82nd Academy Award Nominations

BEST PICTURE

"Avatar" James Cameron and Jon Landau, Producers

"The Blind Side" Nominees to be determined

"District 9" Peter Jackson and Carolynne Cunningham, Producers

"An Education" Finola Dwyer and Amanda Posey, Producers

"The Hurt Locker" Nominees to be determined

"Inglourious Basterds" Lawrence Bender, Producer

"Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire" Lee Daniels, Sarah Siegel-Magness and Gary Magness, Producers
"
A Serious Man" Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, Producers

"Up" Jonas Rivera, Producer

"Up in the Air" Daniel Dubiecki, Ivan Reitman and Jason Reitman, Producers

BEST DIRECTOR

"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

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"

BEST ACTRESS

Sandra Bullock in "The Blind Side"

Helen Mirren in "The Last Station"

Carey Mulligan in "An Education"

Gabourey Sidibe in "Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire"

Meryl Streep in "Julie & Julia"

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"

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

Penélope 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: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire"



BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

"The Hurt Locker" Written by Mark Boal

"Inglourious Basterds" Written by Quentin Tarantino

"The Messenger" Written by Alessandro Camon & Oren Moverman

"A Serious Man" Written by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen

"Up" Screenplay by Bob Peterson, Pete Docter, Story by Pete Docter, Bob Peterson, Tom McCarthy

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

"District 9" Written by Neill Blomkamp and Terri Tatchell

"An Education" Screenplay by Nick Hornby

"In the Loop" Screenplay by Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci, Tony Roche

"Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire" Screenplay by Geoffrey Fletcher
"Up in the Air" Screenplay by Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner


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 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


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

BEST DOCUMENTARY

* "Burma VJ" Anders Østergaard and Lise Lense-Møller

* "The Cove" Nominees to be determined

* "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 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 FOREIGN FILM

* "Ajami" Israel

* "El Secreto de Sus Ojos" Argentina

* "The Milk of Sorrow" Peru

* "Un Prophète" France

* "The White Ribbon" Germany

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 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 ORIGINAL SONG

* "Almost There" from "The Princess and the Frog" Music and Lyric by Randy Newman

* "Down in New Orleans" from "The Princess and the Frog" Music and Lyric by Randy Newman

* "Loin de Paname" from "Paris 36" Music by Reinhardt Wagner Lyric by Frank Thomas

* "Take It All" from "Nine" Music and Lyric by Maury Yeston

* "The Weary Kind (Theme from Crazy Heart)" from "Crazy Heart" Music and Lyric by Ryan Bingham and T Bone Burnett
BEST SOUND

* "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 EFFECTS EDITING

* "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 Kaufman, Peter Muyzers, Robert Habros and Matt Aitken

Star Trek: Roger Guyett, Russell Earl, Paul Kavanagh and Burt Dalton