2012 (85th Annual Awards)
Nominations and Winners
Listed below are the Academy Award nominations and winners for the year 2012. The
symbol appears next to the winner in each category. Click on the name of a film, person or song in the list to display more information about that film, person or song. Or, click on a year in the column on the right to display the nominations and winners from that year.
Best Picture
Amour, Les Films du Losange/X Filme Creative Pool/Wega Film Production; Sony Pictures Classics. (Austria, France, Germany) Margaret Menegoz, Stefan Arndt, Veit Heiduschka and Michael Katz, Producers.Argo, Stage 16 Pictures Production; Warner Bros. (USA, UK) Grant Heslov, Ben Affleck and George Clooney, Producers.Beasts of the Southern Wild, Cinereach and Court 13 Production; Fox Searchlight. Dan Janvey, Josh Penn and Michael Gottwald, Producers.Django Unchained, Weinstein Company and Columbia Pictures Production; The Weinstein Company. Stacey Sher, Reginald Hudlin and Pilar Savone, Producers.Les Misérables, Universal Pictures and Working Title Production; Universal. (UK, USA) Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Debra Hayward and Cameron Mackintosh, Producers.Life of Pi, Fox 2000 Pictures Production; 20th Century Fox. (USA, Taiwan, UK, Canada) Gil Netter, Ang Lee and David Womark, Producers.Lincoln, DreamWorks Pictures/20th Century Fox Production; Walt Disney/20th Century Fox. (USA, India) Steven Spielberg and Kathleen Kennedy, Producers.Silver Linings Playbook, Weinstein Company Production; The Weinstein Company. Donna Gigliotti, Bruce Cohen and Jonathan Gordon, Producers.Zero Dark Thirty, Columbia Pictures Production; Sony Pictures Releasing. (USA, United Arab Emirates) Mark Boal, Kathryn Bigelow and Megan Ellison, Producers.Actor in a Leading Role
Daniel Day-Lewis in Lincoln, DreamWorks Pictures/20th Century Fox Production; Walt Disney/20th Century Fox. (USA, India)Hugh Jackman in Les Misérables, Universal Pictures and Working Title Production; Universal. (UK, USA)Joaquin Phoenix in The Master, Ghoulardi Film Company/Annapurna Pictures Production; The Weinstein Company.Actress in a Leading Role
Jessica Chastain in Zero Dark Thirty, Columbia Pictures Production; Sony Pictures Releasing. (USA, United Arab Emirates)Emmanuelle Riva in Amour, Les Films du Losange/X Filme Creative Pool/Wega Film Production; Sony Pictures Classics. (Austria, France, Germany)Quvenzhané Wallis in Beasts of the Southern Wild, Cinereach and Court 13 Production; Fox Searchlight.Naomi Watts in The Impossible, Apaches Entertainment/Telecinco Cinema in association with La Trini, CANAL +, ICAA, IVAC and Generalitat Valenciana Production; Summit Entertainment and Mediaset España. (Spain, USA)Actor in a Supporting Role
Philip Seymour Hoffman in The Master, Ghoulardi Film Company/Annapurna Pictures Production; The Weinstein Company.Tommy Lee Jones in Lincoln, DreamWorks Pictures/20th Century Fox Production; Walt Disney/20th Century Fox. (USA, India)Christoph Waltz in Django Unchained, Weinstein Company and Columbia Pictures Production; The Weinstein Company.Actress in a Supporting Role
Amy Adams in The Master, Ghoulardi Film Company/Annapurna Pictures Production; The Weinstein Company.Sally Field in Lincoln, DreamWorks Pictures/20th Century Fox Production; Walt Disney/20th Century Fox. (USA, India)Anne Hathaway in Les Misérables, Universal Pictures and Working Title Production; Universal. (UK, USA)Directing
Amour, Les Films du Losange/X Filme Creative Pool/Wega Film Production; Sony Pictures Classics. (Austria, France, Germany) Michael Haneke.Lincoln, DreamWorks Pictures/20th Century Fox Production; Walt Disney/20th Century Fox. (USA, India) Steven Spielberg.Animated Feature Film
The Pirates! Band of Misfits, Columbia and Sony Pictures Animation Production; Sony Pictures Releasing. (UK, USA) Peter Lord.Cinematography
Django Unchained, Weinstein Company and Columbia Pictures Production; The Weinstein Company. Robert Richardson.Life of Pi, Fox 2000 Pictures Production; 20th Century Fox. (USA, Taiwan, UK, Canada) Claudio Miranda.Lincoln, DreamWorks Pictures/20th Century Fox Production; Walt Disney/20th Century Fox. (USA, India) Janusz Kaminski.Skyfall, Eon Productions Ltd./Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures/Columbia Pictures Production; Sony Pictures Releasing and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. (UK, USA) Roger Deakins.Costume Design
Lincoln, DreamWorks Pictures/20th Century Fox Production; Walt Disney/20th Century Fox. (USA, India) Joanna Johnston.Mirror Mirror, Goldmann Pictures/Relativity Media/RAT Entertainment/Misher Films Production; Relativity Media. (USA, Canada) Eiko Ishioka.Documentary
(Feature)
5 Broken Cameras, Guy DVD Films/Burnat Films Palestine; Kino Lorber. (Palestine, Israel, France, Netherlands) Emad Burnat and Guy Davidi.The Gatekeepers, Les Films du Poisson/Dror Moreh/Cinephil; Sony Pictures Classics. (Israel, France) Dror Moreh, Philippa Kowarsky and Estelle Fialon.How to Survive a Plague, How to Survive a Plague Production; Sundance Selects. David France and Howard Gertler.The Invisible War, Chain Camera Pictures Production; Cinedigm/Docurama Films. (USA, France) Kirby Dick and Amy Ziering.Searching for Sugar Man, Red Box Films and Passion Pictures in association with Canfield Pictures Production; Sony Pictures Classics. (Sweden, UK, Finland) Malik Bendjelloul and Simon Chinn.(Short Subject)
Film Editing
Lincoln, DreamWorks Pictures/20th Century Fox Production; Walt Disney/20th Century Fox. (USA, India) Michael Kahn.Silver Linings Playbook, Weinstein Company Production; The Weinstein Company. Jay Cassidy and Crispin Struthers.Zero Dark Thirty, Columbia Pictures Production; Sony Pictures Releasing. (USA, United Arab Emirates) Dylan Tichenor and William Goldenberg.Foreign Language Film
Amour, Les Films du Losange/X Filme Creative Pool/Wega Film Production; Sony Pictures Classics. (Austria, France, Germany)Kon-Tiki, Nordisk Film Production; The Weinstein Company. (UK, Norway, Denmark, Germany, Sweden)No, Fabula Production; Sony Pictures Classics. (Chile, France, Mexico, USA)A Royal Affair, Zentropa Production; Magnolia Pictures. (Denmark, Sweden, Czech Republic, Germany)War Witch, Item 7 Production; Tribeca Film. (Canada)Makeup and Hairstyling
Hitchcock, Montecito Picture Company/Barnette/Thayer Production; Fox Searchlight. (USA, UK) Howard Berger, Peter Montagna and Martin Samuel.The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, New Line and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures Production; Warner Bros. and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. (USA, New Zealand) Peter Swords King, Rick Findlater and Tami Lane.Les Misérables, Universal Pictures and Working Title Production; Universal. (UK, USA) Lisa Westcott and Julie Dartnell.NOTE: The ‘Makeup’ category was renamed ‘Makeup and Hairstyling’ in 2012.
Music
(Original Score)
Life of Pi, Fox 2000 Pictures Production; 20th Century Fox. (USA, Taiwan, UK, Canada) Mychael Danna.Lincoln, DreamWorks Pictures/20th Century Fox Production; Walt Disney/20th Century Fox. (USA, India) John Williams.Skyfall, Eon Productions Ltd./Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures/Columbia Pictures Production; Sony Pictures Releasing and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. (UK, USA) Thomas Newman.(Original Song)
Before My Time from Chasing Ice, Exposure Production; Submarine Deluxe. Music and lyric by J. Ralph.Everybody Needs A Best Friend from Ted, Media Rights Capital Production; Universal. Music by Walter Murphy; lyric by Seth MacFarlane.Pi’s Lullaby from Life of Pi, Fox 2000 Pictures Production; 20th Century Fox. (USA, Taiwan, UK, Canada) Music by Mychael Danna; lyric by Bombay Jayashri.Skyfall from Skyfall, Eon Productions Ltd./Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures/Columbia Pictures Production; Sony Pictures Releasing and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. (UK, USA) Music and lyric by Adele Adkins and Paul Epworth.Suddenly from Les Misérables, Universal Pictures and Working Title Production; Universal. (UK, USA) Music by Claude-Michel Schönberg; lyric by Herbert Kretzmer and Alain Boublil.Production Design
Anna Karenina, Working Title Films Production; Focus Features. (UK) Production design by Sarah Greenwood; set decoration by Katie Spencer.The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, New Line and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures Production; Warner Bros. and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. (USA, New Zealand) Production design by Dan Hennah; set decoration by Ra Vincent and Simon Bright.Les Misérables, Universal Pictures and Working Title Production; Universal. (UK, USA) Production design by Eve Stewart; set decoration by Anna Lynch-Robinson.Life of Pi, Fox 2000 Pictures Production; 20th Century Fox. (USA, Taiwan, UK, Canada) Production design by David Gropman; set decoration by Anna Pinnock.Lincoln, DreamWorks Pictures/20th Century Fox Production; Walt Disney/20th Century Fox. (USA, India) Production design by Rick Carter; set decoration by Jim Erickson.NOTE: The ‘Art Direction’ category was renamed ‘Production Design’ in 2012.
Short Films
(Animated)
Head over Heels, National Film and Television School Production; National Film and Television School. (UK) Timothy Reckart and Fodhla Cronin O’Reilly.Maggie Simpson in “The Longest Daycare”, Gracie Films Production; 20th Century Fox Animation. David Silverman.(Live Action)
Death of a Shadow (Dood van een Schaduw), Serendipity Films Production; Premium Films. (Belgium, France) Tom Van Avermaet and Ellen De Waele.Sound Editing
Django Unchained, Weinstein Company and Columbia Pictures Production; The Weinstein Company. Wylie Stateman.Life of Pi, Fox 2000 Pictures Production; 20th Century Fox. (USA, Taiwan, UK, Canada) Eugene Gearty and Philip Stockton.Skyfall, Eon Productions Ltd./Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures/Columbia Pictures Production; Sony Pictures Releasing and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. (UK, USA) Per Hallberg and Karen Baker Landers.Zero Dark Thirty, Columbia Pictures Production; Sony Pictures Releasing. (USA, United Arab Emirates) Paul N. J. Ottosson.Sound Mixing
Argo, Stage 16 Pictures Production; Warner Bros. (USA, UK) John Reitz, Gregg Rudloff and Jose Antonio Garcia.Les Misérables, Universal Pictures and Working Title Production; Universal. (UK, USA) Andy Nelson, Mark Paterson and Simon Hayes.Life of Pi, Fox 2000 Pictures Production; 20th Century Fox. (USA, Taiwan, UK, Canada) Ron Bartlett, D. M. Hemphill and Drew Kunin.Lincoln, DreamWorks Pictures/20th Century Fox Production; Walt Disney/20th Century Fox. (USA, India) Andy Nelson, Gary Rydstrom and Ronald Judkins.Skyfall, Eon Productions Ltd./Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures/Columbia Pictures Production; Sony Pictures Releasing and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. (UK, USA) Scott Millan, Greg P. Russell and Stuart Wilson.Visual Effects
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, New Line and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures Production; Warner Bros. and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. (USA, New Zealand) Joe Letteri, Eric Saindon, David Clayton and R. Christopher White.Life of Pi, Fox 2000 Pictures Production; 20th Century Fox. (USA, Taiwan, UK, Canada) Bill Westenhofer, Guillaume Rocheron, Erik-Jan De Boer and Donald R. Elliott.Marvel’s The Avengers, Marvel Studios Production; Walt Disney. Janek Sirrs, Jeff White, Guy Williams and Dan Sudick.Prometheus, 20th Century Fox Production; 20th Century Fox. (USA, UK) Richard Stammers, Trevor Wood, Charley Henley and Martin Hill.Snow White and the Huntsman, Universal Pictures Production; Universal. (USA, UK) Cedric Nicolas-Troyan, Philip Brennan, Neil Corbould and Michael Dawson.Writing
(Adapted Screenplay)
Beasts of the Southern Wild, Cinereach and Court 13 Production; Fox Searchlight. Screenplay by Lucy Alibar & Benh Zeitlin.Life of Pi, Fox 2000 Pictures Production; 20th Century Fox. (USA, Taiwan, UK, Canada) Screenplay by David Magee.Lincoln, DreamWorks Pictures/20th Century Fox Production; Walt Disney/20th Century Fox. (USA, India) Screenplay by Tony Kushner.Silver Linings Playbook, Weinstein Company Production; The Weinstein Company. Screenplay by David O. Russell.(Original Screenplay)
Amour, Les Films du Losange/X Filme Creative Pool/Wega Film Production; Sony Pictures Classics. (Austria, France, Germany) Written by Michael Haneke.Django Unchained, Weinstein Company and Columbia Pictures Production; The Weinstein Company. Written by Quentin Tarantino.Flight, Paramount Pictures Production; Paramount. (USA, United Arab Emirates) Written by John Gatins.Moonrise Kingdom, Indian Paintbrush Production; Focus Features. Written by Wes Anderson & Roman Coppola.Zero Dark Thirty, Columbia Pictures Production; Sony Pictures Releasing. (USA, United Arab Emirates) Written by Mark Boal.Honorary Award
To Hal Needham an innovator, mentor and master technician who elevated his craft to an art and made the impossible look easy. [ [Statuette]]To D. A. Pennebaker who redefined the language of film and taught a generation of filmmakers to look to reality for inspiration. [ [Statuette]]To George Stevens, Jr. a tireless champion of the arts in America and especially that most American of arts: the Hollywood film. [ [Statuette]]NOTE: The Honorary Awards were presented at the 4th Governors Awards ceremony on December 1, 2012, in the Ray Dolby Ballroom of the Hollywood and Highland Center.
Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award
NOTE: The Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award was presented at the 4th Governors Awards ceremony on December 1, 2012, in the Ray Dolby Ballroom of the Hollywood and Highland Center.
Scientific and Technical Award
(Academy Award of Merit)
To Cooke Optics Limited for their continuing innovation in the design, development and manufacture of advanced camera lenses that have helped define the look of motion pictures over the last century. Since their first series of motion picture lenses, Cooke Optics has continued to create optical innovations decade after decade. Producing what is commonly referred to as the "Cooke Look," these lenses have often been the lens of choice for creative cinematographers worldwide.(Scientific and Engineering Award)
To Simon Clutterbuck, James Jacobs and Dr. Richard Dorling for the development of the Tissue Physically–Based Character Simulation Framework. This framework faithfully and robustly simulates the effects of anatomical structures underlying a character’s skin. The resulting dynamic and secondary motions provide a new level of realism to computer–generated creatures.To Dr. Philip McLauchlan, Allan Jaenicke, John–Paul Smith and Ross Shain for the creation of the Mocha planar tracking and rotoscoping software at Imagineer Systems Ltd. Mocha provides robust planar–tracking even when there are no clearly defined points in the image. Its effectiveness, ease of use, and ability to exchange rotoscoping data with other image processing tools have resulted in widespread adoption of the software in the visual effects industry.To Joe Murtha, William Frederick and Jim Markland of Anton/Bauer, Inc. for the design and creation of the CINE VCLX Portable Power System. The CINE VCLX provides extended run–times and flexibility, allowing users to power cameras and other supplementary equipment required for production. This high–capacity battery system is also matched to the high–demand, always–on digital cinema cameras.(Technical Achievement Award)
To J. P. Lewis, Matt Cordner and Nickson Fong for the invention and publication of the Pose Space Deformation technique. Pose Space Deformation (PSD) introduced the use of novel sparse data interpolation techniques to the task of shape interpolation. The controllability and ease of achieving artistic intent have led to PSD being a foundational technique in the creation of computer–generated characters.To Lawrence Kesteloot, Drew Olbrich and Daniel Wexler for the creation of the Light system for computer graphics lighting at PDI/DreamWorks. Virtually unchanged from its original incarnation over 15 years ago, Light is still in continuous use due to its emphasis on interactive responsiveness, final–quality interactive render preview, scalable architecture and powerful user–configurable spreadsheet interface.To Steve LaVietes, Brian Hall and Jeremy Selan for the creation of the Katana computer graphics scene management and lighting software at Sony Pictures Imageworks. Katana’s unique design, featuring a deferred evaluation procedural node–graph, provides a highly efficient lighting and rendering workflow. It allows artists to non–destructively edit scenes too complex to fit into computer memory, at scales ranging from a single object up to an entire detailed city.To Theodore Kim, Nils Thuerey, Markus Gross and Doug James for the invention, publication and dissemination of Wavelet Turbulence software. This technique allowed for fast, art–directable creation of highly detailed gas simulation, making it easier for the artist to control the appearance these effects in the final image.To Richard Mall for the design and development of the Matthews Max Menace Arm. Highly sophisticated and well–engineered, the Max Menace Arm is a safe and adjustable device that allows rapid, precise positioning of lighting fixtures, cameras or accessories. On–set or on location, this compact and highly portable structure is often used where access is limited due to restrictions on attaching equipment to existing surfaces.NOTE: The Scientific and Technical awards were presented at their own ceremony on February 9, 2013, in the Crystal Ballroom of the Beverly Hills Hotel.
John A. Bonner Medal of Commendation
To Bill Taylor in appreciation for outstanding service and dedication in upholding the high standards of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.NOTE: The John A. Bonner Award was presented at the Scientific and Technical awards ceremony on February 9, 2013, in the Crystal Ballroom of the Beverly Hills Hotel.