Oscar Nominations 2012 (The 84th Academy Awards)

Best Picture

• The Artist (Thomas Langmann, Producer)
• The Descendants (Jim Burke, Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor, Producers)
• Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close (Scott Rudin, Producer)
• The Help (Brunson Green, Chris Columbus and Michael Barnathan, Producers)
• Hugo (Graham King and Martin Scorsese, Producers)
• Midnight in Paris (Letty Aronson and Stephen Tenenbaum, Producers)
• Moneyball (Michael De Luca, Rachael Horovitz and Brad Pitt, Producers)
• The Tree of Life (Nominees to be determined)
• War Horse (Steven Spielberg and Kathleen Kennedy, Producers)

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 and Jean-Loup Felicioli)
• Chico & Rita (Fernando Trueba and Javier Mariscal)
• Kung Fu Panda 2 (Jennifer Yuh Nelson)
• Puss in Boots (Chris Miller)
• Rango (Gore Verbinski)

Art Direction

• The Artist (Production Design: Laurence Bennett / Set Decoration: Robert Gould)
• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 (Production Design: Stuart Craig / Set Decoration: Stephenie McMillan)
• Hugo (Production Design: Dante Ferretti / Set Decoration: Francesca Lo Schiavo)
• Midnight in Paris (Production Design: Anne Seibel / Set Decoration: Hélène Dubreuil)
• War Horse (Production Design: Rick Carter / Set Decoration: 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

• Michel Hazanavicius (The Artist)
• Alexander Payne (The Descendants)
• Martin Scorsese (Hugo)
• Woody Allen (Midnight in Paris)
• Terrence Malick (The Tree of Life)

Documentary (Feature)

• Hell and Back Again (Danfung Dennis and Mike Lerner)
• If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front (Marshall Curry and Sam Cullman)
• Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory (Charles Ferguson and Audrey Marrs)
• Pina (Wim Wenders and Gian-Piero Ringel)
• Undefeated (TJ Martin, Dan Lindsay and Richard Middlemas)

Documentary (Short Subject)

• The Barber of Birmingham: Foot Soldier of the Civil Rights Movement (Robin Fryday and Gail Dolgin)
• God Is the Bigger Elvis (Rebecca Cammisa and Julie Anderson)
• Incident in New Baghdad (James Spione)
• Saving Face (Daniel Junge and Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy)
• The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom (Lucy Walker and Kira Carstensen)

Film Editing

• The Artist (Anne-Sophie Bion and Michel Hazanavicius)
• The Descendants (Kevin Tent)
• The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Kirk Baxter and 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 and Matthew W. Mungle)
• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 (Edouard F. Henriques, Gregory Funk and Yolanda Toussieng)
• The Iron Lady (Mark Coulier and 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 and Carlinhos Brown Lyric by Siedah Garrett

Short Film (Animated)

• Dimanche/Sunday (Patrick Doyon)
• The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore (William Joyce and Brandon Oldenburg)
• La Luna (Enrico Casarosa)
• A Morning Stroll (Grant Orchard and Sue Goffe)
• Wild Life (Amanda Forbis and Wendy Tilby)

Short Film (Live Action)

• Pentecost (Peter McDonald and Eimear O'Kane)
• Raju (Max Zähle and Stefan Gieren)
• The Shore (Terry George and Oorlagh George)
• Time Freak (Andrew Bowler and Gigi Causey)
• Tuba Atlantic (Hallvar Witzø)

Sound Editing

• Drive (Lon Bender and Victor Ray Ennis)
• The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Ren Klyce)
• Hugo (Philip Stockton and Eugene Gearty)
• Transformers: Dark of the Moon (Ethan Van der Ryn and Erik Aadahl)
• War Horse (Richard Hymns and Gary Rydstrom)

Sound Mixing

• The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (David Parker, Michael Semanick, Ren Klyce and Bo Persson)
• Hugo (Tom Fleischman and John Midgley)
• Moneyball (Deb Adair, Ron Bochar, Dave Giammarco and Ed Novick)
• Transformers: Dark of the Moon (Greg P. Russell, Gary Summers, Jeffrey J. Haboush and Peter J. Devlin)
• War Horse (Gary Rydstrom, Andy Nelson, Tom Johnson and 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 and Alex Henning)
• Real Steel (Erik Nash, John Rosengrant, Dan Taylor and Swen Gillberg)
• Rise of the Planet of the Apes (Joe Letteri, Dan Lemmon, R. Christopher White and Daniel Barrett)
• Transformers: Dark of the Moon (Scott Farrar, Scott Benza, Matthew Butler and John Frazier)

Writing (Adapted Screenplay)

• Alexander Payne and Nat Faxon & Jim Rash (The Descendants)
• John Logan (Hugo)
• George Clooney & Grant Heslov and Beau Willimon (The Ides of March)
• Steven Zaillian and Aaron Sorkin. Story by Stan Chervin (Moneyball)
• Bridget O'Connor & Peter Straughan (Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy)

Writing (Original Screenplay)

• Michel Hazanavicius (The Artist)
• Annie Mumolo & Kristen Wiig (Bridesmaids)
• J.C. Chandor (Margin Call)
• Woody Allen (Midnight in Paris)
• Asghar Farhadi (A Separation)

P/S : Will 'The Artist' win some major categories? (^_^)Y