List of Oscar nominations
for Jason Reitman
Posted: June 2025
List of Oscar nominations for Jason Reitman. Jason Reitman has been nominated for 4 Academy Awards, across multiple categories. Year indicates year/period for which films were eligible for awards consideration, not year of ceremony. Sources: Oscars.org, Internet Movie Database
2009: Up in the Air (Best Picture) (shared with Daniel Dubiecki. Ivan Reitman) — lost to The Hurt Locker (Kathryn Bigelow, Mark Boal, Nicolas Chartier, Greg Shapiro). Other nominees: Avatar (James Cameron, Jon Landau), The Blind Side (Gil Netter, Andrew A. Kosove, Broderick Johnson), An Education (Finola Dwyer, Amanda Posey), A Serious Man (Joel Coen, Ethan Coen), Precious (Lee Daniels, Sarah Siegel-Magness, Gary Magness), District 9 (Peter Jackson, Carolynne Cunningham), Inglourious Basterds (Lawrence Bender), Up (Jonas Rivera)
2009: Up in the Air (Best Director) — lost to The Hurt Locker (Kathryn Bigelow). Other nominees: Avatar (James Cameron), Inglourious Basterds (Quentin Tarantino), Precious (Lee Daniels)
2009: Up in the Air (Best Adapted Screenplay) (shared with Sheldon Turner) — lost to Precious (Geoffrey Fletcher). Other nominees: An Education (Nick Hornby),District 9 (Neill Blomkamp, Terri Tatchell), In the Loop (Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci, Tony Roche)
2007: Juno (Best Director) — lost to No Country for Old Men (Ethan Coen, Joel Coen). Other nominees: The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (Julian Schnabel), Michael Clayton (Tony Gilroy), There Will Be Blood (Paul Thomas Anderson)