Oscar Nominations for the Films of 2009

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Best Picture

:
Avatar


The Blind Side


District 9


An Education


The Hurt Locker


Inglourious Basterds


Precious


A Serious Man


Up


Up in the Air

Best Director


James Cameron, Avatar


Kathryn Bigelow, The Hurt Locker


Quentin Tarantino, Inglourious Basterds


Lee Daniels, Precious


Jason Reitman, Up in the Air

Best Actor


Jeff Bridges, Crazy Heart


George Clooney, Up in the Air


Colin Firth, A Single Man


Morgan Freeman, Invictus


Jeremy Renner, The Hurt Locker

Best Actress


Sandra Bullock, The Blind Side


Helen Mirren, The Last Station


Carey Mulligan, An Education


Gabourey Sidibe, Precious


Meryl Streep, Julie & Julia

Best Supporting Actor


Matt Damon, Invictus


Woody Harrelson, The Messenger


Christopher Plummer, The Last Station


Stanley Tucci, The Lovely Bones


Christoph Waltz, Inglourious Basterds

Best Supporting Actress


Penelope Cruz, Nine


Vera Farmiga, Up in the Air


Maggie Gyllenhaal, Crazy Heart


Anna Kendrick, Up in the Air


Mo'nique, Precious

Best Animated Feature Film


Coraline


Fantastic Mr. Fox


The Princess and the Frog


The Secret of Kells


Up

Best Foreign Film


Israel – Ajami


Argentina – El Secreto de sus Ojos


Peru – The Milk of Sorrow


France – Un Prophete


Germany – The White Ribbon

Best Original Screenplay


Mark Boal, The Hurt Locker


Quentin Tarantino, Inglourious Basterds


Alessandro Camon and Oren Moverman, The Messenger


Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, A Serious Man


Peter Docter, Bob Peterson, Tom McCarthy, Up

Best Adapted Screenplay


Neill Blomkamp and Terri Tatchell, District 9


Nick Hornby, An Education


Jesse Armstron, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci, Tony Roche, In the Loop


Geoffrey Fletcher, Precious


Jason Reitman, Sheldon Turner, Up in the Air

Best Documentary Feature


Burma VJ


The Cove


Food, Inc.


The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers'


Which Way Home

Best Original Score


Avatar


Fantastic Mr. Fox


The Hurt Locker


Sherlock Holmes


Up

Best 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

Best Film Editing


Avatar


District 9


The Hurt Locker


Inglourious Basterds


Precious

Best Cinematography


Avatar


Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince


The Hurt Locker


Inglourious Basterds


The White Ribbon

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