Ten Best Picture Nominees

And the nominees are . . .

Avatar

Director: James Cameron

Producer: James Cameron, Jon Landau

Screenwriter: James Cameron

The Blind Side

Director: John Lee Hancock

Producer: Gil Netter, Andrew A. Kosove, Broderick Johnson

Screenwriter: John Lee Hancock

District 9

Director: Neill Blomkamp

Producer: Peter Jackson

Screenwriter: Neill Blomkamp, Terri Tatchell

An Education

Director: Lone Scherfig

Producer: Finola Dwyer, Amanda Posey

Screenwriter: Nick Hornby

The Hurt Locker

Director: Kathryn Bigelow

Producer: Mark Boal, Greg Shapiro

Screenwriter: Mark Boal

Inglourious Basterds

Director: Quentin Tarantino

Producer: Quentin Tarantino, Lawrence Bender

Screenwriter: Quentin Tarantino

Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire

Director: Lee Daniels

Producer: Lee Daniels, Sarah Siegel-Magness, Gary Magness

Screenwriter: Geoffrey Fletcher

A Serious Man

Director: Joel Coen, Ethan Coen

Producer: Joel Coen, Ethan Coen

Screenwriter: Joel Coen, Ethan Coen

Up

Director: Pete Docter, Bob Peterson

Producer: Jonas Rivera

Screenwriter: Bob Peterson

Up in the Air

Director: Jason Reitman

Producer: Ivan Reitman, Tom Pollock, Daniel Dubiecki, Joe Medjuck, Jeff Clifford

Screenwriter: Jason Reitman, Sheldon Turner

The Oscars, Sunday, March 7th.

10:34pm, 2 February 2010.