2011 Academy Award Nominees

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Best Picture 
“Black Swan” “The Fighter” “Inception” “The Kids Are All Right” “The King's Speech” “127 Hours” “The Social Network” “Toy Story 3” “True Grit” “Winter's Bone" 
Directing 
“Black Swan” Darren Aronofsky “The Fighter” David O. Russell “The King's Speech” Tom Hooper “The Social Network” David Fincher “True Grit” Joel Coen and Ethan Coen 
Actor in a Leading Role 
Javier Bardem in “Biutiful” Jeff Bridges in “True Grit” Jesse Eisenberg in “The Social Network” Colin Firth in “The King's Speech” James Franco in “127 Hours” 
Actor in a Supporting Role 
Christian Bale in “The Fighter” John Hawkes in “Winter's Bone” Jeremy Renner in “The Town” Mark Ruffalo in “The Kids Are All Right” Geoffrey Rush in “The King's Speech”
Actress in a Leading Role 
Annette Bening in “The Kids Are All Right” Nicole Kidman in “Rabbit Hole” Jennifer Lawrence in “Winter's Bone” Natalie Portman in “Black Swan” Michelle Williams in “Blue Valentine” 
Actress in a Supporting Role 
Amy Adams in “The Fighter” Helena Bonham Carter in “The King's Speech” Melissa Leo in “The Fighter” Hailee Steinfeld in “True Grit” Jacki Weaver in “Animal Kingdom” 
Animated Feature Film 
“How to Train Your Dragon” Chris Sanders and Dean DeBlois “The Illusionist” Sylvain Chomet “Toy Story 3” Lee Unkrich 
Art Direction 
“Alice in Wonderland” “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1” “Inception” “The King's Speech” “True Grit” 
Cinematography 
“Black Swan” Matthew Libatique “Inception” Wally Pfister “The King's Speech” Danny Cohen “The Social Network” Jeff Cronenweth “True Grit” Roger Deakins
Costume Design 
“Alice in Wonderland” Colleen Atwood “I Am Love” Antonella Cannarozzi “The King's Speech” Jenny Beavan “The Tempest” Sandy Powell “True Grit” Mary Zophres
Documentary (Feature) 
“Exit through the Gift Shop” Banksy and Jaimie D'Cruz “Gasland” Josh Fox and Trish Adlesic “Inside Job” Charles Ferguson and Audrey Marrs “Restrepo” Tim Hetherington and Sebastian Junger “Waste Land” Lucy Walker and Angus Aynsley 
Documentary (Short Subject) 
“Killing in the Name” Nominees to be determined “Poster Girl” Nominees to be determined “Strangers No More” Karen Goodman and Kirk Simon “Sun Come Up” Jennifer Redfearn and Tim Metzger “The Warriors of Qiugang” Ruby Yang and Thomas Lennon 
Film Editing 
“Black Swan” Andrew Weisblum “The Fighter” Pamela Martin “The King's Speech” Tariq Anwar “127 Hours” Jon Harris “The Social Network” Angus Wall and Kirk Baxter 
Foreign Language Film 
“Biutiful” Mexico “Dogtooth” Greece “In a Better World” Denmark “Incendies” Canada “Outside the Law (Hors-la-loi)” Algeria 
Makeup 
“Barney's Version” Adrien Morot “The Way Back” Edouard F. Henriques, Gregory Funk and Yolanda Toussieng “The Wolfman” Rick Baker and Dave Elsey 
Music (Original Score) 
“How to Train Your Dragon” John Powell “Inception” Hans Zimmer “The King's Speech” Alexandre Desplat “127 Hours” A.R. Rahman “The Social Network” Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross 
Music (Original Song) 
“Coming Home” from “Country Strong” Music and Lyric by Tom Douglas, Troy Verges and Hillary Lindsey “I See the Light” from “Tangled” Music by Alan Menken Lyric by Glenn Slater “If I Rise” from “127 Hours” Music by A.R. Rahman Lyric by Dido and Rollo Armstrong “We Belong Together” from “Toy Story 3" Music and Lyric by Randy Newman 
Short Film (Animated) 
“Day & Night” Teddy Newton “The Gruffalo” Jakob Schuh and Max Lang “Let's Pollute” Geefwee Boedoe “The Lost Thing” Shaun Tan and Andrew Ruhemann “Madagascar, carnet de voyage (Madagascar, a Journey Diary)” Bastien Dubois 
Short Film (Live Action) 
“The Confession” Tanel Toom “The Crush” Michael Creagh “God of Love” Luke Matheny “Na Wewe” Ivan Goldschmidt “Wish 143” Ian Barnes and Samantha Waite 
Sound Editing 
“Inception” Richard King “Toy Story 3” Tom Myers and Michael Silvers “Tron: Legacy” Gwendolyn Yates Whittle and Addison Teague “True Grit” Skip Lievsay and Craig Berkey “Unstoppable” Mark P. Stoeckinger 
Sound Mixing 
“Inception” “The King's Speech” “Salt” “The Social Network” “True Grit” 
Visual Effects 
“Alice in Wonderland” “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1” “Hereafter” “Inception” “Iron Man 2” 
Writing (Adapted Screenplay) 
“127 Hours” Screenplay by Danny Boyle & Simon Beaufoy “The Social Network” Screenplay by Aaron Sorkin “Toy Story 3” Screenplay by Michael Arndt; Story by John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton and Lee Unkrich “True Grit” Written for the screen by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen “Winter's Bone” Adapted for the screen by Debra Granik & Anne Rosellini 
Writing (Original Screenplay) 
“Another Year” Written by Mike Leigh “The Fighter” Screenplay by Scott Silver and Paul Tamasy & Eric Johnson; Story by Keith Dorrington & Paul Tamasy & Eric Johnson “Inception” Written by Christopher Nolan “The Kids Are All Right” Written by Lisa Cholodenko & Stuart Blumberg “The King's Speech” Screenplay by David Seidler