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Academy Awards

83rd edition

  • February 27, 2011
  • United States

The 83rd Academy Awards ceremony, organized by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), honored the best films of 2010 in the United States and took place on February 27, 2011, at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles, beginning at 5:30 p.m. PST (8:30 p.m. EST). During the ceremony, Academy Awards (commonly called the Oscars) were presented in 24 competitive categories. The ceremony was televised in the United States by ABC, and produced by Bruce Cohen and Don Mischer, with Mischer also serving as director. Actors James Franco and Anne Hathaway co-hosted the ceremony, marking the first time for each.

Awards

Movie People Status
Best Picture
The King's Speech Iain Canning, Emile Sherman, Gareth Unwin - as producer(s) Winner
Black Swan Mike Medavoy, Brian Oliver, Scott Franklin - as producer(s)
The Fighter David Hoberman, Todd Lieberman, Mark Wahlberg - as producer(s)
Inception Emma Thomas, Christopher Nolan - as producer(s)
The Kids Are All Right Gary Gilbert, Jeffrey Levy-Hinte, Celine Rattray - as producer(s)
127 Hours Christian Colson, Danny Boyle, John Smithson - as producer(s)
The Social Network Scott Rudin, Dana Brunetti, Michael De Luca, Ceán Chaffin - as producer(s)
Toy Story 3 Darla K. Anderson - as producer(s)
True Grit Scott Rudin, Ethan Coen, Joel Coen - as producer(s)
Winter's Bone Anne Rosellini, Alix Madigan-Yorkin - as producer(s)
Best Directing
The King's Speech Tom Hooper Winner
Black Swan Darren Aronofsky
The Fighter David O. Russell
The Social Network David Fincher
True Grit Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
Best Actor in a Leading Role
The King's Speech Colin Firth Winner
Biutiful Javier Bardem
True Grit Jeff Bridges
The Social Network Jesse Eisenberg
127 Hours James Franco
Best Actress in a Leading Role
Black Swan Natalie Portman Winner
The Kids Are All Right Annette Bening
Rabbit Hole Nicole Kidman
Winter's Bone Jennifer Lawrence
Blue Valentine Michelle Williams
Best Actor in a Supporting Role
The Fighter Christian Bale Winner
Winter's Bone John Hawkes
The Town Jeremy Renner
The Kids Are All Right Mark Ruffalo
The King's Speech Geoffrey Rush
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
The Fighter Melissa Leo Winner
The Fighter Amy Adams
The King's Speech Helena Bonham Carter
True Grit Hailee Steinfeld
Animal Kingdom Jacki Weaver
Best Original Screenplay
The King's Speech David Seidler Winner
Another Year Mike Leigh
The Fighter Scott Silver, Paul Tamasy, Eric Johnson
Inception Christopher Nolan
The Kids Are All Right Lisa Cholodenko, Stuart Blumberg
Best Adapted Screenplay
The Social Network Aaron Sorkin Winner
127 Hours Danny Boyle, Simon Beaufoy
Toy Story 3 Michael Arndt, John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton, Lee Unkrich
True Grit Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
Winter's Bone Debra Granik, Anne Rosellini
Best Animated Film
Toy Story 3 Lee Unkrich Winner
How to Train Your Dragon Chris Sanders, Dean DeBlois
The Illusionist Sylvain Chomet
Best International Feature Film
In a Better World Susanne Bier Winner
Biutiful Alejandro González Iñárritu
Dogtooth Yorgos Lanthimos
Incendies Denis Villeneuve
Outside the Law Rachid Bouchareb
Best Documentary Feature Film
Inside Job Charles H. Ferguson, Audrey Marrs Winner
Exit Through the Gift Shop Banksy, Jaimie D'Cruz
Gasland Josh Fox, Trish Adlesic
Restrepo Tim Hetherington, Sebastian Junger
Waste Land Lucy Walker, Angus Aynsley
Best Original Score
The Social Network Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross Winner
127 Hours A. R. Rahman
How to Train Your Dragon John Powell
Inception Hans Zimmer
The King's Speech Alexandre Desplat
Best Cinematography
Inception Wally Pfister Winner
Black Swan Matthew Libatique
The King's Speech Danny Cohen
The Social Network Jeff Cronenweth
True Grit Roger Deakins
Best Original Song
Toy Story 3 Randy Newman - "We Belong Together" Winner
Country Strong Tom Douglas, Hillary Lindsey, Troy Verges - "Coming Home"
127 Hours A. R. Rahman, Rollo Armstrong, Dido - "If I Rise"
Tangled Alan Menken, Glenn Slater - "I See the Light"
Best Sound Editing
Inception Richard King Winner
Toy Story 3 Tom Myers, Michael Silvers
TRON: Legacy Gwendolyn Yates Whittle, Addison Teague
True Grit Skip Lievsay, Craig Berkey
Unstoppable Mark P. Stoeckinger
Best Sound Mixing
Inception Lora Hirschberg, Gary A. Rizzo, Ed Novick Winner
The King's Speech Paul Hamblin, Martin Jensen, John Midgley
Salt Jeffrey J. Haboush, Greg P. Russell, Scott Millan, William Sarokin
The Social Network Ren Klyce, Michael Semanick, David Parker, Mark Weingarten
True Grit Skip Lievsay, Craig Berkey, Greg Orloff, Peter Kurland
Best Production Design
Alice in Wonderland Robert Stromberg, Karen O'Hara Winner
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 Stuart Craig, Stephenie McMillan
Inception Guy Hendrix Dyas, Larry Dias, Doug Mowat
The King's Speech Eve Stewart, Judy Farr
True Grit Jess Gonchor, Nancy Haigh
Best Film Editing
The Social Network Angus Wall, Kirk Baxter Winner
127 Hours Jon Harris
Black Swan Andrew Weisblum
The Fighter Pamela Martin
The King's Speech Tariq Anwar
Best Makeup and Hairstyling
The Wolfman Rick Baker, Dave Elsey Winner
Barney's Version Adrien Morot
The Way Back Edouard F. Henriques, Gregory Funk, Yolanda Toussieng
Best Costume Design
Alice in Wonderland Colleen Atwood Winner
I Am Love Antonella Cannarozzi
The King's Speech Jenny Beavan
The Tempest Sandy Powell
True Grit Mary Zophres
Best Visual Effects
Inception Paul Franklin, Chris Corbould, Andrew Lockley, Peter Bebb Winner
Alice in Wonderland Ken Ralston, David Schaub, Carey Villegas, Sean Phillips
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 Tim Burke, John Richardson, Christian Manz, Nicolas Aithadi
Hereafter Michael Owens, Bryan Grill, Stephan Trojansky, Joe Farrell
Iron Man 2 Janek Sirrs, Ben Snow, Ged Wright, Dan Sudick
Best Short Film (Live Action)
God of Love Luke Matheny Winner
The Confession Tanel Toom
The Crush Michael Creagh
Na Wewe Ivan Goldschmidt
Wish 143 Ian Barnes, Samantha Waite
Best Documentary Short Film
Strangers No More Karen Goodman, Kirk Simon Winner
Killing in the Name Jed Rothstein
Poster Girl Sara Nesson, Mitchell W. Block
Sun Come Up Jennifer Redfearn, Tim Metzger
The Warriors of Qiugang Ruby Yang, Thomas Lennon
Best Animated Short Film
The Lost Thing Andrew Ruhemann, Shaun Tan Winner
Day & Night Teddy Newton
The Gruffalo Max Lang, Jakob Schuh
Let's Pollute Geefwee Boedoe
Madagascar, a Journey Diary Bastien Dubois

Governors Awards

The Governors Awards presentation is an annual award ceremony hosted by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), at the Grand Ballroom of the Hollywood and Highland Center, in the Hollywood district of Los Angeles, California. Three awards that signify lifetime achievement within the... More

Movie People Status
Honorary Award
Kevin Brownlow - For the wise and devoted chronicling of the cinematic parade. Winner
Jean-Luc Godard - For passion. For confrontation. For a new kind of cinema. Winner
Eli Wallach - For a lifetime's worth of indelible screen characters. Winner
Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award
Francis Ford Coppola Winner
Statistics

Most Awarded

2 or more wins
  • Inception 4
  • The King's Speech 4
  • The Social Network 3
  • Alice in Wonderland 2
  • The Fighter 2
  • Toy Story 3 2

Most Nominated

3 or more nominations
  • The King's Speech 12
  • True Grit 10
  • Inception 8
  • The Social Network 8
  • The Fighter 7
  • 127 Hours 6
  • Black Swan 5
  • Toy Story 3 5
  • The Kids Are All Right 4
  • Winter's Bone 4
  • Alice in Wonderland 3

Most Unluckiest

wins / nominations
  • True Grit 0 / 10
  • The King's Speech 4 / 12
  • 127 Hours 0 / 6
  • The Social Network 3 / 8
  • The Fighter 2 / 7
  • Inception 4 / 8
  • Black Swan 1 / 5
  • The Kids Are All Right 0 / 4
  • Winter's Bone 0 / 4
  • Toy Story 3 2 / 5

Only one nomination

42 movies:
  • Animal Kingdom
  • Another Year
  • Barney's Version
  • Blue Valentine
  • The Confession
  • Country Strong
  • The Crush
  • Day & Night
  • Dogtooth
  • Exit Through the Gift Shop
  • Gasland
  • God of Love
  • The Gruffalo
  • Hereafter
  • I Am Love
  • The Illusionist
  • In a Better World
  • Incendies
  • Inside Job
  • Iron Man 2
  • Killing in the Name
  • Let's Pollute
  • The Lost Thing
  • Madagascar, a Journey Diary
  • Na Wewe
  • Outside the Law
  • Poster Girl
  • Rabbit Hole
  • Restrepo
  • Salt
  • Strangers No More
  • Sun Come Up
  • Tangled
  • The Tempest
  • The Town
  • TRON: Legacy
  • Unstoppable
  • The Warriors of Qiugang
  • Waste Land
  • The Way Back
  • Wish 143
  • The Wolfman

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