2009 Oscar Winners

I decided it was very important for me to include a post about the Oscars. Here are all the nominees & winners with my pick of the winners in BOLD. These are my opinions of who I think deserved each award the most. Put your reactions in the comments section.

Best Picture

'Avatar'

'The Blind Side'

'District 9'

'An Education'

'The Hurt Locker'-winner

'Inglourious Basterds'

'Precious'

'A Serious Man'

'Up'

'Up in the Air'

Best Actress

Sandra Bullock 'The Blind Side'-winner

Helen Mirren 'The Last Station'

Carey Mulligan 'An Education'

Gabourey Sidibe 'Precious'

Meryl Streep 'Julie & Julia'

Best Actor

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 Supporting Actress

Mo'Nique for Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire (2009)-winner

Penélope Cruz for Nine (2009)

Vera Farmiga for Up in the Air (2009/I) good in

it but not even deserving of a nomination

Maggie Gyllenhaal for Crazy Heart (2009)

Anna Kendrick for Up in the Air (2009/I) good role

for her but there were moments of way over the top acting.

Best Supporting Actor

Christoph Waltz 'Inglourious Basterds'-winner

Matt Damon 'Invictus'

Woody Harrelson 'The Messenger'

Christopher Plummer 'The Last Station'

Stanley Tucci 'The Lovely Bones'

Best Director

Kathryn Bigelow for The Hurt Locker (2008) totally deserved & the first female to ever win a best director Oscar-winner

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 Original Screenplay

The Hurt Locker (2008): Mark Boal-winner

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 Adapted Screenplay

Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire (2009): Geoffrey Fletcher-winner

District 9 (2009): Neill Blomkamp, Terri Tatchell

An Education (2009): Nick Hornby

In the Loop (2009): Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci, Tony Roche

Up in the Air (2009/I): Jason Reitman, Sheldon Turner

Best Cinematography

Avatar (2009): winner

Das weisse Band - Eine deutsche Kindergeschichte (2009):

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009):

The Hurt Locker (2008):

Inglourious Basterds (2009):

Best Editing

The Hurt Locker (2008): winner

Avatar (2009): James Cameron

District 9 (2009):

Inglourious Basterds (2009):

Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire (2009):

Best Art Direction

Avatar (2009): winner

The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (2009):

Nine (2009):

Sherlock Holmes (2009):

The Young Victoria (2009):

Best Costume Design

The Young Victoria (2009): Sandy Powell-winner

Bright Star (2009): Janet Patterson

Coco avant Chanel (2009): Catherine Leterrier

The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (2009): Monique Prudhomme

Nine (2009): Colleen Atwood

Best Makeup

Star Trek (2009): Barney Burman, Mindy Hall, Joel Harlow-winner

Il divo (2008): Aldo Signoretti, Vittorio Sodano

The Young Victoria (2009): John Henry Gordon, Jenny Shircore

Best Original Score

Up (2009): Michael Giacchino-winner

Avatar (2009): James Horner

Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009): Alexandre Desplat

The Hurt Locker (2008): Marco Beltrami, Buck Sanders

Sherlock Holmes (2009): Hans Zimmer

Best Original Song

Crazy Heart (2009): T-Bone Burnett, Ryan Bingham("The Weary Kind")-winner

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("Almost There")

The Princess and the Frog (2009): Randy Newman("Down in New Orleans")

Best Sound Mixing

The Hurt Locker (2008): winner

Avatar (2009):

Inglourious Basterds (2009):

Star Trek (2009):

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009):

Best Sound Editing

The Hurt Locker (2008): winner

Avatar (2009):

Inglourious Basterds (2009):

Star Trek (2009):

Up (2009):

Best Visual Effects

Avatar (2009): winner duh

District 9 (2009):

Star Trek (2009):

Best Animated Feature Film of the Year

Up (2009): Pete Docter-winner

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

Best Foreign Language Film of the Year

El secreto de sus ojos (2009)(Argentina)-winner

Ajami (2009)(Israel)

Das weisse Band - Eine deutsche Kindergeschichte (2009)(Germany)

Un prophète (2009)(France)

La teta asustada (2009)(Peru)

Best Feature Documentary

Again no opinion

The Cove (2009): Louie Psihoyos, Fisher Stevens-winner

Burma VJ: Reporter i et lukket land (2008): Anders Østergaard, Lise Lense-Møller

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 Short Subject Documentary

No opinion.

Music by Prudence (2010): Roger Ross Williams, Elinor Burkett-winner

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

Best Animated Short Film

Logorama (2009): Nicolas Schmerkin- winner- hell yeah. This short is awesome.

Granny O'Grimm's Sleeping Beauty (2008): Nicky Phelan, Darragh O'Connell

La dama y la muerte (2009): Javier Recio Gracia

Wallace and Gromit in 'A Matter of Loaf and Death' (2008) (TV): Nick Park

French Roast (2008): Fabrice Joubert

Best Live Action Short Film

No opinion

The New Tenants (2009): Joachim Back, Tivi Magnusson-winner

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

Grand Totals:

The Hurt Locker-6

Avatar-3

Precious-2

Crazy Heart-2

Up-2

The Blind Side-1

Inglorious Basterds-1

Young Victoria-1

Star Trek-1