Post TIFF Oscar Predictions

BEST MOTION PICTURE

Avatar, 20th Century Fox

An Education, Sony Pictures Classics

The Hurt Locker, Summit Entertainment

Invictus, Warner Bros. Pictures

The Lovely Bones, Paramount Pictures

Nine, The Weinstein Company

Precious, Lionsgate

A Serious Man, Focus Features

The Tree of Life, Apparition

Up in the Air, Paramount Pictures

Predicted Winner: Up in the Air

BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE

George Clooney, Up in the Air

Matt Damon, The Informant!

Robert Duvall, Get Low

Colin Firth, A Single Man

Morgan Freeman, Invictus

Predicted Winner: Morgan Freeman, Invictus

BEST ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE

Abbie Cornish, Bright Star

Carey Mulligan, An Education

Gabourey Sidibe, Precious

Meryl Streep, Julie & Julia

Hilary Swank, Amelia

Predicted Winner: Carey Mulligan, An Education

BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

Christian McKay, Me and Orson Welles

Alfred Molina, An Education

Brad Pitt, The Tree of Life

Stanley Tucci, The Lovely Bones

Christoph Waltz, Inglourious Basterds

Predicted Winner: Christoph Waltz, Inglourious Basterds

BEST ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Marion Cotillard, Nine
Penélope Cruz, Nine

Vera Farmiga, Up in the Air
Anna Kendrick, Up in the Air

Mo'Nique, Precious

Predicted Winner: Mo'Nique, Precious

BEST DIRECTORIAL ACHIEVEMENT
Kathryn Bigelow, The Hurt Locker
Lee Daniels, Precious
Clint Eastwood, Invictus
Terrence Malick, The Tree of Life
Jason Reitman, Up in the Air
Predicted Winner: Jason Reitman, Up in the Air

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Jane Campion, Bright Star
Joel & Ethan Coen, A Serious Man
Terrence Malick, The Tree of Life
Bob Peterson, Up
Scott Neustadter & Michael H. Weber, (500) Days of Summer
Predicted Winner: Joel & Ethan Coen, A Serious Man

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Nick Hornby, An Education
Damien Paul, Precious
Anthony Peckham, Invictus
Jason Reitman & Sheldon Turner, Up in the Air
Philippa Boyens & Peter Jackson & Fran Walsh, The Lovely Bones
Predicted Winner: Jason Reitman & Sheldon Turner, Up in the Air

BEST ANIMATED FILM
Ponyo, Walt Disney Pictures
The Princess and the Frog, Walt Disney Pictures
Up, Walt Disney Pictures
Predicted Winner: Up

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM

For a Moment, Freedom, Austria

Lebanon, Israel

A Prophet, France

The White Ribbon, Germany

Vincere, Italy

Predicted Winner: The White Ribbon

BEST FILM EDITING
Hank Corwin & co., The Tree of Life

Dana E. Glauberman, Up in the Air
Chris Innis & Bob Murawski, The Hurt Locker
Joel Cox & Gary Roach, Invictus
Unknown, Nine

Predicted Winner: Up in the Air

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Dion Beebe, Nine
Bruno Delbonnel, Harry Potter & the Half-Blood Prince
Grieg Fraser, Bright Star
Andrew Lesnie, The Lovely Bones
Emmanuel Lubezki, The Tree of Life
Predicted Winner: Nine

BEST ART DIRECTION
Stephanie Carroll, Amelia
Sarah Greenwood, Sherlock Holmes
Stuart Craig & Stephanie McMillan, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
John Myrhe, Nine
David Wasco, Inglourious Basterds
Predicted Winner: Nine

BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Colleen Atwood, Nine
Jenny Beavan, Sherlock Holmes
Consolata Boyle, Chéri
Janet Patterson, Bright Star
Anna B. Sheppard, Inglourious Basterds
Predicted Winner: Nine

BEST MAKEUP
District 9
The Road
Star Trek

Predicted Winner: Star Trek

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
Alexandre Desplat, The Tree of Life
Michael Giacchino, Up

Marvin Hamlisch, The Informant!
Randy Newman, The Princess and the Frog
Kjartan Sveinsson, Ondine

Predicted Winner: The Tree of Life

BEST SOUND MIXING
Avatar
District 9
Nine
Star Trek
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
Predicted Winner: Avatar

BEST SOUND EFFECTS EDITING
Avatar
The Hurt Locker
Star Trek
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
Up
Predicted Winner: Avatar

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Avatar

Star Trek

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen

Predicted Winner: Avatar

Oscar Predictions Segment One: The Actors

The first in a series of predictions for the 82nd Academy Awards.

BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
Javier Bardem as Uxbal, Biutiful
Daniel Day-Lewis as Guido Contini, Nine
Leonardo DiCaprio as Teddy Daniels, Shutter Island
Morgan Freeman as Nelson Mandela, The Human Factor
Christopher Plummer as Leo Tolstoy, The Last Station

BEST ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
Abbie Cornish as Fanny Brawn, Bright Star
Romola Garai as Anne Keyes, 1939
Carey Mulligan as Jenny, An Education
Michelle Pfeiffer as Lea de Lonval, Chéri
Audrey Tautou as Coco Chanel, Coco avant Chanel

BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Matt Damon as Francois Pienaar, The Human Factor
Richard Kind as Uncle Arthur, A Serious Man
James McAvoy as Valentin Bulgakov, The Last Station
Mark Ruffalo as Chuck Aule, Shutter Island
Stanley Tucci as George Harvey, The Lovely Bones

BEST ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Patricia Clarkson as Melodie's Mother, Whatever Works
Penélope Cruz as Carla Albanese, Nine
Allison Janey, Away We Go
Mo'Nique as Mary, Precious
Meryl Streep as Julia Child, Julie and Julia

More to come in the next couple of days.