84th Academy Awards

THE FILMS OF 2011

Best Motion Picture of the Year

WINNER

The Descendants

Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close

Midnight in Paris

The Tree of Life

Best Directing

Michel Hazanavicius
The Artist

WINNER

Woody Allen
Midnight in Paris

Terrence Malick
The Tree of Life

Alexander Payne
The Descendants

Martin Scorsese
Hugo

Best Actor in a Leading Role

Jean Dujardin
The Artist

WINNER

Demián Bichir
A Better Life

George Clooney
The Descendants

Gary Oldman
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

Brad Pitt
Moneyball

Best Actress in a Leading Role

Meryl Streep
The Iron Lady

WINNER

Glenn Close
Albert Nobbs

Viola Davis
The Help

Rooney Mara
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

Michelle Williams
My Week with Marilyn

Best Actor in a Supporting Role

Christopher Plummer
Beginners

WINNER

Kenneth Branagh
My Week with Marilyn

Jonah Hill
Moneyball

Nick Nolte
Warrior

Max von Sydow
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close

Best Actress in a Supporting Role

Octavia Spencer
The Help

WINNER

Bérénice Bejo
The Artist

Jessica Chastain
The Help

Melissa McCarthy
Bridesmaids

Janet McTeer
Albert Nobbs

Best Original Screenplay

Woody Allen
Midnight in Paris

WINNER

Michel Hazanavicius
The Artist

Kristen Wiig
Annie Mumolo
Bridesmaids

J. C. Chandor
Margin Call

Asghar Farhadi
A Separation

Best Adapted Screenplay

Alexander Payne
Nat Faxon
Jim Rash
The Descendants

WINNER

John Logan
Hugo

George Clooney
Grant Heslov
Beau Willimon
The Ides of March

Aaron Sorkin
Steve Zaillian
Moneyball

Bridget O’Connor
Peter Straughan
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

Best Cinematography

Robert Richardson
Hugo

WINNER

Guillaume Schiffman
The Artist

Jeff Cronenweth
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

Emmanuel Lubezki
The Tree of Life

Janusz Kaminski
War Horse

Best Film Editing

Angus Wall
Kirk Baxter
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

WINNER

Anne-Sophie Bion
Michel Hazanavicius
The Artist

Kevin Tent
The Descendants

Thelma Schoonmaker
Hugo

Christopher Tellefsen
Moneyball

Best Costume Design

Mark Bridges
The Artist

WINNER

Lisy Christl
Anonymous

Sandy Powell
Hugo

Michael O’Connor
Jane Eyre

Arianne Phillips
W.E.

Best Art Direction

Dante Ferretti
Francesca Lo Schiavo
Hugo

WINNER

Laurence Bennett
Robert Gould
The Artist

Stuart Craig
Stephenie McMillan
Harry Potter and the
Deathly Hallows: Part II

Anne Seibel
Hélène Dubreuil
Midnight in Paris

Rick Carter
Lee Sandales
War Horse

Best Music, Original Score

Ludovic Bource
The Artist

WINNER

John Williams
The Adventures of Tintin

Howard Shore
Hugo

Alberto Iglesias
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

John Williams
War Horse

Best Music, Original Song

“MAN OR MUPPET“

Bret McKenzie
The Muppets

WINNER

“REAL IN RIO“

Sérgio Mendes
Carlinhos Brown
Siedah Garrett
Rio

Best Makeup

The Iron Lady

WINNER

Harry Potter and the
Deathly Hallows: Part II

Best Sound Mixing

WINNER

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

Transformers: Dark of the Moon

Best Sound Editing

WINNER

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

Transformers: Dark of the Moon

Best Visual Effects

WINNER

Harry Potter and the
Deathly Hallows: Part II

Rise of the Planet of the Apes

Transformers: Dark of the Moon

Best Foreign Language Film

WINNER

Bullhead

Footnote

In Darkness

Monsieur Lazhar

Best Animated Feature Film

WINNER

A Cat in Paris

Kung Fu Panda 2

Puss in Boots