<P> The winners were announced during the awards ceremony on February 29, 2004 . With eleven awards, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King tied with Ben - Hur and Titanic as the most awarded films in Oscar history . Moreover, its clean sweep of its eleven nominations surpassed Gigi and The Last Emperor's nine awards for the largest sweep for a single film in Oscar history . The film was also the tenth film to win Best Picture without any acting nominations . Best Director nominee Sofia Coppola became the first American woman and third woman overall to be nominated in that category . By virtue of her father, Francis Ford Coppola and her grandfather, Carmine's previous wins, her victory in the Original Screenplay category made her the second third - generation Oscar winner in history . At age thirteen, Best Actress nominee Keisha Castle - Hughes became the youngest nominee in that category until being surpassed by Quvenzhané Wallis, who was nine at the time of her nomination, in 2013 . With Sean Penn and Tim Robbins's respective wins in the Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor categories, Mystic River became the fourth film to win both male acting awards . </P> <P> Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface, and indicated with a double dagger (). </P> <Table> <Tr> <Td> Best Picture <Ul> <Li> The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King--Barrie M. Osborne, Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh, producers <Ul> <Li> Lost in Translation--Ross Katz and Sofia Coppola, producers </Li> <Li> Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World--Samuel Goldwyn Jr., Duncan Henderson and Peter Weir, producers </Li> <Li> Mystic River--Clint Eastwood, Judie C. Hoyt and Robert Lorenz, producers </Li> <Li> Seabiscuit--Kathleen Kennedy, Frank Marshall and Gary Ross, producers </Li> </Ul> </Li> </Ul> </Td> <Td> Best Director <Ul> <Li> Peter Jackson--The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King <Ul> <Li> Fernando Meirelles--City of God </Li> <Li> Sofia Coppola--Lost in Translation </Li> <Li> Peter Weir--Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World </Li> <Li> Clint Eastwood--Mystic River </Li> </Ul> </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Best Actor <Ul> <Li> Sean Penn--Mystic River as Jimmy Markum <Ul> <Li> Johnny Depp--Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl as Captain Jack Sparrow </Li> <Li> Ben Kingsley--House of Sand and Fog as Massoud Amir Behrani </Li> <Li> Jude Law--Cold Mountain as W.P. Inman </Li> <Li> Bill Murray--Lost in Translation as Bob Harris </Li> </Ul> </Li> </Ul> </Td> <Td> Best Actress <Ul> <Li> Charlize Theron--Monster as Aileen Wuornos <Ul> <Li> Keisha Castle - Hughes--Whale Rider as Paikea Apirana </Li> <Li> Diane Keaton--Something's Gotta Give as Erika Berry </Li> <Li> Samantha Morton--In America as Sarah Sullivan </Li> <Li> Naomi Watts--21 Grams as Cristina "Cris" Williams - Peck </Li> </Ul> </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Best Supporting Actor <Ul> <Li> Tim Robbins--Mystic River as Dave Boyle <Ul> <Li> Alec Baldwin--The Cooler as Shelley Kaplow </Li> <Li> Benicio del Toro--21 Grams as Jack Jordan </Li> <Li> Djimon Hounsou--In America as Mateo Kuamey </Li> <Li> Ken Watanabe--The Last Samurai as Lord Moritsugu Katsumoto </Li> </Ul> </Li> </Ul> </Td> <Td> Best Supporting Actress <Ul> <Li> Renée Zellweger--Cold Mountain as Ruby Thewes <Ul> <Li> Shohreh Aghdashloo--House of Sand and Fog as Nadereh Behrani </Li> <Li> Patricia Clarkson--Pieces of April as Joy Burns </Li> <Li> Marcia Gay Harden--Mystic River as Celeste Boyle </Li> <Li> Holly Hunter--Thirteen as Melanie Freeland </Li> </Ul> </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Best Original Screenplay <Ul> <Li> Lost in Translation--Sofia Coppola <Ul> <Li> The Barbarian Invasions - Denys Arcand </Li> <Li> Dirty Pretty Things--Steven Knight </Li> <Li> Finding Nemo--Andrew Stanton, Bob Peterson and David Reynolds </Li> <Li> In America--Jim Sheridan, Naomi Sheridan and Kirsten Sheridan </Li> </Ul> </Li> </Ul> </Td> <Td> Best Adapted Screenplay <Ul> <Li> The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King--Peter Jackson, Fran Walsh and Philippa Boyens based on the book by J.R.R. Tolkien <Ul> <Li> American Splendor--Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini based on the comic book series American Splendor by Harvey Pekar and Our Cancer Year by Harvey Pekar and Joyce Brabner </Li> <Li> City of God--Bráulio Mantovani based on the novel Cidade de Deus by Paulo Lins </Li> <Li> Mystic River--Brian Helgeland based on the novel by Dennis Lehane </Li> <Li> Seabiscuit--Gary Ross based on the book by Laura Hillenbrand </Li> </Ul> </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Best Animated Feature Film <Ul> <Li> Finding Nemo--Andrew Stanton <Ul> <Li> Brother Bear--Aaron Blaise and Robert Walker </Li> <Li> The Triplets of Belleville--Sylvain Chomet </Li> </Ul> </Li> </Ul> </Td> <Td> Best Foreign Language Film <Ul> <Li> The Barbarian Invasions (Canada) in French--Denys Arcand <Ul> <Li> Evil (Sweden) in Swedish--Mikael Håfström </Li> <Li> The Twilight Samurai (Japan) in Japanese--Yôji Yamada </Li> <Li> Twin Sisters (Netherlands) in Dutch--Ben Sombogaart </Li> <Li> Želary (Czech Republic) in Czech--Ondřej Trojan </Li> </Ul> </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Best Documentary Feature <Ul> <Li> The Fog of War: Eleven Lessons from the Life of Robert S. McNamara--Errol Morris and Michael Williams <Ul> <Li> Balseros--Carlos Bosch and Josep Maria Domenech </Li> <Li> Capturing the Friedmans--Andrew Jarecki and Marc Smerling </Li> <Li> My Architect--Nathaniel Kahn and Susan Rose Behr </Li> <Li> The Weather Underground--Sam Green and Bill Siegel </Li> </Ul> </Li> </Ul> </Td> <Td> Best Documentary Short Subject <Ul> <Li> Chernobyl Heart--Maryann DeLeo <Ul> <Li> Asylum--Sandy McLeod and Gini Reticker </Li> <Li> Ferry Tales--Katja Esson </Li> </Ul> </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Best Live Action Short Film <Ul> <Li> Two Soldiers--Aaron Schneider and Andrew J. Sacks <Ul> <Li> Die Rote Jacke (The Red Jacket)--Florian Baxmeyer </Li> <Li> Most (The Bridge)--Bobby Garabedian and William Zabka </Li> <Li> Squash--Lionel Bailliu </Li> <Li> (A) Torzija ((A) Torsion)--Stefan Arsenijevic </Li> </Ul> </Li> </Ul> </Td> <Td> Best Animated Short Film <Ul> <Li> Harvie Krumpet--Adam Elliot <Ul> <Li> Boundin'--Bud Luckey </Li> <Li> Destino--Dominique Monfery and Roy Edward Disney </Li> <Li> Gone Nutty--Carlos Saldanha and John C. Donkin </Li> <Li> Nibbles--Christopher Hinton </Li> </Ul> </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Best Original Score <Ul> <Li> The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King--Howard Shore <Ul> <Li> Big Fish--Danny Elfman </Li> <Li> Cold Mountain--Gabriel Yared </Li> <Li> Finding Nemo--Thomas Newman </Li> <Li> House of Sand and Fog--James Horner </Li> </Ul> </Li> </Ul> </Td> <Td> Best Original Song <Ul> <Li> "Into the West" from The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King--Music and Lyrics by Fran Walsh, Howard Shore and Annie Lennox <Ul> <Li> "Belleville Rendez - vous" from The Triplets of Belleville--Music by Benoît Charest; Lyrics by Sylvain Chomet </Li> <Li> "A Kiss at the End of the Rainbow" from A Mighty Wind--Music and Lyrics by Michael McKean and Annette O'Toole </Li> <Li> "Scarlet Tide" from Cold Mountain--Music and Lyrics by T Bone Burnett and Elvis Costello </Li> <Li> "You Will Be My Ain True Love" from Cold Mountain--Music and Lyrics by Sting </Li> </Ul> </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Best Sound Editing <Ul> <Li> Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World--Richard King <Ul> <Li> Finding Nemo--Gary Rydstrom and Michael Silvers </Li> <Li> Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl--Christopher Boyes and George Watters II </Li> </Ul> </Li> </Ul> </Td> <Td> Best Sound Mixing <Ul> <Li> The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King--Christopher Boyes, Michael Semanick, Michael Hedges and Hammond Peek <Ul> <Li> The Last Samurai--Andy Nelson, Anna Behlmer and Jeff Wexler </Li> <Li> Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World--Paul Massey, Doug Hemphill and Art Rochester </Li> <Li> Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl--Christopher Boyes, David Parker, David E. Campbell and Lee Orloff </Li> <Li> Seabiscuit--Andy Nelson, Anna Behlmer and Tod A. Maitland </Li> </Ul> </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Best Art Direction <Ul> <Li> The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King--Art Direction: Grant Major; Set Decoration: Dan Hennah and Alan Lee <Ul> <Li> Girl with a Pearl Earring--Art Direction: Ben Van Os; Set Decoration: Cecile Heideman </Li> <Li> The Last Samurai--Art Direction: Lilly Kilvert; Set Decoration: Gretchen Rau </Li> <Li> Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World--Art Direction: William Sandell; Set Decoration: Robert Gould </Li> <Li> Seabiscuit--Art Direction: Jeannine Oppewall; Set Decoration: Leslie Pope </Li> </Ul> </Li> </Ul> </Td> <Td> Best Cinematography <Ul> <Li> Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World--Russell Boyd <Ul> <Li> City of God--Cesar Charlone </Li> <Li> Cold Mountain--John Seale </Li> <Li> Girl with a Pearl Earring--Eduardo Serra </Li> <Li> Seabiscuit--John Schwartzman </Li> </Ul> </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Best Makeup <Ul> <Li> The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King--Richard Taylor and Peter King <Ul> <Li> Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World--Edouard Henriques III and Yolanda Toussieng </Li> <Li> Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl--Ve Neill and Martin Samuel </Li> </Ul> </Li> </Ul> </Td> <Td> Best Costume Design <Ul> <Li> The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King--Ngila Dickson and Richard Taylor <Ul> <Li> Girl with a Pearl Earring--Dien van Straalen </Li> <Li> The Last Samurai--Ngila Dickson </Li> <Li> Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World--Wendy Stites </Li> <Li> Seabiscuit--Judianna Makovsky </Li> </Ul> </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Best Film Editing <Ul> <Li> The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King--Jamie Selkirk <Ul> <Li> City of God--Daniel Rezende </Li> <Li> Cold Mountain--Walter Murch </Li> <Li> Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World--Lee Smith </Li> <Li> Seabiscuit--William Goldenberg </Li> </Ul> </Li> </Ul> </Td> <Td> Best Visual Effects <Ul> <Li> The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King--Jim Rygiel, Randall William Cook, Alex Funke and Joe Letteri <Ul> <Li> Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World--Dan Sudick, Stefen Fangmeier, Nathan McGuinness and Robert Stromberg </Li> <Li> Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl--John Knoll, Hal Hickel, Charles Gibson and Terry Frazee </Li> </Ul> </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td> Best Picture <Ul> <Li> The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King--Barrie M. Osborne, Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh, producers <Ul> <Li> Lost in Translation--Ross Katz and Sofia Coppola, producers </Li> <Li> Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World--Samuel Goldwyn Jr., Duncan Henderson and Peter Weir, producers </Li> <Li> Mystic River--Clint Eastwood, Judie C. Hoyt and Robert Lorenz, producers </Li> <Li> Seabiscuit--Kathleen Kennedy, Frank Marshall and Gary Ross, producers </Li> </Ul> </Li> </Ul> </Td> <Td> Best Director <Ul> <Li> Peter Jackson--The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King <Ul> <Li> Fernando Meirelles--City of God </Li> <Li> Sofia Coppola--Lost in Translation </Li> <Li> Peter Weir--Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World </Li> <Li> Clint Eastwood--Mystic River </Li> </Ul> </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr>

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