82nd Academy Awards

THE FILMS OF 2009

Best Motion Picture of the Year

The Hurt Locker

WINNER

The Blind Side

Inglourious Basterds

A Serious Man

Up in the Air

Best Directing

Kathryn Bigelow
The Hurt Locker

WINNER

James Cameron
Avatar

Lee Daniels
Precious

Jason Reitman
Up in the Air

Quentin Tarantino
Inglourious Basterds

Best Actor in a Leading Role

Jeff Bridges
Crazy Heart

WINNER

George Clooney
Up in the Air

Colin Firth
A Single Man

Morgan Freeman
Invictus

Jeremy Renner
The Hurt Locker

Best Actress in a Leading Role

Sandra Bullock
The Blind Side

WINNER

Helen Mirren
The Last Station

Carey Mulligan
An Education

Gabourey Sidibe
Precious

Meryl Streep
Julie & Julia

Best Actor in a Supporting Role

Christoph Waltz
Inglourious Basterds

WINNER

Matt Damon
Invictus

Woody Harrelson
The Messenger

Christopher Plummer
The Last Station

Stanley Tucci
The Lovely Bones

Best Actress in a Supporting Role

Mo’Nique
Precious

WINNER

Penélope Cruz
Nine

Vera Farmiga
Up in the Air

Maggie Gyllenhaal
Crazy Heart

Anna Kendrick
Up in the Air

Best Original Screenplay

Mark Boal
The Hurt Locker

WINNER

Quentin Tarantino
Inglourious Basterds

Alessandro Camon
Oren Moverman
The Messenger

Joel Coen
Ethan Coen
A Serious Man

Bob Peterson
Pete Docter
Tom McCarthy
Up

Best Adapted Screenplay

Geoffrey Fletcher
Precious

WINNER

Neill Blomkamp
Terri Tatchell
District 9

Nick Hornby
An Education

Jesse Armstrong
Simon Blackwell
Armando Iannucci
Tony Roche
In the Loop

Sheldon Turner
Jason Reitman
Up in the Air

Best Cinematography

Mauro Fiore
Avatar

WINNER

Bruno Delbonnel
Harry Potter and the
Half-Blood Prince

Barry Ackroyd
The Hurt Locker

Robert Richardson
Inglourious Basterds

Christian Berger
The White Ribbon

Best Film Editing

Bob Murawski
Chris Innis
The Hurt Locker

WINNER

Stephen E. Rivkin
John Refoua
James Cameron
Avatar

Julian Clarke
District 9

Sally Menke
Inglourious Basterds

Joe Klotz
Precious

Best Costume Design

Sandy Powell
The Young Victoria

WINNER

Janet Patterson
Bright Star

Catherine Leterrier
Coco Before Chanel

Monique Prudhomme
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus

Colleen Atwood
Nine

Best Art Direction

Rick Carter
Robert Stromberg
Kim Sinclair
Avatar

WINNER

Dave Warren
Anastasia Masaro
Caroline Smith
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus

John Myhre
Gordon Sim
Nine

Sarah Greenwood
Katie Spencer
Sherlock Holmes

Patrice Vermette
Maggie Gray
The Young Victoria

Best Music, Original Score

Michael Giacchino
Up

WINNER

James Horner
Avatar

Alexandre Desplat
Fantastic Mr. Fox

Marco Beltrami
Buck Sanders
The Hurt Locker

Hans Zimmer
Sherlock Holmes

Best Music, Original Song

“THE WEARY KIND“

Ryan Bingham
T Bone Burnett
Crazy Heart

WINNER

“ALMOST THERE“

Randy Newman
The Princess and the Frog

“DOWN IN NEW ORLEANS“

Randy Newman
The Princess and the Frog

“LOIN DE PANAME“

Reinhardt Wagner
Frank Thomas
Paris 36

“TAKE IT ALL“

Maury Yeston
Nine

Best Makeup

WINNER

The Young Victoria

Best Sound Mixing

The Hurt Locker

WINNER

Inglourious Basterds

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen

Best Sound Editing

The Hurt Locker

WINNER

Inglourious Basterds

Best Visual Effects

WINNER

Best Foreign Language Film

The Secret in Their Eyes

WINNER

Ajami

The Milk of Sorrow

A Prophet

The White Ribbon

Best Animated Feature Film

WINNER

Fantastic Mr. Fox

The Princess and the Frog

The Secret of Kells