- The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King – Barrie M. Osborne, Fran Walsh and Peter Jackson
- Big Fish – Bruce Cohen, Dan Jinks and Richard D. Zanuck
- Cold Mountain – Sydney Pollack, William Horberg, Albert Berger and Ron Yerxa
- Lost in Translation – Sofia Coppola and Ross Katz
- Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World – Samuel Goldwyn Jr., Peter Weir and Duncan Henderson
| - Peter Weir – Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
- Anthony Minghella – Cold Mountain
- Peter Jackson – The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
- Sofia Coppola – Lost in Translation
- Tim Burton – Big Fish
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- Bill Murray – Lost in Translation as Bob Harris
- Benicio del Toro – 21 Grams as Jack Jordan
- Johnny Depp – Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl as Captain Jack Sparrow
- Jude Law – Cold Mountain as W. P. Inman
- Sean Penn – 21 Grams as Paul Rivers
- Sean Penn – Mystic River as Jimmy Markum
| - Scarlett Johansson – Lost in Translation as Charlotte
- Anne Reid – The Mother as May
- Naomi Watts – 21 Grams as Cristina Peck
- Scarlett Johansson – Girl with a Pearl Earring as Griet
- Uma Thurman – Kill Bill: Volume 1 as The Bride
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- Bill Nighy – Love Actually as Billy Mack
- Albert Finney – Big Fish as Edward Bloom
- Ian McKellen – The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King as Gandalf
- Paul Bettany – Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World as Stephen Maturin
- Tim Robbins – Mystic River as Dave Boyle
| - Renée Zellweger – Cold Mountain as Ruby Thewes
- Emma Thompson – Love Actually as Karen
- Holly Hunter – Thirteen as Melanie Freeland
- Judy Parfitt – Girl with a Pearl Earring as Maria Thins
- Laura Linney – Mystic River as Annabeth Markum
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- The Station Agent – Tom McCarthy
- 21 Grams – Guillermo Arriaga
- The Barbarian Invasions – Denys Arcand
- Finding Nemo – Andrew Stanton, Bob Peterson and David Reynolds
- Lost in Translation – Sofia Coppola
| - The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King – Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens and Peter Jackson
- Big Fish – John August
- Cold Mountain – Anthony Minghella
- Girl with a Pearl Earring – Olivia Hetreed
- Mystic River – Brian Helgeland
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- The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King – Andrew Lesnie
- Cold Mountain – John Seale
- Girl with a Pearl Earring – Eduardo Serra
- Lost in Translation – Lance Acord
- Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World – Russell Boyd
| - Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World – Wendy Stites
- Cold Mountain – Ann Roth and Carlo Poggioli
- Girl with a Pearl Earring – Dien van Straalen
- The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King – Ngila Dickson and Richard Taylor
- Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl – Penny Rose
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- Lost in Translation – Sarah Flack
- 21 Grams – Stephen Mirrione
- Cold Mountain – Walter Murch
- Kill Bill: Volume 1 – Sally Menke
- The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King – Jamie Selkirk
| - Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl – Ve Neill and Martin Samuel
- Big Fish – Jean Ann Black and Paul LeBlanc
- Cold Mountain – Paul Engelen and Ivana Primorac
- Girl with a Pearl Earring – Jenny Shircore
- The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King – Richard Taylor, Peter King and Peter Owen
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- Cold Mountain – Gabriel Yared and T Bone Burnett
- Girl with a Pearl Earring – Alexandre Desplat
- Kill Bill: Volume 1 – The RZA
- The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King – Howard Shore
- Lost in Translation – Kevin Shields and Brian Reitzell
| - Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World – William Sandell
- Big Fish – Dennis Gassner
- Cold Mountain – Dante Ferretti
- Girl with a Pearl Earring – Ben Van Os
- The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King – Grant Major
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- Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World – Richard King, Doug Hemphill, Paul Massey and Art Rochester
- Cold Mountain – Eddy Joseph, Ivan Sharrock, Walter Murch, Mike Prestwood Smith and Matthew Gough
- Kill Bill: Volume 1 – Michael Minkler, Myron Nettinga, Wylie Stateman and Mark Ulano
- The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King – Ethan Van der Ryn, Mike Hopkins, David Farmer, Christopher Boyes, Michael Hedges, Michael Semanick and Hammond Peek
- Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl – Christopher Boyes, George Watters II, Lee Orloff, David Parker and David E. Campbell
| - The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King – Joe Letteri, Jim Rygiel, Randall William Cook and Alex Funke
- Big Fish – Kevin Mack, Seth Maury, Lindsay MacGowan and Paddy Eason
- Kill Bill: Volume 1 – Tommy Tom, Tam Kia Kwan, Leung Wai Kit and Jaco Wong Hin Leung
- Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World – Stefen Fangmeier, Nathan McGuinness, Robert Stromberg and Dan Sudick
- Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl – John Knoll, Hal Hickel, Terry Frazee and Charles Gibson
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- Touching the Void – John Smithson and Kevin Macdonald
- Cold Mountain – Sydney Pollack, William Horberg, Albert Berger, Ron Yerxa and Anthony Minghella
- Girl with a Pearl Earring – Andy Paterson, Anand Tucker and Peter Webber
- In This World – Andrew Eaton, Anita Overland and Michael Winterbottom
- Love Actually – Duncan Kenworthy, Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner and Richard Curtis
| Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer - Kiss of Life – Emily Young (Writer/Director)
- American Cousins – Sergio Casci (Writer)
- Girl with a Pearl Earring – Peter Webber (Director)
- To Kill a King – Jenny Mayhew (Writer)
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- Jo Jo in the Stars – Sue Goffe and Marc Craste
- Dad's Dead – Maria Manton and Chris Shepherd
- Dear Sweet Emma – John Cernok
- Nibbles – Ron Diamond and Christopher Hinton
- Plumber – Randi Yaffa, Andy Knight and Richard Rosenman
| - Brown Paper Bag – Natasha Carlish, Mark Leveson, Michael Baig Clifford and Geoff Thompson
- Bye-Child – Andrew Bonner and Bernard MacLaverty
- Nits – George Isaac and Harry Wootliff
- Sea Monsters – Matt Delargy, Mark Walker and Raphael Smith
- Talking with Angels – Michael Knowles, Janey de Nordwall and Yousaf Ali Khan
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- In This World – Andrew Eaton, Anita Overland and Michael Winterbottom
- The Barbarian Invasions – Denise Robert, Daniel Louis and Denys Arcand
- Good Bye, Lenin! – Stefan Arndt and Wolfgang Becker
- Spirited Away – Toshio Suzuki and Hayao Miyazaki
- To Be and to Have – Gilles Sandoz and Nicolas Philibert
- The Triplets of Belleville – Didier Brunner and Sylvain Chomet
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