Houston Film Critics Nominees

BEST PICTURE
(500) Days of Summer
Avatar
District 9
Inglourious Basterds
Invictus
Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire
Star Trek
The Hurt Locker
Up
Up in the Air

BEST DIRECTION OF A MOTION PICTURE
Clint Eastwood, Invictus
James Cameron, Avatar
Jason Reitman, Up in the Air
Kathryn Bigelow, The Hurt Locker
Lee Daniels, Precious
Quentin Tarantino, Inglourious Basterds

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
George Clooney, Up in the Air
Jeff Bridges, Crazy Heart
Jeremy Renner, The Hurt Locker
Morgan Freeman, Invictus
Viggo Mortensen, The Road

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
Abbie Cornish, Bright Star
Carey Mulligan, An Education
Gabourey Sidibe, Precious
Meryl Streep, Julie & Julia
Sandra Bullock, The Blind Side
Saoirise Ronan, The Lovely Bones

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Christian McKay, Me and Orson Welles
Christoph Waltz, Inglourious Basterds
Stanley Tucci, The Lovely Bones
Woody Harrelson, The Messenger
Zach Galifianakis, The Hangover

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Anna Kendrick, Up in the Air
Mo’Nique, Precious
Penelope Cruz, Nine
Samantha Morton, The Messenger
Vera Farmiga, Up in the Air

BEST SCREENPLAY
Geoffrey Fletcher, Precious
Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner, Up in the Air
Jesse Armstrong, In the Loop
Mark Boal, The Hurt Locker
Quentin Tarantino, Inglourious Basterds
Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber, (500) Days of Summer

BEST ANIMATED FILM
Coraline
9
The Fantastic Mr. Fox
The Princess and the Frog
Up

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Andrew Lesnie, The Lovely Bones
Barry Ackroyd, The Hurt Locker
Dion Beebe, Nine
Javier Aguirresarobe, The Road
Mauro Fiore and Vince Pace, Avatar

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
Burma VJ
Capitalism: A Love Story
Every Little Step
Food, Inc
The Cove
Tyson

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
35 Shots of Rum
Broken Embraces
Cape No. 7
Red Cliff
Sin Nombre
Summer Hours
The Stoning of Soraya M

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
Alexandre Desplat, The Fantastic Mr. Fox
Hans Zimmer, Sherlock Holmes
James Horner, Avatar
Marvin Hamlisch, The Informant
Michael Giacchino, Up

BEST ORIGINAL SONG
Almost There by Randy Newman, The Princess and the Frog
Cinema Italiano by Maury Yeston, Nine
Colorblind by Daniel Po, Invictus
Depression Era by Patterson Hood, That Evening Sun
Petey’s Song by Jarvis Cocker, Wes Anderson & Noah Baumbach, The Fantastic Mr. Fox
The Weary Kind by Ryan Bingham & T. Bone Burnett, Crazy Heart