And the Oscar goes to…
The 84th
annual Academy Awards were handed out Sunday night in Los Angeles, with stars
like The Help's Octavia Spencer earning top honors.
Actor in a Leading Role
· Demián Bichir in "A Better Life"
· George Clooney in "The Descendants"
WINNER· Jean Dujardin in "The Artist"
· Gary Oldman in "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy"
· Brad Pitt in "Moneyball"
Actor in a Supporting Role
· Kenneth Branagh in "My Week with Marilyn"
· Jonah Hill in "Moneyball"
· Nick Nolte in "Warrior"
WINNER· Christopher Plummer in "Beginners"
· Max von Sydow in "Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close"
Actress in a Leading Role
· Glenn Close in "Albert Nobbs"
· Viola Davis in "The Help"
· Rooney Mara in "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo"
WINNER· Meryl Streep in "The Iron Lady"
· Michelle Williams in "My Week with Marilyn"
Meryl Streep |
Actress in a Supporting Role
· Bérénice Bejo in "The Artist"
· Jessica Chastain in "The Help"
· Melissa McCarthy in "Bridesmaids"
· Janet McTeer in "Albert Nobbs"
WINNER· Octavia Spencer in "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
Art Direction
· "The Artist"
Production Design: Laurence Bennett; Set Decoration: Robert Gould
· "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2"
Production Design: Stuart Craig; Set Decoration: Stephenie McMillan
WINNER· "Hugo"
Production Design: Dante Ferretti; Set Decoration: Francesca Lo Schiavo
· "Midnight in Paris"
Production Design: Anne Seibel; Set Decoration: Hélène Dubreuil
· "War Horse"
Production Design: Rick Carter; Set Decoration: Lee Sandales
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
Costume Design
· "Anonymous" Lisy Christl
WINNER· "The Artist" Mark Bridges
· "Hugo" Sandy Powell
· "Jane Eyre" Michael O'Connor
· "W.E." Arianne Phillips
Directing
WINNER· "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 Rich Middlemas
Documentary (Short Subject)
· "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
Octavia Spencer and Christopher Plummer |
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
· "Bullhead" Belgium
· "Footnote" Israel
· "In Darkness" Poland
· "Monsieur Lazhar" Canada
WINNER· "A Separation" Iran
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
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" Sarah Green, Bill Pohlad, Dede Gardner and Grant Hill, Producers
· "War Horse" Steven Spielberg and Kathleen Kennedy, Producers
Angelina jolie |
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, David 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
Jean Dujardin |
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 Grossmann 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"
Scott Farrar, Scott Benza, Matthew Butler and John Frazier
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