84th Annual Academy Award® WinnersThe Artist dominated 2012's ceremony with five Academy Awards wins, an amazing triumph surpassing last year's frontrunner The King's Speech, which scooped a total of four Oscars. Jean Dujardin became the first French actor in the ceremony's history to win Best Actor for his role in the silent film, and the winning lady on the night was Meryl Streep, whose depiction of Margaret Thatcher in The Iron Lady saw her take home the Best Actress award. Christopher Plummer also made history by becoming the oldest actor ever to win an Oscar for his role in Beginners. Browse the list and view the trailers below to see the wealth of talent celebrated in this year's Oscars. If that's not enough, you can also view the winners of the BAFTA Film Awards 2012.
| Best Achievement in Directing |
| Best Writing, Original Screenplay | Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay |
Michel Hazanavicius, The Artist
Annie Mumolo & Kristen Wiig, Bridesmaids
J.C. Chandor, Margin Call
WINNER: Woody Allen, Midnight in Paris
Asghar Farhadi, A Separation | WINNER: Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon and Jim Rash (screenplay), The Descendants
John Logan (screenplay), Hugo
George Clooney, Grant Heslov and Beau Willimon (screenplay), The Ides of March
Steven Zaillian and Aaron Sorkin (screenplay), Stan Chervin (story) Moneyball
Bridget O’Connor and Peter Straughan (screenplay), Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
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| Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
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WINNER: Christopher Plummer, Beginners
Jonah Hill, Moneyball
Kenneth Branagh, My Week With Marilyn
Nick Nolte, Warrior
Max von Sydow, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
| Jessica Chastain, The Help
Bérénice Bejo, The Artist
Melissa McCarthy, Bridesmaids
WINNER: Octavia Spencer, The Help
Janet McTeer, Albert Nobbs
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| Best Achievement in Cinematography
| Best Achievement in Art Direction
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Guillaume Schiffman, The Artist
Jeff Cronenweth, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
WINNER: Robert Richardson, Hugo
Emmanuel Lubezki,
The Tree of Life
Janusz Kaminski, War Horse
| Laurence Bennett (Production Design) and Robert Gould (Set Decoration), The Artist
Stuart Craig (Production Design) and Stephenie McMillan (Set Decoration), Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2
WINNER: Dante Ferretti (Production Design) and Francesca Lo Schiavo (Set Decoration), Hugo
Anne Seibel (Production Design) and Hélène Dubreuil (Set Decoration), Midnight in Paris
Rick Carter (Production Design) and Lee Sandales (Set Decoration), War Horse
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| Best Animated Feature Film of the Year |
| Best Foreign Language Film of the Year |
| Best Documentary, Features |
| Best Achievement in Costume Design
| Best Achievement in Sound Mixing
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Lisy Christl, Anonymous
WINNER: Mark Bridges, The Artist
Sandy Powell, Hugo
Michael O’Connor, Jane Eyre
Arianne Phillips, W.E.
| David Parker, Michael Semanick, Ren Klyce and Bo Persson, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Greg P. Russell, Gary Summers, Jeffrey J. Haboush and Peter J. Devlin, Transformers: Dark of the Moon
WINNER: Tom Fleischman and John Midgley, Hugo
Deb Adair, Ron Bochar, Dave Giammarco and Ed Novick, Moneyball
Gary Rydstrom, Andy Nelson, Tom Johnson and Stuart Wilson, War Horse
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| Best Achievement in Film Editing | Best Achievement in Sound Editing |
Anne-Sophie Bion and Michel Hazanavicius, The Artist
Kevin Tent, The Descendants
Thelma Schoonmaker, Hugo
WINNER: Kirk Baxter and Angus Wall, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Christopher Tellefsen, Moneyball
| Lon Bender and Victor Ray Ennis, Drive
Richard Hymns and Gary Rydstrom, War Horse
WINNER: Philip Stockton and Eugene Gearty, Hugo
Ren Klyce, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Ethan Van der Ryn and Erik Aadahl, Transformers: Dark of the Moon
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| Best Achievement in Visual Effects
| Best Achievement in Makeup
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Tim Burke, David Vickery, Greg Butler and John Richardson, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2
WINNER: Rob Legato, Joss Williams, Ben Grossman and Alex Henning, Hugo
Joe Letteri, Dan Lemmon and R. Christopher White, Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Scott Farrar, Scott Benza, Matthew Butler and John Frazier, Transformers: Dark of the Moon
Erik Nash, John Rosengrant, Dan Taylor and Swen Gillberg, Real Steel
| WINNER: Mark Coulier and J. Roy Helland, The Iron Lady
Nick Dudman, Amanda Knight and Lisa Tomblin, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2
Martial Corneville, Lynn Johnston and Matthew W. Mungle, Albert Nobbs
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| Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Song
| Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Score
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