Documentary

--"Burma VJ," Anders Ostergaard, director

--"The Cove," Louie Psihoyos, director

--"Food, Inc.," Robert Kenner, director

--"The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers," Judith Ehrlich and Rick Goldsmith, directors

--"Which Way Home," Rebecca Cammisa, director

Art Direction

--"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

Cinematography

--"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

Costume Design

--"Bright Star," Janet Patterson

--"Coco Before Chanel," Catherine Leterrier

--"The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus," Monique Prudhomme

--"Nine," Colleen Atwood

--"The Young Victoria," Sandy Powell

Film Editing

--"Avatar," Stephen Rivkin, John Refoua and James Cameron

--"District 9," Julian Clarke

--"The Hurt Locker," Bob Murawski and Chris Innis

--"Inglourious Basterds," Sally Menke

--"Precious: Based on the Novel `Push' by Sapphire," Joe Klotz

Makeup

--"Il Divo," Aldo Signoretti and Vittorio Sodano

--"Star Trek," Barney Burman, Mindy Hall and Joel Harlow

--"The Young Victoria," Jon Henry Gordon and Jenny Shircore

Original Score

--"Avatar," James Horner

--"Fantastic Mr. Fox," Alexandre Desplat

--"The Hurt Locker," Marco Beltrami and Buck Sanders

--"Sherlock Holmes," Hans Zimmer

--"Up," Michael Giacchino

Original Song

--"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 Weary Kind (Theme from Crazy Heart)" from "Crazy Heart," Music and Lyric by Ryan Bingham and T Bone Burnett

Sound Editing

--"Avatar," Christopher Boyes and Gwendolyn Yates Whittle

--"The Hurt Locker," Paul N.J. Ottosson

--"Inglourious Basterds," Wylie Stateman

--"Star Trek," Mark Stoeckinger and Alan Rankin

--"Up," Michael Silvers and Tom Myers

Sound Mixing

--"Avatar," Christopher Boyes, Gary Summers, Andy Nelson and Tony Johnson

--"The Hurt Locker," Paul N.J. Ottosson and Ray Beckett

--"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

Visual Effects

--"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

Animated Short Film

--"French Roast," Fabrice O. Joubert

--"Granny O'Grimm's Sleeping Beauty," Nicky Phelan and Darragh O'Connell

--"The Lady and the Reaper (La Dama y la Muerte)," Javier Recio Gracia

--"Logorama," Nicolas Schmerkin

--"A Matter of Loaf and Death," Nick Park

Live Action Short Film

--"The Door," Juanita Wilson and James Flynn

--"Instead of Abracadabra," Patrik Eklund and Mathias Fjellstrom

--"Kavi," Gregg Helvey

--"Miracle Fish," Luke Doolan and Drew Bailey

--"The New Tenants," Joachim Back and Tivi Magnusson