81st Academy Awards

Feature films
Award - Winner - Producer
Best Picture - Slumdog Millionaire - Christian Colson
Best Foreign Language Film - Departures – Japan Yojiro Takita
Best Documentary Feature - Man on Wire - Simon Chinn
Best Animated Feature - WALL·E - Andrew Stanton

Directing
Award - Winner - Film
Best Director - Danny Boyle - Slumdog Millionaire

Acting
Award - Winner - Film
Best Actor in a Leading Role - Sean Penn - Milk
Best Actress in a Leading Role - Kate Winslet - The Reader
Best Actor in a Supporting Role - Heath Ledger - The Dark Knight
Best Actress in a Supporting Role - Penélope Cruz - Vicky Cristina Barcelona

Special honors
Award - Winner - Film
Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award - Jerry Lewis - Comedic film and humanitarian work