My Final Oscar Winners Predictions

BEST PICTURE OF THE YEAR
Slumdog Millionaire (Fox Searchlight) Christian Coulson, producer.

BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN DIRECTING
Danny Boyle, Slumdog Millionaire

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
Mickey Rourke, The Wrestler

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
Kate Winslet, The Reader

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Heath Ledger, The Dark Knight

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Penelope Cruz, Vicky Cristina Barcelona

BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN WRITING - ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Dustin Lance Black, Milk

BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN WRITING - ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Simon Beaufoy, Slumdog Millionaire

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
WALL-E (Disney/PIXAR) Andrew Stanton

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
Waltz with Bashir (Israel) Ari Folman, director.

BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN CINEMATOGRAPHY
Anthony Dod Mantle, Slumdog Millionaire

BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN ART DIRECTION
Donald Graham Burt (art direction) & Victor J. Solfo (set decoration), The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN FILM EDITING
Chris Dickens, Slumdog Millionaire

BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN MUSIC - ORIGINAL SCORE
A.R. Rahman, Slumdog Millionaire

BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN MUSIC - ORIGINAL SONG
"Jai Ho", A.R. Rahman and Gulzar (music & lyrics)

BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN COSTUME DESIGN
Michael O'Connor, The Duchess

BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN SOUND MIXING
Lora Hirschberg, Gary Rizzo and Ed Novick, The Dark Knight

BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN SOUND EDITING
Ben Burtt and Matthew Wood, WALL-E

BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN VISUAL EFFECTS
Eric Barba, Steve Preeg, Burt Dalton and Craig Barron, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN MAKEUP
Greg Cannom, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
Man on Wire (Discovery Films/BBC Films) James Marsh and Simon Chinn.

BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT SUBJECT
The Witness from the Balcony of Room 306 (National Civil Rights Museum) Adam Petrofsky and Margaret Hyde.

BEST LIVE-ACTION SHORT FILM
Toyland (Mephisto Film) Jochen Alexander Freydanck (director)

BEST ANIMATED SHORT FILM
La Maison en Petit Cubes (Robot Communications) Kunio Kato (director)