The 2012 Oscar Nominees

  

Best Picture:

 

--"The Artist"

--"The Descendants"

--"Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close"

--"The Help"

--"Hugo"

--"Midnight in Paris"

--"Moneyball"

--"The Tree of Life"

--"War Horse"

 

 

 

Best Animated Feature Film:

 

--"Puss in Boots"

--"Kung Fu Panda 2"

--"Rango"

--"A Cat in Paris"

--"Chico & Rita"

 

 

 

Best Director:

 

--Woody Allen,  "Midnight in Paris"

--Michel Hazanavicius,  "The Artist"

--Terrence Malick,  "The Tree of Life"

--Alexander Payne,  "The Descendants"

--Martin Scorsese,  "Hugo"

 

 

 

Best Actor:

 

--George Clooney,  "The Descendants"

--Brad Pitt,  "Moneyball"

--Gary Oldman,  "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy"

--Jean Dujardin,  "The Artist"

--Demián Bichir,  "A Better Life"

 

 

 

Best Actress:

 

--Rooney Mara,  "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo"

--Michelle Williams,  "My Week with Marilyn"

--Glenn Close,  "Albert Nobbs"

--Meryl Streep,  "The Iron Lady"

--Viola Davis,  "The Help"

 

 

 

Best Supporting Actor:

 

--Jonah Hill,  "Moneyball"

--Nick Nolte,  "Warrior"

--Kenneth Branagh,  "My Week with Marilyn"

--Christopher Plummer,  "Beginners"

--Max von Sydow,  "Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close"

 

 

 

Best Supporting Actress:

 

--Melissa McCarthy,  "Bridesmaids"

--Octavia Spencer,  "The Help"

--Jessica Chastain,  "The Help"

--Janet McTeer,  "Albert Nobbs"

--Bérénice Bejo,  "The Artist"

 

 

 

Best Documentary Feature:

 

--"Hell and Back Again"

--"If a Tree Falls:  A Story of the Earth Liberation Front"

--"Paradise Lost 3:  Purgatory"

--"Pina"

--"Undefeated"

 

 

 

Best Documentary (Short Subject):

 

--"The Barber of Birmingham:  Foot Soldier of the Civil Rights Movement"

--"God Is the Bigger Elvis"

--"Incident in New Baghdad"

--"Saving Face"

--"The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom"

 

 

 

Best Adapted Screenplay:

 

--"The Descendants"

--"Hugo"

--"The Ides of March"

--"Moneyball"

--"Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy"

 

 

 

Best Original Screenplay:

 

--"The Artist"

--"Bridesmaids"

--"Margin Call"

--"Midnight in Paris"

--"A Separation"

 

 

 

Best Foreign Film:

 

--"Bullhead"  (Belgium)

--"Monsieur Lazhar"  (Canada)

--"A Separation"  (Iran)

--"Footnote"  (Israel)

--"In Darkness"  (Poland)

 

 

 

Best Film Editing:

 

--"The Artist"

--"The Descendants"

--"The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo"

--"Hugo"

--"Moneyball"

 

 

 

Best Costume:

 

--"Anonymous"

--"The Artist"

--"Hugo"

--"Jane Eyre"

--"W.E."

 

 

 

Best Makeup:

 

--"Albert Nobbs"

--"Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2"

--"The Iron Lady"

 

 

 

Best Visual Effects:

 

--"Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2"

--"Rise of the Planet of the Apes"

--"Transformers:  Dark of the Moon"

--"Hugo"

--"Real Steel"

 

 

 

Best Sound Mixing:

 

--"The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo"

--"Hugo"

--"Moneyball"

--"Transformers:  Dark of the Moon"

--"War Horse"

 

 

 

Best Sound Editing:

 

--"Drive"

--"The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo"

--"Hugo"

--"Transformers:  Dark of the Moon"

--"War Horse"

 

 

 

Best Art Direction:

 

--"The Artist"

--"Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2"

--"Hugo"

--"Midnight in Paris"

--"War Horse"

 

 

 

Best Cinematography:

 

--"The Artist"

--"The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo"

--"Hugo"

--"The Tree of Life"

--"War Horse"

 

 

 

Best Original Score:

 

--"The Adventures of Tintin" . . . composed by John Williams

--"The Artist" . . . composed by Ludovic Bource

--"Hugo" . . . composed by Howard Shore

--"Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy" . . . composed by Alberto Iglesias

--"War Horse" . . . composed by John Williams

 

 

 

Best Original Song:

 

--"Man or Muppet" . . . from "The Muppets"

--"Real in Rio" . . . from "Rio"

 

 

 

Best Short Film (Animated):

 

--"Dimanche / Sunday"

--"The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore"

--"La Luna"

--"A Morning Stroll"

--"Wild Life"

 

 

 

Best Short Film (Live Action):

 

--"Pentecost"

--"Raju"

--"The Shore"

--"Time Freak"

--"Tuba Atlantic"