Nominees for the 84th Academy Awards

Actor in a Leading Role

• 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

Actor in a Supporting Role

• 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

Actress in a Leading Role

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

Actress in a Supporting Role

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

Animated Feature Film

• 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

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

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

Costume Design

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

Directing

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

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

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

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

Foreign Language Film

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

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
• The Iron Lady Mark Coulier and J. Roy Helland

Music (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

Music (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 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

Short Film (Animated)

• 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

Short Film (Live Action)

• 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

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

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

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

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

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

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