Up was the first Pixar film nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture.
The 2009 film received its Best Picture nomination at the 82nd Academy Awards, where it competed alongside live-action films including The Hurt Locker, which won the award. Up also became only the second animated film ever nominated in that category, following Disney’s Beauty and the Beast in 1991.
The nomination was especially notable because Up was recognized beyond the Academy’s animated-feature category. It was also nominated for Best Original Screenplay and Best Sound Editing, and it won both Best Animated Feature and Best Original Score.
Pete Docter directed Up, which follows widower Carl Fredricksen as he travels to South America with young Wilderness Explorer Russell. Toy Story 3 became the next Pixar film nominated for Best Picture in 2010, while WALL-E and Finding Nemo did not receive nominations in that category.