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2012 Oscar Academy Awards took place in Los Angeles, California at the Kodak Theatre. The Nominees Are……
Best Picture The Descendants
The Tree of Life
The Help
Moneyball
War Horse
The Artist
Midnight in Paris
Hugo
Writing (Adapted Screenplay) Moneyball
The Descendants
Hugo
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
The Ides of March
Actress In a Supporting Role Bérénice Bejo
essica Chastain
Melissa McCarthy
Janet McTeer
Octavia Spencer
Actor In a Leading Role
Jean Dujardin
Brad Pitt
George Clooney
Gary Oldman
Demián Bichir
Actress In a Leading Role Viola Davis
Meryl Streep
Michelle Williams
Glenn Close
Rooney Mara
Directing Michel Hazanavicius
Alexander Payne
Woody Allen
Martin Scorsese
Terrence Malick
Actor In a Supporting Role
Kenneth Branagh
Jonah Hill
Nick Nolte
Christopher Plummer
Max von Sydow
Animated Feature Film A Cat in Paris
Chico & Rita
Kung Fu Panda 2
Puss In Boots
Rango
Foreign Language Film Belgium, “Bullhead”
Michael R. Roskam, director
Canada, “Monsieur Lazhar”
Philippe Falardeau, director
Iran, “A Separation”
Asghar Farhadi, director
Israel, “Footnote”
Joseph Cedar, director
Poland, “In Darkness”
Agnieszka Holland, director
Writing (Original Screenplay) The Artist Written by Michel Hazanavicius
Bridesmaids Written by Annie Mumolo & Kristen Wiig
Margin Call Written by J.C. Chandor
Midnight in Paris Written by Woody Allen
A Separation Written by Asghar Farhadi
Cinematography The Artist Guillaume Schiffman
The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo Jeff Cronenweth
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 2
Stuart Craig (Production Design); Stephenie McMillan (Set Decoration)
HugoDante Ferretti (Production Design); Francesca Lo Schiavo (Set Decoration)
War Horse
Rick Carter (Production Design); Lee Sandales (Set Decoration)
Costume Design Anonymous Lisy Christl
The Artist Mark Bridges
Hugo Sandy Powell
Jane Eyre Michael O’Connor
W.E. Arianne Phillips
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
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
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
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Kirk Baxter and Angus Wall
Hugo
Thelma Schoonmaker
Moneyball
Christopher Tellefsen
Make up 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
The Iron Lady
Mark Coulier and J. Roy Helland
Music (Original Score) The Adventures of Tintin
John Williams
The Artist
Ludovic Bource
Hugo
Howard Shore
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Alberto Iglesias
War Horse
John Williams
Music (Original Song) “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
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 Z?0?1hle and Stefan Gieren
The Shore
Terry George and Oorlagh George
Time Freak
Andrew Bowler and Gigi Causey
Tuba Atlantic
Hallvar Witz?0?3
Sound Editing Drive
Lon Bender and Victor Ray Ennis
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Ren Klyce
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
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
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
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