85th Annual Academy Award Nominees

BEST MOTION PICTURE OF THE YEAR

NOMINEES:

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

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE

NOMINEES:

Bradley Cooper for Silver Linings Playbook
Daniel Day-Lewis for Lincoln
Hugh Jackman for Les Miserables
Joaquin Phoenix for The Master
Denzel Washington for Flight

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE

NOMINEES:

Jessica Chastain for Zero Dark Thirty
Jennifer Lawrence for Silver Linings Playbook
Emmanuelle Riva for AmourQuvenzhane Wallis for Beasts for the Southern Wild
Naomi Watts for The Impossible

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

NOMINEES:

Alan Arkin for ArgoRobert De Niro for Silver Linings Playbook
Philip Seymour Hoffman for The Masters
Tommy Lee Jones for Lincoln
Christoph Waltz for Django Unchained

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

NOMINEES:

Amy Adams for The Master
Sally Field for Lincoln
Anne Hathaway for Les Miserables
Helen Hunt for The Sessions
Jacki Weaver for Silver Linings Playbook

BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN DIRECTING

NOMINEES:

Michael Haneke for AmourAng Lee for Life of Pi
David O. Russell for Silver Linings Playbook
Steven Spielberg for Lincoln
Benh Zeitlin for Beasts of the Southern Wild

BEST WRITING, SCREENPLAY WRITTEN DIRECTLY FOR THE SCREEN

NOMINEES:

Amour: Michael Haneke

Django Unchained: Quentin Tarantino

Flight: John Gatins

Moonrise Kingdom: Wes Anderson, Roman Coppola

Zero Dark Thirty: Mark Boal

BEST WRITING, SCREENPLAY BASED ON MATERIAL PREVIOUSLY PRODUCED OR PUBLISHED

NOMINEES:

Argo: Chris Terrio

Beasts of the Southern Wild: Lucy Alibar, Benh Zeitlin

Life of Pi: David Magee

Lincoln: Tony Kushner

Silver Linings Playbook: David O. Russell

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM OF THE YEAR

NOMINEES:

Brave: Mark Andrews, Brenda Chapman

Frankenweenie: Tim Burton

ParaNorman: Sam Fell, Chris Butler

The Pirates! Band of Misfits: Peter Lord

Wreck-It Ralph: Rich Moore

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM OF THE YEAR

NOMINEES:

Amour: Austria

War Witch: Canada

No: Chile

A Royal Affair: Denmark

Kon-Tiki: Norway

BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN CINEMATOGRAPHY

NOMINEES:

Anna Karenina: Seamus McGarvey

Django Unchained: Robert Richardson

Life of Pi: Claudio Miranda

Lincoln: Janusz Kaminski

Skyfall: Roger Deakins

BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN EDITING

NOMINEES:

Argo: William Goldenberg

Life of Pi: Tim Squyres

Lincoln: Michael Kahn

Silver Linings Playbook: Jay Cassidy, Crispin Struthers

Zero Dark Thirty: William Goldenberg, Dylan Tichenor

BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN PRODUCTION DESIGN

NOMINEES:

Anna Karenina: Sarah Greenwood, Katie Spencer

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey: Dan Hennah, Ra Vincent, Simon Bright

Les Miserables: Eve Stewart, Anna Lynch-Robinson

Life of Pi: David Gropman, Anna Pinnock

Lincoln: Rick Carter, Jim Erickson

BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN COSTUME DESIGN

NOMINEES:

Anna Karenina: Jacqueline Durran

Les Miserables: Paco Delgado

Lincoln: Joanna Johnston

Mirror Mirror: Eiko Ishioka

Snow White and the Huntsman: Colleen Atwood

BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING

NOMINEES:

Hitchcock: Howard Berger, Peter Montagna, Martin Samuel

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey: Peter King, Rick Findlater, Tami Lane

Les Miserables: Lisa Westcott, Julie Dartnell

BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN MUSIC WRITTEN FOR MOTION PICTURES, ORIGINAL SCORE

NOMINEES:

Anna Karenina: Dario Marianelli

Argo: Alexandre Desplat

Life of Pi: Mychael Danna

Lincoln: John Williams

Skyfall: Thomas Newman

BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN MUSIC WRITTEN FOR MOTION PICTURES, ORIGINAL SONG

NOMINEES:

Chasing Ice: J. Ralph (“Before My Time”)

Les Miserables: Alain Boublil, Claude-Michel Schonberg, Herbert Kretzmer (“Suddenly”)

Life of Pi: Mychael Danna, Bombay Jayshreel (“Pi’s Lullaby”)

Skyfall: Adele, Paul Epworth (“Skyfall”)

Ted: Walter Murphy, Seth MacFarlane (“Everybody Needs A Best Friend”)

BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN SOUND MIXING

NOMINEES:

Argo: John T. Reitz, Gregg Rudloff, Jose Antonio Garcia,

Les Miserables: Andy Nelson, Mark Paterson, Simon Hayes

Life of Pi: Ron Bartlett, Doug Hemphill, Drew Kunin

Lincoln: Andy Nelson, Gary Rudloff, Ron Judkins

Skyfall: Scott Millan, Greg P. Russell, Stuart Wilson

BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN SOUND EDITING

NOMINEES:

Argo: Erik Aadahl, Ethan Van der Ryn

Django Unchained: Wylie Stateman

Life of Pi: Eugene Gearty, Philip Stockton

Skyfall:Per Hallberg, Karen M. Baker

Zero Dark Thirty: Paul N. J. Ottosson

BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN VISUAL EFFECTS

NOMINEES:

The Avengers: Janek Sirrs, Jeff White, Guy Williams, Daniel Sudick

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey: Joe Letteri, Eric Saindon, David Clayton, R. Christopher White

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

Prometheus: Richard Stammers, Trevor Wood, Charley Henley, Martin Hill

Snow White and the Huntsman: Cedric Nicolas-Troyan, Phil Brennan, Neil Corbould, Michael Dawson

BEST DOCUMENTARY, FEATURES

NOMINEES:

5 Broken Cameras: Emad Burnat, Guy Davidi

The Gatekeepers: To Be Determined

How to Survive a Plague: To Be Determined

The Invisible War: To Be Determined

Searching for Sugar Man: To Be Determined

BEST DOCUMENTARY, SHORT SUBJECTS

NOMINEES:

Inocente: Sean Fine, Andrea Nix

Kings Point: Sari Gilman, Jedd Wider

Mondays at Racine: Cynthia Wade, Robin Honan

Open Heart: Kief Davidson, Cori Shepherd Stern

Redemption: Jon Alpert, Matthew O’Neill

BEST SHORT FILM, ANIMATED

NOMINEES:

Adam and Dog: Minkyu Lee

Fresh Guacamole: PES

Head over Heels: Timothy Reckart, Fodhla Cronin O’Reilly

Paperman: John Kahrs

The Simpsons: The Longest Daycare: David Silverman

BEST SHORT FILM, LIVE ACTION

NOMINEES:

Asad: Bryan Buckley, Mino Jarjoura

Buzkashi Boys: Sam French, Ariel Nasr

Curfew: Shawn Christensen

Death of a Shadow: Tom Van Avermaet, Ellen De Waele

Henry: Van England

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Golden Globe Award Nominees

BEST MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA

NOMINEES:

ArgoDjango Unchained
Life of Pie
Lincoln
Zero Dark Thirty

I’m going to say that either Argo or Lincoln is going to win this category because of the subject matter of both. As interesting as Zero Dark Thirty might be, I’m tired of movies that have to do with the wars in Iraq and so forth.

BEST MOTION PICTURE – MUSICAL OR COMEDY

NOMINEES:

The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Les Miserables
Moonrise Kingdom
Salmon Fishing in the Yemen
Silver Linings Playbook

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA

NOMINEES:

Daniel Day-Lewis for Lincoln

Richard Gere for Arbitrage

John Hawkes for The Sessions

Joaquin Phoenix for The Master

Denzel Washington for Flight

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA

NOMINEES:

Jessica Chastain for Zero Dark Thirty

Marion Cotillard for Rust and Bone

Helen Mirren for Hitchcock

Naomi Watts for The Impossible

Rachel Weisz for The Deep Blue Sea

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE – MUSICAL OR COMEDY

NOMINEES:

Jack Black for Bernie

Bradley Cooper for Silver Linings Playbook

Hugh Jackman for Les Miserables

Ewan McGregor for Salmon Fishing in the Yemen

Bill Murray for Hyde Park on Hudson

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE – MUSICAL OR COMEDY

NOMINEES:

Emily Blunt for Salmon Fishing in the Yemen

Judi Dench for The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel

Jennifer Lawrence for Silver Linings Playbook

Maggie Smith for Quartet

Meryl Streep for Hope Springs

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A MOTION PICTURE

NOMINEES:

Alan Arkin for Argo

Leonardo DiCaprio for Django Unchained

Philip Seymour Hoffman for The Master

Tommy Lee Jones for Lincoln

Christopher Waltz for Django Unchained

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A MOTION PICTURE

NOMINEES:

Amy Adams for The Master
Sally Field for Lincoln
Anne Hathaway for Les Miserables
Helen Hunt for The Sessions
Nicole Kidman for The Paperboy

BEST DIRECTOR – MOTION PICTURE

NOMINEES:

Ben Affleck for Argo

Kathryn Bigelow for Zero Dark Thirty

Ang Lee for Life of Pi

Steven Spielberg for Lincoln

Quentin Tarantino for Django Unchained

BEST SCREENPLAY – MOTION PICTURE

NOMINEES:

Argo: Chris Terrio

Django Unchained: Quentin Tarantino

Lincoln: Tony Kushner

Silver Linings Playbook: David O. Russell

Zero Dark Thirty: Mark Boal

BEST ORIGINAL SONG – MOTION PICTURE

NOMINEES:

Act of Valor: Monty Powell, Keith Urban (“For You”)

The Hunger Games: Taylor Swift, John Paul White, Joy Williams, T-Bone Burnett (“Safe and Sound”)

Les Miserables: Claude-Michel Schonberg, Alain Boublil, Herbert Kretzmer (“Suddenly”)

Skyfall: Adele, Paul Epworth (“Skyfall”)

Stand up Guys: Jon Bon Jovi (“Not Running Anymore”)

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE – MOTION PICTURE

NOMINEES:

Anna Karenina: Dario Marianelli

Argo: Alexandre Desplat

Cloud Atlas: Reinhold Heil, Johnny Klimek, Tom Tykwer

Life of Pi: Mychael Danna

Lincoln: John Williams

BEST ANIMATED FILM

NOMINEES:

Brave

Frankenweenie

Hotel Transylvania

Rise of the Guardians
Wreck-It Ralph

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM

NOMINEES:

Amour

The Intouchables

Kon-Tiki

A Royal Affair

Rust and Bone

BEST TELEVISION SERIES – DRAMA

NOMINEES:

Boardwalk Empire

Breaking Bad

Downton Abbey

Homeland

The Newsroom

BEST TELEVISION SERIES – MUSICAL OR COMEDY

NOMINEES:

The Big Bang Theory

Episodes

Girls

Modern Family

Smash

BEST MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION

NOMINEES:

Game Change

The Girl

Hatfields & McCoys

The Hour

Political Animals

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A TELEVISION SERIES – DRAMA

NOMINEES:

Steve Buscemi for Boardwalk Empire

Bryan Cranston for Breaking Bad

Jeff Daniels for The Newsroom

Jon Hamm for Mad Men

Damian Lewis for Homeland

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A TELEVISION SERIES – DRAMA

NOMINEES:

Connie Britton for Nashville

Glenn Close for Damages

Claire Danes for Homeland

Michelle Dockery for Downton Abbey

Julianna Margulies for The Good Wife

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A TELEVISION SERIES – MUSICAL OR COMEDY

NOMINEES:

Alec Baldwin for 30 Rock

Don Cheadle for House of Lies

Louis C.K. for Louie

Matt LeBlanc for Episodes

Jim Parsons for The Big Bang Theory

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A TELEVISION SERIES – MUSICAL OR COMEDY

NOMINEES:

Zooey Deschanel for New Girl

Lena Dunham for Girls

Tina Fey for 30 Rock

Julia Louis-Dreyfus for Veep

Amy Poehler for Parks and Recreation

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MINI-SERIES OR A MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION

NOMINEES:

Kevin Costner for Hatfields & McCoys

Benedict Cumberbatch for Sherlock

Woody Harrelson for Game Change

Toby Jones for The Girl

Clive Owen for Hemingway & Gellhorn

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MINI-SERIES OR A MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION

NOMINEES:

Nicole Kidman for Hemingway & Gellhorn

Jessica Lange for American Horror Story: Asylum

Sienna Miller for The Girl

Julianna Moore for Game Change

Sigourney Weaver for Political Animals

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A SERIES, MINI-SERIES, OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION

NOMINEES:

Max Greenfield for New Girl

Ed Harris for Game Change

Danny Huston for Magic City

Mandy Patinkin for Homeland

Eric Stonestreet for Modern Family

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A SERIES, MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION

NOMINEES:

Hayden Panettiere for Nashville

Archie Panjabi for The Good Wife

Sarah Paulson for Game Change

Maggie Smith for Downton Abbey

Sofia Vergara for Modern Family

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