richard Taylor | |
| Other Nominees: A Beautiful Mind; Moulin Rouge | |
| Sound Editing | |
| Pearl Harbor | |
| George Watters II; Christopher Boyes | |
| Other Nominees: Monsters Inc. | |
| Sound Mixing | |
| Black Hawk Down | |
| Michael Minkler; Myron Nettings; Chris Munro | |
| Other Nominees: Amelie; Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring; Moulin Rouge; Pearl Harbor | |
| Visual Effects | |
| The Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship Of The Ring | |
| Jim Rygiel; Randall William Cook; Richard Taylor; Mark Stetson | |
| Other Nominees: A.I. Artificial Intelligence; Pearl Harbor | |
| Original Score | |
| The Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship Of The Ring | |
| Howard Shore | |
| Other Nominees: A.I. Artificial Intelligence; A Beautiful Mind; Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone; Monsters Inc | |
| Original Song | |
| If I Didn't Have You (Monsters Inc) | |
| Randy Newman | |
| Other Nominees: May It Be (Lord of the Rings); There You'll Be (Pearl Harbor); Until (Kate & Leopold); Vanilla Sky (Vanilla Sky) | |
| Special Award | |
| Robert Redford (Creation of Sundance) | |
| Special Award | |
| Sidney Poitier (Remarkable accomplishments as an artist and human being) | |
| Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award | |
| Arthur Hiller | |
Movie Trailer for 'A Beautiful Mind'
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