Oscar Nominations

Best Picture
The Artist
The Descendants
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
The Help
Hugo
Midnight in Paris
The Tree of Life
War Horse

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

Best Actor
Demian Bichir, A Better Life
George Clooney, The Descendants
Jean Dujardin, The Artist
Gary Oldman, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Brad Pitt, Moneyball

Best Actress
Glenn Close, Albert Nobbs
Viola Davis, The Help
Rooney Mara, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
Meryl Streep, The Iron Lady
Michelle Williams, My Week With Marilyn

Best Supporting Actor
Kenneth Branagh, My Week With Mrilyn
Jonah Hill, Moneyball
Nick Nolte, Warrior
Christopher Plummer, Beginners
Max Von Sydow, Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close

Best Supporting Actress
Berenice Bejo, The Artist
Jessica Chastain, The Help
Melissa McCarthy, Bridesmaids
Janet McTeer, Albert Nobbs
Octavia Spencer, The Help

Best Original Screenplay
Woody Allen, Midnight in Paris
J.C. Chandor, Margin Call
Ashgar Farhadi, A Separation
Michel Hazanavicius, The Artist
Annie Mumolo and Kristen Wiig, Bridesmaids

Best Adapted Screenplay
George Clooney, Grant Heslov, and Beau Willimon, The Ides of March
John Logan, Hugo
Alexander Payne, Jim Rash, and Nat Faxon, The Descendants
Aaron Sorking and Steve Zaillian, Moneyball
Peter Straughn and Bridget O'Connor, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

Best Film Editing
Kirk Baxter and Angus Wall, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
Anne-Sophie Bion and Michel Hazanavicius, The Artist
Thelma Schoonmaker, Hugo
Christopher Tellefsen, Moneyball
Kevin Tent, The Descendants

Best Cinematography
Jeff Cronenweth, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
Janusz Kaminski, War Horse
Emmanuel Lubezki, The Tree of Life
Robert Richardson, Hugo
Guillaume Schiffman, The Artist

Best Art Direction
The Artist
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2
Hugo
Midnight in Paris
War Horse

Best Costume Design
Mark Bridges, The Artist
Lisy Christi, Anonymous
Michael O'Connor, Jane Eyre
Arianne Phillips, W.E.
Sandy Powell, Hugo

Best Makeup
Albert Nobbs
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2
The Iron Lady

Best Visual Effects
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2
Hugo
Real Steel
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Transformers: Dark of the Moon

Best Original Score
Ludovic Bource, The Artist
Alberto Iglesias, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Howard Shore, Hugo
John Williams, The Adventures of Tintin
John Williams, War Horse

Best Original Song
"Man or Muppet," The Muppets
"Real in Rio," Rio

Best Sound Editing
Drive
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
Hugo
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
War Horse

Best Sound Mixing
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
Hugo
Moneyball
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
War Horse

Best Animated Feature
A Cat in Paris
Chico & Rita
Kung Fu Panda 2
Puss in Boots
Rango

Best Foreign Language Film
Bullhead (Belgium)
Footnote (Israel)
In Darkness (Poland)
Monsieur Lazhar (Canada)
A Separation (Iran)

Best Documentary (Feature)
Hell and Back Again
If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front
Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory
Pina
Undefeated

Best Documentary (Short Subject)
The Barber of Birmingham: Foot Soldier of the Civil Rights Movement
God is the Bigger Elvis
Incident in New Baghdad
Saving Face
The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom

Best Live Action Short
Pentecost
Raju
The Shore
Time Freak
Tuba Atlantic

Best Animated Short
Dimanche/Sunday
The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore
La Luna
A Morning Stroll
Wild Life