Academy Award Nominations for 2012

Today, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced their Oscar Award nominations. The awards will be handed out on Sunday, February 24, 2013.

Surprise omissions include:

• Best Picture: Moonrise Kingdom
• Best Director: Ben Affleck, Argo; Kathryn Bigelow, Zero Dark Thirty
• Best Actor: John Hawkes, The Sessions
• Best Actress: Marion Cotillard, Rust and Bone; Helen Mirren, Hitchcock
• Best Supporting Actor: Javier Bardem, Skyfall
• Best Supporting Actress: Maggie Smith, The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel; Nicole Kidman, The Paperboy; Judi Dench, Skyfall 
• Best Adapted Screenplay: Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower
• Best Original Screenplay: Paul Thomas Anderson, The Master; Rian Johnson, Looper
• Best Animated Feature: Rise of the Guardians
• Best Foreign Language Film: The Intouchables
• Best Documentary Feature: This is Not a Film; The Imposter
• Best Original Song:  Learn Me Right, Brave; From Here to the Moon and Back, Joyful Noise

Best Motion Picture of the Year Nominees:

• Amour (2012): To Be Determined
• Argo (2012): Grant Heslov, Ben Affleck, George Clooney
• Beasts of the Southern Wild (2012): Dan Janvey, Josh Penn, Michael Gottwald
• Django Unchained (2012): Stacey Sher, Reginald Hudlin, Pilar Savone
• Les Misérables (2012): Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Debra Hayward, Cameron Mackintosh
• Life of Pi (2012): Gil Netter, Ang Lee, David Womark
• Lincoln (2012): Steven Spielberg, Kathleen Kennedy
• Silver Linings Playbook (2012): Donna Gigliotti, Bruce Cohen, Jonathan Gordon
• Zero Dark Thirty (2012): Mark Boal, Kathryn Bigelow, Megan Ellison

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role Nominees:

• Bradley Cooper for Silver Linings Playbook (2012)
• Daniel Day-Lewis for Lincoln (2012)
• Hugh Jackman for Les Misérables (2012)
• Joaquin Phoenix for The Master (2012)
• Denzel Washington for Flight (2012)

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role Nominees:

• Jessica Chastain for Zero Dark Thirty (2012)
• Jennifer Lawrence for Silver Linings Playbook (2012)
• Emmanuelle Riva for Amour (2012)
• Quvenzhané Wallis for Beasts of the Southern Wild (2012)
• Naomi Watts for The Impossible (2012)

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role Nominees:

• Alan Arkin for Argo (2012)
• Robert De Niro for Silver Linings Playbook (2012)
• Philip Seymour Hoffman for The Master (2012)
• Tommy Lee Jones for Lincoln (2012)
• Christoph Waltz for Django Unchained (2012)

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role Nominees:

• Amy Adams for The Master (2012)
• Sally Field for Lincoln (2012)
• Anne Hathaway for Les Misérables (2012)
• Helen Hunt for The Sessions (2012)
• Jacki Weaver for Silver Linings Playbook (2012)

Best Achievement in Directing Nominees:

• Michael Haneke for Amour (2012)
• Ang Lee for Life of Pi (2012)
• David O. Russell for Silver Linings Playbook (2012)
• Steven Spielberg for Lincoln (2012)
• Benh Zeitlin for Beasts of the Southern Wild (2012)

Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen Nominees:

• Amour (2012): Michael Haneke
• Django Unchained (2012): Quentin Tarantino
• Flight (2012): John Gatins
• Moonrise Kingdom (2012): Wes Anderson, Roman Coppola
• Zero Dark Thirty (2012): Mark Boal

Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published Nominees:

• Argo (2012): Chris Terrio
• Beasts of the Southern Wild (2012): Lucy Alibar, Benh Zeitlin
• Life of Pi (2012): David Magee
• Lincoln (2012): Tony Kushner
• Silver Linings Playbook (2012): David O. Russell

Best Animated Feature Film of the Year Nominees:

• Brave (2012): Mark Andrews, Brenda Chapman
• Frankenweenie (2012): Tim Burton
• ParaNorman (2012): Sam Fell, Chris Butler
• The Pirates! Band of Misfits (2012): Peter Lord
• Wreck-It Ralph (2012): Rich Moore

Best Foreign Language Film of the Year Nominees:

• Amour (2012): Michael Haneke(Austria)
• Rebelle (2012): Kim Nguyen(Canada)
• No (2012/I): Pablo Larraín(Chile)
• En kongelig affære (2012): Nikolaj Arcel(Denmark)
• Kon-Tiki (2012): Joachim Rønning, Espen Sandberg(Norway)

Best Achievement in Cinematography Nominees:

• Anna Karenina (2012/I): Seamus McGarvey
• Django Unchained (2012): Robert Richardson
• Life of Pi (2012): Claudio Miranda
• Lincoln (2012): Janusz Kaminski
• Skyfall (2012): Roger Deakins

Best Achievement in Editing Nominees:

• Argo (2012): William Goldenberg
• Life of Pi (2012): Tim Squyres
• Lincoln (2012): Michael Kahn
• Silver Linings Playbook (2012): Jay Cassidy, Crispin Struthers
• Zero Dark Thirty (2012): William Goldenberg, Dylan Tichenor

Best Achievement in Production Design Nominees:

• Anna Karenina (2012/I): Sarah Greenwood, Katie Spencer
• The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012): Dan Hennah, Ra Vincent, Simon Bright
• Les Misérables (2012): Eve Stewart, Anna Lynch-Robinson
• Life of Pi (2012): David Gropman, Anna Pinnock
• Lincoln (2012): Rick Carter, Jim Erickson

Best Achievement in Costume Design Nominees:

• Anna Karenina (2012/I): Jacqueline Durran
• Les Misérables (2012): Paco Delgado
• Lincoln (2012): Joanna Johnston
• Mirror Mirror (2012/I): Eiko Ishioka
• Snow White and the Huntsman (2012): Colleen Atwood

Best Achievement in Makeup and Hairstyling Nominees:

• Hitchcock (2012): Howard Berger, Peter Montagna, Martin Samuel
• The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012): Peter King, Rick Findlater, Tami Lane
• Les Misérables (2012): Lisa Westcott, Julie Dartnell

Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Score Nominees:

• Anna Karenina (2012): Dario Marianelli
• Argo (2012): Alexandre Desplat
• Life of Pi (2012): Mychael Danna
• Lincoln (2012): John Williams
• Skyfall (2012): Thomas Newman

Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Song Nominees:

• Chasing Ice (2012): J. Ralph(“Before My Time”)
• Les Misérables (2012): Alain Boublil, Claude-Michel Schönberg, Herbert Kretzmer(“Suddenly”)
• Life of Pi (2012): Mychael Danna, Bombay Jayshree(“Pi’s Lullaby”)
• Skyfall (2012): Adele, Paul Epworth(“Skyfall”)
• Ted (2012): Walter Murphy, Seth MacFarlane (“Everybody Needs a Best Friend”)

Best Achievement in Sound Mixing Nominees:

• Argo (2012): John T. Reitz, Gregg Rudloff, José Antonio García
• Les Misérables (2012): Andy Nelson, Mark Paterson, Simon Hayes
• Life of Pi (2012): Ron Bartlett, Doug Hemphill, Drew Kunin
• Lincoln (2012): Andy Nelson, Gary Rydstrom, Ron Judkins
• Skyfall (2012): Scott Millan, Greg P. Russell, Stuart Wilson

Best Achievement in Sound Editing Nominees:

• Argo (2012): Erik Aadahl, Ethan Van der Ryn
• Django Unchained (2012): Wylie Stateman
• Life of Pi (2012): Eugene Gearty, Philip Stockton
• Skyfall (2012): Per Hallberg, Karen M. Baker
• Zero Dark Thirty (2012): Paul N.J. Ottosson

Best Achievement in Visual Effects Nominees:

• The Avengers (2012): Janek Sirrs, Jeff White, Guy Williams, Daniel Sudick
• The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012): Joe Letteri, Eric Saindon, David Clayton, R. Christopher White
• Life of Pi (2012): Bill Westenhofer, Guillaume Rocheron, Erik De Boer, Donald Elliott
• Prometheus (2012/I): Richard Stammers, Trevor Wood, Charley Henley, Martin Hill
• Snow White and the Huntsman (2012): Cedric Nicolas-Troyan, Phil Brennan, Neil Corbould, Michael Dawson

Best Documentary, Features Nominees:

• 5 Broken Cameras (2011): Emad Burnat, Guy Davidi
• The Gatekeepers (2012): To Be Determined
• How to Survive a Plague (2012): To Be Determined
• The Invisible War (2012): To Be Determined
• Searching for Sugar Man (2012): To Be Determined

Best Documentary, Short Subjects Nominees:

• Inocente (2012): Sean Fine, Andrea Nix
• Kings Point (2012): Sari Gilman, Jedd Wider
• Mondays at Racine (2012): Cynthia Wade, Robin Honan
• Open Heart (2013): Kief Davidson, Cori Shepherd Stern
• Redemption (2012): Jon Alpert, Matthew O’Neill

Best Short Film, Animated Nominees:

• Adam and Dog (2011): Minkyu Lee
• Fresh Guacamole (2012): PES
• Head Over Heels (2012): Timothy Reckart, Fodhla Cronin O’Reilly
• Paperman (2012): John Kahrs
• The Simpsons: The Longest Daycare (2012): David Silverman

Best Short Film, Live Action Nominees:

• Asad (2012): Bryan Buckley, Mino Jarjoura
• Buzkashi Boys (2012): Sam French, Ariel Nasr
• Curfew (2012/I): Shawn Christensen
• Dood van een Schaduw (2012): Tom Van Avermaet, Ellen De Waele
• Henry (2011): Yan England