The 82nd Academy Awards – My Predictions

I just realized that I forgot to post my predictions this year, so here they are, just in time for the ceremony to begin in about 30 minutes…

In red I pick who I think will win.

Best Motion Picture of the Year

• Avatar (2009): James Cameron, Jon Landau
• The Blind Side (2009): Gil Netter, Andrew A. Kosove, Broderick Johnson
• District 9 (2009): Peter Jackson, Carolynne Cunningham
• An Education (2009): Finola Dwyer, Amanda Posey
• The Hurt Locker (2008): Kathryn Bigelow, Mark Boal, Nicolas Chartier, Greg Shapiro
• Inglourious Basterds (2009): Lawrence Bender
• Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire (2009): Lee Daniels, Sarah Siegel-Magness, Gary Magness
• A Serious Man (2009): Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
• Up (2009): Jonas Rivera
• Up in the Air (2009/I): Daniel Dubiecki, Ivan Reitman, Jason Reitman

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role

• Jeff Bridges for Crazy Heart (2009)
• George Clooney for Up in the Air (2009/I)
• Colin Firth for A Single Man (2009)
• Morgan Freeman for Invictus (2009)
• Jeremy Renner for The Hurt Locker (2008)

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role

• Sandra Bullock for The Blind Side (2009)
• Helen Mirren for The Last Station (2009)
• Carey Mulligan for An Education (2009)
• Gabourey Sidibe for Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire (2009)
• Meryl Streep for Julie & Julia (2009)

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role

• Matt Damon for Invictus (2009)
• Woody Harrelson for The Messenger (2009/I)
• Christopher Plummer for The Last Station (2009)
• Stanley Tucci for The Lovely Bones (2009)
• Christoph Waltz for Inglourious Basterds (2009)

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role

• Penélope Cruz for Nine (2009)
• Vera Farmiga for Up in the Air (2009/I)
• Maggie Gyllenhaal for Crazy Heart (2009)
• Anna Kendrick for Up in the Air (2009/I)
• Mo'Nique for Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire (2009)

Best Achievement in Directing

• Kathryn Bigelow for The Hurt Locker (2008)
• James Cameron for Avatar (2009)
• Lee Daniels for Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire (2009)
• Jason Reitman for Up in the Air (2009/I)
• Quentin Tarantino for Inglourious Basterds (2009)

Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen

• The Hurt Locker (2008): Mark Boal
• Inglourious Basterds (2009): Quentin Tarantino
• The Messenger (2009/I): Alessandro Camon, Oren Moverman
• A Serious Man (2009): Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
• Up (2009): Bob Peterson, Pete Docter, Thomas McCarthy

Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published

• District 9 (2009): Neill Blomkamp, Terri Tatchell
• An Education (2009): Nick Hornby
• In the Loop (2009): Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci, Tony Roche
• Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire (2009): Geoffrey Fletcher
• Up in the Air (2009/I): Jason Reitman, Sheldon Turner

Best Achievement in Cinematography

• Avatar (2009): Mauro Fiore
• Das weisse Band - Eine deutsche Kindergeschichte (2009): Christian Berger
• Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009): Bruno Delbonnel
• The Hurt Locker (2008): Barry Ackroyd
• Inglourious Basterds (2009): Robert Richardson

Best Achievement in Editing

• Avatar (2009): Stephen E. Rivkin, John Refoua, James Cameron
• District 9 (2009): Julian Clarke
• The Hurt Locker (2008): Bob Murawski, Chris Innis
• Inglourious Basterds (2009): Sally Menke
• Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire (2009): Joe Klotz

Best Achievement in Art Direction

• Avatar (2009): Rick Carter, Robert Stromberg, Kim Sinclair
• The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (2009): David Warren, Anastasia Masaro, Caroline Smith
• Nine (2009): John Myhre, Gordon Sim
• Sherlock Holmes (2009): Sarah Greenwood, Katie Spencer
• The Young Victoria (2009): Patrice Vermette, Maggie Gray

Best Achievement in Costume Design

• Bright Star (2009): Janet Patterson
• Coco avant Chanel (2009): Catherine Leterrier
• The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (2009): Monique Prudhomme
• Nine (2009): Colleen Atwood
• The Young Victoria (2009): Sandy Powell

Best Achievement in Makeup

• Il divo (2008): Aldo Signoretti, Vittorio Sodano
• Star Trek (2009): Barney Burman, Mindy Hall, Joel Harlow
• The Young Victoria (2009): John Henry Gordon, Jenny Shircore

Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Score

• Avatar (2009): James Horner
• Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009): Alexandre Desplat
• The Hurt Locker (2008): Marco Beltrami, Buck Sanders
• Sherlock Holmes (2009): Hans Zimmer
• Up (2009): Michael Giacchino

Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Song

• Crazy Heart (2009): T-Bone Burnett, Ryan Bingham("The Weary Kind")
• Faubourg 36 (2008): Reinhardt Wagner, Frank Thomas("Loin de Paname")
• Nine (2009): Maury Yeston("Take It All")
• The Princess and the Frog (2009): Randy Newman("Almost There")
• The Princess and the Frog (2009): Randy Newman("Down in New Orleans")

Best Achievement in Sound Mixing

• Avatar (2009): Christopher Boyes, Gary Summers, Andy Nelson, Tony Johnson
• The Hurt Locker (2008): Paul N.J. Ottosson, Ray Beckett
• Inglourious Basterds (2009): Michael Minkler, Tony Lamberti, Mark Ulano
• Star Trek (2009): Anna Behlmer, Andy Nelson, Peter J. Devlin
• Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009): Greg P. Russell, Gary Summers, Geoffrey Patterson

Best Achievement in Sound Editing

• Avatar (2009): Christopher Boyes, Gwendolyn Yates Whittle
• The Hurt Locker (2008): Paul N.J. Ottosson
• Inglourious Basterds (2009): Wylie Stateman
• Star Trek (2009): Mark P. Stoeckinger, Alan Rankin
• Up (2009): Michael Silvers, Tom Myers

Best Achievement in Visual Effects

• Avatar (2009): Joe Letteri, Stephen Rosenbaum, Richard Baneham, Andy Jones
• District 9 (2009): Dan Kaufman, Peter Muyzers, Robert Habros, Matt Aitken
• Star Trek (2009): Roger Guyett, Russell Earl, Paul Kavanagh, Burt Dalton

Best Animated Feature Film of the Year

• Coraline (2009): Henry Selick
• Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009): Wes Anderson
• The Princess and the Frog (2009): John Musker, Ron Clements
• The Secret of Kells (2009): Tomm Moore
• Up (2009): Pete Docter

Best Foreign Language Film of the Year

• Ajami (2009)(Israel)
• Das weisse Band - Eine deutsche Kindergeschichte (2009)(Germany)
• El secreto de sus ojos (2009)(Argentina)
• Un prophète (2009)(France)
• La teta asustada (2009)(Peru)

Best Documentary, Features

• Burma VJ: Reporter i et lukket land (2008): Anders Østergaard, Lise Lense-Møller
• The Cove (2009): Louie Psihoyos, Fisher Stevens
• Food, Inc. (2008): Robert Kenner, Elise Pearlstein
• The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers (2009): Judith Ehrlich, Rick Goldsmith
• Which Way Home (2009): Rebecca Cammisa

Best Documentary, Short Subjects

• China's Unnatural Disaster: The Tears of Sichuan Province (2009) (TV): Jon Alpert, Matthew O'Neill
• The Last Campaign of Governor Booth Gardner (2009): Daniel Junge, Henry Ansbacher
• The Last Truck: Closing of a GM Plant (2009) (TV): Steven Bognar, Julia Reichert
• Królik po berlinsku (2009): Bartosz Konopka, Anna Wydra
• Music by Prudence (2010): Roger Ross Williams, Elinor Burkett

Best Short Film, Animated

• French Roast (2008): Fabrice Joubert
• Granny O'Grimm's Sleeping Beauty (2008): Nicky Phelan, Darragh O'Connell
• La dama y la muerte (2009): Javier Recio Gracia
• Logorama (2009): Nicolas Schmerkin
• Wallace and Gromit in 'A Matter of Loaf and Death' (2008) (TV): Nick Park

Best Short Film, Live Action

• The Door (2008): Juanita Wilson, James Flynn
• Istället för abrakadabra (2008): Patrik Eklund, Mathias Fjällström
• Kavi (2009): Gregg Helvey
• Miracle Fish (2009): Luke Doolan, Drew Bailey
• The New Tenants (2009): Joachim Back, Tivi Magnusson

And now, as always, may the best ones win!!