2012 Oscar Nominees

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

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

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

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.

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