83rd Oscar Winners 2011

Oscar winners 2011: Natalie Portman wins Academy Award for 'Black Swan'

Best Picture
Winner: "The King's Speech."

The nominees were: "Black Swan," "The Fighter," "Inception," "The Kids Are All Right," "The King's Speech," "127 Hours," "The Social Network," "Toy Story 3," "True Grit," and "Winter's Bone."

Best Leading Actor
Winner: Colin Firth for "The King's Speech."

This is Firth's first Academy Award win and his second nomination. He was nominated in 2010 for "A Single Man."

The nominees were: Javier Bardem, "Biutiful"; Jeff Bridges, "True Grit"; Jesse Eisenberg, "The Social Network"; Colin Firth, "The King's Speech"; and James Franco, "127 Hours."

Best Leading Actress
Winner: Natalie Portman for "Black Swan."

This was her first Academy Award win and second nomination. She was previously nominated in 2005 for Best Supporting Actress in "Closer."

The nominees were: Annette Bening, "The Kids Are All Right"; Nicole Kidman, "Rabbit Hole"; Jennifer Lawrence, "Winter's Bone"; Natalie Portman, "Black Swan"; and Michelle Williams, "Blue Valentine."

Best Director
Winner: Tom Hooper for "The King's Speech."

This is Hooper's first Academy Award and nomination.

The nominees were: Darren Aronofsky, "Black Swan"; David O. Russell, "The Fighter"; Tom Hooper, "The King's Speech"; David Fincher, "The Social Network"; and Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, "True Grit."

Best Supporting Actor
Winner: Christian Bale for "The Fighter."

This is Bale's first Academy Award and nomination.

The nominees for Best Supporting Actor were: Christian Bale, "The Fighter"; John Hawkes, "Winter's Bone"; Jeremy Renner, "The Town"; Mark Ruffalo, "The Kids Are All Right"; and Geoffrey Rush, "The King's Speech."

Best Supporting Actress
Winner: Melissa Leo for "The Fighter."

After a lengthy wind-up from presenter Kirk Douglas, Leo won the Oscar. Leo was previously nominated for Best Actress for her work in "Frozen River."

The nominees for Best Supporting Actress were: Amy Adams, "The Fighter"; Helena Bonham Carter, "The King's Speech"; Melissa Leo, "The Fighter"; Hailee Steinfeld, "True Grit"; and Jacki Weaver, "Animal Kingdom."

Best Picture

The King's Speech

Best Actor

Colin Firth for 'The King's Speech'

Best Actress

Natalie Portman for 'Black Swan'

Best Director

Tom Hooper 'The King's Speech'

Best Original Song

Randy Newman for "We belong together" in 'Toy Story 3'

Best Film Editing

Angus Wall Kirk Baxter for 'The Social Network'

Best Visual Effect

Paul Franklin,Chris Corbould and Andrew Lockley for 'Inception'

Best Documentary of the Year

Inside Job by Charles Fergusson and Audrey Marrs

Best Live Action Short Film

Luke Matheny for 'God of Love'

Best Short Documentary

Karen Goodman, Kirk Simon for 'Strangers No More'

Best Costume Design

Colleen Atwood for 'Alice in Wonderland'

Best Makeup

Rick Baker Dave Elsley for 'The Wolfman'

Best Sound Editing

Richard King for Inception

Best Sound Mixing

Lora Hirshberg and Gary A Rizzo for Inception

Best Original Score

Trent Reznor Atticus Ross for 'The Social Network'

Best Actor in a Supporting Role

Christian Bale

Best Foreign Language Film

In A better World (Denmark)

Best original Screenplay

David Seidler for 'The King's Speech'

Best Adapted Screenplay

Aron Sorkin for 'The Social Network'

Best Animated Feature Film

Toy Story 3: Directed by Lee Unkrich

Best Animated Short Film

The Lost Thing Directed by Andrew Ruhemann

Best Actress in a Supporting Role

Melissa Leo for 'The Fighter'

Best Cinematography

Movie: Inception

Winner: Wally Pfister

Best Art direction

Movie: Alice in Wonderland

Robert Stromberg (Production Design), Karen O'Hara (Set Decoration)

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