Mar 23, 2003
The 75th Academy Awards was held on March 23, 2003 in the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood with Steve Martin hosting.
"Chicago" took home Best Picture honors along with Best Supporting Acress, but "The Pianist" also had a good night.
| Best Picture | |
| Chicago | |
| Martin Richards | |
| Other Nominees: Gangs of New York; The Hours; Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers; The Pianist | |
| Best Actor | |
| Adrien Brody (The Pianist) | |
| Other Nominees: Nicholas Cage (Adaptation); Michael Caine (The Quiet American); Daniel Day-Lewis (Gangs of New York); Jack Nicholson (About Schmidt) | |
| Best Actress | |
| Nicole Kidman (The Hours) | |
| Other Nominees: Salma Hayek (Frida); Diane Lane (Unfaithful); Julianne Moore (Far From Heaven); Rene Zellweger (Chicago) | |
| Best Director | |
| Roman Polanski (The Pianist) | |
| Other Nominees: Rob Marshall (Chicago); Martin Scorsese (Gangs of New York); Stephen Daldry (The Hours); Pedro Almodvar (Talk To Her) | |
| Best Supporting Actor | |
| Chris Cooper (Adaptation) | |
| Other Nominees: Ed Harris (The Hours); Paul Newman (Road To Perdition); John C. Reilly (Chicago); Christopher Walken (Catch Me If You Can) | |
| Best Supporting Actress | |
| Catherine Zeta-Jones (Chicago) | |
| Other Nominees: Kathy Bates (About Schmidt); Julianne Moore (The Hours); Queen Latifah (Chicago); Meryl Streep (Adaptation) | |
| Writing | |
| The Pianist | |
| Ronald Harwood | |
| Other Nominees: About A Boy; Adaptation; Chicago; The Hours | |
| Writing | |
| Talk To Her | |
| Pedro Almodovar | |
| Other Nominees: Far From Heaven; Gangs of New York; My Big Fat Greek Wedding; Y Tu Mama Tambien | |
| Art Direction | |
| Chicago | |
| John Myhre; Gordon Sim | |
| Other Nominees: Frida; Gangs of New York; Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers; Road to Perdition | |
| Cinematography | |
| Road To Perdition | |
| Conrad L Hall | |
| Other Nominees: Chicago; Far From Heaven; Gangs of New York; The Pianist | |
| Film Editing | |
| Chicago | |
| Martin Walsh | |
| Other Nominees: Gangs of New York; The Hours; Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers; The Pianist | |
| Animated Feature Film | |
| Spirited Away | |
| Hayao Miyazaki | |
| Other Nominees: Ice Age; Lilo & Stich; Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron; Treasure Planet | |
| Documentary Feature | |
| Bowling For Columbine | |
| Michael Moore; Michael Donovan | |
| Other Nominees: Daughter From Danang; Prisoner of Paradise; Spellbound; Winged Migration | |
| Documentary Short | |
| Twin Towers | |
| Bill Guttentag; Robert David Port | |
| Other Nominees: The Collector of Bedford Street; Mighty Times: The Legacy of Rosa Parks; Why Can't We Be A Family Again? | |
| Foreign Language Film | |
| Nowhere In Africa | |
| Other Nominees: El Crimen Del Padre Amaro; Hero; The Man Without A Past | |
| Short Subject Animated | |
| The ChubbChubbs! | |
| Eric Armstrong | |
| Other Nominees: The Cathedral; Das Rad; Mike's New Car; Mt Head | |
| Short Subject Live Action | |
| This Charming Man | |
| Martin Strange-Hansen & Mie Andreason | |
| Other Nominees: Fait D'Hiver; I'll Wait For The Next One; Inja; Johnny Flynton | |
| Costume Design | |
| Chicago | |
| Colleen Atwood | |
| Other Nominees: Frida; Gangs of New York; The Hours; The Pianist | |
| Makeup | |
| Frida | |
| John Jackson; Beatrice De Alba | |
| Other Nominees: The Time Machine | |
| Sound Editing | |
| The Lord Of The Rings: The Two Towers | |
| Ethan van der Ryn; Michael Hopkins | |
| Other Nominees: Minority Report; Road to Perdition | |
| Sound Mixing | |
| Chicago | |
| Michael Minkler; Dominick Tavella; David Lee | |
| Other Nominees: Gangs of New York; Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers; Road to Perdition; Spider-Man | |
| Visual Effects | |
| The Lord Of The Rings: The Two Towers | |
| Jim Rygiel; Joe Letteri; Randall William Cook; Alex Funke | |
| Other Nominees: Spider-Man; Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones | |
| Original Score | |
| Frida | |
| Elliot Goldenthal | |
| Other Nominees: Catch Me If You Can; Far From Heaven; The Hours; Road To Perdition | |
| Original Song | |
| Lose Yourself (8 Mile) | |
| Eminem; Jeff Bass; Luis Resto | |
| Other Nominees: Burn It Blue (Frida); Father and Daughter (Wild Thornberrys Movie); The Hands That Built America (Gangs of New York); I Move On (Chicago) | |
| Special Award | |
| Peter O'Toole (Remarkable talents and memorable characters) | |