84th Annual Academy Awards Nominations (2012)

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  • Date of Ceremony: Sunday, February 26, 2012
  • For films released in: 2011
  • Nominations Announcement: Tuesday, January 24, 2012
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And the nominees are:

Best Picture

  • The Artist
    Thomas Langmann [Producer]
  • The Descendants
    Jim Burke [Producer], Alexander Payne [Producer] and Jim Taylor [Producer]
  • Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
    Scott Rudin [Producer]
  • The Help
    Brunson Green [Producer], Chris Columbus [Producer] and Michael Barnathan [Producer]
  • Hugo
    Graham King [Producer] and Martin Scorsese [Producer]
  • Midnight in Paris
    Letty Aronson [Producer] and Stephen Tenenbaum [Producer]
  • Moneyball
    Michael De Luca [Producer], Rachael Horovitz [Producer] and Brad Pitt [Producer]
  • The Tree of Life
    Sarah Green [Producer], Bill Pohlad [Producer], Dede Gardner [Producer] and Grant Hill [Producer]
  • War Horse
    Steven Spielberg [Producer] and Kathleen Kennedy [Producer]

Best Directing

  • The Artist
    Michel Hazanavicius
  • The Descendants
    Alexander Payne
  • Hugo
    Martin Scorsese
  • Midnight in Paris
    Woody Allen
  • The Tree of Life
    Terrence Malick

Best Actor in a Leading Role

  • The Artist
    Jean Dujardin
  • A Better Life
    Demian Bichir
  • The Descendants
    George Clooney
  • Moneyball
    Brad Pitt
  • Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
    Gary Oldman

Best Actress in a Leading Role

  • Albert Nobbs
    Glenn Close
  • The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
    Rooney Mara
  • The Help
    Viola Davis
  • The Iron Lady
    Meryl Streep
  • My Week With Marilyn
    Michelle Williams

Best Actor in a Supporting Role

  • Beginners
    Christopher Plummer
  • Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
    Max von Sydow
  • Moneyball
    Jonah Hill
  • My Week With Marilyn
    Kenneth Branagh
  • Warrior
    Nick Nolte

Best Actress in a Supporting Role

  • Albert Nobbs
    Janet McTeer
  • The Artist
    Berenice Bejo
  • Bridesmaids
    Melissa McCarthy
  • The Help
    Jessica Chastain
  • The Help
    Octavia Spencer

Best Animated Feature

  • 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 Verbinksi

Best Foreign Language Film

  • Bullhead
  • Footnote
  • In Darkness
  • Monsieur Lazhar
  • A Separation

Best Art Direction

  • The Artist
    Laurence Bennett [Production Design] and Robert Gould [Set Decoration]
  • Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
    Stuart Craig [Production Design] and Stephenie McMillan [Set Decoration]
  • Hugo
    Dante Ferretti [Production Design] and Francesca Lo Schiavo [Set Decoration]
  • Midnight in Paris
    Anne Seibel [Production Design] and Helene Dubreuil [Set Decoration]
  • War Horse
    Rick Carter [Production Design] and Lee Sandales [Set Decoration]

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 Rich 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 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)

  • The Muppets "Man or Muppet"
    Bret McKenzie [Music & Lyric by]
  • Rio "Real in Rio"
    Sergio Mendes [Music by], Carlinhos Brown [Music by] and Siedah Garrett [Lyric by]

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 Zahle and Stefan Gieren
  • The Shore
    Terry George and Oorlagh George
  • Time Freak
    Andrew Bowler and Gigi Causey
  • Tuba Atlantic
    Hallvar Witzo

Best Sound Editing

  • Drive
    Lon Bender and Victor Ray Ennis
  • 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, 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

Best Visual Effects

  • Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
    Tim Burke, David Vickery, Greg Butler and John Richardson
  • Hugo
    Robert 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

Best Writing (Adapted Screenplay)

  • The Descendants
    Alexander Payne [Screenplay by], Nat Faxon [Screenplay by] and Jim Rash [Screenplay by]
  • Hugo
    John Logan [Screenplay by]
  • The Ides of March
    George Clooney [Screenplay by], Grant Heslov [Screenplay by] and Beau Willimon [Screenplay by]
  • Moneyball
    Steven Zaillian [Screenplay by], Aaron Sorkin [Screenplay by] and Stan Chervin [Story by]
  • Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
    Bridget O'Connor [Screenplay by] and Peter Straughan [Screenplay by]

Best Writing (Original Screenplay)

  • The Artist
    Michel Hazanavicius [Written by]
  • Bridesmaids
    Annie Mumolo [Written by] and Kristen Wiig [Written by]
  • Margin Call
    J.C. Chandor [Written by]
  • Midnight in Paris
    Woody Allen [Written by]
  • A Separation
    Asghar Farhadi
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