David Hensley's Ballot
| AWARD CATEGORY | CHOICE |
|---|
| 1. Best Visual Effects (2 points) | 5: Iron Man 2 |
| 2. Best Sound Editing (2 points) | 5: Unstoppable |
| 3. Best Sound Mixing (2 points) | 3: Salt |
| 4. Best Live Action Short Film (1 points) | 3: God of Love |
| 5. Best Animated Short Film (1 points) | 3: Let's Pollute |
| 6. Best Original Song (4 points) | 3: "If I Rise" (127 Hours) |
| 7. Best Original Score (4 points) | 4: 127 Hours (A.R. Rahman) |
| 8. Best Makeup (2 points) | 2: The Way Back |
| 9. Best Film Editing (3 points) | 1: Black Swan |
| 10. Best Documentary Short (1 points) | 4: Sun Come Up |
| 11. Best Documentary Feature (1 points) | 4: Restrepo |
| 12. Best Animated Feature (4 points) | 2: The Illusionist |
| 13. Best Costume Design (3 points) | 2: I Am Love |
| 14. Best Cinematography (5 points) | 4: The Social Network |
| 15. Best Art Direction (3 points) | 5: True Grit |
| 16. Best Foreign Language Film (4 points) | 5: Outside the Law (Hors-La-Loi) (Algeria) |
| 17. Best Adapted Screenplay (5 points) | 3: Toy Story 3 (Arndt, Lasseter, Stanton, Unkrich) |
| 18. Best Original Screenplay (5 points) | 2: The Fighter (Silver, Tamasy, Johnson, Dorrington) |
| 19. Best Director (10 points) | 2: The Fighter (David O. Russell) |
| 20. Best Supporting Actress (10 points) | 1: Amy Adams (The Fighter) |
| 21. Best Supporting Actor (10 points) | 4: Mark Ruffalo (The Kids Are All Right) |
| 22. Best Actress (15 points) | 2: Nicole Kidman (Rabbit Hole) |
| 23. Best Actor (15 points) | 2: Jeff Bridges (True Grit) |
| 24. Best Picture (20 points) | 2: The Fighter |