The 76th Annual Academy Awards2004

Himself - Winner:
Best Picture, Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay: Wow. Thank you so much to the Academy. You're giving us an incredibly overwhelming night and we just appreciate it so much. Bob Shaye and Michael Lynne, God, you did the most risky thing that I think anyone has ever done in this industry and I'm so happy for you that it paid off. Your collaboration and your partnership and your support just gave me the most incredible working experience of my life. To Barrie Osborne, our producer. Thank you so much, Barrie, for just being there every day and supporting us. To a wonderful cast, a wonderful crew in New Zealand, everybody that made my working days so enjoyable. It was just there when I needed it to be there and the actors were just doing such a wonderful job. I just want to thank two very special people that when I was eight years old I made films at home on a Super-8 camera that my mum and dad had bought for me. And they supported me all through the years. And they died in the last few years; they didn't see these films made. So for Bill and Joan, thank you.