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2009 #2 of 2009

Directed byJames Cameron

Awards History

All Guilds

Rich Picks Only

Film

Live-Action Feature

Jon Landau and James Cameron

OscarBAFTA

Directing & Editing

Editing

Stephen E. Rivkin, James Cameron, and John Refoua

OscarBAFTA

Directing

OscarGlobeDGA

Film Editing

Stephen E. Rivkin, James Cameron, and John Refoua

ACE

Writing

Screenplay (Original)

WGA

Visual

Effects

Richard Baneham, Joe Letteri, Stephen Rosenbaum, Andrew R. Jones, Eileen Moran, and Joyce Cox

...and 5 others

VES Best Single Visual Effect of the YearThelvin Cabezas, Tory Mercer, Frank Losasso Petterson, Jill Brooks, and John Knoll

OscarBAFTAVES

Art Direction

Rick Carter, Robert Stromberg, and Kim Sinclair

OscarBAFTAADG

Cinematography

OscarBAFTAASC

Costuming

Mayes C. Rubeo and Deborah Lynn Scott

CDG

Sound & Music

Sound Editing

ADR editors:Stuart McCowan, Steve Slanec, Petra Bach, and Richard Hymns

Dialogue Editors:Cheryl Nardi, Kim Foscato, and Marshall Winn

Foley Artists:Jana Vance and Dennie Thorpe

Foley editors:Luke Dunn Gielmuda and James Likowski

Music Editors:Dick Bernstein, Michael K. Bauer, and Jim Henrikson

Sound Designers:Addison Teague and Christopher Boyes

Sound editor:Gwendolyn Yates Whittle

Sound Effects Editors:Tim Nielsen, Ken Fischer, Shannon Mills, and Christopher Scarabosio

...and 20 others

MPSE Dialogue and ADR for Feature FilmChristopher Boyes, Marshall Winn, Petra Bach, Stuart McCowan, Steve Slanec, Richard Hymns, Kim Foscato, Gwendolyn Yates Whittle, Addison Teague, and Cheryl Nardi

MPSE Feature UnderscoreDick Bernstein, Jim Henrikson, and Michael K. Bauer

MPSE Sound Effects and Foley for Feature FilmAddison Teague, Christopher Boyes, Christopher Scarabosio, Dennie Thorpe, James Likowski, Jana Vance, Ken Fischer, Luke Dunn Gielmuda, and Shannon Mills

Oscars Sound EditingChristopher Boyes, and Gwendolyn Yates Whittle

BAFTAMPSE

Sound Mixing

Andy Nelson, Tony Johnson, Christopher Boyes, Gary Summers, and Addison Teague

BAFTACAS

Original Score

GlobeBAFTA

Original Song

James Horner, Kuk Harrell, and Simon Franglen

Globe

At a Glance

Rich Picks Grade

A-

Overall quality

Top 10 Rank

#2

Best of 2009

Budget

$237 million

Box Office

$2.924 billion

Rich Picks Wins

2

of 6 categories

External Wins

4

Oscar / Globe / SAG / DGA / BAFTA

By Ceremony

Oscars3W/3N

Golden Globes1W/2N

DGA Awards1N

BAFTAs2W/6N