2009 Film Year: Oscar Winners & Nominees
The AwardWentTo archive contains 121 Academy Award records for the 2009 film year, covering 58 films and including 24 wins.
Years follow the source film eligibility/dataset year, which may differ from the ceremony calendar year. Counts describe film-linked archive records, including historical and special-award context where supplied.
Best Picture result
- ★ The Hurt LockerKathryn Bigelow, Mark Boal, Nicolas Chartier and Greg Shapiro, Producers
10 Best Picture award records for this film year. See the full result · Best Picture history
Acting category results
Leading winning films
Ranked by winning records in this film-year selection.
- The Hurt Locker
6 wins from 9 award records
- Avatar
3 wins from 9 award records
- Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire
2 wins from 6 award records
- Up
2 wins from 5 award records
- Crazy Heart
2 wins from 3 award records
- Inglourious Basterds
1 win from 8 award records
Category winners
Select a category to explore its history, or jump to this year's full records.
- ★ Crazy Heart — Bad Blake
- ★ Inglourious Basterds — Col. Hans Landa
- ★ The Blind Side — Leigh Anne Tuohy
- ★ Up
- ★ Avatar
- ★ Avatar
- ★ The Cove
- ★ Up
- ★ Crazy Heart — The Weary Kind (Theme From Crazy Heart)
- ★ Logorama
- ★ Avatar
Nominations and award records by category
Showing 121 of 121 archive records. Gold stars mark winning records.
Best Picture
- ★ The Hurt Locker IMDB — Kathryn Bigelow, Mark Boal, Nicolas Chartier and Greg Shapiro, Producers
- Avatar IMDB — James Cameron and Jon Landau, Producers
- The Blind Side IMDB — Gil Netter, Andrew A. Kosove and Broderick Johnson, Producers
- District 9 IMDB — Peter Jackson and Carolynne Cunningham, Producers
- An Education IMDB — Finola Dwyer and Amanda Posey, Producers
- Inglourious Basterds IMDB — Lawrence Bender, Producer
- Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire IMDB — Lee Daniels, Sarah Siegel-Magness and Gary Magness, Producers
- A Serious Man IMDB — Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, Producers
- Up IMDB — Jonas Rivera, Producer
- Up in the Air IMDB — Daniel Dubiecki, Ivan Reitman and Jason Reitman, Producers
Best Actor
- ★ Crazy Heart IMDB — Jeff BridgesBad Blake
- Up in the Air IMDB — George ClooneyRyan Bingham
- A Single Man IMDB — Colin FirthGeorge
- Invictus IMDB — Morgan FreemanNelson Mandela
- The Hurt Locker IMDB — Jeremy RennerStaff Sergeant William James
Best Supporting Actor
- ★ Inglourious Basterds IMDB — Christoph WaltzCol. Hans Landa
- Invictus IMDB — Matt DamonFrancois Pienaar
- The Messenger IMDB — Woody HarrelsonCaptain Tony Stone
- The Last Station IMDB — Christopher PlummerTolstoy
- The Lovely Bones IMDB — Stanley TucciGeorge Harvey
Best Actress
- ★ The Blind Side IMDB — Sandra BullockLeigh Anne Tuohy
- The Last Station IMDB — Helen MirrenSofya
- An Education IMDB — Carey MulliganJenny
- Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire IMDB — Gabourey SidibePrecious
- Julie & Julia IMDB — Meryl StreepJulia Child
Best Supporting Actress
- ★ Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire IMDB — Mo'NiqueMary
- Nine IMDB — Penélope CruzCarla
- Up in the Air IMDB — Vera FarmigaAlex Goran
- Crazy Heart IMDB — Maggie GyllenhaalJean Craddock
- Up in the Air IMDB — Anna KendrickNatalie Keener
Animated Feature Film
- ★ Up IMDB — Pete Docter
- Coraline IMDB — Henry Selick
- Fantastic Mr. Fox IMDB — Wes Anderson
- The Princess and the Frog IMDB — John Musker and Ron Clements
- The Secret of Kells IMDB — Tomm Moore
Art Direction
- ★ Avatar IMDB — Production Design: Rick Carter and Robert Stromberg; Set Decoration: Kim Sinclair
- The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus IMDB — Production Design: Dave Warren and Anastasia Masaro; Set Decoration: Caroline Smith
- Nine IMDB — Production Design: John Myhre; Set Decoration: Gordon Sim
- Sherlock Holmes IMDB — Production Design: Sarah Greenwood; Set Decoration: Katie Spencer
- The Young Victoria IMDB — Production Design: Patrice Vermette; Set Decoration: Maggie Gray
Cinematography
Costume Design
Best Director
Documentary Feature
- ★ The Cove IMDB — Louie Psihoyos and Fisher Stevens
- Burma VJ IMDB — Anders Østergaard and Lise Lense-Møller
- Food, Inc. IMDB — Robert Kenner and Elise Pearlstein
- The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers IMDB — Judith Ehrlich and Rick Goldsmith
- Which Way Home IMDB — Rebecca Cammisa
Documentary Short Subject
- ★ Music by Prudence IMDB — Roger Ross Williams and Elinor Burkett
- China's Unnatural Disaster: The Tears of Sichuan Province IMDB — Jon Alpert and Matthew O'Neill
- The Last Campaign of Governor Booth Gardner IMDB — Daniel Junge and Henry Ansbacher
- The Last Truck: Closing of a GM Plant IMDB — Steven Bognar and Julia Reichert
- Rabbit à la Berlin IMDB — Bartek Konopka and Anna Wydra
Film Editing
- ★ The Hurt Locker IMDB — Bob Murawski and Chris Innis
- Avatar IMDB — Stephen Rivkin, John Refoua and James Cameron
- District 9 IMDB — Julian Clarke
- Inglourious Basterds IMDB — Sally Menke
- Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire IMDB — Joe Klotz
International Feature Film
- ★ The Secret in Their Eyes IMDB — Argentina
- Ajami IMDB — Israel
- The Milk of Sorrow IMDB — Peru
- A Prophet IMDB — France
- The White Ribbon IMDB — Germany
Makeup and Hairstyling
Original Score
- ★ Up IMDB — Michael Giacchino
- Avatar IMDB — James Horner
- Fantastic Mr. Fox IMDB — Alexandre Desplat
- The Hurt Locker IMDB — Marco Beltrami and Buck Sanders
- Sherlock Holmes IMDB — Hans Zimmer
Original Song
- ★ Crazy Heart IMDB — Music and Lyric by Ryan Bingham and T Bone BurnettThe Weary Kind (Theme From Crazy Heart)
- The Princess and the Frog IMDB — Music and Lyric by Randy NewmanAlmost There
- The Princess and the Frog IMDB — Music and Lyric by Randy NewmanDown In New Orleans
- Paris 36 IMDB — Music by Reinhardt Wagner; Lyric by Frank ThomasLoin De Paname
- Nine IMDB — Music and Lyric by Maury YestonTake It All
Animated Short Film
- ★ Logorama IMDB — Nicolas Schmerkin
- French Roast IMDB — Fabrice O. Joubert
- Granny O'Grimm's Sleeping Beauty IMDB — Nicky Phelan and Darragh O'Connell
- The Lady and the Reaper (La Dama y la Muerte) IMDB — Javier Recio Gracia
- A Matter of Loaf and Death IMDB — Nick Park
Live Action Short Film
- ★ The New Tenants IMDB — Joachim Back and Tivi Magnusson
- The Door IMDB — Juanita Wilson and James Flynn
- Instead of Abracadabra IMDB — Patrik Eklund and Mathias Fjellström
- Kavi IMDB — Gregg Helvey
- Miracle Fish IMDB — Luke Doolan and Drew Bailey
Sound Editing
- ★ The Hurt Locker IMDB — Paul N.J. Ottosson
- Avatar IMDB — Christopher Boyes and Gwendolyn Yates Whittle
- Inglourious Basterds IMDB — Wylie Stateman
- Star Trek IMDB — Mark Stoeckinger and Alan Rankin
- Up IMDB — Michael Silvers and Tom Myers
Sound Mixing
- ★ The Hurt Locker IMDB — Paul N.J. Ottosson and Ray Beckett
- Avatar IMDB — Christopher Boyes, Gary Summers, Andy Nelson and Tony Johnson
- Inglourious Basterds IMDB — Michael Minkler, Tony Lamberti and Mark Ulano
- Star Trek IMDB — Anna Behlmer, Andy Nelson and Peter J. Devlin
- Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen IMDB — Greg P. Russell, Gary Summers and Geoffrey Patterson
Visual Effects
Adapted Screenplay
- ★ Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire IMDB — Screenplay by Geoffrey Fletcher
- District 9 IMDB — Written by Neill Blomkamp and Terri Tatchell
- An Education IMDB — Screenplay by Nick Hornby
- In the Loop IMDB — Screenplay by Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci, Tony Roche
- Up in the Air IMDB — Screenplay by Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner
Original Screenplay
- ★ The Hurt Locker IMDB — Written by Mark Boal
- Inglourious Basterds IMDB — Written by Quentin Tarantino
- The Messenger IMDB — Written by Alessandro Camon & Oren Moverman
- A Serious Man IMDB — Written by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen
- Up IMDB — Screenplay by Bob Peterson, Pete Docter; Story by Pete Docter, Bob Peterson, Tom McCarthy
Nominated films and other recorded entries
58 films represented in the 2009 archive selection.
- A Matter of Loaf and Death
- A Prophet
- A Serious Man
- A Single Man
- Ajami
- An Education
- Avatar
- Bright Star
- Burma VJ
- China's Unnatural Disaster: The Tears of Sichuan Province
- Coco before Chanel
- Coraline
- Crazy Heart
- District 9
- Fantastic Mr. Fox
- Food, Inc.
- French Roast
- Granny O'Grimm's Sleeping Beauty
- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
- Il Divo
- In the Loop
- Inglourious Basterds
- Instead of Abracadabra
- Invictus
- Julie & Julia
- Kavi
- Logorama
- Miracle Fish
- Music by Prudence
- Nine
- Paris 36
- Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire
- Rabbit à la Berlin
- Sherlock Holmes
- Star Trek
- The Blind Side
- The Cove
- The Door
- The Hurt Locker
- The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
- The Lady and the Reaper (La Dama y la Muerte)
- The Last Campaign of Governor Booth Gardner
- The Last Station
- The Last Truck: Closing of a GM Plant
- The Lovely Bones
- The Messenger
- The Milk of Sorrow
- The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers
- The New Tenants
- The Princess and the Frog
- The Secret in Their Eyes
- The Secret of Kells
- The White Ribbon
- The Young Victoria
- Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
- Up
- Up in the Air
- Which Way Home
About these award records
This independent archive groups film-linked award records by film, credited name, category and eligibility year. The film year can differ from the year the ceremony took place. Ceremony numbers are shown where supplied by the records.
Each distinct performance, song or award credit remains a separate record, even when it belongs to the same film. Shared credits stay together. A person's page covers the name shown, without combining aliases or shared credits into a complete career total.
Totals can include honorary, special and historical awards alongside competitive nominations. Awards without a linked film are outside these page totals. Source notes and uncertain records are retained; category comparisons omit groups with unresolved notes, ties or conflicting identities.
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