Awards On An Oscar Morning

I've already given my top ten films of the year, but these are my individual choices in specific categories. This was actually a lot harder than it looked. There were a lot more films/performances that I enjoyed than I thought.









BEST DIRECTOR

Gold: Kathryn Bigelow, THE HURT LOCKER
Silver: Quentin Tarantino, INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS
Bronze: Joel Coen & Ethan Coen, A SINGLE MAN

BEST ACTOR

Gold: Jeremy Renner, THE HURT LOCKER
Silver: Sam Rockwell, MOON
Bronze: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, 500 DAYS OF SUMMER

BEST ACTRESS

Gold: Tilda Swinton, JULIA
Silver: Carey Mulligan, AN EDUCATION
Bronze: Abbie Cornish, BRIGHT STAR

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

Gold: Christoph Waltz, INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS
Silver: Anthony Mackie, THE HURT LOCKER
Bronze: Woody Harrelson, THE MESSENGER

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

Gold: Mo'Nique, PRECIOUS
Silver: Rosamund Pike, AN EDUCATION
Bronze: Melanie Laurent, INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

Gold: Scott Neustadter & Michael Webber, 500 DAYS OF SUMMER
Bronze: Mark Boal, THE HURT LOCKER
Silver: Alessandro Camon & Oren Moverman, THE MESSENGER

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

Gold: Nick Hornby, AN EDUCATION
Silver: Jason Reitman & Sheldon Turner, UP IN THE AIR
Bronze: Wes Anderson & Noah Baumbach, FANTASTIC MR. FOX

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

Gold: Christian Berger, THE WHITE RIBBON
Silver: Mauro Fiore, AVATAR
Bronze: Robert Richardson, INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS

BEST EDITING

Gold: Chris Innis & Bob Murawski, THE HURT LOCKER
Silver: Alan Edward Bell, 500 DAYS OF SUMMER
Bronze: Julian Clarke, DISTRICT 9

BEST ART DIRECTION

Gold: Rick Carter, Kim Sinclair, & Robert Stromberg, AVATAR
Silver: David Wasco, INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS
Bronze: Nelson Lowry & Francesca Maxwell, FANTASTIC MR. FOX

BEST COSTUME DESIGN

Gold: Janet Patterson, BRIGHT STAR
Silver: Anna B. Sheppard, INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS
Bronze: Odile Dicks-Mireaux, AN EDUCATION

BEST SCORE

Gold: Michael Giacchino, UP
Silver: Alexandre Desplat, FANTASTIC MR. FOX
Bronze: Marco Beltrami & Buck Sanders, THE HURT LOCKER

BEST MAKE-UP

Gold: THE ROAD
Silver: INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS
Bronze: DISTRICT 9

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS

Gold: AVATAR
Silver: DISTRICT 9
Bronze: WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE