There were no major surprises at the 84th Academy Awards, in a very traditional ceremony hosted by Billy Crystal. It was appropriate at this ceremony that was looking back that French film The Artist, set during and emulating the silent films of the Golden Era of Hollywood, took out the top prize.
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Highlights:
- Best Picture: The Artist
- Actor: Jean Durjardin, The Artist
- Actress: Meryl Streep, The Iron Lady
- Hugo got off to an early start with two victories in Cinematography and Art Direction, and also went on to win Sound Editing, Sound Mixing, Visual Effects
- The Artist got its first award for Costume Design
- The Oscar for Actor in a Leading Role went to Jean Dujardin in, you guessed it, The Artist
- Octavia Spencer predictably won for The Help, beating out a strong field
- Best Supporting Actor went to elder statesman Christopher Plummer for Beginners. At 82, he is the oldest actor to win the award.
- Woody Allen won his fourth Oscar, the first since 1987, for Best Original Screenplay for Midnight in Paris
Complete nominees are below. WINNERS marked in red.
Actor in a Leading Role
- Demián Bichir in “A Better Life“
- George Clooney in The Descendants
- Jean Dujardin in “The Artist“ WINNER
- 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“
- Christopher Plummer in “Beginners“ WINNER
- 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“
- Meryl Streep in “The Iron Lady“ WINNER
- Michelle Williams in “My Week with Marilyn“
Actress in a Supporting Role
- Bérénice Bejo in “The Artist“
- Jessica Chastain in “The Help“
- Melissa McCarthy in “Bridesmaids“
- Janet McTeer in “Albert Nobbs“
- Octavia Spencer in “The Help“ WINNER
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
- “Rango“ Gore Verbinski WINNER
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
- “Hugo“ WINNER 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
- “Hugo“ Robert Richardson WINNER
- “The Tree of Life“ Emmanuel Lubezki
- “War Horse“ Janusz Kaminski
Costume Design
- “Anonymous“ Lisy Christl
- “The Artist“ Mark Bridges WINNER
- “Hugo“ Sandy Powell
- “Jane Eyre“ Michael O’Connor
- “W.E.“ Arianne Phillips
Directing
- “The Artist“ Michel Hazanavicius WINNER
- “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” Charles Ferguson and Audrey Marrs
- “Pina“ Wim Wenders and Gian-Piero Ringel
- “Undefeated” WINNERS TJ Martin, Dan Lindsay and Richard 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
- “Saving Face” WINNER 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 WINNER
- “Hugo“ Thelma Schoonmaker
- “Moneyball“ Christopher Tellefsen
Foreign Language Film
- “Bullhead“ Belgium
- “Footnote“ Israel
- “In Darkness“ Poland
- “Monsieur Lazhar“ Canada
- “A Separation“ Iran WINNER
Makeup
- “Albert Nobbs” Martial Corneville, Lynn Johnston and Matthew W. Mungle
- “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2“ Edouard F. Henriques, Gregory Funk and Yolanda Toussieng
- “The Iron Lady” WINNER Mark Coulier and J. Roy Helland
Music (Original Score)
- “The Adventures of Tintin” John Williams
- “The Artist“ Ludovic Bource WINNER
- “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 WINNER
- “Real in Rio” from “Rio” Music by Sergio Mendes and Carlinhos Brown Lyric by Siedah Garrett
Best Picture
- “The Artist“ Thomas Langmann, Producer WINNER
- “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
Short Film (Animated)
- “Dimanche/Sunday” Patrick Doyon
- “The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore” William Joyce and Brandon Oldenburg WINNER
- “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
- “The Shore” Terry George and Oorlagh George WINNER
- “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
- “Hugo“ Philip Stockton and Eugene Gearty WINNER
- “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“ WINNER 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” WINNER 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“ Scott Farrar, Scott Benza, Matthew Butler and John Frazier
Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
- “The Descendants“ Screenplay by Alexander Payne and Nat Faxon & Jim Rash WINNERS
- “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
- “Midnight in Paris“ Written by Woody Allen WINNER
- “A Separation“ Written by Asghar Farhadi
