Academy Awards 2011

The Academy Awards are on February 27th. They will be celebrating the best in filmmaking from the year 2010. The nominees were announced last Tuesday. Here are my picks for the winners.

Best Picture- The Social Network

Best Director- David Fincher (The Social Network)

Best Actor- Colin Firth (The King's Speech)

Best Actress Natalie Portman (Black Swan)

Best Supporting Actor- Christian Bale (The Fighter)

Best Supporting Actress- Melissa Leo (The Fighter)

Best Foreign Language Film- Biutiful (Mexico)

Best Documentary Feature- Restrepo

Best Animated Feature- Toy Story 3

Best Film Editing- Andrew Weisblum (Black Swan)

Best Visual Effects- Paul Franklin, Chris Corbould, Andrew Lockley, and Peter Bebb (Inception)

Best Original Song- "We Belong Together" (Toy Story 3)

Best Original Score- A.R. Rahman (127 Hours)

Best Cinematography- Matthew Libatique (Black Swan)

Best Sound Mixing- Lora Hirschberg, Gary A. Rizzo, and Ed Novic (Inception)

Best Sound Editing- Richard King (Inception)

Best Costume Design- Jenny Beavan (The King's Speech)

Best Art Direction- Inception

Best Adapted Screenplay- Aaron Sorkin (The Social Network)

Best Original Screenplay- David Seidler (The King's Speech)

Best Makeup- The Wolfman