This morning, January 10, 2013, the film industry watched with bated breath as Emma Stone (“The Help,” “Gangster Squad”) and Seth Macfarlane (“Ted,” “Family Guy”) announced this year’s nominations for the 85 Academy Awards. This year the Academy nominated nine films for the Best Picture category, including the expected contenders, “Lincoln,” “Les Miserables,” “Argo,” “Zero Dark Thirty,” and “Silver Linings Playbook.” The category also featured the spectacular films, “Beasts of Southern Wild,” “Life of Pi,” “Amour,” and “Django Unchained.”
This year’s Best Director candidates match up nicely with the Best Picture contenders, primarily because the Best Picture category featured so many nominations. The Best Director category nominated Steven Spielberg, David O. Russell, Ang Lee, Michael Haneke and Benh Zeitlin, though in a shocking turn, Tom Hooper, Kathryn Bigelow and Ben Affleck didn’t make the cut.
Later today I will post more detailed information on the voters, the voting process, and my predictions as to who will win the coveted awards, but for now take a look at the full list of contenders. The winners will be announced at the Oscars on Sunday, February 24, 2013.
BEST PICTURE
Amour
Argo
Beasts of the Southern Wild
Django Unchained
Lincoln
Les Miserables
Life of Pi
Silver Linings Playbook
Zero Dark Thirty
BEST DIRECTOR
Ang Lee, Life of Pi
Benh Zeitlin, Beasts of the Southern Wild
David O. Russell, Silver Linings Playbook
Michael Haneke, Amour
Steven Spielberg, Lincoln
BEST ACTOR
Daniel Day-Lewis, Lincoln
Denzel Washington, Flight
Hugh Jackman, Les Miserables
Bradley Cooper, Silver Linings Playbook
Joaquin Phoenix, The Master
BEST ACTRESS
Naomi Watts, The Impossible
Jessica Chastain, Zero Dark Thirty
Jennifer Lawrence, Silver Linings Playbook
Emmanuelle Riva, Amour
Quvenzhané Wallis, Beasts of the Southern Wild
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Christoph Waltz, Django Unchained
Philip Seymour Hoffman, The Master
Robert De Niro, Silver Linings Playbook
Alan Arkin, Argo
Tommy Lee Jones, Lincoln
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Sally Field, Lincoln
Anne Hathaway, Les Miserables
Jacki Weaver, Silver Linings Playbook
Helen Hunt, The Sessions
Amy Adams, The Master
ANIMATED FEATURE
Brave
Frankenweenie
ParaNorman
The Pirates! Band of Misfits
Wreck-It Ralph
FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
Amour
Kon-Tiki
No
A Royal Affair
War Witch
DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
5 Broken Cameras
The Gatekeepers
The Invisible War
How To Survive A Plague
Searching for Sugar Man
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Argo
Beasts of the Southern Wild
Life of Pi
Lincoln
Silver Linings Playbook
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Amour
Django Unchained
Flight
Moonrise Kingdom
Zero Dark Thirty
CINEMATOGRAPHY
Anna Karenina
Django Unchained
Life of Pi
Lincoln
Skyfall
COSTUME DESIGN
Anna Karenina
Les Miserables
Lincoln Mirror Mirror
Snow White and the Huntsman
FILM EDITING
Argo
Life of Pi
Lincoln
Silver Linings Playbook
Zero Dark Thirty
MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING
Hitchcock
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Les Miserables
ORIGINAL SCORE
Anna Karenina
Argo
Life of Pi
Lincoln
Skyfall
ORIGINAL SONG
"Before My Time," Chasing Ice
"Everybody Needs A Best Friend," Ted
"Pi's Lullaby," Life of Pi
"Skyfall," Skyfall
"Suddenly," Les Miserables
PRODUCTION DESIGN
Anna Karenina
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Les Miserables
Life of Pi
Lincoln
ANIMATED SHORT
Adam and Dog
Fresh Guacamole
Head Over Heels
Maggie Simpson in "The Longest Daycare"
Paperman
LIVE ACTION SHORT
Asad
Buzkashi Boys
Curfew
Death of a Shadow
Henry
DOCUMENTARY SHORT
Inocente
Kings Point
Open Heart
Redemption
Mondays at Racine
SOUND EDITING
Argo
Django Unchained
Life of Pi
Skyfall
Zero Dark Thirty
SOUND MIXING
Argo
Les Miserables
Life of Pi
Lincoln
Skyfall
VISUAL EFFECTS
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Life of Pi
The Avengers
Prometheus
Snow White and the Huntsman
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