84th Academy Awards

The 84th Academy Awards was on February 26, 2012. It was held in the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood. Billy Crystal was the host at this ceremony.

The Artist won five Oscars, which included Best Picture, Best Actor for Jean Dujardin and Best Director for Michael Hazanavicius. Other winners were Hugo with five Oscars, The Iron Lady with two Oscars and Beginners, The Descendants, The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, The Help, Midnight in Paris, The Muppets, Rango, Saving Face, A Separation, The Shore and Undefeated with one.

Nominees and winners

Winners are listed first.

Nominees and winners of the 84th Academy Awards
Best Picture	Best Director
Thomas Langmann - The Artist Jim Burke, Jim Taylor, and Alexander Payne - The Descendants Scott Rudin - Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close Brunson Green, Chris Columbus, and Michael Barnathan - The Help Graham King and Martin Scorsese - Hugo Letty Aronson and Stephen Tenenbaum - Midnight in Paris Michael De Luca, Rachael Horovitz, and Brad Pitt - Moneyball Dede Gardner, Sarah Green, Grant Hill, and Bill Pohlad - The Tree of Life Steven Spielberg and Kathleen Kennedy - War Horse	Michel Hazanavicius - The Artist Woody Allen - Midnight Paris Terrence Malick - The Tree of Life Alexander Payne - The Descendants Martin Scorsese - Hugo
Best Actor	Best Actress
Jean Dujardin – The Artist Demián Bichir - A Better Life George Clooney - The Descendants Gary Oldman - Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy Brad Pitt - Moneyball	Meryl Streep – The Iron Lady Glenn Close – Albert Nobbs Viola Davis - The Help Rooney Mara - The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Michelle Williams - My Week with Marilyn
Best Supporting Actor	Best Supporting Actress
Christopher Plummer – Beginners Kenneth Branagh – My Week with Marilyn Jonah Hill - Moneyball Nick Nolte - Warrior Max von Sydow - Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close	Octavia Spencer - The Help Bérénice Bejo – The Artist Jessica Chastain – The Help Melissa McCarthy – Bridesmaids Janet McTeer – Albert Nobbs
Best Writing Original Screenplay	Best Writing Adapted Screenplay
Woody Allen - Midnight in Paris Michel Hazanavicius - The Artist Kristen Wiig and Annie Mumolo - Bridesmaids J. C. Chandor - Margin Call Asghar Farhadi - A Seperation	Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon, and Jim Rash - The Descendants John Logan - Hugo George Clooney, Grant Heslov, and Beau Willimon - The Ides of March Steven Zaillian and Aaron Sorkin- Moneyball Bridget O'Connor and Peter Straughan - Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Best Animated Feature	Best Foreign Language Film
Gore Verbinski - Rango Alain Gagnol and Jean-Loup Felicioli - A Cat in Paris Fernando Trueba and Javier Mariscal - Chico and Rita Jennifer Yuh Nelson - Kung Fu Panda 2 Chris Miller - Puss in Boots	Asghar Farhadi - A Separation (Iran) Michaël R. Roskam - Bullhead (Belgium) Joseph Cedar - Footnote (Israel) Agnieszka Holland - In Darkness (Poland) Philippe Falardeau - Monsieur Lazhar (Canada)
Best Documentary Feature	Best Documentary Short Subject
TJ Martin, Dan Lindsay, and Richard Middlemas - Undefeated Danfung Dennis and Mike Lerner - Hell and Back Again Mashall Curry and Sam Cullman - If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front Joe Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsky - Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory Gian-Piero Ringel - Pina	Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy and Daniel Junge - Saving Fac Robin Fryday and Gail Dolgin - The Barber of Birmingham: Foot Soldier of the Civil Rights Movement Rebecca Cammisa and Julie Anderson - God Is the Bigger Elvis James Spione - Incident Lucy Walker and Kira Carstensen - The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom
Best Live Action Short Film	Best Animated Short Film
Terry George and Oorlagh George - The Shore Peter McDonald and Eimear O'Kane - Pentecost Max Zähle and Stefan Gieren - Raju Andrew Bowler and Gigi Causey - Time Freak Hallvar Wizø - Tuba Atlantic	William Joyce and Brandon Oldenburg - The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore Patrick Doyon - Dimanche Enrico Casarosa - La Lunda Grant Orchard and Sue Goffe - A Morning Stroll Amanda Forbis and Wendy Tilby - Wild Life
Best Original Music Score	Best Song
Ludovic Bource - The Artist John Williams - The Adventures of Tintin Howard Shore - Hugo Alberto Iglesias - Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy John Williams - War Horse	Bret McKenzie - The Muppets ("Man or Muppet") Sérgio Mendes, Carlinhos Brown, and Siedah Garrett - Rio ("Real in Rio")
Best Sound Effects Editing	Best Sound Mixing
Philip Stockton and Eugene Gearty - Hugo Lon Bender and Victor Ray Ennis - Drive Ren Klyce - The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Ethan Van der Ryn and Erik Aadahl - Transformers: Dark of the Moon Richard Hymns and Gary Rydstrom - War Horse	Tom Fleischman and John Midgley - Hugo David Parker, Michael Semanick, Ren Klyce, and Bo Persson - The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Ron Bochar, David Giammarco, and Ed Novick - Moneyball Greg P. Russell, Gary Summers, Jeffrey J. Haboush, and Peter J. Devlin - Transformers: Dark of the Moon Gary Rydstrom, Andy Nelson, Tom Johnson, and Stuart Wilson - War Horse
Best Art Direction	Best Cinematography
Dante Ferretti and Francesa Lo Schiavo – Hugo Laurence Bennett and Robert Gould - The Artist Stuart Craig and Stephanie McMillan - Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 Anne Seibel and Hélène Dubreuil - Midnight in Paris Rick Carter and Lee Sandales - War Horse	Robert Richardson - Hugo Guillaume Schiffman - The Artist Jeff Cronenweth - The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo Emmanuel Lubezki - The Tree of Life Janusz Kamiński - War Horse
Best Makeup	Best Costume Design
Mark Coulier and J. Roy Helland - The Iron Lady Martial Corneville, Lynn Johnson, and Matthew W. Mungle - Albert Nobbs Nick Dudman, Amanda Knight, and Lisa Tomblin - Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2	Mark Bridges - The Artist Lisy Christl - Anonymous Sandy Powell - Hugo Michael O'Connor - Jane Eyre Arianne Phillips - W.E.
Best Film Editing	Best Visual Effects
Angus Wall and Kirk Baxter - The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Anne-Sophie Bion and Michel Hazanavicius - The Artist Kevin Tent - The Descendants Thelma Schoonmaker - Hugo Christopher Tellefsen - Moneyball	Rob Legato, Joss Williams, Ben Grossmann, and Alex Henning - Hugo Tim Burke, David Vickery, Greg Butler, and John Richardson - Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 Erik Nash, John Rosengrant, Danny Gordon Taylor, and Swen Gillberg - Real Steel Joe Letteri, Dan Lemmon, R. Christopher White, and Daniel Barrett - Rise of the Planet of the Apes Scott Farrar, Scott Benza, Matthew E. Butler, and John Frazier - Transformers: Dark of the Moon

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