Avatar (2009)
Awards
Academy Awards, USA 2010
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Winner Oscar |
Best Achievement in Cinematography Mauro Fiore |
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Best Achievement in Visual Effects Joe Letteri Stephen Rosenbaum Richard Baneham Andrew R. Jones |
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Best Achievement in Art Direction Rick Carter (production designer) Robert Stromberg (production designer) Kim Sinclair (set decorator) |
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Nominee Oscar |
Best Motion Picture of the Year James Cameron Jon Landau |
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Best Achievement in Directing James Cameron |
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Best Achievement in Film Editing Stephen E. Rivkin John Refoua James Cameron |
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Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Score James Horner |
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Best Achievement in Sound Mixing Christopher Boyes Gary Summers Andy Nelson Tony Johnson |
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Best Achievement in Sound Editing Christopher Boyes Gwendolyn Yates Whittle |
Golden Globes, USA 2010
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Winner Golden Globe |
Best Director - Motion Picture James Cameron |
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Best Motion Picture - Drama |
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Nominee Golden Globe |
Best Original Score - Motion Picture James Horner |
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Best Original Song - Motion Picture James Horner Simon Franglen Kuk Harrell
Song: "I See You"
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BAFTA Awards 2010
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Winner BAFTA Film Award |
Best Production Design Rick Carter Robert Stromberg Kim Sinclair |
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Best Special Visual Effects Joe Letteri Stephen Rosenbaum Richard Baneham Andrew R. Jones |
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Nominee Anthony Asquith Award for Film Music |
James Horner
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Nominee BAFTA Film Award |
Best Film James Cameron Jon Landau |
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Best Cinematography Mauro Fiore |
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Best Editing Stephen E. Rivkin John Refoua James Cameron |
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Best Sound Christopher Boyes Gary Summers Andy Nelson Tony Johnson Addison Teague |
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Nominee David Lean Award for Direction |
Best Director James Cameron |
Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA 2011
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Winner Saturn Award |
Best DVD Special Edition
For the "Extended Collector's Edition" release.
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Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA 2010
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Winner Saturn Award |
Best Actor Sam Worthington |
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Best Actress Zoe Saldana |
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Best Supporting Actor Stephen Lang |
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Best Supporting Actress Sigourney Weaver |
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Best Director James Cameron |
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Best Writing James Cameron |
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Best Music James Horner |
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Best Production Design Rick Carter Robert Stromberg |
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Best Science Fiction Film |
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Best Special Effects Joe Letteri Stephen Rosenbaum Richard Baneham Andrew R. Jones |
American Cinema Editors, USA 2010
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Nominee Eddie |
Best Edited Feature Film - Dramatic Stephen E. Rivkin John Refoua James Cameron |
American Society of Cinematographers, USA 2010
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Nominee ASC Award |
Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Theatrical Releases Mauro Fiore |
Art Directors Guild 2010
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Winner Excellence in Production Design Award |
Fantasy Film Rick Carter (production designer) Robert Stromberg (production designer) Kim Sinclair (lead supervising art director/set decorator - New Zealand) Kevin Ishioka (supervising art director) Stefan Dechant (supervising art director) Todd Cherniawsky (supervising art director) Ben Procter (art director) Nick Bassett (art director) Robert Bavin (art director) Simon Bright (art director) Jill Cormack (art director) Seth Engstrom (art director) Sean Haworth (art director) Andrew L. Jones (art director) Andy McLaren (art director) Andrew Menzies (art director) Norman Newberry (art director) Jacqui Allen (assistant art director) Vanessa Cole (assistant art director) Michael Stassi (assistant art director) Jeff Wisniewski (assistant art director) Yuri Bartoli (illustrator) Dylan Cole (illustrator) Dorian Bustamante (illustrator) Ryan Church (illustrator) James Clyne (illustrator) TyRuben Ellingson (illustrator) Barry Howell (illustrator) Victor James Martinez (illustrator) Tex Kadonaga (set designer) Luke Caska (set designer) Richard Mays (set designer) Scott Herbertson (set designer) Paul Ozzimo (illustrator) Tammy S. Lee (set designer) Gregory Jein (model maker) Jason Mahakian (model maker) Jonathan Dyer (set designer) Steven Messing (illustrator) Joseph Hiura (set designer) Karl J. Martin (set designer) Darryl Longstaffe (set designer) John Lott (set designer) C. Scott Baker (set designer) Robert Andrew Johnson (set designer) David Chow (set designer) Craig Shoji (illustrator) Andrew Chan (set designer) Sam Page (set designer) Michael Smale (set designer) Daphne Yap (illustrator) Andrew Reeder (set designer) |
ASCAP Film and Television Music Awards 2010
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Winner ASCAP Award |
Top Box Office Films James Horner |
Austin Film Critics Association 2009
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Nominee AFCA Award |
Best Film
6th place
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Australian Film Institute 2010
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Winner AFI International Award |
Best Actor Sam Worthington |
Awards Circuit Community Awards 2012
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Winner ACCA |
Best Visual Effects of the Decade |
Awards Circuit Community Awards 2009
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Winner ACCA |
Best Cinematography Mauro Fiore |
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Best Visual Effects |
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Nominee ACCA |
Best Director James Cameron (director) |
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Best Motion Picture Jon Landau (producer) James Cameron (producer) |
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Best Original Score James Horner |
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Best Film Editing James Cameron John Refoua Stephen E. Rivkin |
Awards of the Japanese Academy 2011
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Winner Award of the Japanese Academy |
Best Foreign Film |
BET Awards 2010
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Nominee BET Award |
Best Actress Zoe Saldana |
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Best Movie |
Black Reel Awards 2010
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Nominee Black Reel |
Best Supporting Actress Zoe Saldana |
BMI Film & TV Awards 2010
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Winner BMI Film Music Award |
Film Music James Horner |
British Society of Cinematographers 2009
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Nominee Best Cinematography Award |
Mauro Fiore
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Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards 2010
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Winner Critics Choice Award |
Best Cinematography Mauro Fiore |
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Best Editing John Refoua Stephen E. Rivkin |
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Best Art Direction |
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Best Sound |
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Best Visual Effects |
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Best Action Movie |
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Nominee Critics Choice Award |
Best Picture |
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Best Director James Cameron |
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Best Makeup |
Camerimage 2013
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Nominee Best 3D Feature Film |
Mauro Fiore
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Casting Society of America, USA 2010
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Nominee Artios |
Outstanding Achievement in Casting - Big Budget Feature - Drama Margery Simkin Mali Finn (initial casting) |
Chicago Film Critics Association Awards 2009
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Nominee CFCA Award |
Best Cinematography Mauro Fiore |
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Best Original Score James Horner |
Cinema Audio Society, USA 2010
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Nominee C.A.S. Award |
Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing for Motion Pictures Christopher Boyes (re-recording mixer) Gary Summers (re-recording mixer) Andy Nelson (re-recording mixer) Tony Johnson (production mixer) |
Cinema Brazil Grand Prize 2010
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Winner Audience Award |
Best Foreign-Language Film (Melhor Filme Estrangeiro) James Cameron
USA/UK.
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Nominee Cinema Brazil Grand Prize |
Best Foreign-Language Film (Melhor Filme Estrangeiro) James Cameron
USA/UK.
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Costume Designers Guild Awards 2010
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Nominee CDG Award |
Excellence in Fantasy Film Mayes C. Rubeo Deborah Lynn Scott |
César Awards, France 2010
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Nominee César |
Best Foreign Film (Meilleur film étranger) James Cameron
USA
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Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards 2009
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Nominee DFWFCA Award |
Best Picture |
David di Donatello Awards 2010
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Nominee David |
Best Foreign Film (Miglior Film Straniero) James Cameron |
Directors Guild of America, USA 2010
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Nominee DGA Award |
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures James Cameron |
Empire Awards, UK 2010
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Winner Empire Award |
Best Film |
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Best Actress Zoe Saldana |
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Best Director James Cameron |
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Nominee Empire Award |
Best Actor Sam Worthington |
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Best Sci-Fi/Fantasy |
Environmental Media Awards, USA 2010
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Winner EMA Award |
Feature Film |
Florida Film Critics Circle Awards 2009
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Winner FFCC Award |
Best Cinematography Mauro Fiore |
Gold Derby Awards 2010
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Winner Gold Derby Award |
Art Direction Rick Carter Robert Stromberg Kim Sinclair |
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Sound Editing/Mixing Christopher Boyes Tony Johnson Andy Nelson Gary Summers Gwendolyn Yates Whittle |
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Visual Effects Richard Baneham Andrew R. Jones Joe Letteri Stephen Rosenbaum |
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Nominee Gold Derby Award |
Motion Picture James Cameron Jon Landau |
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Director James Cameron |
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Cinematography Mauro Fiore |
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Film Editing Stephen E. Rivkin John Refoua James Cameron |
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Original Score James Horner |
Golden Eagle Awards, Russia 2011
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Winner Golden Eagle |
Best Foreign Film James Cameron (director) |
Golden Schmoes Awards 2010
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Nominee Golden Schmoes |
Best DVD/Blu-Ray of the Year
'3-Disc Extended Edition'
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Golden Schmoes Awards 2009
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Winner Golden Schmoes |
Most Overrated Movie of the Year |
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Best Special Effects of the Year |
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Best Action Sequence of the Year
'Battle for Pandora'
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Nominee Golden Schmoes |
Best Actress of the Year Zoe Saldana |
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Favorite Movie of the Year |
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Best Director of the Year James Cameron |
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Trippiest Movie of the Year |
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Best Sci-Fi Movie of the Year |
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Best Supporting Actress of the Year Sigourney Weaver |
Golden Trailer Awards 2010
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Winner Golden Trailer |
Most Innovative Advertising for a Feature Film Twentieth Century Fox Mob Scene
For "Planet Pandora".
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Nominee Golden Trailer |
Best Action Twentieth Century Fox Wild Card
For "Theatrical Trailer".
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Best Action TV Spot Twentieth Century Fox Wild Card
For "Kansas".
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Grammy Awards 2011
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Nominee Grammy |
Best Song Written for Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media Simon Franglen Kuk Harrell James Horner
For the song "I See You".
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Best Score Soundtrack Album for Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media James Horner |
Hollywood Post Alliance, US 2010
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Winner HPA Awards |
Outstanding Compositing - Feature Film Erik Winquist Robin Hollander Erich Eder Giuseppe Tagliavini Weta Digital |
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Nominee HPA Awards |
Outstanding Color Grading Feature Film in a DI Process Skip Kimball Modern VideoFilm |
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Outstanding Editing - Feature Film Stephen E. Rivkin John Refoua James Cameron |
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Outstanding Compositing - Feature Film Eddie Pasquarello Ben O'Brien Conny Fauser Jason Billington Industrial Light & Magic (ILM) |
Houston Film Critics Society Awards 2009
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Nominee HFCS Award |
Best Director James Cameron |
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Best Picture |
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Best Cinematography Mauro Fiore Vince Pace |
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Best Original Score James Horner |
Huabiao Film Awards 2011
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Winner Huabiao Film Award |
Outstanding Translated Foreign Film |
Hugo Awards 2010
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Nominee Hugo |
Best Dramatic Presentation - Long Form James Cameron (screenplay/director) |
IGN Summer Movie Awards 2010
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Nominee IGN Award |
Best Blu-Ray
Extended Collector's Edition
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Il Festival Nazionale del Doppiaggio Voci nell'Ombra 2010
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Nominee Film Award |
Best Overall Dubbing Tonino Accolla |
Image Awards (NAACP) 2010
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Nominee Image Award |
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture Zoe Saldana |
International Cinephile Society Awards 2010
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Nominee ICS Award |
Best Production Design Rick Carter Robert Stromberg |
International Film Music Critics Award (IFMCA) 2010
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Nominee IFMCA Award |
Film Score of the Year James Horner |
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Best Original Score for a Fantasy/Science Fiction Film James Horner |
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Film Music Composition of the Year James Horner
Track: "War"
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International Online Cinema Awards (INOCA) 2010
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Winner INOCA |
Best Visual Effects |
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Best Sound Editing Christopher Boyes Gwendolyn Yates Whittle |
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Nominee INOCA |
Best Picture |
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Best Director James Cameron |
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Best Film Editing Stephen E. Rivkin John Refoua James Cameron |
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Best Art Direction Rick Carter Robert Stromberg |
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Best Sound Mixing Christopher Boyes Gary Summers Andy Nelson Tony Johnson |
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Best Original Song James Horner Simon Franglen Kuk Harrell
Song: "I See You"
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Internet Film Critic Society 2009
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Winner IFCS Award |
Best Drama |
Irish Film and Television Awards 2010
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Nominee IFTA Award |
Best International Film |
Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists 2010
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Winner Silver Ribbon |
Best 3D Film Director (Regista del Miglior Film in 3D) James Cameron |
Italian Online Movie Awards (IOMA) 2010
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Nominee IOMA |
Best Picture (Miglior film) |
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Best Director (Miglior regia) James Cameron |
Jupiter Award 2010
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Winner Jupiter Award |
Best International Film |
Kids' Choice Awards, USA 2010
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Nominee Blimp Award |
Favorite Movie Actress Zoe Saldana |
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Cutest Couple Sam Worthington Zoe Saldana
Cutest couple as Neytiri and Jake from Avatar
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Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards 2010
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Nominee Sierra Award |
Best DVD
"Box Set"
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Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards 2009
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Winner Sierra Award |
Best Art Direction |
Leggio d'oro 2010
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Winner Leggio d'oro |
Best Female Performance Domitilla D'Amico
For the dubbing of Zoe Saldana.
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London Critics Circle Film Awards 2010
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Nominee ALFS Award |
Film of the Year |
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Director of the Year James Cameron |
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards 2009
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Nominee LAFCA Award |
Best Production Design Rick Carter Robert Stromberg |
Motion Picture Sound Editors, USA 2010
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Winner Golden Reel Award |
Best Sound Editing - Music in a Feature Film Jim Henrikson (supervising music editor) Dick Bernstein (music editor) Michael K. Bauer (music editor) |
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Best Sound Editing - Sound Effects and Foley in a Feature Film Addison Teague (supervising sound editor, sound designer) Christopher Boyes (supervising sound editor, sound designer) Luke Dunn Gielmuda (supervising foley editor) James Likowski (foley editor) Ken Fischer (sound effects editor) Shannon Mills (sound effects editor) Tim Nielsen (sound effects editor) Christopher Scarabosio (sound effects editor) Dennie Thorpe (foley artist) Jana Vance (foley artist) |
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Nominee Golden Reel Award |
Best Sound Editing - Dialogue and ADR in a Feature Film Gwendolyn Yates Whittle (supervising sound editor) Kim Foscato (dialogue editor) Cheryl Nardi (dialogue editor) Marshall Winn (dialogue editor) Petra Bach (adr editor) Richard Hymns (adr editor) Stuart McCowan (adr editor) Steve Slanec (adr editor) |
MTV Movie + TV Awards 2010
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Nominee MTV Movie Award |
Best Movie |
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Best Female Performance Zoe Saldana |
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Best Villain Stephen Lang |
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Best Fight Stephen Lang Sam Worthington |
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Best Kiss Zoe Saldana Sam Worthington |
National Society of Film Critics Awards, USA 2010
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Nominee NSFC Award |
Best Production Design Rick Carter |
New York Film Critics Circle Awards 2009
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Nominee NYFCC Award |
Best Cinematographer Mauro Fiore |
New York Film Critics, Online 2009
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Winner NYFCO Award |
Best Film |
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Top Films of the Year |
Nikkan Sports Film Awards 2010
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Winner Readers' Choice Award |
Most Popular Film |
North Texas Film Critics Association, US 2010
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Winner NTFCA Award |
Best Cinematography Mauro Fiore |
Oklahoma Film Critics Circle Awards 2009
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Nominee OFCC Award |
Best Film
10th place
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Online Film & Television Association 2010
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Winner OFTA Film Award |
Best Production Design Rick Carter (production design) Robert Stromberg (production design) Todd Cherniawsky (art direction) Stefan Dechant (art direction) Kevin Ishioka (art direction) Andy McLaren (art direction) Kim Sinclair (art direction/set decoration) |
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Best Sound Mixing Christopher Boyes Tony Johnson Andy Nelson Gary Summers |
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Best Sound Effects Editing Christopher Boyes Gwendolyn Yates Whittle |
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Best Visual Effects Joe Letteri Stephen Rosenbaum Richard Baneham Andrew R. Jones |
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Nominee OFTA Film Award |
Best Picture James Cameron Jon Landau |
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Best Director James Cameron |
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Best Music, Original Score James Horner |
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Best Film Editing Stephen E. Rivkin John Refoua James Cameron |
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Best Cinematography Mauro Fiore |
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Best Makeup and Hairstyling Linda DeVetta Rick Findlater Roxane Griffin Mike Smithson Tegan Taylor |
Online Film Critics Society Awards 2010
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Nominee OFCS Award |
Best Director James Cameron |
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Best Cinematography Mauro Fiore |
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Best Editing John Refoua Stephen E. Rivkin |
PGA Awards 2010
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Nominee PGA Award |
Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures James Cameron Jon Landau |
Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards 2009
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Winner PFCS Award |
Best Cinematography Mauro Fiore |
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Best Film Editing James Cameron John Refoua Stephen E. Rivkin |
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Best Production Design Rick Carter Robert Stromberg |
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Best Visual Effects |
Rembrandt Awards 2011
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Winner Rembrandt Award |
Best DVD Release (Beste DVD uitbreng) |
Rembrandt Awards 2010
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Winner Rembrandt Award |
Best International Film (Beste Buitenlandse Film) |
Rondo Hatton Classic Horror Awards 2009
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Nominee Rondo Statuette |
Best Film James Cameron |
Russian National Movie Awards 2010
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Winner Georges Award |
Best Foreign Action Movie |
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Georges Special Prize
Most Discussed Movie in the Runet
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San Diego Film Critics Society Awards 2009
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Nominee SDFCS Award |
Best Director James Cameron |
Santa Barbara International Film Festival 2010
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Winner Modern Master Award |
James Cameron
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Scream Awards 2010
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Winner Scream Award |
Best Director James Cameron |
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3-D Top Three |
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Best F/X |
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Nominee Scream Award |
Best Science Fiction Actress Zoe Saldana |
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Best Supporting Actress Sigourney Weaver |
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Best Villain Stephen Lang
As Col. Miles Quaritch
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The Ultimate Scream |
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Best Science Fiction Movie |
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Fight Scene of the Year
For "Final Battle: Na'vi vs Military"
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SFX Awards, UK 2011
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Nominee SFX Award |
Best Actress Zoe Saldana |
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Best Film Director James Cameron |
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Best Film James Cameron |
St. Louis Film Critics Association, US 2009
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Winner SLFCA Award |
Best Visual Effects |
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Most Original, Innovative or Creative Film |
Teen Choice Awards 2010
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Winner Teen Choice Award |
Choice Movie Actress: Sci-Fi Zoe Saldana |
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Choice Movie Actor: Sci-Fi Sam Worthington |
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Choice Movie: Sci-Fi |
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Nominee Teen Choice Award |
Choice Movie: Villain Stephen Lang |
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Choice Movie: Hissy Fit Giovanni Ribisi |
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Choice Movie: Fight Sam Worthington Stephen Lang
Jake Sully vs. Col. Quatrich
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Turkish Film Critics Association (SIYAD) Awards 2009
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Nominee SIYAD Award |
Best Foreign Film
5th Place
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Venice Film Festival 2010
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Winner 3-D Award |
Most Creative 3D Film Stereoscopic Film of the Year James Cameron |
Visual Effects Society Awards 2010
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Winner VES Award |
Outstanding Visual Effects in a Visual Effects Driven Feature Motion Picture Richard Baneham (animation supervisor) Joyce Cox (overall vfx producer) Joe Letteri (senior visual effects supervisor) Eileen Moran (vfx producer) |
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Outstanding Animated Character in a Live Action Feature Motion Picture Andrew R. Jones (animation director) Joe Letteri (senior visual effects supervisor) Zoe Saldana (actress) Jeff Unay (facial lead)
For Neytiri.
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Outstanding Matte Paintings in a Feature Motion Picture Jean-Luc Azzis (senior compositor) Peter Baustaedter (senior matte painter) Brenton Cottman (lead matte painter) Yvonne Muinde (lead matte painter)
For Pandora.
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Outstanding Models and Miniatures in a Feature Motion Picture Simon Cheung (senior modeller) Paul Jenness (lead modeller) John Stevenson-Galvin (senior modeller) Rainer Zöttl (senior/lead modeller)
For Samson/home tree/floating mountains/ampsuit.
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Outstanding Created Environment in a Feature Motion Picture Shadi Almassizadeh (cg supervisor) Dan Cox (cg supervisor) Ula Rademeyer (lead texture painter) Eric Saindon (visual effects supervisor)
For the jungle/biolume.
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Best Single Visual Effect of the Year Joe Letteri (senior visual effects supervisor) Joyce Cox (overall vfx producer) Eileen Moran (vfx producer) Thelvin Cabezas (lighting technical director)
For Neytiri drinking.
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Nominee VES Award |
Best Single Visual Effect of the Year Jill Brooks (visual effects producer) John Knoll (visual effects supervisor) Frank Losasso Petterson (simulation technical director) Tory Mercer (compositor)
For Quarich's escape.
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Outstanding Created Environment in a Feature Motion Picture Thelvin Cabezas (lighting technical director) Miae Kang (lead lighting technical director) Daniel Macarin (lighting technical director) Guy Williams (visual effects supervisor)
For the Willow Glade.
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Outstanding Created Environment in a Feature Motion Picture Jessica Cowley (senior texture painter) Dan Lemmon (visual effects supervisor) Keith Miller (cg supervisor) Cameron Smith (lead compositor)
For the floating mountains.
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Outstanding Compositing in a Feature Motion Picture Jay Cooper (technical director) Beth D'Amato (digital paint) Eddie Pasquarello (compositing supervisor) Todd Vaziri (compositor)
For the end battle.
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Outstanding Compositing in a Feature Motion Picture Erich Eder (compositor) Robin Hollander (compositor) Giuseppe Tagliavini (compositor) Erik Winquist (compositing supervisor) |
World Soundtrack Awards 2010
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Nominee World Soundtrack Award |
Best Original Soundtrack of the Year James Horner |
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Best Original Song Written for a Film James Horner (music by/lyrics by) Simon Franglen (music by/lyrics by) Kuk Harrell (lyrics by) Leona Lewis (performer)
For the song "I See You".
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World Stunt Awards 2010
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Nominee Taurus Award |
Best Stunt Coordination and/or 2nd Unit Direction Allan Poppleton Stuart Thorp Garrett Warren |
Writers Guild of America, USA 2010
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Nominee WGA Award (Screen) |
Best Original Screenplay James Cameron |
