Best Picture Gladiator Best Actor in a Leading Role Gladiator - Russell Crowe Best Actress in a Leading Role Erin Brockovich - Julia Roberts Best Actor in a Supporting Role Traffic - Benicio Del Toro Best Actress in a Supporting Role Pollock - Marcia Gay Harden Best Director Traffic - Steven Soderbergh Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen Almost Famous - Cameron Crowe Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published Traffic - Stephen Gaghan Best Cinematography Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon - Pau, Peter Best Art Direction-Set Decoration Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon - Tim Yip Best Costume Design Gladiator - Janty Yates Best Sound Gladiator - Scott Millan, Bob Beemer, Ken Weston Best Editing Traffic - Stephen Mirrione Best Effects, Sound Effects Editing U-571 - Jon Johnson Best Effects, Visual Effects Gladiator - John Nelson, Neil Corbould, Tim Burke, Rob Harvey Best Makeup How the Grinch Stole Christmas - Rick Baker, Gail Rowell-Ryan Best Music, Song Wonder Boys - Music and Lyrics by Bob Dylan - "Things Have Changed" Best Music, Original Score Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon - Tan Dun Best Short Films, Animated Films Father and Daughter - Michael Dudok de Wit Best Short Films, Live Action Quiero Ser (I want to Be...) - Florian Gallenberger Best Documentary, Short Subjects Big Mama - Tracy Seretean Best Documentary, Features Into the Arms of Strangers: Stories of the Kindertransport - Mark Jonathan Harris, Deborah Oppenheimer Best Foreign Language Film Wo hu zang long - Ang Lee (Taiwan)