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The 2012 Oscar Winners for 84th Annual Academy Awards
2012 Oscar Winners: The Artist topped the Oscar Winners list of the 84th Annual Academy Awards for the year 2012. “The Artist,” won five Academy Awards, including best picture. The film also took home Oscars for best directing for Michel Hazanavicius, the lead actor award for Jean Dujardin and trophies for costume design and score.
Meryl Streep, 62, won the Best Actress Oscar for portraying Margaret Thatcher in “The Iron Lady.” “Oh, come on,” Streep said of the standing ovation she received. “When they called my name, I had this feeling I could hear half of America say, ‘Oh, no, not her again,’ ” Streep said. “But whatever.” May expected that this award may go to Viola Davis from “The Help.” But “The Help” won an Oscar in the name of Octavia Spencer as the best supporting actress.
The full list of this year’s big Oscar winners:
Best Picture: The Artist
Best Director: Michel Hazanavicius, The Artist
Best Actress: Meryl Streep, The Iron Lady
Best Actor: Jean Dujardin, The Artist
Best Supporting Actress: Octavia Spencer, The Help
Best Supporting Actor: Christopher Plummer, Beginners
Best Original Screenplay: Midnight in Paris, Woody Allen
Best Adapted Screenplay: The Descendants, Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon and Jim Rash
Best Animated Feature Film: Rango
Best Foreign Language Film: A Separation (Iran)
Best Original Score: The Artist, Ludovic Bource
Best Original Song: “Man or Muppet” from The Muppets, Bret McKenzie
Best Documentary Feature: Undefeated
Best Film Editing: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Kirk Baxter & Angus Wall
Best Cinematography: Hugo, Richard Richardson
Best Visual Effects: Hugo, Rob Legato, Joss Williams, Ben Grossmann & Alex Henning
Best Sound Editing: Hugo, Philip Stockton & Eugene Gearty
Best Sound Mixing: Hugo, Tom Fleischman & John Midgley
Best Art Direction: Hugo, Dante Ferretti & Francesca Lo Schiavo
Best Costume Design: The Artist, Mark Bridges
Best Makeup: The Iron Lady, Mark Coulier & J. Roy Helland
Best Live-Action Short Film: The Shore
Best Documentary Short Film: Saving Face
Best Animated Short Film: The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore