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The 85th Academy Awards | 2013
Dolby Theatre at the Hollywood & Highland Center
Sunday, February 24, 2013
Honoring movies released in 2012
Highlights
Animated Feature
Brave

Directors Mark Andrews and Brenda Chapman

Foreign Language Film
Amour

Michael Haneke, accepting for Austria, presented by Jennifer Garner and Jessica Chastain

Best Directing
Life of Pi

Ang Lee

Memorable Moments
A Musical Medley
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Aaron Tveit, Anne Hathaway, Amanda Seyfried, Eddie Redmayne, Hugh Jackman, Samantha Barks, Sacha Baron Cohen and Russell Crowe perform a medley from Les Misérables as part of a salute to movie musicals of the past decade

Anne Hathaway
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Supporting Actress winner for Les Misérables

Chris Terrio
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Adapted Screenplay winner for Argo

WINNERS & NOMINEES
Actor in a Leading Role
Winner
Daniel Day-Lewis
Lincoln
Nominees
Bradley Cooper
Silver Linings Playbook
Nominees
Hugh Jackman
Les Misérables
Nominees
Joaquin Phoenix
The Master
Nominees
Denzel Washington
Flight
Actor in a Supporting Role
Winner
Christoph Waltz
Django Unchained
Nominees
Alan Arkin
Argo
Nominees
Robert De Niro
Silver Linings Playbook
Nominees
Philip Seymour Hoffman
The Master
Nominees
Tommy Lee Jones
Lincoln
Actress in a Leading Role
Winner
Jennifer Lawrence
Silver Linings Playbook
Nominees
Jessica Chastain
Zero Dark Thirty
Nominees
Emmanuelle Riva
Amour
Nominees
Quvenzhané Wallis
Beasts of the Southern Wild
Nominees
Naomi Watts
The Impossible
Actress in a Supporting Role
Winner
Anne Hathaway
Les Misérables
Nominees
Amy Adams
The Master
Nominees
Sally Field
Lincoln
Nominees
Helen Hunt
The Sessions
Nominees
Jacki Weaver
Silver Linings Playbook
Animated Feature Film
Winner
Brave
Mark Andrews and Brenda Chapman
Nominees
Frankenweenie
Tim Burton
Nominees
ParaNorman
Sam Fell and Chris Butler
Nominees
The Pirates! Band of Misfits
Peter Lord
Nominees
Wreck-It Ralph
Rich Moore
Cinematography
Winner
Life of Pi
Claudio Miranda
Nominees
Anna Karenina
Seamus McGarvey
Nominees
Django Unchained
Robert Richardson
Nominees
Lincoln
Janusz Kaminski
Nominees
Skyfall
Roger Deakins
Costume Design
Winner
Anna Karenina
Jacqueline Durran
Nominees
Les Mis_rables
Paco Delgado
Nominees
Lincoln
Joanna Johnston
Nominees
Mirror Mirror
Eiko Ishioka
Nominees
Snow White and the Huntsman
Colleen Atwood
Directing
Winner
Life of Pi
Ang Lee
Nominees
Amour
Michael Haneke
Nominees
Beasts of the Southern Wild
Benh Zeitlin
Nominees
Lincoln
Steven Spielberg
Nominees
Silver Linings Playbook
David O. Russell
Documentary (Feature)
Winner
Searching for Sugar Man
Malik Bendjelloul and Simon Chinn
Nominees
5 Broken Cameras
Emad Burnat and Guy Davidi
Nominees
The Gatekeepers
Dror Moreh, Philippa Kowarsky and Estelle Fialon
Nominees
How to Survive a Plague
David France and Howard Gertler
Nominees
The Invisible War
Kirby Dick and Amy Ziering
Documentary (Short Subject)
Winner
Inocente
Sean Fine and Andrea Nix Fine
Nominees
Kings Point
Sari Gilman and Jedd Wider
Nominees
Mondays at Racine
Cynthia Wade and Robin Honan
Nominees
Open Heart
Kief Davidson and Cori Shepherd Stern
Nominees
Redemption
Jon Alpert and Matthew O'Neill
Film Editing
Winner
Argo
William Goldenberg
Nominees
Life of Pi
Tim Squyres
Nominees
Lincoln
Michael Kahn
Nominees
Silver Linings Playbook
Jay Cassidy and Crispin Struthers
Nominees
Zero Dark Thirty
Dylan Tichenor and William Goldenberg
Foreign Language Film
Winner
Amour
Austria
Nominees
Kon-Tiki
Norway
Nominees
No
Chile
Nominees
A Royal Affair
Denmark
Nominees
War Witch
Canada
Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award
Winner
Jeffrey Katzenberg
Makeup and Hairstyling
Winner
Les Mis_rables
Lisa Westcott and Julie Dartnell
Nominees
Hitchcock
Howard Berger, Peter Montagna and Martin Samuel
Nominees
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Peter Swords King, Rick Findlater and Tami Lane
Music (Original Score)
Winner
Life of Pi
Mychael Danna
Nominees
Anna Karenina
Dario Marianelli
Nominees
Argo
Alexandre Desplat
Nominees
Lincoln
John Williams
Nominees
Skyfall
Thomas Newman
Music (Original Song)
Winner
Skyfall
Skyfall in "Skyfall" Music and Lyric by Adele Adkins and Paul Epworth
Nominees
Chasing Ice
Before My Time in "Chasing Ice" Music and Lyric by J. Ralph
Nominees
Ted
Everybody Needs A Best Friend in "Ted" Music by Walter Murphy; Lyric by Seth MacFarlane
Nominees
Life of Pi
Pi's Lullaby in "Life of Pi" Music by Mychael Danna; Lyric by Bombay Jayashri
Nominees
Les Misérables
Suddenly in "Les Misérables" Music by Claude-Michel Schönberg; Lyric by Herbert Kretzmer and Alain Boublil
Best Picture
Winner
Argo
Grant Heslov, Ben Affleck and George Clooney, Producers
Nominees
Amour
Margaret Menegoz, Stefan Arndt, Veit Heiduschka and Michael Katz, Producers
Nominees
Beasts of the Southern Wild
Dan Janvey, Josh Penn and Michael Gottwald, Producers
Nominees
Django Unchained
Stacey Sher, Reginald Hudlin and Pilar Savone, Producers
Nominees
Les Mis_rables
Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Debra Hayward and Cameron Mackintosh, Producers
Nominees
Life of Pi
Gil Netter, Ang Lee and David Womark, Producers
Nominees
Lincoln
Steven Spielberg and Kathleen Kennedy, Producers
Nominees
Silver Linings Playbook
Donna Gigliotti, Bruce Cohen and Jonathan Gordon, Producers
Nominees
Zero Dark Thirty
Mark Boal, Kathryn Bigelow and Megan Ellison, Producers
Production Design
Winner
Lincoln
Production Design: Rick Carter; Set Decoration: Jim Erickson
Nominees
Anna Karenina
Production Design: Sarah Greenwood; Set Decoration: Katie Spencer
Nominees
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Production Design: Dan Hennah; Set Decoration: Ra Vincent and Simon Bright
Nominees
Les Mis_rables
Production Design: Eve Stewart; Set Decoration: Anna Lynch-Robinson
Nominees
Life of Pi
Production Design: David Gropman; Set Decoration: Anna Pinnock
Short Film (Animated)
Winner
Paperman
John Kahrs
Nominees
Adam and Dog
Minkyu Lee
Nominees
Fresh Guacamole
PES
Nominees
Head over Heels
Timothy Reckart and Fodhla Cronin O'Reilly
Nominees
Maggie Simpson in "The Longest Daycare"
David Silverman
Short Film (Live Action)
Winner
Curfew
Shawn Christensen
Nominees
Asad
Bryan Buckley and Mino Jarjoura
Nominees
Buzkashi Boys
Sam French and Ariel Nasr
Nominees
Death of a Shadow (Dood van een Schaduw)
Tom Van Avermaet and Ellen De Waele
Nominees
Henry
Yan England
Sound Editing
Winner
Skyfall
Per Hallberg and Karen Baker Landers
Winner
Zero Dark Thirty
Paul N.J. Ottosson
Nominees
Argo
Erik Aadahl and Ethan Van der Ryn
Nominees
Django Unchained
Wylie Stateman
Nominees
Life of Pi
Eugene Gearty and Philip Stockton
Sound Mixing
Winner
Les Mis_rables
Andy Nelson, Mark Paterson and Simon Hayes
Nominees
Argo
John Reitz, Gregg Rudloff and Jose Antonio Garcia
Nominees
Life of Pi
Ron Bartlett, D.M. Hemphill and Drew Kunin
Nominees
Lincoln
Andy Nelson, Gary Rydstrom and Ronald Judkins
Nominees
Skyfall
Scott Millan, Greg P. Russell and Stuart Wilson
Visual Effects
Winner
Life of Pi
Bill Westenhofer, Guillaume Rocheron, Erik-Jan De Boer and Donald R. Elliott
Nominees
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Joe Letteri, Eric Saindon, David Clayton and R. Christopher White
Nominees
Marvel's The Avengers
Janek Sirrs, Jeff White, Guy Williams and Dan Sudick
Nominees
Prometheus
Richard Stammers, Trevor Wood, Charley Henley and Martin Hill
Nominees
Snow White and the Huntsman
Cedric Nicolas-Troyan, Philip Brennan, Neil Corbould and Michael Dawson
Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
Winner
Argo
Screenplay by Chris Terrio
Nominees
Beasts of the Southern Wild
Screenplay by Lucy Alibar & Benh Zeitlin
Nominees
Life of Pi
Screenplay by David Magee
Nominees
Lincoln
Screenplay by Tony Kushner
Nominees
Silver Linings Playbook
Screenplay by David O. Russell
Writing (Original Screenplay)
Winner
Django Unchained
Written by Quentin Tarantino
Nominees
Amour
Written by Michael Haneke
Nominees
Flight
Written by John Gatins
Nominees
Moonrise Kingdom
Written by Wes Anderson & Roman Coppola
Nominees
Zero Dark Thirty
Written by Mark Boal

0-9

5 Broken Cameras
1 NOMINATION
  • Documentary (Feature) - Emad Burnat and Guy Davidi

A

Adam and Dog
1 NOMINATION
  • Short Film (Animated) - Minkyu Lee
Amour
5 NOMINATIONS, 1 WIN
  • * Foreign Language Film - Austria
  • Actress in a Leading Role - Emmanuelle Riva
  • Directing - Michael Haneke
  • Best Picture - Margaret Menegoz, Stefan Arndt, Veit Heiduschka and Michael Katz, Producers
  • Writing (Original Screenplay) - Written by Michael Haneke
Anna Karenina
4 NOMINATIONS, 1 WIN
  • * Costume Design - Jacqueline Durran
  • Cinematography - Seamus McGarvey
  • Music (Original Score) - Dario Marianelli
  • Production Design - Production Design: Sarah Greenwood; Set Decoration: Katie Spencer
Argo
7 NOMINATIONS, 3 WINS
  • * Film Editing - William Goldenberg
  • * Best Picture - Grant Heslov, Ben Affleck and George Clooney, Producers
  • * Writing (Adapted Screenplay) - Screenplay by Chris Terrio
  • Actor in a Supporting Role - Alan Arkin
  • Music (Original Score) - Alexandre Desplat
  • Sound Editing - Erik Aadahl and Ethan Van der Ryn
  • Sound Mixing - John Reitz, Gregg Rudloff and Jose Antonio Garcia
Asad
1 NOMINATION
  • Short Film (Live Action) - Bryan Buckley and Mino Jarjoura

B

Beasts of the Southern Wild
4 NOMINATIONS
  • Actress in a Leading Role - Quvenzhané Wallis
  • Directing - Benh Zeitlin
  • Best Picture - Dan Janvey, Josh Penn and Michael Gottwald, Producers
  • Writing (Adapted Screenplay) - Screenplay by Lucy Alibar & Benh Zeitlin
Brave
1 WIN, 1 NOMINATION
  • * Animated Feature Film - Mark Andrews and Brenda Chapman
Buzkashi Boys
1 NOMINATION
  • Short Film (Live Action) - Sam French and Ariel Nasr

C

Chasing Ice
1 NOMINATION
  • Music (Original Song) - Before My Time in "Chasing Ice" Music and Lyric by J. Ralph
Curfew
1 WIN, 1 NOMINATION
  • * Short Film (Live Action) - Shawn Christensen

D

Death of a Shadow (Dood van een Schaduw)
1 NOMINATION
  • Short Film (Live Action) - Tom Van Avermaet and Ellen De Waele
Django Unchained
5 NOMINATIONS, 2 WINS
  • * Actor in a Supporting Role - Christoph Waltz
  • * Writing (Original Screenplay) - Written by Quentin Tarantino
  • Cinematography - Robert Richardson
  • Best Picture - Stacey Sher, Reginald Hudlin and Pilar Savone, Producers
  • Sound Editing - Wylie Stateman

F

Flight
2 NOMINATIONS
  • Actor in a Leading Role - Denzel Washington
  • Writing (Original Screenplay) - Written by John Gatins
Frankenweenie
1 NOMINATION
  • Animated Feature Film - Tim Burton
Fresh Guacamole
1 NOMINATION
  • Short Film (Animated) - PES

G

The Gatekeepers
1 NOMINATION
  • Documentary (Feature) - Dror Moreh, Philippa Kowarsky and Estelle Fialon

H

Head over Heels
1 NOMINATION
  • Short Film (Animated) - Timothy Reckart and Fodhla Cronin O'Reilly
Henry
1 NOMINATION
  • Short Film (Live Action) - Yan England
Hitchcock
1 NOMINATION
  • Makeup and Hairstyling - Howard Berger, Peter Montagna and Martin Samuel
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
3 NOMINATIONS
  • Makeup and Hairstyling - Peter Swords King, Rick Findlater and Tami Lane
  • Production Design - Production Design: Dan Hennah; Set Decoration: Ra Vincent and Simon Bright
  • Visual Effects - Joe Letteri, Eric Saindon, David Clayton and R. Christopher White
How to Survive a Plague
1 NOMINATION
  • Documentary (Feature) - David France and Howard Gertler

I

The Impossible
1 NOMINATION
  • Actress in a Leading Role - Naomi Watts
Inocente
1 WIN, 1 NOMINATION
  • * Documentary (Short Subject) - Sean Fine and Andrea Nix Fine
The Invisible War
1 NOMINATION
  • Documentary (Feature) - Kirby Dick and Amy Ziering

K

Kings Point
1 NOMINATION
  • Documentary (Short Subject) - Sari Gilman and Jedd Wider
Kon-Tiki
1 NOMINATION
  • Foreign Language Film - Norway

L

Les Mis_rables
5 NOMINATIONS, 2 WINS
  • * Makeup and Hairstyling - Lisa Westcott and Julie Dartnell
  • * Sound Mixing - Andy Nelson, Mark Paterson and Simon Hayes
  • Costume Design - Paco Delgado
  • Best Picture - Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Debra Hayward and Cameron Mackintosh, Producers
  • Production Design - Production Design: Eve Stewart; Set Decoration: Anna Lynch-Robinson
Les Misérables
3 NOMINATIONS, 1 WIN
  • * Actress in a Supporting Role - Anne Hathaway
  • Actor in a Leading Role - Hugh Jackman
  • Music (Original Song) - Suddenly in "Les Misérables" Music by Claude-Michel Schönberg; Lyric by Herbert Kretzmer and Alain Boublil
Life of Pi
11 NOMINATIONS, 4 WINS
  • * Cinematography - Claudio Miranda
  • * Directing - Ang Lee
  • * Music (Original Score) - Mychael Danna
  • * Visual Effects - Bill Westenhofer, Guillaume Rocheron, Erik-Jan De Boer and Donald R. Elliott
  • Film Editing - Tim Squyres
  • Music (Original Song) - Pi's Lullaby in "Life of Pi" Music by Mychael Danna; Lyric by Bombay Jayashri
  • Best Picture - Gil Netter, Ang Lee and David Womark, Producers
  • Production Design - Production Design: David Gropman; Set Decoration: Anna Pinnock
  • Sound Editing - Eugene Gearty and Philip Stockton
  • Sound Mixing - Ron Bartlett, D.M. Hemphill and Drew Kunin
  • Writing (Adapted Screenplay) - Screenplay by David Magee
Lincoln
12 NOMINATIONS, 2 WINS
  • * Actor in a Leading Role - Daniel Day-Lewis
  • * Production Design - Production Design: Rick Carter; Set Decoration: Jim Erickson
  • Actor in a Supporting Role - Tommy Lee Jones
  • Actress in a Supporting Role - Sally Field
  • Cinematography - Janusz Kaminski
  • Costume Design - Joanna Johnston
  • Directing - Steven Spielberg
  • Film Editing - Michael Kahn
  • Music (Original Score) - John Williams
  • Best Picture - Steven Spielberg and Kathleen Kennedy, Producers
  • Sound Mixing - Andy Nelson, Gary Rydstrom and Ronald Judkins
  • Writing (Adapted Screenplay) - Screenplay by Tony Kushner

M

Maggie Simpson in "The Longest Daycare"
1 NOMINATION
  • Short Film (Animated) - David Silverman
Marvel's The Avengers
1 NOMINATION
  • Visual Effects - Janek Sirrs, Jeff White, Guy Williams and Dan Sudick
The Master
3 NOMINATIONS
  • Actor in a Leading Role - Joaquin Phoenix
  • Actor in a Supporting Role - Philip Seymour Hoffman
  • Actress in a Supporting Role - Amy Adams
Mirror Mirror
1 NOMINATION
  • Costume Design - Eiko Ishioka
Mondays at Racine
1 NOMINATION
  • Documentary (Short Subject) - Cynthia Wade and Robin Honan
Moonrise Kingdom
1 NOMINATION
  • Writing (Original Screenplay) - Written by Wes Anderson & Roman Coppola

N

No
1 NOMINATION
  • Foreign Language Film - Chile

O

Open Heart
1 NOMINATION
  • Documentary (Short Subject) - Kief Davidson and Cori Shepherd Stern

P

Paperman
1 WIN, 1 NOMINATION
  • * Short Film (Animated) - John Kahrs
ParaNorman
1 NOMINATION
  • Animated Feature Film - Sam Fell and Chris Butler
The Pirates! Band of Misfits
1 NOMINATION
  • Animated Feature Film - Peter Lord
Prometheus
1 NOMINATION
  • Visual Effects - Richard Stammers, Trevor Wood, Charley Henley and Martin Hill

R

Redemption
1 NOMINATION
  • Documentary (Short Subject) - Jon Alpert and Matthew O'Neill
A Royal Affair
1 NOMINATION
  • Foreign Language Film - Denmark

S

Searching for Sugar Man
1 WIN, 1 NOMINATION
  • * Documentary (Feature) - Malik Bendjelloul and Simon Chinn
The Sessions
1 NOMINATION
  • Actress in a Supporting Role - Helen Hunt
Silver Linings Playbook
8 NOMINATIONS, 1 WIN
  • * Actress in a Leading Role - Jennifer Lawrence
  • Actor in a Leading Role - Bradley Cooper
  • Actor in a Supporting Role - Robert De Niro
  • Actress in a Supporting Role - Jacki Weaver
  • Directing - David O. Russell
  • Film Editing - Jay Cassidy and Crispin Struthers
  • Best Picture - Donna Gigliotti, Bruce Cohen and Jonathan Gordon, Producers
  • Writing (Adapted Screenplay) - Screenplay by David O. Russell
Skyfall
5 NOMINATIONS, 2 WINS
  • * Music (Original Song) - Skyfall in "Skyfall" Music and Lyric by Adele Adkins and Paul Epworth
  • * Sound Editing - Per Hallberg and Karen Baker Landers
  • Cinematography - Roger Deakins
  • Music (Original Score) - Thomas Newman
  • Sound Mixing - Scott Millan, Greg P. Russell and Stuart Wilson
Snow White and the Huntsman
2 NOMINATIONS
  • Costume Design - Colleen Atwood
  • Visual Effects - Cedric Nicolas-Troyan, Philip Brennan, Neil Corbould and Michael Dawson

T

Ted
1 NOMINATION
  • Music (Original Song) - Everybody Needs A Best Friend in "Ted" Music by Walter Murphy; Lyric by Seth MacFarlane

W

War Witch
1 NOMINATION
  • Foreign Language Film - Canada
Wreck-It Ralph
1 NOMINATION
  • Animated Feature Film - Rich Moore

Z

Zero Dark Thirty
5 NOMINATIONS, 1 WIN
  • * Sound Editing - Paul N.J. Ottosson
  • Actress in a Leading Role - Jessica Chastain
  • Film Editing - Dylan Tichenor and William Goldenberg
  • Best Picture - Mark Boal, Kathryn Bigelow and Megan Ellison, Producers
  • Writing (Original Screenplay) - Written by Mark Boal
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