The 2012 Oscars: Winners

The 2012 Oscars was held at the Hollywood & Highland Center on (Sunday) February 26th in Hollywood. The huge winners of the night were The Artist and Hugo, which picked up five awards each. The Artist won the awards for Best Picture, Best Director (Michel Hazanavicius), Best Actor (Jean Dujardin), Best Costume Design, and Best Original Score. Hugo won for Best Cinematography, Best Art Direction, Best Sound Editing, Best Sound Mixing, and Best Visual Effects.

Meryl Streep picked up her third Oscar win for Best Actress in The Iron Lady, Octavia Spencer won Best Supporting Actress for The Help and Beginners‘ Christopher Plummer won Best Supporting Actor.

Check out the complete list of winners of the 2012 Academy Awards.

BEST PICTURE

The Artist – WINNER

The Descendants

Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close

The Help

Hugo

Midnight in Paris

Moneyball

The Tree of Life

War Horse

ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE

Demián Bichir, A Better Life

George Clooney, The Descendants

Jean Dujardin, The Artist – WINNER

Gary Oldman, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

Brad Pitt, Moneyball

ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

Kenneth Branagh, My Week with Marilyn

Jonah Hill, Moneyball

Nick Nolte, Warrior

Christopher Plummer, Beginners – WINNER

Max von Sydow, Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close

ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE

Glenn Close, Albert Nobbs

Viola Davis, The Help

Rooney Mara, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

Meryl Streep, The Iron Lady – WINNER

Michelle Williams, My Week with Marilyn

ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

Bérénice Bejo, The Artist

Jessica Chastain, The Help

Melissa McCarthy, Bridesmaids

Janet McTeer, Albert Nobbs

Octavia Spencer, The Help – WINNER

ANIMATED FEATURE FILM

A Cat in Paris

Chico & Rita

Kung Fu Panda 2

Puss in Boots

Rango – WINNER

ART DIRECTION

The Artist

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2

Hugo – WINNER

Midnight in Paris

War Horse

CINEMATOGRAPHY

The Artist

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

Hugo – WINNER

The Tree of Life

War Horse

COSTUME DESIGN

Anonymous

The Artist – WINNER

Hugo

Jane Eyre

W.E.

DIRECTING

The Artist, Michel Hazanavicius – WINNER

The Descendants, Alexander Payne

Hugo, Martin Scorsese

Midnight in Paris, Woody Allen

The Tree of Life, Terrence Malick

DOCUMENTARY FEATURE

Hell and Back Again

If a Tree Fa lls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front

Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory

Pina

Undefeated – WINNER

DOCUMENTARY SHOT SUBJECT

The Barber of Birmingham: Foot Soldier of the Civil Rights Movement

God Is the Bigger Elvis

Incident in New Baghdad

Saving Face – WINNER

The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom

FILM EDITING

The Artist

The Descendants

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo – WINNER

Hugo

Moneyball

FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM

Bullhead

Footnote

In Darkness

Monsieur Lazhar

A Separation – WINNER

MAKEUP

Albert Nobbs

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2

The Iron Lady – WINNER

MUSIC (ORIGINAL SCORE)

The Adventures of Tintin

The Artist – WINNER

Hugo

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

War Horse

MUSIC (ORIGINAL SONG)

"Man or Muppet", The Muppets – WINNER

“Real in Rio”, Rio

SHORT FILM (ANIMATED)

Dimanche/Sunday

The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore – WINNER

La Luna

A Morning Stroll

Wild Life

SHORT FILM (LIVE ACTION)

Pentecost

Raju

The Shore – WINNER

Time Freak

Tuba Atlantic

SOUND EDITING

Drive

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

Hugo – WINNER

Transformers: Dark of the Moon

War Horse

SOUND MIXING

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

Hugo – WINNER

Moneyball

Transformers: Dark of the Moon

War Horse

VISUAL EFFECTS

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2

Hugo – WINNER

Real Steel

Rise of the Planet of the Apes

Transformers: Dark of the Moon

WRITING (ADAPTED SCREENPLAY)

The Descendants – WINNER

Hugo

The Ides of March

Moneyball

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

WRITING (ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY)

The Artist

Bridesmaids

Margin Call

Midnight in Paris – WINNER

A Separation