2009 (82nd Annual Awards)
Nominations by Film

Listed below are the films nominated for Academy Awards in 2009. Beneath each film are the categories for which the film was nominated. The symbol appears next to those categories it ultimately won. Click on the name of a film, person or song in the list to display more information about that film, person or song. Or, click on a year in the column on the right to display the nominations by film for that year.

Ajami, Inosan Production; Kino International. (Germany, Israel) Israel.

Foreign Language Film.

Avatar, Lightstorm Entertainment Production; 20th Century Fox. (UK, USA)

Best Picture. James Cameron and Jon Landau, Producers.

Directing. James Cameron.

Art Direction-Set Decoration. Art direction by Rick Carter and Robert Stromberg; set decoration by Kim Sinclair.

Cinematography. Mauro Fiore.

Film Editing. Stephen Rivkin, John Refoua and James Cameron.

Music (Original Score). James Horner.

Sound Editing. Christopher Boyes and Gwendolyn Yates Whittle.

Sound Mixing. Christopher Boyes, Gary Summers, Andy Nelson and Tony Johnson.

Visual Effects. Joe Letteri, Stephen Rosenbaum, Richard Baneham and Andrew R. Jones.

The Blind Side, Alcon Entertainment Production; Warner Bros.

Best Picture. Gil Netter, Andrew A. Kosove and Broderick Johnson, Producers.

Actress in a Leading Role. Sandra Bullock.

Bright Star, Jan Chapman/Bright Star Films Production; Apparition. (UK, Australia, France)

Costume Design. Janet Patterson.

Burma VJ, Magic Hour Films Production; Oscilloscope Laboratories. (Denmark, Sweden, Norway, UK, USA, Germany, Netherlands, Israel, Spain, Belgium, Canada)

Documentary (Feature). Anders Østergaard and Lise Lense-Møller.

China’s Unnatural Disaster: The Tears of Sichuan Province, Downtown Community Television Center Production.

Documentary (Short Subject). Jon Alpert and Matthew O’Neill.

Coco Before Chanel, Haut et Court Production; Sony Pictures Classics. (France, Belgium)

Costume Design. Catherine Leterrier.

Coraline, LAIKA Production; Focus Features.

Animated Feature Film. Henry Selick.

The Cove, Oceanic Preservation Society Production; Roadside Attractions.

Documentary (Feature). Louie Psihoyos and Fisher Stevens.

Crazy Heart, Informant Media/Butcher’s Run Films Production; Fox Searchlight.

Actor in a Leading Role. Jeff Bridges.

Actress in a Supporting Role. Maggie Gyllenhaal.

Music (Original Song). “The Weary Kind (Theme from Crazy Heart)”. Music and lyric by Ryan Bingham and T Bone Burnett.

District 9, Block/Hanson Production; Sony Pictures Releasing. (South Africa, USA, New Zealand, Canada)

Best Picture. Peter Jackson and Carolynne Cunningham, Producers.

Film Editing. Julian Clarke.

Visual Effects. Dan Kaufman, Peter Muyzers, Robert Habros and Matt Aitken.

Writing (Adapted Screenplay). Written by Neill Blomkamp and Terri Tatchell.

The Door, Octagon Films Production; Network Ireland Television. (Ireland)

Short Films (Live Action). Juanita Wilson and James Flynn.

An Education, Finola Dwyer/Wildgaze Films Production; Sony Pictures Classics. (UK, USA)

Best Picture. Finola Dwyer and Amanda Posey, Producers.

Actress in a Leading Role. Carey Mulligan.

Writing (Adapted Screenplay). Screenplay by Nick Hornby.

Fantastic Mr. Fox, American Empirical Production; 20th Century Fox.

Animated Feature Film. Wes Anderson.

Music (Original Score). Alexandre Desplat.

Food, Inc., Robert Kenner Films Production; Magnolia Pictures.

Documentary (Feature). Robert Kenner and Elise Pearlstein.

French Roast, Pumpkin Factory/Bibo Films Production. (France)

Short Films (Animated). Fabrice O. Joubert.

Granny O’Grimm’s Sleeping Beauty, Brown Bag Films Production; Brown Bag Films. (Ireland)

Short Films (Animated). Nicky Phelan and Darragh O’Connell.

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Warner Bros. Production; Warner Bros. (UK, USA)

Cinematography. Bruno Delbonnel.

The Hurt Locker, Voltage Pictures Production; Summit Entertainment.

Best Picture. Kathryn Bigelow, Mark Boal, Nicolas Chartier and Greg Shapiro, Producers.

Actor in a Leading Role. Jeremy Renner.

Directing. Kathryn Bigelow.

Cinematography. Barry Ackroyd.

Film Editing. Bob Murawski and Chris Innis.

Music (Original Score). Marco Beltrami and Buck Sanders.

Sound Editing. Paul N. J. Ottosson.

Sound Mixing. Paul N. J. Ottosson and Ray Beckett.

Writing (Original Screenplay). Written by Mark Boal.

Il divo, Indigo Film/Lucky Red/Parco Film/Babe Films Production; MPI Media Group through Music Box. (Italy, France)

Makeup. Aldo Signoretti and Vittorio Sodano.

The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, Poo Poo Pictures Production; Sony Pictures Classics. (UK, France, Canada)

Art Direction-Set Decoration. Art direction by Dave Warren and Anastasia Masaro; set decoration by Caroline Smith.

Costume Design. Monique Prudhomme.

In the Loop, Loop Film/BBC Films and UK Film Council in association with Aramid Entertainment Production; IFC Films. (UK)

Writing (Adapted Screenplay). Screenplay by Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci, Tony Roche.

Inglourious Basterds, Weinstein Company/Universal Pictures/A Band Apart/Zehnte Babelsberg Production; The Weinstein Company/Universal Pictures. (Germany, USA)

Best Picture. Lawrence Bender, Producer.

Actor in a Supporting Role. Christoph Waltz.

Directing. Quentin Tarantino.

Cinematography. Robert Richardson.

Film Editing. Sally Menke.

Sound Editing. Wylie Stateman.

Sound Mixing. Michael Minkler, Tony Lamberti and Mark Ulano.

Writing (Original Screenplay). Written by Quentin Tarantino.

Instead of Abracadabra, Directörn & Fabrikörn Production; The Swedish Film Institute. (Sweden)

Short Films (Live Action). Patrik Eklund and Mathias Fjellström.

Invictus, Liberty Pictures Production; Warner Bros.

Actor in a Leading Role. Morgan Freeman.

Actor in a Supporting Role. Matt Damon.

Julie & Julia, Columbia Pictures Production; Sony Pictures Releasing.

Actress in a Leading Role. Meryl Streep.

Kavi, Greg Helvey Production. (USA, India)

Short Films (Live Action). Gregg Helvey.

The Lady and the Reaper (La Dama y la Muerte), Kandor Graphics and Green Moon Production. (Spain)

Short Films (Animated). Javier Recio Gracia.

The Last Campaign of Governor Booth Gardner, Just Media Production.

Documentary (Short Subject). Daniel Junge and Henry Ansbacher.

The Last Station, Egoli Tossell Film/Zephyr Films Production; Sony Pictures Classics. (UK, Germany, Russia)

Actress in a Leading Role. Helen Mirren.

Actor in a Supporting Role. Christopher Plummer.

The Last Truck: Closing of a GM Plant, Community Media Production.

Documentary (Short Subject). Steven Bognar and Julia Reichert.

Logorama, Autour de Minuit Production; Autour de Minuit. (France)

Short Films (Animated). Nicolas Schmerkin.

The Lovely Bones, Wingnut Films Production; DreamWorks in association with Film4, distributed by Paramount. (USA, UK, New Zealand)

Actor in a Supporting Role. Stanley Tucci.

A Matter of Loaf and Death, Aardman Animations Production; Aardman Animations. (UK)

Short Films (Animated). Nick Park.

The Messenger, All the King’s Horses Production; Oscilloscope Laboratories.

Actor in a Supporting Role. Woody Harrelson.

Writing (Original Screenplay). Written by Alessandro Camon & Oren Moverman.

The Milk of Sorrow, Wanda Visión/Oberon Cinematogràfica/Vela Production. (Spain, Peru) Peru.

Foreign Language Film.

Miracle Fish, Druid Films Production; Premium Films. (Australia)

Short Films (Live Action). Luke Doolan and Drew Bailey.

The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers, Kovno Communications Production.

Documentary (Feature). Judith Ehrlich and Rick Goldsmith.

Music by Prudence, iThemba Production. (USA, Zimbabwe)

Documentary (Short Subject). Roger Ross Williams and Elinor Burkett.

The New Tenants, Park Pictures and M & M Production. (Denmark, USA)

Short Films (Live Action). Joachim Back and Tivi Magnusson.

Nine, Weinstein Brothers/Mark Platt/Lucamar/Relativity Media Production; The Weinstein Company. (UK, USA)

Actress in a Supporting Role. Penélope Cruz.

Art Direction-Set Decoration. Art direction by John Myhre; set decoration by Gordon Sim.

Costume Design. Colleen Atwood.

Music (Original Song). “Take It All”. Music and lyric by Maury Yeston.

Paris 36, Galatée Films Production; Sony Pictures Classics. (France, Germany, Czech Republic)

Music (Original Song). “Loin de Paname”. Music by Reinhardt Wagner; lyric by Frank Thomas.

Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire, Lee Daniels Entertainment/Smokewood Entertainment Production; Lionsgate.

Best Picture. Lee Daniels, Sarah Siegel-Magness and Gary Magness, Producers.

Actress in a Leading Role. Gabourey Sidibe.

Actress in a Supporting Role. Mo’Nique.

Directing. Lee Daniels.

Film Editing. Joe Klotz.

Writing (Adapted Screenplay). Screenplay by Geoffrey Fletcher.

The Princess and the Frog, Walt Disney Pictures Production; Walt Disney.

Animated Feature Film. John Musker and Ron Clements.

Music (Original Song). “Almost There”. Music and lyric by Randy Newman.

Music (Original Song). “Down in New Orleans”. Music and lyric by Randy Newman.

A Prophet, Why Not/Page 114/Chic Films Production; Sony Pictures Classics. (France, Italy) France.

Foreign Language Film.

Rabbit à la Berlin, MS Films Production; Deckert Distribution. (Poland, Germany)

Documentary (Short Subject). Bartek Konopka and Anna Wydra.

The Secret in Their Eyes, Haddock Films Production; Sony Pictures Classics. (Argentina, Spain) Argentina.

Foreign Language Film.

The Secret of Kells, Cartoon Saloon/Les Armateurs/Vivi Film Production; GKIDS. (France, Belgium, Ireland, Netherlands, USA, Denmark, Brazil, Germany, Austria, Hungary)

Animated Feature Film. Tomm Moore.

A Serious Man, Working Title Films Production; Focus Features. (USA, UK, France)

Best Picture. Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, Producers.

Writing (Original Screenplay). Written by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen.

Sherlock Holmes, Warner Bros. UK Services Production; Warner Bros. (USA, Germany, UK)

Art Direction-Set Decoration. Art direction by Sarah Greenwood; set decoration by Katie Spencer.

Music (Original Score). Hans Zimmer.

A Single Man, Fade to Black and Depth of Field Production; The Weinstein Company.

Actor in a Leading Role. Colin Firth.

Star Trek, Bad Robot Production; Paramount and Spyglass Entertainment. (USA, Germany)

Makeup. Barney Burman, Mindy Hall and Joel Harlow.

Sound Editing. Mark Stoeckinger and Alan Rankin.

Sound Mixing. Anna Behlmer, Andy Nelson and Peter J. Devlin.

Visual Effects. Roger Guyett, Russell Earl, Paul Kavanagh and Burt Dalton.

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, Don Murphy/Tom DeSanto/di Bonaventura Pictures/Ian Bryce Production; DreamWorks and Paramount in association with Hasbro, distributed by Paramount.

Sound Mixing. Greg P. Russell, Gary Summers and Geoffrey Patterson.

Up, Pixar Production; Walt Disney.

Best Picture. Jonas Rivera, Producer.

Animated Feature Film. Pete Docter.

Music (Original Score). Michael Giacchino.

Sound Editing. Michael Silvers and Tom Myers.

Writing (Original Screenplay). Screenplay by Bob Peterson, Pete Docter; story by Pete Docter, Bob Peterson, Tom McCarthy.

Up in the Air, Montecito Picture Company Production; Paramount in association with Cold Spring Pictures and DW Studios.

Best Picture. Daniel Dubiecki, Ivan Reitman and Jason Reitman, Producers.

Actor in a Leading Role. George Clooney.

Actress in a Supporting Role. Vera Farmiga.

Actress in a Supporting Role. Anna Kendrick.

Directing. Jason Reitman.

Writing (Adapted Screenplay). Screenplay by Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner.

Which Way Home, Mr. Mudd Production.

Documentary (Feature). Rebecca Cammisa.

The White Ribbon, X Filme Creative Pool/Wega Film/Les Films du Losange/Lucky Red Production; Sony Pictures Classics. (Germany, Austria, France, Italy, Canada)

Cinematography. Christian Berger.

Foreign Language Film.

The Young Victoria, GK Films Production; Apparition. (UK, USA)

Art Direction-Set Decoration. Art direction by Patrice Vermette; set decoration by Maggie Gray.

Costume Design. Sandy Powell.

Makeup. Jon Henry Gordon and Jenny Shircore.