2010: My Ballot

Given my love of the Oscars, I have done my own ballot for the past few years. Below is my ballot for last year's films.

Note: I only nominated five films for Best Picture instead of sticking to the Academy's 10-film lineup.

BEST PICTURE:

The American

Black Swan (winner)

Exit Through the Gift Shop

Fish Tank

Somewhere

BEST DIRECTOR:

Andrea Arnold, Fish Tank

Darren Aronofsky, Black Swan (winner)

Banksy, Exit Through the Gift Shop

Sofia Coppola, Somewhere

Christopher Nolan, Inception

BEST ACTOR:

Javier Bardem, Biutiful

George Clooney, The American (winner)

Leonardo DiCaprio, Shutter Island

Stephen Dorff, Somewhere

Ryan Gosling, Blue Valentine

 

BEST ACTRESS:

Isabelle Huppert, White Material

Katie Jarvis, Fish Tank

Carey Mulligan, Never Let Me Go

Natalie Portman, Black Swan (winner)

Noomi Rapace, The Millennium Trilogy*

 

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR:

Christian Bale, The Fighter (winner)

Michael Fassbender, Fish Tank

John Hawkes, Winter's Bone

Ben Mendelsohn, Animal Kingdom

Jeremy Renner, The Town

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS:

Marion Cotillard, Inception

Lesley Manville, Another Year (winner)

Jacki Weaver, Animal Kingdom

Michelle Williams, Shutter Island

Olivia Williams, The Ghost Writer

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY:

The Ghost Writer (winner)

Incendies
Never Let Me Go
The Social Network

White Material

 

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY:

Animal Kingdom

Another Year 

Dogtooth

Fish Tank (winner)

In a Better World

 

BEST ART DIRECTION:

Black Swan

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1

The Illusionist

Red Riding: In the Year of Our Lord 1979

Shutter Island (winner)

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY:

The American

Black Swan

Fish Tank

Shutter Island

Somewhere (winner)

 

BEST COSTUME DESIGN:

Alice in Wonderland

Black Swan (winner)

I Am Love

The King's Speech

True Grit

 

BEST FILM EDITING:

Black Swan

Enter the Void

Exit Through the Gift Shop (winner)

Inception

Shutter Island

 

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE:

The American

The Ghost Writer

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1

The Illusionist

TRON: Legacy (winner)

BEST ORIGINAL SONG:

"I See the Light", Tangled

"Jail-Bait Jody", Tamara Drewe

"Something More", Nice Guy Johnny

"Sticks & Stones", How to Train Your Dragon

"This is a Low", Tamara Drewe (winner)

  

BEST MAKEUP:

Black Swan

The Way Back (winner)

The Wolfman

 

BEST SOUND (MIXING AND EDITING):

Black Swan (winner)

Green Zone

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1

Inception

TRON: Legacy

 

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS:

Black Swan

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1

Inception (winner)

Scott Pilgrim vs. the World

TRON: Legacy

  

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM:

How to Train Your Dragon

The Illusionist (winner)

Toy Story 3

 

*Trilogy includes The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, The Girl Who Played with Fire, and The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest

Updated: 2/7/13