Best Picture
The Artist
The Descendants
Drive
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
The Help
Hugo
Midnight in Paris
Moneyball
The Tree of Life
War Horse
Best Director
Michel Hazanavicius – The Artist
Alexander Payne – The Descendants
Martin Scorsese – Hugo
Nicolas Winding Refn – Drive
Stephen Daldry – Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
Steven Spielberg – War Horse
Best Actor
George Clooney – The Descendants as Matthew King
Brad Pitt – Moneyball as Billy Beane
Jean Dujardin – The Artist as George Valentin
Leonardo DiCaprio – J. Edgar as J. Edgar Hoover
Michael Fassbender – Shame as Brandon Sullivan
Ryan Gosling – Drive as Driver
Best Actress
Viola Davis – The Help as Aibileen Clark
Charlize Theron – Young Adult as Mavis Gary
Elizabeth Olsen – Martha Marcy May Marlene as Martha/Marcy May/Marlene Lewis
Meryl Streep – The Iron Lady as Margaret Thatcher
Michelle Williams – My Week with Marilyn as Marilyn Monroe
Tilda Swinton – We Need to Talk About Kevin as Eva Khatchadourian
Best Supporting Actor
Christopher Plummer – Beginners as Hal Fields
Albert Brooks – Drive as Bernie Rose
Andy Serkis – Rise of the Planet of the Apes as Caesar
Kenneth Branagh – My Week with Marilyn as Laurence Olivier
Nick Nolte – Warrior as Paddy Conlon
Patton Oswalt – Young Adult as Matt Freehauf
Best Supporting Actress
Octavia Spencer – The Help as Minny Jackson
Berenice Bejo – The Artist as Peppy Miller
Carey Mulligan – Shame as Sissy Sullivan
Jessica Chastain – The Help as Celia Rae Foote
Melissa McCarthy – Bridesmaids as Megan Price
Shailene Woodley – The Descendants as Alexandra King
Best Young Actor/Actress
Thomas Horn – Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close as Oskar Schell
Asa Butterfield – Hugo as Hugo Cabret
Elle Fanning – Super 8 as Alice Dainard
Ezra Miller – We Need to Talk About Kevin as Kevin Khatchadourian
Saoirse Ronan – Hanna as Hanna
Shailene Woodley – The Descendants as Alexandra King
Best Acting Ensemble
The Help
The Artist
Bridesmaids
The Descendants
The Ides of March
Best Original Screenplay
Midnight in Paris – Woody Allen
50/50 – Will Reiser
The Artist – Michel Hazanavicius
Win Win – Joe Tiboni and Tom McCarthy
Young Adult – Diablo Cody
Best Adapted Screenplay
Moneyball – Aaron Sorkin, Stan Chervin and Steven Zaillian
The Descendants – Alexander Payne, Jim Rash and Nat Faxon
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close – Eric Roth
The Help – Tate Taylor
Hugo – John Logan
Best Animated Feature
Rango
The Adventures of Tintin
Arthur Christmas
Kung Fu Panda 2
Puss in Boots
Rio
Best Documentary Feature
George Harrison: Living in the Material World
Buck
Cave of Forgotten Dreams
Page One: Inside the New York Times
Project Nim
Undefeated
Best Action Movie
Drive
Fast Five
Hanna
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Super 8
Thor
Best Comedy Movie
Bridesmaids
Crazy, Stupid, Love
Horrible Bosses
Midnight in Paris
The Muppets
Best Foreign Language Film
A Separation • Iran
In Darkness • Poland
Le Havre • Finland
The Skin I Live In • Spain
Where Do We Go Now? • Lebanon
Best Art Direction
Hugo – Dante Ferretti (Production Design)/Francesca Lo Schiavo (Set Decoration)
The Artist – Laurence Bennett (Production Design)/Robert Gould (Set Decoration)
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 – Stuart Craig (Production Design)/Stephenie McMillan (Set Decoration)
The Tree of Life – Jack Fisk (Production Design)/Jeanette Scott (Set Decoration)
War Horse – Rick Carter (Production Design)/Lee Sandales (Set Decoration)
Best Cinematography
The Tree of Life – Emmanuel Lubezki (Tie)
War Horse – Janusz Kaminski (Tie)
The Artist – Guillaume Schiffman
Drive – Newton Thomas Sigel
Hugo – Robert Richardson
Best Costume Design
The Artist – Mark Bridges
The Help – Sharen Davis
Hugo – Sandy Powell
Jane Eyre – Michael O’Connor
My Week with Marilyn – Jill Taylor
Best Editing
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo – Angus Wall and Kirk Baxter
The Artist – Anne-Sophie Bion and Michel Hazanavicius
Drive – Matthew Newman
Hugo – Thelma Schoonmaker
War Horse – Michael Kahn
Best Makeup
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2
Albert Nobbs
The Iron Lady
J. Edgar
My Week with Marilyn
Best Sound
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2
Hugo
Super 8
The Tree of Life
War Horse
Best Visual Effects
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2
Hugo
Super 8
The Tree of Life
Best Score
The Artist – Ludovic Bource
Drive – Cliff Martinez
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo – Atticus Ross and Trent Reznor
Hugo – Howard Shore
War Horse – John Williams
Best Song
“Life’s a Happy Song” – The Muppets
“Hello Hello” – Gnomeo & Juliet
“The Living Proof” – The Help
“Man or Muppet” – The Muppets
“Pictures in My Head” – The Muppets
“Collision of Worlds” – Cars 2
