A Beautiful Mind: Best Picture · Ron Howard: directing
Oscars 2002: winning films and award nominations
A Beautiful Mind won Best Picture at the 2002 Oscars, with Ron Howard recognised for directing the same film. Halle Berry received the leading actress award for Monster’s Ball. Denzel Washington won for Training Day.
- 50Films
- 24Categories
- 109Nomination entries
- 16Winners
- March 24, 2002Ceremony date
Winning films and category recognition at Oscars 2002
A Beautiful Mind won Best Picture at the 2002 Oscars. Denzel Washington won for Training Day, while Halle Berry received leading actress recognition for Monster’s Ball.
Nominated films and award entries at Oscars 2002
Gosford Park and In the Bedroom competed for Best Picture alongside A Beautiful Mind at the 2002 Oscars. Explore their other category entries as well: a film can have several nominations and win in a different category.
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Wins are included in nomination counts.
Explore Oscars 2002 nominations and winners by category
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring received Cinematography recognition at the 2002 Oscars, while Moulin Rouge won Costume Design. Explore the other category shortlists and their credited winners within the same ceremony year.
Best Picture
5 nominations
Winner A Beautiful Mind Brian Grazer, Ron Howard Directing
5 nominations
Winner A Beautiful Mind Ron Howard Actor in a Leading Role
5 nominations
Winner Training Day Denzel Washington Actress in a Leading Role
5 nominationsActor in a Supporting Role
5 nominations
Winner Iris Jim Broadbent Actress in a Supporting Role
5 nominations
Winner A Beautiful Mind Jennifer Connelly Animated Feature Film
3 nominations
Winner Shrek Aron Warner Cinematography
5 nominations
Winner The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring Andrew Lesnie Costume Design
5 nominations
Winner Moulin Rouge Catherine Martin, Angus Strathie Documentary (Feature)
5 nominations
Winner Murder on a Sunday Morning Jean-Xavier de Lestrade, Denis Poncet Documentary (Short Subject)
3 nominations
Winner Thoth Sarah Kernochan, Lynn Appelle Film Editing
5 nominations
Winner Black Hawk Down Pietro Scalia Foreign Language Film
5 nominations
Winner No Man's Land Bosnia & Herzegovina Makeup
3 nominations
Winner The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring Peter Owen, Richard Taylor Music (Original Score)
5 nominations
Winner The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring Howard Shore Music (Original Song)
5 nominationsArt Direction
5 nominations
Winner Moulin Rouge Catherine Martin, Brigitte Broch Short Film (Animated)
5 nominations
Winner For the Birds Ralph Eggleston Short Film (Live Action)
5 nominationsSound
5 nominations
Winner Black Hawk Down Michael Minkler, Myron Nettinga, Chris Munro Visual Effects
3 nominations
Winner The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring Jim Rygiel, Randall William Cook, Richard Taylor, Mark Stetson Writing (Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published)
5 nominations
Winner A Beautiful Mind Akiva Goldsman Writing (Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen)
5 nominations
Winner Gosford Park Julian Fellowes Sound Editing
2 nominations
Winner Pearl Harbor George Watters II, Christopher Boyes About these results
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- Ceremony date
- March 24, 2002
- Last verified
- October 29, 2026
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Denzel Washington won for Training Day, and Halle Berry for Monster's Ball. Acting recognition at the 2002 Oscars sits alongside craft awards, including Cinematography for The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring.
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