Oscar nominations announced

The nominations for this year’s Oscars were announced earlier today. Scorsese’s Hugo led the pack with 11 nominations, while The Artist followed closely behind with 10. Alexander Payne’s The Descendants (which opens at the IFI on January 27th) clocked up 5 nominations. War Horse (showing at the IFI until February 2nd) received 6 nominations including Best Picture. 

Hotly-tipped The Artist received nods in all the main categories including Best Film, Director, Actor and Supporting actress. There are only a handful of days to still catch this favourite before it closes on Thursday at the IFI.

Hugo surprised many by being the leader of the pack, with nominations in multiple categories including Best Film and Director. Other surprises included the absence of Michael Fassbender for his role in Shame who lost out to Demian Bechir and Gary Oldman while two other outsiders, Nick Nolte and Max von Sydow, got nods in the Supporting Actor category. Rooney Mara was also expected to just miss out for her role in The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo but she managed to be included, possibly at the expense of Tilda Swinton in We Need to Talk about Kevin.

Irish shorts Pentecost and The Shore were nominated in the live action short category.

2012 Academy Award Nominee List:

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

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”

Directing 

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

Foreign Language Film 

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

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

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

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

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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The 84th Academy Awards Gala will take place on February 26th from 11.30pm Irish time. 

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