The Walt Disney Studios Celebrates 12 Oscar Nominations
January 27, 2011

The Walt Disney Studios Celebrates 12 Oscar Nominations

Burbank, Calif.  - The Walt Disney Studios announced that its 2010 films have earned 12 Oscar nominations. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced five nominations for Disney•Pixar's  Toy Story 3, including for the coveted title of Best Picture; three for  Alice in Wonderland, and one each for  Day & NightTangledThe Tempest, and  TRON: Legacy.

“2010 was a banner year for The Walt Disney Studios, and we are thrilled that the Academy has chosen to recognize both our animated blockbusters Toy Story 3and  Tangled and our live-action hits  Alice in Wonderland and  TRON: Legacy for their artistry, technical achievements and storytelling,” says Rich Ross, chairman of The Walt Disney Studios.
 
Toy Story 3 marks only the third time in history that Academy members have honored an animated film in the Best Picture category. It also earned a nomination for Adapted Screenplay, making it the fourth consecutive screenplay nomination for a Disney•Pixar film. The  Toy Story trilogy’s tally of Oscar nominations now stands at nine. 
 
Commenting on the announcement, John Lasseter, chief creative officer for Walt Disney and Pixar Animation Studios, says: “To have Toy Story 3 represented in the Best Picture category is a great honor, and a fitting tribute to director Lee Unkrich, producer Darla Anderson, screenwriter Michael Arndt, and all of the talented people at Pixar, who worked so hard to live up to and exceed the standards and expectations of  Toy Story fans and moviegoers all over the world.” 
  
Nominations for The Walt Disney Studios include:

Toy Story 3
Best Motion Picture of the Year -  Toy Story 3 (Walt Disney) A Pixar Production
Darla K. Anderson, Producer
 
Best Animated Feature Film of the Year - Toy Story 3 (Walt Disney) Lee Unkrich
 
Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures (Original Song) – “We Belong Together” from Toy Story 3 (Walt Disney) Music and Lyric by Randy Newman
 
Achievement in Sound Editing - Toy Story 3 (Walt Disney) Tom Myers and Michael Silvers
 
Adapted Screenplay - Toy Story 3 (Walt Disney), Screenplay by Michael Arndt. Story by John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton and Lee Unkrich
 
Alice in Wonderland
Art Direction -  Alice in Wonderland (Walt Disney), Robert Stromberg (Production Design), Karen O’Hara (Set Decoration)

Achievement in Costume Design - Alice in Wonderland (Walt Disney) Colleen Atwood
 
Achievement in Visual Effects - Alice in Wonderland (Walt Disney) Ken Ralston, David Schaub, Carey Villegas and Sean Phillips
 
Day & Night
Best Animated Short Film -  Day & Night (Walt Disney) A Pixar Animation Studios Production Teddy Newton
 
Tangled
Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures (Original Song) – “I See the Light” from  Tangled (Walt Disney) Music by Alan Menken; Lyric by Glenn Slater
 
The Tempest
Achievement in Costume Design -  The Tempest (Touchstone) Sandy Powell
 
TRON: Legacy
Achievement in Sound Editing -  TRON: Legacy (Walt Disney) Gwendolyn Yates Whittle and Addison Teague