We Run Down the Oscar Histories of Names in Major Craft Categories
Scroll down for a complete list of this year’s Oscar nominees.
Other major titles this year are The Fighter, with seven nods, 127 Hours, with six, and Black Swan and Toy Story 3 tied with five each. That’s a great result for Toy Story 3, which is that rare film to be nominated for both animated feature and overall film, but just slightly disappointing in terms of numbers for Black Swan, which earned its slot in five major categories but no more.
None of the nominees for Best Cinematography has won an Oscar before, though two of them are multiple Oscar nominees – Wally Pfister, cited for Inception, has three Oscar nominations under his belt (for The Dark Knight, The Prestige, and Batman Begins) with no wins, and Roger Deakins, ASC, BSC, sports no fewer than eight Oscar nominations without a single win. (That includes that time in 2008 when Deakins was nominated for two different films, No Country for Old Men and The Assasssination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, in the same year!)
Cinematographer Danny Cohen, BSC (The King’s Speech), is a newcomer to the Academy Awards, though he’s been nominated for an Emmy (shared with Tak Fujimoto) for HBO’s John Adams miniseries as well as two BAFTA TV awards. Matthew Libatique is likewise an Oscar neophyte, though his previous work with Aronofsky has been cited by multiple awards committees, and he actually took home the Independent Spirit Award in 2001 for Requiem for a Dream. And Jeff Cronenweth is a first-time Oscar nominee without much of an awards history.
Of the five film-editing nominees, three are Oscar newbies. Editors Andrew Weisblum (Black Swan), Pamela Martin (The Fighter), and Jon Harris are all first-time Oscar nominees; Weisblum and Martin have both been nominated for Eddies by the American Cinema Editors in previous years. Tariq Anwar shared an Oscar nomination with Christopher Greenbury for American Beauty in 2000, and Angus Wall and Kirk Baxter were both Oscar-nominated in 2009 for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.
The VFX line-up is full of veterans. Ken Ralston, cited here for Alice in Wonderland, has six Oscar nominations under his belt, not including a special achievement award he shared with Richard Edlund, Dennis Muren, and Phil Tippett for Return of the Jedi. He also won Oscars for Forrest Gump, Death Becomes Her, Who Framed Roger Rabbitt, and Cocoon. Ralston shares the nomination with first-timers David Schaub, Carey Villegas, and Sean Phillips.
Tim Burke, nominated this year for the latest Harry Potter movie, won one Oscar in 2001 for Gladiator and was nominated for another in 2005 for Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. His co-nominee John Richardson was an Oscar-winner for Aliens back in 1987, and was nominated for Cliffhanger, Starship Troopers, and Azkaban. Christian Manz is an Oscar rookie, though he is a two-time VES Award winner and Emmy nominee as a compositor, and Nicolas Aithadi has VES and BAFTA award nominations on his resume.
Michael Owens, nominated for Hereafter, has two VES Awards and one BAFTA Film Award on his mantle already. He shares the nomination this year with Bryan Grill (also a VES Award winner, for Flags of Our Fathers), Technical Achievement Oscar-winner Stephan Trojansky, who was cited in 2008 as one of the developers of the Flowline fluid-effects system, and Joe Farrell, whose first Oscar nom this is.
Paul Franklin and Chris Corbould, cited this year for Inception, were both previously nominated for The Dark Knight. Corbould is a two-time VES Award winner, and colleagues Andrew Lockley and Peter Bebb both won a single VES Award for The Dark Knight.
Janek Sirrs, nominated for Iron Man 2, won an Oscar in 2000 for The Matrix. Ben Snow is a three-time Oscar nominee for Iron Man, Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones, and Pearl Harbor, while Daniel Sudick also saw three Academy nominations, for Iron Man, War of the Worlds, and Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World. Of that team, Ged Wright is the sole Oscar newcomer.
Some years, the sound-mixing category is virtually a mirror image of the titles cited in the sound-editing category. That’s not the case this year, as different films were recognized for their team’s contributions in the different craft categories. In sound editing, Richard King’s work on Inception brought him his fourth Oscar nomination; his Academy history includes wins for The Dark Knight and Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World plus a nomination for War of the Worlds.
Tom Meyers and Michael Silvers, nominated this year for Toy Story 3, previously shared a nomination for their work on Up. Meyers was nominated for another sound Oscar for Wall•E, an honor he shared with Michael Semanick (nominated this year for sound mixing on The Social Network) and Ben Burtt. Silvers won an Oscar for sound-editing on The Incredibles, with Randy Thom, and has been nominated four more times for his work on Pixar movies. Gwendolyn Yates Whittle, cited for TRON: Legacy, first showed up on Oscar’s sonar last year, when she shared an Oscar nomination for Avatar with Christopher Boyes. Her co-nominee, Addison Teague, is a first-timer. Skip Lievsay and Craig Berkey, nominated here for True Grit, were previously nominated for sound (mixing) in No Country for Old Men. Lievsay was also cited that year for sound-editing on the same film. Finally, Mark P. Stoeckinger, recognized this year for the thrill ride that was Unstoppable, was previously nominated for the recent reboot of Star Trek and Face/Off.
In the sound mixing category, Inception’s Lora Hirschberg, Gary Rizzo, and Ed Novick were previously nominated for The Dark Knight. Rizzo shared a nomination with Randy Thom and Doc Kane for The Incredibles, and Novick shared one with Kevin O’Connell and Greg P. Russell on Spider-Man. Paul Hamblin is a first-time Oscar nominee for The King’s Speech. His colleague Martin Jensen is an Emmy-winner for HBO’s Generation Kill, and John Midgely scored an Oscar nomination for his work on Star Wars: Episode 1 – The Phantom Menace with Gary Rydstrom, Tom Johnson, and Shawn Murphy.
Jeffrey J. Haboush, nominated this year for Salt, is a previous nominee for Spider-Man 2, an honor he shared with Greg P. Russell, also cited for Salt. In fact, this will be the 13th Oscar nomination for Russell, who has yet to take one of the little gold guys home. (Sound re-recording mixer Revin O’Connell, not nominated this year, would say that’s nothing – according to Wikipedia, his 20 nominations make him the record-holder for Oscar noms with no wins.) This is the first Oscar nomination for Salt’s William Sarokin, but Scott Millan has done this before. This will be his eighth Oscar nomination, and he has won four times – for The Bourne Ultimatum, Ray, Gladiator, and Apollo 13.
The Social Network team of Ren Klyce, David Parker, Michael Semanick, and Mark Weingarten was previously nominated for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. Before that, Klyce was nominated for Fight Club. This is Parker’s sixth nomination, and he shared that Oscar win for The Bourne Ultimatum mentioned above with Salt‘s Millan. Semanick has been nominated seven times, now, including wins for King Kong and The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King. Weingarten has no other Oscar history, but he’s an Emmy-winner for The West Wing.
The True Grit team of Lievsay and Berkey is back in the saddle here, where they are joined by Greg Orloff and Peter F. Kurland. This reunites the full team that was nominated in the same category for No Country for Old Men. Orloff was also with Millan, mentioned above for Salt, on the team that won the sound-mixing Oscar for Ray Charles biopic Ray. Kurland’s other Oscar nomination was for Johnny Cash biopic Walk the Line.
A complete list of nominees follows. The awards will actually be handed out on Sunday, February 27.
Best motion picture of the year
Black Swan (Fox Searchlight) A Protozoa and Phoenix Pictures Production
Mike Medavoy, Brian Oliver and Scott Franklin, Producers
The Fighter (Paramount) A Relativity Media Production
David Hoberman, Todd Lieberman and Mark Wahlberg, Producers
Inception (Warner Bros.) A Warner Bros. UK Services Production
Emma Thomas and Christopher Nolan, Producers)
The Kids Are All Right (Focus Features) An Antidote Films, Mandalay Vision and Gilbert Films Production
Gary Gilbert, Jeffrey Levy-Hinte and Celine Rattray, Producers
The King’s Speech (The Weinstein Company) A See-Saw Films and Bedlam Production
Iain Canning, Emile Sherman and Gareth Unwin, Producers
127 Hours (Fox Searchlight) An Hours Production
Christian Colson, Danny Boyle and John Smithson, Producers
The Social Network (Sony Pictures Releasing) A Columbia Pictures Production
Scott Rudin, Dana Brunetti, Michael De Luca and Ceà¡n Chaffin, Producers
Toy Story 3 (Walt Disney) A Pixar Production
Darla K. Anderson, Producer
True Grit (Paramount) A Paramount Pictures Production
Scott Rudin, Ethan Coen and Joel Coen, Producers
Winter’s Bone (Roadside Attractions) A Winter’s Bone Production
Anne Rosellini and Alix Madigan-Yorkin, Producers
Performance by an actor in a leading role
Javier Bardem in “Biutiful” (Roadside Attractions)
Jeff Bridges in “True Grit” (Paramount)
Jesse Eisenberg in “The Social Network” (Sony Pictures Releasing)
James Franco in “127 Hours” (Fox Searchlight)
Performance by an actor in a supporting role
Christian Bale in “The Fighter” (Paramount)
John Hawkes in “Winter’s Bone” (Roadside Attractions)
Jeremy Renner in “The Town” (Warner Bros.)
Mark Ruffalo in “The Kids Are All Right” (Focus Features)
Geoffrey Rush in “The King’s Speech” (The Weinstein Company)
Performance by an actress in a leading role
Annette Bening in “The Kids Are All Right” (Focus Features)
Nicole Kidman in “Rabbit Hole” (Lionsgate)
Jennifer Lawrence in “Winter’s Bone” (Roadside Attractions)
Natalie Portman in “Black Swan” (Fox Searchlight)
Michelle Williams in “Blue Valentine” (The Weinstein Company)
Performance by an actress in a supporting role
Amy Adams in “The Fighter” (Paramount)
Helena Bonham Carter in “The King’s Speech” (The Weinstein Company)
Melissa Leo in “The Fighter” (Paramount)
Hailee Steinfeld in “True Grit” (Paramount)
Jacki Weaver in “Animal Kingdom” (Sony Pictures Classics)
Best animated feature film of the year
How to Train Your Dragon (Paramount) Chris Sanders and Dean DeBlois
The Illusionist (Sony Pictures Classics) Sylvain Chomet
Toy Story 3 (Walt Disney) Lee Unkrich
Art Direction
Alice in Wonderland (Walt Disney), Robert Stromberg (Production Design), Karen O’Hara (Set Decoration)
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1 (Warner Bros.), Stuart Craig (Production Design), Stephenie McMillan (Set Decoration)
Inception (Warner Bros.), Guy Hendrix Dyas (Production Design), Larry Dias and Doug Mowat (Set Decoration)/span>
The King’s Speech (Paramount), Eve Stewart (Production Design), Judy Farr (Set Decoration)
True Grit (Paramount), Jess Gonchor (Production Design), Nancy Haigh (Set Decoration)
Achievement in Cinematography
Black Swan (Fox Searchlight) Matthew Libatique
Inception (Warner Bros.) Wally Pfister
The King’s Speech (The Weinstein Company) Danny Cohen
The Social Network (Sony Pictures Releasing) Jeff Cronenweth
True Grit (Paramount) Roger Deakins
Achievement in costume design
Alice in Wonderland (Walt Disney) Colleen Atwood
I Am Love (Magnolia Pictures) Antonella Cannarozzi
The King’s Speech (The Weinstein Company) Jenny Beavan
The Tempest (Miramax) Sandy Powell
True Grit (Paramount) Mary Zophres
Achievement in directing
Black Swan (Fox Searchlight), Darren Aronofsky
The Fighter (Paramount), David O. Russell
The King’s Speech (The Weinstein Company), Tom Hooper
The Social Network (Sony Pictures Releasing), David Fincher
True Grit (Paramount), Joel Coen and Ethan Coen
Best Documentary Feature
Exit through the Gift Shop (Producers Distribution Agency) Banksy and Jaimie D’Cruz A Paranoid Pictures Production
Gasland Josh Fox and Trish Adlesic A Gasland Production
Inside Job (Sony Pictures Classics) Charles Ferguson and Audrey Marrs A Representational Pictures Production
Restrepo (National Geographic Entertainment) Tim Hetherington and Sebastian Junger An Outpost Films Production
Waste Land Lucy Walker and Angus Aynsley (Arthouse Films) An Almega Projects Production
Best documentary short subject
Killing in the Name Nominees to be determined A Moxie Firecracker Films Production
Poster Girl Nominees to be determined A Portrayal Films Production
Strangers No More Karen Goodman and Kirk Simon A Simon & Goodman Picture Company Production
Sun Come Up Jennifer Redfearn and Tim Metzger A Sun Come Up Production
The Warriors of Qiugang Ruby Yang and Thomas Lennon A Thomas Lennon Films Production
Achievement in film editing
Black Swan (Fox Searchlight) Andrew Weisblum
The Fighter (Paramount) Pamela Martin
The King’s Speech (The Weinstein Company) Tariq Anwar
127 Hours (Fox Searchlight) Jon Harris
The Social Network (Sony Pictures Releasing) Angus Wall and Kirk Baxter
Best foreign language film of the year
Biutiful Mexico
Dogtooth Greece
In a Better World Denmark
Incendies Canada
Outside the Law (Hors-la-loi) Algeria
Achievement in makeup
Barney’s Version (Sony Pictures Classics) Adrien Morot
The Way Back (Newmarket Films in association with Wrekin Hill Entertainment and Image Entertainment) Edouard F. Henriques, Gregory Funk and Yolanda Toussieng
The Wolfman (Universal) Rick Baker and Dave Elsey
Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original score)
How to Train Your Dragon (Paramount) John Powell
Inception (Warner Bros.) Hans Zimmer
The King’s Speech (The Weinstein Company) Alexandre Desplat
127 Hours (Fox Searchlight) A.R. Rahman
The Social Network (Sony Pictures Releasing) Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross
Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original song)
Coming Home from Country Strong (Sony Pictures Releasing (Screen Gems)) Music and Lyric by Tom Douglas, Troy Verges and Hillary Lindsey
I See the Light from Tangled (Walt Disney) Music by Alan Menken Lyric by Glenn Slater
If I Rise from 127 Hours (Fox Searchlight) Music by A.R. Rahman Lyric by Dido and Rollo Armstrong
We Belong Together from Toy Story 3 (Walt Disney) Music and Lyric by Randy Newman
Best animated short film
Day & Night (Walt Disney) A Pixar Animation Studios Production Teddy Newton
The Gruffalo A Magic Light Pictures Production Jakob Schuh and Max Lang
Let’s Pollute A Geefwee Boedoe Production Geefwee Boedoe
The Lost Thing (Nick Batzias for Madman Entertainment) A Passion Pictures Australia Production Shaun Tan and Andrew Ruhemann
Madagascar, carnet de voyage (Madagascar, a Journey Diary) A Sacrebleu Production Bastien Dubois
Best live action short film
The Confession (National Film and Television School) A National Film and Television School Production Tanel Toom
The Crush (Network Ireland Television) A Purdy Pictures Production Michael Creagh
God of Love A Luke Matheny Production Luke Matheny
Na Wewe (Premium Films) A CUT! Production Ivan Goldschmidt
Wish 143 A Swing and Shift Films/Union Pictures Production Ian Barnes and Samantha Waite
Achievement in sound editing
Inception (Warner Bros.) Richard King
Toy Story 3 (Walt Disney) Tom Myers and Michael Silvers
Tron: Legacy (Walt Disney) Gwendolyn Yates Whittle and Addison Teague
True Grit (Paramount) Skip Lievsay and Craig Berkey
Unstoppable (20th Century Fox) Mark P. Stoeckinger
Achievement in sound mixing
Inception (Warner Bros.) Lora Hirschberg, Gary A. Rizzo and Ed Novick
The King’s Speech (The Weinstein Company) Paul Hamblin, Martin Jensen and John Midgley
Salt (Sony Pictures Releasing) Jeffrey J. Haboush, Greg P. Russell, Scott Millan and William Sarokin
The Social Network (Sony Pictures Releasing) Ren Klyce, David Parker, Michael Semanick and Mark Weingarten
True Grit (Paramount) Skip Lievsay, Craig Berkey, Greg Orloff and Peter F. Kurland
Achievement in visual effects
Alice in Wonderland (Walt Disney) Ken Ralston, David Schaub, Carey Villegas and Sean Phillips
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1 (Warner Bros.) Tim Burke, John Richardson, Christian Manz and Nicolas Aithadi
Hereafter (Warner Bros.) Michael Owens, Bryan Grill, Stephan Trojanski and Joe Farrell
Inception (Warner Bros.) Paul Franklin, Chris Corbould, Andrew Lockley and Peter Bebb
Iron Man 2 (Paramount and Marvel Entertainment, Distributed by Paramount) Janek Sirrs, Ben Snow, Ged Wright and Daniel Sudick
Adapted screenplay
127 Hours (Fox Searchlight), Screenplay by Danny Boyle & Simon Beaufoy
The Social Network (Sony Pictures Releasing), Screenplay by Aaron Sorkin
Toy Story 3 (Walt Disney), Screenplay by Michael Arndt. Story by John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton and Lee Unkrich
True Grit (Paramount), Written for the screen by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen
Winter’s Bone (Roadside Attractions), Adapted for the screen by Debra Granik & Anne Rosellini
Original screenplay
Another Year (Sony Pictures Classics), Written by Mike Leigh
The Fighter (Paramount), Screenplay by Scott Silver and Paul Tamasy & Eric Johnson. Story by Keith Dorrington & Paul Tamasy & Eric Johnson
Inception (Warner Bros.), Written by Christopher Nolan
The Kids Are All Right (Focus Features), Written by Lisa Cholodenko & Stuart Blumberg
The King’s Speech (The Weinstein Company), Screenplay by David Seidler
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