My Filmspotting Ballot

Here is my ballot for the 4th Annual Filmspotting Awards. Filmspotting is a renowned podcast, with a forum, that is sponsored by the Chicago Film Critics Association.

PICTURE

-127 Hours

-Black Swan

-Inception

-The Social Network

-True Grit

DIRECTOR

-Darren Aronofsky (Black Swan)

-Danny Boyle (127 Hours)

-Ethan Coen and Joel Coen (True Grit)

-David Fincher (The Social Network)

-Christopher Nolan (Inception)

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

-Stuart Blumberg and Lisa Cholodenko (The Kids Are All Right)

-Andres Heinz, Mark Heyman, and John McLaughlin (Black Swan)

-Eric Johnson, Scott Silver, and Paul Tamasy (The Fighter)

-Peter Morgan (Hereafter)

-Christopher Nolan (Inception)

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

-Ben Affleck, Peter Craig, and Aaron Stockard (The Town)

-Simon Beaufoy and Danny Boyle (127 Hours)

-Ethan Coen and Joel Coen (True Grit)

-David Lindsay-Abaire (Rabbit Hole)

-Aaron Sorkin (The Social Network)

ACTOR

-Jeff Bridges (True Grit)

-Aaron Eckhart (Rabbit Hole)

-Jesse Eisenberg (The Social Network)

-James Franco (127 Hours)

-Mark Wahlberg (The Fighter)

ACTRESS

-Annette Bening (The Kids Are All Right)

-Nicole Kidman (Rabbit Hole)

-Julianne Moore (The Kids Are All Right)

-Natalie Portman (Black Swan)

-Hailee Steinfeld (True Grit)

SUPPORTING ACTOR

-Christian Bale (The Fighter)

-Vincent Cassel (Black Swan)

-Andrew Garfield (The Social Network)

-Jeremy Renner (The Town)

-Mark Ruffalo (The Kids Are All Right)

SUPPORTING ACTRESS

-Amy Adams (The Fighter)

-Marion Cotillard (Inception)

-Rebecca Hall (The Town)

-Mila Kunis (Black Swan)

-Melissa Leo (The Fighter)

CAST

-Black Swan

-Inception

-The Social Network

-The Town

-True Grit

EDITING

-127 Hours

-Black Swan

-Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part I

-Inception

-The Social Network

SOUND

-127 Hours

-Black Swan

-Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part I

-Inception

-True Grit

SCORE

-Alexandre Desplat (Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part I)

-Clint Mansell (Black Swan)

-A.R. Rahman (127 Hours)

-Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross (The Social Network)

-Hans Zimmer (Inception)

SOUNDTRACK

-127 Hours

-The Fighter

-Get Him to the Greek

-Greenberg

-Kick-Ass

CINEMATOGRAPHY

-127 Hours

-Black Swan

-Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part I

-Inception

-True Grit

ART DIRECTION

-Black Swan

-Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part I

-Inception

-Shutter Island

-True Grit

VISUAL EFFECTS

-Black Swan

-Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part I

-Hereafter

-Inception

-Iron Man 2

SURPRISING

-44 Inch Chest

-Buried

-Get Him to the Greek

-Harry Brown

-Hot Tub Time Machine