83rd Academy Awards: Nominees & Winners

Tom Hooper, 38, Australian and British citizen, took home the Best Director award for The King's Speech, which stars Geoffrey Rush and Colin Firth, at the 83rd Academy Awards held at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood.

His Adelaide-born mother, Meredith, had suggested he make the movie.

The King's Speech also got Sydney film producer Emile Sherman his first award for Best Picture, which he shared with Iain Canning and Gareth Unwin.

Other Aussie winners at the Oscars were Shaun Tan for The Lost Thing (short animated film), Dave Elsey for The Wolfman (make-up) and Kirk Baxter for The Social Network (editing).

Jacki Weaver (Animal Kingdom) and Geoffrey Rush (The King's Speech) lost out the supporting category trophies to Melissa Lou and Christian Bale.

Full list of winners and nominees:

Actor in a Leading Role
Winner: Colin Firth in “The King's Speech”

• Javier Bardem in “Biutiful”

• Jeff Bridges in “True Grit”

• Jesse Eisenberg in “The Social Network”

• James Franco in “127 Hours”

Actor in a Supporting Role

Winner: Christian Bale in “The Fighter”

• John Hawkes in “Winter's Bone”

• Jeremy Renner in “The Town”

• Mark Ruffalo in “The Kids Are All Right”

• Geoffrey Rush in “The King's Speech”

Actress in a Leading Role

Winner: Natalie Portman in “Black Swan”
Annette Bening in “The Kids Are All Right”
Nicole Kidman in “Rabbit Hole”
Jennifer Lawrence in “Winter's Bone”
Michelle Williams in “Blue Valentine”
Actress in a Supporting Role
Winner: Melissa Leo in “The Fighter”

• Amy Adams in “The Fighter”

• Helena Bonham Carter in “The King's Speech”

• Hailee Steinfeld in “True Grit”

• Jacki Weaver in “Animal Kingdom”

Best Picture

Winner: The King's Speech Iain Canning, Emile Sherman and Gareth Unwin, 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

• "127 Hours" - Christian Colson, Danny Boyle and John Smithson, Producers

• "The Social Network" - Scott Rudin, Dana Brunetti, Michael De Luca and Ceán 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

Directing

Winner: “The King's Speech” Tom Hooper

• “Black Swan” Darren Aronofsky

• “The Fighter” David O. Russell

• “The Social Network” David Fincher

• “True Grit” Joel Coen and Ethan Coen

Animated Feature Film
Winner: “Toy Story 3” Lee Unkrich

• “How to Train Your Dragon” Chris Sanders and Dean DeBlois

• “The Illusionist” Sylvain Chomet

Art Direction

Winner: Alice in Wonderland - Production Design: Robert Stromberg; Set Decoration: Karen O'Hara

• “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1” - Production Design: Stuart Craig; Set Decoration: Stephenie McMillan

• “Inception” - Production Design: Guy Hendrix Dyas; Set Decoration: Larry Dias and Doug Mowat

• “The King's Speech” - Production Design: Eve Stewart; Set Decoration: Judy Farr

• “True Grit” - Production Design: Jess Gonchor; Set Decoration: Nancy Haigh

Cinematography

Winner: “Inception” Wally Pfister

• “Black Swan” Matthew Libatique

• “The King's Speech” Danny Cohen

• “The Social Network” Jeff Cronenweth

• “True Grit” Roger Deakins

Costume Design

Winner: “Alice in Wonderland” - Colleen Atwood

• “I Am Love” - Antonella Cannarozzi

• “The King's Speech” - Jenny Beavan

• “The Tempest” - Sandy Powell

• “True Grit” - Mary Zophres

Documentary (Feature)

Winner: “Inside Job” - Charles Ferguson and Audrey Marrs

• “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

Documentary (Short Subject)

Winner: “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 Qiugang” - Ruby Yang and Thomas Lennon

Film Editing

Winner: “The Social Network” - Angus Wall and Kirk Baxter

• “Black Swan” - Andrew Weisblum

• “The Fighter” - Pamela Martin

• “The King's Speech” - Tariq Anwar

• “127 Hours” - Jon Harris

Foreign Language Film

Winner: “In a Better World” - Denmark

• “Biutiful” - Mexico

• “Dogtooth” - Greece

• “Incendies” - Canada

• “Outside the Law (Hors-la-loi)” - Algeria

Makeup

Winner: “The Wolfman” - Rick Baker and Dave Elsey

• “Barney's Version” - Adrien Morot

• “The Way Back” - Edouard F. Henriques, Gregory Funk and Yolanda Toussieng

Music (Original Score)

Winner: “The Social Network” - Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross

• “How to Train Your Dragon” - John Powell

• “Inception” - Hans Zimmer

• “The King's Speech” - Alexandre Desplat

• “127 Hours” - A.R. Rahman

Music (Original Song)

Winner: “We Belong Together” from “Toy Story 3" - Music and Lyric by Randy Newman

• “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

Short Film (Animated)

Winner: “The Lost Thing” - Shaun Tan and Andrew Ruhemann

• “Day & Night” - Teddy Newton

• “The Gruffalo” - Jakob Schuh and Max Lang

• “Let's Pollute” - Geefwee Boedoe

• “Madagascar, carnet de voyage (Madagascar, a Journey Diary)” - Bastien Dubois

Short Film (Live Action)

• “The Confession” - Tanel Toom

• “The Crush” - Michael Creagh

• “God of Love” - Luke Matheny

• “Na Wewe” - Ivan Goldschmidt

• “Wish 143” - Ian Barnes and Samantha Waite

Sound Editing

Winner: “Inception” - Richard King

• “Toy Story 3” - Tom Myers and Michael Silvers

• “Tron: Legacy”- Gwendolyn Yates Whittle and Addison Teague

• “True Grit” - Skip Lievsay and Craig Berkey

• “Unstoppable” - Mark P. Stoeckinger

Sound Mixing

Winner: “Inception” - Lora Hirschberg, Gary A. Rizzo and Ed Novick

• “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

Visual Effects

Winner: “Inception” - Paul Franklin, Chris Corbould, Andrew Lockley and Peter Bebb

• “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

Writing (Adapted Screenplay)

Winner: “The Social Network” Screenplay by Aaron Sorkin

• “127 Hours” - Screenplay by Danny Boyle & 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 & Ethan Coen

• “Winter's Bone” - Adapted for the screen by Debra Granik & Anne Rosellini

Writing (Original Screenplay)

Winner: “The King's Speech” Screenplay by David Seidler

• “Another Year” - Written by Mike Leigh

• “The Fighter” - Screenplay by Scott Silver and Paul Tamasy & Eric Johnson; Story by Keith Dorrington & Paul Tamasy & Eric Johnson

• “Inception” - Written by Christopher Nolan

• “The Kids Are All Right” - Written by Lisa Cholodenko & Stuart Blumberg