art direction: Dante Ferretti and Francesca Lo Schiavo, "The Aviator"

cinematography: Robert Richardson, "The Aviator"

costume design: Sandy Powell, "The Aviator"

documentary feature: Ross Kauffman and Zana Briski, "Born into Brothels"

documentary short subject: Robert Hudson and Bobby Houston, "Mighty Times: The Children's March"

film editing: Thelma Schoonmaker, "The Aviator"

foreign language film: Alejandro Amenábar, "The Sea Inside" (Spain)

makeup: Valli O'Reilly and Bill Corso, "Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events"

music (score): Jan A.P. Kaczmarek, "The Aviator"

music (song): Jorge Drexler, "Al Otro Lado Del Rio," "The Motorcycle Diaries"

short film (animated): Chris Landreth, "Ryan"

short film (live action): Andrea Arnold, "WASP"

sound editing: Michael Silvers and Randy Thom, "The Incredibles"

sound mixing: Scott Millan, Greg Orloff, Bob Beemer and Steve Cantamessa, "Ray"

visual effects: John Dykstra, Scott Stokdyk, Anthony LaMolinara and John Frazier, "Spider-Man 2"

writing (adapted): Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor, "Sideways"

writing (original): Charlie Kaufman, Michel Gondry and Pierre Bismuth, "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind"