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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

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

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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

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

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 – Laurence Bennett (Production Design); Robert Gould (Set Decoration)
• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 - Stuart Craig (Production Design); Stephenie McMillan (Set Decoration
• Hugo - Dante Ferretti (Production Design); Francesca Lo Schiavo (Set Decoration)
• Midnight in Paris - Anne Seibel (Production Design); Hélène Dubreuil (Set Decoration)
• War Horse - Rick Carter (Production Design); Lee Sandales (Set Decoration)

Costume Design

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

(Photo Credit: Gravier Productions)

Directing

• The Artist – Michel Hazanavicius
• 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 - Joe Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsky
• Pina - Wim Wenders and Gian-Piero Ringel
• Undefeated - TJ Martin, Dan Lindsay and Rich Middlemas

Documentary Short

• The Barber of Birmingham: Foot Soldier of the Civil Rights Movement – Robin Fryday and Gail Dolgin
• God is the Bigger Elvs i- 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

• Belgium - “Bullhead” – Michael R. Roskam, director
• Canada - “Monsieur Lazhar” – Philippe Falardeau, director
• Iran - “A Separation” – Asghar Farhadi, director
• Israel - “Footnote” – Joseph Cedar, director
• Poland - “In Darkness” – Agnieszka Holland, director

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

(Photo Credit: DreamWorks SKG)

Music (Original Song)

• “Man or Muppet“ – THE MUPPETS Music and Lyric by Bret McKenzie
• “Real in Rio” – 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
• Rajuz – 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, David 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 Grossmann 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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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

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