Director Steven Spielberg gave the award for Best Picture to Slumdog Millionaire (2008).
Slumdog Millionaire won the Oscar for Cinematography in 2008.
Danny Boyle, Slumdog Millionaire Stephen Daldry, The Reader David Fincher, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Ron Howard, Frost/Nixon Gus Van Sant, Milk
Henry Fonda was 76 years and 317 days old on March 29, 1982, when he won the 1981 Best Actor Oscar for "On Golden Pond." He died five months after the ceremony. Interestingly, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences had presented Fonda an honorary Oscar for career excellence the year before.
Kate Winslet won the 2008 Best Actress Oscar for her performance in "The Reader."
Danny Boyle won the Oscar for Best Director for Slumdog Millionaire (2008)
Director Steven Spielberg gave the award for Best Picture to Slumdog Millionaire (2008).
The Swedish shooter Oscar Swahn was 64 when he won a gold medal in shooting during the 1912 Stockholm Games. Hiroshi Hoketsu is a Japanese equestrian who finished 9th in the Dressage Team Grand Prix and 35th in the Dressage Individual Grand Prix at the 2008 Summer Olympics. He was 67 years old.
Milk won the Oscar for Writing in 2008.
Slumdog Millionaire won the Oscar for Cinematography in 2008.
Slumdog Millionaire won the Oscar for Directing in 2008.
Slumdog Millionaire won the Oscar for Sound in 2008.
The Duchess won the Oscar for Costume Design in 2008.
Slumdog Millionaire won the Oscar for Film Editing in 2008.
Slumdog Millionaire won the Oscar for Music - Scoring - in 2008.
Slumdog Millionaire won the Oscar for Music - Song - in 2008.
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button won the Oscar for Makeup in 2008.