The 82nd Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), honored the best films of 2009 and took place on March 7, 2010, at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles, beginning at 5:30 p.m. PST / 8:30 p.m. EST. The ceremony was scheduled after its usual late-February date to avoid conflicting with the 2010 Winter Olympics. During the ceremony, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences presented Academy Awards (commonly referred to as Oscars) in 24 categories. The ceremony was televised in the United States by ABC, and was produced by Bill Mechanic and Adam Shankman and directed by Hamish Hamilton. Actors Alec Baldwin and Steve Martin hosted the show. Martin hosted for the third time; he first presided over the 73rd ceremony held in 2001 and last hosted the 75th ceremony held in 2003, while this was Baldwin's first Oscars hosting stint. This was also the first telecast to have multiple hosts since the 59th ceremony held in 1987.
On June 24, 2009, Academy president Sid Ganis announced at a press conference that, in an attempt to revitalize interest surrounding the awards, the 2010 ceremony would feature ten Best Picture nominees instead of five, a practice that had been discontinued after the 16th ceremony in 1944. On February 20, 2010, in a ceremony at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills, California, the Academy Awards for Technical Achievement were presented by host Elizabeth Banks.
The Hurt Locker won six awards, including Best Picture. Other winners were Avatar with three awards, Crazy Heart, Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire, and Up with two, and The Blind Side, The Cove, Inglourious Basterds, Logorama, Music by Prudence, The New Tenants, The Secret in Their Eyes, Star Trek, and The Young Victoria with one. The telecast garnered nearly 42 million viewers in the United States, making it the most watched Oscar telecast since the 77th Academy Awards in 2005.
Winners and nominees
The nominees for the 82nd Academy Awards were announced on February 2, 2010, at 5:38 a.m. PST (13:38 UTC) at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills, California, by Tom Sherak, president of the Academy, and actress Anne Hathaway. Avatar and The Hurt Locker led the nominations with nine each.
The winners were announced during the awards ceremony on March 7, 2010. Kathryn Bigelow made history as the first female to win the Academy Award for Best Director. Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire became the first film directed by a Black director to be nominated for Best Picture. Up became the second animated film to be nominated for Best Picture after 1991's Beauty and the Beast. Best Adapted Screenplay winner Geoffrey Fletcher was the first African-American winner of a screenwriting Oscar. Meryl Streep received her thirtheenth nomination for Best Actress in a Leading Role, beting Katharine Hepburn as the most nominated actress in this category.
Awards
Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface and indicated with a double dagger ().
The Hurt Locker – Kathryn Bigelow, Mark Boal, Nicolas Chartier and Greg Shapiro, producers Avatar – James Cameron and Jon Landau, producers The Blind Side – Gil Netter, Andrew A. Kosove and Broderick Johnson, producers District 9 – Peter Jackson and Carolynne Cunningham, producers An Education – Finola Dwyer and Amanda Posey, producers Inglourious Basterds – Lawrence Bender, producer Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire – Lee Daniels, Sarah Siegel-Magness and Gary Magness, producers A Serious Man – Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, producers Up – Jonas Rivera, producer Up in the Air – Daniel Dubiecki, Ivan Reitman and Jason Reitman, producers | valign="top" width="50%" |
Kathryn Bigelow – The Hurt Locker James Cameron – Avatar Quentin Tarantino – Inglourious Basterds Lee Daniels – Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire Jason Reitman – Up in the Air Jeff Bridges – Crazy Heart as Otis "Bad" Blake George Clooney – Up in the Air as Ryan Bingham Colin Firth – A Single Man as George Falconer Morgan Freeman – Invictus as Nelson Mandela Jeremy Renner – The Hurt Locker as Sergeant First Class William James Sandra Bullock – The Blind Side as Leigh Anne Tuohy Helen Mirren – The Last Station as Sophia Tolstaya Carey Mulligan – An Education as Jenny Mellor Gabourey Sidibe – Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire as Claireece "Precious" Jones Meryl Streep – Julie & Julia as Julia Child Christoph Waltz – Inglourious Basterds as Col. Hans Landa Matt Damon – Invictus as Francois Pienaar Woody Harrelson – The Messenger as Cpt. Tony Stone Christopher Plummer – The Last Station as Leo Tolstoy Stanley Tucci – The Lovely Bones as George Harvey Mo'Nique – Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire as Mary Lee Johnston Penélope Cruz – Nine as Carla Albanese Vera Farmiga – Up in the Air as Alex Goran Maggie Gyllenhaal – Crazy Heart as Jean Craddock Anna Kendrick – Up in the Air as Natalie Keener The Hurt Locker – Mark Boal Inglourious Basterds – Quentin Tarantino The Messenger – Alessandro Camon and Oren Moverman A Serious Man – Joel Coen and Ethan Coen Up – Screenplay by Bob Peterson and Pete Docter; Story by Pete Docter, Bob Peterson and Tom McCarthy Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire – Geoffrey Fletcher; District 9 – Neill Blomkamp and Terri Tatchell; An Education – Nick Hornby; In the Loop – Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci and Tony Roche; Up in the Air – Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner; Up – Directed by Pete Docter Coraline – Directed by Henry Selick Fantastic Mr. Fox – Directed by Wes Anderson The Princess and the Frog – Directed by John Musker and Ron Clements The Secret of Kells – Directed by Tomm Moore The Secret in Their Eyes (Argentina) in Spanish – Directed by Juan José Campanella Ajami (Israel) in Arabic and Hebrew – Directed by Scandar Copti and Yaron Shani The Milk of Sorrow (Peru) in Spanish and Quechua – Directed by Claudia Llosa A Prophet (France) in French, Corsican and Arabic – Directed by Jacques Audiard The White Ribbon (Germany) in German – Directed by Michael Haneke The Cove – Louie Psihoyos and Fisher Stevens Burma VJ – Anders Østergaard and Lise Lense-Møller Food, Inc. – Robert Kenner and Elise Pearlstein The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers – Judith Ehrlich and Rick Goldsmith Which Way Home – Rebecca Cammisa Music by Prudence – Roger Ross Williams and Elinor Burkett China's Unnatural Disaster: The Tears of Sichuan Province – Jon Alpert and Matthew O'Neill The Last Campaign of Governor Booth Gardner – Daniel Junge and Henry Ansbacher The Last Truck: Closing of a GM Plant – Steven Bognar and Julia Reichert Rabbit à la Berlin – Bartek Konopka and Anna Wydra The New Tenants – Joachim Back and Tivi Magnusson The Door – Juanita Wilson and James Flynn Instead of Abracadabra – Patrik Eklund and Mathias Fjellström Kavi – Gregg Helvey Miracle Fish – Luke Doolan and Drew Bailey Logorama – Nicolas Schmerkin French Roast – Fabrice O. Joubert Granny O'Grimm's Sleeping Beauty – Nicky Phelan and Darragh O'Connell The Lady and the Reaper – Javier Recio Gracia A Matter of Loaf and Death – Nick Park Up – Michael Giacchino Avatar – James Horner Fantastic Mr. Fox – Alexandre Desplat The Hurt Locker – Marco Beltrami and Buck Sanders Sherlock Holmes – Hans Zimmer "The Weary Kind (Theme from Crazy Heart)" from Crazy Heart – Music and Lyrics by Ryan Bingham and T Bone Burnett "Almost There" from The Princess and the Frog – Music and Lyrics by Randy Newman "Down in New Orleans" from The Princess and the Frog – Music and Lyrics by Randy Newman "Loin de Paname" from Paris 36 – Music by Reinhardt Wagner; Lyrics by Frank Thomas "Take It All" from Nine – Music and Lyrics by Maury Yeston The Hurt Locker – Paul N. J. Ottosson Avatar – Christopher Boyes and Gwendolyn Yates Whittle Inglourious Basterds – Wylie Stateman Star Trek – Mark Stoeckinger and Alan Rankin Up – Michael Silvers and Tom Myers The Hurt Locker – Paul N. J. Ottosson and Ray Beckett Avatar – Christopher Boyes, Gary Summers, Andy Nelson and Tony Johnson Inglourious Basterds – Michael Minkler, Tony Lamberti and Mark Ulano Star Trek – Anna Behlmer, Andy Nelson and Peter J. Devlin Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen – Greg P. Russell, Gary Summers and Geoffrey Patterson Avatar – Art Direction: Rick Carter and Robert Stromberg; Set Decoration: Kim Sinclair The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus – Art Direction: Dave Warren and Anastasia Masaro; Set Decoration: Caroline Smith Nine – Art Direction: John Myhre; Set Decoration: Gordon Sim Sherlock Holmes – Art Direction: Sarah Greenwood; Set Decoration: Katie Spencer The Young Victoria – Art Direction: Patrice Vermette; Set Decoration: Maggie Gray Avatar – Mauro Fiore Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince – Bruno Delbonnel The Hurt Locker – Barry Ackroyd Inglourious Basterds – Robert Richardson The White Ribbon – Christian Berger Star Trek – Barney Burman, Mindy Hall and Joel Harlow Il Divo – Aldo Signoretti and Vittorio Sodano The Young Victoria – Jon Henry Gordon and Jenny Shircore The Young Victoria – Sandy Powell Bright Star – Janet Patterson Coco Before Chanel – Catherine Leterrier The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus – Monique Prudhomme Nine – Colleen Atwood The Hurt Locker – Bob Murawski and Chris Innis Avatar – Stephen E. Rivkin, John Refoua and James Cameron District 9 – Julian Clarke Inglourious Basterds – Sally Menke Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire – Joe Klotz Avatar – Joe Letteri, Stephen Rosenbaum, Richard Baneham and Andrew R. Jones District 9 – Dan Kaufman, Peter Muyzers, Robert Habros and Matt Aitken Star Trek – Roger Guyett, Russell Earl, Paul Kavanagh and Burt Dalton
Governors Awards The Academy held its 1st Annual Governors Awards ceremony on November 14, 2009, during which the following awards were presented:
Honorary Awards To Lauren Bacall in recognition of her central place in the golden age of motion pictures. To Roger Corman for his rich engendering of films and filmmakers. To Gordon Willis for unsurpassed mastery of light, shadow, color and motion.
Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award John Calley
Films with multiple nominations and awards
The following 22 films received multiple nominations:
Nominations Film 9 Avatar The Hurt Locker 8 Inglourious Basterds 6 Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire Up in the Air 5 Up 4 District 9 NineStar Trek 3 An Education Crazy Heart The Princess and the Frog The Young Victoria 2 The Blind Side Fantastic Mr. Fox Invictus The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus The Last Station The Messenger A Serious Man Sherlock Holmes The White Ribbon
The following five films received multiple awards: Awards Film 6 The Hurt Locker 3 Avatar 2 Crazy Heart Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire Up
Presenters and performers The following individuals, listed in order of appearance, presented awards or performed musical numbers.Multiple sources:
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