Academy Award Nominations Announced

The nominations for the 82nd Academy Awards have been announced and see The Hurt Locker and Avatar lead the way with nine nominations each.

Congratulations to all our members that worked on the nominated films

The full list of nominations can be found below.

BEST PICTURE

AVATAR (James Cameron and Jon Landau, producers)
DISTRICT 9 (Peter Jackson and Carolynne Cunningham, producers)
AN EDUCATION (Finola Dwyer and Amanda Posey, producers)
THE HURT LOCKER (nominees to be determined)
INGLORIOUS 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 IN THE AIR (Daniel Dubiecki, Ivan Reitman and Jason Reitman, producers)
THE BLIND SIDE (nominees to be determined)
UP (Jonas Rivera, producer)

BEST DIRECTOR

JAMES CAMERON for Avatar
KATHRYN BIGELOW for The Hurt Locker
QUENTIN TARANTINO for Inglorious Basterds
JASON REITMAN for Up in the Air
LEE DANIELS for Precious: Based on the Novel ""Push"" by Sapphire

BEST ACTOR

MORGAN FREEMAN in Invictus
JEFF BRIDGES in Crazy Heart
GEORGE CLOONEY in Up in the Air
COLIN FIRTH in A Single Man
JEREMY RENNER in The Hurt Locker

BEST ACTRESS

MERYL STREEP in Julia & Julia
SANDRA BULLOCK in The Blind Side
HELEN MIRREN in The Last Station
GABOUREY SIDIBE in Precious: Based on the Novel ""Push"" by Sapphire
CAREY MULLIGAN in An Education

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

CHRISTOPH WALTZ in Inglorious Basterds
CHRISTOPHER PLUMMER in The Last Station
MATT DAMON in Invictus
STANLEY TUCCI in The Lovely Bones
WOODY HARRELSON in The Messenger

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

MO'NIQUE in Precious: Based on the Novel ""Push"" by Sapphire
VERA FARMIGA in Up in the Air
PENELOPE CRUZ in Nine
ANNA KENDRICK in Up in the Air
MAGGIE GYLLENHAAL in Crazy Heart

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

MARK BOAL for The Hurt Locker
QUENTIN TARANTINO for Inglorious Basterds
JOEL COEN and ETHAN COEN for A Serious Man
PETE DOCTER and BOB PETERSEN for Up
ALESSANDRO CAMON and OREN MOVERMAN for The Messenger

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

NEILL BLOMKAMP and TERRI TATCHELL for District 9
NICK HORNBY for An Education
GEOFFREY FLETCHER for Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire
JASON REITMAN and SHELDON TURNER for Up in the Air
JESSE ARMSTRONG, SIMON BLACKWELL, ARMANDO IANNUCCI and TONY ROCHE for In the Loop

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE

UP (Pete Docter and Bob Peterson)
THE PRINCESS AND THE FROG (Ron Clement and John Musker)
CORALINE (Henry Selick)
FANTASTIC MR. FOX (Wes Anderson)
THE SECRET OF KELLS (Tomm Moore)

FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM

AJAMI (Scandar Copti and Yaron Shani - Israel)
A PROPHET (Jacques Audiard - France)
THE SECRET OF HER EYES (Juan Jose Campanella - Argentina)
THE WHITE RIBBON (Michael Haneke - Germany)
THE MILK OF SORROW (Claudia Llosa - Peru)

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE

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 DOCUMENTARY SHORT

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 PREDUENCE (Roger Ross Williams and Elinor Burkett)
RABBIT A LA BERLIN (Bartek Konopka and Anna Wyrda)

BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT

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 Magnusson)

BEST ANIMATED SHORT

FRENCH ROAST (Fabrice O Joubert)
GRANNY O'GRIMM'S SLEEPING BEAUTY (Nicky Phelan and Darragh O'Connell)
LOGORAMAM (Nicholas Schmerkin)
THE LADE AND THE REAPER (Javier Recio Gracia)
A MATTER OF LOAF AND DEATH (Nick Park)

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE

AVATAR (James Horner)
FANTASTIC MR. FOX (Alexandre Desplat)
UP (Michael Goacchino)
THE HURT LOCKER (Marco Beltrami and Buck Sanders)
SHERLOCK HOLMES (Hans Zimmer)

BEST ORIGINAL SONG

"ALMOST THERE", from The Princess and the Frog by Randy Newman
"DOWN IN NEW ORLEANS", from The Princess and the Frog by Randy Newman
"LION DE PANAME", From Paris 36 by Reinhardt Wagner and Frank Thomas
"TAKE IT ALL", from Nine by Maury Yeston
"THE WEARY KIND", from Crazy Heart by Ryan Bigham and T Bone Burnett

BEST SOUND EDITING

AVATAR (Christopher Boyes and Gwendolyn Yates Whittle)
THE HURT LOCKER (Paul NJ Ottosson)
INGLORIOUS BASTERDS (Wylie Stateman)
STAR TREK (Mark Stoeckinger and Alan Rankin)
UP (Michael Silvers and Tom Myers)


BEST SOUND MIXING


AVATAR (Christopher Boyes, Gary Summers, Andy Nelson and Tony Johnson)
THE HURT LOCKER (Paul NJ Ottosson and Ray Beckett)
INGLORIOUS BASTERDS (Michael Minkler, Tony Lamberti and Mark Ulano)
STAR TREK (Anna Behlmer, Any Nelson and Peter J Devlin)
TRANSFORMERS: REVENGE OF THE FALLEN (Greg P Russell, Gary Summers and Geoffrey Patterson)

BEST ART DIRECTION

AVATAR (Art Direction: Rick Carter and Robert Stormberg; 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)
INGLORIOUS BASTERDS (Robert Richardson)
THE WHITE RIBBON (Christian Berger)

BEST MAKEUP

IL DIVO (Aldo Signoretti and Vittorio Sodano)
THE YOUNG VICTORIA (John Henry Gordon and Jenny Shircore)
STAR TREK (Barney Burman, Mindy Hall and Joel Harlow)

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 (Sandy Powell)

BEST FILM EDITING

AVATAR (Stephen Rivkin, John Refoua and James Cameron)
DISTRICT 9 (Julian Clarke)
THE HURT LOCKER (Bob Murawski and Chris Innis)
INGLORIOUS BASTERDS (Salle Menke)
PRECIOUS: BASED ON THE NOVEL "PUSH" BY SAPPHIRE (Joe Klotz)

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)