Date: March 7, 2010 http://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawar...1
Location: Kodak Theater, Los Angeles, California http://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawar...2
First held: 1929 http://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawar...3
Hosted by Alec Baldwin and Steve Martinhttp://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/index.html4
Nominations announced on February 2, 2010, at 5:30 a.m. PSThttp://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/index.html5
In a change from recent years, 10 films competed for best picture, rather than the typical fivehttp://www.oscars.org/press/pressreleases/2009/20090624.html6
The Hurt Locker, Up in the Air, Inglourious Basterds, Avatar and The Lovely Bones were among the front runners for best picture
Winners of Oscars 2010
2010 Oscar Nominations
Best Picture
Avatar - James Cameron and Jon Landau
The Blind Side - TBA
District 9 - Peter Jackson and Carolynne Cunningham
An Education - Finola Dwyer and Amanda Posey
The Hurt Locker - WINNER!
Inglourious Basterds - Lawrence Bender
Precious - Lee Daniels, Sarah Siegel-Magness and Gary Magness
A Serious Man - Joel Coen and Ethan Coen
Up - Jonas Rivera
Up in the Air - Daniel Dubiecki, Ivan Reitman and Jason Reitman
Best Actor
Jeff Bridges in Crazy Heart - WINNER!
George Clooney in Up in the Air
Colin Firth in A Single Man
Morgan Freeman in Invictus
Jeremy Renner in The Hurt Locker
Best Supporting Actor
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 - WINNER!
Best Actress
Sandra Bullock in The Blind Side - WINNER!
Helen Mirren in The Last Station
Carey Mulligan in An Education
Gabourey Sidibe in Precious
Meryl Streep in Julie & Julia
Best Supporting Actress
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 - WINNER!
Best Animated 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 - WINNER!
Best Art Direction
Avatar - Art Direction: Rick Carter and Robert Stromberg, Set Decoration: Kim Sinclair - WINNER!
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
Best Cinematography
Avatar - Mauro Fiore - WINNER!
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 - WINNER!
Best Director
Avatar - James Cameron
The Hurt Locker - Kathryn Bigelow - WINNER!
Inglourious Basterds - Quentin Tarantino
Precious - Lee Daniels
Up in the Air - Jason Reitman
Documentary Feature Film
Burma VJ - Anders Ostergaard and Lise Lense-Moller
The Cove - Fisher Stevens and Louie Psihoyos - WINNER!
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 Film
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 - WINNER!
Rabbit a 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 - WINNER!
Inglourious Basterds - Sally Menke
Precious - Joe Klotz
Best Foreign Language Film
Ajami - Israel
El Secreto de Sus Ojos - Argentina - WINNER!
The Milk of Sorrow - Peru
Un Prophete - France
The White Ribbon - Germany
Best Make Up
Il Divo - Aldo Signoretti and Vittorio Sodano
Star Trek - Barney Burman, Mindy Hall and Joel Harlow - WINNER!
The Young Victoria - Jon Henry Gordon and Jenny Shircore
Best Score
Avatar - James Horner
Fantastic Mr. Fox - Alexandre Desplat
The Hurt Locker - Marco Beltrami and Buck Sanders
Sherlock Holmes - Hans Zimmer
Up - Michael Giacchino - WINNER!
Best Song
"Almost There" from The Princess and the Frog - Randy Newman
"Down in New Orleans" from The Princess and the Frog - Randy Newman
"Loin de Paname" from Paris 36 - Frank Thomas
"Take It All" from Nine - Maury Yeston
"The Weary Kind Theme from Crazy Heart" from Crazy Heart - Ryan Bingham and T Bone Burnett - WINNER!
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 - WINNER!
A Matter of Loaf and Death - Nick Park
Best Short Live Action Film
The Door - Juanita Wilson and James Flynn
Instead of Abracadabra - Patrik Eklund and Mathias Fjellstrom
Kavi - Gregg Helvey
Miracle Fish - Luke Doolan and Drew Bailey
The New Tenants - Joachim Back and Tivi Magnusson - WINNER!
Best Sound Editing
Avatar - Christopher Boyes and Gwendolyn Yates Whittle
The Hurt Locker - Paul N.J. Ottosson - WINNER!
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 - WINNER!
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 - WINNER!
District 9 - Dan Kaufman, Peter Muyzers, Robert Habros and Matt Aitken
Star Trek - Roger Guyett, Russell Earl, Paul Kavanagh and Burt Dalton
Best Adapted Screenplay
District 9 - Neill Blomkamp and Terri Tatchell
An Education - Nick Hornby
In the Loop - Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci and Tony Roche
Precious - Geoffrey Fletcher - WINNER!
Up in the Air - Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner
Best Original Screenplay
The Hurt Locker - Mark Boal - WINNER!
Inglourious Basterds - Quentin Tarantino
The Messenger - Alessandro Camon and Oren Moverman
A Serious Man - Joel Coen and Ethan Coen
Up - Bob Peterson, Pete Docter and Tom McCarthy
