Monday, February 27, 2012

The 84th Academy Awards (2012) (for films released in 2011)

The 84th Academy Awards ceremony, hosted by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), honoured the best films of 2011. The ceremony took place on February 26, 2012 (5:30 p.m. PST) at the Hollywood and Highland Center in Hollywood, California. The following list has been copied from the Academy's official Oscar site.

BEST PICTURE
* 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

DIRECTING
* The Artist / Michel Hazanavicius
The Descendants / Alexander Payne
Hugo / Martin Scorsese
Midnight in Paris / Woody Allen
The Tree of Life / Terrence Malick

ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
Demián Bichir / A Better Life
George Clooney / The Descendants
* Jean Dujardin / The Artist
Gary Oldman / Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Brad Pitt / Moneyball

ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
Glenn Close / Albert Nobbs
Viola Davis / The Help
Rooney Mara / The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
* Meryl Streep / The Iron Lady
Michelle Williams / My Week with Marilyn

ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Kenneth Branagh / My Week with Marilyn
Jonah Hill / Moneyball
Nick Nolte / Warrior
* Christopher Plummer / Beginners
Max von Sydow / Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close

ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Bérénice Bejo / The Artist
Jessica Chastain / The Help
Melissa McCarthy / Bridesmaids
Janet McTeer / Albert Nobbs
* Octavia Spencer / The Help

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

WRITING (ADAPTED SCREENPLAY)
* 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

ANIMATED FEATURE FILMA 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

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 / 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 / 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

COSTUME DESIGNAnonymous / Lisy Christl
* The Artist / Mark Bridges
Hugo / Sandy Powell
Jane Eyre / Michael O’Connor
W.E. / Arianne Phillips

DOCUMENTARY FEATUREHell 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

FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
Bullhead / Belgium
Footnote / Israel
In Darkness / Poland
Monsieur Lazhar / Canada
* 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
* 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 Zähle and Stefan Gieren
* 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
* 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 / Scott Farrar, Scott Benza, Matthew Butler and John Frazier

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