SANTA CLARA, CA--(Marketwire - 03/01/10) - Each of the films nominated for an Academy Award for Visual Effects in this year's competition depended on NVIDIA® Quadro® professional graphicsto power their stunning special effects. The nominated films -- "Avatar," "District 9" and "Star Trek" -- all delivered unprecedented levels of sophistication and realism to the screen in the form of computer-generated fantasy and science-fiction worlds.