Dennis Allen's Ballot
| AWARD CATEGORY | CHOICE |
| 1. Best Visual Effects (2 points) | 1: Avatar |
| 2. Best Sound Editing (2 points) | 4: Star Trek |
| 3. Best Sound Mixing (2 points) | 4: Star Trek |
| 4. Best Live Action Short Film (1 points) | 2: Instead of Abacadabra |
| 5. Best Animated Short Film (1 points) | 4: Logorama |
| 6. Best Original Song (4 points) | 5: "The Weary Kind" (Crazy Heart) |
| 7. Best Original Score (4 points) | 5: Up (Michael Giacchino) |
| 8. Best Makeup (2 points) | 3: The Young Victoria |
| 9. Best Film Editing (3 points) | 3: The Hurt Locker |
| 10. Best Documentary Short (1 points) | 3: The Last Truck: Closing of a GM Plant |
| 11. Best Documentary Feature (1 points) | 3: Food Inc. |
| 12. Best Animated Feature (4 points) | 5: Up |
| 13. Best Costume Design (3 points) | 2: Coco Before Chanel |
| 14. Best Cinematography (5 points) | 3: The Hurt Locker |
| 15. Best Art Direction (3 points) | 2: The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus |
| 16. Best Foreign Language Film (4 points) | 4: A Prophet (France) |
| 17. Best Adapted Screenplay (5 points) | 5: Up in the Air (Jason Reitman, Sheldon Turner) |
| 18. Best Original Screenplay (5 points) | 5: Up (Bob Peterson, Pete Docter) |
| 19. Best Director (10 points) | 2: Kathryn Bigelow (The Hurt Locker) |
| 20. Best Supporting Actress (10 points) | 3: Maggie Gyllenhaal (Crazy Heart) |
| 21. Best Supporting Actor (10 points) | 3: Christopher Plummer (The Last Station) |
| 22. Best Actress (15 points) | 1: Sandra Bullock (The Blind Side) |
| 23. Best Actor (15 points) | 1: Jeff Bridges (Crazy Heart) |
| 24. Best Picture (20 points) | 9: Up |