Academy Awards Oscar Nominations

The most nominated films are Avatar and The Hurt Locker with nine nominations each. Up is the second fully animated feature film nominated for Best Picture. The first was Beauty and the Beast (1991).

Kathryn Bigelow is the fourth woman to be nominated for directing (The Hurt Locker), and the second American woman after Sofia Coppola (nominated in 2003 for Lost in Translation). The other nominated directors are Lina Wertmuller (Italy) for Seven Beauties (1976) and Jane Campion (New Zealand) for The Piano (1993).

With her 16th nomination this year, Meryl Streep extends her lead as the most nominated performer. Katharine Hepburn and Jack Nicholson are tied at 12 nominations each.

In the acting categories, 12 individuals are first-time nominees. Five of the nominees (George Clooney, Morgan Freeman, Penelope Cruz, Helen Mirren and Meryl Streep) are previous acting winners. Matt Damon received an Oscar for Original Screenplay for Good Will Hunting (1997).

Meryl Streep and Penelope Cruz are the only performers who were also nominated last year. Meryl Streep was nominated for her leading role in Doubt, and Penelope Cruz won the Oscar for her supporting role in Vicky Cristina Barcelona.

Pete Docter is the fifth person to have more than one nomination in the Animated Feature Film category. John Lasseter, Hayao Miyazaki, Brad Bird and Andrew Stanton each have two nominations in the category.

The White Ribbon is the ninth predominantly black-and-white film to be nominated for Cinematography since 1967, when the separate category for black-and-white cinematography was eliminated. Previously nominated films were In Cold Blood (1967), The Last Picture Show (1971), Lenny (1974), Raging Bull (1980), Zelig (1983), Schindler's List (1993), The Man Who Wasn't There (2001) and Good Night, and Good Luck. (2005).

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 Movie Review" 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

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

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

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

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

Documentary (Feature)

"Burma VJ" Anders Østergaard and Lise Lense-Møller

"The Cove" Louie Psihoyos and Fisher Stevens

"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

"The Milk of Sorrow (La Teta Asustada)" Peru

"A Prophet (Un Prophete)" France

"The Secret in Their Eyes (El Secreto de Sus Ojos)" Argentina

"The White Ribbon (Das Weisse Band)" 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

Best Picture

"Avatar" James Cameron and Jon Landau, Producers

"The Blind Side" Gil Netter, Andrew A. Kosove and Broderick Johnson, Producers

"District 9" Peter Jackson and Carolynne Cunningham, Producers

"An Education" Finola Dwyer and Amanda Posey, Producers

"The Hurt Locker" Kathryn Bigelow, Mark Boal, Nicolas Chartier and Greg Shapiro, Producers

"Inglourious Basterds" Lawrence Bender, Producer

"Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire" Lee Daniels, Sarah Siegel-Magness and Gary Magness, Producers

"A Serious Man" Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, Producers

"Up" Jonas Rivera, Producer

"Up in the Air" Daniel Dubiecki, Ivan Reitman and Jason Reitman, Producers

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 Fjellström

"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

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

Ajami

Best foreign language film (Israel)

Avatar

Art direction
Cinematography
Directing
Film editing
Original score
Best picture
Sound editing
Sound mixing
Visual effects

The Blind Side

Sandra Bullock - Performance by an actress in a leading role
Best picture

Bright Star

Costume design

Burma VJ

Documentary feature

Coco before Chanel

Costume design

Coraline

Best animated feature film

The Cove

Documentary feature

Crazy Heart

Jeff Bridges - Performance by an actor in a leading role
Maggie Gyllenhaal - Performance by an actress in a supporting role
Original song - "The Weary Kind (Theme from Crazy Heart)"

District 9

Film editing
Best picture
Visual effects
Adapted screenplay

An Education

Carey Mulligan - Performance by an actress in a leading role
Best picture
Adapted screenplay

Fantastic Mr. Fox

Best animated feature film
Original score

Food, Inc.

Documentary feature

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

Cinematography

The Hurt Locker

Jeremy Renner - Performance by an actor in a leading role
Cinematography
Directing
Film editing
Original score
Best picture
Sound editing
Sound mixing
Original screenplay

Il Divo

Makeup

The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus

Art direction
Costume design

In the Loop

Adapted screenplay

Inglourious Basterds

Christoph Waltz - Performance by an actor in a supporting role
Cinematography
Directing
Film editing
Best picture
Sound editing
Sound mixing
Original screenplay

Invictus

Morgan Freeman - Performance by an actor in a leading role
Matt Damon - Performance by an actor in a supporting role

Julie & Julia

Meryl Streep - Performance by an actress in a leading role

The Last Station

Christopher Plummer - Performance by an actor in a supporting role
Helen Mirren - Performance by an actress in a leading role

The Lovely Bones

Stanley Tucci - Performance by an actor in a supporting role

The Messenger

Woody Harrelson - Performance by an actor in a supporting role
Original screenplay

The Milk of Sorrow (La Teta Asustada)

Best foreign language film (Peru)

The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers

Documentary feature

Nine

Penelope Cruz - Performance by an actress in a supporting role
Art direction
Costume design
Original song - "Take It All"

Paris 36

Original song - "Loin de Paname"

Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push' by Sapphire

Gabourey Sidibe - Performance by an actress in a leading role
Mo'Nique - Performance by an actress in a supporting role
Directing
Film editing
Best picture
Adapted screenplay

The Princess and the Frog

Best animated feature film
Original song - "Almost There"
Original song - "Down in New Orleans"

A Prophet (Un Prophete)

Best foreign language film (France)

The Secret in Their Eyes (El Secreto de Sus Ojos)

Best foreign language film (Argentina)

The Secret of Kells

Best animated feature film

A Serious Man

Best picture
Original screenplay

Sherlock Holmes

Art direction
Original score

A Single Man

Colin Firth - Performance by an actor in a leading role

Star Trek

Makeup
Sound editing
Sound mixing
Visual effects

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen

Sound mixing

Up

Best animated feature film
Original score
Best picture
Sound editing
Original screenplay

Up in the Air

George Clooney - Performance by an actor in a leading role
Vera Farmiga - Performance by an actress in a supporting role
Anna Kendrick - Performance by an actress in a supporting role
Directing
Best picture
Adapted screenplay

Which Way Home

Documentary feature

The White Ribbon (Das Weisse Band)

Cinematography
Best foreign language film (Germany)

The Young Victoria

Art direction
Costume design
Makeup

 

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