BAFTA Nominations

The British Academy of Film and Television Arts has announced its slate of film nominees. The winners will be announced on February 21.

Film

• Avatar, James Cameron, Jon Landau
• An Education, Amanda Posey, Finola Dwyer
• The Hurt Locker, nominees to be confirmed
• Precious, Lee Daniels, Sarah Siegel-Magness, Gary Magness
• Up in the Air, Ivan Reitman, Jason Reitman, Daniel Dubiecki

Director

• Avatar, James Cameron
• District 9, Neill Blomkamp
• An Education, Lone Scherfig
• The Hurt Locker, Kathryn Bigelow
• Inglourious Basterds, Quentin Tarantino

Original Screenplay

• The Hangover, Jon Lucas, Scott Moore
• The Hurt Locker, Mark Boal
• Inglourious Basterds, Quentin Tarantino
• A Serious Man, Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
• Up, Bob Peterson, Pete Docter

Adapted Screenplay

• District 9, Neill Blomkamp, Terri Tatchell
• An Education, Nick Hornby
• In the Loop, Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci, Tony Roche
• Precious, Geoffrey Fletcher
• Up in the Air, Jason Reitman, Sheldon Turner

British Film

• An Education, Amanda Posey, Finola Dwyer, Lone Scherfig, Nick Hornby
• Fish Tank, Kees Kasander, Nick Laws, Andrea Arnold
• In the Loop, Kevin Loader, Adam Tandy, Armando Iannucci, Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Tony Roche
• Moon, Stuart Fenegan, Trudie Styler, Duncan Jones, Nathan Parker
• Nowhere Boy, Kevin Loader, Douglas Rae, Robert Bernstein, Sam Taylor-Wood, Matt Greenhalgh

Debut by a British Writer, Director, or Producer

• Lucy Bailey, Andrew Thompson, Elizabeth Morgan Hemlock, David Pearson, directors, producers – Mugabe and the White African
• Eran Creevy, writer/director – Shifty
• Stuart Hazeldine, writer/director – Exam
• Duncan Jones, director – Moon
• Sam Taylor-Wood, director – Nowhere Boy

Animated Film

• Coraline, Henry Selick
• Fantastic, Mr Fox, Wes Anderson
• Up, Pete Docter

Music

• Avatar, James Horner
• Crazy Heart, T-Bone Burnett, Stephen Bruton
• Fantastic Mr Fox, Alexandre Desplat
• Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll, Chaz Jankel
• Up, Michael Giacchino

Cinematography

• Avatar, Mauro Fiore
• District 9, Trent Opaloch
• The Hurt Locker, Barry Ackroyd
• Inglourious Basterds, Robert Richardson
• The Road, Javier Aguirresarobe

Editing

• Avatar, Stephen Rivkin, John Refoua, James Cameron
• District 9, Julian Clarke
• The Hurt Locker, Bob Murawski, Chris Innis
• Inglourious Basterds, Sally Menke
• Up in the Air, Dana E. Glauberman

Production Design

• Avatar, Rick Carter, Robert Stromberg, Kim Sinclair
• District 9, Philip Ivey, Guy Poltgieter
• Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Stuart Craig, Stephenie Mcmillan
• The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, nominees to be confirmed
• Inglourious Basterds, David Wasco, Sandy Reynolds Wasco

Sound

• Avatar, Christopher Boyes, Gary Summers, Andy Nelson, Tony Johnson, Addison Teague
• District 9, nominees to be confirmed
• The Hurt Locker, Ray Beckett, Paul N. J. Ottosson, Craig Stauffer
• Star Trek, Peter J. Devlin, Andy Nelson, Anna Behlmer, Mark Stoeckinger, Ben Burtt
• Up, Tom Myers, Michael Silvers, Michael Semanick

Special Visual Effect

• Avatar, Joe Letteri, Stephen Rosenbaum, Richard Baneham, Andrew R. Jones
• District 9, Dan Kaufman, Peter Muyzers, Robert Habros, Matt Aitken
• Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, John Richardson, Tim Burke, Tim Alexander, Nicolas Aithadi
• The Hurt Locker, Richard Stutsman
• Star Trek, Roger Guyett, Russell Earl, Paul Kavanagh, Burt Dalton

Make-Up and Hair

• Coco Before Chanel, Thi Thanh Tu Nguyen, Jane Milon
• An Education, Lizzie Yianni Georgiou
• The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, Sarah Monzani
• Nine, Peter ‘Swords’ King
• The Young Victoria, Jenny Shircore

Short Animation

• The Gruffalo, Michael Rose, Martin Pope, Jakob Schuh, Max Lang
• The Happy Duckling, Gili Dolev
• Mother of Many, Sally Arthur, Emma Lazenby

The Orange Rising Star Award

• Jesse Eisenberg
• Nicholas Hoult
• Carey Mulligan
• Tahar Rahim
• Kristen Stewart

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