Honorary Academy Awards
• Lauren Bacall
• Roger Corman
• Gordon Willis
Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award
• John Calley
Major awards
Best Picture
• The Hurt Locker
o Avatar
o The Blind Side
o District 9
o An Education
o Inglourious Basterds
o Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire
o A Serious Man
o Up
o Up in the Air
Best Director
• Kathryn Bigelow – The Hurt Locker
o James Cameron – Avatar
o Lee Daniels – Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire
o Jason Reitman – Up in the Air
o Quentin Tarantino – Inglourious Basterds
Best Actor
• Jeff Bridges – Crazy Heart as Otis "Bad" Blake
o George Clooney – Up in the Air as Ryan Bingham
o Colin Firth – A Single Man as George Falconer
o Morgan Freeman – Invictus as Nelson Mandela
o Jeremy Renner – The Hurt Locker as Sgt. William James
Best Actress
• Sandra Bullock – The Blind Side as Leigh Anne Tuohy
o Helen Mirren – The Last Station as Sofya Tolstoy
o Carey Mulligan – An Education as Jenny Miller
o Gabourey Sidibe – Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire as Claireece "Precious" Jones
o Meryl Streep – Julie & Julia as Julia Child
Best Supporting Actor
• Christoph Waltz – Inglourious Basterds as Col. Hans Landa
o Matt Damon – Invictus as François Pienaar
o Woody Harrelson – The Messenger as Capt. Tony Stone
o Christopher Plummer – The Last Station as Leo Tolstoy
o Stanley Tucci – The Lovely Bones as George Harvey
Best Supporting Actress
• Mo'Nique – Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire as Mary Lee Johnston
o Penélope Cruz – Nine as Carla Albanese
o Vera Farmiga – Up in the Air as Alex Goran
o Maggie Gyllenhaal – Crazy Heart as Jean Craddock
o Anna Kendrick – Up in the Air as Natalie Keener
Best Original Screenplay
• The Hurt Locker – Mark Boal
o Inglourious Basterds – Quentin Tarantino
o The Messenger – Alessandro Camon and Oren Moverman
o A Serious Man – Joel Coen and Ethan Coen
o Up – Tom McCarthy, Bob Peterson and Pete Docter
Best Adapted Screenplay
• Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire – Geoffrey Fletcher from Push by Sapphire
o District 9 – Neill Blomkamp and Terri Tatchell from Alive in Joburg by Blomkamp
o An Education – Nick Hornby from An Education by Lynn Barber
o In the Loop – Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci and Tony Roche from The Thick of It created by Iannucci
o Up in the Air – Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner from Up in the Air by Walter Kirn
Best Animated Feature
• Up – Pete Docter
o Coraline – Henry Selick
o Fantastic Mr. Fox – Wes Anderson
o The Princess and the Frog – Ron Clements and John Musker
o The Secret of Kells – Tomm Moore
Best Foreign Language Film
• El Secreto de Sus Ojos (Argentina) in Spanish – Juan José Campanella
o Ajami (Israel) in Arabic and Hebrew – Scandar Copti and Yaron Shani
o The Milk of Sorrow (Peru) in Spanish and Quechua – Claudia Llosa
o A Prophet (France) in French, Corsican and Arabic – Jacques Audiard
o The White Ribbon (Germany) in German – Michael Haneke
Other awards
Best Documentary Feature
• The Cove – Louie Psihoyos and Fisher Stevens
o Burma VJ – Anders Østergaard and Lise Lense-Møller
o Food, Inc. – Robert Kenner and Elise Pearlstein
o The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers – Judith Ehrlich and Rick Goldsmith
o Which Way Home – Rebecca Cammisa '
Best Documentary Short
• Music by Prudence – Roger Ross Williams and Elinor Burkett
o China's Unnatural Disaster: The Tears of Sichuan Province – Jon Alpert and Matthew O'Neill
o The Last Campaign of Governor Booth Gardner – Daniel Junge and Henry Ansbacher
o The Last Truck: Closing of a GM Plant – Steven Bognar and Julia Reichert
o Rabbit à la Berlin – Bartosz Konopka and Anna Wydra
Best Live Action Short
• The New Tenants – Joachim Back and Tivi Magnusson
o The Door – Juanita Wilson and James Flynn
o Instead of Abracadabra – Patrik Eklund and Mathias Fjellström
o Kavi – Gregg Helvey
o Miracle Fish – Luke Doolan and Drew Bailey
Best Animated Short
• Logorama – Nicolas Schmerkin
o French Roast – Fabrice O. Joubert
o Granny O'Grimm's Sleeping Beauty – Nicky Phelan and Darragh O'Connell
o The Lady and the Reaper – Javier Recio Gracia
o A Matter of Loaf and Death – Nick Park
Best Original Score
• Up – Michael Giacchino
o Avatar – James Horner
o Fantastic Mr. Fox – Alexandre Desplat
o The Hurt Locker – Marco Beltrami and Buck Sanders
o Sherlock Holmes – Hans Zimmer
Best Original Song
• "The Weary Kind (Theme from Crazy Heart)" from Crazy Heart – Ryan Bingham and T-Bone Burnett
o "Almost There" from The Princess and the Frog – Randy Newman
o "Down in New Orleans" from The Princess and the Frog – Randy Newman
o "Loin de Paname" from Paris 36 – Reinhardt Wagner and Frank Thomas
o "Take it All" from Nine – Maury Yeston
Best Sound Editing
• The Hurt Locker – Paul N.J. Ottosson
o Avatar – Christopher Boyes and Gwendolyn Yates Whittle
o Inglourious Basterds – Wylie Stateman
o Star Trek – Mark Stoeckinger and Alan Rankin
o Up – Michael Silvers and Tom Myers
Best Sound Mixing
• The Hurt Locker – Paul N.J. Ottosson and Ray Beckett
o Avatar – Christopher Boyes, Gary Summers, Andy Nelson and Tony Johnson
o Inglourious Basterds – Michael Minkler, Tony Lamberti and Mark Ulano
o Star Trek – Anna Behlmer, Andy Nelson and Peter J. Devlin
o Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen – Greg P. Russell, Gary Summers and Geoffrey Patterson
Best Art Direction
• Avatar – Art Direction: Rick Carter and Robert Stromberg; Set Decoration: Kim Sinclair
o The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus – Art Direction: Dave Warren and Anastasia Masaro; Set Decoration: Caroline Smith
o Nine – Art Direction: John Myhre; Set Decoration: Gordon Sim
o Sherlock Holmes – Art Direction: Sarah Greenwood; Set Decoration: Katie Spencer
o The Young Victoria – Art Direction: Patrice Vermette; Set Decoration: Maggie Gray
Best Cinematography
• Avatar – Mauro Fiore
o Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince – Bruno Delbonnel
o The Hurt Locker – Barry Ackroyd
o Inglourious Basterds – Robert Richardson
o The White Ribbon – Christian Berger
Best Makeup
• Star Trek – Barney Burman, Mindy Hall and Joel Harlow
o Il Divo – Aldo Signoretti and Vittorio Sodano
o The Young Victoria – Jon Henry Gordon and Jenny Shircore
Best Costume Design
• The Young Victoria – Sandy Powell
o Bright Star – Janet Patterson
o Coco Before Chanel – Catherine Leterrier
o The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus – Monique Prudhomme
o Nine – Colleen Atwood
Best Film Editing
• The Hurt Locker – Chris Innis and Bob Murawski
o Avatar – James Cameron, John Refoua and Stephen E. Rivkin
o District 9 – Julian Clarke
o Inglourious Basterds – Sally Menke
o Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire – Joe Klotz
Best Visual Effects
• Avatar – Joe Letteri, Stephen Rosenbaum, Richard Baneham and Andrew R. Jones
o District 9 – Dan Kaufman, Peter Muyzers, Robert Habros, and Matt Aitken
o Star Trek – Roger Guyett, Russell Earl, Paul Kavanagh and Burt Dalton
Multiple nominations and wins
The following films received multiple nominations.
• 9 nominations: Avatar and The Hurt Locker
• 8 nominations: Inglourious Basterds
• 6 nominations: Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire and Up in the Air
• 5 nominations: Up
• 4 nominations: District 9, Nine and Star Trek
• 3 nominations: An Education, Crazy Heart, The Princess and the Frog and The Young Victoria
• 2 nominations: A Serious Man, The Blind Side, Fantastic Mr. Fox, Invictus, The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus, The Last Station, The Messenger, Sherlock Holmes and The White Ribbon
The following films received multiple awards.
• 6 wins: The Hurt Locker
• 3 wins: Avatar
• 2 wins: Crazy Heart, Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire and Up
