2011 Oscar Awards Recap

Who was nominated? And who won?

BEST PICTURE

Black Swan
The Fighter
Inception
The Kids Are
All Right
(Winner) The King’s Speech
127 Hours
The Social Network
Toy Story 3
True Grit
Winter’s Bone

BEST DIRECTOR

Darren Aronofsky — Black Swan
David O. Russell — The Fighter
(Winner) Tom Hooper — The King’s Speech
David Fincher — The Social Network
Joel and Ethan Coen — True Grit

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

127 Hours
(Winner) The Social Network
Toy Story 3
True Grit
Winter’s Bone

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

Another Year
The Fighter
Inception
The Kids Are All Right
(Winner) The King’s Speech

BEST ACTOR

 Javier Bardem — Biutiful
Jeff Bridges — True Grit
Jesse Eisenberg — The Social Network
(Winner) Colin Firth — The King’s Speech
James Franco — 127 Hours

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

(Winner) Christian Bale — The Fighter
John Hawkes — Winter’s Bone
Jeremy Renner — The Town
Mark Ruffalo — The Kids Are All Right
Geoffrey Rush — The King’s Speech

BEST ACTRESS

Annette Bening — The Kids Are All Right
Nicole Kidman — Rabbit Hole
Jennifer Lawrence — Winter’s Bone
(Winner) Natalie Portman — Black Swan
Michelle Williams— Blue Valentine

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

Amy Adams — The Fighter
Helena Bonham Carter —The King’s Speech
(Winner) Melissa Leo — The Fighter
Hailee Steinfeld — True Grit
Jacki Weaver — Animal Kingdom

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM

How to Train Your Dragon
The Illusionist
(Winner) Toy Story 3

BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN ART DIRECTION

(Winner) Alice in Wonderland
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1
Inception
The King’s Speech
True Grit

BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN CINEMATOGRAPHY

Black Swan
(Winner) Inception
The King’s Speech
The Social Network
True Grit

BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN COSTUME DESIGN

(Winner) Alice in Wonderland
I Am Love
The King’s Speech
The Tempest
True Grit

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE

Exit Through the Gift Shop
Gasland
(Winner) Inside Job
Restrepo
Waste Land

BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT SUBJECT

Killing in the Name
Poster Girl
(Winner) Strangers No More
Sun Come Up
The Warriors of Qiugang

BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN FILM EDITING

The Fighter
The King’s Speech
127 Hours
(Winner) The Social Network

BEST FOREIGN FILM

Biutiful
Dogtooth
(Winner) In a Better World
Incendies
Outside the Law (Hors-la-loi)

BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN MAKEUP

Barney’s Version
The Way Back
(Winner) The Wolfman

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE

How to Train Your Dragon
Inception
The King’s Speech
127 Hours
(Winner) The Social Network

BEST ORIGINAL SONG

“Coming Home” — Country Strong
“I See the Light” — Tangled
“If I Rise” — 127 Hours
(Winner) “We Belong Together” — Toy Story 3

BEST ANIMATED SHORT FILM

Day & Night
The Gruffalo
Let’s Pollute
(Winner) The Lost Thing
Madagascar, carnet de voyage (Madagascar, a Journey Diary)

BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM

The Confession
The Crush
(Winner) God of Love
Na Wewe
Wish 143

BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN SOUND EDITING

(Winner) Inception
Toy Story 3
Tron: Legacy
True Grit
Unstoppable

BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN SOUND MIXING

(Winner) Inception
The King’s Speech
Salt
The Social Network
True Grit

BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN VISUAL EFFECTS

Alice in Wonderland
Harry Potter and the Deathly
Hallows Part 1
Hereafter
(Winner) Inception
Iron Man 2

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2011 Academy Awards (MPAA)