82nd Annual Academy Awards Winners
By Maria Esteves - March 8, 2010
The 82nd Academy Awards ceremony presented by Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences (A.M.P.A.S.) for outstanding film achievements of 2009, co-hosted by Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin was held at the Kodak Theatre, Hollywood, California, Sunday, March 2, 8:00pm ET (5:00pm PT). Live coverage of 2010 Oscar Awards were seen in the U.S. on ABC Television Network, on the internet, and in more than 200 countries worldwide.
THE HURT LOCKER received the award for Best Picture, Jeff Bridges for Best Actor, Sandra Bullock for Best Actress, Christoph Waltz for
Best Supporting Actor and Mo'Nique for Best Supporting Actress. This year's
Oscar winners list by category are:
Best Picture
THE HURT LOCKER, (Summit Entertainment)
Best Documentary Feature
THE COVE, Richard O'Barry, (Roadside Attractions)
Best Foreign Language
EL SECRETO DE SUS OJOS (The Secret of Her Eyes), Juan José
Campanella, (Sony Pictures Classics), Argentina
Best Director
KATHRYN BIGELOW for THE HURT LOCKER, (Summit
Entertainment)
Best Actor
JEFF BRIDGES for CRAZY HEART, (Fox Searchlight)
Best Actress
SANDRA BULLOCK for THE BLIND SIDE, (Warner Bros.)
Best Supporting Actor
CHRISTOPH WALTZ for INGLOURIUS BASTERDS, (The Weinstein
Company)
Best Supporting Actress
MO'NIQUE for PRECIOUS: Based on the Novel ‘Push' by Sapphire, (Lionsgate)
Best Documentary Short
MUSIC BY PRUDENCE, Roger Ross Williams and Elinor Burkett
Best Animated Feature
UP, directed by Pete Docter, (Walt Disney)
Best Animated Short
LOGORAMA, Nicolas Schmerkin, (Autour de Minuit)
Best Live Action Short
THE NEW TENANTS, Joachim Back and Tivi Magnusson, A Park Pictures and M & M Production
Best Adapted Screenplay
PRECIOUS: Based on the Novel ‘Push' by Sapphire, Screenplay by
Geoffrey Fletcher, (Lionsgate)
Best Original Screenplay
THE HURT LOCKER, written by Mark Boal, (Summit Entertainment)
Best Film Editing
THE HURT LOCKER, Bob Murawski and Chris Innis, (Summit Entertainment)
Best Sound Editing
THE HURT LOCKER, Paul N.J. Ottosson, (Summit Entertainment)
Best Sound Mixing
THE HURT LOCKER, Paul N.J. Ottosson and Ray Beckett, (Summit
Entertainment)
Best Original Score
UP, Michael Giacchino, (Walt Disney)
Best Original Song
THE WEARY KIND from CRAZY HEART, music and lyric by Ryan
Bingham and T Bone Burnett, (Fox Searchlight)
Best Visual Effects
AVATAR, Joe Letteri, Stephen Rosenbaum, Richard Baneham and Andrew R. Jones, (20th Century Fox)
Best Art Direction
AVATAR, art and set directors Rick Carter, Robert Stromberg, Kim Sinclair, (20th Century Fox)
Best Cinematography
AVATAR, Mauro Fiore, (20th Century Fox)
Best Costume Design
THE YOUNG VICTORIA, Sandy Powell, (Apparition)
Best Makeup
STAR TREK, Barney Burman, Mindy Hall and Joel Harlow,
(Paramount and Spyglass Entertainment)
