Nominees for the 82nd academy awardActor in a Leading Role• 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”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 “Inglourious Basterds”Actress in a Leading Role• 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”Actress in a Supporting Role• 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”Animated Feature Film• “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 DocterArt 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 GrayCinematography• “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 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 PowellDirecting• “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 ReitmanDocumentary (Feature)• “Burma VJ” Anders Østergaard and Lise Lense-Møller• “The Cove” Louie Psihoyos and Fisher Stevens• “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 CammisaDocumentary (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 à la Berlin” Bartek Konopka and Anna WydraFilm 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 KlotzForeign Language Film• “Ajami” Israel• “The Milk of Sorrow (La Teta Asustada)” Peru• “A Prophet (Un Prophète)” France• “The Secret in Their Eyes (El Secreto de Sus Ojos)” Argentina• “The White Ribbon (Das Weisse Band)” GermanyMakeup• “Il Divo” Aldo Signoretti and Vittorio Sodano• “Star Trek” Barney Burman, Mindy Hall and Joel Harlow• “The Young Victoria” Jon Henry Gordon and Jenny ShircoreMusic (Original Score)• “Avatar” James Horner• “Fantastic Mr. Fox” Alexandre Desplat• “The Hurt Locker” Marco Beltrami and Buck Sanders• “Sherlock Holmes” Hans Zimmer• “Up” Michael GiacchinoMusic (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 BurnettBest Picture• “Avatar” James Cameron and Jon Landau, Producers• “The Blind Side” Gil Netter, Andrew A. Kosove and Broderick Johnson, Producers• “District 9” Peter Jackson and Carolynne Cunningham, Producers• “An Education” Finola Dwyer and Amanda Posey, Producers• “The Hurt Locker” Kathryn Bigelow, Mark Boal, Nicolas Chartier and Greg Shapiro, Producers• “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, ProducersShort 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 ParkShort Film (Live Action)• “The Door” Juanita Wilson and James Flynn• “Instead of Abracadabra” Patrik Eklund and Mathias Fjellström• “Kavi” Gregg Helvey• “Miracle Fish” Luke Doolan and Drew Bailey• “The New Tenants” Joachim Back and Tivi MagnussonSound Editing• “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 MyersSound Mixing• “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 PattersonVisual 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 DaltonWriting (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 TurnerWriting (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
