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2012 Academy Awards

The 2012 Academy Awards were presented on February 24, 2013, at the Kodak Theatre. All of the nominees are listed below; the Oscar winners are in bold.

Best Picture

Amour

Argo

Beasts of the Southern Wild

Django Unchained

Les Misérables

Life of Pi

Lincoln

Silver Linings Playbook

Zero Dark Thirty

Best Animated Picture

Brave

Frankenweenie

ParaNorman

The Pirates! Band of Misfits

Wreck-It Ralph

Actor in a Leading Role

Bradley Cooper, Silver Linings Playbook

Daniel Day-Lewis, Lincoln

Hugh Jackman, Les Misérables

Joaquin Phoenix, The Master

Denzel Washington, Flight

Actress in a Leading Role

Jessica Chastain, Zero Dark Thirty

Jennifer Lawrence, Silver Linings Playbook

Emmanuelle Riva, Amour

Quvenzhané Wallis, Beasts of the Southern Wild

Naomi Watts, The Impossible

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

Actress in a Supporting Role

Amy Adams, The Master

Sally Field, Lincoln

Anne Hathaway, Les Misérables

Helen Hunt, The Sessions

Jacki Weaver, Silver Linings Playbook

Directing

Michael Haneke, Amour

Benh Zeitlin, Beasts of the Southern Wild

Ang Lee, Life of Pi

Steven Spielberg, Lincoln

David O. Russell, Silver Linings Playbook

Writing

Original Screenplay	Michael Haneke, Amour
	Quentin Tarantino, Django Unchained
	John Gatins Flight
	Wes Anderson & Roman Coppola, Moonrise Kingdom
	Mark Boal, Zero Dark Thirty
Adapted Screenplay	Chris Terrio, Argo
	Lucy Alibar & Benh Zeitlin, Beasts of the Southern Wild
	David Magee, Life of Pi
	Tony Kushner, Lincoln
	David O. Russell, Silver Linings Playbook

Cinematography

Seamus McGarvey, Anna Karenina

Robert Richardson, Django Unchained

Claudio Miranda, Life of Pi

Janusz Kaminski, Lincoln

Roger Deakins, Skyfall

Production Design

Anna Karenina, Production Design: Sarah Greenwood; Set Decoration: Katie Spencer

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, Prodcution 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

Sound

Editing	Erik Aadahl and Ethan Van der Ryn, Argo
	Wylie Stateman, Django Unchained
	Eugene Gearty and Philip Stockton, Life of Pi
	*Per Halberg and Karen Baker Landers, Skyfall* (tie)**
	*Paul N.J. Ottosson, Zero Dark Thirty* (tie)**
Mixing	John Reitz, Gregg Rudloff and Jose Antonio Gracia, Argo
	Andy Nelson, Mark Paterson and Simon Hayes, Les Misérables
	Ron Barlett, D.M. Hemphill and Drew Kunin, Life of Pi
	Andy Nelson, Gary Rydstrom and Ronald Judkins, Lincoln
	Scott Millan, Greg P. Russell and Stuart Wilson, Skyfall

Music

Song	"Before My Time" from Chasing Ice; Music and Lyric by J. Ralph
	"Everybody Needs A Best Friend" from Ted; Music by Walter Murphy; Lyrics by Seth MacFarlane
	"Pi's Lullaby" from Life of Pi; Music by Mychael Danna; Lyrics by Bombay Jayashri
	*"Skyfall" from Skyfall; Music and Lyrics by Adele Adkins and Paul Epworth*
	"Suddenly" from Les Misérables; Music by Claude-Michel Schönberg; Lyrics by Herbert Kretzmer and Alain Boublil
Original Score	Dario Marianelli, Anna Karenina
	Alexandre Desplat, Argo
	Mychael Danna, Life of Pi
	John Williams, Lincoln
	Thomas Newman, Skyfall

Film Editing

William Goldenberg, Argo

Tim Squyres Life of Pi

Michael Kahn, Lincoln

Jay Cassidy and Crispin Struthers, Silver Linings Playbook

Dylan Tichenor and William Goldenberg,Zero Dark Thirty

Costume Design

Jacqueline Durran, Anna Karenina

Paco Delgado, Les Misérables

Joanna Johnston, Lincoln

Eiko Ishioka, Mirror Mirror

Colleen Atwood, Snow White and the Huntsman

Makeup

Howard Berger, Peter Montagna and Martin Samuel, Hitchcock

Peter Swords King, Rick Findlater and Tami Lane The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

Lisa Westcott and Julie Dartnell, Les Misérables

Visual Effects

Joe Letteri, Eric Saindon, David Clayton and R. Christopher White, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

Bill Westenhofer, Guillaume Rocheron, Erik-Jan De Boer and Donald R. Elliott Life of Pi

Janek Sirrs, Jeff White, Guy Williams and Dan Sudick, Marvel's The Avengers

Richard Stammers, Trevor Wood, Charley Henley and Martin Hill, Prometheus

Cedric Nicolas-Troyan, Philip Brennan, Neil Corbould and Michael Dawson, Snow White and the Huntsman

Short Films

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
Live Action	Asad, Bryan Buckley and Mino Jarjoura
	Buzkashi Boys, Sam French and Ariel Nasr
	Curfew, Shawn Christensen
	Death of a Shadow (Dood van een Schaduw, Tom Van Avermaet and Ellen De Waele
	Henry, Yan England

Documentary

Short Subject	Inocente, Sean Fine and Andrea Nix Fine
	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
Feature	5 Broken Cameras, Emad Burnat and Guy Davidi
	The Gatekeepers, Dror Moreh, Philippa Kowarsky and Estelle Fialon
	How to Survive a Plague, David France and Howard Gertler
	The Invisible War, Kirby Dick and Amy Ziering
	Searching for Sugar Man, Malik Bendjelloul and Simon Chinn