Oscar Nominations 2010 – 82nd Annual Academy Awards

Anne Hathaway and Academy president Tom Sherak today have the honor of announcing the nominations for the 2010 Academy Awards at a ceremony in Beverly Hills, California.
Fantasy “Avatar” and war movie “The Hurt Locker” claimed nine Oscar nominations each, including best film, pitting the two against one another as front-runners for the world’s highest film honors. This year Best Picture has ten nominees!

The 2010 Academy Awards will air March 7 at 8/7c on ABC. Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin will serve as co-hosts of the event.

NOMINATIONS BY CATEGORY – 82ND AWARDS

Performance by an actor in a leading role

• Jeff Bridges in “Crazy Heart” (Fox Searchlight)
• George Clooney in “Up in the Air” (Paramount in association with Cold Spring Pictures and DW Studios)
• Colin Firth in “A Single Man” (The Weinstein Company)
• Morgan Freeman in “Invictus” (Warner Bros.)
• Jeremy Renner in “The Hurt Locker” (Summit Entertainment)

Performance by an actor in a supporting role

• Matt Damon in “Invictus” (Warner Bros.)
• Woody Harrelson in “The Messenger” (Oscilloscope Laboratories)
• Christopher Plummer in “The Last Station” (Sony Pictures Classics)
• Stanley Tucci in “The Lovely Bones” (DreamWorks in association with Film4, Distributed by Paramount)
• Christoph Waltz in “Inglourious Basterds” (The Weinstein Company)

Performance by an actress in a leading role

• Sandra Bullock in “The Blind Side” (Warner Bros.)
• Helen Mirren in “The Last Station” (Sony Pictures Classics)
• Carey Mulligan in “An Education” (Sony Pictures Classics)
• Gabourey Sidibe in “Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire” (Lionsgate)
• Meryl Streep in “Julie & Julia” (Sony Pictures Releasing)

Performance by an actress in a supporting role

• Penélope Cruz in “Nine” (The Weinstein Company)
• Vera Farmiga in “Up in the Air” (Paramount in association with Cold Spring Pictures and DW Studios)
• Maggie Gyllenhaal in “Crazy Heart” (Fox Searchlight)
• Anna Kendrick in “Up in the Air” (Paramount in association with Cold Spring Pictures and DW Studios)
• Mo’Nique in “Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire” (Lionsgate)

Best animated feature film of the year

• “Coraline” (Focus Features) – Henry Selick
• “Fantastic Mr. Fox” (20th Century Fox) – Wes Anderson
• “The Princess and the Frog” (Walt Disney) – John Musker and Ron Clements
• “The Secret of Kells” (GKIDS) – Tomm Moore
• “Up” (Walt Disney) – Pete Docter

Achievement in art direction

• “Avatar” (20th Century Fox)
  Art Direction: Rick Carter and Robert Stromberg
  Set Decoration: Kim Sinclair
• “The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus” (Sony Pictures Classics)
  Art Direction: Dave Warren and Anastasia Masaro
  Set Decoration: Caroline Smith
• “Nine” (The Weinstein Company)
  Art Direction: John Myhre
  Set Decoration: Gordon Sim
• “Sherlock Holmes” (Warner Bros.)
  Art Direction: Sarah Greenwood
  Set Decoration: Katie Spencer
• “The Young Victoria” (Apparition)
  Art Direction: Patrice Vermette
  Set Decoration: Maggie Gray

Achievement in cinematography

• “Avatar” (20th Century Fox) – Mauro Fiore
• “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince” (Warner Bros.) – Bruno Delbonnel
• “The Hurt Locker” (Summit Entertainment) – Barry Ackroyd
• “Inglourious Basterds” (The Weinstein Company) – Robert Richardson
• “The White Ribbon” (Sony Pictures Classics) – Christian Berger

Achievement in costume design

• “Bright Star” (Apparition) – Janet Patterson
• “Coco before Chanel” (Sony Pictures Classics) – Catherine Leterrier
• “The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus” (Sony Pictures Classics) – Monique Prudhomme
• “Nine” (The Weinstein Company) – Colleen Atwood
• “The Young Victoria” (Apparition) – Sandy Powell

Achievement in directing

• “Avatar” (20th Century Fox) – James Cameron
• “The Hurt Locker” (Summit Entertainment) – Kathryn Bigelow
• “Inglourious Basterds” (The Weinstein Company) – Quentin Tarantino
• “Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire” (Lionsgate) – Lee Daniels
• “Up in the Air” (Paramount in association with Cold Spring Pictures and DW Studios) – Jason Reitman

Best documentary feature

• “Burma VJ” (Oscilloscope Laboratories)
  A Magic Hour Films Production – Anders Østergaard and Lise Lense-Møller
• “The Cove” (Roadside Attractions)
  An Oceanic Preservation Society Production – Nominees to be determined
• “Food, Inc.” (Magnolia Pictures)
  A Robert Kenner Films Production – Robert Kenner and Elise Pearlstein
• “The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers”
  A Kovno Communications Production – Judith Ehrlich and Rick Goldsmith
• “Which Way Home”
  A Mr. Mudd Production – Rebecca Cammisa

Best documentary short subject

• “China’s Unnatural Disaster: The Tears of Sichuan Province”
  A Downtown Community Television Center Production – Jon Alpert and Matthew O’Neill
• “The Last Campaign of Governor Booth Gardner”
  A Just Media Production – Daniel Junge and Henry Ansbacher
• “The Last Truck: Closing of a GM Plant”
  A Community Media Production – Steven Bognar and Julia Reichert
• “Music by Prudence”
  An iThemba Production – Roger Ross Williams and Elinor Burkett
• “Rabbit à la Berlin” (Deckert Distribution)
  An MS Films Production – Bartek Konopka and Anna Wydra

Achievement in film editing

• “Avatar” (20th Century Fox) – Stephen Rivkin, John Refoua and James Cameron
• “District 9” (Sony Pictures Releasing) – Julian Clarke
• “The Hurt Locker” (Summit Entertainment) – Bob Murawski and Chris Innis
• “Inglourious Basterds” (The Weinstein Company) – Sally Menke
• “Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire” (Lionsgate) – Joe Klotz

Best foreign language film of the year

• “Ajami”(Kino International)
  An Inosan Production – Israel
• “El Secreto de Sus Ojos” (Sony Pictures Classics)
  A Haddock Films Production – Argentina
• “The Milk of Sorrow”
  A Wanda Visión/Oberon Cinematogràfica/Vela Production – Peru
• “Un Prophète” (Sony Pictures Classics)
  A Why Not/Page 114/Chic Films Production – France
• “The White Ribbon” (Sony Pictures Classics)
  An X Filme Creative Pool/Wega Film/Les Films du Losange/Lucky Red Production – Germany

Achievement in makeup

• “Il Divo” (MPI Media Group through Music Box) – Aldo Signoretti and Vittorio Sodano
• “Star Trek” (Paramount and Spyglass Entertainment) – Barney Burman, Mindy Hall and Joel Harlow
• “The Young Victoria” (Apparition) – Jon Henry Gordon and Jenny Shircore

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original score)

• “Avatar” (20th Century Fox) – James Horner
• “Fantastic Mr. Fox” (20th Century Fox) – Alexandre Desplat
• “The Hurt Locker” (Summit Entertainment) – Marco Beltrami and Buck Sanders
• “Sherlock Holmes” (Warner Bros.) – Hans Zimmer
• “Up” (Walt Disney) – Michael Giacchino

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original song)

• “Almost There” from “The Princess and the Frog” (Walt Disney) – Music and Lyric by Randy Newman
• “Down in New Orleans” from “The Princess and the Frog” (Walt Disney) – Music and Lyric by Randy Newman
• “Loin de Paname” from “Paris 36” (Sony Pictures Classics) – Music by Reinhardt Wagner
  Lyric by Frank Thomas
• “Take It All” from “Nine” (The Weinstein Company) – Music and Lyric by Maury Yeston
• “The Weary Kind (Theme from Crazy Heart)” from “Crazy Heart” (Fox Searchlight) – Music and Lyric by Ryan Bingham and T Bone Burnett

Best motion picture of the year

• “Avatar” (20th Century Fox)
  A Lightstorm Entertainment Production – James Cameron and Jon Landau, Producers
• “The Blind Side” (Warner Bros.)
  An Alcon Entertainment Production – Nominees to be determined
• “District 9” (Sony Pictures Releasing)
  A Block/Hanson Production – Peter Jackson and Carolynne Cunningham, Producers
• “An Education” (Sony Pictures Classics)
  A Finola Dwyer/Wildgaze Films Production – Finola Dwyer and Amanda Posey, Producers
• “The Hurt Locker” (Summit Entertainment)
  A Voltage Pictures Production
  Nominees to be determined
• “Inglourious Basterds” (The Weinstein Company)
  A Weinstein Company/Universal Pictures/A Band Apart/Zehnte Babelsberg Production – Lawrence Bender, Producer
• “Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire” (Lionsgate)
  A Lee Daniels Entertainment/Smokewood Entertainment Production – Lee Daniels, Sarah Siegel-Magness and Gary Magness, Producers
• “A Serious Man” (Focus Features)
  A Working Title Films Production – Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, Producers
• “Up” (Walt Disney)
  A Pixar Production – Jonas Rivera, Producer
• “Up in the Air” (Paramount in association with Cold Spring Pictures and DW Studios)
  A Montecito Picture Company Production – Daniel Dubiecki, Ivan Reitman and Jason Reitman, Producers

Best animated short film

• “French Roast”
  A Pumpkin Factory/Bibo Films Production – Fabrice O. Joubert
• “Granny O’Grimm’s Sleeping Beauty” (Brown Bag Films)
  A Brown Bag Films Production – Nicky Phelan and Darragh O’Connell
• “The Lady and the Reaper (La Dama y la Muerte)”
  A Kandor Graphics and Green Moon Production – Javier Recio Gracia
• “Logorama” (Autour de Minuit)
  An Autour de Minuit Production – Nicolas Schmerkin
• “A Matter of Loaf and Death” (Aardman Animations)
  An Aardman Animations Production – Nick Park

Best live action short film

• “The Door” (Network Ireland Television)
  An Octagon Films Production – Juanita Wilson and James Flynn
• “Instead of Abracadabra” (The Swedish Film Institute)
  A Directörn & Fabrikörn Production – Patrik Eklund and Mathias Fjellström
• “Kavi”
  A Gregg Helvey Production – Gregg Helvey
• “Miracle Fish” (Premium Films)
  A Druid Films Production – Luke Doolan and Drew Bailey
• “The New Tenants”
  A Park Pictures and M & M Production – Joachim Back and Tivi Magnusson

Achievement in sound editing

• “Avatar” (20th Century Fox) – Christopher Boyes and Gwendolyn Yates Whittle
• “The Hurt Locker” (Summit Entertainment) – Paul N.J. Ottosson
• “Inglourious Basterds” (The Weinstein Company) – Wylie Stateman
• “Star Trek” (Paramount and Spyglass Entertainment) – Mark Stoeckinger and Alan Rankin
• “Up” (Walt Disney) – Michael Silvers and Tom Myers

Achievement in sound mixing

• “Avatar” (20th Century Fox) – Christopher Boyes, Gary Summers, Andy Nelson and Tony Johnson
• “The Hurt Locker” (Summit Entertainment) – Paul N.J. Ottosson and Ray Beckett
• “Inglourious Basterds” (The Weinstein Company) – Michael Minkler, Tony Lamberti and Mark Ulano
• “Star Trek” (Paramount and Spyglass Entertainment) – Anna Behlmer, Andy Nelson and Peter J. Devlin
• “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen” (DreamWorks and Paramount in association with Hasbro, Distributed by Paramount) – Greg P. Russell, Gary Summers and Geoffrey Patterson

Achievement in visual effects

• “Avatar” (20th Century Fox) – Joe Letteri, Stephen Rosenbaum, Richard Baneham and Andrew R. Jones
• “District 9” (Sony Pictures Releasing) – Dan Kaufman, Peter Muyzers, Robert Habros and Matt Aitken
• “Star Trek” (Paramount and Spyglass Entertainment) – Roger Guyett, Russell Earl, Paul Kavanagh and Burt Dalton

Adapted screenplay

• “District 9” (Sony Pictures Releasing) – Written by Neill Blomkamp and Terri Tatchell
• “An Education” (Sony Pictures Classics) – Screenplay by Nick Hornby
• “In the Loop” (IFC Films) – Screenplay by Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci, Tony Roche
• “Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire” (Lionsgate) – Screenplay by Geoffrey Fletcher
• “Up in the Air” (Paramount in association with Cold Spring Pictures and DW Studios) – Screenplay by Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner

Original screenplay

• “The Hurt Locker” (Summit Entertainment) – Written by Mark Boal
• “Inglourious Basterds” (The Weinstein Company) – Written by Quentin Tarantino
• “The Messenger” (Oscilloscope Laboratories) – Written by Alessandro Camon & Oren Moverman
• “A Serious Man” (Focus Features) – Written by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen
• “Up” (Walt Disney) – Screenplay by Bob Peterson, Pete Docter
  Story by Pete Docter, Bob Peterson, Tom McCarthy