2009 Oscar Picks and Analysis - Page 3

Herzog and Kaiser have a strong case, Man on Wire will cross the long traverse to win.

Best Makeup

• John Caglione, Jr. and Conor O’Sullivan, The Dark Knight
• Greg Cannom, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
• Mike Elizalde and Thom Floutz, Hellboy II: The Golden Army

Cannom should win here. Guillermo del Toro’s Hellboy II gets nice recognition here – look for more when his two The Hobbit films release in 2012.

Best Animated Short Film

• La Maison en Petits Cubes, Kunio Kato
• Lavatory - Lovestory, Konstantin Bronzit
• Oktapodi, Emud Mokhberi and Thierry Marchand
• Presto, Doug Sweetland
• This Way Up, Alan Smith and Adam Foulkes

Presto definitely had the widest audience, showing before WALL-E, also the likely winner for Best Animated Feature, but La Maison could upset.

Best Art Direction

• Donald Graham Burt, Set Decoration: Victor J. Zolfo The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
• Michael Carlin, Set Decoration: Rebecca Alleway, The Duchess
• Nathan Crowley, Set Decoration: Peter Lando, The Dark Knight
• James J. Murakami, Set Decoration: Gary Fettis, Changeling
• Kristi Zea, Set Decoration: Debra Schutt, Revolutionary Road

Best Costume Design

• Danny Glicker, Milk
• Catherine Martin, Australia
• Michael O’Connor, The Duchess
• Jacqueline West The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
• Albert Wolsky, Revolutionary Road

Best Editing

• Kirk Baxter and Angus Wall, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
• Chris Dickens, Slumdog Millionaire
• Elliot Graham, Milk
• Mike Hill and Dan Hanley, Frost/Nixon
• Lee Smith, The Dark Knight

Best Documentary Short Subject

• The Conscience of Nhem En, Steven Okazaki
• The Final Inch, Irene Taylor Brodsky and Tom Grant
• Smile Pinki, Megan Mylan
• The Witness - From the Balcony of Room 306, Adam Pertofsky and Margaret Hyde

Best Live Action Short Film

• Auf der Strecke (On the Line), Reto Caffi
• Manon on the Asphalt, Elizabeth Marre and Olivier Pont
• New Boy, Steph Green and Tamara Anghie
• The Pig, Tivi Magnusson and Dorte Høgh
• Spielzeugland (Toyland), Jochen Alexander Freydank

Best Sound Editing

• Ben Burtt and Matthew Wood, WALL-E
• Frank Eulner and Christopher Boyes, Iron Man
• Glenn Freemantle and Tom Sayers, Slumdog Millionaire
• Richard King, The Dark Knight
• Wylie Stateman, Wanted

Best Sound Mixing

• Lora Hirschberg, Gary Rizzo and Ed Novick, The Dark Knight
• Chris Jenkins, Frank A. Montaño and Petr Forejt, Wanted
• Tom Myers, Michael Semanick and Ben Burtt, WALL-E
• David Parker, Michael Semanick, Ren Klyce and Mark Weingarten, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
• Ian Tapp, Richard Pryke and Resul Pookutty, Slumdog Millionaire

Best Visual Effects

• Eric Barba, Steve Preeg, Burt Dalton and Craig Barron, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
• Nick Davis, Chris Corbould, Tim Webber and Paul Franklin, The Dark Knight
• John Nelson, Ben Snow, Dan Sudick and Shane Mahan, Iron Man

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