Feb 26, 2012
"The Artist" stole the show at the 84th annual Academy Awards. The film won five Oscars including Best Picture, Best Actor for Jean Dujardin (pictured) and Best Director for Michel Hazanavicius.
Meryl Streep picked up her third Oscar after 17 nominations for her performance in "The Iron Lady." "Hugo" picked up several technical awards.
| Best Picture | |
| The Artist | |
| Other Nominees: The Descendants; Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close; The Help; Hugo; Midnight In Paris; Moneyball; The Tree Of Life; War Horse | |
| Best Actor | |
| Jean Dujardin (The Artist) | |
| Other Nominees: Demian Bichir (A Better Life); George Clooney (The Descendants); Gary Oldman (Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy); Brad Pitt (Moneyball) | |
| Best Actress | |
| Meryl Streep (The Iron Lady) | |
| Other Nominees: Glenn Close (Albert Nobbs); Viola Davis (The Help); Rooney Mara (Girl With The Dragon Tattoo); Michelle Williams (My Week With Marilyn) | |
| Best Director | |
| Michel Hazanavicious (The Artist) | |
| Other Nominees: Alexander Payne (The Descendants); Martin Scorsese (Hugo); Woody Allen (Midnight In Paris); Terrence Malick (The Tree Of Life) | |
| Best Supporting Actor | |
| Christopher Plummer (Beginners) | |
| Other Nominees: Kenneth Branagh (My Week With Marilyn); Jonah Hill (Moneyball); Nick Nolte (Warrior); Max von Sydow (Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close) | |
| Best Supporting Actress | |
| Octavia Spencer (The Help) | |
| Other Nominees: Berenice Bejo (The Artist); Jessica Chastain (The Help); Melissa McCarthy (Bridesmaids); Janet McTeer (Albert Nobbs) | |
| Writing | |
| Midnight In Paris | |
| Woody Allen | |
| Other Nominees: The Artist; Bridesmaids; Margin Call; A Separation | |
| Writing | |
| The Descendants | |
| Alexander Payne | |
| Other Nominees: Hugo; The Ides Of March; Moneyball; Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy | |
| Art Direction | |
| Hugo | |
| Other Nominees: The Artist; Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2; Midnight In Paris; War Horse | |
| Cinematography | |
| Hugo | |
| Other Nominees: The Artist; The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo; The Tree Of Life; War Horse | |
| Film Editing | |
| The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo | |
| Kirk Baxter | |
| Other Nominees: The Artist; The Descendants; Hugo; Moneyball | |
| Animated Feature Film | |
| Rango | |
| Other Nominees: A Cat In Paris; Chico & Rita; Kung Fu Panda 2; Puss In Boots | |
| Documentary Feature | |
| Undefeated | |
| Other Nominees: Hell And Back Again; If A Tree Falls; Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory; Pina | |
| Documentary Short | |
| Saving Face | |
| Other Nominees: The Barber Of Birmingham; God Is The Bigger Elvis; Incident In New Baghdad; The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom | |
| Foreign Language Film | |
| A Separation | |
| Other Nominees: Bullhead; Monsieur Lazhar; Footnote; In Darkness | |
| Short Subject Animated | |
| The Fantastic Flying Books Of Mr Morris Lessmore | |
| Other Nominees: Dimanche/Sunday; La Luna; A Morning Stroll; Wild Life | |
| Short Subject Live Action | |
| The Shore | |
| Other Nominees: Pentecost; Raju; Time Freak; Tuba Atlantic | |
| Costume Design | |
| The Artist | |
| Mark Bridges | |
| Other Nominees: Anonymous; Hugo; Jane Eyre; W.E. | |
| Makeup | |
| The Iron Lady | |
| Other Nominees: Albert Nobbs; Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 | |
| Sound Editing | |
| Hugo | |
| Other Nominees: Drive; The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo; Transformers: Dark Of the Moon; War Horse | |
| Sound Mixing | |
| Hugo | |
| Other Nominees: The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo; Moneyball; Transformers: Dark Of the Moon; War Horse | |
| Visual Effects | |
| Hugo | |
| Other Nominees: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2; Real Steel; Rise of the Planet of the Apes; Transformers: Dark of the Moon | |
| Original Score | |
| The Artist | |
| Ludovic Bource | |
| Other Nominees: The Adventures of Tintin; Hugo; Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy; War Horse | |
| Original Song | |
| Man Or Muppet (The Muppets) | |
| Other Nominees: Real In Rio (Rio) | |