The 74th Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), took place on March 24, 2002, at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles. During the ceremony, AMPAS presented Academy Awards (commonly referred to as Oscars) in 24 categories honoring films released in 2001. The ceremony, televised in the United States by ABC, was produced by Laura Ziskin and directed by Louis J. Horvitz. Actress Whoopi Goldberg hosted the show for the fourth time. She first hosted the 66th ceremony held in 1994 and had last hosted the 71st ceremony in 1999. Three weeks earlier, in a ceremony held at the Regent Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills, California, on March 2, the Academy Awards for Technical Achievement were presented by Charlize Theron.

A Beautiful Mind won four Academy Awards, including Best Picture. Other winners included The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring with four awards, Black Hawk Down and Moulin Rouge! with two, and The Accountant, For the Birds, Gosford Park, Iris, Monster's Ball, Monsters, Inc., Murder on a Sunday Morning, No Man's Land, Pearl Harbor, Shrek, Thoth, and Training Day with one. Despite a record length of four hours and twenty-three minutes, the telecast garnered nearly 42 million viewers in the United States.

Winners and nominees

The nominees for the 74th Academy Awards were announced on February 12, 2002, at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills, California, by Frank Pierson, president of the academy, and the actress Marcia Gay Harden. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring earned the most nominations with thirteen. It was the seventh film to earn that many nominations. A Beautiful Mind and Moulin Rouge! tied for second place with eight apiece.

The winners were announced during the awards ceremony on March 24, 2002. By virtue of its latest Best Picture victory for A Beautiful Mind, DreamWorks Pictures became the second film studio to release three consecutive Best Picture winners; the studio had previously released American Beauty and Gladiator. For the first time in Oscars history acting categories had two African-American winners. Denzel Washington was the second non-white person to win the Academy Award for Best Actor, following Sidney Poitier for 1963's Lilies of the Field. Halle Berry became the first, and , only, African-American to win the Academy Award for Best Actress. Nominated for their performances as the title character in Iris, Best Actress nominee Judi Dench and Best Supporting Actress nominee Kate Winslet became the second pair of actresses nominated for portraying the same character in the same film, following Best Actress nominee Winslet and Best Supporting Actress nominee Gloria Stuart as Rose in 1997's Titanic.

Awards

Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface, and indicated with a double dagger ().

A Beautiful Mind – Brian Grazer and Ron Howard, producers Gosford Park – Robert Altman, Bob Balaban and David Levy, producers In the Bedroom – Graham Leader, Ross Katz and Todd Field, producers The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring – Peter Jackson, Fran Walsh and Barrie M. Osborne, producers Moulin Rouge! – Martin Brown, Baz Luhrmann and Fred Baron, producers | valign="top" width="50%" |Ron Howard – A Beautiful Mind Ridley Scott – Black Hawk Down Robert Altman – Gosford Park Peter Jackson – The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring David Lynch – Mulholland DriveDenzel Washington – Training Day as Alonzo Harris Russell Crowe – A Beautiful Mind as John Forbes Nash Jr. Sean Penn – I Am Sam as Sam Dawson Will Smith – Ali as Muhammad Ali Tom Wilkinson – In the Bedroom as Dr. Matthew FowlerHalle Berry – Monster's Ball as Leticia Musgrove Judi Dench – Iris as Iris Murdoch Nicole Kidman – Moulin Rouge! as Satine Sissy Spacek – In the Bedroom as Ruth Fowler Renée Zellweger – Bridget Jones's Diary as Bridget JonesJim Broadbent – Iris as John Bayley Ethan Hawke – Training Day as Officer Jake Hoyt Ben Kingsley – Sexy Beast as Don Logan Ian McKellen – The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring as Gandalf Jon Voight – Ali as Howard CosellJennifer Connelly – A Beautiful Mind as Alicia de Lardé-Nash Helen Mirren – Gosford Park as Jane Wilson Maggie Smith – Gosford Park as Constance Trentham Marisa Tomei – In the Bedroom as Natalie Strout Kate Winslet – Iris as Iris Murdoch Gosford Park – Julian Fellowes Amélie – Screenplay by Guillaume Laurant and Jean-Pierre Jeunet; Dialogue by Guillaume Laurant Memento – Screenplay by Christopher Nolan; Story by Jonathan Nolan Monster's Ball – Milo Addica and Will Rokos The Royal Tenenbaums – Wes Anderson and Owen Wilson A Beautiful Mind – Akiva Goldsman based on the book by Sylvia Nasar Ghost World – Daniel Clowes and Terry Zwigoff based on the comic book by Daniel Clowes In the Bedroom – Rob Festinger and Todd Field based on the story "Killings" by Andre Dubus The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring – Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens, and Peter Jackson based on the book by J. R. R. Tolkien Shrek – Ted Elliott, Terry Rossio, Joe Stillman, and Roger S. H. Schulman based on the children's book by William Steig Shrek – Aron Warner Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius – Steve Oedekerk and John A. Davis Monsters, Inc. – Pete Docter and John Lasseter No Man's Land (Bosnia and Herzegovina) in Bosnian – Danis Tanović Amélie (France) in French – Jean-Pierre Jeunet Elling (Norway) in Norwegian – Petter Næss Lagaan (India) in Hindi – Ashutosh Gowariker Son of the Bride (Argentina) in Spanish – Juan José Campanella Murder on a Sunday Morning – Jean-Xavier de Lestrade and Denis Poncet Children Underground – Edet Belzberg LaLee's Kin: The Legacy of Cotton – Susan Froemke and Deborah Dickson Promises – Justine Shapiro and B.Z. Goldberg War Photographer – Christian Frei Thoth – Sarah Kernochan and Lynn Appelle Artists and Orphans: A True Drama – Lianne Klapper-McNally Sing! – Freida Lee Mock and Jessica Sanders The Accountant – Ray McKinnon and Lisa Blount Copy Shop – Virgil Widrich Gregor's Greatest Invention – Johannes Kiefer A Man Thing (Meska Sprawa) – Sławomir Fabicki and Bogumił Godfrejów Speed for Thespians – Kalman Apple and Shameela Bakhsh For the Birds – Ralph Eggleston Fifty Percent Grey – Ruairí Robinson and Seamus Byrne Give Up Yer Aul Sins – Cathal Gaffney and Darragh O'Connell Strange Invaders – Cordell Barker Stubble Trouble – Joseph E. Merideth The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring – Howard Shore A.I. Artificial Intelligence – John Williams A Beautiful Mind – James Horner Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone – John Williams Monsters, Inc. – Randy Newman "If I Didn't Have You" from Monsters, Inc. – Music and Lyrics by Randy Newman "May It Be" from The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring – Music and Lyrics by Enya, Nicky Ryan, and Roma Ryan "There You'll Be" from Pearl Harbor – Music and Lyrics by Diane Warren "Until..." from Kate & Leopold – Music and Lyrics by Sting "Vanilla Sky" from Vanilla Sky – Music and Lyrics by Paul McCartney Black Hawk Down – Michael Minkler, Myron Nettinga and Chris Munro Amélie – Vincent Arnardi, Guillaume Leriche and Jean Umansky The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring – Christopher Boyes, Michael Semanick, Gethin Creagh and Hammond Peek Moulin Rouge! – Andy Nelson, Anna Behlmer, Roger Savage and Guntis Sics Pearl Harbor – Kevin O'Connell, Greg P. Russell, and Peter J. Devlin Pearl Harbor – George Watters II and Christopher Boyes Monsters, Inc. – Gary Rydstrom and Michael Silvers Moulin Rouge! – Art Direction: Catherine Martin; Set Decoration: Brigitte Broch Amélie – Art Direction: Aline Bonetto; Set Decoration: Marie-Laure Valla Gosford Park – Art Direction: Stephen Altman; Set Decoration: Anna Pinnock Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone – Art Direction: Stuart Craig; Set Decoration: Stephenie McMillan The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring – Art Direction: Grant Major; Set Decoration: Dan Hennah The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring – Andrew Lesnie Amélie – Bruno Delbonnel Black Hawk Down – Sławomir Idziak The Man Who Wasn't There – Roger Deakins Moulin Rouge! – Donald M. McAlpine The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring – Peter Owen and Richard Taylor A Beautiful Mind – Greg Cannom and Colleen Callaghan Moulin Rouge! – Maurizio Silvi and Aldo Signoretti Moulin Rouge! – Catherine Martin and Angus Strathie The Affair of the Necklace – Milena Canonero Gosford Park – Jenny Beavan Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone – Judianna Makovsky The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring – Ngila Dickson and Richard Taylor Black Hawk Down – Pietro Scalia A Beautiful Mind – Mike Hill and Dan Hanley The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring – John Gilbert Memento – Dody Dorn Moulin Rouge! – Jill Bilcock The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring – Jim Rygiel, Randall William Cook, Richard Taylor and Mark Stetson A.I. Artificial Intelligence – Dennis Muren, Scott Farrar, Stan Winston and Michael Lantieri Pearl Harbor – Eric Brevig, John Frazier, Ed Hirsh and Ben Snow

Honorary Awards To Sidney Poitier in recognition of his remarkable accomplishments as an artist and as a human being. To Robert Redford: actor, director, producer, creator of Sundance, inspiration to independent and innovative filmmakers everywhere.

Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award Arthur Hiller

Films with multiple nominations and awards

+ Films with multiple nominations Nominations Film 13 The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring 8 A Beautiful Mind Moulin Rouge! 7 Gosford Park 5 Amélie In the Bedroom 4 Black Hawk Down Monsters, Inc. Pearl Harbor 3 Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone Iris 2 A.I. Artificial Intelligence Ali Memento Monster's Ball ShrekTraining Day

+ Films with multiple awards Awards Film 4 A Beautiful Mind The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring 2 Black Hawk Down Moulin Rouge!

Presenters and performers

The following individuals (in order of appearance) presented awards or performed musical numbers.

Presenters