2011 Oscar Contenders: The Complete List

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
  Production Design: Robert Stromberg; Set Decoration: Karen O'Hara
• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1
  Production Design: Stuart Craig; Set Decoration: Stephenie McMillan
• Inception
  Production Design: Guy Hendrix Dyas; Set Decoration: Larry Dias and Doug Mowat
• The King's Speech
  Production Design: Eve Stewart; Set Decoration: Judy Farr
• True Grit
  Production Design: Jess Gonchor; Set Decoration: Nancy Haigh

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

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

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

Best Picture

• Black Swan Mike Medavoy, Brian Oliver and Scott Franklin, Producers
• The Fighter David Hoberman, Todd Lieberman and Mark Wahlberg, Producers
• Inception Emma Thomas and Christopher Nolan, Producers
• The Kids Are All Right Gary Gilbert, Jeffrey Levy-Hinte and Celine Rattray, Producers
• The King's Speech Iain Canning, Emile Sherman and Gareth Unwin, Producers
• 127 Hours Christian Colson, Danny Boyle and John Smithson, Producers
• The Social Network Scott Rudin, Dana Brunetti, Michael De Luca and Ceán Chaffin, Producers
• Toy Story 3 Darla K. Anderson, Producer
• True Grit Scott Rudin, Ethan Coen and Joel Coen, Producers
• Winter's Bone Anne Rosellini and Alix Madigan-Yorkin, Producers

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 Lora Hirschberg, Gary A. Rizzo and Ed Novick
• The King's Speech Paul Hamblin, Martin Jensen and John Midgley
• Salt Jeffrey J. Haboush, Greg P. Russell, Scott Millan and William Sarokin
• The Social Network Ren Klyce, David Parker, Michael Semanick and Mark Weingarten
• True Grit Skip Lievsay, Craig Berkey, Greg Orloff and Peter F. Kurland

Visual Effects

• Alice in Wonderland Ken Ralston, David Schaub, Carey Villegas and Sean Phillips
• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1 Tim Burke, John Richardson, Christian Manz and Nicolas Aithadi
• Hereafter Michael Owens, Bryan Grill, Stephan Trojanski and Joe Farrell
• Inception Paul Franklin, Chris Corbould, Andrew Lockley and Peter Bebb
• Iron Man 2 Janek Sirrs, Ben Snow, Ged Wright and Daniel Sudick

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