2012 84th Annual Academy Awards complete Oscar nominees list

On January 24, 2012 at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater, Tom Sherak, president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), and Jennifer Lawrence, last year's Oscar-nominee for Best Actress, announced the nominees for the 2012 84th Annual Academy Awards, which will be simulcast live in HD coast-to-coast on ABC on Sunday, February 26, 2012, starting at 7pm (EST) / 4pm (PST) from the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, California. The host this year will be Billy Crystal, who has hosted the show eight previous times already.

New Yorkers, check out the list and share your thoughts on who else should have been included and who will win an Oscar? Do you think it will be a repeat of the 2012 Golden Globe Awards winners?

11 Oscar nominations:

• Hugo

10 Oscar nominations:

• The Artist

6 Oscar nominations:

• Moneyball
• War Horse

5 Oscar nominations:

• The Descendants
• The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

4 Oscar nominations:

• The Help
• Midnight in Paris

3 Oscar nominations:

• Albert Nobbs
• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2
• Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
• Transformers: Dark of the Moon
• The Tree of Life

BEST PICTURE

• The Artist - Thomas Langmann, Producer
• The Descendants - Jim Burke, Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor, Producers
• Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close - Scott Rudin, Producer
• The Help - Brunson Green, Chris Columbus and Michael Barnathan, Producers
• Hugo - Graham King and Martin Scorsese, Producers
• Midnight in Paris - Letty Aronson and Stephen Tenenbaum, Producers
• Moneyball - Michael De Luca, Rachael Horovitz and Brad Pitt, Producers
• The Tree of Life - Nominees to be determined
• War Horse - Steven Spielberg and Kathleen Kennedy, Producers

BEST DIRECTOR

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

BEST ACTOR

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

BEST ACTRESS

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

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

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

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

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

BEST WRITING - ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

• The Artist - Written by Michel Hazanavicius
• Bridesmaids - Written by Annie Mumolo & Kristen Wiig
• Margin Call - Written by J.C. Chandor
• Midnight in Paris - Written by Woody Allen
• A Separation - Written by Asghar Farhadi

BEST WRITING - ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

• The Descendants - Screenplay by Alexander Payne and Nat Faxon & Jim Rash
• Hugo - Screenplay by John Logan
• The Ides Of March - Screenplay by George Clooney & Grant Heslov and Beau Willimon
• Moneyball - Screenplay by Steven Zaillian and Aaron Sorkin  Story by Stan Chervin
• Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy - Screenplay by Bridget O'Connor & Peter Straughan

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE

• A Cat in Paris - Alain Gagnol and Jean-Loup Felicioli
• Chico & Rita - Fernando Trueba and Javier Mariscal
• Kung Fu Panda 2 - Jennifer Yuh Nelson
• Puss in Boots - Chris Miller
• Rango - Gore Verbinski

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM

• Bullhead
  Belgium
• Footnote
  Israel
• In Darkness
  Poland
• Monsieur Lazhar
  Canada
• A Separation
  Iran

BEST DOCUMENTARY - FEATURE

• Hell and Back Again
  Danfung Dennis and Mike Lerner
• If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front
  Marshall Curry and Sam Cullman
• Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory
  Charles Ferguson and Audrey Marrs
• Pina
  Wim Wenders and Gian-Piero Ringel
• Undefeated
  TJ Martin, Dan Lindsay and Richard Middlemas

BEST DOCUMENTARY - SHORT SUBJECT

• The Barber of Birmingham: Foot Soldier of the Civil Rights Movement
  Robin Fryday and Gail Dolgin
• God Is the Bigger Elvis
  Rebecca Cammisa and Julie Anderson
• Incident in New Baghdad
  James Spione
• Saving Face
  Daniel Junge and Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy
• The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom
  Lucy Walker and Kira Carstensen

BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM

• Pentecost - Peter McDonald and Eimear O'Kane
• Raju - Max Zähle and Stefan Gieren
• The Shore - Terry George and Oorlagh George
• Time Freak - Andrew Bowler and Gigi Causey
• Tuba Atlantic - Hallvar Witzø

BEST ANIMATED SHORT FILM

• Dimanche/Sunday -  Patrick Doyon
• The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore - William Joyce and Brandon Oldenburg
• La Luna - Enrico Casarosa
• A Morning Stroll - Grant Orchard and Sue Goffe
• Wild Life - Amanda Forbis and Wendy Tilby

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE

• The Adventures Of Tintin - John Williams
• The Artist - Ludovic Bource
• Hugo - Howard Shore
• Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy - Alberto Iglesias
• War Horse - John Williams

BEST ORIGINAL SONG

• "Man or Muppet" from The Muppets Music and Lyric by Bret McKenzie
• "Real in Rio" from Rio Music by Sergio Mendes and Carlinhos Brown Lyric by Siedah Garrett

BEST SOUND EDITING

• Drive - Lon Bender and Victor Ray Ennis
• The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo - Ren Klyce
• Hugo - Philip Stockton and Eugene Gearty
• Transformers: Dark of the Moon - Ethan Van der Ryn and Erik Aadahl
• War Horse - Richard Hymns and Gary Rydstrom

BEST SOUND MIXING

• The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
  David Parker, Michael Semanick, Ren Klyce and Bo Persson
• Hugo
  Tom Fleischman and John Midgley
• Moneyball
  Deb Adair, Ron Bochar, Dave Giammarco and Ed Novick
• Transformers: Dark of the Moon
  Greg P. Russell, Gary Summers, Jeffrey J. Haboush and Peter J. Devlin
• War Horse
  Gary Rydstrom, Andy Nelson, Tom Johnson and Stuart Wilson

BEST ART DIRECTION

• The Artist
  Production Design: Laurence Bennett; Set Decoration: Robert Gould
• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2
  Production Design: Stuart Craig; Set Decoration: Stephenie McMillan
• Hugo
  Production Design: Dante Ferretti; Set Decoration: Francesca Lo Schiavo
• Midnight in Paris
  Production Design: Anne Seibel; Set Decoration: Hélène Dubreuil
• War Horse
  Production Design: Rick Carter; Set Decoration: Lee Sandales

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

• The Artist - Guillaume Schiffman
• The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo - Jeff Cronenweth
• Hugo - Robert Richardson
• The Tree of Life - Emmanuel Lubezki
• War Horse - Janusz Kaminski

BEST MAKEUP

• Albert Nobbs
  Martial Corneville, Lynn Johnston and Matthew W. Mungle
• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2
  Edouard F. Henriques, Gregory Funk and Yolanda Toussieng
• Iron Lady
  Mark Coulier and J. Roy Helland

BEST COSTUME DESIGN

• Anonymous - Lisy Christl
• The Artist - Mark Bridges
• Hugo - Sandy Powell
• Jane Eyre - Michael O'Connor
• W.E. - Arianne Phillips

BEST FILM EDITING

• The Artist - Anne-Sophie Bion and Michel Hazanavicius
• The Descendants - Kevin Tent
• The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo - Kirk Baxter and Angus Wall
• Hugo - Thelma Schoonmaker
• Moneyball - Christopher Tellefsen

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS

• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2
  Tim Burke, David Vickery, Greg Butler and John Richardson
• Hugo
  Rob Legato, Joss Williams, Ben Grossman and Alex Henning
• Real Steel
  Erik Nash, John Rosengrant, Dan Taylor and Swen Gillberg
• Rise of the Planet of the Apes
  Joe Letteri, Dan Lemmon, R. Christopher White and Daniel Barrett
• Transformers: Dark of the Moon
  Scott Farrar, Scott Benza, Matthew Butler and John Frazier

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