Oscars: 2011 Academy Awards Nominations List

Oscars: 2011 Academy Awards Nominations List
The 2011 Academy Awards nominations were announced today in Los Angeles.The Oscar nominations were presented by Academy president Tom Sherak and Mo'Nique, winner of last year's best supporting actress award for her role in Precious. This year's ceremony will take place in the Kodak theatre, Hollywood on 27 February, when the hosts will be James Franco – up for a best actor nomination for 127 Hours – and Anne Hathaway, whose role in Love and Other Drugs did not get her shortlisted.


From the nominations list below we can see that The King's Speech movie leads the pack with 12 nominations for the 83rd Academy Awards. Well  here are the 2011 Academy Awards Nominations List.

Oscars 2011 : Best motion picture of the year

  • Black Swan
  • The Fighter
  • Inception
  • The Kids Are All Right
  • The King's Speech
  • 127 Hours
  • The Social Network
  • Toy Story 3
  • True Grit
  • Winter's Bone

Oscars 2011 : Performance by an actor in a leading role

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

Oscars 2011 : Performance by an actor in a supporting role

  • 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)

Oscars 2011 : Performance by an actress in a leading role

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

Oscars 2011 : Performance by an actress in a supporting role

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

Oscars 2011 : Achievement in directing
  • Darren Aronofsky (Black Swan)
  • David O Russell (The Fighter)
  • Tom Hooper (The King's Speech)
  • David Fincher (The Social Network)
  • Joel Coen and Ethan Coen (True Grit)

Oscars 2011 : Adapted screenplay

  • 127 Hours - Danny Boyle & Simon Beaufoy
  • The Social Network - Aaron Sorkin
  • Toy Story 3 - Michael Arndt (screenplay); John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton and Lee Unkrich (story)
  • True Grit - Joel Coen and Ethan Coen
  • Winter's Bone - Debra Granik & Anne Rosellini

Oscars 2011 : Original screenplay

  • Another Year - Mike Leigh
  • The Fighter - Scott Silver, Paul Tamasy and Eric Johnson (screenplay); Keith Dorrington, Paul Tamasy and Eric Johnson (story)
  • Inception - Christopher Nolan
  • The Kids Are All Right - Lisa Cholodenko and Stuart Blumberg
  • The King's Speech - David Seidler

Oscars 2011 : Best animated feature film of the year

  • How to Train Your Dragon
  • The Illusionist
  • Toy Story 3

Oscars 2011 : 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)

Oscars 2011 : Art direction

  • Alice in Wonderland - Robert Stromberg (production design), Karen O'Hara (set decoration)
  • Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1 - Stuart Craig (production design), Stephenie McMillan (set decoration)
  • Inception - Guy Hendrix Dyas (production design), Larry Dias and Doug Mowat (set decoration)
  • The King's Speech - Eve Stewart (production design), Judy Farr (set decoration)
  • True Grit - Jess Gonchor (production design), Nancy Haigh (set decoration)

Oscars 2011 : Achievement in cinematography

  • Matthew Libatique (Black Swan)
  • Wally Pfister (Inception)
  • Danny Cohen (The King's Speech)
  • Jeff Cronenweth (The Social Network)
  • Roger Deakins (True Grit)

Oscars 2011 : Achievement in costume design

  • Colleen Atwood (Alice in Wonderland)
  • Antonella Cannarozzi (I Am Love)
  • Jenny Beavan (The King's Speech)
  • Sandy Powell (The Tempest)
  • Mary Zophres (True Grit)

Oscars 2011 : Best documentary feature

  • Exit through the Gift Shop (Banksy and Jaimie D'Cruz)
  • Gasland (Josh Fox and Trish Adlesic)
  • Inside Job (Charles Ferguson and Audrey Marrs)
  • Restrepo (Tim Hetherington and Sebastian Junger)
  • Waste Land (Lucy Walker and Angus Aynsley)

Oscars 2011 : Best documentary short subject

  • Killing in the Name (Nominees to be determined)
  • Poster Girl (Nominees to be determined)
  • Strangers No More (Karen Goodman and Kirk Simon)
  • Sun Come Up (Jennifer Redfearn and Tim Metzger)
  • The Warriors of Qiugang (Ruby Yang and Thomas Lennon)

Oscars 2011 : Achievement in film editing

  • Andrew Weisblum (Black Swan)
  • Pamela Martin (The Fighter)
  • Tariq Anwar (The King's Speech)
  • Jon Harris (127 Hours)
  • Angus Wall and Kirk Baxter (The Social Network)

Oscars 2011 : Achievement in makeup

  • Adrien Morot (Barney's Version)
  • Edouard F Henriques, Gregory Funk and Yolanda Toussieng (The Way Back)
  • Rick Baker and Dave Elsey (The Wolfman)

Oscars 2011 : Achievement in music written for motion pictures (original score)

  • John Powell (How to Train Your Dragon)
  • Hans Zimmer (Inception)
  • Alexandre Desplat (The King's Speech)
  • AR Rahman (127 Hours)
  • Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross (The Social Network)

Oscars 2011 : Achievement in music written for motion pictures (original song)

  • Coming Home (from Country Strong, music and lyrics by Tom Douglas, Troy Verges and Hillary Lindsey)
  • I See the Light (from Tangled, music by Alan Menken, lyrics by Glenn Slater)
  • If I Rise (from 127 Hours, music by AR Rahman, lyrics by Dido and Rollo Armstrong)
  • We Belong Together (from Toy Story 3, music and lyrics by Randy Newman)

Oscars 2011 : Best animated short film

  • Day & Night (Teddy Newton)
  • The Gruffalo (Jakob Schuh and Max Lang)
  • Let's Pollute (Geefwee Boedoe)
  • The Lost Thing (Nick Batzias, Shaun Tan and Andrew Ruhemann)
  • Madagascar, carnet de voyage (Madagascar, a Journey Diary) (Bastien Dubois)

Oscars 2011 : Best live action short film

  • The Confession (Tanel Toom)
  • The Crush (Michael Creagh)
  • God of Love (Luke Matheny)
  • Na Wewe (Ivan Goldschmidt)
  • Wish 143 (Ian Barnes and Samantha Waite)

Oscars 2011 : Achievement in sound editing

  • Inception (Richard King)
  • 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 P Stoeckinger)

Oscars 2011 : Achievement in sound mixing

  • Inception (Lora Hirschberg, Gary A Rizzo and Ed Novick)
  • 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 F Kurland)

Oscars 2011 : Achievement in visual effects

  • 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)
  • Inception (Paul Franklin, Chris Corbould, Andrew Lockley and Peter Bebb)
  • Iron Man 2 (Janek Sirrs, Ben Snow, Ged Wright and Daniel Sudick)

Video : 2011 Academy Awards Nominations List



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