Hugo, The Artist top nominations list of Oscar Awards

The organisers of the 84th annual Academy Awards have announced the nominations for the year 2012 on Tuesday, 24th January, 2012. Hollywood movies like Hugo and The Artist are leading the list of competitors for Oscar Awards with 11 and 10 nominations, respectively. Other Hollywood films like The Descendants, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, The Help, Midnight in Paris, Moneyball, The Tree of Life and War House have also managed to get a few number of awards.

The following is the full list of nominees for the Oscar Awards 2012

Best Picture

• The Artist
• The Descendants
• Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
• Hugo
• Midnight in Paris
• The Help
• Moneyball
• War Horse
• The Tree of Life

Best Actor

• Demian Bichir - A Better Life
• George Clooney - The Descendants
• Jean Dujardin - The Artist
• Gary Oldman - Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
• Brad Pitt - Moneyball

Best Actress

• 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

Best Supporting Actor

• Kenneth Branagh - My Week With Marilyn
• Jonah Hill - Moneyball
• Nick Nolte - Warrior
• Christopher Plummer - Beginners
• Max Von Sydow - Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close

Best Supporting Actress

• Berenice Bejo - The Artist
• Jessica Chastain - The Help
• Melissa McCarthy - Bridesmaids
• Janet McTeer - Albert Nobbs
• Octavia Spencer - The Help

Best Director

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

Best Original Screenplay

• Woody Allen - Midnight in Paris
• JC Chandor - Margin Call
• Asghar Farhadi - A Separation
• Michel Hazanavicius - The Artist
• Kristen Wiig and Annie Mumolo - Bridesmaids

Best Adapted Screenplay

• Alexander Payne, Nat Faxton, Jim Rash - The Descendants
• John Logan - Hugo
• George Clooney, Grant Heslov, Beau Willimon - The Ides of March
• Aaron Sorkin, Steven Zaillian - Moneyball
• Bridget O'Connor, Peter Straughn - Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy

Best Animated Feature

• A Cat In Paris
• Chico & Rita
• Kung Fu Panda 2
• Puss in Boots
• Rango

Best Foreign Language Film of the Year

• Bullhead (Belgium)
• Footnote (Israel)
• In Darkness (Poland)
• Monsieur Lazhar (Canada)
• A Separation (Iran)

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

Best Original Song

• Man or Muppet - The Muppets; Music and Lyric by Bret McKenzie
• Real in Rio - Rio; Music by Sergio Mendes and Carlinhos Brown, Lyric by Siedah Garrett

Best Achievement in Art Direction

• The Artist
• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2
• Hugo
• Midnight in Paris
• War Horse

Best Achievement in Cinematography

• The Artist
• The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
• Hugo
• The Tree of Life
• War Horse

Best Achievement in Costume Design

• Anonymous
• The Artist
• Hugo
• Jane Eyre
• W.E.

Best Documentary Feature

• Hell and Back Again
• If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front
• Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory
• Pina
• Undefeated

Best Documentary Short Subject

• The Barber of Birmingham: Foot Soldier of the Civil Rights Movement?
• God Is the Bigger Elvis
• Incident in New Baghdad
• Saving Face
• The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom

Best Achievement in Film Editing

• The Artist
• The Descendants
• The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
• Hugo
• Moneyball

Best Achievement in Makeup

• Albert Nobbs
• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2
• The Iron Lady

Best Animated Short Film

• Dimanche/Sunday
• The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore
• La Luna
• A Morning Stroll
• Wild Life

Best Live Action Short Film

• Pentecost
• Raju
• The Shore
• Time Freak
• Tuba Atlantic

Best Achievement in Sound Editing

• Drive
• The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
• Hugo
• Transformers: Dark of the Moon
• War Horse

Best Achievement in Sound Mixing

• The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
• Hugo
• Moneyball
• Transformers: Dark of the Moon
• War Horse

Best Achievement in Visual Effects

• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2
• Hugo
• Real Steel
• Rise of the Planet of the Apes
• Transformers: Dark of the Moon