After a long night of laughs, cries, spectacle, and surprises, the Oscars have come and gone once again. Who walked away with the gold and who left empty handed? The Oscars went to…
ART DIRECTION
Robert Stromberg (Production Design); Karen O’Hara (Set Decoration) – Alice in Wonderland
CINEMATOGRAPHY
Wally Pfister – Inception
ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Melissa Leo –The Fighter
SHORT FILM (ANIMATED)
Shaun Tan and Andrew Ruhemann – The Lost Thing
ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
Toy Story 3 – Lee Unkrich
WRITING (ADAPTED SCREENPLAY)
Screenplay by Aaron Sorkin – The Social Network
WRITING (ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY)
Screenplay by David Seidler – The King’s Speech
FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
In a Better World – Denmark
ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Christian Bale – The Fighter
MUSIC (ORIGINAL SCORE)
Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross – The Social Network
SOUND MIXING
Lora Hirschberg, Gary A. Rizzo and Ed Novick – Inception
SOUND EDITING
Richard King – Inception
MAKEUP
Rick Baker and Dave Elsey – The Wolfman
COSTUME DESIGN
Colleen Atwood – Alice in Wonderland
DOCUMENTARY SHORT SUBJECT
Karen Goodman and Kirk Simon – Strangers No More
SHORT FILM (LIVE ACTION)
Luke Matheny – God of Love
DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
Charles Ferguson and Audrey Marrs – Inside Job
VISUAL EFFECTS
Paul Franklin, Chris Corbould, Andrew Lockley and Peter Bebb
– Inception
EDITING
Angus Wall and Kirk Baxter – The Social Network
MUSIC (ORIGINAL SONG)
“We Belong Together” – Music and Lyric by Randy Newman –
Toy Story 3
DIRECTING
Tom Hooper – The King’s Speech
ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
Natalie Portman – Black Swan
ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
Colin Firth – The King’s Speech
BEST PICTURE
The King’s Speech – Iain Canning, Emile Sherman and Gareth Unwin
And, that’s all folks! Were these the winners you expected or were you surprised? Leave us your thoughts below!
— Aaron Faulkner
The Filmsmith 