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Best Writing – Adapted Screenplay: 'The Descendants'

WINNER: "The Descendants” – Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon, and Jim Rashfrom The Descendants by Kaui Hart Hemmings

Nominees:

“The Descendants” – Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon, and Jim Rashfrom The Descendants by Kaui Hart Hemmings
“Hugo” – John Logan from The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick
“The Ides of March” – George Clooney, Grant Heslov, and Beau Willimon from Farragut North by Beau Willimon
“Moneyball” – Screenplay by Steven Zaillian and Aaron Sorkin; Story by Stan Chervin from Moneyball by Michael Lewis
“Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy” – Bridget O'Connor and Peter Straughan from Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy by John le Carré

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Best Picture: 'T...
WINNER: "The Artist"
Nominees:
- “The Artist”
- “The Descendants”
- “Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close”
- “The Help”
- “Hugo”
- “Midnight in Paris”
- “Moneyball”
- “The Tree of Life”
- “War Horse”
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Best Actress: Me...
WINNER: Meryl Streep – "The Iron Lady”
Nominees:
- 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”
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Best Actor: Jean...
WINNER: Jean Dujardin – “The Artist”
Nominees:
- Demián Bichir – “A Better Life”
- George Clooney – “The Descendants”
- Jean Dujardin – “The Artist”
- Gary Oldman – “Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy”
- Brad Pitt – “Moneyball”
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Best Director: M...
WINNER: Michel Hazanavicius – “The Artist”
Nominees:
- Woody Allen – “Midnight in Paris”
- Michel Hazanavicius – “The Artist”
- Terrence Malick – “The Tree of Life”
- Alexander Payne – “The Descendants”
- Martin Scorsese – “Hugo”
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Best Animated Sh...
WINNER: "The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore” – William Joyce
Nominees:
- “Dimanche” – 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
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Best Documentary...
WINNER: "Saving Face” – Daniel Junge and Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy
Nominees:
- “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
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Best Live Action...
WINNER: "The Shore” – Terry George and Oorlagh George
Nominees:
- “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
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Best Writing – O...
WINNER: "Midnight in Paris” – Woody Allen
Nominees:
- “The Artist” – Michel Hazanavicius
- “Bridesmaids" – Kristen Wiig and Annie Mumolo
- “Margin Call” – J.C. Chandor
- “Midnight in Paris” – Woody Allen
- “A Separation” – Asghar Farhadi
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Best Writing – A...
WINNER: "The Descendants” – Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon, and Jim Rashfrom The Descendants by Kaui Hart Hemmings
Nominees:
- “The Descendants” – Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon, and Jim Rashfrom The Descendants by Kaui Hart Hemmings
- “Hugo” – John Logan from The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick
- “The Ides of March” – George Clooney, Grant Heslov, and Beau Willimon from Farragut North by Beau Willimon
- “Moneyball” – Screenplay by Steven Zaillian and Aaron Sorkin; Story by Stan Chervin from Moneyball by Michael Lewis
- “Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy” – Bridget O'Connor and Peter Straughan from Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy by John le Carré
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Best Original So...
WINNER: "Man or Muppet" from “The Muppets” – Bret McKenzie
Nominees:
- "Man or Muppet" from “The Muppets” – Bret McKenzie
- "Real in Rio" from “Rio” – Sérgio Mendes, Carlinhos Brown, and Siedah Garrett
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Best Original Sc...
WINNER: "The Artist“ – Ludovic Bource
Nominees:
- “The Adventures of Tintin“ – John Williams
- “The Artist“ – Ludovic Bource
- “Hugo“ – Howard Shore
- “Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy“ – Alberto Iglesias
- “War Horse“ – John Williams
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Best Supporting ...
WINNER: Christopher Plummer – "Beginners"
Nominees:
- Kenneth Branagh – “My Week with Marilyn”
- Jonah Hill – “Moneyball”
- Nick Nolte – “Warrior”
- Christopher Plummer – “Beginners”
- Max von Sydow – “Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close”
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Best Visual Effe...
WINNER: "Hugo” – Rob Legato, Joss Williams, Ben Grossmann, and Alex Henning
Nominees:
- “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2” – Tim Burke, David Vickery, Greg Butler, and John Richardson
- “Hugo” – Rob Legato, Joss Williams, Ben Grossmann, and Alex Henning
- “Real Steel” – Erik Nash, John Rosengrant, Danny Gordon 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 E. Butler, and John Frazier
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Best Animated Fe...
WINNER: "Rango” – Gore Verbinski
Nominees:
- “A Cat in Paris” – Alain Gagnol and Jean-Loup Felicioli
- “Chico and Rita” – Fernando Trueba and Javier Mariscal
- “Kung Fu Panda 2” – Jennifer Yuh Nelson
- “Puss in Boots” – Chris Miller
- “Rango” – Gore Verbinski
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Best Documentary...
WINNER: "Undefeated" – TJ Martin, Dan Lindsay, and Richard Middlemas
Nominees:
- “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” – Joe Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsky
- “Pina” – Wim Wenders and Gian-Piero Ringel
- “Undefeated” – TJ Martin, Dan Lindsay, and Richard Middlemas
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Best Sound Editi... WINNER SOUND EDITING: Philip Stockton and Eugene Gearty
WINNER SOUND MIXING: Tom Fleischman and John Midgley

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Best Film Editin...
WINNER: Angus Wall and Kirk Baxter, "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo"
Nominees:
- “The Artist“ – Anne-Sophie Bion and Michel Hazanavicius
- “The Descendants“ – Kevin Tent
- “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo“ – Angus Wall and Kirk Baxter
- “Hugo“ – Thelma Schoonmaker
- “Moneyball“ – Christopher Tellefsen
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Best Supporting ...
WINNER: Octavia Spencer – “The Help”
Nominees:
- Bérénice Bejo – “The Artist”
- Jessica Chastain – “The Help”
- Melissa McCarthy – “Bridesmaids”
- Janet McTeer – “Albert Nobbs”
- Octavia Spencer – “The Help”
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Best Foreign Lan...
WINNER: "A Separation" (Iran) in Persian
Nominees:
- “Bullhead” (Belgium) in Dutch and French – Michaël R. Roskam
- “Footnote” (Israel) in Hebrew – Joseph Cedar
- “In Darkness” (Poland) in Polish – Agnieszka Holland
- “Monsieur Lazhar” (Canada) in French – Philippe Falardeau
- “A Separation” (Iran) in Persian – Asghar Farhadi
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Achievement in M...
WINNER: Mark Coulier and J. Roy Helland, “The Iron Lady”
Nominees:
- “Albert Nobbs” – Martial Corneville, Lynn Johnson, and Matthew W. Mungle
- “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2” – Nick Dudman,Amanda Knight, and Lisa Tomblin
- “The Iron Lady” – Mark Coulier and J. Roy Helland
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Best Costume Des...
WINNER: Mark Bridges, "The Artist"
Nominees:
- “Anonymous“ – Lisy Christl
- “The Artist“ – Mark Bridges
- “Hugo“ – Sandy Powell
- “Jane Eyre“ – Michael O'Connor
- “W.E. “ – Arianne Phillips
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Achievement in C... CINEMATOGRAPHY WINNER: Robert Richardson, "Hugo"
ART DIRECTION WINNER: Dante Ferretti and Francesca Lo Schiavo, "Hugo"

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