By Daniel Rutledge
Scroll down to see a full list of the nominations.
The nominations for the 82nd Annual Academy Awards have been announced and, as expected, Avatar and The Hurt Locker lead the pack.
James Cameron’s 3D sci-fi spectacular Avatar and his ex-wife’s Iraq War thriller The Hurt Locker each have nine nominations including Best Picture and Best Director.
Kiwi short Six Dollar Fifty Man did not qualify for a nomination for Best Short Film (Live Action) this year but may be nominated for next year's awards.
New Zealand director Jane Campion’s film Bright Star did get a nod, however - Janet Patterson is on the Best Costume Design shortlist for her work on that film.
Sir Peter Jackson's latest film The Lovely Bones only received one nomination which was Stanley Tucci for Best Supporting Actor.
District 9, the critically acclaimed South African sci-fi that Jackson produced, received nominations for Best Picture, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Editing and Visual Effects.
Wellington's Weta team got nods for their work on Avatar and District 9, and Kiwi sound recordist Tony Johnson and set decorator Kim Sinclair feature in the team nominations for best sound mixing and best art direction respectively.
The full list of nominees is as follows:
Best Motion Picture of the Year
Avatar
The Blind Side
District 9
An Education
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
Precious
A Serious Man
Up
Up in the Air
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
Jeff Bridges for Crazy Heart
George Clooney for Up in the Air
Colin Firth for A Single Man
Morgan Freeman for Invictus
Jeremy Renner for The Hurt Locker
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
Sandra Bullock for The Blind Side
Helen Mirren for The Last Station
Carey Mulligan for An Education
Gabourey Sidibe for Precious
Meryl Streep for Julie & Julia
Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role
Matt Damon for Invictus
Woody Harrelson for The Messenger
Christopher Plummer for The Last Station
Stanley Tucci for The Lovely Bones
Christoph Waltz for Inglourious Basterds
Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
Penélope Cruz for Nine
Vera Farmiga for Up in the Air
Maggie Gyllenhaal for Crazy Heart
Anna Kendrick for Up in the Air
Mo'Nique for Precious
Best Achievement in Directing
Kathryn Bigelow for The Hurt Locker
James Cameron for Avatar
Lee Daniels for Precious
Jason Reitman for Up in the Air
Quentin Tarantino for Inglourious Basterds
Best Original Screenplay
The Hurt Locker: Mark Boal
Inglourious Basterds: Quentin Tarantino
The Messenger: Oren Moverman, Alessandro Camon
A Serious Man: Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
Up: Bob Peterson, Pete Docter
Best Adapted Screenplay
District 9: Neill Blomkamp, Terri Tatchell
An Education: Nick Hornby
In the Loop: Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci, Tony Roche
Precious: Geoffrey Fletcher
Up in the Air: Jason Reitman, Sheldon Turner
Best Achievement in Cinematography
Avatar: Mauro Fiore
Das weisse Band - Eine deutsche Kindergeschichte: Christian Berger
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince: Bruno Delbonnel
The Hurt Locker: Barry Ackroyd
Inglourious Basterds: Robert Richardson
Best Achievement in Editing
Avatar: Stephen E. Rivkin, John Refoua, James Cameron
District 9: Julian Clarke
The Hurt Locker: Bob Murawski, Chris Innis
Inglourious Basterds: Sally Menke
Precious: Joe Klotz
Best Achievement in Art Direction
Avatar: Rick Carter, Robert Stromberg
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus: Anastasia Masaro
Nine: John Myhre
Sherlock Holmes: Sarah Greenwood
The Young Victoria: Patrice Vermette
Best Achievement in Costume Design
Bright Star: Janet Patterson
Coco avant Chanel: Catherine Leterrier
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus: Monique Prudhomme
Nine: Colleen Atwood
The Young Victoria: Sandy Powell
Best Achievement in Makeup
Il divo
Star Trek
The Young Victoria
Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Score
Avatar: James Horner
Fantastic Mr. Fox: Alexandre Desplat
The Hurt Locker: Marco Beltrami, Buck Sanders
Sherlock Holmes: Hans Zimmer
Up: Michael Giacchino
Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Song
Crazy Heart: T-Bone Burnett, Ryan Bingham(‘The Weary Kind’)
Faubourg 36: Reinhardt Wagner, Frank Thomas(‘Loin de Paname’)
Nine: Maury Yeston(‘Take It All’)
The Princess and the Frog: Randy Newman(‘Down in New Orleans’)
The Princess and the Frog: Randy Newman(‘Almost There’)
Best Achievement in Sound
Avatar
The Hurt Locker
Star Trek
Up
Inglourious Basterds
Best Achievement in Sound Editing
Avatar
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
Star Trek
Up
Best Achievement in Visual Effects
Avatar
District 9
Star Trek
Best Animated Feature Film of the Year
Coraline
Fantastic Mr. Fox
The Princess and the Frog
The Secret of Kells
Up
Best Foreign Language Film of the Year
Ajami: Scandar Copti, Yaron Shani (Israel)
Das weisse Band - Eine deutsche Kindergeschichte: Michael Haneke (Germany)
El secreto de sus ojos: Juan José Campanella (Argentina)
Un prophète: Jacques Audiard (France)
La teta asustada: Claudia Llosa (Peru)
Best Documentary (Feature)
Burma VJ: Reporter i et lukket land: Anders Østergaard
The Cove: Louie Psihoyos
Food, Inc.: Robert Kenner
The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers: Judith Ehrlich, Rick Goldsmith
Which Way Home: Rebecca Cammisa
Best Documentary (Short)
China's Unnatural Disaster: The Tears of Sichuan Province
The Last Campaign of Governor Booth Gardner
The Last Truck: Closing of a GM Plant
Królik po berlinsku
Music by Prudence
Best Short Film (Animated)
French Roast
Granny O'Grimm's Sleeping Beauty
La dama y la muerte
Logorama
Wallace and Gromit in 'A Matter of Loaf and Death'
Best Short Film (Live Action)
The Door
Istället för abrakadabra
Kavi
Miracle Fish
The New Tenants
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