Academy Award Oscars 2012 Winners List!

2012 Oscars festival held at the Hollywood & Highland Center on Sunday (February 26) in Hollywood and it was a fantastic night for movies.

The Artist and Hugo where the big winners of the evening, which picked up five awards each!

Meryl Streep picked up her 3rd Oscar win for Best Actress in The Iron Lady, The Help‘s Octavia Spencer won Best Supporting Actress, and Beginners‘ Christopher Plummer picked up Best Supporting Actor.

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.

The winners List are,

BEST PICTURE

Nominees:

The Artist
The Descendants
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
The Help
Hugo
Midnight in Paris
Moneyball
The Tree of Life
War Horse

WINNER – The Artist
 
BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE

Nominees:

Demián Bichir, A Better Life
George Clooney, The Descendants
Jean Dujardin, The Artist
Gary Oldman, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Brad Pitt, Moneyball

WINNER – Jean Dujardin, The Artist
 
BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

Nominees:

Kenneth Branagh, My Week with Marilyn
Jonah Hill, Moneyball
Nick Nolte, Warrior
Christopher Plummer, Beginners
Max von Sydow, Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close

WINNER - Christopher Plummer, Beginners
 
BEST ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE

Nominees:

Glenn Close, Albert Nobbs
Viola Davis, The Help
Rooney Mara, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Meryl Streep, The Iron Lady
Michelle Williams, My Week with Marilyn

WINNER - Meryl Streep, The Iron Lady
 
BEST ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

Nominees:

Bérénice Bejo, The Artist
Jessica Chastain, The Help
Melissa McCarthy, Bridesmaids
Janet McTeer, Albert Nobbs
Octavia Spencer, The Help

WINNER - Octavia Spencer, The Help
 
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM

Nominees:

A Cat in Paris
Chico & Rita
Kung Fu Panda 2
Puss in Boots
Rango

WINNER – Rango
 
BEST ART DIRECTION

Nominees:

The Artist
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2
Hugo
Midnight in Paris
War Horse

WINNER – Hugo
 
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

Nominees:

The Artist
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Hugo
The Tree of Life
War Horse

WINNER – Hugo
 
BEST COSTUME DESIGN

Nominees:

Anonymous
The Artist
Hugo
Jane Eyre
W.E.

WINNER - The Artist
 
BEST DIRECTING

Nominees:

The Artist, Michel Hazanavicius
The Descendants, Alexander Payne
Hugo, Martin Scorsese
Midnight in Paris, Woody Allen
The Tree of Life, Terrence Malick

WINNER - The Artist, Michel Hazanavicius
 
BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE

Nominees:

Hell and Back Again
If a Tree Fa lls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front
Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory
Pina
Undefeated

WINNER - Undefeated

BEST DOCUMENTARY SHOT SUBJECT

Nominees:

The Barber of Birmingham: Foot Soldier of the Civil Rights Movement
God Is the Bigger Elvis
Incident in New Baghdad
Saving Face
The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom

WINNER - Saving Face
 
BEST FILM EDITING

Nominees:

The Artist
The Descendants
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Hugo
Moneyball

WINNER - The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
 
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM

Nominees:

Bullhead
Footnote
In Darkness
Monsieur Lazhar
A Separation

WINNER - A Separation

BEST MAKEUP

Nominees:

Albert Nobbs
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2
The Iron Lady

WINNER - The Iron Lady
 
BEST MUSIC (ORIGINAL SCORE)

Nominees:

The Adventures of Tintin
The Artist
Hugo
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
War Horse

WINNER - The Artist

BEST MUSIC (ORIGINAL SONG)

Nominees:

 “Man or Muppet”, The Muppets
“Real in Rio”, Rio

WINNER - “Man or Muppet”, The Muppets
 
BEST SHORT FILM (ANIMATED)

Nominees:

The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore
Dimanche/Sunday
La Luna
A Morning Stroll
Wild Life

WINNER - The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore
 
BEST SHORT FILM (LIVE ACTION)

Nominees:

Pentecost
Raju
The Shore
Time Freak
Tuba Atlantic

WINNER - The Shore
 
BEST SOUND EDITING

Nominees:

Drive
Hugo
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
War Horse

WINNER – Hugo
 
BEST SOUND MIXING

Nominees:

Hugo
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Moneyball
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
War Horse

WINNER - Hugo
 
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS

Nominees:

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2
Hugo
Real Steel
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Transformers: Dark of the Moon

WINNER - Hugo
 
BEST WRITING (ADAPTED SCREENPLAY)

Nominees:

 
The Descendants
Hugo
The Ides of March
Moneyball
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

WINNER - The Descendants
 
BEST WRITING (ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY)

Nominees:

The Artist
Bridesmaids
Margin Call
Midnight in Paris
A Separation

WINNER – Midnight in Paris