| art direction | cinematography | costumes | foreign l. | sound | sound
editing |
doc feature | doc short | Ani | Ani short | live action | FX | Editing | score | song | Makeup | |
| OW’s Most Likely | Avatar | Avatar | TYV | The White Ribbon | THL | Avatar | The Cove | The Last Truck | Up | Loaf and Death | The Door | Avatar | THL | Up | Weary Kind | Star Trek |
| Sasha Stone (AD) 19 | Avatar | Avatar | TYV | A Prophet | THL | Avatar | The Cove | China | Up | Logorama | Abracadabra | Avatar | THL | Up | Weary Kind | Star Trek |
|
Kris Tapley (IC) (19) |
Avatar | Avatar | TYV | El Secreto | THL | Avatar | The Cove | The Last Truck | Up | Loaf and Death | The Door | Avatar | THL | Up | Weary Kind | Star Trek |
| Ryan Adams (AD) | Avatar | The White Ribbon | TYV | A Prophet | Avatar | Avatar | The Cove | Up | Avatar | THL | Up | Weary Kind | Star Trek | |||
| Damien Bona (Inside Oscar) (17) | Avatar | Avatar | TYV | El Secreto | Avatar | Avatar | The Cove | Music By Prudence | Up | Loaf and Death | Abracadabra | Avatar | THL | Up | Weary Kind | Star Trek |
| Scott Feinberg (AWI) | Avatar | THL | TYV | El Secreto | Avatar | Avatar | The Cove | The Last Truck | Up | Loaf and Death | Miracle Fish | Avatar | THL | Up | Weary Kind | Star Trek |
| Pete Hammond, Envelope (19)
|
Avatar | Avatar | TYV | El Secreto | Avatar | Avatar | The Cove | The Last Truck | Up | Logorama | The New Tenants | Avatar | THL | Up | Weary Kind | Star Trek |
| David Poland (MCN) | Avatar | Avatar | Nine | A Prophet | THL | THL | The Cove | Up | Avatar | THL | Up | Weary Kind | Star Trek | |||
| Dave Karger (EW) | Avatar | THL | TYV | El Secreto | Avatar | Avatar | The Cove | Up | Avatar | THL | Up | Weary Kind | Star Trek | |||
| Anne Thompson
RB |
Avatar | Avatar | TYV | El Secreto | Avatar | Avatar | The Cove | The Last Truck | Up | Loaf and Death | The Door | Avatar | Avatar | Up | Weary Kind | Star Trek |
| Steve Pond, The Wrap (20) | Avatar | Avatar | TYV | El Secreto | THL | Avatar | The Cove | The Last Truck | Up | Loaf and Death | The New Tenants | Avatar | THL | Up | Weary Kind | Star Trek |
| Brad Brevet (ROS) | Avatar | Avatar | TYV | El Secreto | THL | Avatar | The Cove | The Last Truck | Up | Loaf and Death | The Door | Avatar | THL | Up | Weary Kind | Star Trek |
| Guy Lodge (IC) (20) | Avatar | Avatar | TYV | El Secreto | THL | Avatar | The Cove | The Last Truck | Up | Logorama | The Door | Avatar | THL | Up | Weary Kind | Star Trek |
| Tom O’Neil The Envelope | Avatar | Avatar | TYV | The White Ribbon | THL | THL | The Cove | China | Up | Loaf and Death | Kavi | Avatar | THL | Up | Weary Kind | Star Trek |
| art direction | cinematography | costumes | foreign l. | sound | sound
editing |
doc feature | doc short | Ani | Ani short | live action | FX | Editing | score | song | Makeup | |
| Ebert | Avatar | Avatar | Coco before Chanel | White Ribbon | Basterds | Up | Avatar | Hurt Locker | The Weary Kind | Star Trek | ||||||
| Pete Howell (TS) | ||||||||||||||||
| Craig Kennedy
Living in Cinema |
Sherlock Holmes | The White Ribbon | The Young Victoria | Ajami | Hurt Locker | Hurt Locker | The Cove | The Last Truck | Up | Granny O’Grimm | The Door | Avatar | Hurt Locker | Up | The Weary Kind | Star Trek |
| Greg Ellwood MSN Movies | Avatar | Avatar | The Young Victoria | White Ribbon | Avatar | Avatar | The Cove | China | Up | Loaf and Death | Kavi | Avatar | Hurt Locker | Up | Weary Kind | Star Trek |
| Eugene Hernandez
IndieWire |
Avatar | Hurt Locker | Nine | El Secreto | Hurt Locker | Hurt Locker | Pentagon Papers | Up | Avatar | Hurt Locker | Up | Weary Kind | Star Trek | |||
| Pete Travers, RollingStone | Avatar | Avatar | Coco before Chanel | White Ribbon | Avatar | Avatar | Which Way Home | China | Up | Loaf and Death | The Door | Avatar | Avatar | Up | Weary Kind | Star Trek |
| Scott Bowles (USA Today) | Avatar | Hurt Locker | The Young Victoria | White Ribbon | Avatar | Hurt Locker | The Cove | Up | Avatar | Avatar | Up | Weary Kind | The Young Victoria | |||
| Susan W. (USA Today) | Avatar | Hurt Locker | The Young Victoria | White Ribbon | Hurt Locker | Hurt Locker | The Cove | Up | Avatar | Avatar | Avatar | Weary Kind | The Young Victoria | |||
| Oscar Frenzy | Avatar | Avatar | The Young Victoria | El Secreto | Hurt Locker | Avatar | The Cove | The Last Truck | Up | Loaf and Death | Kavi | Avatar | Hurt Locker | Up | Weary Kind | Star Trek |
| Brinton | Avatar | Avatar | The Young Victoria | El Secreto | Hurt Locker | Avatar | The Cove | China | Up | Loaf and Death | Kavi | Avatar | Hurt Locker | Up | Weary Kind | Star Trek |
| art direction | cinematog | costumes | foreign l. | sound | sound
editing |
doc feature | doc short | Ani | Ani short | live action | FX | Editing | score | song | Makeup | |
| Larry Abuliak (Fox News) | Avatar | Hurt Locker | The Young Victoria | The White Ribbon | Hurt Locker | Avatar | The Cove | China | Up | Loaf and Death | The Door | Avatar | Hurt Locker | Up | Weary Kind | Star Trek |
| Richard Brody, New Yorker | Avatar | Avatar | Nine | Ajami | Hurt Locker | Avatar | The Cove | Rabbit A La Berlin | Up | Loaf and Death | The New Tenants | Avatar | Avatar | Fantastic Mr. Fox | Weary Kind | The Young Victoria |
| CinemaIvazut | Avatar | Basterds | Coco before Chanel | The White Ribbon | Hurt Locker | Avatar | The Cove | The Last Truck | Up | Loaf and Death | Miracle Fish | Avatar | Hurt Locker | Up | Weary Kind | Star Trek |
| Steve Mason (ESPN) | Avatar | Hurt Locker | The Young Victoria | The White Ribbon | Hurt Locker | Hurt Locker | The Cove | China | Up | Loaf and Death | Kavi | Avatar | Hurt Locker | Up | Weary Kind | Star Trek |
| The Big Picture | Avatar | The White Ribbon | The Young Victoria | The White Ribbon | Hurt Locker | Avatar | The Cove | The Last Truck | Up | Logorama | The Door | Avatar | Hurt Locker | Up | Weary Kind | Star Trek |
| Erik Childress (eFC/Oscar Eye, Cinematical) | Avatar | The White Ribbon | The Young Victoria | The White Ribbon | Hurt Locker | Avatar | The Cove | Up | Avatar | Hurt Locker | Up | Weary Kind | Star Trek | |||
| Ed Douglas, Coming Soon | Sherlock Holmes | Avatar | The Young Victoria | El Secreto | Avatar | Avatar | The Cove | The Last Truck | Up | Logorama | Abracadabra | Avatar | Hurt Locker | Up | Weary Kind | Star Trek |
| Michael Wilmington, MCN | Avatar | Hurt Locker | The Young Victoria | The White Ribbon | Hurt Locker | Hurt Locker | The Cove | China | Up | Loaf and Death | Kavi | Avatar | Hurt Locker | Up | Weary Kind | Star Trek |
| Matthew Lucas, FTFR | Avatar | Avatar | The Young Victoria | A Prophet | Avatar | Avatar | The Cove | The Last Truck | Up | Loaf and Death | The Door | Avatar | Hurt Locker | Up | Weary Kind | Star Trek |
| Shannon, Yankee FM | Avatar | Hurt Locker | The Young Victoria | The White Ribbon | Hurt Locker | Avatar | The Cove | The Last Truck | Up | Loaf and Death | The Door | Avatar | Hurt Locker | Up | Weary Kind | Star Trek |
| Nathaniel Rogers, TFE | Avatar | Avatar | The Young Victoria | A Prophet | Avatar | Avatar | The Cove | China | Up | Lady and Reaper | The Door | Avatar | Hurt Locker | Up | Weary Kind | Star Trek |
| Michael Grei | Avatar | Avatar | The Young Victoria | The White Ribbon | Avatar | Avatar | The Cove | The Last Truck | Up | Loaf and Death | The Door | Avatar | Hurt Locker | Up | Weary Kind | Star Trek |
| Mark Bakolor, Oscar Central | Avatar | Avatar | The Young Victoria | The White Ribbon | Avatar | Avatar | The Cove | The Last Truck | Up | Loaf and Death | The Door | Avatar | Hurt Locker | Up | Weary Kind | Star Trek |
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