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The 84th Academy Awards
| 2012
Hollywood & Highland Center
Sunday, February 26, 2012
Honoring movies released in 2011
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Highlights
Original Song
"Man or Muppet" from The Muppets
Bret McKenzie, presented by Will Ferrell and Zach Galifianakis
Foreign Language Film
A Separation
Sghar Farhadi, accepting for Iran, presented by Sandra Bullock
Best Director
The Artist
Michel Hazanavicius
Memorable Moments
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Billy Crystal hosts the Oscars for the ninth time
Jean Dujardin
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Best Actor winner for The Artist
Angelina Jolie
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Presenting Adapted Screenplay to The Descendants
WINNERS & NOMINEES
Actor in a Leading Role
Winner
Jean Dujardin
The Artist
Nominees
Demián Bichir
A Better Life
Nominees
George Clooney
The Descendants
Nominees
Gary Oldman
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Nominees
Brad Pitt
Moneyball
Actor in a Supporting Role
Winner
Christopher Plummer
Beginners
Nominees
Kenneth Branagh
My Week with Marilyn
Nominees
Jonah Hill
Moneyball
Nominees
Nick Nolte
Warrior
Nominees
Max von Sydow
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
Actress in a Leading Role
Winner
Meryl Streep
The Iron Lady
Nominees
Glenn Close
Albert Nobbs
Nominees
Viola Davis
The Help
Nominees
Rooney Mara
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Nominees
Michelle Williams
My Week with Marilyn
Actress in a Supporting Role
Winner
Octavia Spencer
The Help
Nominees
Bérénice Bejo
The Artist
Nominees
Jessica Chastain
The Help
Nominees
Melissa McCarthy
Bridesmaids
Nominees
Janet McTeer
Albert Nobbs
Animated Feature Film
Winner
Rango
Gore Verbinski
Nominees
A Cat in Paris
Alain Gagnol and Jean-Loup Felicioli
Nominees
Chico & Rita
Fernando Trueba and Javier Mariscal
Nominees
Kung Fu Panda 2
Jennifer Yuh Nelson
Nominees
Puss in Boots
Chris Miller
Art Direction
Winner
Hugo
Production Design: Dante Ferretti; Set Decoration: Francesca Lo Schiavo
Nominees
The Artist
Production Design: Laurence Bennett; Set Decoration: Robert Gould
Nominees
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2
Production Design: Stuart Craig; Set Decoration: Stephenie McMillan
Nominees
Midnight in Paris
Production Design: Anne Seibel; Set Decoration: Hélène Dubreuil
Nominees
War Horse
Production Design: Rick Carter; Set Decoration: Lee Sandales
Cinematography
Winner
Hugo
Robert Richardson
Nominees
The Artist
Guillaume Schiffman
Nominees
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Jeff Cronenweth
Nominees
The Tree of Life
Emmanuel Lubezki
Nominees
War Horse
Janusz Kaminski
Costume Design
Winner
The Artist
Mark Bridges
Nominees
Anonymous
Lisy Christl
Nominees
Hugo
Sandy Powell
Nominees
Jane Eyre
Michael O'Connor
Nominees
W.E.
Arianne Phillips
Directing
Winner
The Artist
Michel Hazanavicius
Nominees
The Descendants
Alexander Payne
Nominees
Hugo
Martin Scorsese
Nominees
Midnight in Paris
Woody Allen
Nominees
The Tree of Life
Terrence Malick
Documentary (Feature)
Winner
Undefeated
TJ Martin, Dan Lindsay and Rich Middlemas
Nominees
Hell and Back Again
Danfung Dennis and Mike Lerner
Nominees
If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front
Marshall Curry and Sam Cullman
Nominees
Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory
Joe Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsky
Nominees
Pina
Wim Wenders and Gian-Piero Ringel
Documentary (Short Subject)
Winner
Saving Face
Daniel Junge and Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy
Nominees
The Barber of Birmingham: Foot Soldier of the Civil Rights Movement
Robin Fryday and Gail Dolgin
Nominees
God Is the Bigger Elvis
Rebecca Cammisa and Julie Anderson
Nominees
Incident in New Baghdad
James Spione
Nominees
The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom
Lucy Walker and Kira Carstensen
Film Editing
Winner
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Kirk Baxter and Angus Wall
Nominees
The Artist
Anne-Sophie Bion and Michel Hazanavicius
Nominees
The Descendants
Kevin Tent
Nominees
Hugo
Thelma Schoonmaker
Nominees
Moneyball
Christopher Tellefsen
Foreign Language Film
Winner
A Separation
Iran
Nominees
Bullhead
Belgium
Nominees
Footnote
Israel
Nominees
In Darkness
Poland
Nominees
Monsieur Lazhar
Canada
Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award
Winner
Oprah Winfrey
Makeup
Winner
The Iron Lady
Mark Coulier and J. Roy Helland
Nominees
Albert Nobbs
Martial Corneville, Lynn Johnston and Matthew W. Mungle
Nominees
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2
Nick Dudman, Amanda Knight and Lisa Tomblin
Music (Original Score)
Winner
The Artist
Ludovic Bource
Nominees
The Adventures of Tintin
John Williams
Nominees
Hugo
Howard Shore
Nominees
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Alberto Iglesias
Nominees
War Horse
John Williams
Music (Original Song)
Winner
The Muppets
"Man Or Muppet" in The Muppets; Music and Lyric by Bret McKenzie
Nominees
Rio
Real In Rio in "Rio" Music by Sergio Mendes and Carlinhos Brown; Lyric by Siedah Garrett
Best Picture
Winner
The Artist
Thomas Langmann, Producer
Nominees
The Descendants
Jim Burke, Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor, Producers
Nominees
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
Scott Rudin, Producer
Nominees
The Help
Brunson Green, Chris Columbus and Michael Barnathan, Producers
Nominees
Hugo
Graham King and Martin Scorsese, Producers
Nominees
Midnight in Paris
Letty Aronson and Stephen Tenenbaum, Producers
Nominees
Moneyball
Michael De Luca, Rachael Horovitz and Brad Pitt, Producers
Nominees
The Tree of Life
Sarah Green, Bill Pohlad, Dede Gardner and Grant Hill, Producers
Nominees
War Horse
Steven Spielberg and Kathleen Kennedy, Producers
Short Film (Animated)
Winner
The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore
William Joyce and Brandon Oldenburg
Nominees
Dimanche/Sunday
Patrick Doyon
Nominees
La Luna
Enrico Casarosa
Nominees
A Morning Stroll
Grant Orchard and Sue Goffe
Nominees
Wild Life
Amanda Forbis and Wendy Tilby
Short Film (Live Action)
Winner
The Shore
Terry George and Oorlagh George
Nominees
Pentecost
Peter McDonald and Eimear O'Kane
Nominees
Raju
Max Zähle and Stefan Gieren
Nominees
Time Freak
Andrew Bowler and Gigi Causey
Sound Editing
Winner
Hugo
Philip Stockton and Eugene Gearty
Nominees
Drive
Lon Bender and Victor Ray Ennis
Nominees
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Ren Klyce
Nominees
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
Ethan Van der Ryn and Erik Aadahl
Nominees
War Horse
Richard Hymns and Gary Rydstrom
Sound Mixing
Winner
Hugo
Tom Fleischman and John Midgley
Nominees
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
David Parker, Michael Semanick, Ren Klyce and Bo Persson
Nominees
Moneyball
Deb Adair, Ron Bochar, David Giammarco and Ed Novick
Nominees
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
Greg P. Russell, Gary Summers, Jeffrey J. Haboush and Peter J. Devlin
Nominees
War Horse
Gary Rydstrom, Andy Nelson, Tom Johnson and Stuart Wilson
Visual Effects
Winner
Hugo
Rob Legato, Joss Williams, Ben Grossmann and Alex Henning
Nominees
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2
Tim Burke, David Vickery, Greg Butler and John Richardson
Nominees
Real Steel
Erik Nash, John Rosengrant, Dan Taylor and Swen Gillberg
Nominees
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Joe Letteri, Dan Lemmon, R. Christopher White and Daniel Barrett
Nominees
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
Nominees
Hugo
Screenplay by John Logan
Nominees
The Ides of March
Screenplay by George Clooney & Grant Heslov and Beau Willimon
Nominees
Moneyball
Screenplay by Steven Zaillian and Aaron Sorkin; Story by Stan Chervin
Nominees
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Screenplay by Bridget O'Connor & Peter Straughan
Writing (Original Screenplay)
Winner
Midnight in Paris
Written by Woody Allen
Nominees
The Artist
Written by Michel Hazanavicius
Nominees
Bridesmaids
Written by Annie Mumolo & Kristen Wiig
Nominees
Margin Call
Written by J.C. Chandor
Nominees
A Separation
Written by Asghar Farhadi
A
The Adventures of Tintin
1 NOMINATION
- Music (Original Score) - John Williams
Albert Nobbs
3 NOMINATIONS
- Actress in a Leading Role - Glenn Close
- Actress in a Supporting Role - Janet McTeer
- Makeup - Martial Corneville, Lynn Johnston and Matthew W. Mungle
Anonymous
1 NOMINATION
- Costume Design - Lisy Christl
The Artist
10 NOMINATIONS,
5 WINS
- * Actor in a Leading Role - Jean Dujardin
- * Costume Design - Mark Bridges
- * Directing - Michel Hazanavicius
- * Music (Original Score) - Ludovic Bource
- * Best Picture - Thomas Langmann, Producer
- Actress in a Supporting Role - Bérénice Bejo
- Art Direction - Production Design: Laurence Bennett; Set Decoration: Robert Gould
- Cinematography - Guillaume Schiffman
- Film Editing - Anne-Sophie Bion and Michel Hazanavicius
- Writing (Original Screenplay) - Written by Michel Hazanavicius
B
The Barber of Birmingham: Foot Soldier of the Civil Rights Movement
1 NOMINATION
- Documentary (Short Subject) - Robin Fryday and Gail Dolgin
Beginners
1 WIN,
1 NOMINATION
- * Actor in a Supporting Role - Christopher Plummer
A Better Life
1 NOMINATION
- Actor in a Leading Role - Demián Bichir
Bridesmaids
2 NOMINATIONS
- Actress in a Supporting Role - Melissa McCarthy
- Writing (Original Screenplay) - Written by Annie Mumolo & Kristen Wiig
Bullhead
1 NOMINATION
- Foreign Language Film - Belgium
C
A Cat in Paris
1 NOMINATION
- Animated Feature Film - Alain Gagnol and Jean-Loup Felicioli
Chico & Rita
1 NOMINATION
- Animated Feature Film - Fernando Trueba and Javier Mariscal
D
In Darkness
1 NOMINATION
- Foreign Language Film - Poland
The Descendants
5 NOMINATIONS,
1 WIN
- * Writing (Adapted Screenplay) - Screenplay by Alexander Payne and Nat Faxon & Jim Rash
- Actor in a Leading Role - George Clooney
- Directing - Alexander Payne
- Film Editing - Kevin Tent
- Best Picture - Jim Burke, Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor, Producers
Dimanche/Sunday
1 NOMINATION
- Short Film (Animated) - Patrick Doyon
Drive
1 NOMINATION
- Sound Editing - Lon Bender and Victor Ray Ennis
E
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
2 NOMINATIONS
- Actor in a Supporting Role - Max von Sydow
- Best Picture - Scott Rudin, Producer
F
The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore
1 WIN,
1 NOMINATION
- * Short Film (Animated) - William Joyce and Brandon Oldenburg
Footnote
1 NOMINATION
- Foreign Language Film - Israel
G
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
5 NOMINATIONS,
1 WIN
- * Film Editing - Kirk Baxter and Angus Wall
- Actress in a Leading Role - Rooney Mara
- Cinematography - Jeff Cronenweth
- Sound Editing - Ren Klyce
- Sound Mixing - David Parker, Michael Semanick, Ren Klyce and Bo Persson
God Is the Bigger Elvis
1 NOMINATION
- Documentary (Short Subject) - Rebecca Cammisa and Julie Anderson
H
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2
3 NOMINATIONS
- Art Direction - Production Design: Stuart Craig; Set Decoration: Stephenie McMillan
- Makeup - Nick Dudman, Amanda Knight and Lisa Tomblin
- Visual Effects - Tim Burke, David Vickery, Greg Butler and John Richardson
Hell and Back Again
1 NOMINATION
- Documentary (Feature) - Danfung Dennis and Mike Lerner
The Help
4 NOMINATIONS,
1 WIN
- * Actress in a Supporting Role - Octavia Spencer
- Actress in a Leading Role - Viola Davis
- Actress in a Supporting Role - Jessica Chastain
- Best Picture - Brunson Green, Chris Columbus and Michael Barnathan, Producers
Hugo
11 NOMINATIONS,
5 WINS
- * Art Direction - Production Design: Dante Ferretti; Set Decoration: Francesca Lo Schiavo
- * Cinematography - Robert Richardson
- * Sound Editing - Philip Stockton and Eugene Gearty
- * Sound Mixing - Tom Fleischman and John Midgley
- * Visual Effects - Rob Legato, Joss Williams, Ben Grossmann and Alex Henning
- Costume Design - Sandy Powell
- Directing - Martin Scorsese
- Film Editing - Thelma Schoonmaker
- Music (Original Score) - Howard Shore
- Best Picture - Graham King and Martin Scorsese, Producers
- Writing (Adapted Screenplay) - Screenplay by John Logan
I
The Ides of March
1 NOMINATION
- Writing (Adapted Screenplay) - Screenplay by George Clooney & Grant Heslov and Beau Willimon
If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front
1 NOMINATION
- Documentary (Feature) - Marshall Curry and Sam Cullman
Incident in New Baghdad
1 NOMINATION
- Documentary (Short Subject) - James Spione
The Iron Lady
2 WINS,
2 NOMINATIONS
- * Actress in a Leading Role - Meryl Streep
- * Makeup - Mark Coulier and J. Roy Helland
J
Jane Eyre
1 NOMINATION
- Costume Design - Michael O'Connor
K
Kung Fu Panda 2
1 NOMINATION
- Animated Feature Film - Jennifer Yuh Nelson
L
La Luna
1 NOMINATION
- Short Film (Animated) - Enrico Casarosa
M
Margin Call
1 NOMINATION
- Writing (Original Screenplay) - Written by J.C. Chandor
Midnight in Paris
4 NOMINATIONS,
1 WIN
- * Writing (Original Screenplay) - Written by Woody Allen
- Art Direction - Production Design: Anne Seibel; Set Decoration: Hélène Dubreuil
- Directing - Woody Allen
- Best Picture - Letty Aronson and Stephen Tenenbaum, Producers
Moneyball
6 NOMINATIONS
- Actor in a Leading Role - Brad Pitt
- Actor in a Supporting Role - Jonah Hill
- Film Editing - Christopher Tellefsen
- Best Picture - Michael De Luca, Rachael Horovitz and Brad Pitt, Producers
- Sound Mixing - Deb Adair, Ron Bochar, David Giammarco and Ed Novick
- Writing (Adapted Screenplay) - Screenplay by Steven Zaillian and Aaron Sorkin; Story by Stan Chervin
Monsieur Lazhar
1 NOMINATION
- Foreign Language Film - Canada
A Morning Stroll
1 NOMINATION
- Short Film (Animated) - Grant Orchard and Sue Goffe
The Muppets
1 WIN,
1 NOMINATION
- * Music (Original Song) - "Man Or Muppet" in The Muppets; Music and Lyric by Bret McKenzie
My Week with Marilyn
2 NOMINATIONS
- Actor in a Supporting Role - Kenneth Branagh
- Actress in a Leading Role - Michelle Williams
P
Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory
1 NOMINATION
- Documentary (Feature) - Joe Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsky
Pentecost
1 NOMINATION
- Short Film (Live Action) - Peter McDonald and Eimear O'Kane
Pina
1 NOMINATION
- Documentary (Feature) - Wim Wenders and Gian-Piero Ringel
Puss in Boots
1 NOMINATION
- Animated Feature Film - Chris Miller
R
Raju
1 NOMINATION
- Short Film (Live Action) - Max Zähle and Stefan Gieren
Rango
1 WIN,
1 NOMINATION
- * Animated Feature Film - Gore Verbinski
Real Steel
1 NOMINATION
- Visual Effects - Erik Nash, John Rosengrant, Dan Taylor and Swen Gillberg
Rio
1 NOMINATION
- Music (Original Song) - Real In Rio in "Rio" Music by Sergio Mendes and Carlinhos Brown; Lyric by Siedah Garrett
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
1 NOMINATION
- Visual Effects - Joe Letteri, Dan Lemmon, R. Christopher White and Daniel Barrett
S
Saving Face
1 WIN,
1 NOMINATION
- * Documentary (Short Subject) - Daniel Junge and Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy
A Separation
2 NOMINATIONS,
1 WIN
- * Foreign Language Film - Iran
- Writing (Original Screenplay) - Written by Asghar Farhadi
The Shore
1 WIN,
1 NOMINATION
- * Short Film (Live Action) - Terry George and Oorlagh George
T
Time Freak
1 NOMINATION
- Short Film (Live Action) - Andrew Bowler and Gigi Causey
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
3 NOMINATIONS
- Actor in a Leading Role - Gary Oldman
- Music (Original Score) - Alberto Iglesias
- Writing (Adapted Screenplay) - Screenplay by Bridget O'Connor & Peter Straughan
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
3 NOMINATIONS
- Sound Editing - Ethan Van der Ryn and Erik Aadahl
- Sound Mixing - Greg P. Russell, Gary Summers, Jeffrey J. Haboush and Peter J. Devlin
- Visual Effects - Scott Farrar, Scott Benza, Matthew Butler and John Frazier
The Tree of Life
3 NOMINATIONS
- Cinematography - Emmanuel Lubezki
- Directing - Terrence Malick
- Best Picture - Sarah Green, Bill Pohlad, Dede Gardner and Grant Hill, Producers
The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom
1 NOMINATION
- Documentary (Short Subject) - Lucy Walker and Kira Carstensen
U
Undefeated
1 WIN,
1 NOMINATION
- * Documentary (Feature) - TJ Martin, Dan Lindsay and Rich Middlemas
W
W.E.
1 NOMINATION
- Costume Design - Arianne Phillips
War Horse
6 NOMINATIONS
- Art Direction - Production Design: Rick Carter; Set Decoration: Lee Sandales
- Cinematography - Janusz Kaminski
- Music (Original Score) - John Williams
- Best Picture - Steven Spielberg and Kathleen Kennedy, Producers
- Sound Editing - Richard Hymns and Gary Rydstrom
- Sound Mixing - Gary Rydstrom, Andy Nelson, Tom Johnson and Stuart Wilson
Warrior
1 NOMINATION
- Actor in a Supporting Role - Nick Nolte
Wild Life
1 NOMINATION
- Short Film (Animated) - Amanda Forbis and Wendy Tilby
No Films Found