Kristi Zea; Set Decoration: Debra Schutt | valign="top" | Slumdog Millionaire – Anthony Dod Mantle Changeling – Tom Stern The Curious Case of Benjamin Button – Claudio Miranda The Dark Knight – Wally Pfister The Reader – Chris Menges and Roger Deakins |- | valign="top" | The Curious Case of Benjamin Button – Greg Cannom The Dark Knight – John Caglione Jr. and Conor O'Sullivan Hellboy II: The Golden Army – Mike Elizalde and Thomas Floutz | valign="top" | The Duchess – Michael O'Connor Australia – Catherine Martin The Curious Case of Benjamin Button – Jacqueline West Milk – Danny Glicker Revolutionary Road – Albert Wolsky |- | valign="top" | Slumdog Millionaire – Chris Dickens The Curious Case of Benjamin Button – Kirk Baxter and Angus Wall The Dark Knight – Lee Smith Frost/Nixon – Mike Hill and Daniel P. Hanley Milk – Elliot Graham | valign="top" | The Curious Case of Benjamin Button'' – Eric Barba, Steve Preeg, Burt Dalton and Craig Barron The Dark Knight – Nick Davis, Chris Corbould, Tim Webber and Paul Franklin Iron Man – John Nelson, Ben Snow, Dan Sudick and Shane Mahan |} Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award Jerry Lewis Films with multiple nominations and awards The following 15 films received multiple nominations: The following four films received multiple awards: Presenters and performers The following individuals presented awards or performed musical numbers. Presenters Performers Ceremony information Due to the declining viewership of the recent Academy Awards ceremonies, AMPAS had contracted an entirely new production team in an attempt to revive interest surrounding both the awards and festivities. In September 2008, the Academy selected producers Bill Condon and Laurence Mark to co-produce the telecast. Nearly three months later, actor Hugh Jackman, who had previously emceed three consecutive Tony Awards ceremonies between 2003 and 2005, was chosen as host of the 2009 gala. Jackman expressed his anticipation of the awards in the few days preceding, and had commented that he was thrilled with preparations for the ceremony. Notable changes were introduced in the production of the telecast. In an attempt to build suspense and curiosity leading up to the awards, Condon and Mark announced that they would not reveal any of the presenters or performers who would participate in the Oscarcast. Another unique feature of the ceremony was that the orchestra performed onstage instead of being relegated to a pit. In a break from previous presentations,