• Argo: Grant Heslov, Ben Affleck, George Clooney

• Ang Lee for Life of Pi
  

• Daniel Day-Lewis for Lincoln
  

• Jennifer Lawrence for Silver Linings Playbook 

• Christoph Waltz for Django Unchained

• Anne Hathaway for Les Misérables (2012)

• Django Unchained: Quentin Tarantino

• Argo: Chris Terrio

• Brave: Mark Andrews, Brenda Chapman

Best Foreign Language FIlm:

• Amour (Austria): Michael Haneke 

Best Documentary Feature:

• Searching for Sugar Man (2012): Malik Bendjelloul, Simon Chinn

Best Cinematography:

• Life of Pi: Claudio Miranda

Best Film Editing:

• Argo (2012): William Goldenberg

Best Production Design:

• Lincoln (2012): Rick Carter, Jim Erickson

Best Costume Design:

• Anna Karenina: Jacqueline Durran

Best Original Score:

• Life of Pi (2012): Mychael Danna

Best Original Song:

• Skyfall: Adele, Paul Epworth (“Skyfall”)

Best Sound Editing (tie):

• Zero Dark Thirty (2012): Paul N.J. Ottosson
• Skyfall (2012): Per Hallberg, Karen M. Baker

Best Sound Mixing:

• Les Misérables: Andy Nelson, Mark Paterson, Simon Hayes

Best Visual Effects:

• Life of Pi: Bill Westenhofer, Guillaume Rocheron, Erik De Boer, Donald Elliott

Best Makeup and Hairstyling:

• Les Misérables: Lisa Westcott, Julie Dartnell

Best Animated Short:

• Paperman: John Kahrs

Best Live Action Short:

• Curfew: Shawn Christensen

Best Documentary Short:

• Inocente (2012): Sean Fine, Andrea Nix