Best Motion Picture of the Year Avatar (2009): James Cameron, Jon Landau The Blind Side (2009): Nominees to be determined District 9 (2009): Peter Jackson, Carolynne Cunningham An Education (2009): Finola Dwyer, Amanda Posey The Hurt Locker (2008): Nominees to be determined Inglourious Basterds (2009): Lawrence Bender Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire (2009): Lee Daniels, Sarah Siegel-Magness, Gary Magness A Serious Man (2009): Joel Coen, Ethan Coen Up (2009): Jonas Rivera Up in the Air (2009/I): Daniel Dubiecki, Ivan Reitman, Jason Reitman Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role Jeff Bridges for Crazy Heart (2009) George Clooney for Up in the Air (2009/I) Colin Firth for A Single Man (2009) Morgan Freeman for Invictus (2009) Jeremy Renner for The Hurt Locker (2008) Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role Sandra Bullock for The Blind Side (2009) Helen Mirren for The Last Station (2009) Carey Mulligan for An Education (2009) Gabourey Sidibe for Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire (2009) Meryl Streep for Julie & Julia (2009) Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role Matt Damon for Invictus (2009) Woody Harrelson for The Messenger (2009/I) Christopher Plummer for The Last Station (2009) Stanley Tucci for The Lovely Bones (2009) Christoph Waltz for Inglourious Basterds (2009) Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role Penélope Cruz for Nine (2009) Vera Farmiga for Up in the Air (2009/I) Maggie Gyllenhaal for Crazy Heart (2009) Anna Kendrick for Up in the Air (2009/I) Mo'Nique for Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire (2009) Best Achievement in Directing Kathryn Bigelow for The Hurt Locker (2008) James Cameron for Avatar (2009) Lee Daniels for Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire (2009) Jason Reitman for Up in the Air (2009/I) Quentin Tarantino for Inglourious Basterds (2009) Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen The Hurt Locker (2008): Mark Boal Inglourious Basterds (2009): Quentin Tarantino The Messenger (2009/I): Alessandro Camon, Oren Moverman A Serious Man (2009): Joel Coen, Ethan Coen Up (2009): Bob Peterson, Pete Docter, Thomas McCarthy Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published District 9 (2009): Neill Blomkamp, Terri Tatchell An Education (2009): Nick Hornby In the Loop (2009): Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci, Tony Roche Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire (2009): Geoffrey Fletcher Up in the Air (2009/I): Jason Reitman, Sheldon Turner Best Achievement in Cinematography Avatar (2009): Mauro Fiore Das weisse Band - Eine deutsche Kindergeschichte (2009): Christian Berger Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009): Bruno Delbonnel The Hurt Locker (2008): Barry Ackroyd Inglourious Basterds (2009): Robert Richardson Best Achievement in Editing Avatar (2009): Stephen E. Rivkin, John Refoua, James Cameron District 9 (2009): Julian Clarke The Hurt Locker (2008): Bob Murawski, Chris Innis Inglourious Basterds (2009): Sally Menke Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire (2009): Joe Klotz Best Achievement in Art Direction Avatar (2009): Rick Carter, Robert Stromberg, Kim Sinclair The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (2009): David Warren, Anastasia Masaro, Caroline Smith Nine (2009): John Myhre, Gordon Sim Sherlock Holmes (2009): Sarah Greenwood, Katie Spencer The Young Victoria (2009): Patrice Vermette, Maggie Gray Best Achievement in Costume Design Bright Star (2009): Janet Patterson Coco avant Chanel (2009): Catherine Leterrier The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (2009): Monique Prudhomme Nine (2009): Colleen Atwood The Young Victoria (2009): Sandy Powell Best Achievement in Makeup Il divo (2008): Aldo Signoretti, Vittorio Sodano Star Trek (2009): Barney Burman, Mindy Hall, Joel Harlow The Young Victoria (2009): John Henry Gordon, Jenny Shircore Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Score Avatar (2009): James Horner Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009): Alexandre Desplat The Hurt Locker (2008): Marco Beltrami, Buck Sanders Sherlock Holmes (2009): Hans Zimmer Up (2009): Michael Giacchino Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Song Crazy Heart (2009): T-Bone Burnett, Ryan Bingham("The Weary Kind") Faubourg 36 (2008): Reinhardt Wagner, Frank Thomas("Loin de Paname") Nine (2009): Maury Yeston("Take It All") The Princess and the Frog (2009): Randy Newman("Down in New Orleans") The Princess and the Frog (2009): Randy Newman("Almost There") Best Achievement in Sound Mixing Avatar (2009): Christopher Boyes, Gary Summers, Andy Nelson, Tony Johnson The Hurt Locker (2008): Paul N.J. Ottosson, Ray Beckett Inglourious Basterds (2009): Michael Minkler, Tony Lamberti, Mark Ulano Star Trek (2009): Anna Behlmer, Andy Nelson, Peter J. Devlin Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009): Greg P. Russell, Gary Summers, Geoffrey Patterson Best Achievement in Sound Editing Avatar (2009): Christopher Boyes, Gwendolyn Yates Whittle The Hurt Locker (2008): Paul N.J. Ottosson Inglourious Basterds (2009): Wylie Stateman Star Trek (2009): Mark P. Stoeckinger, Alan Rankin Up (2009): Michael Silvers, Tom Myers Best Achievement in Visual Effects Avatar (2009): Joe Letteri, Stephen Rosenbaum, Richard Baneham, Andy Jones District 9 (2009): Dan Kaufman, Peter Muyzers, Robert Habros, Matt Aitken Star Trek (2009): Roger Guyett, Russell Earl, Paul Kavanagh, Burt Dalton Best Animated Feature Film of the Year Coraline (2009): Henry Selick Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009): Wes Anderson The Princess and the Frog (2009): John Musker, Ron Clements The Secret of Kells (2009): Tomm Moore Up (2009): Pete Docter Best Foreign Language Film of the Year Ajami (2009)(Israel) Das weisse Band - Eine deutsche Kindergeschichte (2009)(Germany) El secreto de sus ojos (2009)(Argentina) Un prophète (2009)(France) La teta asustada (2009)(Peru) Best Documentary, Features Burma VJ: Reporter i et lukket land (2008): Anders Østergaard, Lise Lense-Møller The Cove (2009): Nominees to be determined Food, Inc. (2008): Robert Kenner, Elise Pearlstein The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers (2009): Judith Ehrlich, Rick Goldsmith Which Way Home (2009): Rebecca Cammisa Best Documentary, Short Subjects China's Unnatural Disaster: The Tears of Sichuan Province (2009) (TV): Jon Alpert, Matthew O'Neill The Last Campaign of Governor Booth Gardner (2009): Daniel Junge, Henry Ansbacher The Last Truck: Closing of a GM Plant (2009) (TV): Steven Bognar, Julia Reichert Królik po berlinsku (2009): Bartosz Konopka, Anna Wydra Music by Prudence (2010): Roger Ross Williams, Elinor Burkett Best Short Film, Animated French Roast (2008): Fabrice Joubert Granny O'Grimm's Sleeping Beauty (2008): Nicky Phelan, Darragh O'Connell La dama y la muerte (2009): Javier Recio Gracia Logorama (2009): Nicolas Schmerkin Wallace and Gromit in 'A Matter of Loaf and Death' (2008) (TV): Nick Park Best Short Film, Live Action The Door (2008): Juanita Wilson, James Flynn Istället för abrakadabra (2008): Patrik Eklund, Mathias Fjällström Kavi (2009): Gregg Helvey Miracle Fish (2009): Luke Doolan, Drew Bailey The New Tenants (2009): Joachim Back, Tivi Magnusson