
2011 Oscar Awards Recap
Who was nominated? And who won? Find out now...
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 EPFECTS
Alice in Wonderland
Harry Potter and the Deathly
Hallows Part 1
Hereafter
(Winner) Inception
Iron Man 2
--JW
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2011 Academy Awards (MPAA)