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85th Annual

Academy Award Winners

and Nominees
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
winners announced February 24, 2013

Best Picture

  1. Oscar® Winner

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

Directing/Director

  1. Oscar® Winner

    Life of Pi
    Ang Lee
  2. Amour
    Michael Haneke
  3. Beasts of the Southern Wild
    Benh Zeitlin
    “Beasts of the Southern Wild”
  4. Lincoln
    Steven Spielberg
  5. Silver Linings Playbook
    David O. Russell

Animated Feature Film

  1. Oscar® Winner

    Brave
    Mark Andrews and Brenda Chapman
  2. Frankenweenie
  3. ParaNorman
    Sam Fell and Chris Butler
  4. The Pirates! Band of Misfits
    Peter Lord
  5. Wreck-It Ralph
    Rich Moore

Documentary Feature

  1. Oscar® Winner

    Searching for Sugar Man
    Malik Bendjelloul and Simon Chinn
  2. 5 Broken Cameras
    Emad Burnat and Guy Davidi
    “5 Broken Cameras”
  3. The Gatekeepers
    Dror Moreh, Philippa Kowarsky and Estelle Fialon
    “The Gatekeepers”
  4. How to Survive a Plague
    David France and Howard Gertler
    “How to Survive a Plague”
  5. The Invisible War
    Kirby Dick and Amy Ziering
    “The Invisible War”

Foreign Language Film

  1. Oscar® Winner

    Amour
    Austria
  2. Kon-Tiki
    Norway
    “Kon-Tiki”
  3. No
    Chile
    “No”
  4. A Royal Affair
    Denmark
    “A Royal Affair”
  5. War Witch
    Canada
    “War Witch”

Visual Effects

  1. Oscar® Winner

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

Actor
in a leading role

  1. Oscar® Winner

    Daniel Day-Lewis in Lincoln
  2. Bradley Cooper in Silver Linings Playbook
  3. Hugh Jackman in Les Misérables
  4. Joaquin Phoenix in The Master
  5. Denzel Washington in Flight

Actor
in a supporting role

  1. Oscar® Winner

    Christoph Waltz in Django Unchained
  2. Alan Arkin in Argo
  3. Robert De Niro in Silver Linings Playbook
  4. Philip Seymour Hoffman in The Master
  5. Tommy Lee Jones in Lincoln

Cinematography

  1. Oscar® Winner

    Life of Pi
    Claudio Miranda
  2. Anna Karenina
    Seamus McGarvey
  3. Django Unchained
    Robert Richardson
  4. Lincoln
    Janusz Kaminski
  5. Skyfall
    Roger Deakins

Writing
Original Screenplay

  1. Oscar® Winner

    Django Unchained
  2. Amour
    Michael Haneke
  3. Flight
    John Gatins
  4. Moonrise Kingdom
    Wes Anderson and Roman Coppola
  5. Zero Dark Thirty
    Mark Boal

Writing
Adapted Screenplay

  1. Oscar® Winner

    Argo
    Chris Terrio
  2. Beasts of the Southern Wild
    Lucy Alibar and Benh Zeitlin
    “Beasts of the Southern Wild”
  3. Life of Pi
    David Magee
  4. Lincoln
    Tony Kushner
  5. Silver Linings Playbook
    David O. Russell

Film Editing

  1. Oscar® Winner

    Argo
    William Goldenberg
  2. Life of Pi
    Tim Squyres
  3. Lincoln
    Michael Kahn
  4. Silver Linings Playbook
    Jay Cassidy and Crispin Struthers
  5. Zero Dark Thirty
    Dylan Tichenor and William Goldenberg

Sound Mixing

  1. Oscar® Winner

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

Actress
in a leading role

  1. Oscar® Winner

    Jennifer Lawrence in Silver Linings Playbook
  2. Jessica Chastain in Zero Dark Thirty
  3. Emmanuelle Riva in Amour
    Emmanuelle Riva
  4. Quvenzhané Wallis in Beasts of the Southern Wild
    Quvenzhané Wallis
    “Beasts of the Southern Wild”
  5. Naomi Watts in The Impossible

Actress
in a supporting role

  1. Oscar® Winner

    Anne Hathaway in Les Misérables
  2. Amy Adams in The Master
  3. Sally Field in Lincoln
  4. Helen Hunt in The Sessions
    “The Sessions”
  5. Jacki Weaver in Silver Linings Playbook
    Jacki Weaver

Production Design

  1. Oscar® Winner

    Lincoln
    Production Design: Rick Carter / Set Decoration: Jim Erickson
  2. Anna Karenina
    Production Design: Sarah Greenwood / Set Decoration: Katie Spencer
  3. The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
    Production Design: Dan Hennah / Set Decoration: Ra Vincent and Simon Bright
  4. Les Misérables
    Production Design: Eve Stewart / Set Decoration: Anna Lynch-Robinson
  5. Life of Pi
    Production Design: David Gropman / Set Decoration: Anna Pinnock

Costume Design

  1. Oscar® Winner

    Anna Karenina
    Jacqueline Durran
  2. Les Misérables
    Paco Delgado
  3. Lincoln
    Joanna Johnston
  4. Mirror Mirror
    Eiko Ishioka
  5. Snow White and the Huntsman
    Colleen Atwood

Makeup and Hairstyling

  1. Oscar® Winner

    Les Misérables
    Lisa Westcott and Julie Dartnell
  2. Hitchcock
    Howard Berger, Peter Montagna and Martin Samuel
  3. The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
    Peter Swords King, Rick Findlater and Tami Lane

Music
original score

  1. Oscar® Winner

    Life of Pi
    Mychael Danna
  2. Anna Karenina
    Dario Marianelli
  3. Argo
    Alexandre Desplat
  4. Lincoln
    John Williams
  5. Skyfall
    Thomas Newman

Sound Editing

  1. Oscar® Winner

    Skyfall
    Per Hallberg and Karen Baker Landers
  2. Argo
    Erik Aadahl and Ethan Van der Ryn
  3. Django Unchained
    Wylie Stateman
  4. Life of Pi
    Eugene Gearty and Philip Stockton
  5. Zero Dark Thirty
    Paul N.J. Ottosson