Nominations for the 84th Academy Awards
Performance by an actor in a leading role
- Demián Bichir in “A Better Life” (Summit Entertainment)
- George Clooney in “The Descendants” (Fox Searchlight)
- Jean Dujardin in “The Artist” (The Weinstein Company)
- Gary Oldman in “Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy” (Focus Features)
- Brad Pitt in “Moneyball” (Sony Pictures Releasing)
Performance by an actor in a supporting role
- Kenneth Branagh in “My Week with Marilyn” (The Weinstein Company)
- Jonah Hill in “Moneyball” (Sony Pictures Releasing)
- Nick Nolte in “Warrior” (Lionsgate)
- Christopher Plummer in “Beginners” (Focus Features)
- Max von Sydow in “Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close” (Warner Bros.)
Performance by an actress in a leading role
- Glenn Close in “Albert Nobbs” (Roadside Attractions)
- Viola Davis in “The Help” (Touchstone)
- Rooney Mara in “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” (Sony Pictures Releasing)
- Meryl Streep in “The Iron Lady” (The Weinstein Company)
- Michelle Williams in “My Week with Marilyn” (The Weinstein Company)
Performance by an actress in a supporting role
- Bérénice Bejo in “The Artist” (The Weinstein Company)
- Jessica Chastain in “The Help” (Touchstone)
- Melissa McCarthy in “Bridesmaids” (Universal)
- Janet McTeer in “Albert Nobbs” (Roadside Attractions)
- Octavia Spencer in “The Help” (Touchstone)
Best animated feature film of the year
- “A Cat in Paris” (GKIDS) Alain Gagnol and Jean-Loup Felicioli
- “Chico & Rita” (GKIDS) Fernando Trueba and Javier Mariscal
- “Kung Fu Panda 2” (DreamWorks Animation, Distributed by Paramount) Jennifer Yuh Nelson
- “Puss in Boots” (DreamWorks Animation, Distributed by Paramount) Chris Miller
- “Rango” (Paramount) Gore Verbinski
Achievement in art direction
- “The Artist” (The Weinstein Company) Production Design: Laurence Bennett, Set Decoration: Robert Gould
- “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2” (Warner Bros.) Production Design: Stuart Craig, Set Decoration: Stephenie McMillan
- “Hugo” (Paramount) Production Design: Dante Ferretti, Set Decoration: Francesca Lo Schiavo
- “Midnight in Paris” (Sony Pictures Classics) Production Design: Anne Seibel, Set Decoration: Hélène Dubreuil
- “War Horse” (Touchstone) Production Design: Rick Carter, Set Decoration: Lee Sandales
Achievement in cinematography
- “The Artist” (The Weinstein Company) Guillaume Schiffman
- “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” (Sony Pictures Releasing) Jeff Cronenweth
- “Hugo” (Paramount) Robert Richardson
- “The Tree of Life” (Fox Searchlight) Emmanuel Lubezki
- “War Horse” (Touchstone) Janusz Kaminski
Achievement in costume design
- “Anonymous” (Sony Pictures Releasing) Lisy Christl
- “The Artist” (The Weinstein Company) Mark Bridges
- “Hugo” (Paramount) Sandy Powell
- “Jane Eyre” (Focus Features) Michael O'Connor
- “W.E.” (The Weinstein Company) Arianne Phillips
Achievement in directing
- “The Artist” (The Weinstein Company) Michel Hazanavicius
- “The Descendants” (Fox Searchlight) Alexander Payne
- “Hugo” (Paramount) Martin Scorsese
- “Midnight in Paris” (Sony Pictures Classics) Woody Allen
- “The Tree of Life” (Fox Searchlight) Terrence Malick
Best documentary feature
- “Hell and Back Again” (Docurama Films) A Roast Beef Limited Production, Danfung Dennis and Mike Lerner
- “If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front” (Oscilloscope Laboratories) A Marshall Curry Production, Marshall Curry and Sam Cullman
- “Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory” An @radical.media Production, Joe Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsky
- “Pina” (Sundance Selects) A Neue Road Movies Production, Wim Wenders and Gian-Piero Ringel
- “Undefeated” (The Weinstein Company) A Spitfire Pictures Production, TJ Martin, Dan Lindsay and Richard Middlemas
Best documentary short subject
- “The Barber of Birmingham: Foot Soldier of the Civil Rights Movement” A Purposeful Production, Robin Fryday and Gail Dolgin
- “God Is the Bigger Elvis” A Documentress Films Production, Rebecca Cammisa and Julie Anderson
- “Incident in New Baghdad” A Morninglight Films Production, James Spione
- “Saving Face” A Milkhaus/Jungefilm Production, Daniel Junge and Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy
- “The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom” A Supply & Demand Integrated Production, Lucy Walker and Kira Carstensen
Achievement in film editing
- “The Artist” (The Weinstein Company) Anne-Sophie Bion and Michel Hazanavicius
- “The Descendants” (Fox Searchlight) Kevin Tent
- “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” (Sony Pictures Releasing) Kirk Baxter and Angus Wall
- “Hugo” (Paramount) Thelma Schoonmaker
- “Moneyball” (Sony Pictures Releasing) Christopher Tellefsen
Best foreign language film of the year
- “Bullhead” A Savage Film Production, Belgium
- “Footnote” (Sony Pictures Classics) A Footnote Limited Partnership Production, Israel
- “In Darkness” (Sony Pictures Classics) A Studio Filmowe Zebra Production, Poland
- “Monsieur Lazhar” (Music Box Films) A micro_scope Production, Canada
- “A Separation” (Sony Pictures Classics) A Dreamlab Films Production, Iran
Achievement in makeup
- “Albert Nobbs” (Roadside Attractions) Martial Corneville, Lynn Johnston and Matthew W. Mungle
- “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2” (Warner Bros.) Nick Dudman, Amanda Knight and Lisa Tomblin
- “The Iron Lady” (The Weinstein Company) Mark Coulier and J. Roy Helland
Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original score)
- “The Adventures of Tintin” (Paramount) John Williams
- “The Artist” (The Weinstein Company) Ludovic Bource
- “Hugo” (Paramount) Howard Shore
- “Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy” (Focus Features) Alberto Iglesias
- “War Horse” (Touchstone) John Williams
Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original song)
- “Man or Muppet” from “The Muppets” (Walt Disney) Music and Lyric by Bret McKenzie
- “Real in Rio” from “Rio” (20th Century Fox) Music by Sergio Mendes and Carlinhos Brown, Lyric by Siedah Garrett
Best motion picture of the year
- “The Artist” (The Weinstein Company) A La Petite Reine/Studio 37/La Classe Américaine/JD Prod/France3 Cinéma/Jouror Productions/uFilm Production, Thomas Langmann, Producer
- “The Descendants” (Fox Searchlight) An Ad Hominem Enterprises Production, Jim Burke, Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor, Producers
- “Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close” (Warner Bros.) A Warner Bros. Pictures Production, Scott Rudin, Producer
- “The Help” (Touchstone) A DreamWorks Pictures Production, Brunson Green, Chris Columbus and Michael Barnathan, Producers
- “Hugo” (Paramount) A Paramount Pictures and GK Films Production, Graham King and Martin Scorsese, Producers
- “Midnight in Paris” (Sony Pictures Classics) A Pontchartrain Production, Letty Aronson and Stephen Tenenbaum, Producers
- “Moneyball” (Sony Pictures Releasing) A Columbia Pictures Production, Michael De Luca, Rachael Horovitz and Brad Pitt, Producers
- “The Tree of Life” (Fox Searchlight) A River Road Entertainment Production, Nominees to be determined
- “War Horse” (Touchstone) A DreamWorks Pictures Production, Steven Spielberg and Kathleen Kennedy, Producers
Best animated short film
- “Dimanche/Sunday” (National Film Board of Canada) A National Film Board of Canada Production, Patrick Doyon
- “The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore” A Moonbot Studios LA Production, William Joyce and Brandon Oldenburg
- “La Luna” (Walt Disney) A Pixar Animation Studios Production, Enrico Casarosa
- “A Morning Stroll” (Studio AKA) A Studio AKA Production, Grant Orchard and Sue Goffe
- “Wild Life” (National Film Board of Canada) A National Film Board of Canada Production, Amanda Forbis and Wendy Tilby
Best live action short film
- “Pentecost” (Network Ireland Television) An EMU Production, Peter McDonald and Eimear O'Kane
- “Raju” A Hamburg Media School/Filmwerkstatt Production, Max Zähle and Stefan Gieren
- “The Shore” An All Ashore Production, Terry George and Oorlagh George
- “Time Freak” A Team Toad Production, Andrew Bowler and Gigi Causey
- “Tuba Atlantic” (Norsk Filminstitutt) A Norwegian Film School/Den Norske Filmskolen Production, Hallvar Witzø
Achievement in sound editing
- “Drive” (FilmDistrict) Lon Bender and Victor Ray Ennis
- “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” (Sony Pictures Releasing) Ren Klyce
- “Hugo” (Paramount) Philip Stockton and Eugene Gearty
- “Transformers: Dark of the Moon” (Paramount) Ethan Van der Ryn and Erik Aadahl
- “War Horse” (Touchstone) Richard Hymns and Gary Rydstrom
Achievement in sound mixing
- “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” (Sony Pictures Releasing) David Parker, Michael Semanick, Ren Klyce and Bo Persson
- “Hugo” (Paramount) Tom Fleischman and John Midgley
- “Moneyball” (Sony Pictures Releasing) Deb Adair, Ron Bochar, Dave Giammarco and Ed Novick
- “Transformers: Dark of the Moon” (Paramount) Greg P. Russell, Gary Summers, Jeffrey J. Haboush and Peter J. Devlin
- “War Horse” (Touchstone) Gary Rydstrom, Andy Nelson, Tom Johnson and Stuart Wilson
Achievement in visual effects
- “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2” (Warner Bros.) Tim Burke, David Vickery, Greg Butler and John Richardson
- “Hugo” (Paramount) Rob Legato, Joss Williams, Ben Grossman and Alex Henning
- “Real Steel” (Touchstone) Erik Nash, John Rosengrant, Dan Taylor and Swen Gillberg
- “Rise of the Planet of the Apes” (20th Century Fox) Joe Letteri, Dan Lemmon, R. Christopher White and Daniel Barrett
- “Transformers: Dark of the Moon” (Paramount) Scott Farrar, Scott Benza, Matthew Butler and John Frazier
Adapted screenplay
- “The Descendants” (Fox Searchlight) Screenplay by Alexander Payne and Nat Faxon & Jim Rash
- “Hugo” (Paramount) Screenplay by John Logan
- “The Ides of March” (Sony Pictures Releasing) Screenplay by George Clooney & Grant Heslov and Beau Willimon
- “Moneyball” (Sony Pictures Releasing) Screenplay by Steven Zaillian and Aaron Sorkin Story by Stan Chervin
- “Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy” (Focus Features) Screenplay by Bridget O'Connor & Peter Straughan
Original screenplay
- “The Artist” (The Weinstein Company) Written by Michel Hazanavicius
- “Bridesmaids” (Universal) Written by Annie Mumolo & Kristen Wiig
- “Margin Call” (Roadside Attractions) Written by J.C. Chandor
- “Midnight in Paris” (Sony Pictures Classics) Written by Woody Allen
- “A Separation” (Sony Pictures Classics) Written by Asghar Farhadi
