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The Aviator

  • December 17, 2004
  • 170 min.
  • Drama
  • Germany
  • United States
A biopic depicting the life of filmmaker and aviation pioneer Howard Hughes from 1927 to 1947, during which time he became a successful film producer and an aviation magnate, while simultaneously growing more unstable due to severe obsessive-compulsive disorder.

Original title: The Aviator

25

nominations

36%

winning rate

9

wins

Academy Awards #77 - 2005

Award People Status
Best Picture Michael Mann, Graham King - as producer(s)
Best Directing Martin Scorsese
Best Actor in a Leading Role Leonardo DiCaprio
Best Actor in a Supporting Role Alan Alda
Best Actress in a Supporting Role Cate Blanchett Winner
Best Original Screenplay John Logan
Best Cinematography Robert Richardson Winner
Best Sound Mixing Tom Fleischman, Petur Hliddal
Best Production Design Dante Ferretti, Francesca Lo Schiavo Winner
Best Film Editing Thelma Schoonmaker Winner
Best Costume Design Sandy Powell Winner

British Academy Film Awards #58 - 2005

Award People Status
Best Picture Michael Mann, Sandy Climan, Graham King, Charles Evans Jr. - as producer(s) Winner
Best Directing Martin Scorsese
Best Actor in a Leading Role Leonardo DiCaprio
Best Actor in a Supporting Role Alan Alda
Best Actress in a Supporting Role Cate Blanchett Winner
Best Original Screenplay John Logan
Best Cinematography Robert Richardson
Best Original Score Howard Shore
Best Sound Philip Stockton, Eugene Gearty, Petur Hliddal, Tom Fleischman
Best Production Design Dante Ferretti Winner
Best Film Editing Thelma Schoonmaker
Best Costume Design Sandy Powell
Best Makeup and Hairstyling Morag Ross, Kathryn Blondell, Siân Grigg Winner
Best Special Effects Robert Legato, Pete Travers, Matthew Gratzner, Bruce Steinheimer

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