Oscar Nominations 2010: The Full List

Posted on February 2, 2010 by Lolita Carrico

The 2010 Academy Award nominations were announced by Anne Hathaway this morning — and we can’t say there were many surprises on the list.

James Cameron‘s ‘Avatar’ and his ex-wife Katherine Bigelow‘s ‘The Hurt Locker’ led the nods with nine nominations each. Meryl Streep received her 16th nomination — for Best Actress in Julie & Julia — making her the most nominated actor in Academy Awards history.

Here’s the full list of nominees:

Best Motion Picture of the Year

* Avatar
* The Blind Side
* District 9
* An Education
* The Hurt Locker
* Inglourious Basterds
* Precious
* A Serious Man
* Up
* Up in the Air

Achievement in Directing

* James Cameron, Avatar
* Kathryn Bigelow, The Hurt Locker
* Quentin Tarantino, Inglourious Basterds
* Lee Daniels, Precious
* Jason Reitman, Up in the Air

Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role

* Jeff Bridges, Crazy Heart
* George Clooney, Up in the Air
* Colin Firth, A Single Man
* Morgan Freeman, Invictus
* Jeremy Renner, The Hurt Locker

Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role

* Matt Damon, Invictus
* Woody Harrelson, The Messenger
* Christopher Plummer, The Last Station
* Stanley Tucci, The Lovely Bones
* Christoph Waltz, Inglourious Basterds

Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role

* Sandra Bullock, The Blind Side
* Helen Mirren, The Last Station
* Carey Mulligan, An Education
* Gabourey Sidibe, Precious
* Meryl Streep, Julie & Julia

Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role

* Penélope Cruz, Nine
* Vera Farmiga, Up in the Air
* Maggie Gyllenhaal, Crazy Heart
* Anna Kendrick, Up in the Air
* Mo’Nique, Precious

Best Animated Feature Film of the Year

* Coraline
* Fantastic Mr. Fox
* The Princess and the Frog
* The Secret of Kells
* Up

Original Screenplay

* The Hurt Locker, Mark Boal
* Inglourious Basterds, Quentin Tarantino
* The Messenger, Alessandro Camon and Oren Moverman
* A Serious Man, Joel Coen and Ethan Coen
* Up, Pete Docter, Tom McCarthy and Bob Peterson

Adapted Screenplay

* District 9, Neill Blomkamp and Terri Tatchell
* An Education, Nick Hornby
* In the Loop, Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci and Tony Roche
* Precious, Geoffrey Fletcher
* Up in the Air, Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner

Best Foreign Language Film of the Year

* Ajami (Israel)
* El Secreto de Sus Ojos (Argentina)
* The Milk of Sorrow (Peru)
* Un Prophète (France)
* The White Ribbon (Germany)

Original Score

* James Horner, Avatar
* Alexandre Desplat, Fantastic Mr. Fox
* Marco Beltrami and Buck Sanders, The Hurt Locker
* Hans Zimmer, Sherlock Holmes
* Michael Giacchino, Up

Original Song

* “Almost There,” Music & Lyrics by Randy Newman (The Princess and the Frog)
* “Down in New Orleans,” Music & Lyrics by Randy Newman (The Princess and the Frog)
* “Loin de Paname,” Music by Reinhardt Wagner; Lyrics by Frank Thomas (Paris 36)
* “Take It All,” Music & Lyrics by Maury Yeston (Nine)
* “The Weary Kind,” Music & Lyrics by Ryan Bingham and T-Bone Burnett (Crazy Heart)

Achievement in Art Direction

* Avatar
* The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
* Nine
* Sherlock Holmes
* The Young Victoria

Achievement in Cinematography

* Avatar, Mauro Fiore
* Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Bruno Delbonnel
* The Hurt Locker, Barry Ackroyd
* Inglourious Basterds, Robert Richardson
* The White Ribbon. Christian Berger

Achievement in Costume Design

* Bright Star, Janet Patterson
* Coco before Chanel, Catherine Leterrier
* The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, Monique Prudhomme
* Nine, Colleen Atwood
* The Young Victori, Sandy Powell

Best Documentary Feature

* Burma VJ
* The Cove
* Food, Inc.
* The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers
* Which Way Home

Best Documentary Short Subject

* China’s Unnatural Disaster: The Tears of Sichuan Province
* The Last Campaign of Booth Gardner
* The Last Truck: Closing of a GM Plant
* Music by Prudence
* Rabbit à la Berlin

Achievement in Film Editing

* Avatar, Stephen Rivkin, John Refoua and James Cameron
* District 9, Julian Clarke
* The Hurt Locker, Bob Murawski and Chris Innis
* Inglourious Basterds, Sally Menke
* Precious, Joe Klotz

Achievement in Makeup

* Il Divo
* Star Trek
* The Young Victoria

Best Animated Short Film

* French Roast
* Granny O’Grimm’s Sleeping Beauty
* The Lady and the Reaper (La Dama y la Muerte)
* Logorama
* A Matter of Loaf and Death

Best Live Action Short Film

* The Door
* Instead of Abracadabra
* Kavi
* Miracle Fish
* The New Tenants

Achievement in Sound Editing

* Avatar
* The Hurt Locker
* Inglourious Basterds
* Star Trek
* Up

Achievement in Sound Mixing

* Avatar
* The Hurt Locker
* Inglourious Basterds
* Star Trek
* Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen

Achievement in Visual Effects

* Avatar
* District 9
* Star Trek

The Oscars will be held out March 7 in Los Angeles.