2010 Academy Award Nominees (of interest to heavy metal fans)

�A.M.P.A.S.�

Actor in a Leading Role

• Jeremy Renner in �The Hurt Locker�

Art Direction

• �Avatar� Art Direction: Rick Carter and Robert Stromberg; Set Decoration: Kim Sinclair
  
• �The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus� Art Direction: Dave Warren and Anastasia Masaro; Set Decoration: Caroline Smith

Cinematography

• �Avatar� Mauro Fiore
  
• �The Hurt Locker� Barry Ackroyd

Costume Design

• �The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus� Monique Prudhomme

Directing

• �Avatar� James Cameron
  
• �The Hurt Locker� Kathryn Bigelow

Film Editing

• �Avatar� Stephen Rivkin, John Refoua and James Cameron
  
• �District 9� Julian Clarke
  
• �The Hurt Locker� Bob Murawski and Chris Innis

Makeup

• �Star Trek� Barney Burman, Mindy Hall and Joel Harlow

Music (Original Score)

• �Avatar� James Horner
  
• �The Hurt Locker� Marco Beltrami and Buck Sanders

Best Picture

• �Avatar� James Cameron and Jon Landau, Producers
  
• �District 9� Peter Jackson and Carolynne Cunningham, Producers
  
• �The Hurt Locker� Kathryn Bigelow, Mark Boal, Nicolas Chartier and Greg Shapiro, Producers

Sound Editing

• �Avatar� Christopher Boyes and Gwendolyn Yates Whittle
  
• �The Hurt Locker� Paul N.J. Ottosson
  
• �Star Trek� Mark Stoeckinger and Alan Rankin

Sound Mixing

• �Avatar� Christopher Boyes, Gary Summers, Andy Nelson and Tony Johnson
  
• �Star Trek� Anna Behlmer, Andy Nelson and Peter J. Devlin
  
• �The Hurt Locker� Paul N.J. Ottosson and Ray Beckett
  
• �Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen� Greg P. Russell, Gary Summers and Geoffrey Patterson

Visual Effects

• �Avatar� Joe Letteri, Stephen Rosenbaum, Richard Baneham and Andrew R. Jones
  
• �District 9� Dan Kaufman, Peter Muyzers, Robert Habros and Matt Aitken
  
• �Star Trek� Roger Guyett, Russell Earl, Paul Kavanagh and Burt Dalton

Writing (Adapted Screenplay)

• �District 9� Written by Neill Blomkamp and Terri Tatchell