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15th Annual Critics Choice Awards

Winners announced on Friday, January 15th.

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Best Picture

WINNER

The Hurt Locker (2008)

Other Nominees:

Avatar (2009)

An Education (2009)

Inglourious Basterds (2009)

Invictus (2009)

Nine (2009)

Precious (2009/II)

A Serious Man (2009)

Up (2009)

Up in the Air (2009/I)

Best Actor

WINNER

Jeff Bridges for Crazy Heart (2009)

Other Nominees:

George Clooney for Up in the Air (2009/I)

Colin Firth for A Single Man (2009)

Morgan Freeman for Invictus (2009)

Viggo Mortensen for The Road (2009/I)

Jeremy Renner for The Hurt Locker (2008)

Best Actress

WINNER

Sandra Bullock for The Blind Side (2009)

Meryl Streep for Julie & Julia (2009)

Other Nominees:

Emily Blunt for The Young Victoria (2009)

Carey Mulligan for An Education (2009)

Saoirse Ronan for The Lovely Bones (2009)

Gabourey Sidibe for Precious (2009/II)

Best Supporting Actor

WINNER

Christoph Waltz for Inglourious Basterds (2009)

Other Nominees:

Matt Damon for Invictus (2009)

Woody Harrelson for The Messenger (2009/I)

Christian McKay for Me and Orson Welles (2008)

Alfred Molina for An Education (2009)

Stanley Tucci for The Lovely Bones (2009)

Best Supporting Actress

WINNER

Mo'Nique for Precious (2009/II)

Other Nominees:

Marion Cotillard for Nine (2009)

Vera Farmiga for Up in the Air (2009/I)

Anna Kendrick for Up in the Air (2009/I)

Julianne Moore for A Single Man (2009)

Samantha Morton for The Messenger (2009/I)

Best Acting Ensemble

WINNER

Inglourious Basterds (2009)

Other Nominees:

Nine (2009)

Precious (2009/II)

Star Trek (2009)

Up in the Air (2009/I)

Best Director

WINNER

Kathryn Bigelow for The Hurt Locker (2008)

Other Nominees:

James Cameron for Avatar (2009)

Lee Daniels for Precious (2009/II)

Clint Eastwood for Invictus (2009)

Jason Reitman for Up in the Air (2009/I)

Quentin Tarantino for Inglourious Basterds (2009)

Best Original Screenplay

WINNER

Inglourious Basterds (2009): Quentin Tarantino

Other Nominees:

(500) Days of Summer (2009): Scott Neustadter, Michael H. Weber

The Hurt Locker (2008): Mark Boal

A Serious Man (2009): Ethan Coen, Joel Coen

Up (2009): Bob Peterson, Pete Docter

Best Adapted Screenplay

WINNER

Up in the Air (2009/I): Jason Reitman, Sheldon Turner

Other Nominees:

District 9 (2009): Neill Blomkamp, Terri Tatchell

An Education (2009): Nick Hornby

Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009): Wes Anderson, Noah Baumbach

Precious (2009/II): Geoffrey Fletcher

A Single Man (2009): Tom Ford, David Scearce

Best Animated Feature

WINNER

Up (2009)

Other Nominees:

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (2009)

Coraline (2009)

Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009)

The Princess and the Frog (2009)

Best Young Actor/Actress

WINNER

Saoirse Ronan for The Lovely Bones (2009)

Other Nominees:

Jae Head for The Blind Side (2009)

Bailee Madison for Brothers (2009/I)

Max Records for Where the Wild Things Are (2009)

Kodi Smit-McPhee for The Road (2009/I)

Best Action Movie

WINNER

Avatar (2009)

Other Nominees:

District 9 (2009)

The Hurt Locker (2008)

Inglourious Basterds (2009)

Star Trek (2009)

Best Comedy Movie

WINNER

The Hangover (2009)

Other Nominees:

(500) Days of Summer (2009)

It's Complicated (2009)

The Proposal (2009/I)

Zombieland (2009)

Best Foreign Language Film

WINNER

Broken Embraces (2009)

Other Nominees:

Coco Before Chanel (2009)

Red Cliff (2008)

Sin Nombre (2009)

The White Ribbon (2009)

Best Documentary Feature

WINNER

The Cove (2009)

Other Nominees:

Anvil: The Story of Anvil (2008)

Capitalism: A Love Story (2009)

Food, Inc. (2008)

This Is It (2009)

Best Song

WINNER

Crazy Heart (2009): T-Bone Burnett, Ryan Bingham("The Weary Kind")

Other Nominees:

Everybody's Fine (2009): Paul McCartney("(I Want To) Come Home")

Nine (2009): Maury Yeston("Cinema Italiano")

The Princess and the Frog (2009): Randy Newman("Almost There")

Where the Wild Things Are (2009): Karen O, Nick Zinner("All Is Love")

Best Composer

WINNER

Up (2009): Michael Giacchino

Other Nominees:

The Informant! (2009): Marvin Hamlisch

The Princess and the Frog (2009): Randy Newman

Sherlock Holmes (2009): Hans Zimmer

Where the Wild Things Are (2009): Carter Burwell, Karen O

Best Picture Made for Television

WINNER

Grey Gardens (2009) (TV)

Other Nominees:

Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story (2009) (TV)

Into the Storm (2009) (TV)

Taking Chance (2009) (TV)

Best Cinematography

WINNER

Avatar (2009)

Other Nominees:

The Hurt Locker (2008)

Inglourious Basterds (2009)

The Lovely Bones (2009)

Nine (2009)

Best Art Direction

WINNER

Avatar (2009)

Other Nominees:

Inglourious Basterds (2009)

The Lovely Bones (2009)

Nine (2009)

A Single Man (2009)

Best Editing

WINNER

Avatar (2009)

Other Nominees:

The Hurt Locker (2008)

Inglourious Basterds (2009)

Nine (2009)

Up in the Air (2009/I)

Best Costume Design

WINNER

The Young Victoria (2009)

Other Nominees:

Bright Star (2009)

Inglourious Basterds (2009)

Nine (2009)

Where the Wild Things Are (2009)

Best Makeup

WINNER

District 9 (2009)

Other Nominees:

Avatar (2009)

Nine (2009)

The Road (2009/I)

Star Trek (2009)

Best Visual Effects

WINNER

Avatar (2009)

Other Nominees:

District 9 (2009)

The Lovely Bones (2009)

Star Trek (2009)

2012 (2009/I)

Best Sound

WINNER

Avatar (2009)

Other Nominees:

District 9 (2009)

The Hurt Locker (2008)

Nine (2009)

Star Trek (2009)