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Actor in a Leading Role

1* Jeff Bridges in “Crazy Heart”
2* George Clooney in “Up in the Air”
3* Colin Firth in “A Single Man”
4* Jeremy Renner in “The Hurt Locker”
5* Morgan Freeman in “Invictus”

Actor in a Supporting Role

1* Christoph Waltz in “Inglourious Basterds”
2* Christopher Plummer in “The Last Station”
3* Stanley Tucci in “The Lovely Bones”
4* Woody Harrelson in “The Messenger”
5* Matt Damon in “Invictus”

Actress in a Leading Role

1* Sandra Bullock in “The Blind Side”
2* Meryl Streep in “Julie & Julia”
3* Carey Mulligan in “An Education”
4* Helen Mirren in “The Last Station”
5* Gabourey Sidibe in “Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire”

Actress in a Supporting Role

1* Mo’Nique in “Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire”
2* Maggie Gyllenhaal in “Crazy Heart”
3* Anna Kendrick in “Up in the Air”
4* Vera Farmiga in “Up in the Air”
5* Penélope Cruz in “Nine”

Animated Feature Film

1* “Up” Pete Docter
2* “The Princess and the Frog” John Musker and Ron Clements
3* “Fantastic Mr. Fox” Wes Anderson
4* “Coraline” Henry Selick
5* “The Secret of Kells” Tomm Moore

Art Direction

1* “Sherlock Holmes” Art Direction: Sarah Greenwood; Set Decoration: Katie Spencer
2* “The Young Victoria” Art Direction: Patrice Vermette; Set Decoration: Maggie Gray
3* “Nine” Art Direction: John Myhre; Set Decoration: Gordon Sim
4* “The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus” Art Direction: Dave Warren and Anastasia Masaro; Set Decoration: Caroline Smith
5* “Avatar” Art Direction: Rick Carter and Robert Stromberg; Set Decoration: Kim Sinclair

Cinematography

1* “The Hurt Locker” Barry Ackroyd
2* “The White Ribbon” Christian Berger
3* “Avatar” Mauro Fiore
4* “Inglourious Basterds” Robert Richardson
5* “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince” Bruno Delbonnel

Costume Design

1* “The Young Victoria” Sandy Powell
2* “Coco before Chanel” Catherine Leterrier
3* “Nine” Colleen Atwood
4* “The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus” Monique Prudhomme
5* “Bright Star” Janet Patterson

Directing

1* “The Hurt Locker” Kathryn Bigelow
2* “Avatar” James Cameron
3* “Up in the Air” Jason Reitman
4* “Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire” Lee Daniels
5* “Inglourious Basterds” Quentin Tarantino

Documentary (Feature)

1* “The Cove” Louie Psihoyos and Fisher Stevens
2* “Food, Inc.” Robert Kenner and Elise Pearlstein
3* “Which Way Home” Rebecca Cammisa
4* “Burma VJ” Anders Østergaard and Lise Lense-Møller
5* “The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers” Judith Ehrlich and Rick Goldsmith

Documentary (Short Subject)

1* “Rabbit à la Berlin” Bartek Konopka and Anna Wydra
2* “China’s Unnatural Disaster: The Tears of Sichuan Province” Jon Alpert and Matthew O’Neill
3* “Music by Prudence” Roger Ross Williams and Elinor Burkett
4* “The Last Truck: Closing of a GM Plant” Steven Bognar and Julia Reichert
5* “The Last Campaign of Governor Booth Gardner” Daniel Junge and Henry Ansbacher

Film Editing

1* “The Hurt Locker” Bob Murawski and Chris Innis
2* “Avatar” Stephen Rivkin, John Refoua and James Cameron
3* “District 9” Julian Clarke
4* “Inglourious Basterds” Sally Menke
5* “Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire” Joe Klotz

Foreign Language Film

1* “The White Ribbon (Das Weisse Band)” Germany
2* “A Prophet (Un Prophète)” France
3* “Ajami” Israel
4* “The Milk of Sorrow (La Teta Asustada)” Peru
5* “The Secret in Their Eyes (El Secreto de Sus Ojos)” Argentina

Makeup

1* “Star Trek” Barney Burman, Mindy Hall and Joel Harlow
2* “The Young Victoria” Jon Henry Gordon and Jenny Shircore
3* “Il Divo” Aldo Signoretti and Vittorio Sodano

Music (Original Score)

1* “Up” Michael Giacchino
2* “Avatar” James Horner
3* “Sherlock Holmes” Hans Zimmer
4* “Fantastic Mr. Fox” Alexandre Desplat
5* “The Hurt Locker” Marco Beltrami and Buck Sanders

Music (Original Song)

1* “The Weary Kind (Theme from Crazy Heart)” from “Crazy Heart” Music and Lyric by Ryan Bingham and T Bone Burnett
2* “Almost There” from “The Princess and the Frog” Music and Lyric by Randy Newman
3* “Down in New Orleans” from “The Princess and the Frog” Music and Lyric by Randy Newman
4* “Loin de Paname” from “Paris 36” Music by Reinhardt Wagner Lyric by Frank Thomas
5* “Take It All” from “Nine” Music and Lyric by Maury Yeston

Best Picture

1* “Avatar” James Cameron and Jon Landau, Producers
2* “The Hurt Locker” Kathryn Bigelow, Mark Boal, Nicolas Chartier and Greg Shapiro, Producers
3* “Up” Jonas Rivera, Producer
4* “Up in the Air” Daniel Dubiecki, Ivan Reitman and Jason Reitman, Producers
5* “Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire” Lee Daniels, Sarah Siegel-Magness and Gary Magness, Producers
6* “The Blind Side” Gil Netter, Andrew A. Kosove and Broderick Johnson, Producers
7* “Inglourious Basterds” Lawrence Bender, Producer
8* “An Education” Finola Dwyer and Amanda Posey, Producers
9* “A Serious Man” Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, Producers
10* “District 9” Peter Jackson and Carolynne Cunningham, Producers

Short Film (Animated)

1* “Granny O’Grimm’s Sleeping Beauty” Nicky Phelan and Darragh O’Connell
2* “Logorama” Nicolas Schmerkin
3* “A Matter of Loaf and Death” Nick Park
4* “The Lady and the Reaper (La Dama y la Muerte)” Javier Recio Gracia
5* “French Roast” Fabrice O. Joubert

Short Film (Live Action)

1* “Miracle Fish” Luke Doolan and Drew Bailey
2* “The Door” Juanita Wilson and James Flynn
3* “The New Tenants” Joachim Back and Tivi Magnusson
4* “Kavi” Gregg Helvey
5* “Instead of Abracadabra” Patrik Eklund and Mathias Fjellström

Sound Editing

1* “The Hurt Locker” Paul N.J. Ottosson
2* “Avatar” Christopher Boyes and Gwendolyn Yates Whittle
3* “Star Trek” Mark Stoeckinger and Alan Rankin
4* “Up” Michael Silvers and Tom Myers
5* “Inglourious Basterds” Wylie Stateman

Sound Mixing

1* “The Hurt Locker” Paul N.J. Ottosson and Ray Beckett
2* “Avatar” Christopher Boyes, Gary Summers, Andy Nelson and Tony Johnson
3* “Inglourious Basterds” Michael Minkler, Tony Lamberti and Mark Ulano
4* “Star Trek” Anna Behlmer, Andy Nelson and Peter J. Devlin
5* “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen” Greg P. Russell, Gary Summers and Geoffrey Patterson

Visual Effects

1* “Avatar” Joe Letteri, Stephen Rosenbaum, Richard Baneham and Andrew R. Jones
2* “Star Trek” Roger Guyett, Russell Earl, Paul Kavanagh and Burt Dalton
3* “District 9” Dan Kaufman, Peter Muyzers, Robert Habros and Matt Aitken

Writing (Adapted Screenplay)

1* “Up in the Air” Screenplay by Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner
2* “District 9” Written by Neill Blomkamp and Terri Tatchell
3* “An Education” Screenplay by Nick Hornby
4* “In the Loop” Screenplay by Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci, Tony Roche
5* “Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire” Screenplay by Geoffrey Fletcher

Writing (Original Screenplay)

1* “Inglourious Basterds” Written by Quentin Tarantino
2* “The Hurt Locker” Written by Mark Boal
3* “The Messenger” Written by Alessandro Camon & Oren Moverman
4* “Up” Screenplay by Bob Peterson, Pete Docter, Story by Pete Docter, Bob Peterson, Tom McCarthy
5* “A Serious Man” Written by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen