2011 Oscars 83rd Academy Awards |
Noteworthy Moments:
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2011 Oscar Nominees and Winners |
| Best Picture: The King’s Speech – Iain Canning, Emile Sherman and Gareth Unwin, producers (WINNER) 127 Hours – Christian Colson, Danny Boyle and John Smithson, producers Black Swan – Mike Medavoy, Brian Oliver and Scott Franklin, producers The Fighter – David Hoberman, Todd Lieberman and Mark Wahlberg, producers Inception – Emma Thomas and Christopher Nolan, producers The Kids Are All Right – Gary Gilbert, Jeffrey Levy-Hinte and Celine Rattray, producers The Social Network – Scott Rudin, Dana Brunetti, Michael De Luca and Ceán Chaffin, producers Toy Story 3 – Darla K. Anderson, producer True Grit – Scott Rudin, Ethan Coen and Joel Coen, producers Winter’s Bone – Anne Rosellini and Alix Madigan-Yorkin, producers |
| Best Director: Tom Hooper – The King’s Speech (WINNER) Darren Aronofsky – Black Swan David O. Russell – The Fighter David Fincher – The Social Network Joel Coen and Ethan Coen – True Grit |
| Best Actor: Colin Firth – The King’s Speech as King George VI (WINNER) Javier Bardem – Biutiful as Uxbal Jeff Bridges – True Grit as Deputy U.S. Marshal Rooster Cogburn Jesse Eisenberg – The Social Network as Mark Zuckerberg James Franco – 127 Hours as Aron Ralston |
| Best Actress: Natalie Portman – Black Swan as Nina Sayers (WINNER) Annette Bening – The Kids Are All Right as Dr. Nicole “Nic” Allgood Nicole Kidman – Rabbit Hole as Becca Corbett Jennifer Lawrence – Winter’s Bone as Ree Dolly Michelle Williams – Blue Valentine as Cynthia “Cindy” Heller |
| Best Supporting Actor: Christian Bale – The Fighter as Dicky Eklund (WINNER) John Hawkes – Winter’s Bone as Teardrop Dolly Jeremy Renner – The Town as James “Jem” Coughlin Mark Ruffalo – The Kids Are All Right as Paul Hatfield Geoffrey Rush – The King’s Speech as Lionel Logue |
| Best Supporting Actress: Melissa Leo – The Fighter as Alice Eklund-Ward (WINNER) Amy Adams – The Fighter as Charlene Fleming Helena Bonham Carter – The King’s Speech as Queen Elizabeth Hailee Steinfeld – True Grit as Mattalyn “Mattie” Ross Jacki Weaver – Animal Kingdom as Janine “Smurf” Cody |
| Best Original Screenplay: The King’s Speech – David Seidler (WINNER) Another Year – Mike Leigh The Fighter – Screenplay by Scott Silver, Paul Tamasy and Eric Johnson; Story by Keith Dorrington, Paul Tamasy and Eric Johnson Inception – Christopher Nolan The Kids Are All Right – Lisa Cholodenko and Stuart Blumberg |
| Best Adapted Screenplay: The Social Network – Aaron Sorkin based on the book The Accidental Billionaires by Ben Mezrich (WINNER) 127 Hours – Danny Boyle and Simon Beaufoy based on the book Between a Rock and a Hard Place by Aron Ralston Toy Story 3 – Screenplay by Michael Arndt; Story by John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton and Lee Unkrich based on the previous films Toy Story and Toy Story 2 True Grit – Joel Coen and Ethan Coen based on the novel by Charles Portis Winter’s Bone – Debra Granik and Anne Rosellini based on the novel by Daniel Woodrell |
| Best Animated Feature Film: Toy Story 3 – Directed by Lee Unkrich (WINNER) How to Train Your Dragon – Directed by Chris Sanders and Dean DeBlois The Illusionist – Directed by Sylvain Chomet |
| Best Foreign Language Film: In a Better World (Denmark) in Danish – Susanne Bier (WINNER) Biutiful (Mexico) in Spanish – Alejandro González Iñárritu Dogtooth (Greece) in Greek – Yorgos Lanthimos Incendies (Canada) in French – Denis Villeneuve Outside the Law (Algeria) in Arabic – Rachid Bouchareb |
| Best Documentary Feature: Inside Job – Charles H. Ferguson and Audrey Marrs (WINNER) Exit Through the Gift Shop – Banksy and Jaimie D’Cruz Gasland – Josh Fox and Trish Adlesic Restrepo – Tim Hetherington and Sebastian Junger Waste Land – Lucy Walker and Angus Aynsley |
| Best Documentary Short Subject: Strangers No More – Karen Goodman and Kirk Simon (WINNER) Killing in the Name – Jed Rothstein Poster Girl – Sara Nesson and Mitchell W. Block Sun Come Up – Jennifer Redfearn and Tim Metzger The Warriors of Qiugang – Ruby Yang and Thomas Lennon |
| Best Live Action Short Film: God of Love – Luke Matheny (WINNER) The Confession – Tanel Toom The Crush – Michael Creagh Na Wewe – Ivan Goldschmidt Wish 143 – Ian Barnes and Samantha Waite |
| Best Animated Short Film: The Lost Thing – Andrew Ruhemann and Shaun Tan (WINNER) Day & Night – Teddy Newton The Gruffalo – Max Lang and Jakob Schuh Let’s Pollute – Geefwee Boedoe Madagascar, a Journey Diary – Bastien Dubois |
| Best Original Score: The Social Network – Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross (WINNER) 127 Hours – A. R. Rahman How to Train Your Dragon – John Powell Inception – Hans Zimmer The King’s Speech – Alexandre Desplat |
| Best Original Song: “We Belong Together” from Toy Story 3 – Music and Lyrics by Randy Newman (WINNER) “Coming Home” from Country Strong – Music and Lyrics by Tom Douglas, Hillary Lindsey and Troy Verges “If I Rise” from 127 Hours – Music by A. R. Rahman; Lyrics by Rollo Armstrong and Dido “I See the Light” from Tangled – Music by Alan Menken; Lyrics by Glenn Slater |
| Best Sound Editing: Inception – Richard King (WINNER) Toy Story 3 – Tom Myers and Michael Silvers Tron: Legacy – Gwendolyn Yates Whittle and Addison Teague True Grit – Skip Lievsay and Craig Berkey Unstoppable – Mark Stoeckinger |
| Best Sound Mixing: Inception – Lora Hirschberg, Gary Rizzo and Ed Novick (WINNER) The King’s Speech – Paul Hamblin, Martin Jensen and John Midgley Salt – Jeffrey J. Haboush, Greg P. Russell, Scott Millan and William Sarokin The Social Network – Ren Klyce, David Parker, Michael Semanick and Mark Weingarten True Grit – Skip Lievsay, Craig Berkey, Greg Orloff and Peter Kurland |
| Best Art Direction: Alice in Wonderland – Art Direction: Robert Stromberg; Set Decoration: Karen O’Hara (WINNER) Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 – Art Direction: Stuart Craig; Set Decoration: Stephenie McMillan Inception – Art Direction: Guy Hendrix Dyas; Set Decoration: Larry Dias and Doug Mowat The King’s Speech – Art Direction: Eve Stewart; Set Decoration: Judy Farr True Grit – Art Direction: Jess Gonchor; Set Decoration: Nancy Haigh |
| Best Cinematography: Inception – Wally Pfister (WINNER) Black Swan – Matthew Libatique The King’s Speech – Danny Cohen The Social Network – Jeff Cronenweth True Grit – Roger Deakins |
| Best Makeup: The Wolfman – Rick Baker and Dave Elsey (WINNER) Barney’s Version – Adrien Morot The Way Back – Edouard F. Henriques, Gregory Funk and Yolanda Toussieng |
| Best Costume Design: Alice in Wonderland – Colleen Atwood (WINNER) I Am Love – Antonella Cannarozzi The King’s Speech – Jenny Beavan The Tempest – Sandy Powell True Grit – Mary Zophres |
| Best Film Editing: The Social Network – Angus Wall and Kirk Baxter (WINNER) 127 Hours – Jon Harris Black Swan – Andrew Weisblum The Fighter – Pamela Martin The King’s Speech – Tariq Anwar |
| Best Visual Effects: Inception – Paul Franklin, Chris Corbould, Andrew Lockley and Peter Bebb (WINNER) Alice in Wonderland – Ken Ralston, David Schaub, Carey Villegas and Sean Phillips Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 – Tim Burke, John Richardson, Christian Manz and Nicolas Aithadi Hereafter – Michael Owens, Bryan Grill, Stephan Trojanski and Joe Farrell Iron Man 2 – Janek Sirrs, Ben Snow, Ged Wright and Dan Sudick |
| Academy Honorary Awards: Kevin Brownlow Jean-Luc Godard Eli Wallach |
| Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award: Francis Ford Coppola |
