Friday, February 1, 2013

My Award nominees for 2012 year in film

Here they are for your perusal. Beasts of the Southern Wild leads with eight nominations, but Amour is close behind with seven. Moonrise Kingdom and Lincoln follow with six apiece, and my fifth Best Picture nominee, Argo, is joined by The Master and The Dark Knight Rises with five apiece. Winners go up tomorrow night.

Best Picture
Amour Stefan Arndt, Veit Heiduschka, Michael Katz, Margaret Menegoz
ArgoBen Affleck, George Clooney, Grant Heslov
Beasts of the Southern WildMichael Gottwald, Dan Janvey, Josh Penn
Lincoln Steven Spielberg, Kathleen Kennedy
Moonrise Kingdom – Wes Anderson, Scott Rudin, Jeremy Dawson, Steven M. Rales

Best Director
Ben Affleck – Argo
Paul Thomas Anderson – The Master
Wes Anderson – Moonrise Kingdom
Michael Haneke – Amour
Benh Zeitlin – Beasts of the Southern Wild

Best Actor
Bradley Cooper – Silver Linings Playbook
John Hawkes – The Sessions
Joaquin Phoenix – The Master
Jean-Louis Trintignant – Amour
Denzel Washington – Flight

Best Actress
Jessica Chastain – Zero Dark Thirty
Marion Cotillard – Rust and Bone
Helen Hunt – The Sessions
Emmanuelle Riva – Amour
Quvenzhane Wallis – Beasts of the Southern Wild

Best Supporting Actor
Leonardo DiCaprio – Django Unchained
Michael Fassbender – Prometheus
Dwight Henry – Beasts of the Southern Wild
Ezra Miller – The Perks of Being a Wallflower
David Strathairn – Lincoln

Best Supporting Actress
Amy Adams – The Master
Judi Dench – Skyfall
Anne Hathaway – The Dark Knight Rises
Anne Hathaway – Les Miserables
Isabelle Huppert – Amour

Best Ensemble
Argo – Lora Kennedy
The Avengers Sarah Finn, Randi Hiller
Lincoln – Avy Kaufman
Les Miserables – Nina Gold
Moonrise Kingdom – Douglas Aibel

Best Original Screenplay
Amour – Michael Haneke
Looper – Rian Johnson
Moonrise Kingdom – Wes Anderson, Roman Coppola
Wreck-It Ralph – Rich Moore, Phil Johnston, Jennifer Lee, Jim Reardon
Zero Dark Thirty – Mark Boal

Best Adapted Screenplay
Argo – Chris Terrio
Beasts of the Southern Wild – Benh Zeitlin, Lucy Alibar
Lincoln – Tony Kushner
The Perks of Being a Wallflower – Stephen Chbosky
The Sessions – Ben Lewin

Best Cinematography
Beasts of the Southern Wild – Ben Richardson
Django Unchained – Robert Richardson
Lincoln – Janusz Kaminski
The Master – Mihai Malaimare Jr.
Skyfall – Roger Deakins

Best Film Editing
Argo – William Goldenberg
The Avengers – Jeffrey Ford, Lisa Lassek
Cloud Atlas – Alexander Berner
Looper – Bob Ducsay
Zero Dark Thirty – William Goldenberg, Dylan Tichenor

Best Production Design
Anna Karenina – Sarah Greenwood, Katie Spencer, Niall Moroney
The Master – Jack Fisk, David Crank, Amy Wells
Moonrise Kingdom – Adam Stockhausen, Kris Moran, Gerald Sullivan
Prometheus – Arthur Max, Sonja Klaus, John King
The Secret World of Arrietty – Yoji Takeshige, Noboru Yoshida

Best Costume Design
Anna Karenina – Jacqueline Durran
The Dark Knight Rises – Lindy Hemming
Django Unchained – Sharen Davis
Lincoln – Joanna Johnston
Moonrise Kingdom – Kasia Walicka-Maimone

Best Original Score
Anna Karenina – Dario Marianelli
Beasts of the Southern Wild – Benh Zeitlin, Dan Romer
Brave – Patrick Doyle
The Dark Knight Rises – Hans Zimmer
Rise of the Guardians – Alexandre Desplat

Best Original Song
“Into the Open Air” Brave – Alex Mandel
“Suddenly” Les Miserables – Claude-Michel Schonberg, Alain Boublil, Herbert Kretzmer
“Skyfall” Skyfall – Adele Adkins, Paul Epworth
“Everybody Needs A Best Friend” Ted – Walter Murphy, Seth MacFarlane

Best Sound Mixing
Beasts of the Southern Wild – Steve Boeddeker, Zach Martin, Allison Jackson, John D. Matthews
The Grey – Craig Henighan, Keith Elliott, Andy Koyama, Michael T. Williamson
Life of Pi – Ron Bartlett, Doug Hemphill, Drew Kunin
Les Miserables – Simon Hayes, Andy Nelson, Mark Paterson
Skyfall – Scott Millan, Greg P. Russell, Stuart Wilson

Best Sound Editing
Brave – Gary Rydstrom, E.J. Holowicki, Gwendolyn Yates Whittle
The Dark Knight Rises – Richard King
Django Unchained – Wylie Stateman
The Impossible – Oriol Tarrago
Zero Dark Thirty – Paul N.J. Ottosson

Best Visual Effects
The Avengers – Janek Sirrs, Guy Williams, Aaron Gilman, Daniel Sudick
The Dark Knight Rises – Chris Corbould, Paul Franklin, Andrew Lockley, Peter Bebb
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey – Joe Letteri, Eric Saindon, David Clayton, Steve Ingram
Life of Pi – Bill Westenhofer, Lubo Hristov, Erik de Boer, Donald Elliot
ParaNorman – Brian Van't Hul, Brad Schiff, Daniel R. Casey, Steve Emerson

Best Makeup
Holy Motors – Bernard Floch
The Impossible – Alessandro Bertolazzi, David Marti, Montse Ribe
Lincoln – Leo Corey Castellano, Mo Stemen

Best Animated Feature
Brave – Brenda Chapman, Mark Andrews
Frankenweenie – Tim Burton
ParaNorman – Chris Butler, Sam Fell
The Secret World of Arrietty – Hiromasa Yonebayashi
Wreck-It Ralph – Rich Moore

Best Foreign Film
5 Broken Cameras – Emad Burnat, Guy Davidi
Amour – Michael Haneke
A Royal Affair – Nikolaj Arcel
Rust and Bone – Jacques Audiard
War Witch – Kim Nguyen

Best Documentary
5 Broken Cameras – Emad Burnat, Guy Davidi
Bully – Lee Hirsch
The Invisible WarKirby Dick
The Queen of VersaillesLauren Greenfield
Searching for Sugar Man – Malik Bendjelloul