83rd Academy Awards


The 83rd Academy Awards ceremony, organized by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, honored the best films of 2010 in the United States and took place on February 27, 2011, at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles, beginning at 5:30 p.m. PST. During the ceremony, Academy Awards were presented in 24 competitive categories. The ceremony was televised in the United States by ABC, and produced by Bruce Cohen and Don Mischer, with Mischer also serving as director. Actors James Franco and Anne Hathaway co-hosted the ceremony, marking the first time for each.
In related events, the Academy held its second annual Governors Awards ceremony at the Grand Ballroom of the Hollywood and Highland Center on November 13, 2010. On February 12, 2011, in a ceremony at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills, California, the Academy Awards for Technical Achievement were presented by host Marisa Tomei.
The King's Speech won four awards, including Best Picture. Other winners included Inception with four awards, The Social Network with three, Alice in Wonderland, The Fighter, and Toy Story 3 with two, and Black Swan, God of Love, In a Better World, Inside Job, The Lost Thing, Strangers No More, and The Wolfman with one. The telecast garnered almost 38 million viewers in the United States.

Winners and nominees

The nominees for the 83rd Academy Awards were announced on January 25, 2011, at 5:38 a.m. PST at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills, California by Tom Sherak, president of the Academy, and actress Mo'Nique. The King's Speech led the nominations with twelve, followed by True Grit with ten.
The winners were announced during the awards ceremony on February 27, 2011. Toy Story 3 became the third animated film to be nominated for Best Picture. True Grit was the second film after 2002's Gangs of New York to lose all ten of its nominations. By virtue of his nomination for Best Actor in 127 Hours, host James Franco became the first person since Paul Hogan, who was a co-host and a Best Original Screenplay nominee during the 59th ceremony in 1987, to host the ceremony while receiving a nomination in the same year. He was also the first acting nominee since Michael Caine at the 45th ceremony in 1973 to achieve this distinction. With Christian Bale and Melissa Leo's respective wins in the Best Supporting Actor and Best Supporting Actress categories, The Fighter became the first film since 1986's Hannah and Her Sisters to win both supporting acting categories.
Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface, and indicated with a double-dagger.

  • Tom Hooper – The King's Speech
  • * Darren AronofskyBlack Swan
  • * David O. Russell – The Fighter
  • * David FincherThe Social Network
  • * Joel Coen and Ethan CoenTrue Grit
  • Colin FirthThe King's Speech as King George VI
  • * Javier BardemBiutiful as Uxbal
  • * Jeff BridgesTrue Grit as Deputy U.S. Marshal Rooster Cogburn
  • * Jesse EisenbergThe Social Network as Mark Zuckerberg
  • * James Franco – 127 Hours as Aron Ralston
  • Natalie PortmanBlack Swan as Nina Sayers
  • * Annette BeningThe Kids Are All Right as Dr. Nicole "Nic" Allgood
  • * Nicole KidmanRabbit Hole as Becca Corbett
  • * Jennifer LawrenceWinter's Bone as Ree Dolly
  • * Michelle WilliamsBlue Valentine as Cynthia "Cindy" Heller
  • Christian Bale – The Fighter as Dicky Eklund
  • * John HawkesWinter's Bone as Teardrop Dolly
  • * Jeremy RennerThe Town as James "Jem" Coughlin
  • * Mark RuffaloThe Kids Are All Right as Paul Hatfield
  • * Geoffrey RushThe King's Speech as Lionel Logue
  • Melissa LeoThe Fighter as Alice Eklund-Ward
  • * Amy AdamsThe Fighter as Charlene Fleming
  • * Helena Bonham CarterThe King's Speech as Queen Elizabeth
  • * Hailee SteinfeldTrue Grit as Mattalyn "Mattie" Ross
  • * Jacki WeaverAnimal Kingdom as Janine "Smurf" Cody
  • The King's SpeechDavid Seidler
  • * Another YearMike Leigh
  • * The Fighter – Screenplay by Scott Silver, Paul Tamasy and Eric Johnson; Story by Keith Dorrington, Paul Tamasy and Eric Johnson
  • * Inception – Christopher Nolan
  • * The Kids Are All RightLisa Cholodenko and Stuart Blumberg
  • The Social Network – Aaron Sorkin; based on the book The Accidental Billionaires by Ben Mezrich
  • * 127 Hours – Danny Boyle and Simon Beaufoy; based on the book Between a Rock and a Hard Place by Aron Ralston
  • * Toy Story 3 – Screenplay by Michael Arndt; Story by John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton and Lee Unkrich; based on the previous films Toy Story and Toy Story 2
  • * True Grit – Joel Coen and Ethan Coen; based on the novel by Charles Portis
  • * Winter's BoneDebra Granik and Anne Rosellini; based on the novel by Daniel Woodrell
  • Toy Story 3 – Directed by Lee Unkrich
  • * How to Train Your Dragon – Directed by Chris Sanders and Dean DeBlois
  • * The Illusionist – Directed by Sylvain Chomet
  • In a Better World in DanishSusanne Bier
  • * Biutiful in SpanishAlejandro González Iñárritu
  • * Dogtooth in GreekYorgos Lanthimos
  • * Incendies in FrenchDenis Villeneuve
  • * Outside the Law in ArabicRachid Bouchareb
  • Inside Job – Charles H. Ferguson and Audrey Marrs
  • * Exit Through the Gift ShopBanksy and Jaimie D'Cruz
  • * GaslandJosh Fox and Trish Adlesic
  • * RestrepoTim Hetherington and Sebastian Junger
  • * Waste LandLucy Walker and Angus Aynsley
  • Strangers No More – Karen Goodman and Kirk Simon
  • * Killing in the Name – Jed Rothstein
  • * Poster Girl – Sara Nesson and Mitchell W. Block
  • * Sun Come Up – Jennifer Redfearn and Tim Metzger
  • * The Warriors of QiugangRuby Yang and Thomas Lennon
  • God of LoveLuke Matheny
  • * The ConfessionTanel Toom
  • * The Crush – Michael Creagh
  • * Na Wewe – Ivan Goldschmidt
  • * Wish 143 – Ian Barnes and Samantha Waite
  • The Lost Thing – Andrew Ruhemann and Shaun Tan
  • * Day & NightTeddy Newton
  • * The GruffaloMax Lang and Jakob Schuh
  • * Let's PolluteGeefwee Boedoe
  • * Madagascar, a Journey Diary – Bastien Dubois
  • The Social NetworkTrent Reznor and Atticus Ross
  • * 127 Hours – A. R. Rahman
  • * How to Train Your DragonJohn Powell
  • * InceptionHans Zimmer
  • * The King's SpeechAlexandre Desplat
  • "We Belong Together" from Toy Story 3Music and Lyrics by Randy Newman
  • * "Coming Home" from Country Strong – Music and Lyrics by Tom Douglas, Hillary Lindsey and Troy Verges
  • * "If I Rise" from 127 Hours – Music by A. R. Rahman; Lyrics by Rollo Armstrong and Dido
  • * "I See the Light" from Tangled – Music by Alan Menken; Lyrics by Glenn Slater
  • Inception – Richard King
  • * Toy Story 3Tom Myers and Michael Silvers
  • * Tron: LegacyGwendolyn Yates Whittle and Addison Teague
  • * True GritSkip Lievsay and Craig Berkey
  • * Unstoppable – Mark P. Stoeckinger
  • InceptionLora Hirschberg, Gary A. Rizzo and Ed Novick
  • * The King's SpeechPaul Hamblin, Martin Jensen and John Midgley
  • * Salt – Jeffrey J. Haboush, Greg P. Russell, Scott Millan and William Sarokin
  • * The Social NetworkRen Klyce, Michael Semanick, David Parker and Mark Weingarten
  • * True Grit – Skip Lievsay, Craig Berkey, Greg Orloff and Peter Kurland
  • Alice in Wonderland – Art Direction: Robert Stromberg; Set Decoration: Karen O'Hara
  • * 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
  • InceptionWally Pfister
  • * Black SwanMatthew Libatique
  • * The King's SpeechDanny Cohen
  • * The Social NetworkJeff Cronenweth
  • * True GritRoger Deakins
  • The Wolfman – Rick Baker and Dave Elsey
  • * Barney's VersionAdrien Morot
  • * The Way Back – Edouard F. Henriques, Gregory Funk and Yolanda Toussieng
  • Alice in WonderlandColleen Atwood
  • * I Am LoveAntonella Cannarozzi
  • * The King's SpeechJenny Beavan
  • * The TempestSandy Powell
  • * True GritMary Zophres
  • The Social Network – Angus Wall and Kirk Baxter
  • * 127 HoursJon Harris
  • * Black SwanAndrew Weisblum
  • * The FighterPamela Martin
  • * The King's SpeechTariq Anwar
  • InceptionPaul Franklin, Chris Corbould, Andrew Lockley and Peter Bebb
  • * Alice in WonderlandKen Ralston, David Schaub, Carey Villegas and Sean Phillips
  • * Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1Tim Burke, John Richardson, Christian Manz and Nicolas Aithadi
  • * HereafterMichael Owens, Bryan Grill, Stephan Trojansky and Joe Farrell
  • * Iron Man 2Janek Sirrs, Ben Snow, Ged Wright and Dan Sudick