Best Picture War Horse The Artist Moneyball The Descendants The Tree of Life Midnight in Paris The Help Hugo Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close Best Actor Demian Bichir - A Better Life George Clooney - The Descendants Jean Dujardin - The Artist Gary Oldman - Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy Brad Pitt - Moneyball Best Actress Glenn Close - Albert Nobbs Rooney Mara - The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo Viola Davis - The Help Meryl Streep - The Iron Lady Michelle Williams - My Week With Marilyn Best Supporting Actor Kenneth Branagh - My Week With Marilyn Jonah Hill - Moneyball Nick Nolte - Warrior Christopher Plummer - Beginners Max von Sydow - Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close Best Supporting Actress Berenice Bejo - The Artist Jessica Chastain - The Help Melissa McCarthy - Bridesmaids Janet McTeer - Albert Nobbs Octavia Spencer - The Help Best Directing Michel Hazanivicius - The Artist Alexander Payne - The Descendants Martin Scorsese - Hugo Woody Allen - Midnight in Paris Terrence Malick - The Tree of Life Foreign Language Film Bullhead Footnote In Darkness Monsieur Lazhar A Separation Best Adapted Screenplay Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon and Jim Rash, The Descendants John Logan, Hugo George Clooney, Beau Willimon and Grant Heslov, The Ides of March Steven Zaillian, Aaron Sorkin and Stan Chervin, Moneyball Bridget O'Connor and Peter Straughan, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy Best Original Screenplay Michel Hazanivicius, The Artist Kristen Wiig and Annie Mumolo, Bridesmaids Woody Allen, Midnight in Paris J.C. Chandor, Margin Call Asghar Farhadi, A Separation Best Animated Feature Film A Cat in Paris Chico & Rita Kung Fu Panda 2 Puss in Boots Rango Best Art Direction The Artist Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 Hugo Midnight in Paris War Horse Best Cinematography The Artist The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo Hugo The Tree of Life War Horse Best Sound Mixing The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo Hugo Moneyball Transformers: Dark Side of the Moon War Horse Best Sound Editing Drive The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo Hugo Transformers: Dark Side of the Moon War Horse Best Original Score John Williams - The Adventures of Tintin Ludovic Bource - The Artist Howard Shore - Hugo Alberto Iglesias - Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy John Williams - War Horse Best Original Song Man or Muppet - The Muppets, Bret McKenzie Real in Rio - Rio, Sergio Mendes, Carlinhos Brown and Siedah Garrett Best Costume Design Anonymous The Artist Hugo Jane Eyre W.E. Best Documentary Feature Hell and Back Again If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory Pina Undefeated Best Documentary (short subject) The Barber of Birmingham: Foot Soldier of the Civil Rights Movement God Is the Bigger Elvis Incident in New Baghdad Saving Face The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom Best Film Editing Anne-Sophie Bion and Michel Hazanavicius - The Artist Kevin Tent - The Descendants Kirk Baxter and Angus Wall - The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo Thelma Schoonmaker - Hugo Christopher Tellefsen - Moneyball Achievement in Makeup Martial Corneville - Lynn Johnston and Matthew W. Mungle, Albert Nobbs Nick Dudman, Amanda Knight and Lisa Tomblin - Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 Mark Coulier and J. Roy Helland - The Iron Lady Best Animated Short Film Dimanche/Sunday The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore La Luna A Morning Stroll Wild Life Best Live Action Short Film Pentecost Raju The Shore Time Freak Tuba Atlantic Best Visual Effects Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 Hugo Real Steel Rise of the Planet of the Apes Transformers: Dark Side of the Moon

Facts: Winners Announced: February 24, 2012 Held at: Hollywood and Highland Center, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California Host: Billy Crystal Eligibility Year: 2011 The Artist was the first silent feature to win an Academy Award for Best Picture since 1927's Wings, the first Best Picture winner, in 1929