2009 OSCAR NOMINEES

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UPDATED: 2/2/2010

Motion Picture

• “Avatar”
• “The Blind Side”
• “District 9”
• “An Education”
• “The Hurt Locker”
• "Inglourious Basterds"
• “Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire”
• “A Serious Man”
• “Up”
• “Up in the Air”

Directing

• James Cameron
  “Avatar”
• Kathryn Bigelow
  “The Hurt Locker”
• Quentin Tarantino
  “Inglourious Basterds”
• Lee Daniels
  "Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire"
• Jason Reitman
  “Up in the Air”

Actor in a
Leading Role

• Jeff Bridges
  “Crazy Heart”
• George Clooney
  “Up in the Air”
• Colin Firth
  “A Single Man”
• Morgan Freeman
  “Invictus”
• Jeremy Renner
  “The Hurt Locker”

Actress in a
Leading Role

• Sandra Bullock
  “The Blind Side”
• Helen Mirren
  "The Last Station"
• Carey Mulligan
  “An Education”
• Gabourey Sidibe
  "Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire"
• Meryl Streep
  “Julie & Julia”

Actor in a
Supporting Role

• Matt Damon
  “Invictus”
• Woody Harrelson
  “The Messenger”
• Christopher Plummer
  “The Last Station”
• Stanley Tucci
  “The Lovely Bones”
• Christoph Waltz
  “Inglourious Basterds”

Actress in a
Supporting Role

• Penelope Cruz
  “Nine”
• Vera Farmiga
  “Up in the Air”
• Maggie Gyllenhaal
  “Crazy Heart”
• Anna Kendrick
  “Up in the Air”
• Mo'Nique
  "Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire"

Writing
(Adapted Screenplay)

• “An Education”
• “In the Loop”
• “District 9”
• “Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire”
• “Up in the Air”

Writing
(Original Screenplay)

• “The Hurt Locker”
• “Inglourious Basterds”
• “The Messenger”
• “A Serious Man”
• “Up”

Art Direction

• “Avatar”
• “The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus”
• “Sherlock Holmes”
• “Nine”
• “The Young Victoria”

Cinematography

• “Avatar”
• “The Hurt Locker”
• “Inglourious Basterds”
• "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince”
• “The White Ribbon”

Costume Design

• “Bright Star”
• “Coco Before Chanel”
• “The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus”
• “Nine”
• “The Young Victoria”

Film Editing

• “Avatar”
• “District 9”
• “The Hurt Locker”
• "Inglourious Basterds"
• “Precious”

Makeup

• “Il Divo”
• “Star Trek”
• “The Young Victoria”

Music
(Original Score)

• “Avatar”
• “Fantastic Mr. Fox”
• “The Hurt Locker”
• “Sherlock Holmes”
• “Up”

Music
(Original Song)

• “Crazy Heart”
• “Nine”
• “Paris 36”
• “The Princess and the Frog”
• “The Princess and the Frog”

Sound Editing

• “Avatar”
• “The Hurt Locker”
• "Inglourious Basterds"
• “Star Trek”
• “Up”

Sound Mixing

• “Avatar”
• “The Hurt Locker”
• "Inglourious Basterds"
• “Star Trek”
• “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen”

Visual Effects

• “Avatar”
• “District 9”
• “Star Trek”

Animated Feature Film

• “Coraline”
• “Fantastic Mr. Fox”
• “The Princess and the Frog”
• “The Secret of Kells”
• “Up”

Foreign Language Film

• Argentina
  “The Secret in Their Eyes”
• France
  “A Prophet”
• Germany
  “The White Ribbon”
• Israel
  “Ajami”
• Peru
  “The Milk of Sorrow”

Documentary Feature

• “Burma VJ: Reporting from a Closed Country”
• “The Cove”
• “Food, Inc.”
• “The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers”
• “Which Way Home”

Documentary Short

• “China's Unnatural Disaster: The Tears of Sichuan Province”
• “The Last Campaign of Booth Gardner”
• “The Last Truck: Closing of a GM Plant”
• “Music by Prudence”
• “Rabbit a la Berlin”

Short Film
(Animated)

• “French Roast”
• “Granny O'Grimm's Sleeping Beauty”
• “The Lady and the Reaper”
• “Logorama”
• “A Matter of Loaf and Death”

Short Film
(Live Action)

• “The Door”
• “Instead of Abracadabra”
• “Kavi”
• “Miracle Fish”
• “The New Tenants”