The winners were announced during the award ceremony of February 24 , 2008 . Best Director winners Joel and Ethan Coen became the second pair of directors to win the award for the same film . Jerome Robbins and Robert Wise first accomplished this feat for co-directing 1961 's '' West Side Story '' . This was also the second time in Oscar history ( the first being 1964 's 37th Academy Awards ) that none of the four acting winners was American . Daniel Day-Lewis became the eighth person to win Best Actor twice . Best Actress winner Marion Cotillard was the fifth person to win for a non-English speaking performance and the second person to do so in the aforementioned category , after Sophia Loren who won for 1961 's '' Two Women '' . Cate Blanchett became the eleventh performer to receive double acting nominations in the same year . By virtue of her nomination for her role as the title character in '' Elizabeth : The Golden Age '' , she also was the first actress and fifth performer overall to be nominated for portraying the same character in two different films ( she previously earned a nomination for playing Queen Elizabeth I of England in 1998 's '' Elizabeth '' ) . At age 82 , Best Supporting Actor nominee Hal Holbrook was the oldest male acting nominee in Oscar history . Robert F. Boyle became the oldest recipient of the Academy Honorary award at the age of 98
37th Academy Awards
37th Academy Awards
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