The Oscars

85th Academy Awards winners

Written by James A. Molnar | The Gold Knight | jmolnar@toledofreepress.com

Wins – FINAL COUNT

  • “Life of Pi”: 4 wins out of 11 nominations
  • “Argo”: 3/7
  • “Les Misérables”: 3/8
  • “Django Unchained”: 2/5
  • “Lincoln”: 2/12
  • “Amour”: 1/5
  • “Anna Karenina”: 1/4
  • “Silver Linings Playbook”: 1/8
  • “Zero Dark Thirty”: 1/6
  • “Beasts of the Southern Wild”: 0/4

Best Actor in a Supporting Role

  • Alan Arkin, “Argo”
  • Robert De Niro, “Silver Linings Playbook”
  • Philip Seymour Hoffman, “The Master”
  • Tommy Lee Jones, “Lincoln”
  • Christoph Waltz, “Django Unchained” *WINNER*

Best Short Film — Animated

  • “Adam and Dog”: Minkyu Lee
  • “Fresh Guacamole”: PES
  • “Head over Heels”: Timothy Reckart and Fodhla Cronin O’Reilly
  • “Maggie Simpson in ‘The Longest Daycare’”" David Silverman
  • “Paperman”: John Kahrs *WINNER*

Best Animated Feature Film

  • “Brave”: Mark Andrews and Brenda Chapman *WINNERS*
  • “Frankenweenie”: Tim Burton
  • “ParaNorman”: Sam Fell and Chris Butler
  • “The Pirates! Band of Misfits”: Peter Lord
  • “Wreck-It Ralph”: Rich Moore

Best Cinematography

  • “Anna Karenina”: Seamus McGarvey
  • “Django Unchained”: Robert Richardson
  • “Life of Pi”: Claudio Miranda *WINNER*
  • “Lincoln”: Janusz Kaminski
  • “Skyfall”: Roger Deakins

Best Visual Effects

  • “The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey“: Joe Letteri, Eric Saindon, David Clayton and R. Christopher White
  • “Life of Pi”: Bill Westenhofer, Guillaume Rocheron, Erik-Jan De Boer and Donald R. Elliott *WINNERS*
  • “Marvel’s The Avengers“: Janek Sirrs, Jeff White, Guy Williams and Dan Sudick
  • “Prometheus“: Richard Stammers, Trevor Wood, Charley Henley and Martin Hill
  • “Snow White and the Huntsman“: Cedric Nicolas-Troyan, Philip Brennan, Neil Corbould and Michael Dawson
Best Costume Design

  • “Anna Karenina” Jacqueline Durran *WINNER*
  • “Les Misérables” Paco Delgado
  • “Lincoln” Joanna Johnston
  • “Mirror Mirror” Eiko Ishioka
  • “Snow White and the Huntsman” Colleen Atwood

Best Makeup and Hairstyling

  • “Hitchcock”: Howard Berger, Peter Montagna and Martin Samuel
  • “The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey”: Peter Swords King, Rick Findlater and Tami Lane
  • “Les Misérables”: Lisa Westcott and Julie Dartnell *WINNERS*

Best Short Film — Live Action

  • “Asad”: Bryan Buckley and Mino Jarjoura
  • “Buzkashi Boys”: Sam French and Ariel Nasr
  • “Curfew”: Shawn Christensen *WINNER*
  • “Death of a Shadow (Dood van een Schaduw)”: Tom Van Avermaet and Ellen De Waele
  • “Henry”: Yan England

Best Documentary — Short Subject

  • “Inocente”: Sean Fine and Andrea Nix Fine *WINNERS*
  • “Kings Point”: Sari Gilman and Jedd Wider
  • “Mondays at Racine”: Cynthia Wade and Robin Honan
  • “Open Heart”: Kief Davidson and Cori Shepherd Stern
  • “Redemption”: Jon Alpert and Matthew O’Neill

Best Documentary — Feature

  • “5 Broken Cameras”
  • “The Gatekeepers”
  • “How to Survive a Plague”
  • “The Invisible War”
  • “Searching for Sugar Man”: Malik Bendjelloul & Simon Chinn  *WINNERS*

Best Foreign Language Film

  • Austria, “Amour,” Michael Haneke, director *WINNER*
  • Canada, “War Witch,” Kim Nguyen, director
  • Chile, “No,” Pablo Larraín, director
  • Denmark, “A Royal Affair,” Nikolaj Arcel, director
  • Norway, “Kon-Tiki,” Joachim Rønning and Espen Sandberg, directors

Best Sound Mixing

  • “Argo”: John Reitz, Gregg Rudloff and Jose Antonio Garcia
  • “Les Misérables”: Andy Nelson, Mark Paterson and Simon Hayes *WINNERS*
  • “Life of Pi”: Ron Bartlett, D.M. Hemphill and Drew Kunin
  • “Lincoln”: Andy Nelson, Gary Rydstrom and Ronald Judkins
  • “Skyfall”: Scott Millan, Greg P. Russell and Stuart Wilson

Best Sound Editing

  • “Argo”: Erik Aadahl and Ethan Van der Ryn
  • “Django Unchained”: Wylie Stateman
  • “Life of Pi”: Eugene Gearty and Philip Stockton
  • “Skyfall”: Per Hallberg and Karen Baker Landers *TIE WINNERS*
  • “Zero Dark Thirty”: Paul N.J. Ottosson *TIE WINNERS*

Best Actress in a Supporting Role

  • Amy Adams, “The Master”
  • Sally Field, “Lincoln”
  • Anne Hathaway, “Les Misérables” *WINNER*
  • Helen Hunt, “The Sessions”
  • Jacki Weaver, “Silver Linings Playbook”

Best Film Editing

  • “Argo”: William Goldenberg *WINNER*
  • “Life of Pi”: Tim Squyres
  • “Lincoln”: Michael Kahn
  • “Silver Linings Playbook”: Jay Cassidy and Crispin Struthers
  • “Zero Dark Thirty”: Dylan Tichenor and William Goldenberg

Best Production Design (formerly Art Direction)

  • “Anna Karenina“: Production Design: Sarah Greenwood; Set Decoration: Katie Spencer
  • “The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey“: Production Design: Dan Hennah; Set Decoration: Ra Vincent and Simon Bright
  • “Les Misérables“: Production Design: Eve Stewart; Set Decoration: Anna Lynch-Robinson
  • “Life of Pi“: Production Design: David Gropman; Set Decoration: Anna Pinnock
  • “Lincoln”: Production Design: Rick Carter; Set Decoration: Jim Erickson *WINNERS*
Best Music — Original Score

  • “Anna Karenina”: Dario Marianelli
  • “Argo”: Alexandre Desplat
  • “Life of Pi”: Mychael Danna *WINNER*
  • “Lincoln”: John Williams
  • “Skyfall”: Thomas Newman

Best Music — Original Song

  • “Before My Time” from “Chasing Ice“: Music and Lyric by J. Ralph
  • “Everybody Needs A Best Friend” from “Ted“: Music by Walter Murphy; Lyric by Seth MacFarlane
  • “Pi’s Lullaby” from “Life of Pi“: Music by Mychael Danna; Lyric by Bombay Jayashri
  • “Skyfall” from “Skyfall”: Music and Lyric by Adele Adkins and Paul Epworth *WINNERS*
  • “Suddenly” from “Les Misérables“: Music by Claude-Michel Schönberg; Lyric by Herbert Kretzmer and Alain Boublil

Best Writing — Adapted Screenplay

  • “Argo”: Screenplay by Chris Terrio *WINNER*
  • “Beasts of the Southern Wild”: Screenplay by Lucy Alibar & Benh Zeitlin
  • “Life of Pi”: Screenplay by David Magee
  • “Lincoln”: Screenplay by Tony Kushner
  • “Silver Linings Playbook”: Screenplay by David O. Russell

Best Writing — Original Screenplay

  • “Amour”: Written by Michael Haneke
  • “Django Unchained”: Written by Quentin Tarantino *WINNER*
  • “Flight”: Written by John Gatins
  • “Moonrise Kingdom”: Written by Wes Anderson & Roman Coppola
  • “Zero Dark Thirty”: Written by Mark Boal

Best Director

  • Ang Lee, “Life of Pi” *WINNER*
  • Michael Haneke, “Amour”
  • David O. Russell, “Silver Linings Playbook”
  • Steven Spielberg, “Lincoln”
  • Benh Zeitlin, “Beasts of the Southern Wild”

Best Actress in a Leading Role

  • Jessica Chastain, “Zero Dark Thirty”
  • Jennifer Lawrence, “Silver Linings Playbook” *WINNER*
  • Emmanuelle Riva, “Amour”
  • Quvenzhané Wallis, “Beasts of the Southern Wild”
  • Naomi Watts, “The Impossible”

Best Actor in a Leading Role

  • Bradley Cooper, “Silver Linings Playbook”
  • Daniel Day-Lewis, “Lincoln” *WINNER*
  • Hugh Jackman, “Les Misérables”
  • Joaquin Phoenix, “The Master”
  • Denzel Washington, “Flight”

Best Picture

  • “Amour“: Margaret Menegoz, Stefan Arndt, Veit Heiduschka and Michael Katz
  • “Argo”: Grant Heslov, Ben Affleck and George Clooney, Producers *WINNERS*
  • “Beasts of the Southern Wild“: Dan Janvey, Josh Penn and Michael Gottwald, Producers
  • “Django Unchained“: Stacey Sher, Reginald Hudlin and Pilar Savone, Producers
  • “Les Misérables“: Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Debra Hayward and Cameron Mackintosh, Producers
  • “Life of Pi“: Gil Netter, Ang Lee and David Womark, Producers
  • “Lincoln“: Steven Spielberg and Kathleen Kennedy, Producers
  • “Silver Linings Playbook“: Donna Gigliotti, Bruce Cohen and Jonathan Gordon, Producers
  • “Zero Dark Thirty“: Mark Boal, Kathryn Bigelow and Megan Ellison, Producers

The 85th Academy Awards, for outstanding film achievements of 2012, were presented Feb. 24, 2013, at the Dolby Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center, and were televised live on ABC and in more than 225 countries worldwide.

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The Oscars

84th Academy Awards: The winners

Written by James A. Molnar | The Gold Knight | jmolnar@toledofreepress.com

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Here are the winners for the 84th Academy Awards:

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
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 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”
Best 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”
Best 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”

Best 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”
Best 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
Best 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

Best 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

Best 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

Best 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

Best Costume Design

  • “Anonymous,” Lisy Christl
  • “The Artist,” Mark Bridges
  • “Hugo,” Sandy Powell
  • “Jane Eyre,” Michael O’Connor
  • “W.E.,” Arianne Phillips

Best 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,” Joe Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsky
  • “Pina,” Wim Wenders and Gian-Piero Ringel
  • “Undefeated,” TJ Martin, Dan Lindsay and Richard Middlemas

Best 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,” Daniel Junge and Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy
  • “The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom,” Lucy Walker and Kira Carstensen

Best 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

Best Foreign Language Film

  • “Bullhead,” Belgium
  • “Footnote,” Israel
  • “In Darkness,” Poland
  • “Monsieur Lazhar,” Canada
  • “A Separation,” Iran

Best 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

Best 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

Best 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

Best 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

Best 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

Best 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

Best 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

Best 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

Presenters

Christian Bale; Halle Berry (no show); The “Bridesmaids” Cast: Rose Byrne, Ellie Kemper, Melissa McCarthy, Wendi McLendon-Covey, Maya Rudolph and Kristen Wiig; Bradley Cooper; Tom Cruise; Penélope Cruz; Cameron Diaz; Michael Douglas; Will Ferrell; Tina Fey; Colin Firth; Zach Galifianakis; Tom Hanks; Angelina Jolie; Milla Jovovich (for Sci-Tech Awards); Muppets: Kermit the Frog and Miss Piggy; Melissa Leo; Jennifer Lopez; Natalie Portman; Chris Rock; Ben Stiller; Emma Stone; and Meryl Streep.

The 84th Academy Awards aired LIVE around the world on Sunday, Feb. 26, 2012, on ABC from the Hollywood & Highland Center with host Billy Crystal.

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