Best Picture Winner Set
The Hurt Locker
Kathryn Bigelow | Mark Boal | Nicolas Chartier | Greg Shapiro
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Oscar Ledger Year Dossier
82nd Dossier
The 2009 file for 82nd Academy Awards: winners first, ballot trails on demand, and the films that shaped the ceremony.
Year
2009
Best Picture
The Hurt Locker
Winner Record
43/28
Top Winner
The Hurt Locker
Annual Thesis
The 2009 ceremony centers on The Hurt Locker.
This dossier opens with the four races readers check first: Picture, Director, Actor, and Actress. 4 of 4 major races have winners recorded, with 25 major-field records feeding into the full 43/28 ceremony ledger below.
4major races
25major-field records
4/4winners recorded
Best Director Winner Set
Kathryn Bigelow
The Hurt Locker
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Best Actor Winner Set
Jeff Bridges
Crazy Heart
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Best Actress Winner Set
Sandra Bullock
The Blind Side
Open race ledgerCeremony Snapshot
A live, winner-driven snapshot of this ceremony.
Best Picture went to The Hurt Locker. The winning leader is The Hurt Locker with 6 wins.
Best Picture
The Hurt Locker
6 wins | 9 nominations
Avatar
3 wins | 9 nominations
Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire
2 wins | 6 nominations
Up
2 wins | 5 nominations
Crazy Heart
2 wins | 3 nominations
Categories settled and marked as winners in the ledger.
The ceremony's top prize, updated dynamically from the winner row.
6 wins across the ceremony.
9 nominations in this ceremony.
Best Picture Nominees
The shortlist most readers look for first: 10 Best Picture nominees from this ceremony.
Major Races
The Four Races That Shape the Night
A fast editorial scan of Picture, Director, Actor, and Actress before the full ceremony ledger opens out below.
Best Picture Winner
The Hurt Locker
Best Picture anchors a 10-nominee field.
Nominee Field
- A Serious Man Joel Coen | Ethan Coen
- An Education Finola Dwyer | Amanda Posey
- Avatar James Cameron | Jon Landau
- District 9 Peter Jackson | Carolynne Cunningham
- Inglourious Basterds Lawrence Bender
- Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire Lee Daniels | Sarah Siegel-Magness | Gary Magness
- The Blind Side Gil Netter | Andrew A. Kosove | Broderick Johnson
- Up Jonas Rivera
- Up in the Air Daniel Dubiecki | Ivan Reitman | Jason Reitman
Best Director Winner
Kathryn Bigelow
Best Director anchors a 5-nominee field.
Nominee Field
Best Actor Winner
Jeff Bridges
Best Actor anchors a 5-nominee field.
Nominee Field
Best Actress Winner
Sandra Bullock
Best Actress anchors a 5-nominee field.
Nominee Field
Complete Ceremony Ledger
Fast view shows every category and winner first, with nominee groups linked to the full ballot when you need the deep ledger.
24 categories
140 records
43 winners
Nominees summarized for speed
Category
Best Picture
1 winner / 10 records
9 nominees summarized
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Best Director
1 winner / 5 records
4 nominees summarized
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Winner
The Hurt Locker
Credit: Kathryn Bigelow
Category
Best Actress
1 winner / 5 records
4 nominees summarized
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Best Actor
1 winner / 5 records
4 nominees summarized
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Best Supporting Actress
1 winner / 5 records
4 nominees summarized
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Best Supporting Actor
1 winner / 5 records
4 nominees summarized
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Category
WRITING (Original Screenplay)
1 winner / 5 records
4 nominees summarized
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Winner
The Hurt Locker
Credit: Mark Boal
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WRITING (Adapted Screenplay)
1 winner / 5 records
4 nominees summarized
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ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
1 winner / 5 records
4 nominees summarized
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Winner
Up
Credit: Pete Docter
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INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM
1 winner / 5 records
4 nominees summarized
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Winner
The Secret in Their Eyes
Credit: Argentina
Category
MUSIC (Original Score)
1 winner / 5 records
4 nominees summarized
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Winner
Up
Credit: Michael Giacchino
Category
MUSIC (Original Song)
1 winner / 5 records
4 nominees summarized
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Category
MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING
1 winner / 3 records
2 nominees summarized
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COSTUME DESIGN
1 winner / 5 records
4 nominees summarized
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Winner
The Young Victoria
Credit: Sandy Powell
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CINEMATOGRAPHY
1 winner / 5 records
4 nominees summarized
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Winner
Avatar
Credit: Mauro Fiore
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FILM EDITING
1 winner / 5 records
4 nominees summarized
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VISUAL EFFECTS
1 winner / 3 records
2 nominees summarized
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ART DIRECTION
1 winner / 5 records
4 nominees summarized
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Category
DOCUMENTARY (Feature)
1 winner / 5 records
4 nominees summarized
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Winner
The Cove
Credit: Louie PsihoyosFisher Stevens
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DOCUMENTARY (Short Subject)
1 winner / 5 records
4 nominees summarized
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SHORT FILM (Animated)
1 winner / 5 records
4 nominees summarized
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Logorama
Credit: Nicolas Schmerkin
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SHORT FILM (Live Action)
1 winner / 5 records
4 nominees summarized
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SOUND EDITING
1 winner / 5 records
4 nominees summarized
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Winner
The Hurt Locker
Credit: Paul N.J. Ottosson
Category
SOUND MIXING
1 winner / 5 records
4 nominees summarized
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Winner
Ceremony Highlights
Poster-first highlights from this ceremony, led by winners and the titles that defined the night.
Winner The Hurt Locker
A Serious Man
District 9
Winner Crazy Heart
Winner Inglourious Basterds
Winner The Blind Side
Winner Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire
Winner Up
Winner Avatar
Winner The Young Victoria
Winner The Cove
Winner Music by Prudence
Winner The Secret in Their Eyes
Winner Star Trek
Winner Logorama
Winner The New Tenants
A Single Man
Invictus
Categories in this ceremony
Best Actor
Best Supporting Actor
Best Actress
Best Supporting Actress
ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
ART DIRECTION
Best Picture
CINEMATOGRAPHY
COSTUME DESIGN
Best Director
DOCUMENTARY (Feature)
DOCUMENTARY (Short Subject)
FILM EDITING
HONORARY AWARD
INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM
IRVING G. THALBERG MEMORIAL AWARD
MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING
MUSIC (Original Score)
MUSIC (Original Song)
SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL AWARD (Scientific and Engineering Award)
SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL AWARD (Technical Achievement Award)
SHORT FILM (Animated)
SHORT FILM (Live Action)
SOUND EDITING
SOUND MIXING
VISUAL EFFECTS
WRITING (Adapted Screenplay)
WRITING (Original Screenplay)
Winner Circle
A category-by-category winner roll call generated directly from the ceremony ledger.
Best Picture
Winner
The Hurt Locker
Best Director
Winner
Kathryn Bigelow
Best Actress
Winner
Sandra Bullock
Best Actor
Winner
Jeff Bridges
Best Supporting Actress
Winner
Mo'Nique
Best Supporting Actor
Winner
Christoph Waltz
The Hurt Locker
WRITING (Adapted Screenplay)
Winner
Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire
ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
Winner
Up
INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM
Winner
The Secret in Their Eyes
MUSIC (Original Score)
Winner
Up
MUSIC (Original Song)
Winner
The Weary Kind (Theme From Crazy Heart)
MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING
Winner
Barney Burman, Mindy Hall and Joel Harlow
COSTUME DESIGN
Winner
Sandy Powell
CINEMATOGRAPHY
Winner
Mauro Fiore
FILM EDITING
Winner
Bob Murawski and Chris Innis
VISUAL EFFECTS
Winner
Joe Letteri, Stephen Rosenbaum, Richard Baneham and Andrew R. Jones
ART DIRECTION
Winner
Production Design: Rick Carter and Robert Stromberg; Set Decoration: Kim Sinclair
DOCUMENTARY (Feature)
Winner
Louie Psihoyos and Fisher Stevens
DOCUMENTARY (Short Subject)
Winner
Roger Ross Williams and Elinor Burkett
HONORARY AWARD
Winner
Gordon Willis
HONORARY AWARD
Winner
Lauren Bacall
HONORARY AWARD
Winner
Roger Corman
John Calley
SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL AWARD (Scientific and Engineering Award)
Brad Walker, D. Scott Dewald, Bill Werner and Greg Pettitt
SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL AWARD (Scientific and Engineering Award)
Dr. Richard Kirk
SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL AWARD (Scientific and Engineering Award)
Fujifilm Corporation, Ryoji Nishimura, Masaaki Miki and Youichi Hosoya
SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL AWARD (Scientific and Engineering Award)
Mark Jaszberenyi, Gyula Priskin and Tamas Perlaki
SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL AWARD (Scientific and Engineering Award)
Michael Cieslinski, Dr. Reimar Lenz and Bernd Brauner
SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL AWARD (Scientific and Engineering Award)
Paul Debevec, Tim Hawkins, John Monos and Dr. Mark Sagar
SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL AWARD (Scientific and Engineering Award)
Per Christensen, Michael Bunnell and Christophe Hery
SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL AWARD (Scientific and Engineering Award)
Steve Chapman, Martin Tlaskal, Darrin Smart and Dr. James Logie
SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL AWARD (Scientific and Engineering Award)
Volker Massmann, Markus Hasenzahl, Dr. Klaus Anderle and Andreas Loew
SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL AWARD (Scientific and Engineering Award)
Wolfgang Lempp, Theo Brown, Tony Sedivy and Dr. John Quartel
SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL AWARD (Technical Achievement Award)
BJÖRN HEDÉN
SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL AWARD (Technical Achievement Award)
Dr. Klaus Anderle, Christian Baeker and Frank Billasch
Hayden Landis, KEN McGAUGH and Hilmar Koch
SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL AWARD (Technical Achievement Award)
Mark Wolforth and Tony Sedivy
SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL AWARD (Technical Achievement Award)
Steve Sullivan, Kevin Wooley, Brett Allen and Colin Davidson
SHORT FILM (Animated)
Winner
Nicolas Schmerkin
SHORT FILM (Live Action)
Winner
Joachim Back and Tivi Magnusson
SOUND EDITING
Winner
Paul N.J. Ottosson
SOUND MIXING
Winner
Paul N.J. Ottosson and Ray Beckett
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