82nd Annual Academy Awards Nominations (2010)

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  • Date of Ceremony: Sunday, March 7, 2010
  • For films released in: 2009
  • Nominations Announcement: Tuesday, February 2, 2010
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Here is a complete list of nominations for the 82nd Annual Academy Awards.

And the nominees are:

Best Picture

  • Avatar
    James Cameron [Producer] and Jon Landau [Producer]
  • The Blind Side
    Gil Netter [Producer], Andrew A. Kosove [Producer] and Broderick Johnson [Producer]
  • District 9
    Peter Jackson [Producer] and Carolynne Cunningham [Producer]
  • An Education
    Finola Dwyer [Producer] and Amanda Posey [Producer]
  • The Hurt Locker
    Kathryn Bigelow [Producer], Mark Boal [Producer], Nicolas Chartier [Producer] and Greg Shapiro [Producer]
  • Inglourious Basterds
    Lawrence Bender [Producer]
  • Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire
    Lee Daniels [Producer], Sarah Siegel-Magness [Producer] and Gary Magness [Producer]
  • A Serious Man
    Joel Coen [Producer] and Ethan Coen [Producer]
  • Up
    Jonas Rivera [Producer]
  • Up in the Air
    Daniel Dubiecki [Producer], Ivan Reitman [Producer] and Jason Reitman [Producer]

Best 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

Best Actor in a Leading Role

Best Actress in a Leading Role

Best Actor in a Supporting Role

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

Best Actress in a Supporting Role

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

Best Animated Feature

  • 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

Best Foreign Language Film

  • Ajami
  • The Milk of Sorrow (La Teta Asustada)
  • A Prophet
  • The Secret in Their Eyes
  • The White Ribbon

Best Art Direction

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

Best 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

Best 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

Best 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

Best 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 à la Berlin
    Bartek Konopka and Anna Wydra

Best 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

Best 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

Best 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

Best Music (Original Song)

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

Best 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

Best 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

Best 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

Best 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

Best Visual Effects

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

Best Writing (Adapted Screenplay)

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

Best Writing (Original Screenplay)

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