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2010 (83rd Annual Awards)
Nominations and Winners

Listed below are the Academy Award nominations and winners for the year 2010. TheWinner marker&origin=noms-by-year symbol appears next to the winner in each category. Click on the name of a film, person or song in the list to display more information about that film, person or song. Or, click on a year in the column on the right to display the nominations and winners from that year.

Best Picture

Black Swan, Protozoa and Phoenix Pictures Production; Fox Searchlight. Mike Medavoy, Brian Oliver and Scott Franklin, Producers.
The Fighter, Relativity Media Production; Paramount. David Hoberman, Todd Lieberman and Mark Wahlberg, Producers.
Inception, Warner Bros. UK Services Production; Warner Bros. (USA, UK) Emma Thomas and Christopher Nolan, Producers.
The Kids Are All Right, Antidote Films, Mandalay Vision and Gilbert Films Production; Focus Features. Gary Gilbert, Jeffrey Levy-Hinte and Celine Rattray, Producers.
Winner markerThe King’s Speech, See-Saw Films and Bedlam Production; The Weinstein Company. (UK, USA, Australia) Iain Canning, Emile Sherman and Gareth Unwin, Producers.
127 Hours, Hours Production; Fox Searchlight. (USA, UK, France) Christian Colson, Danny Boyle and John Smithson, Producers.
The Social Network, Columbia Pictures Production; Sony Pictures Releasing. Scott Rudin, Dana Brunetti, Michael De Luca and Ceán Chaffin, Producers.
Toy Story 3, Pixar Production; Walt Disney. Darla K. Anderson, Producer.
True Grit, Paramount Pictures Production; Paramount. Scott Rudin, Ethan Coen and Joel Coen, Producers.
Winter’s Bone, Anonymous Content and Winter’s Bone Production; Roadside Attractions. Anne Rosellini and Alix Madigan-Yorkin, Producers.

Actor in a Leading Role

Javier Bardem in Biutiful, Menage Atroz, Mod Producciones and Ikiru Films Production; Roadside Attractions. (Mexico, Spain)
Jeff Bridges in True Grit, Paramount Pictures Production; Paramount.
Jesse Eisenberg in The Social Network, Columbia Pictures Production; Sony Pictures Releasing.
Winner markerColin Firth in The King’s Speech, See-Saw Films and Bedlam Production; The Weinstein Company. (UK, USA, Australia)
James Franco in 127 Hours, Hours Production; Fox Searchlight. (USA, UK, France)

Actress in a Leading Role

Annette Bening in The Kids Are All Right, Antidote Films, Mandalay Vision and Gilbert Films Production; Focus Features.
Nicole Kidman in Rabbit Hole, Olympus Pictures, Blossom Films and Oddlot Entertainment Production; Lionsgate.
Jennifer Lawrence in Winter’s Bone, Anonymous Content and Winter’s Bone Production; Roadside Attractions.
Winner markerNatalie Portman in Black Swan, Protozoa and Phoenix Pictures Production; Fox Searchlight.
Michelle Williams in Blue Valentine, Silverwood Films and Hunting Lane Films Production; The Weinstein Company.

Actor in a Supporting Role

Winner markerChristian Bale in The Fighter, Relativity Media Production; Paramount.
John Hawkes in Winter’s Bone, Anonymous Content and Winter’s Bone Production; Roadside Attractions.
Jeremy Renner in The Town, Charlestown Production; Warner Bros.
Mark Ruffalo in The Kids Are All Right, Antidote Films, Mandalay Vision and Gilbert Films Production; Focus Features.
Geoffrey Rush in The King’s Speech, See-Saw Films and Bedlam Production; The Weinstein Company. (UK, USA, Australia)

Actress in a Supporting Role

Amy Adams in The Fighter, Relativity Media Production; Paramount.
Helena Bonham Carter in The King’s Speech, See-Saw Films and Bedlam Production; The Weinstein Company. (UK, USA, Australia)
Winner markerMelissa Leo in The Fighter, Relativity Media Production; Paramount.
Hailee Steinfeld in True Grit, Paramount Pictures Production; Paramount.
Jacki Weaver in Animal Kingdom, Porchlight Films Production; Sony Pictures Classics. (Australia)

Directing

Black Swan, Protozoa and Phoenix Pictures Production; Fox Searchlight. Darren Aronofsky.
The Fighter, Relativity Media Production; Paramount. David O. Russell.
Winner markerThe King’s Speech, See-Saw Films and Bedlam Production; The Weinstein Company. (UK, USA, Australia) Tom Hooper.
The Social Network, Columbia Pictures Production; Sony Pictures Releasing. David Fincher.
True Grit, Paramount Pictures Production; Paramount. Joel Coen and Ethan Coen.

Animated Feature Film

How to Train Your Dragon, DreamWorks Animation Production; Paramount. Chris Sanders and Dean DeBlois.
The Illusionist, Django Films Production; Sony Pictures Classics. (France, UK) Sylvain Chomet.
Winner markerToy Story 3, Pixar Production; Walt Disney. Lee Unkrich.

Art Direction

Winner markerAlice in Wonderland, Walt Disney Pictures Production; Walt Disney. Production design by Robert Stromberg; set decoration by Karen O’Hara.
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1, Warner Bros. UK Services Production; Warner Bros. (UK, USA) Production design by Stuart Craig; set decoration by Stephenie McMillan.
Inception, Warner Bros. UK Services Production; Warner Bros. (USA, UK) Production design by Guy Hendrix Dyas; set decoration by Larry Dias and Doug Mowat.
The King’s Speech, See-Saw Films and Bedlam Production; The Weinstein Company. (UK, USA, Australia) Production design by Eve Stewart; set decoration by Judy Farr.
True Grit, Paramount Pictures Production; Paramount. Production design by Jess Gonchor; set decoration by Nancy Haigh.

Cinematography

Black Swan, Protozoa and Phoenix Pictures Production; Fox Searchlight. Matthew Libatique.
Winner markerInception, Warner Bros. UK Services Production; Warner Bros. (USA, UK) Wally Pfister.
The King’s Speech, See-Saw Films and Bedlam Production; The Weinstein Company. (UK, USA, Australia) Danny Cohen.
The Social Network, Columbia Pictures Production; Sony Pictures Releasing. Jeff Cronenweth.
True Grit, Paramount Pictures Production; Paramount. Roger Deakins.

Costume Design

Winner markerAlice in Wonderland, Walt Disney Pictures Production; Walt Disney. Colleen Atwood.
I Am Love, First Sun and Mikado Production; Magnolia Pictures. (Italy) Antonella Cannarozzi.
The King’s Speech, See-Saw Films and Bedlam Production; The Weinstein Company. (UK, USA, Australia) Jenny Beavan.
The Tempest, Touchstone Pictures and Miramax Films Production; Touchstone Pictures. Sandy Powell.
True Grit, Paramount Pictures Production; Paramount. Mary Zophres.

Documentary

(Feature)

Exit Through the Gift Shop, Paranoid Pictures Production; Producers Distribution Agency. (UK) Banksy and Jaimie D’Cruz.
Gasland, Gasland Production. Josh Fox and Trish Adlesic.
Winner markerInside Job, Representational Pictures Production; Sony Pictures Classics. Charles Ferguson and Audrey Marrs.
Restrepo, Outpost Films Production; National Geographic Entertainment. Tim Hetherington and Sebastian Junger.
Waste Land, Almega Projects and O2 Filmes Production; Arthouse Films. (Brazil, UK) Lucy Walker and Angus Aynsley.

(Short Subject)

Killing in the Name, Moxie Firecracker Films Production. Jed Rothstein.
Poster Girl, Portrayal Films Production. Sara Nesson and Mitchell W. Block.
Winner markerStrangers No More, Simon & Goodman Picture Company Production. (USA, Israel) Karen Goodman and Kirk Simon.
Sun Come Up, Sun Come Up Production. (USA, Papua New Guinea) Jennifer Redfearn and Tim Metzger.
The Warriors of Qiugang, Thomas Lennon Films Production. Ruby Yang and Thomas Lennon.

Film Editing

Black Swan, Protozoa and Phoenix Pictures Production; Fox Searchlight. Andrew Weisblum.
The Fighter, Relativity Media Production; Paramount. Pamela Martin.
The King’s Speech, See-Saw Films and Bedlam Production; The Weinstein Company. (UK, USA, Australia) Tariq Anwar.
127 Hours, Hours Production; Fox Searchlight. (USA, UK, France) Jon Harris.
Winner markerThe Social Network, Columbia Pictures Production; Sony Pictures Releasing. Angus Wall and Kirk Baxter.

Foreign Language Film

Biutiful, Menage Atroz, Mod Producciones and Ikiru Films Production; Roadside Attractions. (Mexico, Spain) Mexico.
Dogtooth, Boo Production; Kino International. (Greece) Greece.
Winner markerIn a Better World, Zentropa Production; Sony Pictures Classics. (Denmark, Sweden) Denmark.
Incendies, micro_scope Production; Sony Pictures Classics. (Canada, France) Canada.
Outside the Law (Hors-la-loi), Tassili Films Production; Cohen Media Group. (France, Algeria, Belgium, Tunisia, Italy) Algeria.

Makeup

Barney’s Version, Serendipity Point Films Production; Sony Pictures Classics. (Italy, Canada) Adrien Morot.
The Way Back, Exclusive Films Production; Newmarket Films in association with Wrekin Hill Entertainment and Image Entertainment. (USA, United Arab Emirates, Poland, India) Edouard F. Henriques, Gregory Funk and Yolanda Toussieng.
Winner markerThe Wolfman, Universal Pictures Production; Universal. Rick Baker and Dave Elsey.

Music

(Original Score)

How to Train Your Dragon, DreamWorks Animation Production; Paramount. John Powell.
Inception, Warner Bros. UK Services Production; Warner Bros. (USA, UK) Hans Zimmer.
The King’s Speech, See-Saw Films and Bedlam Production; The Weinstein Company. (UK, USA, Australia) Alexandre Desplat.
127 Hours, Hours Production; Fox Searchlight. (USA, UK, France) A. R. Rahman.
Winner markerThe Social Network, Columbia Pictures Production; Sony Pictures Releasing. Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross.

(Original Song)

Coming Home from Country Strong, Material Pictures Production; Sony Pictures Releasing (Screen Gems). Music and lyric by Tom Douglas, Troy Verges and Hillary Lindsey.
I See the Light from Tangled, Walt Disney Pictures Production; Walt Disney. Music by Alan Menken; lyric by Glenn Slater.
If I Rise from 127 Hours, Hours Production; Fox Searchlight. (USA, UK, France) Music by A. R. Rahman; lyric by Dido and Rollo Armstrong.
Winner markerWe Belong Together from Toy Story 3, Pixar Production; Walt Disney. Music and lyric by Randy Newman.

Short Films

(Animated)

Day & Night, Pixar Animation Studios Production; Walt Disney. Teddy Newton.
The Gruffalo, Magic Light Pictures Production. (UK, Germany) Jakob Schuh and Max Lang.
Let’s Pollute, Geefwee Boedoe Production. Geefwee Boedoe.
Winner markerThe Lost Thing, Passion Pictures Australia Production; Nick Batzias for Madman Entertainment. (Australia, UK) Shaun Tan and Andrew Ruhemann.
Madagascar, carnet de voyage (Madagascar, a Journey Diary), Sacrebleu Production. (Fiji, France) Bastien Dubois.

(Live Action)

The Confession, National Film and Television School Production; National Film and Television School. (UK) Tanel Toom.
The Crush, Purdy Pictures Production; Network Ireland Television. (Ireland) Michael Creagh.
Winner markerGod of Love, Luke Matheny Production. Luke Matheny.
Na Wewe, CUT! Production. (Belgium) Ivan Goldschmidt.
Wish 143, Swing and Shift Films/Union Pictures Production. (UK) Ian Barnes and Samantha Waite.

Sound Editing

Winner markerInception, Warner Bros. UK Services Production; Warner Bros. (USA, UK) Richard King.
Toy Story 3, Pixar Production; Walt Disney. Tom Myers and Michael Silvers.
Tron: Legacy, Walt Disney Pictures Production; Walt Disney. Gwendolyn Yates Whittle and Addison Teague.
True Grit, Paramount Pictures Production; Paramount. Skip Lievsay and Craig Berkey.
Unstoppable, 20th Century Fox Production; 20th Century Fox. Mark P. Stoeckinger.

Sound Mixing

Winner markerInception, Warner Bros. UK Services Production; Warner Bros. (USA, UK) Lora Hirschberg, Gary A. Rizzo and Ed Novick.
The King’s Speech, See-Saw Films and Bedlam Production; The Weinstein Company. (UK, USA, Australia) Paul Hamblin, Martin Jensen and John Midgley.
Salt, Columbia Pictures Production; Sony Pictures Releasing. Jeffrey J. Haboush, Greg P. Russell, Scott Millan and William Sarokin.
The Social Network, Columbia Pictures Production; Sony Pictures Releasing. Ren Klyce, David Parker, Michael Semanick and Mark Weingarten.
True Grit, Paramount Pictures Production; Paramount. Skip Lievsay, Craig Berkey, Greg Orloff and Peter F. Kurland.

Visual Effects

Alice in Wonderland, Walt Disney Pictures Production; Walt Disney. Ken Ralston, David Schaub, Carey Villegas and Sean Phillips.
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1, Warner Bros. UK Services Production; Warner Bros. (UK, USA) Tim Burke, John Richardson, Christian Manz and Nicolas Aithadi.
Hereafter, Dombey Street Production; Warner Bros. Michael Owens, Bryan Grill, Stephan Trojansky and Joe Farrell.
Winner markerInception, Warner Bros. UK Services Production; Warner Bros. (USA, UK) Paul Franklin, Chris Corbould, Andrew Lockley and Peter Bebb.
Iron Man 2, Marvel Studios Production; Paramount and Marvel Entertainment, distributed by Paramount. Janek Sirrs, Ben Snow, Ged Wright and Daniel Sudick.

Writing

(Adapted Screenplay)

127 Hours, Hours Production; Fox Searchlight. (USA, UK, France) Screenplay by Danny Boyle & Simon Beaufoy.
Winner markerThe Social Network, Columbia Pictures Production; Sony Pictures Releasing. Screenplay by Aaron Sorkin.
Toy Story 3, Pixar Production; Walt Disney. Screenplay by Michael Arndt; story by John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton and Lee Unkrich.
True Grit, Paramount Pictures Production; Paramount. Written for the screen by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen.
Winter’s Bone, Anonymous Content and Winter’s Bone Production; Roadside Attractions. Adapted for the screen by Debra Granik & Anne Rosellini.

(Original Screenplay)

Another Year, Thin Man Films Production; Sony Pictures Classics. (UK) Written by Mike Leigh.
The Fighter, Relativity Media Production; Paramount. Screenplay by Scott Silver and Paul Tamasy & Eric Johnson; story by Keith Dorrington & Paul Tamasy & Eric Johnson.
Inception, Warner Bros. UK Services Production; Warner Bros. (USA, UK) Written by Christopher Nolan.
The Kids Are All Right, Antidote Films, Mandalay Vision and Gilbert Films Production; Focus Features. Written by Lisa Cholodenko & Stuart Blumberg.
Winner markerThe King’s Speech, See-Saw Films and Bedlam Production; The Weinstein Company. (UK, USA, Australia) Screenplay by David Seidler.

Honorary Award

Winner markerTo Kevin Brownlow for the wise and devoted chronicling of the cinematic parade. [ [Statuette]]
Winner markerTo Jean-Luc Godard for passion. For confrontation. For a new kind of cinema. [ [Statuette]]
Winner markerTo Eli Wallach for a lifetime’s worth of indelible screen characters. [ [Statuette]]
NOTE: The Honorary Awards were presented at the 2nd Governors Awards ceremony on November 13, 2010, in the Grand Ballroom of the Hollywood and Highland Center.
Winner markerTo Denny Clairmont in appreciation for outstanding service and dedication in upholding the high standards of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. [ [John A. Bonner Medal of Commendation]]
NOTE: The John A. Bonner Award was presented at the Scientific and Technical Awards ceremony on February 12, 2011, in the Ballroom of the Beverly Wilshire Hotel.

Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award

Winner markerFrancis Ford Coppola
NOTE: The Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award was presented at the 2nd Governors Awards ceremony on November 13, 2010, in the Grand Ballroom of the Hollywood and Highland Center.

Scientific and Technical Award

(Scientific and Engineering Award)

Winner markerTo Dr. Mark Sagar for his early and continuing development of influential facial motion retargeting solutions. Dr. Sagar’s work led to a method for transforming facial motion capture data into an expression-based, editable character animation system that has been used in motion pictures with a high volume of digital characters.
Winner markerTo Mark Noel for the design, engineering, and development, and to John Frazier for his contributions to the design and safety features, of the NAC Servo Winch System. The NAC System allows full-sized cars, aircraft and other heavy props to be flown on wires with unprecedented freedom of motion and a high degree of safety, on-set and in real time. The intuitive control system responds to the motion of the operator’s hand, permitting the recording and playback of all axes of motion simultaneously, which may be edited and refined for playback in subsequent takes.
Winner markerTo James Rodnunsky, Alex MacDonald and Mark Chapman for the development of the Cablecam 3-D volumetric suspended cable camera technologies. The evolution of the Cablecam technology has made it possible to move a camera safely and accurately anywhere through a three-dimensional space.
Winner markerTo Tim Drnec, Ben Britten Smith and Matt Davis for the development of the Spydercam 3-D volumetric suspended cable camera technologies. The evolution of the Spydercam technology has made it possible to move a camera safely and accurately anywhere through a three-dimensional space.

(Technical Achievement Award)

Winner markerTo Greg Ercolano for the design and engineering of a series of software systems culminating in the Rush render queue management system. Mr. Ercolano’s work has been influential across the industry, and has enabled scalable render farms at numerous studios.
Winner markerTo David M. Laur for the development of the Alfred render queue management system. This system was the first robust, scalable, widely adopted commercial solution for queue management in the motion picture industry. Its user interface and support for multi-machine assignment influenced the design of modern day queue management tools.
Winner markerTo Chris Allen, Gautham Krishnamurti, Mark A. Brown and Lance Kimes for the development of Queue, a robust, scalable approach to render queue management. Queue was one of the first systems that allowed for statistical analysis and process introspection, providing a framework for the efficient use of render farms.
Winner markerTo Florian Kainz for the design and development of the robust, highly scalable distributed architecture of the QbaQ render queue management system. QbaQ has scaled from managing a few hundred processors in 1997 to many thousands today, with minimal changes to the original design.
Winner markerTo Eric Tabellion and Arnauld Lamorlette for the creation of a computer graphics bounce lighting methodology that is practical at feature film scale. This important step in the evolution of global illumination techniques, first used on the motion picture “Shrek 2,” was shared with the industry in their technical paper “An Approximate Global Illumination System for Computer Generated Films.”
Winner markerTo Tony Clark, Alan Rogers, Neil Wilson and Rory McGregor for the software design and continued development of cineSync, a tool for remote collaboration and review of visual effects. Easy to use, cineSync has become a widely accepted solution for remote production collaboration.
NOTE: The Scientific and Technical Awards were presented at their own ceremony on February 12, 2011, in the Ballroom of the Beverly Wilshire Hotel.