Best Picture The Departed -- Graham King, producer Babel -- Alejandro González Iñárritu, Jon Kilik and Steve Golin, producers Letters from Iwo Jima -- Clint Eastwood, Steven Spielberg and Robert Lorenz, producers Little Miss Sunshine -- David T. Friendly, Peter Saraf and Marc Turtletaub, producers The Queen -- Andy Harries, Christine Langan and Tracey Seaward, producers Best Director Martin Scorsese -- The Departed Alejandro González Iñárritu -- Babel Clint Eastwood -- Letters from Iwo Jima Stephen Frears -- The Queen Paul Greengrass -- United 93 Best Actor Forest Whitaker -- The Last King of Scotland as Idi Amin Leonardo DiCaprio -- Blood Diamond as Danny Archer Ryan Gosling -- Half Nelson as Dan Dunne Peter O'Toole -- Venus as Maurice Will Smith -- The Pursuit of Happyness as Chris Gardner Best Actress Helen Mirren -- The Queen as Queen Elizabeth II Penélope Cruz -- Volver as Raimunda Judi Dench -- Notes on a Scandal as Barbara Covett Meryl Streep -- The Devil Wears Prada as Miranda Priestly Kate Winslet -- Little Children as Sarah Pierce Best Supporting Actor Alan Arkin -- Little Miss Sunshine as Edwin Hoover Jackie Earle Haley -- Little Children as Ronald James McGorvey Djimon Hounsou -- Blood Diamond as Solomon Vandy Eddie Murphy -- Dreamgirls as James "Thunder '' Early Mark Wahlberg -- The Departed as Staff Sergeant Dignam Best Supporting Actress Jennifer Hudson -- Dreamgirls as Effie White Adriana Barraza -- Babel as Amelia Hernandez Cate Blanchett -- Notes on a Scandal as Bathsheba "Sheba '' Hart Abigail Breslin -- Little Miss Sunshine as Olive Hoover Rinko Kikuchi -- Babel as Chieko Wataya Best Original Screenplay Little Miss Sunshine -- Michael Arndt Babel -- Guillermo Arriaga Letters from Iwo Jima -- Iris Yamashita and Paul Haggis Pan 's Labyrinth -- Guillermo del Toro The Queen -- Peter Morgan Best Adapted Screenplay The Departed -- William Monahan based on the film Infernal Affairs Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan -- Sacha Baron Cohen, Anthony Hines, Peter Baynham, Dan Mazer and Todd Phillips based on characters created by Sacha Baron Cohen Children of Men -- Alfonso Cuarón, Timothy J. Sexton, David Arata, Mark Fergus and Hawk Ostby based on the book by P.D. James Little Children -- Todd Field and Tom Perrotta based on the novel by Tom Perrotta Notes on a Scandal -- Patrick Marber based on the book by Zoë Heller Best Animated Feature Film Happy Feet -- George Miller Cars -- John Lasseter Monster House -- Gil Kenan Best Foreign Language Film The Lives of Others (Germany) in German -- Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck After the Wedding (Denmark) in Danish, Hindi, and Swedish -- Susanne Bier Days of Glory (Indigènes) (Algeria) in Arabic -- Rachid Bouchareb Pan 's Labyrinth (Mexico) in Spanish -- Guillermo del Toro Water (Canada) in Hindi -- Deepa Mehta Best Documentary Feature An Inconvenient Truth -- Davis Guggenheim Deliver Us from Evil -- Amy Berg and Frank Donner Iraq in Fragments -- James Longley and John Sinno Jesus Camp -- Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady My Country, My Country -- Laura Poitras and Jocelyn Glatzer Best 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: The Leon Fleisher Story -- Nathaniel Kahn and Susan Rose Behr Best Live Action Short Film West Bank Story -- Ari Sandel Binta and the Great Idea -- Javier Fesser and Luis Manso Éramos Pocos -- Borja Cobeaga Helmer & Son -- Søren Pilmark and Kim Magnusson The Saviour -- Peter Templeman and Stuart Parkyn Best Animated Short Film The Danish Poet -- Torill Kove Lifted -- Gary Rydstrom The Little Matchgirl -- Roger Allers and Don Hahn Maestro -- Géza M. Tóth No Time for Nuts -- Chris Renaud and Mike Thurmeier Best Original Score Babel -- Gustavo Santaolalla The Good German -- Thomas Newman Notes on a Scandal -- Philip Glass Pan 's Labyrinth -- Javier Navarrete The Queen -- Alexandre Desplat Best Original Song "I Need to Wake Up '' from An Inconvenient Truth -- Music and Lyrics by Melissa Etheridge "Listen '' from Dreamgirls -- Music by Henry Krieger and Scott Cutler; Lyrics by Anne Preven "Love You I Do '' from Dreamgirls -- Music by Henry Krieger; Lyrics by Siedah Garrett "Our Town '' from Cars -- Music and Lyrics by Randy Newman "Patience '' from Dreamgirls -- Music by Henry Krieger; Lyrics by Willie Reale Best Sound Editing Letters from Iwo Jima -- Alan Robert Murray and Bub Asman Apocalypto -- Sean McCormack and Kami Asgar Blood Diamond -- Lon Bender Flags of Our Fathers -- Alan Robert Murray and Bub Asman Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man 's Chest -- Christopher Boyes and George Watters II Best Sound Mixing Dreamgirls -- Michael Minkler, Bob Beemer and Willie D. Burton Apocalypto -- Kevin O'Connell, Greg P. Russell and Fernando Cámara Blood Diamond -- Andy Nelson, Anna Behlmer and Ivan Sharrock Flags of Our Fathers -- John T. Reitz, David E. Campbell, Gregg Rudloff and Walt Martin Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man 's Chest -- Paul Massey, Christopher Boyes and Lee Orloff Best Art Direction Pan 's Labyrinth -- Art Direction: Eugenio Caballero; Set Decoration: Pilar Revuelta Dreamgirls -- Art Direction: John Myhre; Set Decoration: Nancy Haigh The Good Shepherd -- Art Direction: Jeannine Oppewall; Set Decoration: Gretchen Rau (posthumous nomination) and Leslie E. Rollins Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man 's Chest -- Art Direction: Rick Heinrichs; Set Decoration: Cheryl A. Carasik The Prestige -- Art Direction: Nathan Crowley; Set Decoration: Julie Ochipinti Best Cinematography Pan 's Labyrinth -- Guillermo Navarro The Black Dahlia -- Vilmos Zsigmond Children of Men -- Emmanuel Lubezki The Illusionist -- Dick Pope The Prestige -- Wally Pfister Best Makeup Pan 's Labyrinth -- David Martí and Montse Ribé Apocalypto -- Aldo Signoretti and Vittorio Sodano Click -- Kazuhiro Tsuji and Bill Corso Best Costume Design Marie Antoinette -- Milena Canonero Curse of the Golden Flower -- Chung Man Yee The Devil Wears Prada -- Patricia Field Dreamgirls -- Sharen Davis The Queen -- Consolata Boyle Best Film Editing The Departed -- Thelma Schoonmaker Babel -- Douglas Crise and Stephen Mirrione Blood Diamond -- Steven Rosenblum Children of Men -- Alfonso Cuarón and Álex Rodríguez United 93 -- Clare Douglas, Richard Pearson and Christopher Rouse Best Visual Effects Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man 's Chest -- John Knoll, Hal Hickel, Charles Gibson and Allen Hall Poseidon -- Boyd Shermis, Kim Libreri, Chaz Jarrett and John Frazier Superman Returns -- Mark Stetson, Neil Corbould, Richard R. Hoover and Jon Thum
2006 best picture nominees that lost to the departed
Babel Babel Babel Babel Babel Babel Babel Letters from Iwo Jima Letters from Iwo Jima Letters from Iwo Jima Letters from Iwo Jima Little Miss Sunshine Little Miss Sunshine Little Miss Sunshine Little Miss Sunshine The Queen The Queen The Queen The Queen The Queen The Queen