Actor in a Leading Role		Actor in a Supporting Role
Jeff Bridges in "Crazy Heart" - WINNER *George Clooney in "Up in the Air" Colin Firth in "A Single Man" Morgan Freeman in "Invictus" *Jeremy Renner in "The Hurt Locker"		*Christoph Waltz in "Inglourious Basterds" - WINNER Matt Damon in "Invictus" Woody Harrelson in "The Messenger" Christopher Plummer in "The Last Station" Stanley Tucci in "The Lovely Bones"
Actress in a Leading Role		Actress in a Supporting Role
Sandra Bullock in "The Blind Side" - WINNER Helen Mirren in "The Last Station" Carey Mulligan in "An Education" *Gabourey Sidibe in "Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire" *Meryl Streep in "Julie & Julia"		*Mo'Nique in "Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire" -WINNER Penélope Cruz in "Nine" *Vera Farmiga in "Up in the Air" Maggie Gyllenhaal in "Crazy Heart" *Anna Kendrick in "Up in the Air"
Animated Feature		Art Direction
*"Up"  - WINNER *"Coraline" "Fantastic Mr. Fox" "The Princess and the Frog" "The Secret of Kells"		"Avatar" - WINNER "The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus" "Nine" "Sherlock Holmes" "The Young Victoria"
Cinematography		Costume Design
"Avatar" - WINNER *"Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" *"The Hurt Locker" *"Inglourious Basterds" "The White Ribbon"		"The Young Victoria"  - WINNER "Bright Star" "Coco before Chanel" "The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnasus" "Nine"
Directing		Documentary Feature
*Kathryn Bigelow "The Hurt Locker" - WINNER James Cameron "Avatar" *Quentin Tarantino "Inglourious Basterds" *Lee Daniels "Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire" *Jason Reitman "Up in the Air"		"The Cove" - WINNER "Burma V J" "Food, Inc." "The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers" "Which Way Home"
Documentary Short		Film Editing
"Music by Prudence" - WINNER  "China's Unnatural Disaster" The Tears of Sichuan Province" "The Last Campaign of Governor Booth Gardner" "The Last Truck: Closing of a GM Plant" "Rabbit a la Berlin"		*"The Hurt Locker" - WINNER "Avatar" *"District 9" *"Inglourious Basterds" *"Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire"
Foreign Language Film		Makeup
"El Secreto de Sus Ojos" - WINNER "Ajami" "The Milk of Sorrow" "Un Prophète" "The White Ribbon"		*"Star Trek" - WINNER "ll Divo" "The Young Victoria"
Original Score		Original Song
*"Up"  - WINNER "Avatar" "Fantastic Mr. Fox" *"The Hurt Locker" "Sherlock Holmes"		"The Weary Kind (Theme from Crazy Heart)" from "Crazy Heart"  - WINNER * "Almost There" from  "The Princess and the Frog"  * "Down in New Orleans" from  "The Princess and the Frog" "Loin de Paname" from "Paris 36" "Take it All" from "Nine"
Best Animated Short Film		Best Live Action Short Film
"Logorama" - WINNER "French Roast" "Granny O'Grimm's Sleeping Beauty" "The Lady and the Reaper (La Dama y la Muerte)" *"A Matter of Loaf and Death"		"The New Tenants"  - WINNER "The Door" "Instead of Abracadabra" "Kavi" "Miracle Fish"
Sound Editing		Sound Mixing
*"The Hurt Locker" - WINNER "Avatar" *"Inglourious Basterds *"Star Trek" *"Up"		*"The Hurt Locker" - WINNER "Avatar" *"Inglourious Basterds" *"Star Trek" *"Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen"
Visual Effects		Screenplay Adapted
"Avatar" - WINNER *"District 9" *"Star Trek"		*"Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire" - WINNER *"District 9" "An Education" "In the Loop" *"Up in the Air"
Screenplay Original
*"The Hurt Locker" - WINNER *"Inglourious Basterds" "The Messenger" "A Serious Man" *"Up"