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Best Picture
1985: Quincy Jones (producer), The Color Purple
2009: Lee Daniels (producer), Precious
2009: Broderic Johnson (producer), The Blind Side
Best Short Film, Live Action
1991: David Massey, Last Breeze of Summer
1995: Dianne Houston, Tuesday Morning Ride

Best Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen
1972: Suzanne De Passe, Lady Sings the Blues
1989: Spike Lee, Do the Right Thing
1991: John Singleton, Boyz n the Hood

Best Screenplay Adaptation
1972: Lonne Elder III, Sounder
1984: Charles Fuller, A Soldier's Story
2009: Geoffrey Fletcher, Precious
BLACK ACADEMY AWARD NOMINEES (WINNERS IN RED)
Best Documentary, Short Subject
2000: Leelai D. Emoz, On Tiptoe; Gentle Steps To Freedom
2009: Roger Ross Williams, Music By Prudence
Best Actor
1958: Sidney Poitier, The Defiant Ones
1963: Sidney Poitier, Lilies of the Field
1970: James Earl Jones, The Great White Hope
1972: Paul Winfield, Sounder
1986: Dexter Gordon, 'Round Midnight
1989: Morgan Freeman, Driving Miss Daisy
1992: Denzel Washington, Malcolm X
1993: Laurence Fishburne, What's Love Got to Do With It
1994: Morgan Freeman, The Shawshank Redemption
1999: Denzel Washington, The Hurricane
2001: Denzel Washington, Training Day
2001: Will Smith, Ali
2004: Don Cheadle, Hotel Rwanda
2004: Jamie Foxx, Ray
2005: Terrence Howard, Hustle & Flow
2006: Will Smith, The Pursuit of Happyness
2006: Forest Whitaker, The Last King of Scotland
2009: Morgan Freeman, Invictus
Best Actress
1954: Dorothy Dandridge, Carmen Jones
1972: Diana Ross, Lady Sings the Blues
1972: Cicely Tyson, Sounder
1974: Diahann Carroll, Claudine
1985: Whoopi Goldberg, The Color Purple
1993: Angela Bassett, What's Love Got to Do With It
2001: Halle Berry, Monster's Ball
2010: Gabourey Sidibe, Precious
2011: Viola Davis, The Help
Best Supporting Actor
1969: Rupert Crosse, The Reivers
1981: Howard E. Rollins Jr., Ragtime
1982: Louis Gossett Jr., An Officer and a Gentleman
1984: Adolph Caesar, A Soldier's Story
1987: Morgan Freeman, Street Smart
1987: Denzel Washington, Cry Freedom
1989: Denzel Washington, Glory
1992: Jaye Davidson, The Crying Game
1994: Samuel L. Jackson, Pulp Fiction
1996: Cuba Gooding Jr., Jerry Maguire
1999: Michael Clarke Duncan, The Green Mile
2003: Djimon Hounsou, In America
2004: Morgan Freeman, Million Dollar Baby
2004: Jamie Foxx, Collateral
2006: Djimon Hounsou, Blood Diamond
2006: Eddie Murphy, Dreamgirls
Best Supporting Actress
1939: Hattie McDaniel, Gone with the Wind
1949: Ethel Waters, Pinky
1959: Juanita Moore, Imitation of Life
1967: Beah Richards, Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
1983: Alfre Woodard, Cross Creek
1985: Margaret Avery, The Color Purple
1985: Oprah Winfrey, The Color Purple
1990: Whoopi Goldberg, Ghost
1996: Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Secrets and Lies
2002: Queen Latifah, Chicago
2004: Sophie Okonedo, Hotel Rwanda
2006: Jennifer Hudson, Dreamgirls
2007:  Ruby Dee, The American Gangster
2008: Taraji Henson, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
2009: Mo'Nique, Precious
2011: Octavia Spencer, The Help
Best Director
1991: John Singleton, Boyz n the Hood
2009: Lee Daniels, Precious
Best Documentary, Feature
1990: Yvonne Smith (producer), Adam Clayton Powell
1997: Spike Lee (director) and Samuel D. Pollard (producer),
4 Little Girls
2004: Karolyn Ali (producer), Tupac: Resurrection
Best Original Song
1967: Quincy Jones and Bob Russell, Banning
1968: Quincy Jones and Bob Russell, For Love of Ivy
1971: Isaac Hayes, Shaft
1981: Lionel Richie, Endless Love
1983: Irene Cara, Flashdance
1984: Stevie Wonder, The Woman in Red
1984: Ray Parker, Jr., Ghostbusters
1985: Lionel Richie, White Nights
1985: Quincy Jones and Lionel Richie, The Color Purple
1987: Jonas Gwangwa, Cry Freedom
1988: Lamont Dozier, Buster
1993: Janet Jackson, Poetic Justice
1994: James Ingram, Beethoven's 2nd
1995: James Ingram, Junior
2005: Jordan Houston, Cedric Coleman, and Paul
Beauregard, Hustle & Flow
2006: Siedah Garrett, Dreamgirls
2007: Jamal Joseph, Charles Mack, Tevin Thomas,
August Rush  
2011: Siedah Garrett, Rio
Best Music Score
1961: Duke Ellington, Paris Blues
1967: Quincy Jones, In Cold Blood
1971: Isaac Hayes, Shaft
1978: Quincy Jones, The Wiz
1984: Prince, Purple Rain
1985: Quincy Jones, [et al.], The Color Purple
1986: Herbie Hancock, 'Round Midnight
1987: Jonas Gwangwa, Cry Freedom
Best Cinematography
1998: Remi Adefarasin, Elizabeth

Best Film Editing
1969: Hugh A. Robertson, Midnight Cowboy
2009: Joe Klotz, Precious

Best Sound Mixing
1978: Willie D. Burton, The Buddy Holly Story
1980: Willie D. Burton, Altered States
1983: Willie D. Burton, Wargames
1988: Willie D. Burton, Bird
1989: Russell Williams II, Glory
1990: Russell Williams II, Dances With Wolves
1994: Willie D. Burton, The Shawshank Redemption
1999: Willie D. Burton, The Green Mile
2006: Willie D. Burton, Dreamgirls

Best Sound Effects Editing
1992: Lee Lemont, Under Siege
1993: Lee Lemont, The Fugitive
1994: Lee Lemont, Clear and Present Danger

Best Animated Feature
2009: The Princess and the Frog

Best Foreign Language Film
2005: Tsotsi

Honorary Award
1948: James Baskett, for his able and heart-warming
characterization of Uncle Remus in Song of the South
1995: Quincy Jones, Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award
2002: Sidney Poitier, for his extraordinary performances
and unique presence.
2011: James Earl Jones, for his legacy of consistent
excellence and uncommon versatility.
20011: Oprah Winfrey, Jean Hersholt Humanitarian
Award.
Best Costume Design
1983: Joe I. Thompkins, Cross Creek
1989: Joe I. Thompkins, Harlem Nights
1992: Ruth E. Carter, Malcolm X
1997: Ruth E. Carter, Amistad
2004: Sharen Davis, Ray
2006: Sharen Davis, Dreamgirls
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Oprah Winfrey in The Color Purple.
Gabourey Sidibe in Precious.
Jamie Foxx in Ray.
Taraji P. Henson, Paula Jai Parker, Terrence
Howard, Taryn Manning in Hustle and Flow.
Halle Berry and Billy Bob Thornton in
Monster's Ball.
Prince in Purple Rain.
Vivien Leigh and Hattie McDaniel in Gone
with the Wind.
Denzel Washington in Malcolm X.
Morgan Freeman in Million Dollar Baby.