A wise man once said that the road to the Academy Awards goes through Movieline HQ. Or something. For a healthy number of this year's higher profile nominees, anyway, that was indeed that case: From Annette Bening to Jesse Eisenberg to Hailee Steinfeld to Geoffrey Rush among numerous others, it was our pleasure to rendezvous with some of the year's most acclaimed actors, directors, and craftspeople. Read on for our comprehensive collection of Movieline Interviews with this year's Oscar nominees.
BEST PICTURE
Michael De Luca, The Social Network
Todd Lieberman, The Fighter
BEST DIRECTOR
Darren Aronofsky, Black Swan
Tom Hooper, The King's Speech
BEST ACTRESS
Annette Bening, The Kids Are All Right
Nicole Kidman, Rabbit Hole
Jennifer Lawrence, Winter's Bone
BEST ACTOR
Javier Bardem, Biutiful
Jeff Bridges, True Grit
Jesse Eisenberg, The Social Network (plus series parts 2, 3, 4 and 5)
Colin Firth, The King's Speech
James Franco, 127 Hours (plus classic video from Sundance 2011)
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Helena Bonham Carter, The King's Speech
Melissa Leo, The Fighter
Hailee Steinfeld, True Grit
Jacki Weaver (plus a pre-Globes follow-up)
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
John Hawkes, Winter's Bone
Geoffrey Rush, The King's Speech
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Debra Granik, co-writer/director, Winter's Bone (with co-stars John Hawkes and Dale Dickey)
BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
Charles Ferguson, Inside Job
Sebastian Junger and Tim Hetherington, Restrepo (plus post-nomination reaction from Junger)
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Jeff Cronenweth, The Social Network
Roger Deakins, True Grit
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
John Powell, How to Train Your Dragon
Trent Reznor, co-composer, The Social Network
Hans Zimmer, Inception