Hollywood’s Dolby Theatre served as the grand stage for the evening
Seth MacFarlane, known for his humor and animation work, was the host
The movies of 2012 were the focus of the awards
Noteworthy Moments: Argo won Best Picture, although Ben Affleck was not nominated for Best Director; Daniel Day-Lewis won his third Best Actor Oscar for Lincoln; Jennifer Lawrence took Best Actress for Silver Linings Playbook
Trivia:
Seth MacFarlane’s opening number, “We Saw Your Boobs,” was met with both laughter and controversy
Jennifer Lawrence tripped on her dress while going up the stairs to accept her award, but gracefully recovered
This was the first time since 1989 that the Best Picture winner (Argo) didn’t have its director nominated
Best Director: Ang Lee – Life of Pi (WINNER) Michael Haneke – Amour Benh Zeitlin – Beasts of the Southern Wild Steven Spielberg – Lincoln David O. Russell – Silver Linings Playbook
Best Supporting Actor: Christoph Waltz – Django Unchained as Dr. King Schultz (WINNER) Alan Arkin – Argo as Lester Siegel Robert De Niro – Silver Linings Playbook as Patrizio “Pat” Solitano Sr. Philip Seymour Hoffman – The Master as Lancaster Dodd Tommy Lee Jones – Lincoln as Thaddeus Stevens
Best Original Screenplay: Django Unchained – Quentin Tarantino (WINNER) Amour – Michael Haneke Flight – John Gatins Moonrise Kingdom – Wes Anderson and Roman Coppola Zero Dark Thirty – Mark Boal
Best Adapted Screenplay: Argo – Chris Terrio based on a selection from The Master of Disguise by Antonio J. Mendez and the Wired magazine article The Great Escape by Joshuah Bearman (WINNER) Beasts of the Southern Wild – Lucy Alibar and Benh Zeitlin based on the play Juicy and Delicious by Lucy Alibar Life of Pi – David Magee based on the novel by Yann Martel Lincoln – Tony Kushner based in part on the book Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln by Doris Kearns Goodwin Silver Linings Playbook – David O. Russell based on the novel by Matthew Quick
Best Animated Feature Film: Brave – Directed by Mark Andrews and Brenda Chapman (WINNER) Frankenweenie – Directed by Tim Burton ParaNorman – Directed by Sam Fell and Chris Butler The Pirates! Band of Misfits – Directed by Peter Lord Wreck-It Ralph – Directed by Rich Moore
Best Foreign Language Film: Amour (Austria) in French – Directed by Michael Haneke (WINNER) Kon-Tiki (Norway) in English and Norwegian – Directed by Joachim Rønning and Espen Sandberg No (Chile) in Spanish – Directed by Pablo LarraÃn A Royal Affair (Denmark) in Danish – Directed by Nikolaj Arcel War Witch (Canada) in French – Directed by Kim Nguyen
Best Documentary – Feature: Searching for Sugar Man – Malik Bendjelloul and Simon Chinn (WINNER) 5 Broken Cameras – Emad Burnat and Guy Davidi The Gatekeepers – Dror Moreh, Philippa Kowarsky and Estelle Fialon How to Survive a Plague – David France and Howard Gertler The Invisible War – Kirby Dick and Amy Ziering
Best Documentary – Short Subject: Inocente – Sean Fine and Andrea Nix Fine (WINNER) Kings Point – Sari Gilman and Jedd Wider Mondays at Racine – Cynthia Wade and Robin Honan Open Heart – Kief Davidson and Cori Shepherd Stern Redemption – Jon Alpert and Matthew O’Neill
Best Live Action Short Film: Curfew – Shawn Christensen (WINNER) Asad – Bryan Buckley and Mino Jarjoura Buzkashi Boys – Sam French and Ariel Nasr Death of a Shadow (Dood Van Een Schaduw) – Tom Van Avermaet and Ellen De Waele Henry – Yan England
Best Animated Short Film: Paperman – John Kahrs (WINNER) Adam and Dog – Minkyu Lee Fresh Guacamole – PES Head over Heels – Timothy Reckart and Fodhla Cronin O’Reilly The Longest Daycare – David Silverman
Best Original Score: Life of Pi – Mychael Danna (WINNER) Anna Karenina – Dario Marianelli Argo – Alexandre Desplat Lincoln – John Williams Skyfall – Thomas Newman
Best Sound Editing: Skyfall – Per Hallberg and Karen Baker Landers (WINNER) Zero Dark Thirty – Paul N. J. Ottosson (WINNER) Argo – Erik Aadahl and Ethan Van der Ryn Django Unchained – Wylie Stateman Life of Pi – Eugene Gearty and Philip Stockton
Best Cinematography: Life of Pi – Claudio Miranda (WINNER) Anna Karenina – Seamus McGarvey Django Unchained – Robert Richardson Lincoln – Janusz Kaminski Skyfall – Roger Deakins
Best Film Editing: Argo – William Goldenberg (WINNER) Life of Pi – Tim Squyres Lincoln – Michael Kahn Silver Linings Playbook – Jay Cassidy and Crispin Struthers Zero Dark Thirty – Dylan Tichenor and William Goldenberg
Best Visual Effects: Life of Pi – Bill Westenhofer, Guillaume Rocheron, Erik-Jan de Boer and Donald R. Elliott (WINNER) The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey – Joe Letteri, Eric Saindon, David Clayton and R. Christopher White Marvel’s The Avengers – Janek Sirrs, Jeff White, Guy Williams and Dan Sudick Prometheus – Richard Stammers, Trevor Wood, Charley Henley and Martin Hill Snow White and the Huntsman – Cedric Nicolas-Troyan, Philip Brennan, Neil Corbould and Michael Dawson
Academy Honorary Awards: Hal Needham D. A. Pennebaker George Stevens Jr.
Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award: Jeffrey Katzenberg
