Oscars Awards 2009 - The Winners

The winners of the Oscars 2009 are listed in full below with Slumdog Millionaire (pictured above: BBC/Getty) bringing home a staggering EIGHT Oscars from the 81st Academy Awards, held in Los Angeles on Sunday 22nd February 2008.

British actress Kate Winslet also won an Oscar for her role in The Reader, as Best Female Actress. Heath Ledger won a posthumous Oscar for supporting actor for The Dark Knight, with family members on hand to collect it. The award will be saved for his daughter and given to her when she is eighteen.

Best Film
Slumdog Millionaire

Director
Danny Boyle - Slumdog Millionaire

Best Actor
Sean Penn - Milk

Best Supporting Actor
Heath Ledger - The Dark Knight

Best Actress
Kate Winslet - The Reader

Best Supporting Actress
Penelope Cruz - Vicky Cristina Barcelona

Adapted Screenplay
Simon Beaufoy - Slumdog Millionaire

Original Screenplay
Dustin Lance Black - Milk

Animated Feature
WALL-E

Art Direction
The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button

Cinematography
Slumdog Millionaire

Costume Design
The Duchess

Documentary Feature
Man On Wire

Documentary Short
Smile Pinki

Editing
Slumdog Millionaire

Best Foreign Language Film
Departures

Makeup
The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button

Original Score
A.R. Rahman - Slumdog Millionaire

Original Song
'Jai Ho' - Slumdog Millionaire

Sound Editing
The Dark Knight

Sound Mixing
Slumdog Millionaire

Visual Effects
The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button

Animated Short
La Maison de Petits Cubes

Live Action Short
Spielzeugland (Toyland)