Nominations announced this week

Nominations for the 75th Anniversary Academy Awards were announced Tuesday, February 11 by Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences President Frank Pierson and his fellow Academy member Marisa Tomei, recipient of the Best Supporting Actress Oscar for her role in “My Cousin Vinny.” Pierson and Tomei announced ten of the 24 categories at a 5:30 a.m. press conference, which was attended by over 400 media from around the world. Numerous radio and television outlets have indicated that they will carry the announcement live. Nominations in all categories will be distributed simultaneously to press in attendance and via the Internet on oscar.com, the official website of the 75th Academy Awards. Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2002 will be presented on Sunday, March 23, 2003, at the Kodak Theatre at Hollywood & Highland and televised live by the ABC Television Network beginning at 5:30 p.m. PST. A half-hour arrival segment will precede the presentation ceremony at 5 p.m. Information about the 75th Anniversary Academy Awards can be accessed on the World Wide Web at oscar.com. NOMINATIONS BY CATEGORY - 75TH AWARDS Performance by an actor in a leading role Adrien Brody in THE PIANIST (Focus Features) Nicolas Cage in ADAPTATION (Sony Pictures Releasing) Michael Caine in THE QUIET AMERICAN (Miramax and Intermedia) Daniel Day-Lewis in GANGS OF NEW YORK (Miramax) Jack Nicholson in ABOUT SCHMIDT (New Line) Performance by an actor in a supporting role Chris Cooper in ADAPTATION (Sony Pictures Releasing) Ed Harris in THE HOURS (Paramount and Miramax) Paul Newman in ROAD TO PERDITION (DreamWorks and 20th Century Fox) John C. Reilly in CHICAGO (Miramax) Christopher Walken in CATCH ME IF YOU CAN (DreamWorks) Performance by an actress in a leading role Salma Hayek in FRIDA (Miramax) Nicole Kidman in THE HOURS (Paramount and Miramax) Diane Lane in UNFAITHFUL (20th Century Fox) Julianne Moore in FAT FROM HEAVEN (Focus Features) Renée Zellweger in CHICAGO (Miramax) Performance by an actress in a supporting role Kathy Bates in ABOUT SCHMIDT (New Line) Julianne Moore in THE HOURS (Paramount and Miramax) Queen Latifah in CHICAGO (Miramax) Meryl Streep in ADAPTATION (Sony Pictures Releasing) Catherine Zeta-Jones in CHICAGO (Miramax) Best animated feature film of the year ICE AGE (20th Century Fox) Chris Wedge LILO & STITCH (Buena Vista) Chris Sanders SPIRIT: STALLION OF THE CIMARRON (DreamWorks) Jeffrey Katzenberg SPIRITED AWAY (Buena Vista) Hayao Miyazaki TREASURE PLANET (Buena Vista) Ron Clements Achievement in art direction CHICAGO (Miramax) Art Direction: John Myhre Set Decoration: Gord Sim FRIDA (Miramax) Art Direction: Felipe Fernandez del Paso Set Decoration: Hannia Robledo GANGS OF NEW YORK (Miramax) Art Direction: Dante Ferretti Set Decoration: Francesca Lo Schiavo THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE TWO TOWERS (New Line) Art Direction: Grant Major Set Decoration: Dan Hennah and Alan Lee ROAD TO PERDITION (DreamWorks and 20th Century Fox) Art Direction: Dennis Gassner Set Decoration: Nancy Haigh Achievement in costume design CHICAGO (Miramax) Colleen Atwood FRIDA (Miramax) Julie Weiss GANGS OF NEW YORK (Miramax) Sandy Powell THE HOURS (Paramount and Miramax) Ann Roth THE PIANIST (Focus Features) Anna Sheppard Achievement in directing CHICAGO (Miramax) Rob Marshall GANGS OF NEW YORK (Miramax) Martin Scorsese THE HOURS (Paramount and Miramax) Stephen Daldry THE PIANIST (Focus Features) Roman Polanski TALK TO HER (Sony Pictures Classics) Pedro Almodóvar Best documentary feature BOWLING FOR COLUMBINE (United Artists and Alliance Atlantis) A Salter Street Films/VIF 2/Dog Eat Dog Films Production Michael Moore and Michael Donovan DAUGHTER FROM DANANG (Balcony Releasing in association with Cowboy Pictures) An Interfaze Educational Production Gail Dolgin and Vincente Franco PRISONER OF PARADISE (Alliance Atlantis) A Média Vérité/Café Production Malcolm Clarke and Stuart Sender SPELLBOUND (THINKFilm) A Blitz/Welch Production Jeffrey Blitz and Sean Welch WINGED MIGRATION (Sony Pictures Classics) A Galatée Films/France 2 Cinéma/France 3 Cinéma/Les Productions de la Guéville/Bac Films/Pandora Film/Les Productions JMH/Wanda Vision/Eyescreen Production Jacques Perrin Best foreign language film of the year EL CRIMEN DEL PADRE AMARO An Alameda Films/BluFilms/Foprocine/Gob. del Estado de Veracruz-Llave Production Mexico HERO A Beijing New Picture Film Company/Elite Group Enterprises Production People’s Republic of China THE MAN WITHOUT A PAST A Sputnik Oy/Pandora Film/Pyramide Prods. Production Finland NOWHERE IN AFRICA An MTM Medien & Television München Production Germany ZUS & ZO A Filmprodukties de Luwte Production The Netherlands