85th Academy Awards (2013)
The 85th Academy Awards ceremony honored the best films of 2012 and took place on February 24, 2013, at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles. The ceremony was hosted by actor Seth MacFarlane for the first time. The films receiving the most nominations were Lincoln with twelve, followed by Life of Pi with eleven.
- WINNER
Best Picture
Argo
- Grant Heslov, Ben Affleck, George Clooney
Amour
- Margaret Menegoz, Stefan Arndt, Veit Heiduschka, Michael Katz
Beasts of the Southern Wild
- Dan Janvey, Josh Penn, Michael Gottwald
Django Unchained
- Stacey Sher, Reginald Hudlin, Pilar Savone
Les Miserables
- Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Debra Hayward, Cameron Mackintosh
Life of Pi
- Gil Netter, Ang Lee, David Womark
Lincoln
- Steven Spielberg, Kathleen Kennedy
Silver Linings Playbook
- Donna Gigliotti, Bruce Cohen, Jonathan Gordon
Zero Dark Thirty
- Mark Boal, Kathryn Bigelow, Megan Ellison
Best Director
Life of Pi
- Ang Lee
Amour
- Michael Haneke
Silver Linings Playbook
- David O. Russell
Lincoln
- Steven Spielberg
Beasts of the Southern Wild
- Benh Zeitlin
Best Original Screenplay
Django Unchained
- Quentin Tarantino
Amour
- Michael Haneke
Flight
- John Gatins
Moonrise Kingdom
- Wes Anderson, Roman Coppola
Zero Dark Thirty
- Mark Boal
Best Adapted Screenplay
Argo
- Chris Terrio
Beasts of the Southern Wild
- Lucy Alibar, Benh Zeitlin
Life of Pi
- David Magee
Lincoln
- Tony Kushner
Silver Linings Playbook
- David O. Russell
Best Actor in a Leading Role
Lincoln
- Daniel Day-Lewis
Silver Linings Playbook
- Bradley Cooper
Les Miserables
- Hugh Jackman
The Master
- Joaquin Phoenix
Flight
- Denzel Washington
Best Actress in a Leading Role
Silver Linings Playbook
- Jennifer Lawrence
Zero Dark Thirty
- Jessica Chastain
Amour
- Emmanuelle Riva
Beasts of the Southern Wild
- Quvenzhane Wallis
The Impossible
- Naomi Watts
Best Supporting Actor
Django Unchained
- Christoph Waltz
Argo
- Alan Arkin
Silver Linings Playbook
- Robert De Niro
The Master
- Philip Seymour Hoffman
Lincoln
- Tommy Lee Jones
Best Supporting Actress
Les Miserables
- Anne Hathaway
The Master
- Amy Adams
Lincoln
- Sally Field
The Sessions
- Helen Hunt
Silver Linings Playbook
- Jacki Weaver
Best Cinematography
Life of Pi
- Claudio Miranda
Anna Karenina
- Seamus McGarvey
Django Unchained
- Robert Richardson
Lincoln
- Janusz Kaminski
Skyfall
- Roger Deakins
Best Original Song
Skyfall
- Adele Adkins, Paul Epworth
for "Skyfall"
Chasing Ice
- J. Ralph
for "Before My Time"
Ted
- Walter Murphy, Seth MacFarlane
for "Everybody Needs a Best Friend"
Life of Pi
- Mychael Danna, Bombay Jayashri
for "Pi's Lullaby"
Les Miserables
- Claude-Michel Schonberg, Herbert Kretzmer, Alain Boublil
for "Suddenly"
Best Original Score
Life of Pi
- Mychael Danna
Anna Karenina
- Dario Marianelli
Argo
- Alexandre Desplat
Lincoln
- John Williams
Skyfall
- Thomas Newman
Best Sound Mixing
Les Miserables
- Andy Nelson, Mark Paterson, Simon Hayes
Argo
- John Reitz, Gregg Rudloff, Jose Antonio Garcia
Life of Pi
- Ron Bartlett, D. M. Hemphill, Drew Kunin
Lincoln
- Andy Nelson, Gary Rydstrom, Ronald Judkins
Skyfall
- Scott Millan, Greg P. Russell, Stuart Wilson
Best Sound Editing
Skyfall
- Per Hallberg, Karen Baker Landers
Zero Dark Thirty
- Paul N. J. Ottosson
Argo
- Erik Aadahl, Ethan Van der Ryn
Django Unchained
- Wylie Stateman
Life of Pi
- Eugene Gearty, Philip Stockton
Best Visual Effects
Life of Pi
- Bill Westenhofer, Guillaume Rocheron, Erik-Jan de Boer, Donald R. Elliott
The Hobbit - An Unexpected Journey
- Joe Letteri, Eric Saindon, David Clayton, R. Christopher White
The Avengers
- Janek Sirrs, Jeff White, Guy Williams, Dan Sudick
Prometheus
- Richard Stammers, Trevor Wood, Charley Henley, Martin Hill
Snow White and the Huntsman
- Cedric Nicolas-Troyan, Philip Brennan, Neil Corbould, Michael Dawso
Best Costume Design
Anna Karenina
- Jacqueline Durran
Les Miserables
- Paco Delgado
Lincoln
- Joanna Johnston
Mirror Mirror
- Eiko Ishioka
Snow White and the Huntsman
- Colleen Atwood
Best Animated Feature
Brave
- Mark Andrews, Brenda Chapman
Frankenweenie
- Tim Burton
ParaNorman
- Sam Fell, Chris Butler
The Pirates! Band of Misfits
- Peter Lord
Wreck-It Ralph
- Rich Moore
Best Animated Short Film
Paperman
- John Kahrs
Adam and Dog
- Minkyu Lee
Fresh Guacamole
- PES
Head over Heels
- Timothy Reckart, Fodhla Cronin O'Reilly
The Longest Daycare
- David Silverman
Best Documentary Feature
Searching for Sugar Man
- Malik Bendjelloul, Simon Chinn
5 Broken Cameras
- Emad Burnat, Guy Davidi
The Gatekeepers
- Dror Moreh, Philippa Kowarsky, Estelle Fialon
How to Survive a Plague
- David France, Howard Gertler
The Invisible War
- Kirby Dick, Amy Ziering
Best Documentary Short Subject
Inocente
- Sean Fine, Andrea Nix Fine
Kings Point
- Sari Gilman, Jedd Wider
Mondays at Racine
- Cynthia Wade, Robin Honan
Open Heart
- Kief Davidson, Cori Shepherd Stern
Redemption
- Jon Alpert, Matthew O'Neill
Best Foreign Language Film
Amour
- Michael Haneke
Kon-Tiki
- Joachim Ronning, Espen Sandberg
No
- Pablo Larrain
A Royal Affair
- Nikolaj Arcel
War Witch
- Kim Nguyen
Best Live Action Short Film
Curfew
- Shawn Christensen
Asad
- Bryan Buckley, Mino Jarjoura
Buzkashi Boys
- Sam French, Ariel Nasr
Death of a Shadow
- Tom Van Avermaet, Ellen De Waele
Henry
- Yan England
Best Film Editing
Argo
- William Goldenberg
Life of Pi
- Tim Squyres
Lincoln
- Michael Kahn
Silver Linings Playbook
- Jay Cassidy, Crispin Struthers
Zero Dark Thirty
- Dylan Tichenor, William Goldenberg
Best Production Design
Lincoln
- Rick Carter, Jim Erickson
Anna Karenina
- Sarah Greenwood, Katie Spencer
The Hobbit - An Unexpected Journey
- Dan Hennah, Ra Vincent, Simon Bright
Les Miserables
- Eve Stewart, Anna Lynch-Robinson
Life of Pi
- David Gropman, Anna Pinnock
Best Makeup and Hairstyling
Les Miserables
- Lisa Westcott, Julie Dartnell
Hitchcock
- Howard Berger, Peter Montagna, Martin Samuel
The Hobbit - An Unexpected Journey
- Peter Swords King, Rick Findlater, Tami Lane