14th San Diego Film Critics Society Awards (2009)
Best Film
Inglourious Basterds
(500) Days of Summer
The Hurt Locker
A Single Man
Up in the Air
Best Director
Quentin Tarantino - Inglourious Basterds
Kathryn Bigelow - The Hurt Locker
James Cameron - Avatar
Joel Coen and Ethan Coen - A Serious Man
Tom Ford - A Single Man
Jason Reitman - Up in the Air
Best Ensemble Performance
Inglourious Basterds
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
In the Loop
The Messenger
A Serious Man
Up in the Air
Zombieland
Best Actor
Colin Firth - A Single Man
George Clooney - Up in the Air
Matt Damon - The Informant!
Ben Foster - The Messenger
Christian McKay - Me and Orson Welles
Viggo Mortensen - The Road
Jeremy Renner - The Hurt Locker
Best Actress
Michelle Monaghan - Trucker
Sandra Bullock - The Blind Side
Abbie Cornish - Bright Star
Carey Mulligan - An Education
Meryl Streep - Julie & Julia
Best Supporting Actor
Christoph Waltz - Inglourious Basterds
Woody Harrelson - The Messenger
John Malkovich - The Great Buck Howard
Paul Schneider - Bright Star
Stanley Tucci - The Lovely Bones
Best Supporting Actress
Samantha Morton - The Messenger
Vera Farmiga - Up in the Air
Anna Kendrick - Up in the Air
Mélanie Laurent - Inglourious Basterds
Mo'Nique - Precious
Best Original Screenplay
Inglourious Basterds - Quentin Tarantino
(500) Days of Summer - Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber
The Messenger - Alessandro Camon and Oren Moverman
A Serious Man - Joel Coen and Ethan Coen
Up - Bob Peterson and Pete Docter
Best Adapted Screenplay
Fantastic Mr. Fox - Wes Anderson and Noah Baumbach
The Informant! - Scott Z. Burns
Julie & Julia - Nora Ephron
A Single Man - Tom Ford and David Scearce
Up in the Air - Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner
Best Editing
(500) Days of Summer - Alan Edward Bell
District 9 - Julian Clarke
Inglourious Basterds - Sally Menke
The Hurt Locker - Bob Murawski
Zombieland - Peter Amundson and Alan Baumgarten
Best Cinematography
The Road - Javier Aguirresarobe
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince - Bruno Delbonnel
The Hurt Locker - Barry Ackroyd
Inglourious Basterds - Robert Richardson
A Single Man - Eduard Grau
The Young Victoria - Hagen Bogdanski
Best Production Design
Inglourious Basterds - David Wasco
Avatar - Rick Carter and Robert Stromberg
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince - Stuart Craig
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus - Anastasia Masaro
Me and Orson Welles - Laurence Dorman
A Single Man - Dan Bishop
Where the Wild Things Are - K. K. Barrett
Best Score
A Single Man - Abel Korzeniowski
(500) Days of Summer - Mychael Danna and Rob Simonsen
Fantastic Mr. Fox - Alexandre Desplat
Up - Michael Giacchino
Where the Wild Things Are - Carter Burwell and Karen O
The Young Victoria - Ilan Eshkeri
Best Foreign Language Film
Il Divo • Italy
Amreeka • USA/Canada
Captain Abu Raed • Jordan
Lemon Tree (Etz Limon) • Israel/Germany/France
Red Cliff (Chi bi) • China
Sin Nombre • Spain
The Stoning of Soraya M. • USA
Thirst (Bakjwi) • South Korea
Treeless Mountain • South Korea
Best Documentary
The Cove
Anvil! The Story of Anvil
Capitalism: A Love Story
Food, Inc.
Valentino: The Last Emperor
Best Animated Film
Up
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Coraline
Fantastic Mr. Fox
Monsters vs. Aliens
Body of Work
Woody Harrelson - The Messenger, Zombieland and 2012