Complete 2011 Oscar Winners List and Highlights of the 83rd Academy Awards

There were lots of 2011 Oscar winners at the 83rd Annual Academy Awards. During the show 24 of the awards were handed out. Among the most notable were Natalie Portman who won best actress for her performance in "Black Swan" and Colin Firth who won best actor for his role in "The King's Speech." This was the first Oscar wins for Natalie Portman and Colin Firth. Each have been nominated for an Oscar twice.

"The King's Speech" won best motion picture. The film walked away with four Oscars out of 12 Oscar nominations.

The 2011 Oscars awards show opened with a montage of movies nominated for best picture. The 83rd Annual Oscars was hosted by James Franco and Anne Hathaway at the Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles Sunday night. You'll find a full list of the 2011 Oscar Winners on the next page.

James Franco and Anne Hathaway appeared in an opening sketch that placed them inside Alec Baldwin's dream, which then integrated them into their own versions of scenes of best picture nominated movies.

James Franco was nominated for the first time for best actor for his role as Aron Ralston in "127 Hours." James Franco showed that he could multitask by tweeting on Twitter during the Oscars show.

Some of the highlights included Melissa Leo accepting her award for best supporting actress and dropping the "F" bomb as she gave her speech. Jennifer Hudson introduced two of the nominees for best original song. She showed off a slimmer figure in a low-cut red dress. Celine Dion sang "Smile" as the Oscars paid respect to actors, producers and directors that passed in the past year. Halle Berry paid special tribute to the late actress Lena Horne, who passed away May 9, 2010. The tribute ended with a Lena Horne quote "It's not the load that breaks you down, it's the way you carry it."

Tom Hooper, who won an Oscar for directing for "The King's Speech," thanked his mother who suggested the story as his next movie after attending a screenplay reading.

"The moral of the story is listen to your mother," Tom Hooper said.

Jeff Bridges, who was nominated in the best actor category for "True Grit" presented the award for Best Actress. Jeff Bridges won an Oscar in 2010 for his role in "Crazy Heart." Sandra Bullock, who won best actress in 2010 for "The Blind Side," presented the award for Best Actor. Steven Spielberg presented the award for best motion picture.

The hosts had their humorous moments, like when Anne Hathaway sang while wearing a tuxedo and James Franco appeared in a pink dress and blond wig reminisce of Marilyn Monroe.

The Fifth Grade Chorus from P.S. 22 in Staten Island New York performed the Oscar finale singing the song "Somewhere Over the Rainbow." All of the Oscar winners joined the students on stage.

Here's a full list of the 2011 Oscar, Academy Awards Winners. The bold notes the winners. Source: www.oscars.org.

Best motion picture of the year

"The King's Speech" (The Weinstein Company)
A See-Saw Films and Bedlam Production
Iain Canning, Emile Sherman and Gareth Unwin, Producers

"Black Swan" (Fox Searchlight)
A Protozoa and Phoenix Pictures Production
Mike Medavoy, Brian Oliver and Scott Franklin,
Producers

"The Fighter" (Paramount)
A Relativity Media Production
David Hoberman, Todd Lieberman and Mark
Wahlberg, Producers

"Inception" (Warner Bros.)
A Warner Bros. UK Services Production
Emma Thomas and Christopher Nolan, Producers

"The Kids Are All Right" (Focus Features)
An Antidote Films, Mandalay Vision and Gilbert
Films Production
Gary Gilbert, Jeffrey Levy-Hinte and Celine Rattray, Producers

"127 Hours" (Fox Searchlight)
An Hours Production
Christian Colson, Danny Boyle and John Smithson, Producers

"The Social Network" (Sony Pictures Releasing)
A Columbia Pictures Production
Scott Rudin, Dana Brunetti, Michael De Luca and Ceán Chaffin, Producers

"Toy Story 3" (Walt Disney)
A Pixar Production
Darla K. Anderson, Producer

"True Grit" (Paramount)
A Paramount Pictures Production
Scott Rudin, Ethan Coen and Joel Coen, Producers

"Winter's Bone" (Roadside Attractions)
A Winter's Bone Production
Anne Rosellini and Alix Madigan-Yorkin, Producers

Performance by an actor in a leading role

Colin Firth in "The King's Speech" (The Weinstein Company)
Javier Bardem in "Biutiful" (Roadside Attractions)
Jeff Bridges in "True Grit" (Paramount)
Jesse Eisenberg in "The Social Network" (Sony Pictures Releasing)
James Franco in "127 Hours" (Fox Searchlight)

Performance by an actor in a supporting role

Christian Bale in "The Fighter" (Paramount)
John Hawkes in "Winter's Bone" (Roadside Attractions)
Jeremy Renner in "The Town" (Warner Bros.)
Mark Ruffalo in "The Kids Are All Right" (Focus Features)
Geoffrey Rush in "The King's Speech" (The Weinstein Company)

Performance by an actress in a leading role

Natalie Portman in "Black Swan" (Fox Searchlight)
Annette Bening in "The Kids Are All Right" (Focus Features)
Nicole Kidman in "Rabbit Hole" (Lionsgate)
Jennifer Lawrence in "Winter's Bone" (Roadside Attractions)
Michelle Williams in "Blue Valentine" (The Weinstein Company)

Performance by an actress in a supporting role

Melissa Leo in "The Fighter" (Paramount)
Amy Adams in "The Fighter" (Paramount)
Helena Bonham Carter in "The King's Speech" (The Weinstein Company)
Hailee Steinfeld in "True Grit" (Paramount)
Jacki Weaver in "Animal Kingdom" (Sony Pictures Classics)

Best animated feature film of the year

"Toy Story 3" (Walt Disney) Lee Unkrich
"How to Train Your Dragon" (Paramount) Chris Sanders and Dean DeBlois
"The Illusionist" (Sony Pictures Classics) Sylvain Chomet

Achievement in art direction
"Alice in Wonderland" (Walt Disney) Production Design: Set Decoration: Robert Stromberg, Karen O'Hara
"Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1" (Warner Bros.) Production Design: Set Decoration: Stuart Craig Stephenie McMillan
"Inception" (Warner Bros.) Production Design: Set Decoration: Guy Hendrix Dyas Larry Dias and Doug Mowat
"The King's Speech" (The Weinstein Company) Production Design: Set Decoration: Eve Stewart Judy Farr
"True Grit" (Paramount) Production Design: Set Decoration: Jess Gonchor Nancy Haigh

Achievement in cinematography

"Inception" (Warner Bros.) Wally Pfister
"Black Swan" (Fox Searchlight) Matthew Libatique
"The King's Speech" (The Weinstein Company) Danny Cohen
"The Social Network" (Sony Pictures Releasing) Jeff Cronenweth
"True Grit" (Paramount) Roger Deakins

Achievement in costume design

"Alice in Wonderland" (Walt Disney) Colleen Atwood
"I Am Love" (Magnolia Pictures) Antonella Cannarozzi
"The King's Speech" (The Weinstein Company) Jenny Beavan
"The Tempest" (Miramax) Sandy Powell
"True Grit" (Paramount) Mary Zophres

Achievement in directing

"The King's Speech" (The Weinstein Company) Tom Hooper
"Black Swan" (Fox Searchlight) Darren Aronofsky
"The Fighter" (Paramount) David O. Russell
"The Social Network" (Sony Pictures Releasing) David Fincher
"True Grit" (Paramount) Joel Coen and Ethan Coen

Best documentary feature

"Inside Job" (Sony Pictures Classics)
A Representational Pictures Production
Charles Ferguson and Audrey Marrs

"Exit through the Gift Shop" (Producers
Distribution Agency)
A Paranoid Pictures Production
Banksy and Jaimie D'Cruz

"Gasland"
A Gasland Production
Josh Fox and Trish Adlesic

"Restrepo" (National Geographic Entertainment)
An Outpost Films Production
Tim Hetherington and Sebastian Junger

"Waste Land" (Arthouse Films)
An Almega Projects Production
Lucy Walker and Angus Aynsley

Best documentary short subject

"Strangers No More"
A Simon & Goodman Picture Company Production
Karen Goodman and Kirk Simon

"Killing in the Name"
A Moxie Firecracker Films Production

"Poster Girl"
A Portrayal Films Production

"Sun Come Up"
A Sun Come Up Production
Jennifer Redfearn and Tim Metzger

"The Warriors of Qiugang"
A Thomas Lennon Films Production
Ruby Yang and Thomas Lennon

Achievement in film editing

"The Social Network" (Sony Pictures Releasing) Angus Wall and Kirk Baxter
"Black Swan" (Fox Searchlight) Andrew Weisblum
"The Fighter" (Paramount) Pamela Martin
"The King's Speech" (The Weinstein Company) Tariq Anwar
"127 Hours" (Fox Searchlight) Jon Harris

Best foreign language film of the year

"In a Better World" (Sony Pictures Classics)
A Zentropa Production
Denmark
"Biutiful" (Roadside Attractions)
A Menage Atroz, Mod Producciones and Ikiru Films
Production
Mexico
"Dogtooth" (Kino International)
A Boo Production
Greece
"Incendies" (Sony Pictures Classics)
A Micro-Scope Production
Canada
"Outside the Law (Hors-la-loi)" (Cohen Media Group)
A Tassili Films Production
Algeria

Achievement in makeup

"The Wolfman" (Universal) Rick Baker and Dave Elsey
"Barney's Version" (Sony Pictures Classics) Adrien Morot
"The Way Back" (Newmarket Films in association with
Wrekin Hill Entertainment and Image Entertainment)
Edouard F. Henriques, Gregory Funk and Yolanda Toussieng

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original score)
"The Social Network" (Sony Pictures Releasing) Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross
"How to Train Your Dragon" (Paramount) John Powell
"Inception" (Warner Bros.) Hans Zimmer
"The King's Speech" (The Weinstein Company) Alexandre Desplat
"127 Hours" (Fox Searchlight) A.R. Rahman

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original song)

"We Belong Together" from "Toy Story 3"
(Walt Disney)
Music and Lyric by Randy Newman
"Coming Home" from "Country Strong"
(Sony Pictures Releasing (Screen Gems))
Music and Lyric by Tom Douglas, Troy Verges and

Hillary Lindsey
"I See the Light" from "Tangled"
(Walt Disney)
Music by Alan Menken
Lyric by Glenn Slater
"If I Rise" from "127 Hours"
(Fox Searchlight)
Music by A.R. Rahman
Lyric by Dido and Rollo Armstrong

Best animated short film

"The Lost Thing" (Nick Batzias for Madman Entertainment)
A Passion Pictures Australia Production
Shaun Tan and Andrew Ruhemann
"Day & Night" (Walt Disney)
A Pixar Animation Studios Production
Teddy Newton
"The Gruffalo"
A Magic Light Pictures Production
Jakob Schuh and Max Lang
"Let's Pollute"
A Geefwee Boedoe Production
Geefwee Boedoe
"Madagascar, carnet de voyage (Madagascar, a Journey Diary)"
A Sacrebleu Production
Bastien Dubois

Best live action short film

"God of Love" A Luke Matheny Production
"The Confession" (National Film and Television School)
A National Film and Television School Production
Tanel Toom
"The Crush" (Network Ireland Television)
A Purdy Pictures Production
Michael Creagh
Luke Matheny
"Na Wewe" (Premium Films)

A CUT! Production
Ivan Goldschmidt
"Wish 143"
A Swing and Shift Films/Union Pictures Production
Ian Barnes and Samantha Waite

Achievement in sound editing

"Inception" (Warner Bros.) Richard King
"Toy Story 3" (Walt Disney) Tom Myers and Michael Silvers
"Tron: Legacy" (Walt Disney) Gwendolyn Yates Whittle and Addison Teague
"True Grit" (Paramount) Skip Lievsay and Craig Berkey
"Unstoppable" (20th Century Fox) Mark P. Stoeckinger

Achievement in sound mixing

"Inception" (Warner Bros.) Lora Hirschberg, Gary A. Rizzo and Ed Novick
"The King's Speech" (The Weinstein Company) Paul Hamblin, Martin Jensen and John Midgley
"Salt" (Sony Pictures Releasing) Jeffrey J. Haboush, Greg P. Russell, Scott Millan and William Sarokin
"The Social Network" (Sony Pictures Releasing) Ren Klyce, David Parker, Michael Semanick and Mark Weingarten
"True Grit" (Paramount) Skip Lievsay, Craig Berkey, Greg Orloff and Peter F. Kurland

Achievement in visual effects

"Inception" (Warner Bros.) Paul Franklin, Chris Corbould, Andrew Lockley and Peter Bebb
"Alice in Wonderland" (Walt Disney) Ken Ralston, David Schaub, Carey Villegas and Sean Phillips
"Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1" (Warner Bros.)
Tim Burke, John Richardson, Christian Manz and Nicolas Aithadi
"Hereafter" (Warner Bros.) Michael Owens, Bryan Grill, Stephan Trojanski and
Joe Farrell
"Iron Man 2" (Paramount and Marvel Entertainment, Distributed by Paramount)
Janek Sirrs, Ben Snow, Ged Wright and Daniel Sudick

Adapted screenplay

"The Social Network" (Sony Pictures Releasing) Screenplay by Aaron Sorkin
"127 Hours" (Fox Searchlight) Screenplay by Danny Boyle & Simon Beaufoy
"Toy Story 3" (Walt Disney) Screenplay by Michael Arndt Story
by John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton and Lee Unkrich
"True Grit" (Paramount) Written for the screen by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen
"Winter's Bone" (Roadside Attractions) Adapted for the screen by Debra Granik & AnneRosellini

Original screenplay

"The King's Speech" (The Weinstein Company) Screenplay by David Seidler
"Another Year" (Sony Pictures Classics) Written by Mike Leigh
"The Fighter" (Paramount) Screenplay by Scott Silver and Paul Tamasy & EricJohnson
Story by Keith Dorrington & Paul Tamasy & EricJohnson
"Inception" (Warner Bros.) Written by Christopher Nolan
"The Kids Are All Right" (Focus Features) Written by Lisa Cholodenko & Stuart Blumberg