Avatar won three Oscars:
- Best Achievement in Art Direction
- Best Achievement in Cinematography
- Best Achievement in Visual Effects
Avatar was also nominated for:
- Best Achievement in Directing
- Best Achievement in Editing
- Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Score
- Best Achievement in Sound
- Best Achievement in Sound Editing
- Best Motion Picture of the Year
James Cameron's science-fiction drama earned nine Academy Awards nominatons, including Best Picture of 2009. But it won only three Oscars: Best Cinematography (Mauro Fiore); Best Art Direction (Rick Carter and Robert Stromberg, art direction; and Kim Sinclair, set decoration); and Best Visual Effects (Joe Letteri, Stephen Rosenbaum, Richard Baneham and Andrew R. Jones).
