2012 Academy Award Winners
February 27, 2012 by staff · Comments Off on 2012 Academy Award Winners
2012 Academy Award Winners, The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences on Sunday handed out the Oscars – the highest honours in the movie industry.
Following is a list of early winners in leading categories for the 84th annual Academy Awards.
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Christopher Plummer “Beginners”
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Octavia Spencer “The Help”
ANIMATED FILM
“Rango”
FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
“A Separation” Iran
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
“The Descendants” by Alexander Payne and Nat Faxon & Jim Rash
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
“Midnight in Paris” by Woody Allen
DOCUMENTARY
“Undefeated”
ORIGINAL SCORE
“The Artist” Ludovic Bource
ORIGINAL SONG
“Man or Muppet” from “The Muppets,” music and lyrics by Bret McKenzie
ART DIRECTION
“Hugo,” production design: Dante Ferretti; set decoration: Francesca Lo Schiavo
CINEMATOGRAPHY
“Hugo,” Robert Richardson
COSTUME DESIGN
“The Artist,” Mark Bridges
FILM EDITING
“The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo,” Kirk Baxter and Angus Wall
MAKEUP
“The Iron Lady,” Mark Coulier and J. Roy Helland
VISUAL EFFECTS
“Hugo,” Rob Legato, Joss Williams, Ben Grossman and Alex Henning
SOUND EDITING
“Hugo” Philip Stockton and Eugene Gearty
SOUND MIXING
“Hugo” Tom Fleischman and John Midgley
DOCUMENTARY SHORT FEATURE
Saving Face
BEST ACTOR
Jean Dujardin
BEST ACTRESS
Meryl Streep, The Iron Lady
BEST PICTURE
The Artist