Looking at Film from Every Angle

82nd Academy Awards (2009): Precursor Tallies

The titles of the Academy Award Winners are accented in blue. The titles of the Academy Awards Nominees are accented in bold. Professional Guild winners have the guild abbreviation highlighted in blue. Organization Abbreviations Guide at bottom.

Best Picture

The Hurt Locker (15) – BSFC, LAFCA, NYFCC, SFFC, AFC, HFC, SAT, CFC, OFCS, NSFC, BFCA, PGA, OFTA, BAFTA
Up in the Air (6) – WAFCA, NBR, SEFCA, InFC, DFWFCA, FFC
Inglourious Basterds (3) – TFC, SDFC, SAG
Avatar (2) – NYFCO, GG
The Hangover (1) – GG
Hunger (1) – TFC
Nine (1) – SAT
Precious (1) – ISA
Un Prophète (1) – LFCC
Up (1) – DFCS

Best Animated Film

Up (20) – WAFCA, NBR, BSFC, NYFCO, SEFCA, SDFC, DFWFCA, AFC, HFC, CFC, FFC, OFCS, BFCA, GG, DFCS, PGA, Up, OFTA, LFCC, BAFTA
Fantastic Mr. Fox (4) – LAFCA, NYFCC, InFC, SAT
Coraline (1) – SFFC

Best Director

Kathryn Bigelow – The Hurt Locker (17) – WAFCA, BSFC, LAFCA, NYFCO, NYFCC, SEFCA, SFFC, AFC, TFC, HFC, SAT, CFC, OFCS, NSFC, BFCA, DGA, OFTA, BAFTA
Jason Reitman – Up in the Air (2) – DFWFCA, FFC
James Cameron – Avatar (1) – GG
Lee Daniels – Precious (1) – ISA
Pete Docter – Up (1) – DFCS
Clint Eastwood – Invictus (1) – NBR
Spike Jonze – Where the Wild Things Are (1) – InFC
Quentin Tarantino – Inglourious Basterds (1) – SDFC

Best Actor

George Clooney – Up in the Air (8) – WAFCA, NBR, NYFCC, SEFCA, InFC, DFWFCA, HFC, FFC; Fantastic Mr. Fox (1) – NYFCC
Jeff Bridges – Crazy Heart (7) – LAFCA, NYFCO, BFCA, GG, SAG, OFTA, ISA
Colin Firth – A Single Man (5) – SFFC, SDFC, AFC, DFCS, BAFTA
Jeremy Renner – The Hurt Locker (5) – BSFC, SAT, CFC, OFCS, NSFC
Nicolas Cage – Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans (1) – TFC
Robert Downey Jr. – Sherlock Holmes (1) – GG
Morgan Freeman – Invictus (1) – NBR
Michael Stuhlbarg – A Serious Man (1) – SAT
Christoph Waltz – Inglourious Basterds (1) – LFCC

Best Actress

Carey Mulligan – An Education (8) – WAFCA, NBR, InFC, DFWFCA, TFC, HFC, CFC, BAFTA
Meryl Streep – Julie & Julia (8) – BSFC, NYFCO, NYFCC, SEFCA, SFFC, SAT, BFCA, GG
Sandra Bullock – The Blind Side (3) – BFCA, GG, SAG
Gabourey Sidibe – Precious (3) – FFC, DFCS, ISA
Melanie Laurent – Inglourious Basterds (2) – AFC, OFCS
Yolande Moreau – Séraphine (2) – LAFCA, NSFC
Gabourey Sidibe – Precious (2) – FFC, DFCS
Shohreh Aghdashloo – The Stoning of Soraya M (1) – SAT
Mo’Nique – Precious (1) – LFCC
Michelle Monaghan – Trucker (1) – SDFC
Tilda Swinton – Julia (1) – OFTA

Best Supporting Actor

Christoph Waltz – Inglourious Basterds (23) – WAFCA, BSFC, LAFCA, NYFCO, NYFCC, SEFCA, InFC, SDFC, DFWFCA, AFC, TFC, HFC, SAT, CFC, FFC, OFCS, NSFC, BFCA, GG, DFCS, SAG, OFTA, BAFTA
Woody Harrelson – The Messenger (2) – NBR, ISA
Christian McKay – Me & Orson Welles (1) – SFFC
Paul Schneider – Bright Star (1) – NSFC

Best Supporting Actress

Mo’Nique – Precious (21) – WAFCA, BSFC, LAFCA, NYFCO, NYFCC, SEFCA, InFC, SFFC, DFWFCA, SAT, CFC, FFC, OFCS, NSFC, BFCA, GG, DFCS, SAG, OFTA, BAFTA, ISA
Anna Kendrick – Up in the Air (4) – NBR, AFC, TFC, HFC
Samantha Morton – The Messenger (1) – SDFC

Best Original Screenplay

Inglourious Basterds (8) – WAFCA, NYFCO, SFFC, SDFC, AFC, TFC, OFCS, BFCA
(500) Days of Summer (5) – SEFCA, SAT, FFC, OFTA, ISA
The Hurt Locker (3) – CFC, WGA, BAFTA
A Serious Man (3) – NBR, BSFC, NSFC

Best Adapted Screenplay

Up in the Air (15) – WAFCA, NBR, LAFCA, SEFCA, InFC, DFWFCA, AFC, HFC, CFC, BFCA, GG, USC, OFTA, WGA, BAFTA
Fantastic Mr. Fox (3) – SFFC, SDFC, OFCS
In the Loop (2) – NYFCC, LFCC
Precious (1) – SAT

Best Original Song

“The Weary Kind” – Crazy Heart (4) – SAT, BFCA, GG, OFTA
“Petey’s Song” – Fantastic Mr. Fox (1) – HFC

Best Original Score

Up (8) – AFC, HFC, CFC, OFCS, BFCA, GG, OFTA, BAFTA
Crazy Heart (2) – LAFCA, NYFCO
A Single Man (1) – SDFC
Up in the Air (1) – SAT

Best Editing

The Hurt Locker (6) – BSFC, SAT, OFCS, OFTA, ACE, BAFTA
Avatar (1) – BFCA
The Cove (1) – ACE
(500) Days of Summer (1) – SDFC
The Hangover (1) – ACE
Up (1) – ACE

Best Cinematography

The Hurt Locker (5) – BSFC, AFC, HFC, CFC, BAFTA
The White Ribbon (5) – LAFCA, NYFCC, NSFC, OFTA, ASC
Avatar (2) – FFC, BFCA
Inglourious Basterds (2) – NYFCO, OFCS
A Serious Man (2) – SFFC, ISA
The Lovely Bones (1) – DFWFCA
Nine (1) – SAT
The Road (1) – SDFC

Best Art Direction

Avatar (4) – BFCA, ADG, OFTA, BAFTA
District 9 (1) – LAFCA
Fantastic Mr. Fox (1) – NSFC
Inglourious Basterds (1) – SDFC
Nine (1) – WAFCA
A Single Man (1) – SAT

Best Costume Design

The Young Victoria (3) – BFCA, BAFTA, CDG
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (2) – SAT, CDG
Bright Star (1) – OFTA
Crazy Heart (1) – CDG

Best Makeup

District 9 (2) – BFCA, OFTA
The Young Victoria (1) – BAFTA

Best Sound

Avatar (2) – BFCA, OFTA
The Hurt Locker (2) – BAFTA, CAS
2012 (1) – SAT

Best Sound Editing

Avatar (2) – OFTA, SEG
District 9 (1) – SEG
Up (1) – SEG

Best Visual Effects

Avatar (4) – BFCA, OFTA, BAFTA, VES
2012 (1) – SAT

Best Foreign Film

Sin Nombre (6) – WAFCA, InFC, DFWFCA, AFC, HFC, FFC
The White Ribbon (6) – NYFCO, TFC, CFC, OFCS, GG, OFTA
Summer Hours (5) – BSFC, LAFCA, NYFCC, SEFCA, NSFC
Broken Embraces (2) – SAT, BFCA
Un Prophète (2) – NBR, BAFTA
An Education (1) – ISA
Il Divo (1) – SDFC
Let the Right One In (1) – LFCC
The Maid (1) – SAT
You, the Living (1) – SFFC

Best Documentary Feature

The Cove (13) – NBR, BSFC, LAFCA, NYFCO, InFC, SDFC, DFWFCA, TFC, HFC, FFC, BFCA, PGA, OFTA
Anvil! The Story of Anvil (5) – SFFC, AFC, CFC, OFCS, ISA
The Beaches of Agnès (2) – LAFCA, NSFC
Food, Inc. (2) – WAFCA, SEFCA
Every Little Step (1) – SAT
Of Time and the City (1) – NYFCC