| 83rd Academy Awards | ||||
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| Date | February 27, 2011 | |||
| Site | Kodak Theatre Hollywood, California | |||
| Host | James Franco Anne Hathaway | |||
| Highlights | ||||
| Best Picture | The King's Speech | |||
| Most wins | Inception and The King's Speech (4) | |||
| Most nominations | The King's Speech (12) | |||
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The 83rd Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, took place on February 27, 2011, at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California. The awards ceremony honored the best films of 2010 and was televised in the United States on ABC with a viewership of 37.90 million people. Actors James Franco and Anne Hathaway co-hosted the event for their first time.
Inception and The King's Speech were the big winners of the year, with four awards apiece. The Social Network won three awards, while Alice in Wonderland, Toy Story 3 and The Fighter each came away with two trophies.
The Academy also recognized Kevin Brownlow, Jean-Luc Godard and Eli Wallach with Academy Honorary Awards, and awarded Francis Ford Coppola the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award
Best Picture
See also: Best Picture
- Winner
- The King's Speech — Iain Canning, Emile Sherman and Gareth Unwin, producers
- Nominees
- 127 Hours — Christian Colson, Danny Boyle and John Smithson, producers
- 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 Social Network — Scott Rudin, Dana Brunetti, Michael De Luca and Cean 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
Best Director
See also: Best Director
- Winner
- Tom Hooper — The King's Speech
- Nominees
- Darren Aronofsky — Black Swan
- Ethan Coen and Joel Coen — True Grit
- David Fincher — The Social Network
- David O. Russell — The Fighter
Best Actor
See also: Best Actor
- Winner
- Colin Firth — The King's Speech
- Nominees
- Javier Bardem — Biutiful
- Jeff Bridges — True Grit
- Jesse Eisenberg — The Social Network
- James Franco — 127 Hours
Best Actress
See also: Best Actress
- Winner
- Natalie Portman — Black Swan
- Nominees
- Annette Bening — The Kids Are All Right
- Nicole Kidman — Rabbit Hole
- Jennifer Lawrence — Winter's Bone
- Michelle Williams — Blue Valentine
Best Supporting Actor
See also: Best Supporting Actor
- Winner
- Christian Bale — The Fighter
- Nominees
- John Hawkes — Winter's Bone
- Jeremy Renner — The Town
- Mark Ruffalo — The Kids Are All Right
- Geoffrey Rush — The King's Speech
Best Supporting Actress
See also: Best Supporting Actress
- Winner
- Melissa Leo — The Fighter
- Nominees
- Amy Adams — The Fighter
- Helena Bonham Carter — The King's Speech
- Hailee Steinfeld — True Grit
- Jacki Weaver — Animal Kingdom
Best Original Screenplay
See also: Best Original Screenplay
- Winner
- The King's Speech — Screenplay by David Seidler
- Nominees
- Another Year — Written by Mike Leigh
- The Fighter — Screenplay by Scott Silver, Paul Tamasy and Eric Johnson; Story by Keith Dorrington, Paul Tamasy and Eric Johnson
- Inception — Written by Christopher Nolan
- The Kids Are All Right — Written by Lisa Cholodenko and Stuart Blumberg
Best Adapted Screenplay
See also: Best Adapted Screenplay
- Winner
- The Social Network — Screenplay by Aaron Sorkin
- Nominees
- 127 Hours — Screenplay by Danny Boyle and Simon Beaufoy
- 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 and Ethan Coen
- Winter's Bone — Adapted for the Screen by Debra Granik and Anne Rosellini
Best Animated Feature
See also: Best Animated Feature
- Winner
- Toy Story 3 — Lee Unkrich
- Nominees
- How to Train Your Dragon — Chris Sanders and Dean DeBlois
- The Illusionist — Sylvain Chomet
Best Foreign Language Film
See also: Best Foreign Language Film
- Winner
- In a Better World from Denmark — Susanne Bier
- Nominees
- Biutiful from Mexico — Alejandro González Iñárritu
- Dogtooth from Greece — Yorgos Lanthimos
- Incendies from Canada — Denis Villeneuve
- Outside the Law from Algeria — Rachid Bouchareb
Best Documentary Feature
See also: Best Documentary Feature
- Winner
- Inside Job — Charles Ferguson and Audrey Marrs
- Nominees
- Exit Through the Gift Shop — Banksy and Jaimie D'Cruz
- Gasland — Josh Fox and Trish Adlesic
- Restrepo — Tim Hetherington and Sebastian Junger
- Waste Land — Lucy Walker and Angus Aynsley
Best Documentary Short
See also: Best Documentary Short
- Winner
- Strangers No More — Karen Goodman and Kirk Simon
- Nominees
- Killing in the Name — Jed Rothstein
- Poster Girl — Sara Nesson
- Sun Come Up — Jennifer Redfearn and Tim Metzger
- The Warriors of Qiugang — Ruby Yang and Thomas Lennon
Best Live Action Short
See also: Best Live Action Short
- Winner
- God of Love — Luke Matheny
- Nominees
- The Confession — Tanel Toom
- The Crush — Michael Creagh
- Na Wewe — Ivan Goldschmidt
- Wish 143 — Ian Barnes and Samantha Waite
Best Animated Short
See also: Best Animated Short
- Winner
- The Lost Thing — Shaun Tan and Andrew Ruhemann
- Nominees
- Day & Night — Teddy Newton
- The Gruffalo — Max Lang and Jakob Schuh
- Let's Pollute — Geefwee Boedoe
- Madagascar, a Journey Diary — Bastien Dubois
Best Orignal Score
See also: Best Original Score
- Winner
- The Social Network — Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross
- Nominees
- 127 Hours — A.R. Rahman
- How to Train Your Dragon — John Powell
- Inception — Hans Zimmer
- The King's Speech — Alexandre Desplat
Best Original Song
See also: Best Original Song
- Winner
- "We Belong Together" from Toy Story 3 — Music and Lyric by Randy Newman
- Nominees
- "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
Best Sound Editing
See also: Best Sound Editing
- Winner
- Inception — Richard King
- Nominees
- Toy Story 3 — Tom Myers and Michael Silvers
- Tron: Legacy — Gwendolyn Yates Whittle and Addison Teague
- True Grit (2010) — Skip Lievsay and Craig Berkey
- Unstoppable — Mark P. Stoeckinger
Best Sound Mixing
See also: Best Sound Mixing
- Winner
- Inception — Lora Hirschberg, Gary A. Rizzo and Ed Novick
- Nominees
- 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
Best Art Direction
See also: Best Art Direction
- Winner
- Alice in Wonderland — Art Direction: Robert Stromberg; Set Decoration: Karen O'Hara
- Nominees
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 — Art Direction: Stuart Craig; Set Decoration: Stephenie McMillan
- Inception — Art Direction: Guy Hendrix Dyas; Set Decoration: Larry Dias and Doug Mowat
- The King's Speech — Art Direction: Eve Stewart; Set Decoration: Judy Farr
- True Grit — Art Direction: Jess Gonchor; Set Decoration: Nancy Haigh
Best Cinematography
See also: Best Cinematography
- Winner
- Inception — Wally Pfister
- Nominees
- Black Swan — Matthew Libatique
- The King's Speech — Danny Cohen
- The Social Network — Jeff Cronenweth
- True Grit — Roger Deakins
Best Makeup
See also: Best Makeup
- Winner
- The Wolfman — Rick Baker and Dave Elsey
- Nominees
- Barney's Version — Adrien Morot
- The Way Back — Edouard F. Henriques, Gregory Funk and Yolanda Toussieng
Best Costume Design
See also: Best Costume Design
- Winner
- Alice in Wonderland — Colleen Atwood
- Nominees
- I Am Love — Antonella Cannarozzi
- The King's Speech — Jenny Beavan
- The Tempest — Sandy Powell
- True Grit — Mary Zophres
Best Film Editing
See also: Best Film Editing
- Winner
- The Social Network — Angus Wall and Kirk Baxter
- Nominees
- 127 Hours — Jon Harris
- Black Swan — Andrew Weisblum
- The Fighter — Pamela Martin
- The King's Speech — Tariq Anwar
Best Visual Effects
See also: Best Visual Effects
- Winner
- Inception — Paul Franklin, Chris Corbould, Andrew Lockley and Peter Bebb
- Nominees
- 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 Trojansky and Joe Farrell
- Iron Man 2 — Janek Sirrs, Ben Snow, Ged Wright and Daniel Sudick
Honorary Award
- Kevin Brownlow "for the wise and devoted chronicling of the cinematic parade."
- Jean-Luc Godard "for passion. For confrontation. For a new kind of cinema."
- Eli Wallach "for a lifetime's worth of indelible screen characters."