The Hurt Locker<\/strong> lead the field with 9 nominations each.<\/p>\nNominations were announced this morning by Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences president Tom Sherak and Anne Hathaway.<\/p>\n
The final ballots get mailed out on February 10th and are due back at PricewaterhouseCoopers offices on Tuesday 2nd March (my birthday as it turns out).<\/p>\n
The actual awards take place on Sunday 7th March at the Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles and will be hosted by Alec Baldwin and Steve Martin.<\/p>\n
Here is the list in full:<\/p>\n
Best Picture<\/strong><\/p>\n\n- Avatar<\/strong> (James Cameron and Jon Landau, Producers)<\/li>\n
- The Blind Side<\/strong> (Nominees to be determined)<\/li>\n
- District 9<\/strong> (Peter Jackson and Carolynne Cunningham, Producers)<\/li>\n
- An Education<\/strong> (Finola Dwyer and Amanda Posey, Producers)<\/li>\n
- The Hurt Locker<\/strong> (Nominees to be determined)<\/li>\n
- Inglourious Basterds<\/strong> (Lawrence Bender, Producer)<\/li>\n
- Precious: Based on the Novel \u2018Push\u2019 by Sapphire<\/strong> (Lee Daniels, Sarah Siegel-Magness and Gary Magness, Producers)<\/li>\n
- A Serious Man<\/strong> (Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, Producers)<\/li>\n
- Up<\/strong> (Jonas Rivera, Producer)<\/li>\n
- Up in the Air<\/strong> (Daniel Dubiecki, Ivan Reitman and Jason Reitman, Producers)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Best Director<\/strong><\/p>\n\n- James Cameron<\/strong>, Avatar<\/li>\n
- Kathryn Bigelow<\/strong>, The Hurt Locker<\/li>\n
- Quentin Tarantino<\/strong>, Inglourious Basterds<\/li>\n
- Lee Daniels<\/strong>, Precious: Based on the Novel \u2018Push\u2019 by Sapphire<\/li>\n
- Jason Reitman<\/strong>, Up in the Air<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Best Actor<\/strong><\/p>\n\n- Jeff Bridges<\/strong> in \u201cCrazy Heart\u201d<\/li>\n
- George Clooney<\/strong> in \u201cUp in the Air\u201d<\/li>\n
- Colin Firth<\/strong> in \u201cA Single Man\u201d<\/li>\n
- Morgan Freeman<\/strong> in \u201cInvictus\u201d<\/li>\n
- Jeremy Renner<\/strong> in \u201cThe Hurt Locker\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Best Actress<\/strong><\/p>\n\n- Sandra Bullock<\/strong> in \u201cThe Blind Side\u201d<\/li>\n
- Helen Mirren<\/strong> in \u201cThe Last Station\u201d<\/li>\n
- Carey Mulligan<\/strong> in \u201cAn Education\u201d<\/li>\n
- Gabourey Sidibe<\/strong> in \u201cPrecious: Based on the Novel \u2018Push\u2019 by Sapphire\u201d<\/li>\n
- Meryl Streep<\/strong> in \u201cJulie & Julia\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Best Supporting Actor<\/strong><\/p>\n\n- Matt Damon<\/strong> in \u201cInvictus\u201d<\/li>\n
- Woody Harrelson<\/strong> in \u201cThe Messenger\u201d<\/li>\n
- Christopher Plummer<\/strong> in \u201cThe Last Station\u201d<\/li>\n
- Stanley Tucci<\/strong> in \u201cThe Lovely Bones\u201d<\/li>\n
- Christoph Waltz<\/strong> in \u201cInglourious Basterds\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Best Supporting <\/strong>Actress<\/strong><\/p>\n\n- Pen\u00e9lope Cruz<\/strong> in \u201cNine\u201d<\/li>\n
- Vera Farmiga<\/strong> in \u201cUp in the Air\u201d<\/li>\n
- Maggie Gyllenhaal<\/strong> in \u201cCrazy Heart\u201d<\/li>\n
- Anna Kendrick<\/strong> in \u201cUp in the Air\u201d<\/li>\n
- Mo\u2019Nique<\/strong> in \u201cPrecious: Based on the Novel \u2018Push\u2019 by Sapphire\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Writing (Adapted Screenplay)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n- \u201cDistrict 9\u201d Written by Neill Blomkamp and Terri Tatchell<\/li>\n
- \u201cAn Education\u201d Screenplay by Nick Hornby<\/li>\n
- \u201cIn the Loop\u201d Screenplay by Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci, Tony Roche<\/li>\n
- \u201cPrecious: Based on the Novel \u2018Push\u2019 by Sapphire\u201d Screenplay by Geoffrey Fletcher<\/li>\n
- \u201cUp in the Air\u201d Screenplay by Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Writing (Original Screenplay)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n- \u201cThe Hurt Locker\u201d Written by Mark Boal<\/li>\n
- \u201cInglourious Basterds\u201d Written by Quentin Tarantino<\/li>\n
- \u201cThe Messenger\u201d Written by Alessandro Camon & Oren Moverman<\/li>\n
- \u201cA Serious Man\u201d Written by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen<\/li>\n
- \u201cUp\u201d Screenplay by Bob Peterson, Pete Docter, Story by Pete Docter, Bob Peterson, Tom McCarthy<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Animated Feature Film<\/strong><\/p>\n\n- \u201cCoraline\u201d Henry Selick<\/li>\n
- \u201cFantastic Mr. Fox\u201d Wes Anderson<\/li>\n
- \u201cThe Princess and the Frog\u201d John Musker and Ron Clements<\/li>\n
- \u201cThe Secret of Kells\u201d Tomm Moore<\/li>\n
- \u201cUp\u201d Pete Docter<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Art Direction<\/strong><\/p>\n\n- \u201cAvatar\u201d Art Direction: Rick Carter and Robert Stromberg; Set Decoration: Kim Sinclair<\/li>\n
- \u201cThe Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus\u201d Art Direction: Dave Warren and Anastasia Masaro; Set Decoration: Caroline Smith<\/li>\n
- \u201cNine\u201d Art Direction: John Myhre; Set Decoration: Gordon Sim<\/li>\n
- \u201cSherlock Holmes\u201d Art Direction: Sarah Greenwood; Set Decoration: Katie Spencer<\/li>\n
- \u201cThe Young Victoria\u201d Art Direction: Patrice Vermette; Set Decoration: Maggie Gray<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Cinematography<\/strong><\/p>\n\n- \u201cAvatar\u201d Mauro Fiore<\/li>\n
- \u201cHarry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince\u201d Bruno Delbonnel<\/li>\n
- \u201cThe Hurt Locker\u201d Barry Ackroyd<\/li>\n
- \u201cInglourious Basterds\u201d Robert Richardson<\/li>\n
- \u201cThe White Ribbon\u201d Christian Berger<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Costume Design<\/strong><\/p>\n\n- \u201cBright Star\u201d Janet Patterson<\/li>\n
- \u201cCoco before Chanel\u201d Catherine Leterrier<\/li>\n
- \u201cThe Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus\u201d Monique Prudhomme<\/li>\n
- \u201cNine\u201d Colleen Atwood<\/li>\n
- \u201cThe Young Victoria\u201d Sandy Powell<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Documentary (Feature)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n- \u201cBurma VJ\u201d Anders \u00d8stergaard and Lise Lense-M\u00f8ller<\/li>\n
- \u201cThe Cove\u201d Nominees to be determined<\/li>\n
- \u201cFood, Inc.\u201d Robert Kenner and Elise Pearlstein<\/li>\n
- \u201cThe Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers\u201d Judith Ehrlich and Rick Goldsmith<\/li>\n
- \u201cWhich Way Home\u201d Rebecca Cammisa<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Documentary (Short Subject)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n- \u201cChina\u2019s Unnatural Disaster: The Tears of Sichuan Province\u201d Jon Alpert and Matthew O\u2019Neill<\/li>\n
- \u201cThe Last Campaign of Governor Booth Gardner\u201d Daniel Junge and Henry Ansbacher<\/li>\n
- \u201cThe Last Truck: Closing of a GM Plant\u201d Steven Bognar and Julia Reichert<\/li>\n
- \u201cMusic by Prudence\u201d Roger Ross Williams and Elinor Burkett<\/li>\n
- \u201cRabbit \u00e0 la Berlin\u201d Bartek Konopka and Anna Wydra<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Film Editing<\/strong><\/p>\n\n- \u201cAvatar\u201d Stephen Rivkin, John Refoua and James Cameron<\/li>\n
- \u201cDistrict 9\u201d Julian Clarke<\/li>\n
- \u201cThe Hurt Locker\u201d Bob Murawski and Chris Innis<\/li>\n
- \u201cInglourious Basterds\u201d Sally Menke<\/li>\n
- \u201cPrecious: Based on the Novel \u2018Push\u2019 by Sapphire\u201d Joe Klotz<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Foreign Language Film<\/strong><\/p>\n\n- \u201cAjami\u201d Israel<\/li>\n
- \u201cEl Secreto de Sus Ojos\u201d Argentina<\/li>\n
- \u201cThe Milk of Sorrow\u201d Peru<\/li>\n
- \u201cUn Proph\u00e8te\u201d France<\/li>\n
- \u201cThe White Ribbon\u201d Germany<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Makeup<\/strong><\/p>\n\n- \u201cIl Divo\u201d Aldo Signoretti and Vittorio Sodano<\/li>\n
- \u201cStar Trek\u201d Barney Burman, Mindy Hall and Joel Harlow<\/li>\n
- \u201cThe Young Victoria\u201d Jon Henry Gordon and Jenny Shircore<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Music (Original Score)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n- \u201cAvatar\u201d James Horner<\/li>\n
- \u201cFantastic Mr. Fox\u201d Alexandre Desplat<\/li>\n
- \u201cThe Hurt Locker\u201d Marco Beltrami and Buck Sanders<\/li>\n
- \u201cSherlock Holmes\u201d Hans Zimmer<\/li>\n
- \u201cUp\u201d Michael Giacchino<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Music (Original Song)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n- \u201cAlmost There\u201d from \u201cThe Princess and the Frog\u201d Music and Lyric by Randy Newman<\/li>\n
- \u201cDown in New Orleans\u201d from \u201cThe Princess and the Frog\u201d Music and Lyric by Randy Newman<\/li>\n
- \u201cLoin de Paname\u201d from \u201cParis 36\u201d Music by Reinhardt Wagner Lyric by Frank Thomas<\/li>\n
- \u201cTake It All\u201d from \u201cNine\u201d Music and Lyric by Maury Yeston<\/li>\n
- \u201cThe Weary Kind (Theme from Crazy Heart)\u201d from \u201cCrazy Heart\u201d Music and Lyric by Ryan Bingham and T Bone Burnett<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Short Film (Animated)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n- \u201cFrench Roast\u201d Fabrice O. Joubert<\/li>\n
- \u201cGranny O\u2019Grimm\u2019s Sleeping Beauty\u201d Nicky Phelan and Darragh O\u2019Connell<\/li>\n
- \u201cThe Lady and the Reaper (La Dama y la Muerte)\u201d Javier Recio Gracia<\/li>\n
- \u201cLogorama\u201d Nicolas Schmerkin<\/li>\n
- \u201cA Matter of Loaf and Death\u201d Nick Park<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Short Film (Live Action)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n- \u201cThe Door\u201d Juanita Wilson and James Flynn<\/li>\n
- \u201cInstead of Abracadabra\u201d Patrik Eklund and Mathias Fjellstr\u00f6m<\/li>\n
- \u201cKavi\u201d Gregg Helvey<\/li>\n
- \u201cMiracle Fish\u201d Luke Doolan and Drew Bailey<\/li>\n
- \u201cThe New Tenants\u201d Joachim Back and Tivi Magnusson<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Sound Editing<\/strong><\/p>\n\n- \u201cAvatar\u201d Christopher Boyes and Gwendolyn Yates Whittle<\/li>\n
- \u201cThe Hurt Locker\u201d Paul N.J. Ottosson<\/li>\n
- \u201cInglourious Basterds\u201d Wylie Stateman<\/li>\n
- \u201cStar Trek\u201d Mark Stoeckinger and Alan Rankin<\/li>\n
- \u201cUp\u201d Michael Silvers and Tom Myers<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Sound Mixing<\/strong><\/p>\n\n- \u201cAvatar\u201d Christopher Boyes, Gary Summers, Andy Nelson and Tony Johnson<\/li>\n
- \u201cThe Hurt Locker\u201d Paul N.J. Ottosson and Ray Beckett<\/li>\n
- \u201cInglourious Basterds\u201d Michael Minkler, Tony Lamberti and Mark Ulano<\/li>\n
- \u201cStar Trek\u201d Anna Behlmer, Andy Nelson and Peter J. Devlin<\/li>\n
- \u201cTransformers: Revenge of the Fallen\u201d Greg P. Russell, Gary Summers and Geoffrey Patterson<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Visual Effects<\/strong><\/p>\n\n- \u201cAvatar\u201d Joe Letteri, Stephen Rosenbaum, Richard Baneham and Andrew R. Jones<\/li>\n
- \u201cDistrict 9\u201d Dan Kaufman, Peter Muyzers, Robert Habros and Matt Aitken<\/li>\n
- \u201cStar Trek\u201d Roger Guyett, Russell Earl, Paul Kavanagh and Burt Dalton<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Oscar nominations in full.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21,2],"tags":[749,769,768],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7661"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7661"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7661\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7661"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7661"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7661"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}