The Aviator – Michael Mann, Sandy Climan, Graham King and Charles Evans Jr.

• Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind – Steve Golin and Anthony Bregman
• Finding Neverland – Richard N. Gladstein and Nellie Bellflower
• The Motorcycle Diaries – Michael Nozik, Edgard Tenenbaum and Karen Tenkhoff
• Vera Drake – Simon Channing Williams and Alain Sarde

Mike Leigh – Vera Drake

• Marc Forster – Finding Neverland
• Martin Scorsese – The Aviator
• Michael Mann – Collateral
• Michel Gondry – Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

Jamie Foxx – Ray as Ray Charles

• Jim Carrey – Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind as Joel Barish
• Johnny Depp – Finding Neverland as J. M. Barrie
• Leonardo DiCaprio – The Aviator as Howard Hughes
• Gael García Bernal – The Motorcycle Diaries as Che Guevara

Imelda Staunton – Vera Drake as Vera Drake

• Charlize Theron – Monster as Aileen Wuornos
• Kate Winslet – Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind as Clementine Kruczynski
• Kate Winslet – Finding Neverland as Sylvia Llewelyn Davies
• Zhang Ziyi – House of Flying Daggers as Mei

Clive Owen – Closer as Larry Gray

• Alan Alda – The Aviator as Owen Brewster
• Jamie Foxx – Collateral as Max Durocher
• Phil Davis – Vera Drake as Stanley Drake
• Rodrigo de la Serna – The Motorcycle Diaries as Alberto Granado

Cate Blanchett – The Aviator as Katharine Hepburn

• Heather Craney – Vera Drake as Joyce Drake
• Julie Christie – Finding Neverland as Emma du Maurier
• Meryl Streep – The Manchurian Candidate as Eleanor Prentiss Shaw
• Natalie Portman – Closer as Alice Ayres / Jane Jones

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind – Charlie Kaufman

• The Aviator – John Logan
• Collateral – Stuart Beattie
• Ray – James L. White
• Vera Drake – Mike Leigh

Sideways – Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor

• The Chorus – Christophe Barratier and Philippe Lopes-Curval
• Closer – Patrick Marber
• Finding Neverland – David Magee
• The Motorcycle Diaries – José Rivera

Collateral – Dion Beebe and Paul Cameron

• The Aviator – Robert Richardson
• Finding Neverland – Roberto Schaefer
• House of Flying Daggers – Zhao Xiaoding
• The Motorcycle Diaries – Éric Gautier

Vera Drake – Jacqueline Durran

• The Aviator – Sandy Powell
• Finding Neverland – Alexandra Byrne
• House of Flying Daggers – Emi Wada
• The Merchant of Venice – Sammy Sheldon

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind – Valdís Óskarsdóttir

• The Aviator – Thelma Schoonmaker
• Collateral – Jim Miller and Paul Rubell
• House of Flying Daggers – Long Cheng
• Vera Drake – Jim Clark

The Aviator – Morag Ross, Kathryn Blondell and Siân Grigg

• Finding Neverland – Christine Blundell
• Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban – Amanda Knight, Eithn Fennell and Nick Dudman
• House of Flying Daggers – Kwan Lee-Na, Yang Xiaohai and Chau Siu-Mui
• Vera Drake – Christine Blundell

The Motorcycle Diaries – Gustavo Santaolalla

• The Aviator – Howard Shore
• The Chorus – Bruno Coulais
• Finding Neverland – Jan A. P. Kaczmarek
• Ray – Craig Armstrong

The Aviator – Dante Ferretti

• Finding Neverland – Gemma Jackson
• Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban – Stuart Craig
• House of Flying Daggers – Huo Tingxiao
• Vera Drake – Eve Stewart

Ray – Steve Cantamessa, Scott Millan, Greg Orloff and Bob Beemer

• The Aviator – Philip Stockton, Eugene Gearty, Petur Hliddal and Tom Fleischman
• Collateral – Elliott Koretz, Lee Orloff, Michael Minkler and Myron Nettinga
• House of Flying Daggers – Tao Jing and Roger Savage
• Spider-Man 2 – Paul N. J. Ottosson, Kevin O'Connell, Greg P. Russell and Jeffrey J. Haboush

The Day After Tomorrow – Karen Goulekas, Neil Corbould, Greg Strause and Remo Balcells

• The Aviator – Robert Legato, Pete Travers, Matthew Gratzner and Bruce Steinheimer
• Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban – John Richardson, Roger Guyett, Tim Burke, Bill George and Karl Mooney
• House of Flying Daggers – Angie Lam, Andy Brown, Kirsty Millar and Luke Hetherington
• Spider-Man 2 – John Dykstra, Scott Stokdyk, Anthony LaMolinara and John Frazier

My Summer of Love – Tanya Seghatchian, Christopher Collins and Paweł Pawlikowski

• Dead Man's Shoes – Mark Herbert and Shane Meadows
• Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban – David Heyman, Chris Columbus, Mark Radcliffe and Alfonso Cuarón
• Shaun of the Dead – Nira Park and Edgar Wright
• Vera Drake – Simon Channing Williams, Alain Sarde and Mike Leigh

A Way of Life – Amma Asante (Writer/Director)

• AfterLife – Andrea Gibb (Writer)
• Dear Frankie – Shona Auerbach (Director)
• Layer Cake – Matthew Vaughn (Director)
• Shaun of the Dead – Nira Park (Producer)

Birthday Boy – Andrew Gregory and Park Se-jong

• City Paradise – Erika Forzy and Gaelle Denis
• Heavy Pockets – Jane Robertson and Sarah Cox
• His Passionate Bride – Sylvie Bringas and Monika Forsberg
• Little Things – Daniel Greaves

The Banker – Kelly Broad and Hattie Dalton

• Can't Stop Breathing – Ravinder Basra and Amy Neil
• Elephant Boy – Rene Mohandas and Durdana Shaikh
• Knitting a Love Song – Debbie Ballin and Annie Watson
• Six Shooter – Mia Bays, Kenton Allen and Martin McDonagh

The Motorcycle Diaries – Michael Nozik, Edgard Tenenbaum, Karen Tenkhoff and Walter Salles

• Bad Education – Agustín Almodóvar and Pedro Almodóvar
• The Chorus – Arthur Cohn, Nicolas Mauvernay, Jacques Perrin and Christophe Barratier
• House of Flying Daggers – William Kong and Zhang Yimou
• A Very Long Engagement – Francis Boespflug and Jean-Pierre Jeunet