Academy Awards, USA (2010)
Oscar [Winner]
Best Achievement in Cinematography
Mauro Fiore
Oscar [Winner]
Best Achievement in Visual Effects
Joe Letteri
Stephen Rosenbaum
Richard Baneham
Andrew R. Jones
Oscar [Winner]
Best Achievement in Art Direction
Rick Carter
Robert Stromberg
Kim Sinclair
Oscar [Nominee]
Best Motion Picture of the Year
James Cameron
Jon Landau
Oscar [Nominee]
Best Achievement in Directing
James Cameron
Oscar [Nominee]
Best Achievement in Film Editing
Stephen E. Rivkin
John Refoua
James Cameron
Oscar [Nominee]
Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Score
James Horner
Oscar [Nominee]
Best Achievement in Sound Mixing
Christopher Boyes
Gary Summers
Andy Nelson
Tony Johnson
Oscar [Nominee]
Best Achievement in Sound Editing
Christopher Boyes
Gwendolyn Yates Whittle
BAFTA Awards (2010)
BAFTA Film Award [Winner]
Best Production Design
Rick Carter
Robert Stromberg
Kim Sinclair
BAFTA Film Award [Winner]
Best Special Visual Effects
Joe Letteri
Stephen Rosenbaum
Richard Baneham
Andrew R. Jones
Anthony Asquith Award for Film Music [Nominee]
James Horner
BAFTA Film Award [Nominee]
Best Film
James Cameron
Jon Landau
BAFTA Film Award [Nominee]
Best Cinematography
Mauro Fiore
BAFTA Film Award [Nominee]
Best Editing
Stephen E. Rivkin
John Refoua
James Cameron
BAFTA Film Award [Nominee]
Best Sound
Christopher Boyes
Gary Summers
Andy Nelson
Tony Johnson
Addison Teague
David Lean Award for Direction [Nominee]
Best Director
James Cameron
Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA (2011)
Saturn Award [Winner]
Best DVD Special Edition
Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA (2010)
Saturn Award [Winner]
Best Actor
Sam Worthington
Saturn Award [Winner]
Best Actress
Zoe Saldana
Saturn Award [Winner]
Best Supporting Actor
Stephen Lang
Saturn Award [Winner]
Best Supporting Actress
Sigourney Weaver
Saturn Award [Winner]
Best Director
James Cameron
Saturn Award [Winner]
Best Writing
James Cameron
Saturn Award [Winner]
Best Music
James Horner
Saturn Award [Winner]
Best Production Design
Rick Carter
Robert Stromberg
Saturn Award [Winner]
Best Science Fiction Film
Saturn Award [Winner]
Best Special Effects
Joe Letteri
Stephen Rosenbaum
Richard Baneham
Andrew R. Jones
American Cinema Editors, USA (2010)
Eddie [Nominee]
Best Edited Feature Film - Dramatic
Stephen E. Rivkin
John Refoua
James Cameron
American Society of Cinematographers, USA (2010)
ASC Award [Nominee]
Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Theatrical Releases
Mauro Fiore
Art Directors Guild (2010)
Excellence in Production Design Award [Winner]
Fantasy Film
Rick Carter
Robert Stromberg
Kim Sinclair
Kevin Ishioka
Stefan Dechant
Todd Cherniawsky
Ben Procter
Nick Bassett
Robert Bavin
Simon Bright
Jill Cormack
Seth Engstrom
Sean Haworth
Andrew L. Jones
Andy McLaren
Andrew Menzies
Norman Newberry
Jacqui Allen
Vanessa Cole
Michael Stassi
Jeff Wisniewski
Yuri Bartoli
Dylan Cole
Dorian Bustamante
Ryan Church
James Clyne
TyRuben Ellingson
Barry Howell
Victor James Martinez
Tex Kadonaga
Luke Caska
Richard Mays
Scott Herbertson
Paul Ozzimo
Tammy S. Lee
Gregory Jein
Jason Mahakian
Jonathan Dyer
Steven Messing
Joseph Hiura
Karl J. Martin
Darryl Longstaffe
John Lott
C. Scott Baker
Robert Andrew Johnson
David Chow
Craig Shoji
Andrew Chan
Sam Page
Michael Smale
Daphne Yap
Andrew Reeder
ASCAP Film and Television Music Awards (2010)
ASCAP Award [Winner]
Top Box Office Films
James Horner
Awards Circuit Community Awards (2009)
ACCA [Winner]
Best Cinematography
Mauro Fiore
ACCA [Winner]
Best Visual Effects
ACCA [Nominee]
Best Director
James Cameron
ACCA [Nominee]
Best Motion Picture
Jon Landau
James Cameron
ACCA [Nominee]
Best Original Score
James Horner
ACCA [Nominee]
Best Film Editing
James Cameron
John Refoua
Stephen E. Rivkin
Casting Society of America, USA (2010)
Artios Award [Nominee]
Outstanding Achievement in Casting - Big Budget Feature - Drama
Margery Simkin
Mali Finn
Chicago Film Critics Association Awards (2009)
CFCA Award [Nominee]
Best Cinematography
Mauro Fiore
CFCA Award [Nominee]
Best Original Score
James Horner
Cinema Audio Society, USA (2010)
C.A.S. Award [Nominee]
Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing for Motion Pictures
Christopher Boyes
Gary Summers
Andy Nelson
Tony Johnson
Cinema Brazil Grand Prize (2010)
Audience Award [Winner]
Best Foreign-Language Film (Melhor Filme Estrangeiro)
James Cameron
Cinema Brazil Grand Prize [Nominee]
Best Foreign-Language Film (Melhor Filme Estrangeiro)
James Cameron
Cinema for Peace Awards (2010)
Cinema for Peace Award [Nominee]
Most Valuable Film of the Year
James Cameron
Costume Designers Guild Awards (2010)
CDG Award [Nominee]
Excellence in Fantasy Film
Mayes C. Rubeo
Deborah L. Scott
Critics Choice Awards (2010)
Critics Choice Award [Winner]
Best Cinematography
Mauro Fiore
Critics Choice Award [Winner]
Best Editing
John Refoua
Stephen E. Rivkin
Critics Choice Award [Winner]
Best Art Direction
Critics Choice Award [Winner]
Best Sound
Critics Choice Award [Winner]
Best Visual Effects
Critics Choice Award [Winner]
Best Action Movie
Critics Choice Award [Nominee]
Best Picture
Critics Choice Award [Nominee]
Best Director
James Cameron
Critics Choice Award [Nominee]
Best Makeup
César Awards, France (2010)
César [Nominee]
Best Foreign Film (Meilleur film étranger)
James Cameron
David di Donatello Awards (2010)
David [Nominee]
Best Foreign Film (Miglior Film Straniero)
James Cameron
Directors Guild of America, USA (2010)
DGA Award [Nominee]
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures
James Cameron
Empire Awards, UK (2010)
Empire Award [Winner]
Best Film
Empire Award [Winner]
Best Actress
Zoe Saldana
Empire Award [Winner]
Best Director
James Cameron
Empire Award [Nominee]
Best Actor
Sam Worthington
Empire Award [Nominee]
Best Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Gold Derby Awards (2010)
Gold Derby Film Award [Winner]
Art Direction
Rick Carter
Robert Stromberg
Kim Sinclair
Gold Derby Film Award [Winner]
Sound Editing/Mixing
Christopher Boyes
Tony Johnson
Andy Nelson
Gary Summers
Gwendolyn Yates Whittle
Gold Derby Film Award [Winner]
Visual Effects
Richard Baneham
Andrew R. Jones
Joe Letteri
Stephen Rosenbaum
Gold Derby Film Award [Nominee]
Motion Picture
James Cameron
Jon Landau
Gold Derby Film Award [Nominee]
Director
James Cameron
Gold Derby Film Award [Nominee]
Cinematography
Mauro Fiore
Gold Derby Film Award [Nominee]
Film Editing
Stephen E. Rivkin
John Refoua
James Cameron
Gold Derby Film Award [Nominee]
Original Score
James Horner
Golden Globes, USA (2010)
Golden Globe [Winner]
Best Director - Motion Picture
James Cameron
Golden Globe [Winner]
Best Motion Picture - Drama
Golden Globe [Nominee]
Best Original Score - Motion Picture
James Horner
Golden Globe [Nominee]
Best Original Song - Motion Picture
James Horner
Simon Franglen
Kuk Harrell
Golden Schmoes Awards (2009)
Golden Schmoes [Winner]
Most Overrated Movie of the Year
Golden Schmoes [Winner]
Best Special Effects of the Year
Golden Schmoes [Winner]
Best Action Sequence of the Year
Golden Schmoes [Nominee]
Best Actress of the Year
Zoe Saldana
Golden Schmoes [Nominee]
Favorite Movie of the Year
Golden Schmoes [Nominee]
Best Director of the Year
James Cameron
Golden Schmoes [Nominee]
Trippiest Movie of the Year
Golden Schmoes [Nominee]
Best Sci-Fi Movie of the Year
Golden Schmoes [Nominee]
Best Supporting Actress of the Year
Sigourney Weaver
Golden Trailer Awards (2010)
Golden Trailer [Winner]
Most Innovative Advertising for a Feature Film
Twentieth Century Fox
Mob Scene
Golden Trailer [Nominee]
Best Action
Twentieth Century Fox
Wild Card
Golden Trailer [Nominee]
Best Action TV Spot
Twentieth Century Fox
Wild Card
Grammy Awards (2011)
Grammy [Nominee]
Best Song Written for Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media
Simon Franglen
Kuk Harrell
James Horner
Grammy [Nominee]
Best Score Soundtrack Album for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media
James Horner
Hollywood Post Alliance, US (2010)
HPA Award [Winner]
Outstanding Compositing - Feature Film
Erik Winquist
Robin Hollander
Erich Eder
Giuseppe Tagliavini
Wētā FX
HPA Award [Nominee]
Outstanding Color Grading Feature Film in a DI Process
Skip Kimball
Modern VideoFilm
HPA Award [Nominee]
Outstanding Editing - Feature Film
Stephen E. Rivkin
John Refoua
James Cameron
HPA Award [Nominee]
Outstanding Compositing - Feature Film
Eddie Pasquarello
Ben O'Brien
Conny Fauser
Jason Billington
Industrial Light & Magic (ILM)
Houston Film Critics Society Awards (2009)
HFCS Award [Nominee]
Best Director
James Cameron
HFCS Award [Nominee]
Best Picture
HFCS Award [Nominee]
Best Cinematography
Mauro Fiore
Vince Pace
HFCS Award [Nominee]
Best Original Score
James Horner
Il Festival Nazionale del Doppiaggio Voci nell'Ombra (2010)
Film Award [Nominee]
Best Overall Dubbing
Tonino Accolla
Image Awards (NAACP) (2010)
Image Award [Nominee]
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture
Zoe Saldana
International Cinephile Society Awards (2010)
ICS Award [Nominee]
Best Production Design
Rick Carter
Robert Stromberg
International Film Music Critics Award (IFMCA) (2009)
IFMCA Award [Nominee]
Film Score of the Year
James Horner
IFMCA Award [Nominee]
Best Original Score for a Fantasy/Science Fiction Film
James Horner
IFMCA Award [Nominee]
Film Music Composition of the Year
James Horner
International Online Cinema Awards (INOCA) (2010)
INOCA [Winner]
Best Visual Effects
INOCA [Winner]
Best Sound Editing
Christopher Boyes
Gwendolyn Yates Whittle
INOCA [Nominee]
Best Picture
INOCA [Nominee]
Best Director
James Cameron
INOCA [Nominee]
Best Film Editing
Stephen E. Rivkin
John Refoua
James Cameron
INOCA [Nominee]
Best Art Direction
Rick Carter
Robert Stromberg
INOCA [Nominee]
Best Sound Mixing
Christopher Boyes
Gary Summers
Andy Nelson
Tony Johnson
INOCA [Nominee]
Best Original Song
James Horner
Simon Franglen
Kuk Harrell
Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists (2010)
Silver Ribbon [Winner]
Best 3D Film Director (Regista del Miglior Film in 3D)
James Cameron
Italian Online Movie Awards (IOMA) (2010)
IOMA [Nominee]
Best Picture (Miglior film)
IOMA [Nominee]
Best Director (Miglior regia)
James Cameron
Kids' Choice Awards, USA (2010)
Blimp Award [Nominee]
Favorite Movie Actress
Zoe Saldana
Blimp Award [Nominee]
Cutest Couple
Sam Worthington
Zoe Saldana
London Critics Circle Film Awards (2010)
ALFS Award [Nominee]
Film of the Year
ALFS Award [Nominee]
Director of the Year
James Cameron
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards (2009)
LAFCA Award [Nominee]
Best Production Design
Rick Carter
Robert Stromberg
Motion Picture Sound Editors, USA (2010)
Golden Reel Award [Winner]
Best Sound Editing - Music in a Feature Film
Jim Henrikson
Dick Bernstein
Michael K. Bauer
Golden Reel Award [Winner]
Best Sound Editing - Sound Effects and Foley in a Feature Film
Addison Teague
Christopher Boyes
Luke Dunn Gielmuda
James Likowski
Ken Fischer
Shannon Mills
Tim Nielsen
Christopher Scarabosio
Dennie Thorpe
Jana Vance
Golden Reel Award [Nominee]
Best Sound Editing - Dialogue and ADR in a Feature Film
Gwendolyn Yates Whittle
Kim Foscato
Cheryl Nardi
Marshall Winn
Petra Bach
Richard Hymns
Stuart McCowan
Steve Slanec
MTV Movie + TV Awards (2010)
MTV Movie Award [Nominee]
Best Movie
MTV Movie Award [Nominee]
Best Female Performance
Zoe Saldana
MTV Movie Award [Nominee]
Best Villain
Stephen Lang
MTV Movie Award [Nominee]
Best Fight
Stephen Lang
Sam Worthington
MTV Movie Award [Nominee]
Best Kiss
Zoe Saldana
Sam Worthington
National Society of Film Critics Awards, USA (2010)
NSFC Award [Nominee]
Best Production Design
Rick Carter
New York Film Critics, Online (2009)
NYFCO Award [Winner]
Best Film
NYFCO Award [Winner]
Top Films of the Year
North Texas Film Critics Association, US (2010)
NTFCA Award [Winner]
Best Cinematography
Mauro Fiore
Online Film & Television Association (2010)
OFTA Film Award [Winner]
Best Production Design
Rick Carter
Robert Stromberg
Todd Cherniawsky
Stefan Dechant
Kevin Ishioka
Andy McLaren
Kim Sinclair
OFTA Film Award [Winner]
Best Sound Mixing
Christopher Boyes
Tony Johnson
Andy Nelson
Gary Summers
OFTA Film Award [Winner]
Best Sound Effects Editing
Christopher Boyes
Gwendolyn Yates Whittle
OFTA Film Award [Winner]
Best Visual Effects
Joe Letteri
Stephen Rosenbaum
Richard Baneham
Andrew R. Jones
OFTA Film Award [Nominee]
Best Picture
James Cameron
Jon Landau
OFTA Film Award [Nominee]
Best Director
James Cameron
OFTA Film Award [Nominee]
Best Music, Original Score
James Horner
OFTA Film Award [Nominee]
Best Film Editing
Stephen E. Rivkin
John Refoua
James Cameron
OFTA Film Award [Nominee]
Best Cinematography
Mauro Fiore
OFTA Film Award [Nominee]
Best Makeup and Hairstyling
Linda DeVetta
Rick Findlater
Roxane Griffin
Mike Smithson
Tegan Taylor
Online Film Critics Society Awards (2010)
OFCS Award [Nominee]
Best Director
James Cameron
OFCS Award [Nominee]
Best Cinematography
Mauro Fiore
OFCS Award [Nominee]
Best Editing
John Refoua
Stephen E. Rivkin
PGA Awards (2010)
PGA Award [Nominee]
Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures
James Cameron
Jon Landau
Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards (2009)
PFCS Award [Winner]
Best Cinematography
Mauro Fiore
PFCS Award [Winner]
Best Film Editing
James Cameron
John Refoua
Stephen E. Rivkin
PFCS Award [Winner]
Best Production Design
Rick Carter
Robert Stromberg
PFCS Award [Winner]
Best Visual Effects
Russian National Movie Awards (2010)
Georges Award [Winner]
Best Foreign Action Movie
Georges Award [Winner]
Georges Special Prize
Scream Awards (2010)
Scream Award [Winner]
Best Director
James Cameron
Scream Award [Winner]
3-D Top Three
Scream Award [Winner]
Best F/X
Scream Award [Nominee]
Best Science Fiction Actress
Zoe Saldana
Scream Award [Nominee]
Best Supporting Actress
Sigourney Weaver
Scream Award [Nominee]
Best Villain
Stephen Lang
Scream Award [Nominee]
The Ultimate Scream
Scream Award [Nominee]
Best Science Fiction Movie
Scream Award [Nominee]
Fight Scene of the Year
SFX Awards, UK (2011)
SFX Award [Nominee]
Best Actress
Zoe Saldana
SFX Award [Nominee]
Best Film Director
James Cameron
SFX Award [Nominee]
Best Film
James Cameron
St. Louis Film Critics Association, US (2009)
SLFCA Award [Winner]
Best Visual Effects
SLFCA Award [Winner]
Most Original, Innovative or Creative Film
Teen Choice Awards (2010)
Teen Choice Award [Winner]
Choice Movie Actress: Sci-Fi
Zoe Saldana
Teen Choice Award [Winner]
Choice Movie Actor: Sci-Fi
Sam Worthington
Teen Choice Award [Winner]
Choice Movie: Sci-Fi
Teen Choice Award [Nominee]
Choice Movie: Villain
Stephen Lang
Teen Choice Award [Nominee]
Choice Movie: Hissy Fit
Giovanni Ribisi
Teen Choice Award [Nominee]
Choice Movie: Fight
Sam Worthington
Stephen Lang
Venice Film Festival (2010)
3-D Award [Winner]
Most Creative 3D Film Stereoscopic Film of the Year
James Cameron
Visual Effects Society Awards (2010)
VES Award [Winner]
Outstanding Visual Effects in a Visual Effects Driven Feature Motion Picture
Richard Baneham
Joyce Cox
Joe Letteri
Eileen Moran
VES Award [Winner]
Outstanding Animated Character in a Live Action Feature Motion Picture
Andrew R. Jones
Joe Letteri
Zoe Saldana
Jeff Unay
VES Award [Winner]
Outstanding Matte Paintings in a Feature Motion Picture
Jean-Luc Azzis
Peter Baustaedter
Brenton Cottman
Yvonne Muinde
VES Award [Winner]
Outstanding Models and Miniatures in a Feature Motion Picture
Simon Cheung
Paul Jenness
John Stevenson-Galvin
Rainer Zöttl
VES Award [Winner]
Outstanding Created Environment in a Feature Motion Picture
Shadi Almassizadeh
Dan Cox
Ula Rademeyer
Eric Saindon
VES Award [Winner]
Best Single Visual Effect of the Year
Joe Letteri
Joyce Cox
Eileen Moran
Thelvin Cabezas
VES Award [Nominee]
Best Single Visual Effect of the Year
Jill Brooks
John Knoll
Frank Losasso Petterson
Tory Mercer
VES Award [Nominee]
Outstanding Created Environment in a Feature Motion Picture
Thelvin Cabezas
Miae Kang
Daniel Macarin
Guy Williams
VES Award [Nominee]
Outstanding Created Environment in a Feature Motion Picture
Jessica Cowley
Dan Lemmon
Keith Miller
Cameron Smith
VES Award [Nominee]
Outstanding Compositing in a Feature Motion Picture
Jay Cooper
Beth D'Amato
Eddie Pasquarello
Todd Vaziri
VES Award [Nominee]
Outstanding Compositing in a Feature Motion Picture
Erich Eder
Robin Hollander
Giuseppe Tagliavini
Erik Winquist
World Soundtrack Awards (2010)
World Soundtrack Award [Nominee]
Best Original Soundtrack of the Year
James Horner
World Soundtrack Award [Nominee]
Best Original Song Written for a Film
James Horner
Simon Franglen
Kuk Harrell
Leona Lewis
World Stunt Awards (2010)
Taurus Award [Nominee]
Best Stunt Coordination and/or 2nd Unit Direction
Allan Poppleton
Stuart Thorp
Garrett Warren
Writers Guild of America, USA (2010)
WGA Award (Screen) [Nominee]
Best Original Screenplay
James Cameron