| Best Picture |
Avatar |
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The Blind Side |
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District 9 |
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An Education |
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The Hurt Locker |
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Inglourious Basterds |
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Precious |
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A Serious Man |
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Up |
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Up in the Air |
| Best Animated Picture |
Coraline |
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Fantastic Mr. Fox |
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The Princess and the Frog |
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Up |
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The Secret of Kells |
| Actor in a Leading Role |
Jeff Bridges, Crazy Heart |
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George Clooney, Up in the Air |
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Colin Firth, A Single Man |
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Morgan Freeman, Invictus |
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Jeremy Renner, The Hurt Locker |
| Actress in a Leading Role |
Sandra Bullock, The Blind Side |
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Helen Mirren, The Last Station |
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Carey Mulligan, An Education |
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Gabourey Sidibe, Precious |
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Meryl Streep, Julie & Julia |
| Actor in a Supporting Role |
Matt Damon, Invictus |
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Woody Harrelson, The Messenger |
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Christopher Plummer, The Last Station |
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Stanley Tucci, The Lovely Bones |
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Christoph Waltz, Inglourious Basterds |
| Actress in a Supporting Role |
Penélope Cruz, Nine |
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Vera Farmiga, Up in the Air |
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Maggie Gyllenhaal, Crazy Heart |
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Anna Kendrick, Up in the Air |
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Mo'Nique, Precious |
| Directing |
James Cameron, Avatar |
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Kathryn Bigelow, The Hurt Locker |
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Lee Daniels, Precious |
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Quentin Tarantino, Inglourious Basterds |
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Jason Reitman, Up in the Air |
| Writing |
| Original Screenplay |
Mark Boal, The Hurt Locker |
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Quentin Tarantino, Inglourious Basterds |
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Alessandro Camon & Oren Moverman, The Messenger |
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Joel Coen & Ethan Coen, A Serious Man |
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Bob Peterson, Pete Docter, & Tom McCarthy, Up |
| Adapted Screenplay |
Neill Blomkamp and Terri Tatchell, District 9 |
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Nick Hornby, An Education |
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Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci, Tony Roche, In the Loop |
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Geoffrey Fletcher, Precious |
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Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner, Up in the Air |
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| Cinematography |
Christian Berger, The White Ribbon |
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Mauro Fiore, Avatar |
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Robert Richardson, Inglourious Basterds |
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Bruno Delbonnel, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince |
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Barry Ackroyd, The Hurt Locker |
| Art Direction |
EM>Avatar, Art Direction: Rick Carter and Robert Stromberg; Set Decoration: Kim Sinclair |
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The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, Art Direction: Dave Warren and Anastasia Masaro; Set Decoration: Caroline Smith |
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Nine, Art Direction: John Myhre; Set Decoration: Gordon Sim |
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Sherlock Holmes Art Direction: Sarah Greenwood; Set Decoration: Katie Spencer |
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The Young Victoria Art Direction: Patrice Vermette; Set Decoration: Maggie Gray |
| Sound |
| Editing |
Christopher Boyes and Gwendolyn Yates Whittle, Avatar |
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Paul N.J. Ottosson, The Hurt Locker |
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Wylie Stateman, Inglourious Basterds |
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Mark Stoeckinger and Alan Rankin, Star Trek |
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Michael Silvers and Tom Myers, Up |
| Mixing |
Christopher Boyes, Gary Summers, Andy Nelson and Tony Johnson, Avatar |
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Paul N.J. Ottosson and Ray Beckett, The Hurt Locker |
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Michael Minkler, Tony Lamberti and Mark Ulano, Inglourious Basterds |
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Anna Behlmer, Andy Nelson and Peter J. Devlin, Star Trek |
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Greg P. Russell, Gary Summers and Geoffrey Patterson, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen |
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| Music |
| Song |
"Almost There" from The Princess and the Frog ; Music and Lyric by Randy Newman |
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"Down in New Orleans" from The Princess and the Frog ; Music and Lyric by Randy Newman |
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"Loin de Paname" from Paris 36; Music by Reinhardt Wagner Lyric by Frank Thomas |
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"Take It All" from Nine; Music and Lyric by Maury Yeston |
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"The Weary Kind" from Crazy Heart; Music and Lyric by Ryan Bingham and T Bone Burnett |
| Original Score |
James Horner, Avatar |
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Alexandre Desplat, Fantastic Mr. Fox |
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Marco Beltrami and Buck Sanders, The Hurt Locker |
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Hans Zimmer, Sherlock Holmes |
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Michael Giacchino, Up |
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| Film Editing |
Stephen Rivkin, John Refoua and James Cameron, Avatar |
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Julian Clarke, District 9 |
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Bob Murawski and Chris Innis, The Hurt Locker |
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Sally Menke, Inglourious Basterds |
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Joe Klotz, Precious |
| Costume Design |
Janet Patterson, Bright Star |
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Catherine Leterrier, Coco before Chanel |
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Monique Prudhomme, The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus |
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Colleen Atwood, Nine |
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Sandy Powell, The Young Victoria |
| Makeup |
Aldo Signoretti and Vittorio Sodano, Il Divo |
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Jon Henry Gordon and Jenny Shircore, The Young Victoria |
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Barney Burman, Mindy Hall and Joel Harlow, Star Trek |
| Visual Effects |
Joe Letteri, Stephen Rosenbaum, Richard Baneham and Andrew R. Jones, Avatar |
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Dan Kaufman, Peter Muyzers, Robert Habros and Matt Aitken, District 9 |
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Roger Guyett, Russell Earl, Paul Kavanagh and Burt Dalton, Star Trek |
| Short Films |
| Animated |
French Roast, Fabrice O. Joubert |
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Granny O'Grimm's Sleeping Beauty , Nicky Phelan and Darragh O'Connell |
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The Lady and the Reaper (La Dama y la Muerte), Javier Recio Gracia |
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Logorama, Nicolas Schmerkin |
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A Matter of Loaf and Death, Nick Park |
| Feature |
The Door, Juanita Wilson and James Flynn |
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Instead of Abracadabra, Patrik Eklund and Mathias Fjellstrom |
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Kavi, Gregg Helvey |
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Miracle Fish, Luke Doolan and Drew Bailey |
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The New Tenants, Joachim Back and Tivi Magnusson |
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| Documentary |
| Short Subject |
China's Unnatural Disaster: The Tears of Sichuan Province, Jon Alpert and Matthew O'Neill |
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The Last Campaign of Governor Booth Gardner, Daniel Junge and Henry Ansbacher |
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The Last Truck: Closing of a GM Plant, Steven Bognar and Julia Reichert |
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Music by Prudence, Roger Ross Williams and Elinor Burkett |
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Rabbit à la Berlin, Bartek Konopka and Anna Wydra |
| Feature |
Burma, VJ Anders Ostergaard and Lise Lense-Moller |
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The Cove |
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The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers, Judith Ehrlich and Rick Goldsmith |
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Food, Inc., Robert Kenner and Elise Pearlstein |
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Which Way Home, Rebecca Cammisa |
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| Foreign Language Film |
The White Ribbon, Germany |
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Ajami, Israel |
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El Secreto de Sus Ojos , Argentina |
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The Milk of Sorrow, Peru |
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Un Prophète , France |