Every year in Hollywoodland the best and brightest talents of the entertainment industry gather together to acknowledge the outstanding work of their colleagues. The nominations bring expectations and surprises and this year’s nominees are no different. And the nominees are…
BEST PICTURE
Black Swan – Mike Medavoy, Brian Oliver and Scott Franklin
The Fighter – David Hoberman, Todd Lieberman and Mark Wahlberg
Inception – Emma Thomas and Christopher Nolan
The Kids Are All Right – Gary Gilbert, Jeffrey Levy-Hinte and Celine Rattray
The King’s Speech – Iain Canning, Emile Sherman and Gareth Unwin
127 Hours – Christian Colson, Danny Boyle and John Smithson
The Social Network – Scott Rudin, Dana Brunetti, Michael De Luca and Ceán Chaffin
Toy Story 3 – Darla K. Anderson
True Grit – Scott Rudin, Ethan Coen and Joel Coen
Winter’s Bone – Anne Rosellini and Alix Madigan-Yorkin
ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
Javier Bardem – Biutiful
Jeff Bridges – True Grit
Jesse Eisenberg – The Social Network
Colin Firth – The King’s Speech
James Franco – 127 Hours
ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Christian Bale – The Fighter
John Hawkes – Winter’s Bone
Jeremy Renner – The Town
Mark Ruffalo – The Kids Are All Right
Geoffrey Rush – The King’s Speech
ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
Annette Bening – The Kids Are All Right
Nicole Kidman – Rabbit Hole
Jennifer Lawrence – Winter’s Bone
Natalie Portman – Black Swan
Michelle Williams – Blue Valentine
ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Amy Adams – The Fighter
Helena Bonham Carter – The King’s Speech
Melissa Leo – The Fighter
Hailee Steinfeld – True Grit
Jacki Weaver – Animal Kingdom
ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
How to Train Your Dragon – Chris Sanders and Dean DeBlois
The Illusionist – Sylvain Chomet
Toy Story 3 – Lee Unkrich
ART DIRECTION
Robert Stromberg (Production Design); Karen O’Hara (Set Decoration) – Alice in Wonderland
Stuart Craig (Production Design); Stephenie McMillan (Set Decoration) – Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1
Guy Hendrix Dyas (Production Design); Larry Dias and Doug Mowat (Set Decoration) – Inception
Eve Stewart (Production Design); Judy Farr (Set Decoration) – The King’s Speech
Jess Gonchor (Production Design); Nancy Haigh (Set Decoration) – True Grit
CINEMATOGRAPHY
Matthew Libatique – Black Swan
Wally Pfister – Inception
Danny Cohen – The King’s Speech
Jeff Cronenweth – The Social Network
Roger Deakins – True Grit
COSTUME DESIGN
Colleen Atwood – Alice in Wonderland
Antonella Cannarozzi – I Am Love
Jenny Beavan – The King’s Speech
Sandy Powell – The Tempest
Mary Zophres – True Grit
DIRECTING
Darren Aronofsky – Black Swan
David O. Russell – The Fighter
Tom Hooper – The King’s Speech
David Fincher – The Social Network
Joel Coen and Ethan Coen – True Grit
DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
Banksy and Jaimie D’Cruz – Exit through the Gift Shop
Josh Fox and Trish Adlesic – Gasland
Charles Ferguson and Audrey Marrs – Inside Job
Tim Hetherington and Sebastian Junger – Restrepo
Lucy Walker and Angus Aynsley – Wasteland
DOCUMENTARY SHORT SUBJECT
Jed Rothstein – Killing in the Name
Sara Nesson – Poster Girl
Karen Goodman and Kirk Simon – Strangers No More
Jennifer Redfearn and Tim Metzger – Sun Come Up
Ruby Yang and Thomas Lennon – The Warriors of Quigang
EDITING
Andrew Weisblum – Black Swan
Pamela Martin – The Fighter
Tariq Anwar – The King’s Speech
Jon Harris – 127 Hours
Biutiful – Mexico
Dogtooth – Greece
In a Better World – Denmark
Incendies – Canada
Outside the Law (Hors-la-loi) – Algeria
MAKEUP
Jakob Schuh and Max Lang – The Gruffalo
Geefwee Boedoe – Let’s Pollute
Shaun Tan and Andrew Ruhemann – The Lost Thing
Bastien Dubois – Madagascar, carnet de voyage (Madagascar, a Journey Diary)
SHORT FILM (LIVE ACTION)
Tanel Toom – The Confession
Michael Creagh – The Crush
Luke Matheny – God of Love
Ivan Goldschmidt – Na Wewe
Ian Barnes and Samantha Waite – Wish 143
SOUND EDITING
Richard King – Inception
Tom Myers and Michael Silvers – Toy Story 3
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And that’s all folks! It’s pretty much what was expected with the possible exceptions of: Christopher Nolan not up for Directing, Hereafter for Special Effects, and…wait, why don’t you tell us what you think! What surprises did you find in this years nominees?
— Aaron Faulkner
The Filmsmith 