The tough soldiers trumped the blue aliens at the Oscars, as war drama ‘The Hurt Locker’ took home six trophies, including Best Picture, Best Director for Kathryn Bigelow, and Best Original Screenplay. The Best Director win made Bigelow the first woman to achieve this honour. Read on for the full list of winners for the 2010 Oscar, held in Hollywood on 7 March.

The Best Picture category included 10 movies this year, and ‘The Hurt Locker’ won over films including the blockbuster ‘Avatar’ directed by Bigelow’s ex-husband James Cameron. ‘Avatar’ didn’t do too badly at the Oscars, it won three awards – for Art Direction, Cinematography, and Visual Effects.

There were no surprises in the acting category wins at the Oscars this year; the winners had been collecting trophies at the Golden Globe, SAG, and BAFTA awards – Masala.com reports.

The complete list of Oscar winners is as follows:

Best Picture: The Hurt Locker

Best Director: Kathryn Bigelow (The Hurt Locker)

Best Actor: Jeff Bridges (Crazy Heart)

Best Actress: Sandra Bullock (The Blind Side)

Best Supporting Actor: Christoph Waltz (Inglourious Basterds)

Best Supporting Actress: Mo’Nique (Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire)

Best Animated Feature Film: Up

Best Original Song: The Weary Kind by Ryan Bingham & T-Bone Burnett (Crazy Heart)

Best Original Screenplay: Mark Boal (The Hurt Locker)

Best Animated Short: Logorama

Best Documentary Short: Music by Prudence

Best Live Action Short: The New Tenants

Best Make-Up: Barney Burman, Mindy Hall & Joel Harlow (Star Trek)

Best Adapted Screenplay: Geoffrey Fletcher (Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire)

Best Art Direction: Rick Carter, Robert Stromberg & Kim Sinclair (Avatar)

Best Costume Design: Sandy Powell (The Young Victoria)

Best Sound Editing: Paul N.J. Ottosson (The Hurt Locker)

Best Sound Mixing: Paul N.J. Ottosson & Ray Beckett (The Hurt Locker)

Best Cinematography: Mauro Fiore (Avatar)

Best Original Score: Michael Giacchino (Up)

Best Visual Effects: Andrew R. Jones, Joe Letteri, Stephen Rosenbaum & Richard Baneham (Avatar)

Best Documentary Feature: The Cove

Best Film Editing: Bob Murawski & Chris Innis (The Hurt Locker)

Best Foreign Language Film: El secreto de sus ojos (Argentina)