Seven Australians nominated for Oscars
Actors Jacki Weaver, Nicole Kidman and Geoffrey Rush have all been nominated for the 83rd Academy Awards for their 2010 performances.
Shaun Tan/Andrew Ruhemman’s animated short The Lost Thing is also up for an Oscar, as is producer Emile Sherman for his work on The King’s Speech.
VFX supervisor Ben Snow was recognised for his work on Iron Man 2 (Australia’s Fuel VFX was one of the vendors working on this title), and editor Kirk Baxter is nominated for The Social Network.
Wow, go boys and girls!
Congratulations to all and wouldn’t it be a fairytale ending (or beginning) for Jacki Weaver…..fingers crossed.
Every now and again, the Oscars like to go against Golden Globe winners as they don’t want to be a mere carbon copy of the Globes so they like to be different. Expect King’s Speech to beat The Social Network although David Fincher will win best director as a consolation for losing Best Picture. There are a lot of Americans who love Australia so I think Jacki Weaver has a shot of an upset. The Fighter will get best supporting actor so I don’t think Melissa Leo is a shoe-in just yet.