DIRECTORS GUILD OF AMERICA NOMINEES
(announced Jan. 8)
David Fincher, “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”
Christopher Nolan, “The Dark Knight”
Ron Howard, “Frost/Nixon”
Gus Van Sant, “Milk”
winner - Danny Boyle, “Slumdog Millionaire”
WRITERS GUILD OF AMERICA NOMINEES
(announced Jan. 7)
Original screenplay:
Ethan Coen and Joel Coen, “Burn After Reading”
winner - Dustin Lance Black, “Milk”
Woody Allen, “Vicky Cristina Barcelona”
Thomas McCarthy, “The Visitor”
Robert Siegel, “The Wrestler”
Adapted screenplay:
Eric Roth, “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” (screen story by Eric Roth and Robin Swicord; based on the short story by F. Scott Fitzgerald)
Christopher Nolan and Jonathan Nolan, “The Dark Knight” (screen story by Christopher Nolan, David S. Goyer; based on characters appearing in comic books published by DC Comics; Batman created by Bob Kane)
John Patrick Shanley, “Doubt” (based on his stage play)
Peter Morgan, “Frost/Nixon” (based on his stage play)
winner - Simon Beaufoy, “Slumdog Millionaire” (based on the novel “Q and A” by Vikas Swarup)
Documentary:
Stefan Forbes and Noland Walker, “Boogie Man: The Lee Atwater Story”
Brett Morgan, “Chicago 10”
Johnny O’Hara, “Fuel”
Alex Gibney, “Gonzo: The Life and Work of Hunter S. Thompson” (from the words of Hunter S. Thompson)
winner - Ari Folman, “Waltz With Bashir”
PRODUCERS GUILD OF AMERICA NOMINEES
(announced Jan. 5)
Motion picture:
“The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”
“The Dark Knight”
“Frost/Nixon”
“Milk”
winner - “Slumdog Millionaire”
Animated feature:
“Bolt”
“Kung Fu Panda”
winner - “WALL-E”
Documentary:
winner - “Man on Wire”
“Standard Operating Procedure”
“Trouble the Water”
AMERICAN SOCIETY OF CINEMATOGRAPHERS NOMINEES
(announced Jan. 7)
Claudio Miranda, “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”
Wally Pfister, “The Dark Knight”
Roger Deakins and Chris Menges, “The Reader”
Roger Deakins, “Revolutionary Road”
winner - Anthony Dod Mantle, “Slumdog Millionaire”
CINEMA AUDIO SOCIETY NOMINEES
(announced Jan. 7)
“The Dark Knight”
“Iron Man”
“Quantum of Solace”
winner - “Slumdog Millionaire”
“WALL-E”
ART DIRECTORS GUILD NOMINEES
(announced Jan. 9)
Period films:
“Changeling”
winner - “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”
“Doubt”
“Frost/Nixon”
“Milk”
Fantasy films:
winner - “The Dark Knight”
“Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull”
“Iron Man”
“The Spiderwick Chronicles”
“WALL-E”
Contemporary films:
“Burn After Reading”
“Gran Torino”
“Quantum of Solace”
winner - “Slumdog Millionaire”
“The Wrestler”
AMERICAN CINEMA EDITORS NOMINEES
(announced Jan. 12)
Best edited feature film (dramatic):
Angus Wall and Kirk Baxter, “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”
Lee Smith, “The Dark Knight”
Mike Hill and Dan Hanley, “Frost/Nixon”
Elliot Graham, “Milk”
winner - Chris Dickens, “Slumdog Millionaire”
Best edited feature film (comedy or musical):
Jon Gregory, “In Bruges”
Leslie Walker, “Mamma Mia!”
Greg Hayden, “Tropic Thunder”
Alisa Lepselter, “Vicky Cristina Barcelona”
winner- Stephen Schaffer, “WALL-E”
Best edited documentary:
Steve Audette, “Bush’s War”
Stuart Levy, “Chicago 10”
winner - Jinx Godfrey, “Man on Wire”
COSTUME DESIGNERS GUILD NOMINEES
(announced Jan. 13)
Contemporary film:
Laura Jean Shannon and Rebecca Bentjen, “Iron Man”
Ann Roth, “Mamma Mia!”
Patricia Field, “Sex and the City”
winner - Suttirat Larlarb, “Slumdog Millionaire”
Amy Westcott, “The Wrestler”
Period film:
Deborah Hopper, “Changeling”
Jacqueline West, “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”
winner - Michael O’Connor, “The Duchess”
Danny Glicker, “Milk”
Albert Wolsky, “Revolutionary Road”
Fantasy film:
Isis Mussenden, “The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian”
winner - Lindy Hemming, “The Dark Knight”
Sanja Milkovic Hays, “The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor”
