The 2009 Awards Season Has Started!

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The Cinematographers Nominate The Dark Knight
Source:ASC

ASC, the American Society of Cinematographers, has named the cinematographers who will vie for their Outstanding Achievement Award. The Dark Knight's Wally Pfister is included:

Roger Deakins, ASC, BSC (Revolutionary Road and The Reader), Anthony Dod Mantle, BSC (Slumdog Millionaire), Chris Menges, BSC (The Reader), Claudio Miranda (The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button) and Wally Pfister, ASC (The Dark Knight) are the finalists in the feature film category of the 23rd Annual American Society of Cinematographers (ASC) Outstanding Achievement Awards competition. The recipient will be named during the awards celebration here at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza Hotel on February 15.

"This annual celebration is our way of letting our colleagues from around the world know that their peers in the ASC recognize their inherent visual talent and spirited ability to get compelling stories on the screen in this collaborative art form," says ASC President Daryn Okada. "We also hope this celebration inspires generations of filmmakers to follow their dreams."

These are the eighth and ninth nominations for Deakins who earned top honors in 1995 for The Shawshank Redemption and in 2002 for The Man Who Wasn't There. It's the fourth nomination for Menges, the second for Pfister, and the first for Dod Mantle and Miranda.

"Artful cinematography is generally meant to be transparent to audiences but there are countless visual nuances that help to create a sense of time and place, while evoking emotional responses that are in tune with the intentions of the actors and directors," says ASC Awards Committee Chairman Michael Goi, ASC. "In the opinion of their peers, who considered hundreds of movies, these five extraordinarily talented individuals have set the contemporary standard for artful cinematography in a very competitive field."

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Hollywood writers nominate best film scripts

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Hollywood screenwriters on Wednesday named nominees for 2008's best film scripts with a few surprises among the movies vying for honors ahead of the industry's highest awards -- the Oscars in February.

The Writers Guild of America nominated for best original screenplay "Milk," written by Dustin Lance Black and telling of the life of slain gay rights activist Harvey Milk , along with Robert Siegel 's " The Wrestler ," which looks at the life of a faded sports star.

Those writers will be joined by veteran Woody Allen with romantic comedy " Vicky Cristina Barcelona ," brothers Joel and Ethan Coen for another comedy, " Burn After Reading ," and Tom McCarthy with immigration tale "The Visitor."

In the best adapted screenplay category, the Writers Guild nominated Eric Roth for " The Curious Case of Benjamin Button ," about a man who ages backward, John Patrick Shanley with sex abuse drama "Doubt" and Simon Beaufoy for " Slumdog Millionaire ," which tells of a young Indian man who competes to win a fortune on a television game show.

Joining those film writers in the adapted screenplay group are brothers Jonathan and Christopher Nolan for their Batman movie, " The Dark Knight ," and Peter Morgan with "Frost/Nixon," which recounts the interviews by British TV host David Frost of disgraced U.S. President Richard Nixon.

Nominees for awards from the Writers Guild often provide industry watchers with clues as to which films will compete for Oscars, the world's top movie honors, because many guild members also belong to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences , which gives out the Oscars.

Next on the list guild nominations will be the Directors Guild of America with its honors for film direction .

While several Writers Guild-nominated movies such as "Milk," "Slumdog" and "Benjamin Button" have enjoyed high profiles in early critical and other honors, "Burn After Reading," and "The Visitor" have stayed mostly out of the race.

Writers Guild nods could cause Academy voters to give those two a second look. Oscar nominations will be announced on January 22.

In addition to best original and adapted screenplay, the Writers Guild also named nominees for best documentary writing. Competing in that arena will be Stefan Forbes and Noland Walker for " Boogie Man: The Lee Atwater Story ," Alex Gibney with " Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson ," Brett Morgen for "Chicago 10," Johnny O'Hara for "Fuel" and Ari Folman with " Waltz with Bashir ."

The Writers Guild Awards will be given out on February 7 in Los Angeles. The Oscars are given out on February 22.

[Fernando]

DGA Nominations

David Fincher, THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON
Danny Boyle, SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE
Christopher Nolan, THE DARK KNIGHT
Ron Howard, FROST/NIXON
Gus Van Sant, MILK

[Alexandro]

everyone seems to be making insanely boring choices this year...

[Stefen]

everyone seems to be making insanely boring choices shitty movies this year...

[picolas]

everyone seems to be making insanely boring choices this year...

i totally agree. slumdog and curious case are just cop-outs. as is frost to a lesser degree, but moreso when you think about what else could be there.

[Fernando]

BAFTA 2009 NOMINATIONS

BEST FILM
THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON – Kathleen Kennedy, Frank Marshall, Ceán Chaffin
FROST/NIXON – Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Brian Grazer, Ron Howard
MILK – Dan Jinks, Bruce Cohen
THE READER – Anthony Minghella, Sydney Pollack, Donna Gigliotti, Redmond Morris
SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE – Christian Colson

OUTSTANDING BRITISH FILM
HUNGER – Laura Hastings-Smith, Robin Gutch, Steve McQueen, Enda Walsh
IN BRUGES – Graham Broadbent, Pete Czernin, Martin McDonagh
MAMMA MIA! – Judy Craymer, Gary Goetzman, Phyllida Lloyd, Catherine Johnson
MAN ON WIRE – Simon Chinn, James Marsh
SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE – Christian Colson, Danny Boyle, Simon Beaufoy

THE CARL FOREMAN AWARD
for Special Achievement by a British Director, Writer or Producer for their First Feature Film

SIMON CHINN (Producer) – Man On Wire
JUDY CRAYMER (Producer) – Mamma Mia!
GARTH JENNINGS (Writer) – Son of Rambow
STEVE McQUEEN (Director/Writer) – Hunger
SOLON PAPADOPOULOS, ROY BOULTER (Producers) – Of Time And The City

DIRECTOR
CHANGELING – Clint Eastwood
THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON – David Fincher
FROST/NIXON – Ron Howard
THE READER – Stephen Daldry
SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE – Danny Boyle

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
BURN AFTER READING – Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
CHANGELING – J. Michael Straczynski
I'VE LOVED YOU SO LONG – Philippe Claudel
IN BRUGES – Martin McDonagh
MILK – Dustin Lance Black

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON – Eric Roth
FROST/NIXON – Peter Morgan
THE READER – David Hare
REVOLUTIONARY ROAD – Justin Haythe
SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE – Simon Beaufoy

FILM NOT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
THE BAADER MEINHOF COMPLEX – Bernard Eichinger, Uli Edel
GOMORRAH – Domenico Procacci, Matteo Garrone
I'VE LOVED YOU SO LONG – Yves Marmion, Philippe Claudel
PERSEPOLIS – Marc-Antoine Robert, Xavier Rigault, Marjane Satrapi, Vincent Parannaud
WALTZ WITH BASHIR – Serge Lalou, Gerhard Meixner, Yael Nahl Ieli, Ari Folman

ANIMATED FILM
PERSEPOLIS – Marjane Satrapi, Vincent Parannaud
WALL•E – Andrew Stanton
WALTZ WITH BASHIR – Ari Folman

LEADING ACTOR
FRANK LANGELLA – Frost/Nixon
DEV PATEL – Slumdog Millionaire
SEAN PENN – Milk
BRAD PITT – The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
MICKEY ROURKE – The Wrestler

LEADING ACTRESS
ANGELINA JOLIE – Changeling
KRISTIN SCOTT THOMAS – I've Loved You So Long
MERYL STREEP – Doubt
KATE WINSLET – The Reader
KATE WINSLET – Revolutionary Road

SUPPORTING ACTOR
ROBERT DOWNEY JR. – Tropic Thunder
BRENDAN GLEESON – In Bruges
PHILIP SEYMOUR HOFFMAN – Doubt
HEATH LEDGER – The Dark Knight
BRAD PITT – Burn After Reading

SUPPORTING ACTRESS
AMY ADAMS – Doubt
PENÉLOPE CRUZ – Vicky Cristina Barcelona
FREIDA PINTO – Slumdog Millionaire
TILDA SWINTON – Burn After Reading
MARISA TOMEI – The Wrestler

MUSIC
THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON – Alexandre Desplat
THE DARK KNIGHT – Hans Zimmer, James Newton Howard
MAMMA MIA! – Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus
SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE – A. R. Rahman
WALL•E – Thomas Newman

CINEMATOGRAPHY
CHANGELING – Tom Stern
THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON – Claudio Miranda
THE DARK KNIGHT – Wally Pfister
THE READER – Chris Menges, Roger Deakins
SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE – Anthony Dod Mantle

EDITING **
CHANGELING – Joel Cox, Gary D. Roach
THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON – Kirk Baxter, Angus Wall
THE DARK KNIGHT – Lee Smith
FROST/NIXON – Mike Hill, Dan Hanley
IN BRUGES – Jon Gregory
SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE – Chris Dickens
**As there was a tie in this category there are six nominations

PRODUCTION DESIGN
CHANGELING – James J. Murakami, Gary Fettis
THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON – Donald Graham Burt, Victor J. Zolfo
THE DARK KNIGHT – Nathan Crowley, Peter Lando
REVOLUTIONARY ROAD – Kristi Zea, Debra Schutt
SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE – Mark Digby, Michelle Day

COSTUME DESIGN
CHANGELING – Deborah Hopper
THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON – Jacqueline West
THE DARK KNIGHT – Lindy Hemming
THE DUCHESS – Michael O'Connor
REVOLUTIONARY ROAD – Albert Wolsky

SOUND
CHANGELING – Walt Martin, Alan Robert Murray, John Reitz, Gregg Rudloff
THE DARK KNIGHT – Lora Hirschberg, Richard King, Ed Novick, Gary Rizzo
QUANTUM OF SOLACE – Jimmy Boyle, Eddy Joseph, Chris Munro, Mike Prestwood Smith, Mark Taylor
SLUMDOG MILLIONARE – Glenn Freemantle, Resul Pookutty, Richard Pryke, Tom Sayers, Ian Tapp
WALL•E – Ben Burtt, Tom Myers, Michael Semanick, Matthew Wood

SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS
THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON – Eric Barba, Craig Barron, – Nathan McGuinness, Edson Williams
THE DARK KNIGHT – Chris Corbould, Nick Davis, Paul Franklin, Tim Webber
INDIANA JONES AND THE KINGDOM OF THE CRYSTAL SKULL – Pablo Helman
IRON MAN – Shane Patrick Mahan, John Nelson, Ben Snow
QUANTUM OF SOLACE – Chris Corbould, Kevin Tod Haug

MAKE UP & HAIR
THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON – Jean Black, Colleen Callaghan
THE DARK KNIGHT – Peter Robb-King
THE DUCHESS – Daniel Phillips, Jan Archibald
FROST/NIXON – Edouard Henriques, Kim Santantonio
MILK – Steven E. Anderson, Michael White

SHORT ANIMATION
CODSWALLOP – Greg McLeod, Myles McLeod
VARMINTS – Sue Goffe, Marc Craste
WALLACE AND GROMIT: A MATTER OF LOAF AND DEATH – Steve Pegram, Nick Park, Bob Baker

SHORT FILM
KINGSLAND #1 THE DREAMER – Kate Ogborn, Tony Grisoni
LOVE YOU MORE – Caroline Harvey, Sam Taylor-Wood, Patrick Marber
RALPH – Olivier Kaempfer, Alex Winckler
SEPTEMBER – Stewart le Maréchal, Esther May Campbell
VOYAGE D'AFFAIRES (THE BUSINESS TRIP) – Celine Quideau, Sean Ellis

THE ORANGE RISING STAR AWARD
MICHAEL CERA
NOEL CLARKE
MICHAEL FASSBENDER
REBECCA HALL
TOBY KEBBELL

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Myers' `Love Guru' proves endearing at Razzies

LOS ANGELES - Voters for 2008's worst movies love Mike Myers. They really love him.

Myers' comedy flop " The Love Guru" led the field Wednesday for the Razzies with seven nominations, among them worst picture and worst-acting slots for Myers, Jessica Alba , Verne Troyer and Academy Award winner Ben Kingsley .

The number of nominations for "Love Guru" was appropriate given what a personal project it was for Myers, who not only starred but also co-wrote and produced the movie, said John Wilson, founder of the Razzies, an Oscar spoof that dishes out "dis-honors" for the lousiest stuff Hollywood dredged up the previous year.

"This is one of those auteur-of-the-awful situations," Wilson said. "I think people are tired of him in general. He hasn't really made a good movie in quite some time."

The other worst-picture contenders were " Disaster Movie " and " Meet the Spartans ," Hollywood spoofs that shared a nomination for a "badly beaten dead horse of a concept"; the fright flick " The Happening "; Paris Hilton 's romantic comedy bomb "The Hottie & the Nottie"; and the sword-and-sorcery fantasy " In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale ."

Razzie "winners" will be announced Feb. 21, the day before the Oscars .

Hilton had three nominations, worst actress and worst screen couple alongside her co-stars in "The Hottie & the Nottie," plus worst supporting actress for " Repo! The Genetic Opera ."

Eddie Murphy , named worst actor, supporting actor and supporting actress last year for multiple roles in " Norbit ," has two nominations this time, as worst actor and screen couple alongside himself for dual roles in his sci-fi comedy dud " Meet Dave ."

Cameron Diaz also picked up two Razzie nominations for the romance " What Happens in Vegas ," as worst actress and worst screen couple alongside co-star Ashton Kutcher .

Along with Kingsley, Oscar winner Al Pacino had a worst-actor nomination for his crime thrillers " 88 Minutes " and " Righteous Kill ."

The stars of the remake " The Women " — Annette Bening , Eva Mendes , Debra Messing , Jada Pinkett Smith and Meg Ryan — shared a worst-actress nomination. Joining them, Alba, Diaz and Hilton in the worst-actress category was Kate Hudson for " Fool's Gold " and " My Best Friend's Girl ."

Besides Murphy, Myers and Pacino, worst-actor nominees were Larry the Cable Guy for " Witless Protection " and Mark Wahlberg for "The Happening" and " Max Payne ."

" In the Name of the King " filmmaker Uwe Boll had three nominations for 2008 movies, worst director for that flick and "1968: Tunnel Rats" and "Postal," supporting actor for playing himself in "Postal" and screen couple alongside "any actor, camera or screenplay."

Boll — whose movies include such horror or action tales as " Bloodrayne ," " Alone in the Dark " and " House of the Dead " — also was selected by Razzies voters to receive a special prize for worst career achievement as "Germany's answer to Ed Wood," the legendary bad filmmaker responsible for " Plan 9 From Outer Space ."

"It's pretty insulting to Ed Wood . Although Wood didn't understand how to splice two frames together, there was a joy of incompetence in his work," Wilson said. "Uwe Boll's like our Meryl Streep . As long as he continues to work, he will get nominated, just like Meryl Streep does with those other awards."

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`Slumdog Millionaire' snags top producer award

LOS ANGELES – "Slumdog Millionaire" scored the top award from the Producers Guild of America on Saturday, building more momentum for the rags-to-riches drama in the Oscar race for best picture.

The film, a gritty yet heartwarming drama about a game-show contestant from the slums of Mumbai, beat out "Milk," "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button," "The Dark Knight" and "Frost/Nixon."

Producer Christian Colson was honored with the Darryl F. Zanuck producer of the year award at the ceremony, held at the Hollywood Palladium, the latest Hollywood kudofest in the run-up to the Academy Awards next month.

"Slumdog Millionaire" swept up four Golden Globe awards earlier this month. Directed by Briton Danny Boyle and starring a cast of unknowns, the film is a leading contender for the Academy Award's best picture. It also snared Oscar nominations for best director and adapted screenplay.

In television, HBO series "John Adams" snagged the David L. Wolper producer of the year award for long-form TV while AMC's "Mad Men" took the prize for drama.

Two shows were repeat winners from last year. In the comedy TV category, "30 Rock" was honored, while "The Colbert Report" was lauded in live entertainment/competition TV.

In other categories, "Wall-E" won in animated motion pictures, "Man on Wire" in documentaries and CBS' "60 Minutes" in nonfiction television.

Career achievement awards were bestowed on producer Brian Grazer, actor/director/producer Ron Howard, actor/producer Michael Douglas and "The Sopranos" producer David Chase.

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Complete list of winners of the 15th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards:

Movies:

_Cast: "Slumdog Millionaire."

_Actor in a leading role: Sean Penn, "Milk."

_Actress in a leading role: Meryl Streep, "Doubt."

_Supporting actor: Heath Ledger, "The Dark Knight."

_Supporting actress: Kate Winslet, "The Reader."

_Stunt ensemble: "The Dark Knight."

Television:

_Drama series cast: "Mad Men."

_Actor in a drama series: Hugh Laurie, "House."

_Actress in a drama series: Sally Field, "Brothers & Sisters."

_Comedy series cast: "30 Rock."

_Actor in a comedy series: Alec Baldwin, "30 Rock."

_Actress in a comedy series: Tina Fey, "30 Rock."

_Actor in a movie or miniseries: Paul Giamatti, "John Adams."

_Actress in a movie or miniseries: Laura Linney, "John Adams."

_Stunt ensemble: "Heroes."

Life Achievement: James Earl Jones.

[Stefen]

Shit yeah. 30 Rock cleans up again.

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Danny Boyle's `Slumdog Millionaire' wins DGA honor
 
LOS ANGELES – "Slumdog Millionaire" continued its rags-to-riches march through Hollywood's awards season as its filmmaker, Danny Boyle, won the top honor Saturday from the Directors Guild of America.

The win puts Boyle on the inside track for the same prize at the Academy Awards on Feb. 22, since the guild recipient almost always goes on to win the directing Oscar.

While "Slumdog Millionaire" started as an underdog that nearly went straight to DVD, it has emerged as the Oscar favorite. Audiences have embraced Boyle's tale of a poor boy rising to fame and fortune from the streets of Mumbai, and the film triumphed at the Golden Globes and Producers Guild of America Awards, while taking the prize for best ensemble cast from the Screen Actors Guild.

"Slumdog Millionaire" originally was to be released by Warner Independent, but its fate went into limbo after Warner Bros. closed down that arthouse banner. After a brief prospect of going right to DVD, the film found a theatrical home with Fox Searchlight, which has had success with such smaller films as "Little Miss Sunshine" and "Juno."

"I should start by curiously thanking Warner Bros. for actually having the grace to do the right thing, when I think it would have been a lot easier to do the wrong thing, and pass the film on to Fox Searchlight, who are an extraordinary bunch of people," Boyle said as he was introduced earlier in the night as one of the five nominees.

Backstage, Boyle joked about the fact that his award was presented by Joel and Ethan Coen, who won the prize a year ago for "No Country for Old Men."

"To step into the shoes of people like the Coen brothers, I mean, it's phenomenal, because I have, as I admitted in the earlier speech, I've stolen from them all my career," he said. "I mean in a naked and appalling way."

"The Office" won the top honor for television comedy, "The Wire" took the award for TV drama and "Recount" won for TV movie.

Paul Feig received the award for an installment of "The Office," whose competition included two episodes of "30 Rock," the series that has dominated at recent Hollywood honors such as the Golden Globes and Screen Actors Guild Awards.

"We're in a real golden age of TV comedy, and I'm just happy to be part of it," Feig said backstage.

The drama series prize went to director Dan Attias for an episode from the final season of "The Wire," a far-reaching drama with a huge cast exploring police, criminals, courts, schools, politics, media and other facets of life in Baltimore.

"Austin Powers" and "Meet the Parents" director Jay Roach was the recipient for the election drama "Recount."

Ari Folman's "Waltz With Bashir" won the documentary award. The film, which is nominated in the foreign-language category at the Academy Awards, is director Folman's animated study of an Israeli soldier struggling to recall suppressed memories of his involvement in the war with Lebanon.

Chicago Sun-Times film critic Roger Ebert was honored with an honorary life membership in the guild.

Michael Apted, the guild's president, noted that Ebert no longer can speak because of complications from thyroid cancer, but he told Ebert, "We're happy that it didn't stop you from writing about our work."

The ceremony featured recorded testimonials to Ebert from directors including Steven Spielberg, Clint Eastwood, Martin Scorsese and Oliver Stone.

"The motion picture is the art form I love above all others," Ebert said in a statement recorded via a synthetic computer voice with a British accent. "It is the symphony, and you are the conductors."

Among other guild winners:

• Reality programming: Tony Croll, "America's Next Top Model."

• Children's programs: Amy Schatz, "The Poetry Show."

• Daytime serials: Larry Carpenter, "One Life to Live."

Among Hollywood's many honors on the buildup to the Academy Awards, the Directors Guild prizes have one of the best track records for predicting eventual Oscar winners. Only six times in the guild awards' 60-year history has the winner failed to take home the directing Oscar.

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"Slumdog", "Milk" win top screenwriting awards

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Rags-to-riches romance "Slumdog Millionaire" furthered its winning streak in Hollywood's awards season on Saturday, earning best adapted screenplay for writer Simon Beaufoy from the Writers Guild of America.

"Milk," about slain, 1970s-era gay politician Harvey Milk , grabbed best original screenplay for Dustin Lance Black who gave an impassioned speech challenging the gay community to re-energize itself in the struggle for gay equality.

Black talked about how Milk's legacy inspired him to dream that one day his screenplay could be made into a film and reach as many people as it had with a message of change and hope.

"Big dreams are how change really happens," Black told the audience of film and television writers. "Join me in continuing this fight for civil rights."

But the night truly belonged to "Slumdog," which tells of a young Indian boy who competes for love and money on a TV game show. Together with the WGA's honor, it has now earned top awards from the other major Hollywood guilds and is the clear frontrunner for the best movie Oscar.

"Slumdog" was named best movie by the Producers Guild of America , Briton Danny Boyle was picked best director by the Directors Guild of America , and the movie's actors were judged best ensemble cast by the Screen Actors Guild .

The Oscars , given out by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences on February 22, and many of the guild members also belong to the academy making their awards key indicators of winners of Academy Awards , the world's top film honors.

Beaufoy, however, was not on hand to accept his WGA trophy as he was traveling to London for another awards ceremony given by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA).

In other top film awards given out Saturday by the WGA, Israeli war film " Waltz with Bashir " was named best documentary.

Major television awards went to " Mad Men ," whose writers won for best TV drama, and to "30 Rock," which took home the WGA trophy for best TV comedy.

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BAFTA 2009 WINNERS.

Best Film
Slumdog Millionaire (2008)

Alexander Korda Award for Outstanding British Film of the Year
Man on Wire (2008)

Best Actor
Mickey Rourke for The Wrestler (2008)

Best Actress
Kate Winslet for The Reader (2008)

Best Supporting Actor
Heath Ledger for The Dark Knight (2008)

Best Supporting Actress
Penélope Cruz for Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008)

David Lean Award for Achievement in Direction
Danny Boyle for Slumdog Millionaire (2008)

Best Screenplay (Original)
In Bruges (2008): Martin McDonagh

Best Screenplay (Adapted)
Slumdog Millionaire (2008): Simon Beaufoy

Best Cinematography
Slumdog Millionaire (2008): Anthony Dod Mantle

Best Editing
Slumdog Millionaire (2008): Chris Dickens

Best Production Design
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008): Donald Graham Burt, Victor J. Zolfo

Best Costume Design
The Duchess (2008): Michael O'Connor

Anthony Asquith Award for Film Music
Slumdog Millionaire (2008): A.R. Rahman

Best Make Up/Hair
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)

Best Sound
Slumdog Millionaire (2008)

Best Achievement in Special Visual Effects
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)

Best Film not in the English Language
Il y a longtemps que je t'aime (2008)

Best Animated Feature Film
WALL·E (2008)

Orange Rising Star Award
Noel Clarke

Carl Foreman Award for the Most Promising Newcomer
Steve McQueen for Hunger (2008/I)(Director/Writer)

Best Short Animation
Wallace and Gromit in 'A Matter of Loaf and Death' (2008) (TV)

Best Short Film
September (2008)

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Cinematographers honor 'Slumdog'
Anthony Dod Mantle wins big at ASC Awards
Source: Variety

"Slumdog Millionaire" continued its winning ways on Sunday night when the American Society of Cinematographers awarded the film's d.p., Anthony Dod Mantle its feature film prize at the 23rd Annual ASC Awards ceremony at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza Hotel in Los Angeles. The award follows top honors bestowed on "Slumdog" by SAG, DGA, PGA, WGA and the Art Directors Guild.

The Brit d.p. -- an Oscar nominee whose largely hand-held work consisted of a combination of digital and 35 mm imagery -- also has won cinematography kudos from BAFTA and Camerimage, the Polish film fest devoted to the art of cinematography.

In television, Nelson Cragg won the episodic TV award for his work on "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation ("For Gedda"), while David Stockton took home the TV movie/miniseries/pilot award for "Eleventh Hour." Both shows air on CBS.

The evening also included a slew of honorary laurels, including the ASC Board of Governors Award presented to "The Dark Knight" director Christopher Nolan; the ASC Lifetime Achievement Award to Jack Green, best known for his d.p. work with Clint Eastwood, who presented the award; the ASC International Achievement Award to Aussie lenser Donald McAlpine ("Romeo + Juliet," "Moulin Rouge!"); the ASC Career Achievement in Television Award to Robert Liu ("Desperate Housewives"); and the ASC Presidents Award to Isidore Mankofsky.

Other presenters included actors Amy Adams and Simon Baker, director Paul Mazursky and d.p. Wally Pfister, who was also a nominee for his work on "The Dark Knight."