Irish man Richard Baneham won the Best Visual Effects Oscar last night along with his co-workers Joe Letteri, Stephen Rosenbaum and Andrew R. Jones, for their role in creating the blockbuster movie Avatar. Unfortunately there were no wins for Irish films on the night, but recognition came in the form of three nominations, nothing to be sneezed at either.
The Hurt Locker cleaned up on the night winning five awards, Avatar won three and Precious picked up two awards for Best Adapted Screenplay and a well deserved Best Actress in a Supporting Role for Mo’nique.
Here’s a list of the winners of the 82nd Academy Awards 2010:
Best Picture: The Hurt Locker – Kathryn Bigelow, Mark Boal, Nicolas Chartier and Greg Shapiro
Actor in a Leading Role: Jeff Bridges – Crazy Heart
Actor in a Supporting Role: Christoph Waltz – Inglourious Basterds
Actress in a Leading Role: Sandra Bullock – The Blind Side
Actress in a Supporting Role: Mo’Nique – Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire
Animated Feature Film: Up – Pete Docter
Art Direction: Avatar – Rick Carter and Robert Stromberg (Art Direction); Kim Sinclair (Set Decoration)
Cinematography: Avatar – Mauro Fiore
Costume Design: The Young Victoria – Sandy Powell
Directing: The Hurt Locker – Kathryn Bigelow
Documentary Feature: The Cove – Louie Psihoyos and Fisher Stevens
Documentary Short: Music by Prudence – Roger Ross Williams and Elinor Burkett
Film Editing: The Hurt Locker – Bob Murawski and Chris Innis
Foreign Language Film: The Secret in Their Eyes (El Secreto de Sus Ojos) – Argentina, Directed by Juan José Campanella
Makeup: Star Trek – Barney Burman, Mindy Hall and Joel Harlow
Music (Original Score): Up – Michael Giacchino
Music (Original Song): Crazy Heart “The Weary Kind (Theme from Crazy Heart)” – Music and Lyric by Ryan Bingham and T Bone Burnett
Short Film (Animated): Logorama – Nicolas Schmerkin
Short Film (Live Action): The New Tenants – Joachim Back and Tivi Magnusson
Sound Editing: The Hurt Locker – Paul N.J. Ottosson
Sound Mixing: The Hurt Locker – Paul N.J. Ottosson and Ray Beckett
Visual Effects: Avatar – Joe Letteri, Stephen Rosenbaum, Richard Baneham and Andrew R. Jones
Writing (Adapted Screenplay): Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire – Screenplay by Geoffrey Fletcher
Writing (Original Screenplay): The Hurt Locker – Written by Mark Boal
