The UK production, The King’s Speech, about King George VI’s struggle to overcome his stammer, has won four Academy Awards (Oscars) – Best Picture, Best Actor (Colin Firth), Best Director (Tom Hooper) and Best Original Screenplay.
An early front-runner in the Oscar race, The Social Network, scooped three Oscars (Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Original Score and Film Editing).
Best Picture nominee Inception won four Oscars – Sound Editing, Sound Mixing, Visual Effects and Cinematography.
Natalie Portman (Black Swan) won Best Actress, Christian Bale (The Fighter) won Best Supporting Actress and Melissa Leo (The Fighter) was judged Best Supporting Actress.
Here is the full list of winners:
Best Picture
“The King’s Speech’, Iain Canning, Emile Sherman and Gareth Unwin, Producers
Achievement in directing
“The King’s Speech,” Tom Hooper
Actor in a Leading Role
Colin Firth in “The King’s Speech”
Actor in a Supporting Role
Christian Bale in “The Fighter”
Actress in a Leading Role
Natalie Portman in “Black Swan”
Actress in a Supporting Role
Melissa Leo in “The Fighter”
Animated Feature Film
“How to Train Your Dragon” Chris Sanders and Dean DeBlois
“The Illusionist” Sylvain Chomet
“Toy Story 3” Lee Unkrich
Achievement in Art Direction
“Alice in Wonderland”
Achievement in Cinematography
“Inception,” Wally Pfister
Costume Design
“Alice in Wonderland,” Colleen Atwood
Documentary (Feature)
“Inside Job,” Charles Ferguson and Audrey Marrs
Documentary (Short Subject)
“Strangers No More”
Film Editing
“The Social Network”
Foreign Language Film
“In a Better World,” Denmark
Makeup
“The Wolfman,” Rick Baker and Dave Elsey
Music (Original Score)
“The Social Network,” Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross
Music (Original Song)
“We Belong Together” from “Toy Story 3,” Music and Lyric by Randy Newman
Short Film (Animated)
“The Lost Thing,” Shaun Tan and Andrew Ruhemann
Short Film (Live Action)
“God of Love,” Luke Matheny
Sound Editing
“Inception,” Richard King
Sound Mixing
“Inception,” Lora Hirschberg, Gary A. Rizzo and Ed Novick
Visual Effects
“Inception,” Paul Franklin, Chris Corbould, Andrew Lockley and Peter Bebb
Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
“The Social Network,” Screenplay by Aaron Sorkin
Writing (Original Screenplay)
“The King’s Speech,” Screenplay by David Seidler
The 83r Academy Awards ceremony was held on 27 February in Hollywood.
