Best Picture
* “Avatar†James Cameron and Jon Landau, Producers
* “The Blind Side†Nominees to be determined
* “District 9†Peter Jackson and Carolynne Cunningham, Producers
* “An Education†Finola Dwyer and Amanda Posey, Producers
* “The Hurt Locker†Nominees to be determined
* “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, Producers
Actor in a Leading Role
* Jeff Bridges in “Crazy Heartâ€
* George Clooney in “Up in the Airâ€
* Colin Firth in “A Single Manâ€
* Morgan Freeman in “Invictusâ€
* Jeremy Renner in “The Hurt Lockerâ€
Actor in a Supporting Role
* Matt Damon in “Invictusâ€
* Woody Harrelson in “The Messengerâ€
* Christopher Plummer in “The Last Stationâ€
* Stanley Tucci in “The Lovely Bonesâ€
* Christoph Waltz in “Inglourious Basterdsâ€
Actress in a Leading Role
* Sandra Bullock in “The Blind Sideâ€
* Helen Mirren in “The Last Stationâ€
* Carey Mulligan in “An Educationâ€
* Gabourey Sidibe in “Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphireâ€
* Meryl Streep in “Julie & Juliaâ€
Actress in a Supporting Role
* Penélope Cruz in “Nineâ€
* Vera Farmiga in “Up in the Airâ€
* Maggie Gyllenhaal in “Crazy Heartâ€
* Anna Kendrick in “Up in the Airâ€
* Mo’Nique in “Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphireâ€
Directing
* “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 Reitman
Writing (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 Turner
Writing (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
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 Docter
Art 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 Gray
Cinematography
* “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 Powell
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
Documentary (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 Wydra
Film 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 Klotz
Foreign Language Film
* “Ajami†Israel
* “El Secreto de Sus Ojos†Argentina
* “The Milk of Sorrow†Peru
* “Un Prophète†France
* “The White Ribbon†Germany
Makeup
* “Il Divo†Aldo Signoretti and Vittorio Sodano
* “Star Trek†Barney Burman, Mindy Hall and Joel Harlow
* “The Young Victoria†Jon Henry Gordon and Jenny Shircore
Music (Original Score)
* “Avatar†James Horner
* “Fantastic Mr. Fox†Alexandre Desplat
* “The Hurt Locker†Marco Beltrami and Buck Sanders
* “Sherlock Holmes†Hans Zimmer
* “Up†Michael Giacchino
Music (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 Burnett
Short 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 Park
Short 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 Magnusson
Sound 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 Myers
Sound 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 Patterson
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
