Academy Awards - 2009 | Winners & Nominees (2024)

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1st Annual Governors Awards »

Academy Honorary Award

Academy Awards - 2009 | Winners & Nominees (1)

Gordon Willis

(for unsurpassed mastery of light, shadow, color and motion)

Academy Honorary Award

Academy Awards - 2009 | Winners & Nominees (2)

Lauren Bacall

(in recognition of her central place in the golden age of motion pictures)

Academy Honorary Award

Academy Awards - 2009 | Winners & Nominees (3)

Roger Corman

(for his rich engendering of films and filmmakers)

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2010 Scientific and Technical Academy Awards »

Academy Award for Best Technical Achievement

Academy Awards - 2009 | Winners & Nominees (4)

Mark Wolforth, Tony Sedivy

(For their contributions to the development of the Truelight real-time 3D look-up table hardware system. Through the use of color management software and hardware, this complete system enables accurate color presentation in the digital intermediate preview process. The Truelight system is widely utilized in digital intermediate production environments around the world.)

Academy Award for Best Technical Achievement

Academy Awards - 2009 | Winners & Nominees (5)

Klaus Anderle, Christian Baeker, Frank Billasch

(For their contributions to the LUTher 3D look-up table hardware device and color management software. The LUTher system was one of the first color look-up table processors to be widely adopted by the pioneering digital intermediate facilities in the industry. This innovation enabled accurate color presentation by facilities that had analyzed projected film output and built 3D look-up tables in order to emulate print film.)

Academy Award for Best Technical Achievement

Academy Awards - 2009 | Winners & Nominees (6)

Steve Sullivan, Kevin Wooley, Brett Allen, Colin Davidson

(For the development of the Imocap on-set performance capture system. Developed at Industrial Light & Magic and consisting of custom hardware and software, Imocap is an innovative system that successfully addresses the need for on-set, low-impact performance capture.)

Academy Award for Best Technical Achievement

Academy Awards - 2009 | Winners & Nominees (7)

Hayden Landis, Ken McGaugh, Hilmar Koch

(For advancing the technique of ambient occlusion rendering. Ambient occlusion has enabled a new level of realism in synthesized imagery and has become a standard tool for computer graphics lighting in motion pictures.)

Academy Award for Best Technical Achievement

Academy Awards - 2009 | Winners & Nominees (8)

Bjorn Heden

(For the design and mechanical engineering of the silent, two-stage planetary friction drive Hedén Lens Motors. Solving a series of problems with one integrated mechanism, this device had an immediate and significant impact on the motion picture industry.)

Academy Scientific and Technical Award (Scientific and Engineering award)

Academy Awards - 2009 | Winners & Nominees (9)

Per Christensen, Michael Bunnell, Christophe Hery

(For the development of point-based rendering for indirect illumination and ambient occlusion. Much faster than previous ray-traced methods, this computer graphics technique has enabled color bleeding effects and realistic shadows for complex scenes in motion pictures.)

Academy Scientific and Technical Award (Scientific and Engineering award)

Academy Awards - 2009 | Winners & Nominees (10)

Richard Kirk

(For the overall design and development of the Truelight real-time 3D look-up table hardware device and color management software. Through the use of color management software and hardware, this complete system enables accurate color presentation in the digital intermediate preview process. The Truelight system is widely utilized in digital intermediate production environments around the world.)

Academy Scientific and Technical Award (Scientific and Engineering award)

Academy Awards - 2009 | Winners & Nominees (11)

Volker Massmann, Markus Hasenzahl, Klaus Anderle, Andreas Loew

(For the development of the Spirit 4K/2K film scanning system as used in the digital intermediate process for motion pictures. The Spirit 4K/2K has distinguished itself by incorporating a continuous-motion transport mechanism enabling full-range, high-resolution scanning at much higher frame rates than non-continuous transport scanners.)

Academy Scientific and Technical Award (Scientific and Engineering award)

Academy Awards - 2009 | Winners & Nominees (12)

Michael Cieslinski, Reimar Lenz , Bernd Brauner

(For the development of the ARRISCAN film scanner, enabling high-resolution, high-dynamic range, pin-registered film scanning for use in the digital intermediate process. The ARRISCAN film scanner utilizes a specially designed CMOS array sensor mounted on a micro-positioning platform and a custom LED light source. Capture of the film's full dynamic range at various scan resolutions is implemented through sub-pixel offsets of the sensor along with multiple exposures of each frame.)

Academy Scientific and Technical Award (Scientific and Engineering award)

Academy Awards - 2009 | Winners & Nominees (13)

Wolfgang Lempp, Theo Wade Brown, Tony Sedivy, John Quartel

(For the development of the Northlight film scanner, which enables high-resolution, pin-registered scanning in the motion picture digital intermediate process. Developed for the digital intermediate and motion picture visual effects markets, the Northlight scanner was designed with a 6K CCD sensor, making it unique in its ability to produce high-resolution scans of 35mm, 8-perf film frames.)

Academy Scientific and Technical Award (Scientific and Engineering award)

Academy Awards - 2009 | Winners & Nominees (14)

Steve Chapman, James Logie, Darrin Smart, Martin Tlaskal

(For their contributions to the development of the Baselight color correction system, which enables real-time digital manipulation of motion picture imagery during the digital intermediate process. Baselight was one of the first digital color correction systems to enter the digital intermediate market and has seen wide acceptance in the motion picture industry.)

Academy Scientific and Technical Award (Scientific and Engineering award)

Academy Awards - 2009 | Winners & Nominees (15)

Mark Jaszberenyi, Gyula Priskin, Tamas Perlaki

(For their contributions to the development of the Lustre color correction system, which enables real-time digital manipulation of motion picture imagery during the digital intermediate process. Lustre is a software solution that enables non-linear, real-time digital color grading across an entire feature film, emulating the photochemical color-timing process.)

Academy Scientific and Technical Award (Scientific and Engineering award)

Academy Awards - 2009 | Winners & Nominees (16)

Brad Walker, D. Scott Dewald, Bill Werner, Greg Pettitt

(For their contributions furthering the design and refinement of the Texas Instruments DLP Projector technology, achieving a level of performance that enabled color-accurate digital intermediate previews of motion pictures. Working in conjunction with the film industry, Texas Instruments created a high-resolution, color-accurate, high-quality digital intermediate projection system that could closely emulate film-based projection in a theatrical environment.)

Academy Scientific and Technical Award (Scientific and Engineering award)

Academy Awards - 2009 | Winners & Nominees (17)

Fujifilm, Ryoji Nishimura, Masaaki Miki , Youichi Hosoya

(For the design and development of Fujicolor ETERNA-RDI digital intermediate film, which was designed exclusively to reproduce motion picture digital masters. The Fujicolor ETERNA-RDI Type 8511/4511 digital intermediate film has thinner emulsion layers with extremely efficient couplers made possible by Super-Nano Cubic Grain Technology. This invention allows improved color sensitivity with the ability to absorb scattered light, providing extremely sharp images. The ETERNA-RDI emulsion technology also achieves less color cross-talk for exacting reproduction. Its expanded latitude and linearity provides superior highlights and shadows in a film stock with exceptional latent image stability.)

Academy Scientific and Technical Award (Scientific and Engineering award)

Academy Awards - 2009 | Winners & Nominees (18)

Paul Debevec, Tim Hawkins, John Monos, Mark Sagar

(For the design and engineering of the Light Stage capture devices and the image-based facial rendering system developed for character relighting in motion pictures. The combination of these systems, with their ability to capture high fidelity reflectance data of human subjects, allows for the creation of photorealistic digital faces as they would appear in any lighting condition.)

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82nd Academy Awards »

Academy Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role

Academy Awards - 2009 | Winners & Nominees (19)

Christoph Waltz

Honored for : Inglourious Basterds

(Role: Col. Hans Landa)

Nominations »

NomineeNominated Work
Matt DamonInvictus
Role: Francois Pienaar
Christopher PlummerThe Last Station
Role: Tolstoy
Christoph WaltzInglourious Basterds
Role: Col. Hans Landa
Woody HarrelsonThe Messenger
Role: Captain Tony Stone
Stanley TucciThe Lovely Bones
Role: George Harvey

Academy Award for Best Writing Adapted Screenplay

Academy Awards - 2009 | Winners & Nominees (20)

Geoffrey S. Fletcher

Honored for : Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire

Nominations »

NomineeNominated Work
Neill BlomkampDistrict 9
Terri TatchellDistrict 9
Nick HornbyAn Education
Jesse ArmstrongIn the Loop
Simon BlackwellIn the Loop
Armando IannucciIn the Loop
Tony RocheIn the Loop
Geoffrey S. FletcherPrecious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire
Jason ReitmanUp in the Air
Sheldon TurnerUp in the Air

Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay

Academy Awards - 2009 | Winners & Nominees (21)

Mark Boal

Honored for : The Hurt Locker

Nominations »

NomineeNominated Work
Mark BoalThe Hurt Locker
Quentin TarantinoInglourious Basterds
Alessandro CamonThe Messenger
Oren MovermanThe Messenger
Joel CoenA Serious Man
Ethan CoenA Serious Man
Bob PetersonUp
Thomas McCarthyUp
Pete DocterUp

Academy Award for Best Animated Feature Film

Academy Awards - 2009 | Winners & Nominees (22)

Pete Docter

Honored for : Up

Nominations »

NomineeNominated Work
Henry SelickCoraline
John MuskerThe Princess and the Frog
Ron ClementsThe Princess and the Frog
Pete DocterUp
Tomm MooreThe Secret of Kells
Wes AndersonFantastic Mr. Fox

Academy Award for Best Short Film (Animated)

Academy Awards - 2009 | Winners & Nominees (23)

Nicolas Schmerkin

Honored for : Logorama

Nominations »

NomineeNominated Work
Fabrice O. JoubertFrench Roast
Javier Recio GraciaThe Lady and the Reaper
Nick ParkA Matter of Loaf and Death
Nicky PhelanGranny O'Grimm's Sleeping Beauty
Darragh O’ConnellGranny O'Grimm's Sleeping Beauty
Nicolas SchmerkinLogorama

Academy Award for Best Original Song

Academy Awards - 2009 | Winners & Nominees (24)

T-Bone Burnett, Ryan Bingham

Honored for : The Weary Kind

(Crazy Heart)

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NomineeNominated Work
Randy NewmanAlmost There
The Princess and the Frog
Randy NewmanDown in New Orleans
The Princess and the Frog
Frank ThomasLoin de Paname
Paris 36
Reinhardt WagnerLoin de Paname
Paris 36
Maury YestonTake It All
Nine
Ryan BinghamThe Weary Kind
Crazy Heart
T-Bone BurnettThe Weary Kind
Crazy Heart

Academy Award for Best Documentary Short Subject

Academy Awards - 2009 | Winners & Nominees (25)

Roger Ross Williams, Elinor Burkett

Honored for : Music by Prudence

Nominations »

NomineeNominated Work
Bartosz KonopkaRabbit à la Berlin
Anna WydraRabbit à la Berlin
Daniel JungeThe Last Campaign of Governor Booth Gardner
Henry AnsbacherThe Last Campaign of Governor Booth Gardner
Jon AlpertChina\u2019s Unnatural Disaster: The Tears of Sichuan Province
Matthew O'NeillChina\u2019s Unnatural Disaster: The Tears of Sichuan Province
Roger Ross WilliamsMusic by Prudence
Elinor BurkettMusic by Prudence
Steven BognarThe Last Truck: Closing of a GM Plant
Julia ReichertThe Last Truck: Closing of a GM Plant

Academy Award for Best Short Film (Live Action)

Academy Awards - 2009 | Winners & Nominees (26)

Joachim Back, Tivi Magnusson

Honored for : The New Tenants

Nominations »

NomineeNominated Work
Gregg HelveyKavi
Joachim BackThe New Tenants
Tivi MagnussonThe New Tenants
James FlynnThe Door
Juanita WilsonThe Door
Luke DoolanMiracle Fish
Drew BaileyMiracle Fish
Patrik EklundInstead of Abracadabra
Mathias FjällströmInstead of Abracadabra

Academy Award for Best Makeup and Hairstyling

Academy Awards - 2009 | Winners & Nominees (27)

Barney Burman, Mindy Hall, Joel Harlow

Honored for : Star Trek

Nominations »

NomineeNominated Work
Aldo SignorettiIl Divo
Vittorio SodanoIl Divo
Barney BurmanStar Trek
Mindy HallStar Trek
Joel HarlowStar Trek
John Henry GordonThe Young Victoria
Jenny ShircoreThe Young Victoria

Academy Award for Best Production Design

Academy Awards - 2009 | Winners & Nominees (28)

Rick Carter, Robert Stromberg, Kim Sinclair

Honored for : Avatar

Nominations »

NomineeNominated Work
Sarah GreenwoodSherlock Holmes
Katie SpencerSherlock Holmes
Patrice VermetteThe Young Victoria
Maggie GrayThe Young Victoria
Rick CarterAvatar
Kim SinclairAvatar
Robert StrombergAvatar
David WarrenThe Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus
Anastasia MasaroThe Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus
Caroline SmithThe Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus
John MyhreNine
Gordon SimNine

Academy Award for Best Actor

Academy Awards - 2009 | Winners & Nominees (29)

Jeff Bridges

Honored for : Crazy Heart

(Role: Bad Blake)

Nominations »

NomineeNominated Work
Jeff BridgesCrazy Heart
Role: Bad Blake
George ClooneyUp in the Air
Role: Ryan Birgham
Colin FirthA Single Man
Role: George
Morgan FreemanInvictus
Role: Nelson Mandela
Jeremy RennerThe Hurt Locker
Role: Staff Sergeant William James

Academy Award for Best Sound Mixing

Academy Awards - 2009 | Winners & Nominees (30)

Paul N.J. Ottosson, Ray Beckett

Honored for : The Hurt Locker

Nominations »

NomineeNominated Work
Christopher BoyesAvatar
Tony JohnsonAvatar
Andy NelsonAvatar
Gary SummersAvatar
Paul N.J. OttossonThe Hurt Locker
Ray BeckettThe Hurt Locker
Michael MinklerInglourious Basterds
Mark UlanoInglourious Basterds
Tony LambertiInglourious Basterds
Anna BehlmerStar Trek
Peter J. DevlinStar Trek
Andy NelsonStar Trek
Greg P. RussellTransformers: Revenge of the Fallen
Geoffrey PattersonTransformers: Revenge of the Fallen
Gary SummersTransformers: Revenge of the Fallen

Academy Award for Best Visual Effects

Nominations »

NomineeNominated Work
Joe LetteriAvatar
Stephen RosenbaumAvatar
Richard BanehamAvatar
Andrew R. JonesAvatar
Roger GuyettStar Trek
Burt DaltonStar Trek
Paul KavanaghStar Trek
Russell EarlStar Trek
Dan KaufmanDistrict 9
Matt AitkenDistrict 9
Robert HabrosDistrict 9
Peter MuyzersDistrict 9

Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature

Academy Awards - 2009 | Winners & Nominees (32)

Louie Psihoyos, Fisher Stevens

Honored for : The Cove

Nominations »

NomineeNominated Work
Anders ØstergaardBurma VJ: Reporting from a Closed Country
Lise Lense-MollerBurma VJ: Reporting from a Closed Country
Rebecca CammisaWhich Way Home
Judith EhrlichThe Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers
Rick GoldsmithThe Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers
Robert KennerFood, Inc.
Elise PearlsteinFood, Inc.
Louie PsihoyosThe Cove
Fisher StevensThe Cove

Academy Award for Best Film Editing

Academy Awards - 2009 | Winners & Nominees (33)

Bob Murawski, Chris Innis

Honored for : The Hurt Locker

Nominations »

NomineeNominated Work
Stephen E. RivkinAvatar
James CameronAvatar
John RefouaAvatar
Julian ClarkeDistrict 9
Bob MurawskiThe Hurt Locker
Chris InnisThe Hurt Locker
Sally MenkeInglourious Basterds
Joe KlotzPrecious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire

Academy Award for Best Picture

Academy Awards - 2009 | Winners & Nominees (34)

Kathryn Bigelow, Mark Boal, Nicolas Chartier, Greg Shapiro

Honored for : The Hurt Locker

Nominations »

NomineeNominated Work
Daniel DubieckiUp in the Air
Ivan ReitmanUp in the Air
Jason ReitmanUp in the Air
Finola DwyerAn Education
Amanda PoseyAn Education
James CameronAvatar
Jon LandauAvatar
Ethan CoenA Serious Man
Joel CoenA Serious Man
Jonas RiveraUp
Lawrence BenderInglourious Basterds
Lee DanielsPrecious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire
Sarah Siegel-MagnessPrecious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire
Gary MagnessPrecious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire
Peter JacksonDistrict 9
Carolynne CunninghamDistrict 9
Gil NetterThe Blind Side
Broderick JohnsonThe Blind Side
Andrew KosoveThe Blind Side
Kathryn BigelowThe Hurt Locker
Nicolas ChartierThe Hurt Locker
Mark BoalThe Hurt Locker
Greg ShapiroThe Hurt Locker

Academy Award for Best Actress

Academy Awards - 2009 | Winners & Nominees (35)

Sandra Bullock

Honored for : The Blind Side

(Role: Leigh Anne Tuohy)

Nominations »

NomineeNominated Work
Sandra BullockThe Blind Side
Role: Leigh Anne Tuohy
Helen MirrenThe Last Station
Role: Sofya
Carey MulliganAn Education
Role: Jenny
Gabourey SidibePrecious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire
Role: Precious
Meryl StreepJulie & Julia
Role: Julia Child

Academy Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role

Academy Awards - 2009 | Winners & Nominees (36)

Mo'Nique Imes-Jackson

Honored for : Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire

(Role: Mary Lee Johnston)

Nominations »

NomineeNominated Work
Penélope CruzNine
Role: Carla
Vera FarmigaUp in the Air
Role: Alex Goran
Maggie GyllenhaalCrazy Heart
Role: Jean Craddock
Anna KendrickUp in the Air
Role: Natalie Keener
Mo'Nique Imes-JacksonPrecious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire
Role: Mary Lee Johnston

Academy Award for Best Director

Academy Awards - 2009 | Winners & Nominees (37)

Kathryn Bigelow

Honored for : The Hurt Locker

Nominations »

NomineeNominated Work
James CameronAvatar
Kathryn BigelowThe Hurt Locker
Jason ReitmanUp in the Air
Lee DanielsPrecious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire
Quentin TarantinoInglourious Basterds

Academy Award for Best Original Music Score

Academy Awards - 2009 | Winners & Nominees (38)

Michael Giacchino

Honored for : Up

Nominations »

NomineeNominated Work
James HornerAvatar
Alexandre DesplatFantastic Mr. Fox
Marco BeltramiThe Hurt Locker
Buck SandersThe Hurt Locker
Hans ZimmerSherlock Holmes
Michael GiacchinoUp

Academy Award for Best Cinematography

Academy Awards - 2009 | Winners & Nominees (39)

Mauro Fiore

Honored for : Avatar

Nominations »

NomineeNominated Work
Mauro FioreAvatar
Bruno DelbonnelHarry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Barry AckroydThe Hurt Locker
Robert RichardsonInglourious Basterds
Christian BergerThe White Ribbon

Academy Award for Best Costume Design

Academy Awards - 2009 | Winners & Nominees (40)

Sandy Powell

Honored for : The Young Victoria

Nominations »

NomineeNominated Work
Janet PattersonBright Star
Catherine LeterrierCoco Before Chanel
Monique PrudhommeThe Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus
Colleen AtwoodNine
Sandy PowellThe Young Victoria

Academy Award for Best Sound Editing

Academy Awards - 2009 | Winners & Nominees (41)

Paul N.J. Ottosson

Honored for : The Hurt Locker

Nominations »

NomineeNominated Work
Christopher BoyesAvatar
Gwendolyn Yates WhittleAvatar
Paul N.J. OttossonThe Hurt Locker
Wylie StatemanInglourious Basterds
Mark P. StoeckingerStar Trek
Alan RankinStar Trek
Michael SilversUp
Tom MyersUp

Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film

Academy Awards - 2009 | Winners & Nominees (42)

Juan José Campanella

Honored for : The Secret in Their Eyes

(Country: Argentina; in Spanish)

Nominations »

NomineeNominated Work
Claudia LlosaThe Milk of Sorrow
Country: Peru; in Spanish and Quechua
Scandar CoptiAjami
Country: Israel; in Arabic and Hebrew
Yaron ShaniAjami
Country: Israel; in Arabic and Hebrew
Michael HanekeThe White Ribbon
Country: Germany; in German
Jacques AudiardA Prophet
Country: France; in French, Corsican and Arabic
Juan José CampanellaThe Secret in Their Eyes
Country: Argentina; in Spanish
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