Oscar Nominees

Nominees for the 83rd Academy Awards

I have ranked the movies I have seen, my opinion. Who do YOU think will win?

Actor in a Leading Role

• Javier Bardem in “Biutiful”
• Jeff Bridges in “True Grit” 3
• Jesse Eisenberg in “The Social Network” 2
• Colin Firth in “The King's Speech” 1
• James Franco in “127 Hours”

Actor in a Supporting Role

• Christian Bale in “The Fighter” 1
• John Hawkes in “Winter's Bone” 4
• Jeremy Renner in “The Town” 5
• Mark Ruffalo in “The Kids Are All Right” 3
• Geoffrey Rush in “The King's Speech” 2

Actress in a Leading Role

• Annette Bening in “The Kids Are All Right” 3
• Nicole Kidman in “Rabbit Hole”
• Jennifer Lawrence in “Winter's Bone” 2
• Natalie Portman in “Black Swan” 1
• Michelle Williams in “Blue Valentine”

Actress in a Supporting Role

• Amy Adams in “The Fighter” 4
• Helena Bonham Carter in “The King's Speech”2
• melissa leo in The Fighter 3
• Hailee Steinfeld in “True Grit” 1
• Jacki Weaver in “Animal Kingdom”

Animated Feature Film

• “How to Train Your Dragon” Chris Sanders and Dean DeBlois 1
• “The Illusionist” Sylvain Chomet
• “Toy Story 3” Lee Unkrich

Art Direction

• “Alice in Wonderland”
  Production Design: Robert Stromberg; Set Decoration: Karen O'Hara
• “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1” 2
  Production Design: Stuart Craig; Set Decoration: Stephenie McMillan
• “Inception” 4
  Production Design: Guy Hendrix Dyas; Set Decoration: Larry Dias and Doug Mowat
• “The King's Speech” 1
  Production Design: Eve Stewart; Set Decoration: Judy Farr
• “True Grit” 3
  Production Design: Jess Gonchor; Set Decoration: Nancy Haigh

Cinematography

• “Black Swan” Matthew Libatique 1
• “Inception” Wally Pfister 2
• “The King's Speech” Danny Cohen 4
• “The Social Network” Jeff Cronenweth 3
• “True Grit” Roger Deakins 5

Costume Design

• “Alice in Wonderland” Colleen Atwood
• “I Am Love” Antonella Cannarozzi 3
• “The King's Speech” Jenny Beavan 1
• “The Tempest” Sandy Powell
• “True Grit” Mary Zophres 2

Directing

• “Black Swan” Darren Aronofsky 4
• “The Fighter” David O. Russell 3
• “The King's Speech” Tom Hooper 2
• “The Social Network” David Fincher 1
• “True Grit” Joel Coen and Ethan Coen 5

Documentary (Feature)

• “Exit through the Gift Shop” Banksy and Jaimie D'Cruz
• “Gasland” Josh Fox and Trish Adlesic
• “Inside Job” Charles Ferguson and Audrey Marrs
• “Restrepo” Tim Hetherington and Sebastian Junger
• “Waste Land” Lucy Walker and Angus Aynsley

Documentary (Short Subject)

• “Killing in the Name” Nominees to be determined
• “Poster Girl” Nominees to be determined
• “Strangers No More” Karen Goodman and Kirk Simon
• “Sun Come Up” Jennifer Redfearn and Tim Metzger
• “The Warriors of Qiugang” Ruby Yang and Thomas Lennon

Film Editing

• “Black Swan” Andrew Weisblum 1
• “The Fighter” Pamela Martin 4
• “The King's Speech” Tariq Anwar 2
• “127 Hours” Jon Harris
• “The Social Network” Angus Wall and Kirk Baxter 3

Foreign Language Film

• “Biutiful” Mexico
• “Dogtooth” Greece
• “In a Better World” Denmark
• “Incendies” Canada
• “Outside the Law (Hors-la-loi)” Algeria

Makeup

• “Barney's Version” Adrien Morot
• “The Way Back” Edouard F. Henriques, Gregory Funk and Yolanda Toussieng
• “The Wolfman” Rick Baker and Dave Elsey

Music (Original Score)

• “How to Train Your Dragon” John Powell 4
• “Inception” Hans Zimmer 3
• “The King's Speech” Alexandre Desplat2
• “127 Hours” A.R. Rahman
• “The Social Network” Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross1

Music (Original Song)

• “Coming Home” from “Country Strong” Music and Lyric by Tom Douglas, Troy Verges and Hillary Lindsey
• “I See the Light” from “Tangled” Music by Alan Menken Lyric by Glenn Slater
• “If I Rise” from “127 Hours” Music by A.R. Rahman Lyric by Dido and Rollo Armstrong
• “We Belong Together” from “Toy Story 3" Music and Lyric by Randy Newman

Best Picture

• “Black Swan” Mike Medavoy, Brian Oliver and Scott Franklin, Producers 5
• “The Fighter” David Hoberman, Todd Lieberman and Mark Wahlberg, Producers 4
• “Inception” Emma Thomas and Christopher Nolan, Producers 8
• “The Kids Are All Right” Gary Gilbert, Jeffrey Levy-Hinte and Celine Rattray, Producers 7
• “The King's Speech” Iain Canning, Emile Sherman and Gareth Unwin, Producers 2
• “127 Hours” Christian Colson, Danny Boyle and John Smithson, Producers
• “The Social Network” Scott Rudin, Dana Brunetti, Michael De Luca and Ceán Chaffin, Producers 1
• “Toy Story 3” Darla K. Anderson, Producer 9
  
• “True Grit” Scott Rudin, Ethan Coen and Joel Coen, Producers 6
• “Winter's Bone" Anne Rosellini and Alix Madigan-Yorkin, Producers 3

Short Film (Animated)

• “Day & Night” Teddy Newton
• “The Gruffalo” Jakob Schuh and Max Lang
• “Let's Pollute” Geefwee Boedoe
• “The Lost Thing” Shaun Tan and Andrew Ruhemann
• “Madagascar, carnet de voyage (Madagascar, a Journey Diary)” Bastien Dubois

Short Film (Live Action)

• “The Confession” Tanel Toom
• “The Crush” Michael Creagh
• “God of Love” Luke Matheny
• “Na Wewe” Ivan Goldschmidt
• “Wish 143” Ian Barnes and Samantha Waite

Sound Editing

• “Inception” Richard King 1
• “Toy Story 3” Tom Myers and Michael Silvers 3
  
• “Tron: Legacy” Gwendolyn Yates Whittle and Addison Teague
• “True Grit” Skip Lievsay and Craig Berkey 2
• “Unstoppable” Mark P. Stoeckinger

Sound Mixing

• “Inception” Lora Hirschberg, Gary A. Rizzo and Ed Novick 1
• “The King's Speech” Paul Hamblin, Martin Jensen and John Midgley 2
• “Salt” Jeffrey J. Haboush, Greg P. Russell, Scott Millan and William Sarokin
• “The Social Network” Ren Klyce, David Parker, Michael Semanick and Mark Weingarten 3
• “True Grit” Skip Lievsay, Craig Berkey, Greg Orloff and Peter F. Kurland 4

Visual Effects

• “Alice in Wonderland” Ken Ralston, David Schaub, Carey Villegas and Sean Phillips
• “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1” Tim Burke, John Richardson, Christian Manz and Nicolas Aithadi 1
• “Hereafter” Michael Owens, Bryan Grill, Stephan Trojansky and Joe Farrell
• “Inception” Paul Franklin, Chris Corbould, Andrew Lockley and Peter Bebb 2
• “Iron Man 2” Janek Sirrs, Ben Snow, Ged Wright and Daniel Sudick

Writing (Adapted Screenplay)

• “127 Hours” Screenplay by Danny Boyle & Simon Beaufoy
• “The Social Network” Screenplay by Aaron Sorkin 2
• “Toy Story 3” Screenplay by Michael Arndt; Story by John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton and Lee Unkrich
• “True Grit” Written for the screen by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen 3
• “Winter's Bone” Adapted for the screen by Debra Granik & Anne Rosellini 1

Writing (Original Screenplay)

• “Another Year” Written by Mike Leigh
• “The Fighter” Screenplay by Scott Silver and Paul Tamasy & Eric Johnson; 2
  Story by Keith Dorrington & Paul Tamasy & Eric Johnson
• “Inception” Written by Christopher Nolan 4
• “The Kids Are All Right” Written by Lisa Cholodenko & Stuart Blumberg 3
• “The King's Speech” Screenplay by David Seidler 1

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