Nominations for Adapted Screenplay-81st Oscar Awards

The Nominations for Adapted Screenplay category are:

• “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” (Paramount and Warner Bros.), Screenplay by Eric Roth, Screen story by Eric Roth and Robin Swicord
  
• “Doubt” (Miramax), Written by John Patrick Shanley
  
• “Frost/Nixon” (Universal), Screenplay by Peter Morgan
  
• “The Reader” (The Weinstein Company), Screenplay by David Hare
  
• “Slumdog Millionaire” (Fox Searchlight), Screenplay by Simon Beaufoy

Nominations for Original Screenplay-81st Oscar Awards

The Nominations for Original Screenplay category are:

• “Frozen River” (Sony Pictures Classics), Written by Courtney Hunt
  
• “Happy-Go-Lucky” (Miramax), Written by Mike Leigh
  
• “In Bruges” (Focus Features), Written by Martin McDonagh
  
• “Milk” (Focus Features), Written by Dustin Lance Black
  
• “WALL-E” (Walt Disney), Screenplay by Andrew Stanton, Jim Reardon, Original story by Andrew Stanton, Pete Docter

Nominations for Achievement In Sound Mixing-81st Oscar Awards

The Nominations for Achievement In Sound Mixing category are:

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

Nominations for Achievement In Visual Effects-81st Oscar Awards

The Nominations for Achievement In Visual Effects category are:

• “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” (Paramount and Warner Bros.), Eric Barba, Steve Preeg, Burt Dalton and Craig Barron
  
• “The Dark Knight” (Warner Bros.), Nick Davis, Chris Corbould, Tim Webber and Paul Franklin
  
• “Iron Man” (Paramount and Marvel Entertainment), John Nelson, Ben Snow, Dan Sudick and Shane Mahan

Nominations for Achievement In Film Editing-81st Oscar Awards

The Nominations for Achievement In Film Editing category are:

• “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” (Paramount and Warner Bros.), Kirk Baxter and Angus Wall
  
• “The Dark Knight” (Warner Bros.), Lee Smith
  
• “Frost/Nixon” (Universal), Mike Hill and Dan Hanley
  
• “Milk” (Focus Features), Elliot Graham
  
• “Slumdog Millionaire” (Fox Searchlight), Chris Dickens

Nominations for Achievement In Sound Editing-81st Oscar Awards

The Nominations for Achievement In Sound Editing category are:

• “The Dark Knight” (Warner Bros.), Richard King
  
• “Iron Man” (Paramount and Marvel Entertainment), Frank Eulner and Christopher Boyes
  
• “Slumdog Millionaire” (Fox Searchlight), Glenn Freemantle and Tom Sayers
  
• “WALL-E” (Walt Disney), Ben Burtt and Matthew Wood
  
• “Wanted” (Universal), Wylie Stateman

Nominations for Achievement In Art Direction-81st Oscar Awards

The Nominations for Achievement In Art Direction category are:

• “Changeling” (Universal), Art Direction: James J. Murakami, Set Decoration: Gary Fettis
  
• “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” (Paramount and Warner Bros.), Art Direction: Donald Graham Burt, Set Decoration: Victor J. Zolfo
  
• “The Dark Knight” (Warner Bros.), Art Direction: Nathan Crowley, Set Decoration: Peter Lando
  
• “The Duchess” (Paramount Vantage, Pathé and BBC Films), Art Direction: Michael Carlin, Set Decoration: Rebecca Alleway
  
• “Revolutionary Road” (DreamWorks, Distributed by Paramount Vantage), Art Direction: Kristi Zea, Set Decoration: Debra Schutt

Nominations for Achievement In Cinematography-81st Oscar Awards

The Nominations for Achievement In Cinematography category are:

• “Changeling” (Universal), Tom Stern
  
• “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” (Paramount and Warner Bros.), Claudio Miranda
  
• “The Dark Knight” (Warner Bros.), Wally Pfister
  
• “The Reader” (The Weinstein Company), Chris Menges and Roger Deakins
  
• “Slumdog Millionaire” (Fox Searchlight), Anthony Dod Mantle

Nominations for Best Live Action Short Film-81st Oscar Awards

The Nominations for Best Live Action Short Film category are:

• “Auf der Strecke (On the Line)” (Hamburg Shortfilmagency), An Academy of Media Arts Cologne Production, Reto Caffi
  
• “Manon on the Asphalt” (La Luna Productions), A La Luna Production, Elizabeth Marre and Olivier Pont
  
• “New Boy” (Network Ireland Television), A Zanzibar Films Production, Steph Green and Tamara Anghie
  
• “The Pig” An M & M Production, Tivi Magnusson and Dorte Høgh
  
• “Spielzeugland (Toyland)” A Mephisto Film Production, Jochen Alexander Freydank