Chicago Film Critics Awards Nominations

Best Picture
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
A Serious Man
Up In The Air
Where The Wild Things Are

Best Director
Kathryn Bigelow - The Hurt Locker
Joel & Ethan Coen - A Serious Man
Spike Jonze - Where The Wild Things Are
Jason Reitman - Up In The Air
Quentin Tarantino - Inglourious Basterds

Best Actor
Jeff Bridges - Crazy Heart
George Clooney - Up In The Air
Matt Damon - The Informant!
Jeremy Renner - The Hurt Locker
Michael Stuhlbarg - A Serious Man

Best Actress
Abbie Cornish - Bright Star
Carey Mulligan - An Education
Maya Rudolph - Away We Go
Gabourey Sidibe - Precious: Based On The Novel Push By Sapphire
Meryl Streep - Julie & Julia

Best Supporting Actor
Peter Capaldi - In The Loop
Woody Harrelson - The Messenger
Christian Mckay - Me And Orson Welles
Stanley Tucci - The Lovely Bones
Christoph Waltz - Inglourious Basterds

Best Supporting Actress
Vera Farmiga - Up In The Air
Anna Kendrick - Up In The Air
Mo’nique - Precious
Julianne Moore - A Single Man
Natalie Portman - Brothers

Best Original Screenplay
Away We Go - Dave Eggers & Vendela Vida
The Hurt Locker - Mark Boal
Inglourious Basterds - Quentin Tarantino
A Serious Man - Joel & Ethan Coen
Up - Bob Peterson

Best Adapted Screenplay
An Education - Nick Hornby
In The Loop - Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci & Tony Roche
The Informant! - Scott Z. Burns
Up In The Air - Jason Reitman & Sheldon Turner
Where The Wild Things Are - Spike Jonze & Dave Eggers

Best Documentary
Anvil!: The True Story Of Anvil
Capitalism: A Love Story
The Cove
Food, Inc.
Tyson

Best Foreign-Language Film
Broken Embraces
Red Cliff
Sin Nombre
Summer Hours
The White Ribbon

Best Animated Feature
Coraline
Fantastic Mr. Fox
Ponyo
The Princess And The Frog
Up

Best Cinematography
Avatar - Mauro Fiore
Bright Star - Greig Fraser
The Hurt Locker - Barry Ackroyd
Inglourious Basterds - Robert Richardson
Where The Wild Things Are - Lance Acord

Best Original Score
Avatar - James Horner
Fantastic Mr. Fox - Alexandre Desplat
The Informant! - Marvin Hamlisch
Up - Michael Giacchino
Where The Wild Things Are - Carter Burwell & Karen Orzolek

Most Promising Performer
Sharlto Copley - District 9
Christian Mckay - Me And Orson Welles
Carey Mulligan - An Education
Max Records - Where The Wild Things Are
Gabourey Sidibe - Precious

Most Promising Filmmaker
Neill Blomkamp - District 9
Scott Cooper - Crazy Heart
Cary Fukunaga - Sin Nombre
Duncan Jones - Moon
Marc Webb - (500) Days Of Summer