Last year I correctly predicted 12 of 20 winners. Hopefully I do better this year. I have made predictions in 21 of the categories this time, only excluding the short subjects. Once again, I also present by personal votes.
Actor in a Leading Role
Prediction: Colin Firth in The King’s Speech
Personal Pick: James Franco in 127 Hours
Actor in a Supporting Role
Prediction: Christian Bale in The Fighter
Personal Pick: John Hawkes in Winter’s Bone
Actress in a Leading Role
Prediction: Natalie Portman in Black Swan
Personal Pick: Annette Bening in The Kids Are All Right
Actress in a Supporting Role
Prediction: Melissa Leo in The Fighter
Personal Pick: Hailee Steinfeld in True Grit
Best Animated Feature Film
Prediction: Toy Story 3: Lee Unkrich
Personal Pick: How to Train Your Dragon: Chris Sanders and Dean DeBlois
Art Direction
Prediction: The King’s Speech: Production Design: Eve Stewart; Set Decoration: Judy Farr
Personal Pick: Inception: Production Design: Guy Hendrix Dyas; Set Decoration: Larry Dias and Doug Mowat
Cinematography
Prediction: True Grit: Roger Deakins
Personal Pick: The Social Network: Jeff Cronenweth
Costume Design
Prediction: The King’s Speech: Jenny Beavan
Personal Pick: True Grit: Mary Zophres
Directing
Prediction: The King’s Speech: Tom Hooper
Personal Pick: The Social Network: David Fincher
Documentary (Feature)
Prediction: Inside Job: Charles Ferguson and Audrey Marrs
Personal Pick: Exit Through the Gift Shop: Banksy and Jaimie D’Cruz
Film Editing
Prediction: The Fighter: Pamela Martin
Personal Pick: 127 Hours: Jon Harris
Foreign Language Film
Prediction: Biutiful: Mexico
Personal Pick: No Opinion
Makeup
Prediction: The Wolfman: Rick Baker and Dave Elsey
Personal Pick: No Opinion
Music (Original Score)
Prediction: The King’s Speech: Alexandre Desplat
Personal Pick: The Social Network: Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross
Music (Original Song)
Prediction: “We Belong Together” from Toy Story 3: Music and Lyric by Randy Newman
Personal Pick: “I See the Light” from Tangled: Music by Alan Menken; Lyric by Glenn Slater
Best Picture
Prediction: The King’s Speech: Iain Canning, Emile Sherman and Gareth Unwin, Producers
Personal Pick: The Social Network: Scott Rudin, Dana Brunetti, Michael De Luca and Cean Chaffin, Producers
Sound Editing
Prediction: Inception: Richard King
Personal Pick: Inception: Richard King
Sound Mixing
Prediction: Inception: Lora Hirschberg, Gary A. Rizzo and Ed Novick
Personal Pick: The Social Network: Ren Klyce, David Parker, Michael Semanick and Mark Weingarten
Visual Effects
Prediction: Inception: Paul Franklin, Chris Corbould, Andrew Lockley and Peter Bebb
Personal Pick: Inception: Paul Franklin, Chris Corbould, Andrew Lockley and Peter Bebb
Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
Prediction: The Social Network: Screenplay by Aaron Sorkin
Personal Pick: The Social Network: Screenplay by Aaron Sorkin
Writing (Original Screenplay)
Prediction: The King’s Speech, Screenplay by David Seidler
Personal Pick: Inception: Written by Christopher Nolan
