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Oscars 2002

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.

  • A Beautiful Mind
  • Training Day
  • Monster's Ball
  • Iris
  • Shrek
Best Picture: A Beautiful Mind

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
A Beautiful Mind Winner A Beautiful Mind Brian Grazer, Ron Howard

Directing

5 nominations
A Beautiful Mind Winner A Beautiful Mind Ron Howard

Actor in a Leading Role

5 nominations
Training Day Winner Training Day Denzel Washington

Actress in a Leading Role

5 nominations
Monster's Ball Winner Monster's Ball Halle Berry

Actor in a Supporting Role

5 nominations
Iris Winner Iris Jim Broadbent

Actress in a Supporting Role

5 nominations
A Beautiful Mind Winner A Beautiful Mind Jennifer Connelly

Animated Feature Film

3 nominations
Shrek Winner Shrek Aron Warner

Cinematography

5 nominations
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring Winner The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring Andrew Lesnie

Costume Design

5 nominations
Moulin Rouge Winner Moulin Rouge Catherine Martin, Angus Strathie

Documentary (Feature)

5 nominations
Murder on a Sunday Morning Winner Murder on a Sunday Morning Jean-Xavier de Lestrade, Denis Poncet

Documentary (Short Subject)

3 nominations
Thoth Winner Thoth Sarah Kernochan, Lynn Appelle

Film Editing

5 nominations
Black Hawk Down Winner Black Hawk Down Pietro Scalia

Foreign Language Film

5 nominations
No Man's Land Winner No Man's Land Bosnia & Herzegovina

Makeup

3 nominations
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring Winner The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring Peter Owen, Richard Taylor

Music (Original Score)

5 nominations
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring Winner The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring Howard Shore

Music (Original Song)

5 nominations
Monsters, Inc. Winner If I Didn't Have You Monsters, Inc. Randy Newman

Art Direction

5 nominations
Moulin Rouge Winner Moulin Rouge Catherine Martin, Brigitte Broch

Short Film (Animated)

5 nominations
For the Birds Winner For the Birds Ralph Eggleston

Short Film (Live Action)

5 nominations
The Accountant Winner The Accountant Ray McKinnon, Lisa Blount

Sound

5 nominations
Black Hawk Down Winner Black Hawk Down Michael Minkler, Myron Nettinga, Chris Munro

Visual Effects

3 nominations
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring 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
A Beautiful Mind Winner A Beautiful Mind Akiva Goldsman

Writing (Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen)

5 nominations
Gosford Park Winner Gosford Park Julian Fellowes

Sound Editing

2 nominations
Pearl Harbor Winner Pearl Harbor George Watters II, Christopher Boyes

About these results

Winners and nominees
Winners announced
Category coverage
All listed categories
Ceremony date
March 24, 2002
Last verified
October 29, 2026

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Oscars 2002: Winners and Nominees

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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