| 85th Academy Awards | ||||
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| Date | February 24, 2013 | |||
| Site | Dolby Theatre Hollywood, California | |||
| Host | Seth MacFarlane | |||
| Highlights | ||||
| Best Picture | Argo | |||
| Most wins | Life of Pi (4) | |||
| Most nominations | Lincoln (12) | |||
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The 85th Academy Awards were held on February 24, 2013, at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, California. The ceremony honored the best films, directors, actors and artisans of 2012 and were televised in the U.S. on ABC. It was Seth MacFarlane's first time hosting the Oscars.
Nominations[]
Nominations for the 85th Academy Awards were announced on Thursday, January 10, 2013, by ceremony host Seth MacFarlane and Emma Stone. During the nomination presentation, it was pointed out that all five nominees in the Best Supporting Actor category have won an acting Oscar previously. Additionally, Best Actress nominees Emmanuelle Riva and Quvenzhané Wallis, at 85 and 9 years old respectively, set the record for being the oldest and youngest actresses nominated in the category, ironically in the same year. Host Seth MacFarland received a nomination for his lyric contribution to the song "Everybody Needs a Best Friend" from the film Ted, a situation that last occurred in 2011, when host James Franco was nominated for Best Actor the same year he hosted the awards ceremony.
Best Picture[]
Argo
See also: Best Picture
- Winner
- Argo — Ben Affleck, George Clooney and Grant Heslov, producers
- Nominees
- Amour — Margaret Menegoz, Stefan Arndt, Veit Heiduschka and Michael Katz, producers
- Beasts of the Southern Wild — Dan Janvey, Josh Penn and Michael Gottwald, producers
- Django Unchained — Stacey Sher, Reginald Hudlin and Pilar Savone, producers
- Les Misérables — Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Debra Hayward and Cameron Mackintosh, producers
- Life of Pi — Gil Netter, Ang Lee and David Womark, producers
- Lincoln — Steven Spielberg and Kathleen Kennedy, producers
- Silver Linings Playbook — Donna Gigliotti, Bruce Cohen and Jonathan Gordon, producers
- Zero Dark Thirty — Mark Boal, Kathryn Bigelow and Megan Ellison, producers
Best Director[]
Life of Pi
See also: Best Director
- Winner
- Life of Pi — Ang Lee
- Nominees
- Amour — Michael Haneke
- Beasts of the Southern Wild — Benh Zeitlin
- Lincoln — Steven Spielberg
- Silver Linings Playbook — David O. Russell
Best Actor[]
Lincoln
See also: Best Actor
- Winner
- Daniel Day-Lewis — Lincoln
- Nominees
- Bradley Cooper — Silver Linings Playbook
- Hugh Jackman — Les Misérables
- Joaquin Phoenix — The Master
- Denzel Washington — Flight
Best Actress[]
Silver Linings Playbook
See also: Best Actress
- Winner
- Jennifer Lawrence — Silver Linings Playbook
- Nominees
- Jessica Chastain — Zero Dark Thirty
- Emmanuelle Riva — Amour
- Quvenzhané Wallis — Beasts of the Southern Wild
- Naomi Watts — The Impossible
Best Supporting Actor[]
Django Unchained
See also: Best Supporting Actor
- Winner
- Christoph Waltz — Django Unchained
- Nominees
- Alan Arkin — Argo
- Robert De Niro — Silver Linings Playbook
- Philip Seymour Hoffman — The Master
- Tommy Lee Jones — Lincoln
Best Supporting Actress[]
Les Misérables
See also: Best Supporting Actress
- Winner
- Anne Hathaway — Les Misérables
- Nominees
- Amy Adams — The Master
- Sally Field — Lincoln
- Helen Hunt — The Sessions
- Jacki Weaver — Silver Linings Playbook
Best Original Screenplay[]
Django Unchained
See also: Best Original Screenplay
- Winner
- Django Unchained — Quentin Tarantino
- Nominees
- Amour — Michael Haneke
- Flight — John Gatins
- Moonrise Kingdom — Wes Anderson and Roman Coppola
- Zero Dark Thirty — Mark Boal
Best Adapted Screenplay[]
Argo
See also: Best Adapted Screenplay
- Winner
- Argo — Chris Terrio
- Nominees
- Beasts of the Southern Wild — Lucy Alibar and Benh Zeitlin
- Life of Pi — David Magee
- Lincoln — Tony Kushner
- Silver Linings Playbook — David O. Russell
Best Animated Feature[]
Brave
See also: Best Animated Feature
- Winner
- Brave — directed by Mark Andrews and Brenda Chapman
- Nominees
- Frankenweenie — directed by Tim Burton
- ParaNorman — directed by Sam Fell and Chris Butler
- The Pirates! Band of Misfits — directed by Peter Lord
- Wreck-It-Ralph — directed by Rich Moore
Best Foreign Language Film[]
Amour
See also: Best Foreign Language Film
- Winner
- Amour from Austria — directed by Michael Haneke
- Nominees
- Kon-Tiki from Norway — directed by Joachim Rønning and Espen Sandberg
- No from Chile — directed by Pablo Larraín
- A Royal Affair from Denmark — directed by Nikolaj Arcel
- War Witch from Canada — directed by Kim Nguyen
Best Documentary Feature[]
Searching for Sugar Man
See also: Best Documentary Feature
- Winner
- Searching for Sugar Man — Malik Bendjelloul and Simon Chinn
- Nominees
- 5 Broken Cameras — Emad Burnat and Guy Davidi
- The Gatekeepers — Dror Moreh, Philippa Kowarsky and Estelle Fialon
- How to Survive a Plague — David France and Howard Gertler
- The Invisible War — Kirby Dick and Amy Ziering
Best Documentary Short[]
Inocente
See also: Best Documentary Short
- Winner
- Inocente — Sean Fine and Andrea Nix Fine
- Nominees
- 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 Live Action Short[]
Curfew
See also: Best Live Action Short
- Winner
- Curfew — Shawn Christensen
- Nominees
- Asad — Bryan Buckley and Mino Jarjoura
- Buzkashi Boys — Sam French and Ariel Nasr
- Death of a Shadow (Dood van een Schaduw) — Tom Van Avermaet and Ellen De Waele
- Henry — Yan England
Best Animated Short[]
Paperman
See also: Best Animated Short
- Winner
- Paperman — John Kahrs
- Nominees
- 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
Best Original Score[]
Life of Pi
See also: Best Original Score
- Winner
- Life of Pi — Mychael Danna
- Nominees
- Anna Karenina — Dario Marianelli
- Argo — Alexandre Desplat
- Lincoln — John Williams
- Skyfall — Thomas Newman
Best Original Song[]
Skyfall
See also: Best Original Song
- Winner
- Skyfall — "Skyfall"; Music and Lyric by Adele Adkins and Paul Epworth
- Nominees
- Chasing Ice — "Before My Time"; Music and Lyric by J.Ralph
- Life of Pi — “Pi's Lullaby”; Music by Mychael Danna; Lyric by Bombay Jayashri
- Les Misérables — "Suddenly"; Music by Claude-Michel Schönberg; Lyric by Herbert Kretzmer and Alain Boublil
- Ted — "Everybody Needs a Best Friend"; Music by Walter Murphy; Lyric by Seth MacFarlane
Best Cinematography[]
Life of Pi
See also: Best Cinematography
- Winner
- Life of Pi — Claudio Miranda
- Nominees
- Anna Karenina — Seamus McGarvey
- Django Unchained — Robert Richardson
- Lincoln — Janusz Kaminski
- Skyfall — Roger Deakins
Best Costume Design[]
Anna Karenina
See also: Best Costume Design
- Winner
- Anna Karenina — Jacqueline Durran
- Nominees
- Les Misérables — Paco Delgado
- Lincoln — Joanna Johnston
- Mirror Mirror — Eiko Ishioka
- Snow White and the Huntsman — Colleen Atwood
Best Film Editing[]
Argo
See also: Best Film Editing
- Winner
- Argo — William Goldenberg
- Nominees
- Life of Pi — Tim Squyres
- Lincoln — Michael Kahn
- Silver Linings Playbook — Jay Cassidy and Crispin Struthers
- Zero Dark Thirty — Dylan Tichenor and Crispin Struthers
Best Makeup and Hairstyling[]
Les Misérables
See also: Best Makeup and Hairstyling
- Winner
- Les Misérables — Lisa Westcott and Julie Dartnell
- Nominees
- Hitchcock — Howard Berger, Peter Montagna and Martin Samuel
- The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey — Peter King, Rick Findlater and Tami Lane
Best Production Design[]
Lincoln
See also: Best Production Design
- Winner
- Lincoln — Production Design: Rick Carter; Set Decoration: Jim Erickson
- Nominees
- Anna Karenina — Production Design: Sarah Greenwood; Set Decoration: Katie Spencer
- The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey— Production Design: Dan Hennah; Set Decoration: Ra Vincent and Simon Bright
- Les Misérables — Production Design: Eve Stewart; Set Decoration: Anna Lynch-Robinson
- Life of Pi — Production Design: David Gropman; Set Decoration: Anna Pinnock
Best Sound Editing[]
Zero Dark Thirty
Skyfall
See also: Best Sound Editing
- Winner
- Tie: Zero Dark Thirty — Paul N.J. Ottosson
Skyfall — Per Hallberg and Karen Baker Landers - Nominees
- Argo — Erik Aadahl and Ethan Van der Ryn
- Django Unchained — Wylie Stateman
- Life of Pi — Eugene Gearty and Philip Stockton
Best Sound Mixing[]
Les Misérables
See also: Best Sound Mixing
- Winner
- Les Misérables — Andy Nelson, Mark Paterson and Simon Hayes
- Nominees
- Argo — John Reitz, Gregg Rudloff and Jose Antonio Garcia
- Life of Pi — Ron Bartlett, D.M. Hemphill and Drew Kunin
- Lincoln — Andy Nelson, Gary Rydstrom and Ron Judkins
- Skyfall — Scott Millan, Greg P. Russell and Stuart Wilson
Best Visual Effects[]
Life of Pi
See also: Best Visual Effects
- Winner
- Life of Pi — Bill Westenhofer, Guillaume Rocheron, Erik-Jan De Boer and Donald R. Elliott
- Nominees
- The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey — Joe Letteri, Eric Saindon, David Clayton and R.Christopher White
- Marvel's The Avengers — Janek Sirrs, Jeff White, Guy Williams and Dan Sudick
- 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
Changes to the Categories[]
The Academy announced several changes to the eligibility and nomination processes for a number of the annual competitive awards categories.
- Best Makeup and Hairstyling
- The Best Makeup Oscar has been renamed the "Academy Award for Achievement in Makeup and Hairstyling". Aside from the change in category title, the eligibility rules and nomination process for the award remains the same.
- Best Production Design
- The Best Art Direction Oscar has been renamed the "Academy Award for Achievement in Production Design". Aside from the change in category title, the eligibility rules and nomination process for the award also remains the same.