Best Motion Picture

• (500) Days of Summer – Mason Novick, Jessica Tuchinsky, Mark Waters, Steven J. Wolfe
• Avatar – Jon Landau, James Cameron
• District 9 – Carolynne Cunningham, Peter Jackson
• The Hurt Locker – Kathryn Bigelow, Mark Boal, Nicolas Chartier, Greg Shapiro – RUNNER UP
• Inglourious Basterds – Lawrence Bender – WINNER
• Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire – Lee Daniels, Greg Magness, Sarah Seigel-Magness
• Star Trek – JJ Abrams, Damon Lindelof
• Up – Jonas Rivera
• Up in the Air – Jeffrey Clifford, Daniel Dubiecki, Ivan Reitman, Jason Reitman
• Where the Wild Things Are – John B. Carls, Gary Goetzman, Tom Hanks, Vincent Landay, Maurice Sendak

Best Achievement in Directing

• Kathryn Bigelow - The Hurt Locker – WINNER
• Neill Blomkamp - District 9
• James Cameron - Avatar
• Jason Reitman - Up in the Air
• Quentin Tarantino - Inglourious Basterds – RUNNER UP

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role

• Jeff Bridges - Crazy Heart – WINNER
• George Clooney - Up in the Air
• Colin Firth - A Single Man – RUNNER UP
• Joseph Gordon-Levitt - (500) Days of Summer
• Jeremy Renner - The Hurt Locker

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role

• Sandra Bullock - The Blind Side
• Melanie Laurent - Inglourious Basterds
• Carey Mulligan - An Education – RUNNER UP
• Gabourey Sidibe - Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire
• Meryl Streep - Julie & Julia – WINNER

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role

• Woody Harrelson - The Messenger
• Anthony Mackie - The Hurt Locker
• Alfred Molina - An Education
• Stanley Tucci - The Lovely Bones – RUNNER UP
• Christoph Waltz - Inglourious Basterds – WINNER

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role

• Vera Farmiga - Up in the Air
• Anna Kendrick - Up in the Air
• Diane Kruger - Inglourious Basterds
• Mo’Nique - Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire – WINNER
• Julianne Moore - A Single Man – RUNNER UP 

Best Original Screenplay

• Scott Neustadler & Michael H. Weber – (500) Days of Summer – RUNNER UP
• Mark Boal - The Hurt Locker
• Quentin Tarantino - Inglourious Basterds – WINNER
• Joel Coen & Ethan Coen - A Serious Man
• Pete Docter & Bob Petersen - Up

Best Adapted Screenplay

• Neill Blomkamp & Terri Tatchell - District 9 – RUNNER UP
• Nick Hornby - An Education
• Geoffrey Fletcher - Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire
• Jason Reitman & Sheldon Turner - Up in the Air – WINNER
• Spike Jonze & Dave Eggers - Where the Wild Things Are

Best Performance by a Cast Ensemble

• An Education - Carey Mulligan, Peter Sarsgaard, Alfred Molina, Rosamund Pike, Emma Thompson, Cara Seymour, Dominic Cooper, Olivia Williams
  
• The Hangover - Bradley Cooper, Ed Helms, Zach Galifianakis, Justin Bartha, Heather Graham, Ken Jeong, Mike Tyson
• The Hurt Locker - Jeremy Renner, Anthony Mackie, Brian Geraghty, Ralph Fiennes, David Morse, Guy Pearce, Evangeline Lilly
• Inglourious Basterds – Brad Pitt, Christoph Waltz, Melanie Laurent, Diane Kruger, BJ Novak, Mike Myers, Michael Fassbender, Daniel Bruhl, Til Sweiger, Gedeon Burkhard, Denis Menochet – WINNER
• Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire - Gabourey Sidibe, Mo’Nique, Mariah Carey, Paula Patton, Lenny Kravitz, Sherri Shepard, Stephanie Andujar, Chyna Layne, Amina Robinson, Xosha Roquemore
• Up in the Air - George Clooney, Vera Farmiga, Anna Kendrick, Jason Bateman, Melanie Lynskey, Amy Morton, J.K. Simmons, Zach Galifanakis, Danny McBride, Sam Elliott – RUNNER UP

Best Achievement in Cinematography

• Mauro Fiore - Avatar – WINNER
• Barry Ackroyd - The Hurt Locker – RUNNER UP
• Robert Richardson - Inglourious Basterds
• Dion Beebe - Nine
• Lance Acord - Where the Wild Things Are

Best Original Score

• James Horner - Avatar
• Ennio Morricone - Inglourious Basterds – RUNNER UP
• Abel Korzeniowski - A Single Man
• Michael Giacchino - Up – WINNER
• Carter Burwell & Karen O. - Where the Wild Things Are

Best Achievement in Film Editing

• Alan Edward Bell - (500) Days of Summer
• James Cameron, John Refoua, Stephen Rivkin - Avatar – RUNNER UP
• Julian Clarke – District 9
• Chris Ennis & Bob Murawski - The Hurt Locker – WINNER
• Sally Menke - Inglourious Basterds
• Dana E. Glauberman – Up in the Air

Best Achievement in Visual Effects

• Avatar – WINNER
• District 9 – RUNNER UP
• Harry Potter & the Half-Blood Prince
• Star Trek
• Where the Wild Things Are

Best Animated Feature

• Coraline
• Fantastic Mr. Fox – RUNNER UP
• Ponyo
• The Princess & the Frog
• Up – WINNER

Best Foreign Language Film

• Broken Embraces – RUNNER UP
• A Prophet
• Red Cliff
• Sin Nombre
• The White Ribbon – WINNER

Best Documentary Feature

• Anvil! The Story of Anvil
• Capitalism: A Love Story – RUNNER UP
• The Cove – WINNER
• Food Inc.
• This Is It

HONORABLE MENTIONS

• An Education
• Fantastic Mr. Fox
• The Hangover
• Invictus
• The Lovely Bones
• Moon
• Nine
• The Road
• A Serious Man
• A Single Man

Written by: Clayton Davis

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