Awards for 2012

Oscar

Best Motion Picture of the Year

WINNER

The Artist: Thomas Langmann
NOMINEES

The Tree of Life: Grant Hill, Sarah Green, Dede Gardner, Bill Pohlad

The Descendants: Jim Burke, Alexander Payne, Jim Taylor

Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close: Scott Rudin

The Help: Brunson Green, Chris Columbus, Michael Barnathan

Hugo: Graham King, Martin Scorsese

Midnight in Paris: Letty Aronson, Stephen Tenenbaum

Moneyball: Michael De Luca, Rachael Horovitz, Brad Pitt

War Horse: Steven Spielberg, Kathleen Kennedy

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role

WINNER

The Artist: Jean Dujardin
NOMINEES

A Better Life: Demián Bichir

The Descendants: George Clooney

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy: Gary Oldman

Moneyball: Brad Pitt

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role

WINNER

The Iron Lady: Meryl Streep
NOMINEES

Albert Nobbs: Glenn Close

The Help: Viola Davis

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo: Rooney Mara

My Week with Marilyn: Michelle Williams

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role

WINNER

Beginners: Christopher Plummer
Christopher Plummer became the oldest winner of a competitive Oscar, at 82, surpassing the achievement of Jessica Tandy.
NOMINEES

My Week with Marilyn: Kenneth Branagh

Moneyball: Jonah Hill

Warrior: Nick Nolte

Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close: Max von Sydow

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role

WINNER

The Help: Octavia Spencer
NOMINEES

The Artist: Bérénice Bejo

The Help: Jessica Chastain

Bridesmaids: Melissa McCarthy

Albert Nobbs: Janet McTeer

Best Achievement in Directing

WINNER

The Artist: Michel Hazanavicius
NOMINEES

Midnight in Paris: Woody Allen

The Tree of Life: Terrence Malick

The Descendants: Alexander Payne

Hugo: Martin Scorsese

Best Writing, Original Screenplay

WINNER

Midnight in Paris: Woody Allen
Woody Allen was not present at the awards ceremony. Presenter Angelina Jolie accepted the award on his behalf.
NOMINEES

Margin Call: J.C. Chandor

The Artist: Michel Hazanavicius

A Separation: Asghar Farhadi

Bridesmaids: Kristen Wiig, Annie Mumolo

Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay

WINNER

The Descendants: Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon, Jim Rash
NOMINEES

Moneyball: Aaron Sorkin (screenplay), Steven Zaillian (screenplay), Stan Chervin (story)

Hugo: John Logan

The Ides of March: George Clooney, Grant Heslov, Beau Willimon

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy: Bridget O'Connor, Peter Straughan

Best Achievement in Cinematography

WINNER

Hugo: Robert Richardson
NOMINEES

The Artist: Guillaume Schiffman

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo: Jeff Cronenweth

The Tree of Life: Emmanuel Lubezki

War Horse: Janusz Kaminski

Best Achievement in Art Direction

WINNER

Hugo: Francesca Lo Schiavo (set decorator), Dante Ferretti (production designer)
NOMINEES

The Artist: Laurence Bennett (production designer), Robert Gould (set decorator)

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2: Stuart Craig (production designer), Stephenie McMillan (set decorator)

Midnight in Paris: Anne Seibel (production designer), Hélène Dubreuil (set decorator)

War Horse: Rick Carter (production designer), Lee Sandales (set decorator)

Best Achievement in Costume Design

WINNER

The Artist: Mark Bridges
NOMINEES

Anonymous: Lisy Christl

Hugo: Sandy Powell

Jane Eyre: Michael O'Connor

W.E.: Arianne Phillips

Best Achievement in Sound Mixing

WINNER

Hugo: Tom Fleischman, John Midgley
NOMINEES

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo: David Parker, Michael Semanick, Ren Klyce, Bo Persson

Moneyball: Deb Adair, Ron Bochar, David Giammarco, Ed Novick

Transformers: Dark of the Moon: Greg P. Russell, Gary Summers, Jeffrey J. Haboush, Peter J. Devlin

War Horse: Gary Rydstrom, Andy Nelson, Tom Johnson, Stuart Wilson

Best Achievement in Film Editing

WINNER

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo: Angus Wall, Kirk Baxter
NOMINEES

The Artist: Anne-Sophie Bion, Michel Hazanavicius

Moneyball: Christopher Tellefsen

Hugo: Thelma Schoonmaker

The Descendants: Kevin Tent

Best Achievement in Sound Editing

WINNER

Hugo: Philip Stockton, Eugene Gearty
NOMINEES

Drive: Lon Bender, Victor Ray Ennis

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo: Ren Klyce

Transformers: Dark of the Moon: Ethan Van der Ryn, Erik Aadahl

War Horse: Richard Hymns, Gary Rydstrom

Best Achievement in Visual Effects

WINNER

Hugo: Robert Legato, Joss Williams, Ben Grossmann, Alex Henning
NOMINEES

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2: Tim Burke, David Vickery, Greg Butler, John Richardson

Real Steel: Erik Nash, John Rosengrant, Danny Gordon Taylor, Swen Gillberg

Rise of the Planet of the Apes: Joe Letteri, Dan Lemmon, R. Christopher White, Daniel Barrett

Transformers: Dark of the Moon: Scott Farrar, Scott Benza, Matthew E. Butler, John Frazier

Best Achievement in Makeup

WINNER

The Iron Lady: Mark Coulier, J. Roy Helland
NOMINEES

Albert Nobbs: Martial Corneville, Lynn Johnson, Matthew W. Mungle

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2: Nick Dudman, Amanda Knight, Lisa Tomblin

Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Song

WINNER

The Muppets: Bret McKenzie
For the song "Man or Muppet".
NOMINEE

Rio: Sergio Mendes (music), Carlinhos Brown (music), Siedah Garrett (lyrics)
For the song "Real in Rio".

Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Score

WINNER

The Artist: Ludovic Bource
NOMINEES

The Adventures of Tintin: John Williams

Hugo: Howard Shore

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy: Alberto Iglesias

War Horse: John Williams

Best Short Film, Animated

WINNER

The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore: William Joyce, Brandon Oldenburg
NOMINEES

Sunday: Patrick Doyon

La Luna: Enrico Casarosa

A Morning Stroll: Grant Orchard, Sue Goffe

Wild Life: Amanda Forbis, Wendy Tilby

Best Short Film, Live Action

WINNER

The Shore: Terry George, Oorlagh George
NOMINEES

Pentecost: Peter McDonald, Eimear O'Kane

Raju: Max Zähle, Stefan Gieren

Time Freak: Andrew Bowler, Gigi Causey

Tuba Atlantic: Hallvar Witzø

Best Documentary, Short Subjects

WINNER

Saving Face: Daniel Junge, Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy
NOMINEES

God Is the Bigger Elvis: Julie Anderson, Rebecca Cammisa

The Barber of Birmingham: Foot Soldier of the Civil Rights Movement: Robin Fryday, Gail Dolgin

Incident in New Baghdad: James Spione

The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom: Lucy Walker, Kira Carstensen

Best Documentary, Features

WINNER

Undefeated: Daniel Lindsay, T.J. Martin, Rich Middlemas
NOMINEES

Hell and Back Again: Danfung Dennis, Mike Lerner

If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front: Marshall Curry, Sam Cullman

Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory: Joe Berlinger, Bruce Sinofsky

Pina: Wim Wenders, Gian-Piero Ringel

Best Foreign Language Film of the Year

WINNER

A Separation
Iran.
NOMINEES

Bullhead
Belgium.

Footnote
Israel.

In Darkness
Poland.

Monsieur Lazhar
Canada.

Best Animated Feature Film of the Year

WINNER

Rango: Gore Verbinski
NOMINEES

Kung Fu Panda 2: Jennifer Yuh

Puss in Boots: Chris Miller

Chico & Rita: Fernando Trueba, Javier Mariscal

A Cat in Paris: Alain Gagnol, Jean-Loup Felicioli