3rd Annual Golden Dolphin Nominations 2009

Best Picture
Kathryn Bigelow, Mark Boal, Nicolas Chartier, Greg Shapiro - The Hurt Locker
Jan Chapman, Caroline Hewitt, Mark L. Rosen - Bright Star
Ethan Coen, Joel Coen - A Serious Man
Stuart Fenegan, Trudie Styler - Moon
Kevin Loader, Adam Tandy - In the Loop

Best Director
Kathryn Bigelow - The Hurt Locker
Jane Campion - Bright Star
Ethan Coen, Joel Coen – A Serious Man
Duncan Jones – Moon
Spike Jonze – Where The Wild Things Are

Best Actor
Matt Damon – The Informant!
Tom Hardy - Bronson
Tahar Rahim - A Prophet
Sam Rockwell – Moon
Michael Stuhlbarg - A Serious Man

Best Actress
Abbie Cornish - Bright Star
Penelope Cruz – Broken Embraces
Katie Jarvis – Fish Tank
Gabourey Sidibe - Precious
Audrey Tautou – Coco Before Chanel

Best Supporting Actor
Peter Capaldi – In The Loop
Woody Harrelson – The Messenger
Tom Hollander - In the Loop
Anthony Mackie – The Hurt Locker
Paul Schneider – Bright Star

Best Supporting Actress
Leonie Benesch - The White Ribbon
Marcia Gay Harden – The Maiden Heist
Mimi Kennedy - In the Loop
Sari Lennick - A Serious Man
Gina McKee - In the Loop

Best Original Screenplay
Jacques Audiard, Thomas Bidegain, Abdel Raouf Dafri, Nicolas Peufaillit - A Prophet
Mark Boal – The Hurt Locker
Ethan Coen, Joel Coen - A Serious Man
Adam Elliot - Mary and Max
Duncan Jones, Nathan Parker - Moon

Best Adapted Screenplay
Wes Anderson, Noah Baumbach – Fantastic Mr. Fox
Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci, Ian Martin, Tony Roche - In the Loop
Scott Z. Burns – The Informant!
David Eggers, Spike Jonze – Where The Wild Things Are
Tom Ford, David Scearce - A Single Man

Best Cinematography
Lance Acord - Where The Wild Things Are
Christian Berger - White Ribbon
Roger Deakins - A Serious Man
Greig Fraser - Bright Star
Eduard Grau - A Single Man

Best Editing
Anthony Boys, Billy Sneddon - In the Loop
Nicolas Gaster - Moon
James Haygood, Eric Zumbrunnen - Where The Wild Things Are
Chris Innis, Bob Murawski - The Hurt Locker
Roderick Jaynes - A Serious Man

Best Art Direction
K. K. Barrett - Where the Wild Things Are
Dan Bishop - A Single Man
Nelson Lowry - Fantastic Mr. Fox
Tony Noble - Moon
Adrian Smith - Bronson

Best Costume
Moidel Bickel - The White Ribbon
Doug Hall - Crazy Heart
Janet Patterson – Bright Star
Arianne Phillips - A Single Man
Casey Storm – Where The Wild Things Are

Best Sound
Ray Beckett, Paul N.J. Ottosson - The Hurt Locker
Chris C. Benson, Craig Berkey, Peter F. Kurland, Skip Lievsay, Greg Orloff - A Serious Man
Lori Dovi, Robert Jackson, Leslie Schatz - A Single Man
Ren Klyce, Mark Weingarten, Gary Wilkins - Where the Wild Things Are
Erin McKimm, Peter Walker - Mary and Max

Best Makeup
Lily Beckett, Niamh Morrison - Bronson
Vivianna Delgado, Michael Fuentes, Alfredo Garcia et. all - Sin Nombre
Daniel Parker - The Hurt Locker

Best Score
Carter Burwell – A Serious Man
Michael Giacchino – Up
Marvin Hamlisch – The Informant!
Abel Korzeniowski – A Single Man
Clint Mansell - Moon

Best Foreign Language Film
Pedro Almodóvar - Broken Embraces
Jacques Audiard - A Prophet
Cary Fukunaga - Sin Nombre
Michael Haneke - The White Ribbon
Ole Christian Madsen - Flame & Citron

Best Animated Film
Wes Anderson - Fantastic Mr. Fox
Ron Clements, John Musker - The Princess and the Frog
Adam Elliot - Mary and Max

Best Documentary
Sacha Gervasi - Anvil! The Story of Anvil
Larry Psihoyos - The Cove
Chris Smith - Collapse
Jeff Stilson - Good Hair
James Toback - Tyson

Nomination Tally:
8 - A Serious Man
7 - The Hurt Locker
7 - In the Loop
7 - Moon
7 - Where The Wild Things Are
6 - Bright Star
6 - A Single Man
4 - The White Ribbon
3 - Bronson
3 - Fantastic Mr. Fox
3 - The Informant!
3 - Mary and Max
3 - A Prophet
2 - Broken Embraces
2 - Sin Nombre
1 - Anvil! The Story of Anvil
1 - Coco Before Chanel
1 - Collapse
1 - The Cove
1 - Crazy Heart
1 - Fish Tank
1 - Flame & Citron
1 - Good Hair
1 - The Messenger
1 - The Maiden Heist
1 - Precious
1 - The Princess and the Frog
1 - Tyson
1 - Up

1, 2, 3, REPEATER! - The repeat dolphin nominees this year
Ethan Coen, Joel Coen - 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th nominations. Hold the record for most dolphin nominations per person with 8
Sam Rockwell - 2nd nomination.
Roger Deakins - 4th nomination but no wins yet. The only person to be nominated at every Dolphin ceremony.
Skip Lievsay - 2nd nomination
Carter Burwell - 2nd nomination

Also, In the Loop is the second film with the distinction to be nominated 4 times in the acting categories. Doubt was the first and it went on to win 2 of them.