2002 Academy Awards

Updated September 9, 2022 | Infoplease Staff

The 2002 Academy Awards were presented March 23, 2003 at the Kodak Theatre.

Best Picture

Chicago, Martin Richards, producer

Gangs of New York, Alberto Grimaldi and Harvey Weinstein, producers

The Hours, Scott Rudin and Robert Fox, producers

The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, Peter Jackson, Fran Walsh, and Barrie M. Osbourne, producers

The Pianist, Roman Polanski, Robert Benmussa and Alain Sarde, producers

Best Animated Picture

Ice Age (20th Century Fox)

Lilo & Stitch (Buena Vista)

Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron (DreamWorks)

Spirited Away (Buena Vista)

Treasure Planet (Buena Vista)

Actor in a Leading Role

Adrien Brody, The Pianist

Nicolas Cage, Adaptation

Michael Caine, The Quiet American

Daniel Day-Lewis, Gangs of New York

Jack Nicholson, About Schmidt

Actress in a Leading Role

Salma Hayek, Frida

Nicole Kidman, The Hours

Diane Lane, Unfaithful

Julianne Moore, Far From Heaven

Renée Zellweger, Chicago

Actor in a Supporting Role

Chris Cooper, Adaptation

Ed Harris, The Hours

Paul Newman, The Road to Perdition

John C. Reilly, Chicago

Christopher Walken, Catch Me If You Can

Actress in a Supporting Role

Kathy Bates, About Schmidt

Julianne Moore, The Hours

Queen Latifah, Chicago

Meryl Streep, Adaptation

Catherine Zeta-Jones, Chicago

Directing

Rob Marshall, Chicago

Martin Scorsese, Gangs of New York

Stephen Daldry, The Hours

Roman Polanski, The Pianist

Pedro Almodóvar, Talk to Her

Writing

Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen	Todd Haynes, Far From Heaven
	Jay Cocks, Steve Zaillian, and Kenneth Lonergan, Gangs of New York
	Nia Vardalos, My Big Fat Greek Wedding
	Pedro Almodóvar, *Talk to Her*
	Carlos Cuarón and Alfonso Cuarón, Y Tu Mamá También
Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published	Peter Hedges, Chris Weitz, and Paul Weitz, About a Boy
	Charlie Kaufman and Donald Kaufman, Adaptation
	Bill Condon, Chicago
	David Hare, The Hours
	Ronald Harwood, *The Pianist*

Cinematography

Dion Beebe, Chicago

Edward Lachman, Far From Heaven

Michael Ballhaus, Gangs of New York

Pawel Edelman, The Pianist

Conrad L. Hall, Road to Perdition

Art Direction

Chicago, John Myhre, art direction; Gordon Sim, set decoration

Frida, Felipe Fernandez del Paso, art direction; Hania Robledo, set decoration

Gangs of New York, Dante Ferretti, art direction; Francesca Lo Schiavo, set decoration

The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, Grant Major, art direction; Dan Hennah and Alan Lee, set decoration

Road to Perdition, Dennis Gassner, art direction; Nancy Haigh, set decoration

Sound

Michael Minkler, Dominick Tavella, and David Lee, Chicago

Tom Fleischman, Eugene Gearty, and Ivan Sharrock, Gangs of New York

Christopher Boyes, Michael Semanick, Michael Hedges, and Hammond Peek, The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

Scott Millan, Bob Beemer, and John Patrick Pritchett, Road to Perdition

Kevin O'Connell, Greg P. Russell, and Ed Novick, Spider-Man

Music

Song	“Burn It Blue, ” Frida, Elliot Goldenthal and Julie Taymor
	“Father and Daughter, ” The Wild Thornberrys, Paul Simon
	“The Hands That Built America, ” Gangs of New York, Bono, The Edge, Adam Clayton, and Larry Mullen
	“I Move On, ” Chicago, John Kander and Fred Ebb
	“Lose Yourself,” *8 Mile,* Eminem, Jeff Bass, and Luis Resto
Original Score	John Williams, Catch Me If You Can
	Elmer Bernstein, Far From Heaven
	Elliot Goldenthal, *Frida*
	Philip Glass, The Hours
	Thomas Newman, Road to Perdition

Film Editing

Martin Walsh, Chicago

Thelma Schoonmaker, Gangs of New York

Peter Boyle, The Hours

Michael Horton, The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

Hervé de Luze, The Pianist

Costume Design

Colleen Atwood, Chicago

Julie Weiss, Frida

Sandy Powell, Gangs of New York

Ann Roth, The Hours

Anna Sheppard, The Pianist

Makeup

John Jackson and Beatrice De Alba, Frida

John M. Elliot, Jr., and Barbara Lorenz, The Time Machine

Visual Effects

Jim Rygiel, Joe Letteri, Randall William Cook, and Alex Funke, The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

John Dykstra, Scott Stokdyk, Anthony LaMolinara, and John Frazier, Spider-Man

Rob Coleman, Pablo Helman, John Knoll, and Ben Snow, Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones

Sound Editing

Ethan Van der Ryn and Michael Hopkins, The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

Richard Hymns and Gary Rydstrom, Minority Report

Scott A. Hecker, Road to Perdition

Short Films

Animation	The Cathedral (Tomek Baginski)
	*The ChubbChubbs!* (Eric Armstrong)
	Das Rad (Chris Stenner and Heidi Wittlinger)
	Mike's New Car (Pete Docter and Roger Gould)
	Mt. Head (Koji Yamamura)
Live Action	Fait d'Hiver (Dirk Beliën and Anja Daelemans)
	I'll Wait for the Next One…(J'attendrait le Suivant…) (Philippe Orreindy and Thomas Gaudin)
	Inja (Dog) (Steven Pasvolsky and Joe Weatherstone)
	Johnny Flynton (Lexi Alexander and Alexander Buono)
	*This Charming Man (Der er en Yndig Mand)* (Martin Strange-Hansen and Mie Andreasen)

Documentary

Short Subject	The Collector of Bedford Street (Alice Elliott)
	Mighty Times: The Legacy of Rosa Parks (Robert Hudson and Bobby Houston)
	*Twin Towers* (Bill Guttentag and Robert David Port)
	Why Can't We Be a Family Again? (Roger Weisberg and Murray Nossel)
Feature	*Bowling for Columbine* (Michael Moore and Michael Donovan)
	Daughter From Danang (Gail Dolgin and Vincente Franco)
	Prisoner of Paradise (Malcolm Clarke and Stuart Sender)
	Spellbound (Jeffrey Blitz and Sean Welch)
	Winged Migration (Jacques Perrin)