By David Poland poland@moviecitynews.com
DP/30 – 43 Oscar Nominees
ACTOR
Javier Bardem, Biutiful
Jeff Bridges, True Grit
Jesse Eisenberg, The Social Network with Andrew Garfield
James Franco, 127 Hours
Colin Firth, The King’s Speech
ACTRESS
Nicole Kidman, Rabbit Hole
Jennifer Lawrence, Winter’s Bone
Natalie Portman, Black Swan
Michelle Williams, Blue Valentine
SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Amy Adams, The Fighter
Melissa Leo, The Fighter
Hailee Steinfeld, True Grit
Jacki Weaver, Animal Kingdom
SUPPORTING ACTOR
John Hawkes, Winter’s Bone
Jeremy Renner, The Town
Mark Ruffalo, The Kids Are All Right
Geoffrey Rush, The King’s Speech
DIRECTOR
Darren Aronofsky, Black Swan
Tom Hooper, The King’s Speech
SCREENWRITER
Simon Beaufoy, Danny Boyle with producer Christian Colson
Lisa Cholodenko, The Kids Are All Right
Debra Granik, Winter’s Bone
Mark Heyman, Black Swan with choreographer/actor Benjamin Millepied
Mike Leigh, Another Year
Aaron Sorkin, The Social Network
Lee Unkrich, Toy Story 3
CINEMATOGRAPHER
Roger Deakins, True Grit
Matthew Libatique, Black Swan
Wally Pfister, Inception
Jeff Cronenweth, The Social Network
EDITOR
Angus Wall & Kirk Baxter, The Social Network
Andy Weisblum, Black Swan
PRODUCER/PICTURE
Danny Boyle, Christian Colson with screenwriter Simon Beaufoy
MUSIC/SCORE
composer/songwriter Alan Menken
composer A.R. Rahman with sound designer Glenn Freemantle
OTHER CATEGORIES
Lee Unkrich, Animated Feature, Toy Story 3
Greg Russell, Sound Mixing, Salt
Mark P. Stoeckinger, Sound Editing, Unstoppable
Mary Zophres, Costume Design, True Grit
DOCUMENTARIES
Exit Through The Gift Shop – producer Jaimie D’ Cruz, editor Chris King
Inside Job – director Charles Ferguson
Waste Land – director Lucy Walker
FOREIGN LANGUAGE
Biutiful, Mexico – director Alejandro González Iñárritu, cinematographer Rodrigo Prieto, editor Stephen Mirrione, composer Gustavo Santaolalla, executive producer Guillermo del Toro
In a Better World, Denmark – writer/director Susanne Bier
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