83rd Annual Academy Awards Nominations (2011)

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  • Date of Ceremony: Sunday, February 27, 2011
  • For films released in: 2010
  • Nominations Announcement: Tuesday, January 25, 2011
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The nominees for the 83rd Academy Awards were announced on January 25th, 2011 by AMPAS President Tom Sherak and last year’s Best Supporting Actress winner, Mo’Nique.

And the nominees are:

Best Picture

  • 127 Hours
    Christian Colson [Producer], Danny Boyle [Producer] and John Smithson [Producer]
  • Black Swan
    Mike Medavoy [Producer], Brian Oliver [Producer] and Scott Franklin [Producer]
  • The Fighter
    David Hoberman [Producer], Todd Lieberman [Producer] and Mark Wahlberg [Producer]
  • Inception
    Emma Thomas [Producer] and Christopher Nolan [Producer]
  • The Kids Are All Right
    Gary Gilbert [Producer], Jeffrey Levy-Hinte [Producer] and Celine Rattray [Producer]
  • The King's Speech
    Iain Canning [Producer], Emile Sherman [Producer] and Gareth Unwin [Producer]
  • The Social Network
    Scott Rudin [Producer], Dana Brunetti [Producer], Michael De Luca [Producer] and Cean Chaffin [Producer]
  • Toy Story 3
    Darla K. Anderson [Producer]
  • True Grit
    Scott Rudin [Producer], Ethan Coen [Producer] and Joel Coen [Producer]
  • Winter's Bone
    Anne Rosellini [Producer] and Alix Madigan-Yorkin [Producer]

Best Directing

  • Black Swan
    Darren Aronofsky
  • The Fighter
    David O. Russell
  • The King's Speech
    Tom Hooper
  • The Social Network
    David Fincher
  • True Grit
    Joel Coen and Ethan Coen

Best Actor in a Leading Role

Best Actress in a Leading Role

Best Actor in a Supporting Role

  • The Fighter
    Christian Bale
  • The Kids Are All Right
    Mark Ruffalo
  • The King's Speech
    Geoffrey Rush
  • The Town
    Jeremy Renner
  • Winter's Bone
    John Hawkes

Best Actress in a Supporting Role

  • Animal Kingdom
    Jacki Weaver
  • The Fighter
    Amy Adams
  • The Fighter
    Melissa Leo
  • The King's Speech
    Helena Bonham Carter
  • True Grit
    Hailee Steinfeld

Best Animated Feature

  • How to Train Your Dragon
    Chris Sanders and Dean DeBlois
  • The Illusionist
    Sylvain Chomet
  • Toy Story 3
    Lee Unkrich

Best Foreign Language Film

  • Biutiful
  • Dogtooth
  • In a Better World
  • Incendies
  • Outside the Law (Hors-la-loi)

Best Art Direction

  • Alice in Wonderland
    Robert Stromberg [Production Design] and Karen O'Hara [Set Decoration]
  • Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part I
    Stuart Craig [Production Design] and Stephenie McMillan [Set Decoration]
  • Inception
    Guy Hendrix Dyas [Production Design], Larry Dias [Set Decoration] and Doug Mowat [Set Decoration]
  • The King's Speech
    Eve Stewart [Production Design] and Judy Farr [Set Decoration]
  • True Grit
    Jess Gonchor [Production Design] and Nancy Haigh [Set Decoration]

Best Cinematography

  • Black Swan
    Matthew Libatique
  • Inception
    Wally Pfister
  • The King's Speech
    Danny Cohen
  • The Social Network
    Jeff Cronenweth
  • True Grit
    Roger Deakins

Best Costume Design

  • Alice in Wonderland
    Colleen Atwood
  • I Am Love
    Antonella Cannarozzi
  • The King's Speech
    Jenny Beavan
  • The Tempest
    Sandy Powell
  • True Grit
    Mary Zophres

Best Documentary (Feature)

  • Exit through the Gift Shop
    Banksy and Jaimie D'Cruz
  • Gasland
    Josh Fox and Trish Adlesic
  • Inside Job
    Charles Ferguson and Audrey Marrs
  • Restrepo
    Tim Hetherington and Sebastian Junger
  • Waste Land
    Lucy Walker and Angus Aynsley

Best Documentary (Short Subject)

  • Killing in the Name
    Jed Rothstein
  • Poster Girl
    Sara Nesson and Mitchell W. Block
  • Strangers No More
    Karen Goodman and Kirk Simon
  • Sun Come Up
    Jennifer Redfearn and Tim Metzger
  • The Warriors of Qiugang
    Ruby Yang and Thomas Lennon

Best Film Editing

  • 127 Hours
    Jon Harris
  • Black Swan
    Andrew Weisblum
  • The Fighter
    Pamela Martin
  • The King's Speech
    Tariq Anwar
  • The Social Network
    Angus Wall and Kirk Baxter

Best Makeup

  • Barney's Version
    Adrien Morot
  • The Way Back
    Edouard Henriques, Gregory Funk and Yolanda Toussieng
  • The Wolfman
    Rick Baker and Dave Elsey

Best Music (Original Score)

  • 127 Hours
    A.R. Rahman
  • How to Train Your Dragon
    John Powell
  • Inception
    Hans Zimmer
  • The King's Speech
    Alexandre Desplat
  • The Social Network
    Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross

Best Music (Original Song)

  • 127 Hours "If I Rise"
    A.R. Rahman [Music by], Dido [Lyrics by] and Rollo Armstrong [Lyrics by]
  • Country Strong "Coming Home"
    Tom Douglas [Music and Lyrics by], Troy Verges [Music and Lyrics by] and Hillary Lindsey [Music and Lyrics by]
  • Tangled "I See the Light"
    Alan Menken [Music by] and Glenn Slater [Lyrics by]
  • Toy Story 3 "We Belong Together"
    Randy Newman [Music and Lyrics by]

Best Short Film (Animated)

  • Day & Night
    Teddy Newton
  • The Gruffalo
    Jacob Schuh and Max Lang
  • Let's Pollute
    Geefwee Boedoe
  • The Lost Thing
    Shaun Tan and Andrew Ruhemann
  • Madagascar, carnet de voyage (Madagascar, a Journey Diary)
    Bastien Dubois

Best Short Film (Live Action)

  • The Confession
    Tanel Toom
  • The Crush
    Michael Creagh
  • God of Love
    Luke Matheny
  • Na Wewe
    Ivan Goldschmidt
  • Wish 143
    Ian Barnes and Samantha Waite

Best Sound Editing

  • Inception
    Richard King
  • Toy Story 3
    Tom Myers and Michael Silvers
  • TRON: Legacy
    Gwendolyn Yates Whittle and Addison Teague
  • True Grit
    Skip Lievsay and Craig Berkey
  • Unstoppable
    Mark P. Stoeckinger

Best Sound Mixing

  • Inception
    Lora Hirschberg, Gary A. Rizzo and Ed Novick
  • The King's Speech
    Paul Hamblin, Martin Jensen and John Midgley
  • Salt
    Jeffrey J. Haboush, Greg P. Russell, Scott Millan and William Sarokin
  • The Social Network
    Ren Klyce, David Parker, Michael Semanick and Mark Weingarten
  • True Grit
    Skip Lievsay, Craig Berkey, Greg Orloff and Peter F. Kurland

Best Visual Effects

  • Alice in Wonderland
    Ken Ralston, David Schaub, Carey Villegas and Sean Phillips
  • Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part I
    Tim Burke, John Richardson, Christian Manz and Nicolas Aithadi
  • Hereafter
    Michael Owens, Bryan Grill, Stephan Trojansky and Joe Farrell
  • Inception
    Paul Franklin, Chris Corbould, Andrew Lockley and Peter Bebb
  • Iron Man 2
    Janek Sirrs, Ben Snow, Ged Wright and Daniel Sudick

Best Writing (Adapted Screenplay)

  • 127 Hours
    Danny Boyle [Screenplay by] and Simon Beaufoy [Screenplay by]
  • The Social Network
    Aaron Sorkin [Screenplay by]
  • Toy Story 3
    Michael Arndt [Screenplay by], John Lasseter [Story by], Andrew Stanton [Story by] and Lee Unkrich [Story by]
  • True Grit
    Joel Coen [Written for the screen by] and Ethan Coen [Written for the screen by]
  • Winter's Bone
    Debra Granik [Adapted for the screen by] and Anne Rosellini [Adapted for the screen by]

Best Writing (Original Screenplay)

  • Another Year
    Mike Leigh [Written by]
  • The Fighter
    Scott Silver [Screenplay by], Paul Tamasy [Screenplay by], Eric Johnson [Screenplay by], Keith Dorrington [Story by], Paul Tamasy [Story by] and Eric Johnson [Story by]
  • Inception
    Christopher Nolan [Written by]
  • The Kids Are All Right
    Lisa Cholodenko [Written by] and Stuart Blumberg [Written by]
  • The King's Speech
    David Seidler [Screenplay by]
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