83rd Academy Awards Winners

The 83rd Academy Awards, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), honored the best films of 2010. The ceremony took place on February 27, 2011, at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, California. During the ceremony, Academy Awards (commonly referred to as Oscars) were awarded in 24 competitive categories. The ceremony was televised in the United States on ABC. Actors James Franco and Anne Hathaway co-hosted the ceremony, marking the first time for each.[2]
Nominations for the 2010 awards were announced on January 25, 2011.[4][5] The King's Speech received the most nominations with twelve. True Grit followed with ten and then The Social Network and Inception, with eight each. Toy Story 3, the highest grossing film of 2010, became the third animated film to be nominated for Best Picture; it was also nominated for four other awards including Best Animated Feature.
The King's Speech won four awards, all in major categories: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, and Best Original Screenplay. Inception also tied with four awards, all in the technical categories.

Best Picture	Best Director
The King's Speech – Iain Canning, Emile Sherman, and Gareth Unwin 127 Hours – Danny Boyle and Christian Colson Black Swan – Scott Franklin, Mike Medavoy, and Brian Oliver The Fighter – David Hoberman, Todd Lieberman, and Mark Wahlberg Inception – Christopher Nolan and Emma Thomas The Kids Are All Right – Gary Gilbert, Jeffrey Levy-Hinte, and Celine Rattray The Social Network – Dana Brunetti, Ceán Chaffin,Michael De Luca, and Scott Rudin Toy Story 3 – Darla K. Anderson True Grit – Ethan Coen, Joel Coen, and Scott Rudin Winter's Bone – Alix Madigan and Anne Rosellini	Tom Hooper – The King's Speech Darren Aronofsky – Black Swan Ethan Coen and Joel Coen – True Grit David Fincher – The Social Network David O. Russell – The Fighter
Best Actor	Best Actress
Colin Firth – The King's Speech as Prince Albert, Duke of York / King George VI Javier Bardem – Biutiful as Uxbal Jeff Bridges – True Grit as Rooster Cogburn Jesse Eisenberg – The Social Network as Mark Zuckerberg James Franco – 127 Hours as Aron Ralston	Natalie Portman – Black Swan as Nina Sayers / The Swan Queen Annette Bening – The Kids Are All Right as Nic Nicole Kidman – Rabbit Hole as Becca Corbett Jennifer Lawrence – Winter's Bone as Ree Dolly Michelle Williams – Blue Valentine as Cindy
Best Supporting Actor	Best Supporting Actress
Christian Bale – The Fighter as Dicky Eklund John Hawkes – Winter's Bone as Teardrop Jeremy Renner – The Town as James "Jem" Coughlin Mark Ruffalo – The Kids Are All Right as Paul Geoffrey Rush – The King's Speech as Lionel Logue	Melissa Leo – The Fighter as Alice Ward Amy Adams – The Fighter as Charlene Fleming Helena Bonham Carter – The King's Speech as Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon / Queen Elizabeth Hailee Steinfeld – True Grit as Mattie Ross Jacki Weaver – Animal Kingdom as Janine "Smurf" Cody
Best Writing – Original Screenplay	Best Writing – Adapted Screenplay
The King's Speech – David Seidler Another Year – Mike Leigh The Fighter – Scott Silver, Paul Tamasy, and Eric Johnson Inception – Christopher Nolan The Kids Are All Right – Lisa Cholodenko and Stuart Blumberg	The Social Network – Aaron Sorkin from The Accidental Billionaires by Ben Mezrich 127 Hours – Danny Boyle and Simon Beaufoy from Between a Rock and a Hard Place by Aron Ralston Toy Story 3 – Michael Arndt, John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton, andLee Unkrich; characters based on Toy Story and Toy Story 2 True Grit – Ethan Coen and Joel Coen from True Grit by Charles Portis Winter's Bone – Debra Granik and Anne Rosellini from Winter's Bone by Daniel Woodrell
Best Animated Feature	Best Foreign Language Film
Toy Story 3 – Lee Unkrich How to Train Your Dragon – Chris Sanders and Dean DeBlois The Illusionist – Sylvain Chomet	In a Better World (Denmark) in Danish, Swedish, and English –Susanne Bier Biutiful (Mexico) in Spanish and English – Alejandro González Iñárritu Dogtooth (Greece) in Greek – Yorgos Lanthimos Incendies (Canada) in French and Arabic – Denis Villeneuve Outside the Law (Algeria) in Arabic and French – Rachid Bouchareb
Best Documentary – Feature	Best Documentary – Short Subject
Inside Job – Charles H. 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	Strangers No More – Karen Goodman and Kirk Simon Killing in the Name – Jed Rothstein Poster Girl – Sara Nesson Sun Come Up – Jennifer Redfearn and Tim Metzger The Warriors of Qiugang – Ruby Yang and Thomas Lennon
Best Live Action Short Film	Best Animated Short Film
God of Love – Luke Matheny The Confession – Tanel Toom The Crush – Michael Creagh Na Wewe – Ivan Goldschmidt Wish 143 – Ian Barnes	The Lost Thing – Andrew Ruhemann and Shaun Tan Day & Night – Teddy Newton The Gruffalo – Max Lang and Jakob Schuh Let's Pollute – Geefwee Boedoe Madagascar, a Journey Diary – Bastien Dubois
Best Original Score	Best Original Song
The Social Network – Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross 127 Hours – A. R. Rahman How to Train Your Dragon – John Powell Inception – Hans Zimmer The King's Speech – Alexandre Desplat	"We Belong Together" from Toy Story 3 – Randy Newman "Coming Home" from Country Strong – Bob DiPiero, Tom Douglas,Hillary Lindsey, and Troy Verges "I See the Light" from Tangled – Alan Menken and Glenn Slater "If I Rise" from 127 Hours – A. R. Rahman, Rollo Armstrong, andDido
Best Sound Editing	Best Sound Mixing
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	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
Best Art Direction	Best Cinematography
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: Stephanie 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	Inception – Wally Pfister Black Swan – Matthew Libatique The King's Speech – Danny Cohen The Social Network – Jeff Cronenweth True Grit – Roger Deakins
Best Makeup	Best Costume Design
The Wolfman – Rick Baker and Dave Elsey Barney's Version – Adrien Morot The Way Back – Edouard F. Henriques, Gregory Funk, and Yolanda Toussieng	Alice in Wonderland – Colleen Atwood I Am Love – Antonella Cannarozzi The King's Speech – Jenny Beavan The Tempest – Sandy Powell True Grit – Mary Zophres
Best Film Editing	Best Visual Effects
The Social Network – Angus Wall and Kirk Baxter 127 Hours – Jon Harris Black Swan – Andrew Weisblum The Fighter – Pamela Martin The King's Speech – Tariq Anwar	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 Trojanski, and Joe Farrell Iron Man 2 – Janek Sirrs, Ben Snow, Ged Wright, and Daniel Sudick

Multiple nominations and awards

The following fourteen films received multiple nominations: Twelve: The King's Speech Ten: True Grit Eight: Inception and The Social Network Seven: The Fighter Six: 127 Hours Five: Black Swan and Toy Story 3 Four: The Kids Are All Right and Winter's Bone Three: Alice in Wonderland Two: Biutiful, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1, andHow to Train Your Dragon See also 17th Screen Actors Guild Awards 31st Golden Raspberry Awards 53rd Grammy Awards 64th British Academy Film Awards 65th Tony Awards 68th Golden Globe Awards 2010 in film Governors Awards List of Academy Awards ceremonies List of submissions to the 83rd Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film

The following six films received multiple awards: Four: Inception and The King's Speech Three: The Social Network Two: Alice in Wonderland, The Fighter, and Toy Story 3