2009 22nd Chicago Film Critics Awards Best Picture * The Hurt Locker Inglourious Basterds A Serious Man Up in the Air Where the Wild Things Are Best Director * Kathryn Bigelow - The Hurt Locker Joel & Ethan Coen - A Serious Man Spike Jonze - Where the Wild Things Are Jason Reitman - Up in the Air Quentin Tarantino - Inglourious Basterds Best Actor * Jeremy Renner - The Hurt Locker Jeff Bridges - Crazy Heart George Clooney - Up in the Air Matt Damon - The Informant! Michael Stuhlbarg - A Serious Man Best Actress * Carey Mulligan - An Education Abbie Cornish - Bright Star Maya Rudolph - Away We Go Gabourey Sidibe - Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire Meryl Streep - Julie & Julia Best Supporting Actor * Christoph Waltz - Inglourious Basterds Peter Capaldi - In the Loop Woody Harrelson - The Messenger Christian McKay - Me and Orson Welles Stanley Tucci - The Lovely Bones Best Supporting Actress * Mo'Nique - Precious Vera Farmiga - Up in the Air Anna Kendrick - Up in the Air Julianne Moore - A Single Man Natalie Portman - Brothers Best Original Screenplay * The Hurt Locker - Mark Boal Away We Go - Dave Eggers & Vendela Vida Inglourious Basterds - Quentin Tarantino A Serious Man - Joel & Ethan Coen Up - Bob Peterson Best Adapted Screenplay * Up in the Air - Jason Reitman & Sheldon Turner An Education - Nick Hornby In the Loop - Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci & Tony Roche The Informant! - Scott Z. Burns Where the Wild Things Are - Spike Jonze & Dave Eggers Best Foreign Language Film * The White Ribbon Broken Embraces Red Cliff Sin Nombre Summer Hours Best Documentary * Anvil! The Story of Anvil Capitalism: A Love Story The Cove Food, Inc. Tyson Best Animated Feature * Up Coraline Fantastic Mr. Fox Ponyo The Princess and the Frog Best Cinematography * The Hurt Locker - Barry Ackroyd Avatar - Mauro Fiore Bright Star - Greig Fraser Inglourious Basterds - Robert Richardson Where the Wild Things Are - Lance Acord Best Original Score * Up - Michael Giacchino Avatar - James Horner Fantastic Mr. Fox - Alexandre Desplat The Informant! - Marvin Hamlisch Where the Wild Things Are - Carter Burwell & Karen Orzolek Most Promising Performer * Carey Mulligan - An Education Sharlto Copley - District 9 Christian McKay - Me and Orson Welles Max Records - Where the Wild Things Are Gabourey Sidibe - Precious Most Promising Filmmaker * Neill Blomkamp - District 9 Scott Cooper - Crazy Heart Cary Fukunaga - Sin Nombre Duncan Jones - Moon Marc Webb - (500) Days of Summer