Nominations and Winners of 82nd Academy Awards (Oscars 2010)

The Academy Awards, popularly known as the Oscars, are presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to recognize excellence of professionals in the film industry, including directors, actors, and writers. The formal ceremony at which the awards are presented is one of the most prominent award ceremonies in the world.

The most awaited Academy Awards or Oscar for 2010 just completely announced the last and final award – the Best Motion Picture of the year 2010 that was awarded to “The Hurt Locker” directed by Kathryn Bigelow who also won Best Director for the year. It was held at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, hosted by the actors Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin^.

^{I was amazed by seeing to see the results as I was thinking that “Avatar” to win the Best Picture award. Well, Avatar made millions of sales from the movie but for Academy Awards “The Hurt Locker” won the overall best picture of 2009.}

For me, this is the major twist of the Oscars results. So, here is the list of Nominees and Winners of the 2010 Academy Awards.

Nominees and Winners of the 82 Academy Awards (Oscars 2010)

Best Picture

• Avatar
• The Blind side
• District 9
• An Education
• The Hurt Locker
• Inglorious Basterds
• Precious
• A Serious Man
• Up
• Up in the Air

And the Winnner for the Best Picture is Hurt Locker

• Jeff Bridges in “Crazy Heart“
• George Clooney in “Up in the Air“
• Colin Firth in “A Single Man“
• Morgan Freeman in “Invictus“
• Jeremy Renner in “The Hurt Locker“

And the Winner for Best Actor in a Leading Role is Jeff Bridges in “Crazy Heart“

• Sandra Bullock in “The Blind side“
• Helen Mirren in “The Last Station“
• Carey Mulligan in “An Education“
• Gabourey Sidibe in “Precious“
• Meryl Streeo in “Julie & Julia“

And the Winner for Best Actress in a Leading Role is Sandra Bullock in “The Blind side“

Actor in a Supporting Role

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

And the Winner for Best Actor in a Supporting Role is Christoph Waltz in “Inglorious Basterds“

Actress in a Supporting Role

• 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“

And the Winner for Best Actress in a Supporting Role is Mo’Nique in “Precious“

Animated Feature Film

• Coraline
• Fantastic Mr. Fox
• The Princess and the Frog
• The Secret of Kells
• Up

And the Winner for Best Animated Ficture Film is Up

Art Direction

• Avatar – Art Direction: “Rick Carter” and “Robert Stromberg”, Set Decoration: “Kim Sinclair”
• 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”

And the Winner for Best Art Direction is Avatar – Art Direction: “Rick Carter” and “Robert Stromberg”, Set Decoration: “Kim Sinclair”

Cinematography

• Avatar – “Mauro Fiore”
• Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince – “Bruno Delbonnel”
• The Hurt Locker – “Barry Ackroyd”
• Inglorious Basterds – “Robert Richardson”
• The White Ribbon – “Christian Berger”

And the Winner for Best Cinematography is Avatar – “Mauro Fiore”

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”

And the Winner for Best Costume Design is The Young Victoria- “Sandy Powell”

Director

• Avatar – “James Cameron”
• The Hurt Locker – “Kathryn Bigelow”
• Inglorious Basterds – “Quentin Tarantino”
• Precious- “Lee Daniels”
• Up in the Air – “Jason Reitman”

And the Winner for Best Director is The Hurt Locker – “Kathryn Bigelow”

• Burma VJ - “Anders Ostergaard” and “Lise Lense-Moller”
• The Cove – “Louie Psihoyos”
• 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”

And the Winner for Best Documentary (Feature) is The Cove – “Louie Psihoyos”

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 a la Berlin – “Bartek Konopka” and “Anna Wydra”

And the Winner for Best Documentary (Short Subject) is Music by Prudence – “Roger Ross Williams” and “Elinor Burkett”

Film Editing

• Avatar – “Stephen Rivkin”, “John Refoua” and “James Cameron”
• District 9- “Julian Clarke”
• The Hurt Locker – “Bob Murawski” and “Chris Innis”
• Inglorious Basterds – “Sally Menke”
• Precious- “Joe Klotz”

And the Winner for Best Film Editing is The Hurt Locker – “Bob Murawski” and “Chris Innis”

Foreign Language Film

• Ajami – Israel
• El Secreto de Sus Ojos – Argentina
• The Milk of Sorrow – Peru
• Un Prophete – France
• The White Ribbon – Germany

And the Winner for Best Foreign Language Film is El Secreto de Sus Ojos – Argentina

Make Up

• 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”

And the Winner for Best Make-Up is Star Trek – “Barney Burman”, “Mindy Hall” and “Joel Harlow”

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”

And the Winner for Best Music (Original Score) is Up- “Michael Giacchino”

• “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

And the Winner for Best Music (Original Song) is  “The Weary Kind Theme from Crazy Heart” from Crazy Heart- Ryan Bingham and T Bone Burnett

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”

And the Winner for Best Short Film (Animated) is Logorama – “Nicolas Schmerkin”

Short Film (Live Action)

• 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”

And the Winner for Best Short Film (Live Action) is The New Tenants – “Joachim Back” and “Tivi Magnusson”

Sound Editing

• Avatar – “Christopher Boyes” and “Gwendolyn Yates Whittle”
• The Hurt Locker – “Paul N.J. Ottosson”
• Inglorious Basterds- “Wylie Stateman”
• Star Trek – “Mark Stoeckinger” and “Alan Rankin”
• Up – “Michael Silvers” and “Tom Myers”

And the Winner for Best Sound Editing is The Hurt Locker – “Paul N.J. Ottosson”

• Avatar – “Christopher Boyes”, “Gary Summers”, “Andy Nelson” and “Tony Johnson”
• The Hurt Locker – “Paul N.J. Ottosson” and “Ray Beckett”
• Inglorious 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”

And the Winner for Best Sound Mixing is The Hurt Locker – “Paul N.J. Ottosson” and “Ray Beckett”

Visual Effects

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

And the Winner for Best Visual Effects is Avatar – “Joe Letteri”, “Stephen Rosenbaum”, “Richard Baneham” and “Andrew R. Jones”

Writing (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”
• Up in the Air – “Jason Reitman” and “Sheldon Turner”

And the Winner for Best Writing (Adapted Screenplay) is Precious – “Geoffrey Fletcher”

Writing (Original Screenplay)

• The Hurt Locker – “Mark Boal”
• Inglorious 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”

And the Winner for Best Writing (Original Screenplay) is The Hurt Locker – “Mark Boal”

Don’t forget to tell us did any of your favorite film make the cut and what do you think about the Oscar results this year?