2006 Academy Awards

Updated September 9, 2022 | Infoplease Staff

The 2006 Academy Awards were presented February 25, 2007, at the Kodak Theatre.

Best Picture

Babel

The Departed

Letters from Iwo Jima

Little Miss Sunshine

The Queen

Best Animated Picture

Cars

Happy Feet

Monster House

Actor in a Leading Role

Leonardo DiCaprio, Blood Diamond

Ryan Gosling, Half Nelson

Peter O'Toole, Venus

Will Smith, The Pursuit of Happyness

Forest Whitaker, The Last King of Scotland

Actress in a Leading Role

Penélope Cruz, Volver

Judi Dench, Notes on a Scandal

Helen Mirren, The Queen

Meryl Streep, The Devil Wears Prada

Kate Winslet, Little Children

Actor in a Supporting Role

Alan Arkin, Little Miss Sunshine

Jackie Earle Haley, Little Children

Djimon Hounsou, Blood Diamond

Eddie Murphy, Dreamgirls

Mark Wahlberg, The Departed

Actress in a Supporting Role

Adriana Barraza, Babel

Cate Blanchett, Notes on a Scandal

Abigail Breslin, Little Miss Sunshine

Jennifer Hudson, Dreamgirls

Rinko Kikuchi, Babel

Directing

Alejandro González Iñárritu, Babel

Clint Eastwood, Letters from Iwo Jima

Stephen Frears, The Queen

Paul Greengrass, United 93

Martin Scorcese, The Departed

Writing

Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen	Guillermo Arriaga, Babel
	Iris Yamashita and Paul Haggis, Letters from Iwo Jima
	Michael Arndt, Little Miss Sunshine
	Guillermo del Toro, Pan’s Labyrinth
	Peter Morgan, The Queen
Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published	Sacha Baron Cohen, Anthony Hines, Peter Baynham, and Dan Mazer, Borat Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
	Alfonso Cuarón, Timothy J. Sexton, David Arata, Mark Fergus, and Hawk Ostby, Children of Men
	William Monahan, The Departed
	Todd Field and Tom Perrotta, Little Children
	Patrick Marber, Notes on a Scandal

Cinematography

Vilmos Zsigmond, The Black Dahlia

Emmanuel Lubezki, Children of Men

Dick Pope, The Illusionist

Guillermo Navarro, Pan’s Labyrinth

Wally Pfister, The Prestige

Art Direction

Dreamgirls, John Myhre, art direction; Nancy Haigh, set decoration

The Good Shepherd, Jeannine Oppewall, art direction; Gretchen Rau and Leslie E. Rollins, set decoration

Pan’s Labyrinth, Eugenio Caballero, art direction; Pilar Revuelta, set decoration

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest, Rick Heinrichs, art direction; Cheryl Carasik, set decoration

The Prestige, Nathan Crowley, art direction; Julie Ochipinti, set decoration

Sound

Editing	Sean McCormack and Kami Asgar, Apocalypto
	Lon Bender, Blood Diamond
	Alan Robert Murray and Bub Asman, Flags of Our Fathers
	Alan Robert Murray and Bub Asman, Letters from Iwo Jima
	Christopher Boyes and George Watters II, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest
Mixing	Kevin O’Connell, Greg P. Russell, and Fernando Camara, Apocalypto
	Andy Nelson, Anna Behlmer, and Ivan Sharrock, Blood Diamond
	Michael Minkler, Bob Beemer, and Willie Burton, Dreamgirls
	John Reitz, Dave Campbell, Gregg Rudloff, and Walt Martin, Flags of Our Fathers
	Paul Massey, Christopher Boyes, and Lee Orloff, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest

Music

Song	I Need to Wake Up, An Inconvenient Truth
	Listen, Dreamgirls
	Love You I Do, Dreamgirls
	Our Town, Cars
	Patience, Dreamgirls
Original Score	Gustavo Santaolalla, Babel
	Thomas Newman, The Good German
	Philip Glass, Notes on a Scandal
	Javier Navarrete, Pan’s Labyrinth
	Alexandre Desplat, The Queen

Film Editing

Stephen Mirrione and Douglas Crise, Babel

Steven Rosenblum, Blood Diamond

Alex Rodríguez and Alfonso Cuaron, Children of Men

Thelma Schoonmaker, The Departed

Clare Douglas, Christopher Rouse, and Richard Pearson, United 93

Costume Design

Yee Chung Man, Curse of the Golden Flower

Patricia Field, The Devil Wears Prada

Sharen Davis, Dreamgirls

Milena Canonero, Marie Antoinette

Consolata Boyle, The Queen

Makeup

Aldo Signoretti and Vittorio Sodano, Apocalypto

Kazuhiro Tsuji and Bill Corso, Click

David Marti and Montse Ribe, Pan’s Labyrinth

Visual Effects

John Knoll, Hal Hickel, Charles Gibson, and Allen Hall, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest

Boyd Shermis, Kim Libreri, Chas Jarrett, and John Frazier, Poseidon

Mark Stetson, Neil Corbould, Richard R. Hoover, and Jon Thum, Superman Returns

Short Films

Animation	The Danish Poet (Torill Kove)
	Lifted (Gary Rydstrom)
	The Little Matchgirl (Roger Allers and Don Hahn)
	Maestro (Geza M. Toth)
	No Time for Nuts (Chris Renaud and Michael Thurmeier)
Live Action	Binta and the Great Idea (Binta Y La Gran Idea) (Javier Fesser and Luis Manso)
	Éramos Pocos (One Too Many) (Borja Cobeaga)
	Helmer & Son (Soren Pilmark and Kim Magnusson)
	The Saviour (Peter Templeman and Stuart Parkyn)
	West Bank Story (Ari Sandel)

Documentary

Short Subject	The Blood of Yingzhou District (Ruby Yang and Thomas Lennon)
	Recycled Life (Leslie Iwerks and Mike Glad)
	Rehearsing a Dream (Karen Goodman and Kirk Simon)
	Two Hands (Nathaniel Kahn and Susan Rose Behr)
Feature	Deliver Us from Evil (Amy Berg and Frank Donner)
	An Inconvenient Truth (Davis Guggenheim)
	Iraq in Fragments (James Longley and John Sinno)
	Jesus Camp (Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady)
	My Country, My Country (Laura Poitras and Jocelyn Glatzer)