2002 Oscars: Winners and Nominees

49 films were recognised at the 2002 Academy Awards, across 24 categories. 16 of them took home at least one award.

The biggest winner of the year was A Beautiful Mind, with 4 awards, ahead of The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring with 4. The categories below run from Actor in a Leading Role, Actor in a Supporting Role and Actress in a Leading Role to the smaller prizes, and in every one the winner is listed first, followed by the other nominees.

Each title links to the film's full award history at all four awards, and the links at the bottom step to the previous and next ceremony.

Last updated August 12, 2026

Actor in a Leading Role

Training Day(2001)
Denzel Washington
Winner
A Beautiful Mind(2001)
Russell Crowe
Ali(2001)
Will Smith
I Am Sam(2001)
Sean Penn
In the Bedroom(2001)
Tom Wilkinson

Actor in a Supporting Role

Iris(2001)
Jim Broadbent
Winner
Ali(2001)
Jon Voight
Sexy Beast(2001)
Ben Kingsley
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring(2001)
Ian McKellen
Training Day(2001)
Ethan Hawke

Actress in a Leading Role

Monster's Ball(2001)
Halle Berry
Winner
Bridget Jones's Diary(2001)
Renée Zellweger
In the Bedroom(2001)
Sissy Spacek
Iris(2001)
Judi Dench
Moulin Rouge!(2001)
Nicole Kidman

Actress in a Supporting Role

A Beautiful Mind(2001)
Jennifer Connelly
Winner
Gosford Park(2001)
Helen Mirren
Gosford Park(2001)
Maggie Smith
In the Bedroom(2001)
Marisa Tomei
Iris(2001)
Kate Winslet

Art Direction

Moulin Rouge!(2001)
Art Direction: Catherine Martin; Set Decoration: Brigitte Broch
Winner
Amélie(2001)
Art Direction: Aline Bonetto; Set Decoration: Marie-Laure Valla
Gosford Park(2001)
Art Direction: Stephen Altman; Set Decoration: Anna Pinnock
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone(2001)
Art Direction: Stuart Craig; Set Decoration: Stephenie McMillan
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring(2001)
Art Direction: Grant Major; Set Decoration: Dan Hennah

Best Picture

A Beautiful Mind(2001)
Brian Grazer and Ron Howard, Producers
Winner
Gosford Park(2001)
Robert Altman, Bob Balaban and David Levy, Producers
In the Bedroom(2001)
Graham Leader, Ross Katz and Todd Field, Producers
Moulin Rouge!(2001)
Martin Brown, Baz Luhrmann and Fred Baron, Producers
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring(2001)
Peter Jackson, Fran Walsh and Barrie M. Osborne, Producers

Cinematography

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring(2001)
Andrew Lesnie
Winner
Amélie(2001)
Bruno Delbonnel
Black Hawk Down(2001)
Slawomir Idziak
Moulin Rouge!(2001)
Donald M. McAlpine
The Man Who Wasn't There(2001)
Roger Deakins

Costume Design

Moulin Rouge!(2001)
Catherine Martin, Angus Strathie
Winner
Gosford Park(2001)
Jenny Beavan
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone(2001)
Judianna Makovsky
The Affair of the Necklace(2001)
Milena Canonero
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring(2001)
Ngila Dickson, Richard Taylor

Directing

A Beautiful Mind(2001)
Ron Howard
Winner
Black Hawk Down(2001)
Ridley Scott
Gosford Park(2001)
Robert Altman
Mulholland Drive(2001)
David Lynch
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring(2001)
Peter Jackson

Documentary (Feature)

Murder on a Sunday Morning(2001)
Jean-Xavier de Lestrade, Denis Poncet
Winner
Children Underground(2001)
Edet Belzberg
LaLee's Kin: The Legacy of Cotton(2001)
Susan Froemke, Deborah Dickson
Promises(2001)
Justine Shapiro, B.Z. Goldberg
War Photographer(2001)
Christian Frei

Film Editing

Black Hawk Down(2001)
Pietro Scalia
Winner
A Beautiful Mind(2001)
Mike Hill, Dan Hanley
Memento(2000)
Dody Dorn
Moulin Rouge!(2001)
Jill Bilcock
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring(2001)
John Gilbert

International Feature Film

No Man's Land(2001)
Bosnia & Herzegovina
Winner
Amélie(2001)
France
Elling(2001)
Norway
Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India(2001)
India
Son of the Bride(2001)
Argentina

Music (Original Score)

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring(2001)
Howard Shore
Winner
A Beautiful Mind(2001)
James Horner
A.I. Artificial Intelligence(2001)
John Williams
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone(2001)
John Williams
Monsters, Inc.(2001)
Randy Newman

Music (Original Song)

Monsters, Inc.(2001)
If I Didn't Have You in "Monsters, Inc." Music and Lyric by Randy Newman
Winner
Kate & Leopold(2001)
Until in "Kate & Leopold" Music and Lyric by Sting
Pearl Harbor(2001)
There You'll Be in "Pearl Harbor" Music and Lyric by Diane Warren
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring(2001)
May It Be in "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring" Music and Lyric by Enya, Nicky Ryan and Roma Ryan
Vanilla Sky(2001)
Vanilla Sky in "Vanilla Sky" Music and Lyric by Paul McCartney

Short Film (Live Action)

The Accountant(2001)
Ray McKinnon, Lisa Blount
Winner
A Man Thing(2001)
Slawomir Fabicki, Bogumil Godfrejow
Copy Shop(2001)
Virgil Widrich
Gregor's Greatest Invention(2001)
Johannes Kiefer
Speed for Thespians(2000)
Kalman Apple, Shameela Bakhsh

Sound

Black Hawk Down(2001)
Michael Minkler, Myron Nettinga, Chris Munro
Winner
Amélie(2001)
Vincent Arnardi, Guillaume Leriche, Jean Umansky
Moulin Rouge!(2001)
Andy Nelson, Anna Behlmer, Roger Savage, Guntis Sics
Pearl Harbor(2001)
Kevin O'Connell, Greg P. Russell, Peter J. Devlin
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring(2001)
Christopher Boyes, Michael Semanick, Gethin Creagh, Hammond Peek

Writing (Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published)

A Beautiful Mind(2001)
Written by Akiva Goldsman
Winner
Ghost World(2001)
Written by Daniel Clowes & Terry Zwigoff
In the Bedroom(2001)
Screenplay by Rob Festinger and Todd Field
Shrek(2001)
Written by Ted Elliott, Terry Rossio, Joe Stillman & Roger S.H. Schulman
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring(2001)
Screenplay by Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens, Peter Jackson

Writing (Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen)

Gosford Park(2001)
Written by Julian Fellowes
Winner
Amélie(2001)
Screenplay by Guillaume Laurant and Jean-Pierre Jeunet; Dialogue by Guillaume Laurant
Memento(2000)
Screenplay by Christopher Nolan; Story by Jonathan Nolan
Monster's Ball(2001)
Written by Milo Addica & Will Rokos
The Royal Tenenbaums(2001)
Written by Wes Anderson & Owen Wilson

Short Film (Animated)

For the Birds(2000)
Ralph Eggleston
Winner
Fifty Percent Grey(2001)
Ruairi Robinson, Seamus Byrne
Give Up Yer Aul Sins(2002)
Cathal Gaffney, Darragh O'Connell
Strange Invaders(2001)
Cordell Barker

Animated Feature Film

Shrek(2001)
Aron Warner
Winner
Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius(2001)
Steve Oedekerk, John A. Davis
Monsters, Inc.(2001)
Pete Docter, John Lasseter

Documentary (Short Subject)

Thoth(2002)
Sarah Kernochan, Lynn Appelle
Winner
Artists and Orphans: A True Drama(2002)
Lianne Klapper McNally
Sing!(2001)
Freida Lee Mock, Jessica Sanders

Makeup

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring(2001)
Peter Owen, Richard Taylor
Winner
A Beautiful Mind(2001)
Greg Cannom, Colleen Callaghan
Moulin Rouge!(2001)
Maurizio Silvi, Aldo Signoretti

Visual Effects

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring(2001)
Jim Rygiel, Randall William Cook, Richard Taylor, Mark Stetson
Winner
A.I. Artificial Intelligence(2001)
Dennis Muren, Scott Farrar, Stan Winston, Michael Lantieri
Pearl Harbor(2001)
Eric Brevig, John Frazier, Ed Hirsh, Ben Snow

Sound Editing

Pearl Harbor(2001)
George Watters II, Christopher Boyes
Winner
Monsters, Inc.(2001)
Gary Rydstrom, Michael Silvers