82nd Academy Awards® Nominees Announced

2 February 2010 Rubin Safaya

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Today, nominations for the 82nd Academy Awards® were announced by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences President Tom Sherak and 2008 nominee Anne Hathaway.

Twentieth Century-Fox’s Avatar, directed by James Cameron, and Summit Entertainment’s The Hurt Locker, directed by Kathryn Bigelow, led the pack with a staggering nine nominations each including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Original Score, Best Sound Editing and Best Sound Mixing. Both were followed by The Weinstein Company’s Inglourious Basterds with eight nominations and six each for Precious (Lionsgate) and Up In The Air (Paramount).

Members from the individual branches of the Academy vote in their respective categories to select nominees. Animated Feature Film and Foreign Language Film categories are selected by screening committees spanning multiple branches.

AMPAS will begin screening films at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater on Wilshire in Beverly Hills, and the Linwood Dunn Theaters in Hollywood, London and San Francisco, for award consideration by its 5,777 members in various branches of the motion picture industry.

The Academy Awards presentation will air Sunday, March 7, 2010, on ABC, live from the Kodak Theater at Hollywood and Highland Center, beginning at 5:00pm PT/8:00pm ET. More information can be found at oscars.org or the Academy’s official Facebook site.

Nominations for the 82nd Academy Awards:

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

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

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 Cinematogrà/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 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