Best Picture Winner
The Artist
Best Picture
Director: Michel Hazanavicius
Studio: The Weinstein Company
A silent film star faces obsolescence and ruin with the arrival of talking pictures, while a young actress rises to fame.
All Categories (29)
Animated Feature Film
Rango— Gore Verbinski
Winner
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
Best Picture
The Artist— Thomas Langmann, Producer
Winner
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close— Scott Rudin, Producer
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 Descendants— Jim Burke, Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor, Producers
The Help— Brunson Green, Chris Columbus and Michael Barnathan, Producers
The Tree of Life— Sarah Green, Bill Pohlad, Dede Gardner and Grant Hill, Producers
War Horse— Steven Spielberg and Kathleen Kennedy, Producers
Actor In A Leading Role
Brad Pitt— Moneyball {"Billy Beane"}
Demián Bichir— A Better Life {"Carlos Galindo"}
Gary Oldman— Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy {"George Smiley"}
George Clooney— The Descendants {"Matt King"}
Actor In A Supporting Role
Jonah Hill— Moneyball {"Peter Brand"}
Kenneth Branagh— My Week with Marilyn {"Sir Laurence Olivier"}
Max von Sydow— Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close {"The Renter"}
Nick Nolte— Warrior {"Paddy Conlon"}
Actress In A Leading Role
Glenn Close— Albert Nobbs {"Albert Nobbs"}
Michelle Williams— My Week with Marilyn {"Marilyn Monroe"}
Rooney Mara— The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo {"Lisbeth Salander"}
Viola Davis— The Help {"Aibileen Clark"}
Actress In A Supporting Role
Bérénice Bejo— The Artist {"Peppy Miller"}
Janet McTeer— Albert Nobbs {"Hubert Page"}
Jessica Chastain— The Help {"Celia Foote"}
Melissa McCarthy— Bridesmaids {"Megan"}
Directing
Hugo— Martin Scorsese
Midnight in Paris— Woody Allen
The Descendants— Alexander Payne
The Tree of Life— Terrence Malick
Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
The Descendants— Screenplay by Alexander Payne and Nat Faxon & Jim Rash
Winner
Hugo— Screenplay by John Logan
Moneyball— Screenplay by Steven Zaillian and Aaron Sorkin; Story by Stan Chervin
The Ides of March— Screenplay by George Clooney & Grant Heslov and Beau Willimon
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy— Screenplay by Bridget O'Connor & Peter Straughan
Writing (Original Screenplay)
Midnight in Paris— Written by Woody Allen
Winner
A Separation— Written by Asghar Farhadi
Bridesmaids— Written by Annie Mumolo & Kristen Wiig
Margin Call— Written by J.C. Chandor
The Artist— Written by Michel Hazanavicius
Cinematography
Hugo— Robert Richardson
Winner
The Artist— Guillaume Schiffman
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo— Jeff Cronenweth
The Tree of Life— Emmanuel Lubezki
War Horse— Janusz Kaminski
Music (Original Score)
The Artist— Ludovic Bource
Winner
Hugo— Howard Shore
The Adventures of Tintin— John Williams
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
Art Direction
Hugo— Production Design: Dante Ferretti; Set Decoration: Francesca Lo Schiavo
Winner
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2— Production Design: Stuart Craig; Set Decoration: Stephenie McMillan
Midnight in Paris— Production Design: Anne Seibel; Set Decoration: Hélène Dubreuil
The Artist— Production Design: Laurence Bennett; Set Decoration: Robert Gould
War Horse— Production Design: Rick Carter; Set Decoration: Lee Sandales
Visual Effects
Hugo— Rob Legato, Joss Williams, Ben Grossmann and Alex Henning
Winner
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2— Tim Burke, David Vickery, Greg Butler and John Richardson
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
Film Editing
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo— Kirk Baxter and Angus Wall
Winner
Hugo— Thelma Schoonmaker
Moneyball— Christopher Tellefsen
The Artist— Anne-Sophie Bion and Michel Hazanavicius
The Descendants— Kevin Tent
Sound Editing
Hugo— Philip Stockton and Eugene Gearty
Winner
Drive— Lon Bender and Victor Ray Ennis
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo— Ren Klyce
Transformers: Dark of the Moon— Ethan Van der Ryn and Erik Aadahl
War Horse— Richard Hymns and Gary Rydstrom
Sound Mixing
Hugo— Tom Fleischman and John Midgley
Winner
Moneyball— Deb Adair, Ron Bochar, David Giammarco and Ed Novick
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo— David Parker, Michael Semanick, Ren Klyce and Bo Persson
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
Costume Design
The Artist— Mark Bridges
Winner
Anonymous— Lisy Christl
Hugo— Sandy Powell
Jane Eyre— Michael O'Connor
W.E.— Arianne Phillips
Makeup
The Iron Lady— Mark Coulier and J. Roy Helland
Winner
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
Documentary (Feature)
Undefeated— TJ Martin, Dan Lindsay and Rich Middlemas
Winner
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
Documentary (Short Subject)
Saving Face— Daniel Junge and Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy
Winner
God Is the Bigger Elvis— Rebecca Cammisa and Julie Anderson
Incident in New Baghdad— James Spione
The Barber of Birmingham: Foot Soldier of the Civil Rights Movement— Robin Fryday and Gail Dolgin
The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom— Lucy Walker and Kira Carstensen
Short Film (Animated)
The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore— William Joyce and Brandon Oldenburg
Winner
A Morning Stroll— Grant Orchard and Sue Goffe
Dimanche/Sunday— Patrick Doyon
La Luna— Enrico Casarosa
Wild Life— Amanda Forbis and Wendy Tilby
Short Film (Live Action)
The Shore— Terry George and Oorlagh George
Winner
Pentecost— Peter McDonald and Eimear O'Kane
Raju— Max Zähle and Stefan Gieren
Time Freak— Andrew Bowler and Gigi Causey
Tuba Atlantic— Hallvar Witzø
THIS IS NOT AN OFFICIAL NOMINATION. After the awards ceremony on February 26, 2012, the Academy was made aware that Tuba Atlantic had been shown on Norwegian television in 2010, making the film ineligible for the 84th Awards under the rules governing the category. In July 2012, the nomination was rescinded by the Board of Governors.
Foreign Language Film
A Separation— Iran
Winner
Bullhead— Belgium
Footnote— Israel
In Darkness— Poland
Monsieur Lazhar— Canada
Honorary Award
To James Earl Jones for his legacy of consistent excellence and uncommon versatility.
Winner
Douglas Trumbull
GORDON E. SAWYER AWARD
To Dick Smith for his unparalleled mastery of texture, shade, form and illusion.
Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award
Oprah Winfrey
Winner
Scientific And Technical Award (Academy Award Of Merit)
To FRANZ KRAUS, JOHANNES STEURER and WOLFGANG RIEDEL for the design and development of the ARRILASER Film Recorder. The ARRILASER film recorder demonstrates a high level of engineering resulting in a compact, user-friendly, low-maintenance device, while at the same time maintaining outstanding speed, exposure ratings and image quality. [Special Photographic]
Winner
Scientific And Technical Award (Scientific And Engineering Award)
To RADU CORLAN, ANDY JANTZEN, PETRU POP and RICHARD F. TOFTNESS for the design and engineering of the Phantom family of high-speed cameras for motion picture production. The Phantom family of high-speed digital cameras, including the Phantom Flex and HD Gold, provide imagery at speeds and efficacy surpassing photochemical technology, while seamlessly intercutting with conventional film production. [Camera]
Winner
To DR. JÜRGEN NOFFKE for the optical design and UWE WEBER for the mechanical design of the ARRI Zeiss Master Prime Lenses for motion picture photography. The Master Primes have achieved a full stop advance in speed over existing lenses, while maintaining state-of-the-art optical quality. This lens family was also the first to eliminate the magnification change that accompanied extreme focus shifts. [Lenses and Filters]
To E.F. "BOB" NETTMANN for the concept and system architecture, MICHAEL SAYOVITZ for the electronic packaging and integration, BRAD FRITZEL for the electronic engineering, and FRED MILLER for the mechanical engineering of the Stab-C Classic, Super-G and Stab-C Compact stabilizing heads. This versatile family of 5-axis camera and lens stabilizers allows any standard motion picture camera to be fitted into the open architecture of the structure. The system can be quickly balanced and made ready for shooting platforms such as helicopters, boats, camera cars or cranes. [Camera Cranes]
To FUJIFILM CORPORATION, HIDEYUKI SHIRAI, DR. KATSUHISA OOZEKI and HIROSHI HIRANO for the design and development of the FUJIFILM black and white recording film ETERNA-RDS 4791 for use in the archival preservation of film and digital images. Specifically designed for laser film recording and widely used in the industry today, the high-resolution FUJIFILM ETERNA-RDS 4791 film stock is an important step in protecting the heritage of the motion picture industry. [Film]
To JOHN D. LOWRY, IAN CAVÉN, IAN GODIN, KIMBALL THURSTON and TIM CONNOLLY for the development of a unique and efficient system for the reduction of noise and other artifacts, thereby providing high-quality images required by the filmmaking process. The "Lowry Process" uses advanced GPU-accelerated, motion estimation-based image processing tools to enhance image quality. [Laboratory]
To MICHAEL LEWIS, GREG MARSDEN, RAIGO ALAS and MICHAEL VELLEKOOP for the concept, design and implementation of the Pictorvision Eclipse, an electronically stabilized aerial camera platform. The Pictorvision Eclipse system allows cinematographers to capture aerial footage at faster flying speeds with aggressive platform maneuvering. [Camera Cranes]
Scientific And Technical Award (Technical Achievement Award)
To ANDREW CLINTON and MARK ELENDT for the invention and integration of micro-voxels in the Mantra software. This work allowed, for the first time, unified and efficient rendering of volumetric effects such as smoke and clouds, together with other computer graphics objects, in a micro-polygon imaging pipeline. [Digital Imaging Technology]
Winner
JOHN A. BONNER MEDAL OF COMMENDATION
To Jonathan Erland in appreciation for outstanding service and dedication in upholding the high standards of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.