2011 (84th Annual Awards)
Nominations and Winners
Listed below are the Academy Award nominations and winners for the year 2011. The
symbol appears next to the winner in each category. Click on the name of a film, person or song in the list to display more information about that film, person or song. Or, click on a year in the column on the right to display the nominations and winners from that year.
Best Picture
The Artist, Le Petite Reine/Studio 37/La Classe Américaine/JD Prod/France 3 Cinéma/Jouror Productions/uFilm Production; The Weinstein Company. (France, Belgium, USA) Thomas Langmann, Producer.
The Descendants, Ad Hominem Enterprises Production; Fox Searchlight. Jim Burke, Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor, Producers.Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close, Warner Bros. Pictures Production; Warner Bros. Scott Rudin, Producer.The Help, DreamWorks Pictures Production; Touchstone Pictures. (USA, India, United Arab Emirates, UK, France, Canada, Germany) Brunson Green, Chris Columbus and Michael Barnathan, Producers.Hugo, Paramount Pictures and GK Films Production; Paramount. (USA, UK, France) Graham King and Martin Scorsese, Producers.Midnight in Paris, Pontchartrain Production; Sony Pictures Classics. (Spain, USA, France) Letty Aronson and Stephen Tenenbaum, Producers.Moneyball, Columbia Pictures Production; Sony Pictures Releasing. Michael De Luca, Rachael Horovitz and Brad Pitt, Producers.The Tree of Life, River Road Entertainment Production; Fox Searchlight. Sarah Green, Bill Pohlad, Dede Gardner and Grant Hill, Producers.War Horse, DreamWorks Pictures Production; Touchstone Pictures. (USA, India) Steven Spielberg and Kathleen Kennedy, Producers.Actor in a Leading Role
Jean Dujardin in The Artist, Le Petite Reine/Studio 37/La Classe Américaine/JD Prod/France 3 Cinéma/Jouror Productions/uFilm Production; The Weinstein Company. (France, Belgium, USA)Gary Oldman in Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, Working Title Films Production; Focus Features. (France, UK, Germany)Actress in a Leading Role
Glenn Close in Albert Nobbs, Trillium Productions, Mockingbird Pictures and Parallel Films Production; Roadside Attractions. (UK, Ireland, France, USA)Viola Davis in The Help, DreamWorks Pictures Production; Touchstone Pictures. (USA, India, United Arab Emirates, UK, France, Canada, Germany)Rooney Mara in The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Columbia Pictures and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures Production; Sony Pictures Releasing. (USA, Sweden, Norway)Meryl Streep in The Iron Lady, Weinstein Company/Yuk Films/Pathé/UK Film Council/Canal+/Cine+/Goldcrest Production; The Weinstein Company. (UK, France)Michelle Williams in My Week with Marilyn, Weinstein Company Production; The Weinstein Company. (UK, USA)Actor in a Supporting Role
Kenneth Branagh in My Week with Marilyn, Weinstein Company Production; The Weinstein Company. (UK, USA)Nick Nolte in Warrior, Solaris Entertainment and Filmtribe/Lionsgate/Mimram Schur Pictures Production; Lionsgate.Christopher Plummer in Beginners, Olympus Pictures in association with Parts & Labor Production; Focus Features.Actress in a Supporting Role
Bérénice Bejo in The Artist, Le Petite Reine/Studio 37/La Classe Américaine/JD Prod/France 3 Cinéma/Jouror Productions/uFilm Production; The Weinstein Company. (France, Belgium, USA)Jessica Chastain in The Help, DreamWorks Pictures Production; Touchstone Pictures. (USA, India, United Arab Emirates, UK, France, Canada, Germany)Janet McTeer in Albert Nobbs, Trillium Productions, Mockingbird Pictures and Parallel Films Production; Roadside Attractions. (UK, Ireland, France, USA)Octavia Spencer in The Help, DreamWorks Pictures Production; Touchstone Pictures. (USA, India, United Arab Emirates, UK, France, Canada, Germany)Directing
The Artist, Le Petite Reine/Studio 37/La Classe Américaine/JD Prod/France 3 Cinéma/Jouror Productions/uFilm Production; The Weinstein Company. (France, Belgium, USA) Michel Hazanavicius.Midnight in Paris, Pontchartrain Production; Sony Pictures Classics. (Spain, USA, France) Woody Allen.Animated Feature Film
Chico & Rita, Chico & Rita Distribution Limited Production; GKIDS. (Spain, UK) Fernando Trueba and Javier Mariscal.Kung Fu Panda 2, Dreamworks Animation LLC Production; DreamWorks Animation, distributed by Paramount. Jennifer Yuh Nelson.Puss in Boots, Dreamworks Animation LLC Production; DreamWorks Animation, distributed by Paramount. Chris Miller.Art Direction
The Artist, Le Petite Reine/Studio 37/La Classe Américaine/JD Prod/France 3 Cinéma/Jouror Productions/uFilm Production; The Weinstein Company. (France, Belgium, USA) Production design by Laurence Bennett; set decoration by Robert Gould.Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2, Warner Bros. Services UK Ltd. Production; Warner Bros. (USA, UK) Production design by Stuart Craig; set decoration by Stephenie McMillan.Hugo, Paramount Pictures and GK Films Production; Paramount. (USA, UK, France) Production design by Dante Ferretti; set decoration by Francesca Lo Schiavo.Midnight in Paris, Pontchartrain Production; Sony Pictures Classics. (Spain, USA, France) Production design by Anne Seibel; set decoration by Hélène Dubreuil.War Horse, DreamWorks Pictures Production; Touchstone Pictures. (USA, India) Production design by Rick Carter; set decoration by Lee Sandales.Cinematography
The Artist, Le Petite Reine/Studio 37/La Classe Américaine/JD Prod/France 3 Cinéma/Jouror Productions/uFilm Production; The Weinstein Company. (France, Belgium, USA) Guillaume Schiffman.The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Columbia Pictures and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures Production; Sony Pictures Releasing. (USA, Sweden, Norway) Jeff Cronenweth.Costume Design
The Artist, Le Petite Reine/Studio 37/La Classe Américaine/JD Prod/France 3 Cinéma/Jouror Productions/uFilm Production; The Weinstein Company. (France, Belgium, USA) Mark Bridges.W.E., Semtex Films/The Weinstein Company/IM Global Production; The Weinstein Company. (UK) Arianne Phillips.Documentary
(Feature)
Hell and Back Again, Roast Beef Limited Production; Docurama Films. (USA, UK, Afghanistan) Danfung Dennis and Mike Lerner.If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front, Marshall Curry Production; Oscilloscope Laboratories. (USA, UK) Marshall Curry and Sam Cullman.Pina, Neue Road Movies Production; Sundance Selects. (Germany, France, UK, USA) Wim Wenders and Gian-Piero Ringel.Undefeated, Spitfire Pictures Production; The Weinstein Company. TJ Martin, Dan Lindsay and Richard Middlemas.(Short Subject)
The Barber of Birmingham: Foot Soldier of the Civil Rights Movement, Purposeful Production. Robin Fryday and Gail Dolgin.The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom, Supply & Demand Integrated Production. Lucy Walker and Kira Carstensen.Film Editing
The Artist, Le Petite Reine/Studio 37/La Classe Américaine/JD Prod/France 3 Cinéma/Jouror Productions/uFilm Production; The Weinstein Company. (France, Belgium, USA) Anne-Sophie Bion and Michel Hazanavicius.The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Columbia Pictures and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures Production; Sony Pictures Releasing. (USA, Sweden, Norway) Kirk Baxter and Angus Wall.Foreign Language Film
Bullhead, Savage Film Production. (Belgium, Netherlands) Belgium.Footnote, Footnote Limited Partnership Production; Sony Pictures Classics. (Israel) Israel.In Darkness, Studio Filmowe Zebra Production; Sony Pictures Classics. (Poland, Germany, Canada) Poland.Monsieur Lazhar, micro_scope Production; Music Box Films. (Canada) Canada.A Separation, Dreamlab Films Production; Sony Pictures Classics. (Iran, France) Iran.Makeup
Albert Nobbs, Trillium Productions, Mockingbird Pictures and Parallel Films Production; Roadside Attractions. (UK, Ireland, France, USA) Martial Corneville, Lynn Johnston and Matthew W. Mungle.Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2, Warner Bros. Services UK Ltd. Production; Warner Bros. (USA, UK) Nick Dudman, Amanda Knight and Lisa Tomblin.The Iron Lady, Weinstein Company/Yuk Films/Pathé/UK Film Council/Canal+/Cine+/Goldcrest Production; The Weinstein Company. (UK, France) Mark Coulier and J. Roy Helland.Music
(Original Score)
The Adventures of Tintin, Paramount Pictures and Columbia Pictures Production; Paramount. (USA, New Zealand, UK) John Williams.The Artist, Le Petite Reine/Studio 37/La Classe Américaine/JD Prod/France 3 Cinéma/Jouror Productions/uFilm Production; The Weinstein Company. (France, Belgium, USA) Ludovic Bource.Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, Working Title Films Production; Focus Features. (France, UK, Germany) Alberto Iglesias.(Original Song)
Man or Muppet from The Muppets, Walt Disney Pictures Production; Walt Disney. Music and lyric by Bret McKenzie.Real in Rio from Rio, Blue Sky Studios Production; 20th Century Fox. (USA, Brazil) Music by Sergio Mendes and Carlinhos Brown; lyric by Siedah Garrett.Short Films
(Animated)
Dimanche/Sunday, National Film Board of Canada Production; National Film Board of Canada. (Canada) Patrick Doyon.The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore, Moonbot Studios LA Production. William Joyce and Brandon Oldenburg.Wild Life, National Film Board of Canada Production; National Film Board of Canada. (Canada) Amanda Forbis and Wendy Tilby.(Live Action)
Tuba Atlantic, Norwegian Film School/Den Norske Filmskolen Production; Norsk Filminstitutt. (Norway) Hallvar Witzø.Sound Editing
Drive, Bold Films, OddLot Entertainment and Marc Platt Production; FilmDistrict. Lon Bender and Victor Ray Ennis.The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Columbia Pictures and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures Production; Sony Pictures Releasing. (USA, Sweden, Norway) Ren Klyce.Hugo, Paramount Pictures and GK Films Production; Paramount. (USA, UK, France) Philip Stockton and Eugene Gearty.Transformers: Dark of the Moon, Paramount Pictures Production; Paramount. Ethan Van der Ryn and Erik Aadahl.War Horse, DreamWorks Pictures Production; Touchstone Pictures. (USA, India) Richard Hymns and Gary Rydstrom.Sound Mixing
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Columbia Pictures and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures Production; Sony Pictures Releasing. (USA, Sweden, Norway) David Parker, Michael Semanick, Ren Klyce and Bo Persson.Hugo, Paramount Pictures and GK Films Production; Paramount. (USA, UK, France) Tom Fleischman and John Midgley.Moneyball, Columbia Pictures Production; Sony Pictures Releasing. Deb Adair, Ron Bochar, Dave Giammarco and Ed Novick.Transformers: Dark of the Moon, Paramount Pictures Production; Paramount. Greg P. Russell, Gary Summers, Jeffrey J. Haboush and Peter J. Devlin.War Horse, DreamWorks Pictures Production; Touchstone Pictures. (USA, India) Gary Rydstrom, Andy Nelson, Tom Johnson and Stuart Wilson.Visual Effects
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2, Warner Bros. Services UK Ltd. Production; Warner Bros. (USA, UK) Tim Burke, David Vickery, Greg Butler and John Richardson.Hugo, Paramount Pictures and GK Films Production; Paramount. (USA, UK, France) Rob Legato, Joss Williams, Ben Grossmann and Alex Henning.Real Steel, DreamWorks Pictures Production; Touchstone Pictures. (USA, India) Erik Nash, John Rosengrant, Dan Taylor and Swen Gillberg.Rise of the Planet of the Apes, 20th Century Fox Production; 20th Century Fox. (USA, UK, Canada) Joe Letteri, Dan Lemmon, R. Christopher White and Daniel Barrett.Transformers: Dark of the Moon, Paramount Pictures Production; Paramount. Scott Farrar, Scott Benza, Matthew Butler and John Frazier.Writing
(Adapted Screenplay)
The Descendants, Ad Hominem Enterprises Production; Fox Searchlight. Screenplay by Alexander Payne and Nat Faxon & Jim Rash.Hugo, Paramount Pictures and GK Films Production; Paramount. (USA, UK, France) Screenplay by John Logan.The Ides of March, Columbia Pictures and Cross Creek Pictures in association with Exclusive Media Group and Crystal City Entertainment Production; Sony Pictures Releasing. Screenplay by George Clooney & Grant Heslov and Beau Willimon.Moneyball, Columbia Pictures Production; Sony Pictures Releasing. Screenplay by Steven Zaillian and Aaron Sorkin; story by Stan Chervin.Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, Working Title Films Production; Focus Features. (France, UK, Germany) Screenplay by Bridget O’Connor & Peter Straughan.(Original Screenplay)
The Artist, Le Petite Reine/Studio 37/La Classe Américaine/JD Prod/France 3 Cinéma/Jouror Productions/uFilm Production; The Weinstein Company. (France, Belgium, USA) Written by Michel Hazanavicius.Margin Call, Benaroya Pictures and Before The Door Pictures Production; Roadside Attractions. Written by J. C. Chandor.Midnight in Paris, Pontchartrain Production; Sony Pictures Classics. (Spain, USA, France) Written by Woody Allen.A Separation, Dreamlab Films Production; Sony Pictures Classics. (Iran, France) Written by Asghar Farhadi.Honorary Award
To James Earl Jones for his legacy of consistent excellence and uncommon versatility. [ [Statuette]]To Dick Smith for his unparalleled mastery of texture, shade, form and illusion. [ [Statuette]]NOTE: The Honorary Awards were presented at the 3rd Governors Awards ceremony on November 12, 2011, in the Grand Ballroom of the Hollywood and Highland Center.
Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award
NOTE: The Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award was presented at the 3rd Governors Awards ceremony on November 12, 2011, in the Grand Ballroom of the Hollywood and Highland Center.
Gordon E. Sawyer Award
NOTE: The Gordon E. Sawyer Award was presented at the Scientific and Technical Awards ceremony on February 11, 2012, in the Ballroom of the Beverly Wilshire Hotel.
Scientific and Technical Award
(Academy Award of Merit)
To Franz Kraus, Johannes Steurer and Wolfgang Riedel for the design and development of the ARRILASER Film Recorder. The ARRILASER film recorder demonstrates a high level of engineering resulting in a compact, user-friendly, low-maintenance device, while at the same time maintaining outstanding speed, exposure ratings and image quality.(Scientific and Engineering Award)
To Radu Corlan, Andy Jantzen, Petru Pop and Richard F. Toftness for the design and engineering of the Phantom family of high-speed cameras for motion picture production. The Phantom family of high-speed digital cameras, including the Phantom Flex and HD Gold, provide imagery at speeds and efficacy surpassing photochemical technology, while seamlessly intercutting with conventional film production.To Dr. Jürgen Noffke for the optical design and Uwe Weber for the mechanical design of the ARRI Zeiss Master Prime Lenses for motion picture photography. The Master Primes have achieved a full stop advance in speed over existing lenses, while maintaining state-of-the-art optical quality. This lens family was also the first to eliminate the magnification change that accompanied extreme focus shifts.To Michael Lewis, Greg Marsden, Raigo Alas and Michael Vellekoop for the concept, design and implementation of the Pictorvision Eclipse, an electronically stabilized aerial camera platform. The Pictorvision Eclipse system allows cinematographers to capture aerial footage at faster flying speeds with aggressive platform maneuvering.To E. F. “Bob” Nettmann for the concept and system architecture, Michael Sayovitz for the electronic packaging and integration, Brad Fritzel for the electronic engineering, and Fred Miller for the mechanical engineering of the Stab-C Classic, Super-G and Stab-C Compact stabilizing heads. This versatile family of 5-axis camera and lens stabilizers allows any standard motion picture camera to be fitted into the open architecture of the structure. The system can be quickly balanced and made ready for shooting platforms such as helicopters, boats, camera cars or cranes.To John D. Lowry, Ian Cavén, Ian Godin, Kimball Thurston and Tim Connolly for the development of a unique and efficient system for the reduction of noise and other artifacts, thereby providing high-quality images required by the filmmaking process. The “Lowry Process” uses advanced GPU-accelerated, motion estimation-based image processing tools to enhance image quality.To FUJIFILM Corporation, Hideyuki Shirai, Dr. Katsuhisa Oozeki and Hiroshi Hirano for the design and development of the FUJIFILM black and white recording film ETERNA-RDS 4791 for use in the archival preservation of film and digital images. Specifically designed for laser film recording and widely used in the industry today, the high-resolution FUJIFILM ETERNA-RDS 4791 film stock is an important step in protecting the heritage of the motion picture industry.(Technical Achievement Award)
To Andrew Clinton and Mark Elendt for the invention and integration of micro-voxels in the Mantra software. This work allowed, for the first time, unified and efficient rendering of volumetric effects such as smoke and clouds, together with other computer graphics objects, in a micro-polygon imaging pipeline.NOTE: The Scientific and Technical Awards were presented at their own ceremony on February 11, 2012, in the Ballroom of the Beverly Wilshire Hotel.