84th Academy Award Winners

Best Picture

• WINNER The Artist
Thomas Langmann, Producer

 
• The Descendants
Jim Burke, Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor, Producers

 
• Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
Scott Rudin, Producer

 
• The Help
Brunson Green, Chris Columbus and Michael Barnathan, Producers

 
• Hugo
Graham King and Martin Scorsese, Producers

 
• Midnight in Paris
Letty Aronson and Stephen Tenenbaum, Producers

 
• Moneyball
Michael De Luca, Rachael Horovitz and Brad Pitt, Producers


 
• The Tree of Life
Nominees to be determined

 
• War Horse
Steven Spielberg and Kathleen Kennedy, Producers

Actor In a Leading Role

• Demián Bichir
A Better Life


• George Clooney
The Descendants

• WINNER Jean Dujardin
The Artist


• Gary Oldman
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy


• Brad Pitt
Moneyball

Actress In a Leading Role

• Glenn Close
Albert Nobbs

• Viola Davis
The Help


• Rooney Mara
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo


• WINNER Meryl Streep
The Iron Lady


• Michelle Williams
My Week With Marilyn

Actor In a Supporting Role

• Kenneth Branagh
My Week With Marilyn


• Jonah Hill
Moneyball


• Nick Nolte
Warrior

• WINNER Christopher Plummer
Beginners


• Max von Sydow
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close



Actress In a Supporting Role

• Bérénice Bejo
The Artist


• Jessica Chastain
The Help


• Melissa McCarthy
Bridesmaids


• Janet McTeer
Albert Nobbs

• WINNER Octavia Spencer
The Help

Animated Feature Film

• A Cat in Paris
Alain Gagnol and Jean-Loup Felicioli


• Chico & Rita
Fernando Trueba and Javier Mariscal


• Kung Fu Panda 2
Jennifer Yuh Nelson


• Puss in Boots
Chris Miller


• WINNER Rango
Gore Verbinski



Cinematography

• The Artist
Guillaume Schiffman


• The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Jeff Cronenweth


• WINNER Hugo
Robert Richardson


• The Tree of Life
Emmanuel Lubezki


• War Horse
Janusz Kaminski

Art Direction

• The Artist
Laurence Bennett (Production Design); Robert Gould (Set Decoration)


• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2Stuart Craig (Production Design); Stephenie McMillan (Set Decoration)

 
• WINNER Hugo
Dante Ferretti (Production Design); Francesca Lo Schiavo (Set Decoration)
• Midnight in Paris Anne Seibel (Production); Helene Dubreuil (Set Decoration)


• War Horse
Rick Carter (Production Design); Lee Sandales (Set Decoration)


Costume Design

• Anonymous
Lisy Christl


• WINNER The Artist
Mark Bridges


• Hugo
Sandy Powell

 
• Jane Eyre
Michael O'Connor


• W.E.
Arianne Phillips

Directing

• The Artist
Michel Hazanavicius


• The Descendants
Alexander Payne


• Hugo
Martin Scorsese


• Midnight in Paris
Woody Allen


• The Tree of Life
Terrence Malick

Documentary Feature

• Hell and Back Again
Danfung Dennis and Mike Lerner


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


• Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory
Joe Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsky


• Pina
Wim Wenders and Gian-Piero Ringel


• WINNER Undefeated
TJ Martin, Dan Lindsay and Richard Middlemas



Documentary Short

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

 
• God is the Bigger Elvis
Rebecca Cammisa and Julie Anderson

 
• Incident in New Baghdad
James Spione


• WINNER Saving Face
Daniel Junge and Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy


• The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom
Lucy Walker and Kira Carstensen



Film Editing

• The Artist
Anne-Sophie Bion and Michel Hazanavicius


• The Descendants
Kevin Tent


• WINNER The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Kirk Baxter and Angus Wall

 
• Hugo
Thelma Schoonmaker


• Moneyball
Christopher Tellefsen

Foreign Language Film

• Belgium, "Bullhead"
Michael R. Roskam, director


• Canada, "Monsieur Lazhar"
Philippe Falardeau, director

 
• WINNER Iran, "A Separation"
Asghar Farhadi, director


• Israel, "Footnote"
Joseph Cedar, director


• Poland, "In Darkness"
Agnieszka Holland, director



Makeup

• Albert Nobbs
Martial Corneville, Lynn Johnston and Matthew W. Mungle


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


• WINNER The Iron Lady
Mark Coulier and J. Roy Helland



Music (Original Score)

• The Adventures of Tintin
John Williams


• WINNER The Artist
Ludovic Bource


• Hugo
Howard Shore


• Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Alberto Iglesias


• War Horse
John Williams

Music (Original Song) 

• WINNER "Man or Muppet" from THE MUPPETS 
Music and Lyric by Bret McKenzie

 
• “Real in Rio” from RIO
 Music by Sergio Mendes and Carlinhos Brown
Lyric by Siedah Garrett



Short Film (Animated) 

• Dimanche/Sunday Patrick Doyon 
• WINNER The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore William Joyce and Brandon Oldenburg 
• La Luna Enrico Casarosa 
• A Morning Stroll Grant Orchard and Sue Goffe 
• Wild Life Amanda Forbis and Wendy Tilby 

Short Film (Live Action) 

• Pentecost Peter McDonald and Eimear O'Kane 
• Raju Max Zähle and Stefan Gieren 
• WINNER The Shore Terry George and Oorlagh George 
• Time Freak Andrew Bowler and Gigi Causey 
• Tuba Atlantic Hallvar Witzø

Sound Editing

• Drive Lon Bender and Victor Ray Ennis
• The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Ren Klyce
• WINNER Hugo Philip Stockton and Eugene Gearty
• Transformers: Dark of the Moon Ethan Van der Ryn and Erik Aadahl
• War Horse Richard Hymns and Gary Rydstrom

Sound Mixing

• The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo David Parker, Michael Semanick, Ren Klyce and Bo Persson
• WINNER Hugo Tom Fleischman and John Midgley
• Moneyball Deb Adair, Ron Bochar, Dave Giammarco and Ed Novick
• Transformers: Dark of the Moon Greg P. Russell, Gary Summers, Jeffrey J. Haboush and Peter J. Devlin
• War Horse Gary Rydstrom, Andy Nelson, Tom Johnson and Stuart Wilson

Visual Effects

• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 Tim Burke, David Vickery, Greg Butler and John Richardson
• WINNER Hugo Rob Legato, Joss Williams, Ben Grossman and Alex Henning
• Real Steel Erik Nash, John Rosengrant, Dan Taylor and Swen Gillberg
• Rise of the Planet of the Apes Joe Letteri, Dan Lemmon, R. Christopher White and Daniel Barrett
• Transformers: Dark of the Moon Dan Glass, Brad Friedman, Douglas Trumbull and Michael Fink

Writing (Adapted Screenplay)

• WINNER The Descendants Screenplay by Alexander Payne and Nat Faxon & Jim Rash
• Hugo Screenplay by John Logan
• The Ides of March Screenplay by George Clooney & Grant Heslov and Beau Willimon
• Moneyball Screenplay by Steven Zaillian and Aaron Sorkin. Story by Stan Chervin
• Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy Screenplay by Bridget O'Connor & Peter Straughan

Writing (Original Screenplay)

• The Artist Written by Michel Hazanavicius
• Bridesmaids Written by Annie Mumolo & Kristen Wiig
• Margin Call Written by J.C. Chandor
• WINNER Midnight in Paris Written by Woody Allen
• A Separation Written by Asghar Farhadi