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Please note that these are last year's films;
but referred to as the 2010 Academy Awards
* Asterisks indicate Oscar winners
 Best Picture

  • "Avatar"
    
  • "The Blind Side"
  • "District 9"
  • "An Education"
  • "The Hurt Locker"
  • "Inglourious Basterds"
  • "Precious: Based on the Novel `Push' by Sapphire"
  • "A Serious Man"
  • "Up"
  • "Up in the Air"

    Actor in a Leading Role

  • Jeff Bridges in "Crazy Heart"
  • George Clooney in "Up in the Air"
  • Colin Firth in "A Single Man"
  • Morgan Freeman in "Invictus"
  • Jeremy Renner in "The Hurt Locker"

    Actor in a Supporting Role

  • Matt Damon in "Invictus"
  • Woody Harrelson in "The Messenger"
  • Christopher Plummer in "The Last Station"
  • Stanley Tucci in "The Lovely Bones"
  • Christoph Waltz in "Inglourious Basterds"

    Actress in a Leading Role

  • Sandra Bullock in "The Blind Side"
  • Helen Mirren in "The Last Station"
  • Carey Mulligan in "An Education"
  • Gabourey Sidibe in "Precious: Based on the Novel `Push' by Sapphire"
  • Meryl Streep in "Julie & Julia"

    Actress in a Supporting Role

  • Penelope Cruz in "Nine"
  • Vera Farmiga in "Up in the Air"
  • Maggie Gyllenhaal in "Crazy Heart"
  • Anna Kendrick in "Up in the Air"
  • Mo'Nique in "Precious: Based on the Novel `Push' by Sapphire"

    Animated Feature Film

  • "Coraline" Henry Selick
  • "Fantastic Mr. Fox" Wes Anderson
  • "The Princess and the Frog" John Musker and Ron Clements
  • "The Secret of Kells" Tomm Moore
  • "Up" Pete Docter

    Directing

  • "Avatar" James Cameron
  • "The Hurt Locker" Kathryn Bigelow
  • "Inglourious Basterds" Quentin Tarantino
  • "Precious: Based on the Novel `Push' by Sapphire" Lee Daniels
  • "Up in the Air" Jason Reitman

    Writing (Adapted Screenplay)

  • "District 9" Written by Neill Blomkamp and Terri Tatchell
  • "An Education" Screenplay by Nick Hornby
  • "In the Loop" Screenplay by Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci, Tony Roche
  • "Precious: Based on the Novel `Push' by Sapphire" Screenplay by Geoffrey Fletcher
  • "Up in the Air" Screenplay by Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner

    Writing (Original Screenplay)

  • "The Hurt Locker" Written by Mark Boal
  • "Inglourious Basterds" Written by Quentin Tarantino
  • "The Messenger" Written by Alessandro Camon & Oren Moverman
  • "A Serious Man" Written by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen
  • "Up" Screenplay by Bob Peterson, Pete Docter, Story by Pete Docter, Bob Peterson, Tom McCarthy

    Cinematography

  • "Avatar" Mauro Fiore
  • "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" Bruno Delbonnel
  • "The Hurt Locker" Barry Ackroyd
  • "Inglourious Basterds" Robert Richardson
  • "The White Ribbon" Christian Berger

    Art Direction

  • "Avatar" Art Direction: Rick Carter and Robert Stromberg; Set Decoration: Kim Sinclair
  • "The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus" Art Direction: Dave Warren and Anastasia Masaro; Set Decoration: Caroline Smith
  • "Nine" Art Direction: John Myhre; Set Decoration: Gordon Sim
  • "Sherlock Holmes" Art Direction: Sarah Greenwood; Set Decoration: Katie Spencer
  • "The Young Victoria" Art Direction: Patrice Vermette; Set Decoration: Maggie Gray

    Costume Design

  • "Bright Star" Janet Patterson
  • "Coco before Chanel" Catherine Leterrier
  • "The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus" Monique Prudhomme
  • "Nine" Colleen Atwood
  • "The Young Victoria" Sandy Powell

    Documentary (Feature)

  • "Burma VJ" Anders Ostergaard and Lise Lense-Moller
  • "The Cove" Nominees to be determined
  • "Food, Inc." Robert Kenner and Elise Pearlstein
  • "The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers" Judith Ehrlich and Rick Goldsmith
  • "Which Way Home" Rebecca Cammisa

    Documentary (Short Subject)

  • "China's Unnatural Disaster: The Tears of Sichuan Province" Jon Alpert and Matthew O'Neill
  • "The Last Campaign of Governor Booth Gardner" Daniel Junge and Henry Ansbacher
  • "The Last Truck: Closing of a GM Plant" Steven Bognar and Julia Reichert
  • "Music by Prudence" Roger Ross Williams and Elinor Burkett
  • "Rabbit a la Berlin" Bartek Konopka and Anna Wydra

    Film Editing

  • "Avatar" Stephen Rivkin, John Refoua and James Cameron
  • "District 9" Julian Clarke
  • "The Hurt Locker" Bob Murawski and Chris Innis
  • "Inglourious Basterds" Sally Menke
  • "Precious: Based on the Novel `Push' by Sapphire" Joe Klotz

    Foreign Language Film

  • "Ajami" Israel
  • "El Secreto de Sus Ojos" Argentina
    ("The Secret in Their Eyes")
  • "The Milk of Sorrow" Peru
  • "Un Prophete" France
  • "The White Ribbon" Germany

    Makeup

  • "Il Divo" Aldo Signoretti and Vittorio Sodano
  • "Star Trek" Barney Burman, Mindy Hall and Joel Harlow
  • "The Young Victoria" Jon Henry Gordon and Jenny Shircore

    Music (Original Score)

  • "Avatar" James Horner
  • "Fantastic Mr. Fox" Alexandre Desplat
  • "The Hurt Locker" Marco Beltrami and Buck Sanders
  • "Sherlock Holmes" Hans Zimmer
  • "Up" Michael Giacchino

    Music (Original Song)

  • "Almost There" from "The Princess and the Frog" Music and Lyric by Randy Newman
  • "Down in New Orleans" from "The Princess and the Frog" Music and Lyric by Randy Newman
  • "Loin de Paname" from "Paris 36" Music by Reinhardt Wagner Lyric by Frank Thomas
  • "Take It All" from "Nine" Music and Lyric by Maury Yeston
  • "The Weary Kind (Theme from Crazy Heart)" from "Crazy Heart" Music and Lyric by Ryan Bingham and T Bone Burnett

    Short Film (Animated)

  • "French Roast" Fabrice O. Joubert
  • "Granny O'Grimm's Sleeping Beauty" Nicky Phelan and Darragh O'Connell
  • "The Lady and the Reaper (La Dama y la Muerte)" Javier Recio Gracia
  • "Logorama" Nicolas Schmerkin
  • "A Matter of Loaf and Death" Nick Park

    Short Film (Live Action)

  • "The Door" Juanita Wilson and James Flynn
  • "Instead of Abracadabra" Patrik Eklund and Mathias Fjellstrum
  • "Kavi" Gregg Helvey
  • "Miracle Fish" Luke Doolan and Drew Bailey
  • "The New Tenants" Joachim Back and Tivi Magnusson

    Sound Editing

  • "Avatar" Christopher Boyes and Gwendolyn Yates Whittle
  • "The Hurt Locker" Paul N.J. Ottosson
  • "Inglourious Basterds" Wylie Stateman
  • "Star Trek" Mark Stoeckinger and Alan Rankin
  • "Up" Michael Silvers and Tom Myers

    Sound Mixing

  • "Avatar" Christopher Boyes, Gary Summers, Andy Nelson and Tony Johnson
  • "The Hurt Locker" Paul N.J. Ottosson and Ray Beckett
  • "Inglourious Basterds" Michael Minkler, Tony Lamberti and Mark Ulano
  • "Star Trek" Anna Behlmer, Andy Nelson and Peter J. Devlin
  • "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen" Greg P. Russell, Gary Summers and Geoffrey Patterson

    Visual Effects

  • "Avatar" Joe Letteri, Stephen Rosenbaum, Richard Baneham and Andrew R. Jones
  • "District 9" Dan Kaufman, Peter Muyzers, Robert Habros and Matt Aitken
  • "Star Trek" Roger Guyett, Russell Earl, Paul Kavanagh and Burt Dalton


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