Feb 25, 2007
The 79th Academy Awards were held in the Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles on February 25, 2007 and hosted by Ellen DeGeneres.
"The Departed" ended up being the big winner of the night by winning Best Picture, Best Director for Martin Scorsese, Screenplay, and Editing.
"Pan's Labyrinth" won three design related Oscars. "Dreamgirls" had gone into the evening with the most nominations (eight) and won two Academy Awards (supporting actress Jennifer Hudson and sound editing).
79th Academy Awards Winners
| Best Picture | |
| The Departed |    |
| Other Nominees: Babel; Letters From Iwo Jima; Little Miss Sunshine; The Queen | |
| Best Actor | |
| Forest Whitaker (The Last King Of Scotland) |  |
| Other Nominees: Leonardo DiCaprio (Blood Diamond); Ryan Gosling (Half Nelson); Peter O'Toole (Venus); Will Smith (The Pursuit of Happyness) | |
| Best Actress | |
| Helen Mirren (The Queen) |  |
| Other Nominees: Penelope Cruz (Volver); Judi Dench (Notes On A Scandal); Meryl Streep (The Devil Wears Prada); Kate Winslet (Little Children) | |
| Best Director | |
| Martin Scorsese (The Departed) | |
| Other Nominees: Babel; Letters From Iwo Jima; The Queen; United 93 | |
| Best Supporting Actor | |
| Alan Arkin (Little Miss Sunshine) |  |
| Other Nominees: Jackie Earle Haley (Little Children); Djimon Hounsou (Blood Diamond); Eddie Murphy (Dreamgirls); Mark Wahlberg (The Departed) | |
| Best Supporting Actress | |
| Jennifer Hudson (Dreamgirls) |  |
| Other Nominees: Adriana Barraza (Babel); Cate Blanchett (Notes On A Scandal); Abigail Breslin (Little Miss Sunshine); Rinko Kikuchi (Babel) | |
| Writing | |
| The Departed | |
| William Monahan | |
| Other Nominees: Borat; Children of Men; Little Children; Notes On A Scandal | |
| Writing | |
| Little Miss Sunshine | |
| Michael Arndt | |
| Other Nominees: Babel; Letters From Iwo Jima; Pan's Labyrinth; The Queen | |
| Art Direction | |
| Pan's Labyrinth |  |
| Other Nominees: Dreamgirls; The Good Shepherd; Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest; The Prestige | |
| Cinematography | |
| Pan's Labyrinth | |
| Other Nominees: The Black Dahlia; Children of Men; The Illusionist; The Prestige | |
| Film Editing | |
| The Departed | |
| Thelma Schoonmaker | |
| Other Nominees: Babel; Blood Diamond; Children of Men; United 93 | |
| Animated Feature Film | |
| Happy Feet |  |
| George Miller | |
| Other Nominees: Cars; Monster House | |
| Documentary Feature | |
| An Inconvenient Truth (An Inconvenient Truth) |  |
| Davis Guggenheim | |
| Other Nominees: Deliver Us From Evil; Iraq In Fragments; Jesus Camp; My Country My Country | |
| Documentary Short | |
| The Blood of Yingzhou District | |
| Other Nominees: Recycled Life; Rehearsing A Dream; Two Hands | |
| Foreign Language Film | |
| The Lives Of Others |  |
| Germany | |
| Other Nominees: After the Wedding; Days of Glory; Pan's Labyrinth; Water | |
| Short Subject Live Action | |
| West Bank Story | |
| Other Nominees: Binta and the Great Idea; Eramos Pocos; Helmer & Son; The Savior | |
| Short Subject Animated | |
| The Danish Poet | |
| Other Nominees: Lifted; The Little Matchgirl; Maestro; No Time For Nuts | |
| Costume Design | |
| Marie Antoinette |  |
| Other Nominees: Curse of the Golden Flower; The Devil Wears Prada; Dreamgirls; The Queen | |
| Makeup | |
| Pan's Labyrinth | |
| Other Nominees: Apocalypto; Click | |
| Sound Editing | |
| Letters From Iwo Jima | |
| Other Nominees: Apocalypto; Blood Diamond; Flags Of Our Fathers; Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest | |
| Sound Mixing | |
| Dreamgirls | |
| Other Nominees: Apocalypto; Blood Diamond; Flags of Our Fathers; Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest | |
| Visual Effects | |
| Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest |  |
| Other Nominees: Poseidon; Superman Returns | |
| Original Score | |
| Babel | |
| Other Nominees: The Good German; Notes on a Scandal; Pan's Labyrinth; The Queen | |
| Original Song | |
| I Need To Wake Up (An Inconvenient Truth) |  |
| Melissa Etheridge | |
| Other Nominees: Listen (Dreamgirls); Love You I Do (Dreamgirls); Our Town (Cars); Patience (Dreamgirls) | |
| Special Award | |
| Ennio Morricone (Recognition of his magnificent contributions to the art of film music) | |
| Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award | |
| Sherry Lansing | |
Movie Trailer for 'The Departed'
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