Commentary to come later.
Best Picture
The Artist, Thomas Langmann
The Descendants, Jim Burke, Alexander Payne, Jim Taylor
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close, Scott Rudin
The Help, Brunson Green, Chris Columbus, Michael Barnathan
Hugo, Graham King, Martin Scorsese
Midnight in Paris, Letty Aronson, Stephen Tenenbaum
Moneyball, Michael De Luca, Rachael Horovitz, Brad Pitt
The Tree of Life, Nominees to be determined
War Horse, Steven Spielberg, Kathleen Kennedy
Actor in a Leading Role
Demián Bichir, A Better Life
George Clooney, The Descendants
Jean Dujardin, The Artist
Gary Oldman, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Brad Pitt, Moneyball
Actor in a Supporting Role
Kenneth Branagh, My Week with Marilyn
Jonah Hill, Moneyball
Nick Nolte, Warrior
Christopher Plummer, Beginners
Max von Sydow, Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
Actress in a Leading Role
Glenn Close, Albert Nobbs
Viola Davis, The Help
Rooney Mara, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Meryl Streep, The Iron Lady
Michelle Williams, My Week with Marilyn
Actress in a Supporting Role
Bérénice Bejo, The Artist
Jessica Chastain, The Help
Melissa McCarthy, Bridesmaids
Janet McTeer, Albert Nobbs
Octavia Spencer, The Help
Animated Feature Film
A Cat in Paris, Alain Gagnol, Jean-Loup Felicioli
Chico & Rita, Fernando Trueba, Javier Mariscal
Kung Fu Panda 2, Jennifer Yuh Nelson
Puss in Boots, Chris Miller
Rango, Gore Verbinski
Art Direction
The Artist, Laurence Bennett, Robert Gould
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2, Stuart Craig, Stephenie McMillan
Hugo, Dante Ferretti, Francesca Lo Schiavo
Midnight in Paris, Anne Seibel, Hélène Dubreuil
War Horse, Rick Carter, Lee Sandales
Cinematography
The Artist, Guillaume Schiffman
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Jeff Cronenweth
Hugo, Robert Richardson
The Tree of Life, Emmanuel Lubezki
War Horse, Janusz Kaminski
Costume Design
Anonymous, Lisy Christl
The Artist, Mark Bridges
Hugo, Sandy Powell
Jane Eyre, Michael O’Connor
W.E., Arianne Phillips
Directing
The Artist, Michel Hazanavicius
The Descendants, Alexander Payne
Hugo, Martin Scorsese
Midnight in Paris, Woody Allen
The Tree of Life, Terrence Malick
Documentary Feature
Hell and Back Again, Danfung Dennis and Mike Lerner
If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front, Marshall Curry, Sam Cullman
Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory, Joe Berlinger, Bruce Sinofsky
Pina, Wim Wenders, Gian-Piero Ringel
Undefeated, TJ Martin, Dan Lindsay, Richard Middlemas
Documentary Short Subject
The Barber of Birmingham: Foot Soldier of the Civil Rights Movement, Robin Fryday, Gail Dolgin
God Is the Bigger Elvis, Rebecca Cammisa, Julie Anderson
Incident in New Baghdad, James Spione
Saving Face, Daniel Junge, Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy
The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom, Lucy Walker, Kira Carstensen
Film Editing
The Artist, Anne-Sophie Bion, Michel Hazanavicius
The Descendants, Kevin Tent
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Kirk Baxter, Angus Wall
Hugo, Thelma Schoonmaker
Moneyball, Christopher Tellefsen
Foreign Language Film
Bullhead, Belgium
Footnote, Israel
In Darkness, Poland
Monsieur Lazhar, Canada
A Separation, Iran
Makeup
Albert Nobbs, Martial Corneville, Lynn Johnston, Matthew W. Mungle
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2, Nick Dudman, Amanda Knight, Lisa Tomblin
The Iron Lady, Mark Coulier, J. Roy Helland
Music (Original Score)
The Adventures of Tintin, John Williams
The Artist, Ludovic Bource
Hugo, Howard Shore
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, Alberto Iglesias
War Horse, John Williams
Music (Original Song)
"Man or Muppet" from The Muppets, Music and Lyric by Bret McKenzie
"Real in Rio" from Rio, Music by Sergio Mendes, Carlinhos Brown, Lyric by Siedah Garrett
Short Film (Animated)
Dimanche/Sunday, Patrick Doyon
The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore, William Joyce, Brandon Oldenburg
La Luna, Enrico Casarosa
A Morning Stroll, Grant Orchard, Sue Goffe
Wild Life, Amanda Forbis, Wendy Tilby
Short Film (Live Action)
Pentecost, Peter McDonald, Eimear O’Kane
Raju, Max Zähle, Stefan Gieren
The Shore, Terry George, Oorlagh George
Time Freak, Andrew Bowler, Gigi Causey
Tuba Atlantic, Hallvar Witzø
Sound Editing
Drive, Lon Bender, Victor Ray Ennis
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Ren Klyce
Hugo, Philip Stockton, Eugene Gearty
Transformers: Dark of the Moon, Ethan Van der Ryn, Erik Aadahl
War Horse, Richard Hymns, Gary Rydstrom
Sound Mixing
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, David Parker, Michael Semanick, Ren Klyce, Bo Persson
Hugo, Tom Fleischman, John Midgley
Moneyball, Deb Adair, Ron Bochar, Dave Giammarco, Ed Novick
Transformers: Dark of the Moon, Greg P. Russell, Gary Summers, Jeffrey J. Haboush, Peter J. Devlin
War Horse, Gary Rydstrom, Andy Nelson, Tom Johnson, Stuart Wilson
Visual Effects
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2, Tim Burke, David Vickery, Greg Butler, John Richardson
Hugo, Rob Legato, Joss Williams, Ben Grossman, Alex Henning
Real Steel, Erik Nash, John Rosengrant, Dan Taylor, Swen Gillberg
Rise of the Planet of the Apes, Joe Letteri, Dan Lemmon, R. Christopher White, Daniel Barrett
Transformers: Dark of the Moon, Scott Farrar, Scott Benza, Matthew Butler, John Frazier
Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
The Descendants, Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon, Jim Rash
Hugo, John Logan
The Ides of March, George Clooney, Grant Heslov, Beau Willimon
Moneyball, Steven Zaillian, Aaron Sorkin, Stan Chervin
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, Bridget O’Connor, Peter Straughan
Writing (Original Screenplay)
The Artist, Michel Hazanavicius
Bridesmaids, Annie Mumolo, Kristen Wiig
Margin Call, J.C. Chandor
Midnight in Paris, Woody Allen
A Separation, Asghar Farhadi