Let the 2011 Oscar Winners Be Your Teachers

Are you a person in the entertainment business just starting out or in the middle of your career journey trying to hone your craft? Well, you're in luck! What better way is there to step up your game at your chosen career field other than studying the best works out there? To be the best, learn from the best for free by carefully analyzing their finished work, picking it apart and putting it back together visually. You don't have to physically be present and watching someone work to be mentored by the person.

In that vein, below is a list of the 2011 Oscar winners. Whether the winners should have won is debateable, but there's no argument about the fact that these productions had the best of everything money can buy to make them the winners they are. So feel free to learn from them for free by watching their award winning work.

Alice in Wonderland by Walt Disney Pictures Production (Walt Disney)

• Art Direction

• Costume Design

• Visual Effects

Animal Kingdom by Porchlight Films Production (Sony Pictures Classics)

• Jacki Weaver - Actress in a Supporting Role

Another Year by Thin Man Films Production (Sony Pictures Classics)

• Original Screenplay

Barney's Version by Serendipity Point Films Production (Sony Pictures Classics)

• Makeup

Biutiful by Menage Atroz, Mod Producciones and Ikiru Films Production (Roadside Attractions)

• Javier Bardem - Actor in a Leading Role

• Foreign Language Film (Mexico)

Black Swan by Protozoa and Phoenix Pictures Production (Fox Searchlight)

• Natalie Portman - Actress in a Leading Role

• Cinematography

• Directing

• Film Editing

• Best Picture

Blue Valentine by Silverwood Films and Hunting Lane Films Production (The Weinstein Company)

• Michelle Williams - Actress in a Leading Role

The Confession by National Film and Television School Production

• Short Film (Live Action)

Country Strong by Material Pictures Production (Sony Pictures Releasing (Screen Gems)

• Original Song - "Coming Home"

The Crush by Purdy Pictures Production

• Short Film (Live Action)

Day & Night by Pixar Animation Studios Production

• Short Film (Animated)

Dogtooth by Boo Production (Kino International)

• Foreign Language Film (Greece)

Exit through the Gift Shop by Paranoid Pictures Production (Producers Distribution Agency)

• Documentary (Feature)

The Fighter by Relativity Media Production (Paramount)

• Christian Bale - Actor in a Supporting Role

• Amy Adams - Actress in a Supporting Role

• Melissa Leo - Actress in a Supporting Role

• Directing

• Film Editing

• Best Picture

• Original Screenplay

Gasland by Gasland Production

• Documentary (Feature)

God of Love by Luke Matheny Production

• Short Film (Live Action)

The Gruffalo by Magic Light Pictures Production

• Short Film (Animated)

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1 by Warner Bros. UK Services Production (Warner Bros.)

• Art Direction

• Visual Effects

Hereafter by Dombey Street Production (Warner Bros.)

• Visual Effects

How to Train Your Dragon by DreamWorks Animation Production (Paramount)

• Animated Feature Film

• Original Score

I Am Love by First Sun and Mikado Production (Magnolia Pictures)

• Costume Design

The Illusionist by Django Films Production (Sony Pictures Classics)

• Animated Feature Film

In a Better World by Zentropa Production (Sony Pictures Classics)

• Foreign Language Film (Denmark)

Incendies by micro-scope Production (Sony Pictures Classics)

• Foreign Language Film (Canada)

Inception by Warner Bros. UK Services Production (Warner Bros.)

• Art Direction

• Cinematography

• Original Score

• Best Picture

• Sound Editing

• Sound Mixing

• Visual Effects

• Original Screenplay

Inside Job by Representational Pictures Production (Sony Pictures Classics)

• Documentary (Feature)

Iron Man 2 by Marvel Studios Production (Paramount and Marvel Entertainment, Distributed by Paramount)

• Visual Effects

The Kids Are All Right by Antidote Films, Mandalay Vision and Gilbert Films Production (Focus Features)

• Mark Ruffalo - Actor in a Supporting Role

• Annette Bening - Actress in a Leading Role

• Best Picture

• Original Screenplay

Killing in the Name by Moxie Firecracker Films Production

• Documentary (Short Subject)

The King's Speech by See-Saw Films and Bedlam Production (The Weinstein Company)

• Colin Firth - Actor in a Leading Role

• Geoffrey Rush - Actor in a Supporting Role

• Helena Bonham Carter - Actress in a Supporting Role

• Art Direction

• Cinematography

• Costume Design

• Directing

• Film Editing

• Original Score

• Best Picture

• Sound Mixing

• Original Screenplay

Let's Pollute by Geefwee Boedoe Production

• Short Film (Animated)

The Lost Thing by Passion Pictures Australia Production

• Short Film (Animated)

Madagascar, carnet de voyage (Madagascar, a Journey Diary) by Sacrebleu Production

• Short Film (Animated)

Na Wewe by CUT! Production

• Short Film (Live Action)

127 Hours by Hours Production (Fox Searchlight)

• James Franco - Actor in a Leading Role

• Film Editing

• Original Score

• Original Song - “If I Rise”

• Best Picture

• Adapted Screenplay

Outside the Law (Hors-la-loi) by Tassili Films Production (Cohen Media Group)

• Foreign Language Film (Algeria)

Poster Girl by Portrayal Films Production

• Documentary (Short Subject)

Rabbit Hole by Olympus Pictures, Blossom Films and Oddlot Entertainment Production (Lionsgate)

• Nicole Kidman - Actress in a Leading Role

Restrepo by Outpost Films Production (National Geographic Entertainment)

• Documentary (Feature)

Salt by Columbia Pictures Production (Sony Pictures Releasing)

• Sound Mixing

The Social Network by Columbia Pictures Production (Sony Pictures Releasing)

• Jesse Eisenberg - Actor in a Leading Role

• Cinematography

• Directing

• Film Editing

• Original Score

• Best Picture

• Sound Mixing

• Adapted Screenplay

Strangers No More by Simon & Goodman Picture Company Production

• Documentary (Short Subject)

Sun Come Up by Sun Come Up Production

• Documentary (Short Subject)

Tangled by Walt Disney Pictures Production (Walt Disney)

• Original Song - “I See the Light”

The Tempest by Touchstone Pictures and Miramax Films (Touchstone Pictures)

• Costume Design

The Town by Charlestown Production (Warner Bros.)

• Jeremy Renner - Actor in a Supporting Role

Toy Story 3 by Pixar Production (Walt Disney)

• Animated Feature Film

• Original Song - “We Belong Together”

• Best Picture

• Sound Editing

• Adapted Screenplay

Tron: Legacy by Walt Disney Pictures Production (Walt Disney)

• Sound Editing

True Grit by Paramount Pictures Production (Paramount)

• Jeff Bridges - Actor in a Leading Role

• Hailee Steinfeld - Actress in a Supporting Role

• Art Direction

• Cinematography

• Costume Design

• Directing

• Best Picture

• Sound Editing

• Sound Mixing

• Adapted Screenplay

Unstoppable by 20th Century Fox Production (20th Century Fox)

• Sound Editing

The Warriors of Qiugang by Thomas Lennon Films Production

• Documentary (Short Subject)

Waste Land by Almega Projects and O2 Filmes (Arthouse Films)

• Documentary (Feature)

The Way Back by Exclusive Films Production (Newmarket Films in association with Wrekin Hill Entertainment and Image Entertainment)

• Makeup

Winter's Bone by Anonymous Content and Winter’s Bone Production (Roadside Attractions)

• John Hawkes - Actor in a Supporting Role

• Jennifer Lawrence - Actress in a Leading Role

• Best Picture

• Adapted Screenplay

Wish 143 by Swing and Shift Films/Union Pictures Production

• Short Film (Live Action)

The Wolfman by Universal Pictures Production (Universal)

• Makeup