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

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