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Nominations for the 84th Academy Awards
Actor in a Leading Role
 

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

Actor in a Supporting Role
 

• Kenneth Branagh in "My Week with  Marilyn"
• Jonah Hill in "Moneyball"
• Nick Nolte in "Warrior"
• Christopher Plummer in "Beginners"
• Max von Sydow in "Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close"

Actress in a Leading Role
 

• Glenn Close in "Albert Nobbs"
• Viola Davis in "The Help"
• Rooney Mara in  "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo"
• Meryl Streep in "The Iron Lady"
• Michelle Williams in "My Week with Marilyn"

Actress in a Supporting Role
 

• Bérénice Bejo in "The  Artist"
• Jessica Chastain in "The Help"
• Melissa McCarthy in "Bridesmaids"
• Janet McTeer in "Albert Nobbs"
• Octavia Spencer in  "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
 

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

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

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

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 and 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)
 

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

Writing (Original Screenplay)
 

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