85th Annual Academy Awards Nominations (2013)

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  • Date of Ceremony: Sunday, February 24, 2013
  • For films released in: 2012
  • Nominations Announcement: Thursday, January 10, 2013
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Here is the complete list of nominations for the 85th Annual Academy Awards. The nominations announcement were announced by Seth MacFarlane and Emma Stone on Thursday, January 10, 2013, at 5:30 a.m. Pacific at the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater.

And the nominees are:

Best Picture

  • Amour
  • Argo
    Grant Heslov [Producer], Ben Affleck [Producer] and George Clooney [Producer]
  • Beasts of the Southern Wild
    Dan Janvey [Producer], Josh Penn [Producer] and Michael Gottwald [Producer]
  • Django Unchained
    Stacey Sher [Producer], Reginald Hudlin [Producer] and Pilar Savone [Producer]
  • Les Misérables
    Tim Bevan [Producer], Eric Fellner [Producer], Debra Hayward [Producer] and Cameron Mackintosh [Producer]
  • Life of Pi
    Gil Netter [Producer], Ang Lee [Producer] and David Womark [Producer]
  • Lincoln
    Steven Spielberg [Producer] and Kathleen Kennedy [Producer]
  • Silver Linings Playbook
    Donna Gigliotti [Producer], Bruce Cohen [Producer] and Jonathan Gordon [Producer]
  • Zero Dark Thirty
    Mark Boal [Producer], Kathryn Bigelow [Producer] and Megan Ellison [Producer]

Best Directing

  • Amour
    Michael Haneke
  • Beasts of the Southern Wild
    Benh Zeitlin
  • Life of Pi
    Ang Lee
  • Lincoln
    Steven Spielberg
  • Silver Linings Playbook
    David O. Russell

Best Actor in a Leading Role

Best Actress in a Leading Role

  • Amour
    Emmanuelle Riva
  • Beasts of the Southern Wild
    Quvenzhané Wallis
  • The Impossible
    Naomi Watts
  • Silver Linings Playbook
    Jennifer Lawrence
  • Zero Dark Thirty
    Jessica Chastain

Best Actor in a Supporting Role

Best Actress in a Supporting Role

  • Les Misérables
    Anne Hathaway
  • Lincoln
    Sally Field
  • The Master
    Amy Adams
  • The Sessions
    Helen Hunt
  • Silver Linings Playbook
    Jacki Weaver

Best Animated Feature

  • Brave
    Mark Andrews and Brenda Chapman
  • Frankenweenie
    Tim Burton
  • ParaNorman
    Sam Fell and Chris Butler
  • The Pirates! Band of Misfits
    Peter Lord
  • Wreck-It Ralph
    Rich Moore

Best Foreign Language Film

  • Amour
  • Kon-Tiki
  • No
  • A Royal Affair
  • War Witch

Best Cinematography

  • Anna Karenina
    Seamus McGarvey
  • Django Unchained
    Robert Richardson
  • Life of Pi
    Claudio Miranda
  • Lincoln
    Janusz Kaminski
  • Skyfall
    Roger Deakins

Best Costume Design

  • Anna Karenina
    Jacqueline Durran
  • Les Misérables
    Paco Delgado
  • Lincoln
    Joanna Johnston
  • Mirror Mirror
    Eiko Ishioka
  • Snow White and the Huntsman
    Colleen Atwood

Best Documentary (Feature)

  • 5 Broken Cameras
    Emad Burnat and Guy Davidi
  • The Gatekeepers
  • How to Survive a Plague
  • The Invisible War
  • Searching for Sugar Man

Best Documentary (Short Subject)

  • Inocente
    Sean Fine and Andrea Nix Fine
  • Kings Point
    Sari Gilman and Jedd Wider
  • Mondays at Racine
    Cynthia Wade and Robin Honan
  • Open Heart
    Kief Davidson and Cori Shepherd Stern
  • Redemption
    Jon Alpert and Matthew O'Neill

Best Film Editing

  • Argo
    William Goldenberg
  • Life of Pi
    Tim Squyres
  • Lincoln
    Michael Kahn
  • Silver Linings Playbook
    Jay Cassidy and Crispin Struthers
  • Zero Dark Thirty
    Dylan Tichenor and William Goldenberg

Best Makeup and Hairstyling

  • Hitchcock
    Howard Berger, Peter Montagna and Martin Samuel
  • The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
    Peter Swords King, Rick Findlater and Tami Lane
  • Les Misérables
    Lisa Westcott and Julie Dartnell

Best Music (Original Score)

  • Anna Karenina
    Dario Marianelli
  • Argo
    Alexandre Desplat
  • Life of Pi
    Mychael Danna
  • Lincoln
    John Williams
  • Skyfall
    Thomas Newman

Best Music (Original Song)

  • Chasing Ice "Before My Time"
    J. Ralph [Music and Lyrics by]
  • Les Misérables "Suddenly"
    Claude-Michel Schonberg [Music by], Herbert Kretzmer [Lyrics by] and Alain Boublil [Lyrics by]
  • Life of Pi "Pi's Lullaby"
    Mychael Danna [Music by] and Bombay Jayashri [Lyrics by]
  • Skyfall "Skyfall"
    Adele Adkins and Paul Epworth
  • Ted "Everybody Needs a Best Friend"
    Walter Murphy [Music by] and Seth MacFarlane [Lyrics by]

Best Production Design

  • Anna Karenina
    Sarah Greenwood [Production Design] and Katie Spencer [Set Decoration]
  • The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
    Dan Hennah [Production Design], Ra Vincent [Set Decoration] and Simon Bright [Set Decoration]
  • Les Misérables
    Eve Stewart [Production Design] and Anna Lynch-Robinson [Set Decoration]
  • Life of Pi
    David Gropman [Production Design] and Anna Pinnock [Set Decoration]
  • Lincoln
    Rick Carter [Production Design] and Jim Erickson [Set Decoration]

Best Short Film (Animated)

  • Adam and Dog
    Minkyu Lee
  • Fresh Guacamole
    PES
  • Head over Heels
    Timothy Reckart and Fodhla Cronin O'Reilly
  • Maggie Simpson in The Longest Daycare
    David Silverman
  • Paperman
    John Kahrs

Best Short Film (Live Action)

  • Asad
    Bryan Buckley and Mino Jarjoura
  • Buzkashi Boys
    Sam French and Ariel Nasr
  • Curfew
    Shawn Christensen
  • Death of a Shadow (Dood van een Schaduw)
    Tom Van Avermaet and Ellen De Waele
  • Henry
    Yan England

Best Sound Editing

  • Argo
    Erik Aadahl and Ethan Van der Ryn
  • Django Unchained
    Wylie Stateman
  • Life of Pi
    Eugene Gearty and Philip Stockton
  • Skyfall
    Per Hallberg and Karen Baker Landers
  • Zero Dark Thirty
    Paul N.J. Ottosson

Best Sound Mixing

  • Argo
    John Reitz, Gregg Rudloff and Jose Antonio Garcia
  • Les Misérables
    Andy Nelson, Mark Paterson and Simon Hayes
  • Life of Pi
    Ron Bartlett, D.M. Hemphill and Drew Kunin
  • Lincoln
    Andy Nelson, Gary Rydstrom and Ronald Judkins
  • Skyfall
    Scott Millan, Greg P. Russell and Stuart Wilson

Best Visual Effects

  • The Avengers
    Janek Sirrs, Jeff White, Guy Williams and Dan Sudick
  • The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
    Joe Letteri, Eric Saindon, David Clayton and R. Christopher White
  • Life of Pi
    Bill Westenhofer, Guillaume Rocheron, Erik-Jan De Boer and Donald R. Elliott
  • Prometheus
    Richard Stammers, Trevor Wood, Charley Henley and Martin Hill
  • Snow White and the Huntsman
    Cedric Nicolas-Troyan, Philip Brennan, Neil Corbould and Michael Dawson

Best Writing (Adapted Screenplay)

  • Argo
    Chris Terrio [Screenplay by]
  • Beasts of the Southern Wild
    Lucy Alibar [Screenplay by] and Benh Zeitlin [Screenplay by]
  • Life of Pi
    David Magee [Screenplay by]
  • Lincoln
    Tony Kushner [Screenplay by]
  • Silver Linings Playbook
    David O. Russell [Screenplay by]

Best Writing (Original Screenplay)

  • Amour
    Michael Haneke [Written by]
  • Django Unchained
    Quentin Tarantino [Written by]
  • Flight
    John Gatins [Written by]
  • Moonrise Kingdom
    Wes Anderson [Written by] and Roman Coppola [Written by]
  • Zero Dark Thirty
    Mark Boal [Written by]
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