The winners for this year’s Academy Awards were announced on February 24. Winners of genre interest are listed below.
- Best Animated Feature Film: Brave
- Best Short Film Animated: Paperman
- Best Cinematography: Claudio Miranda for Life of Pi
- Best Film Editing: William Goldenberg for Argo
- Best Visual Effects: Bill Westenhofer, Guillaume Rocherson, Erik-Jan De Boer, and Donald R. Elliott for Life of Pi
- Best Music (Original Score): Mychael Danna for Life of Pi
- Best Adapted Screenplay: Chris Tarrio for Life of Pi
- Best Director: Ang Lee for Life of Pi
- Best Picture: Argo
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The nominees for this year’s Academy Awards have been announced and winners will be presented on February 24. Despite a big year at the box office for genre films such as The Avengers, The Dark Knight Rises, The Hunger Games, and The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, genre does not appear in any of the major categories. Nine films were nominated in the Best Picture category. Categories with nominees of genre interest are listed below.
Animated Feature Film
- Brave
- Frankenweenie
- ParaNorman
- The Pirates! Band of Misfits
- Wreck-It Ralph
Short Film Animated
- Adam and Dog
- Fresh Guacamole
- Head over Heels
- Maggie Simpson in “The Longest Daycare”
- Paperman
Costume Design
- Jacqueline Durran for Anna Karenina
- Paco Delgado for Les Misérables
- Joanna Johnston for Lincoln
- Eiko Ishioka for Mirror Mirror
- Colleen Atwood for Snow White and the Huntsman
Makeup and Hair Styling
- Howard Berger, Peter Montagna, and Martin Samuel for Hitchcock
- Peter “Swords” King, Rick Findlater, and Tami Lane for The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
- Lisa Westcott and Julie Dartnell for Les Miséables
Production Design
- Sarah Greenwood & Katie Spencer for Anna Karenina
- Dan Hennah, Ra Vincent, and Simon Bright for The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
- Eve Stewart and Anna Lynch-Robinson for Les Misérables
- David Gropman and Anna Pinnock for Life of Pi
- Rick Carter & Jim Erickson for Lincoln
Visual Effects
- Joe Letteri, Eric Saindon, David Clayton, and R. Christopher White for The Hobbit: And Unexpected Journey
- Bill Westenhofer, Guillaume Rocherson, Erik-Jan De Boer, and Donald R. Elliott for Life of Pi
- Janek Sirrs, Jeff White, Guy Williams, and Dan Sudick for Marvel’s The Avengers
- Richard Stammers, Trevor Wood, Charley Henley, and Martin Hill for Prometheus
- Cedric Nicolas-Troyan, Philip Brennan, Neil Corbould, and Michael Dawson for Snow White and the Huntsman
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The Academy of Motion Picture Ares and Sciences presented the Oscars on February 26. A full list of genre winners appears below.
- Animated Feature: Rango
- Animated Short Film: The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore
- Written, Original Screenplay: Midnight in Paris, Woody Allen
- Art Direction: Hugo, Dante Ferretti (Production Design), Francesca Lo Schiavo (Set Decoration)
- Achievement in Cinematography: Hugo, Robert Richardson
- Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures (Original Song): “Man or Muppet” from The Muppets, Music and Lyric by Bret McKenzie
- Achievement in Sound Editing: Hugo, Philip Stockton and Eugene Gearty
- Achievement in Sound Mixing: Hugo, Tom Fleischman and John Midgley
- Achievement in Visual Effects: Hugo, Rob Legato, Joss Williams, Ben Grossman, and Alex Henning
In addition, it should be noted that The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, based on a novel by Swedish fan Stieg Larsson, received an Oscar for Achievement in Film Editing.
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The nominees for this year’s Academy Awards have been announced and winners will be presented on February 26. The science fiction film Hugo received the most nominations, with 11 nods. Nine films were nominated in the Best Picture category. Categories with nominees of genre interest are listed below.
Best Picture
- The Artist
- The Descendants
- Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
- The Help
- Hugo
- Midnight in Paris
- Moneyball
- The Tree of Life
- War Horse
Best Director
- Woody Allen for Midnight in Paris
- Michel Hazanavicius for The Artist
- Terrence Malick for The Tree of Life
- Alexander Payne for The Descendants
- Martin Scorsese for Hugo
Animated Feature
- A Cat in Paris
- Chico & Rita
- Kung Fu Panda 2
- Puss in Boots
- Rango
Animated Short Film
- Dimanche/Sunday
- The Fantastic Flying Books o fMr. Morris Lessmore
- La Luna
- A Morning Stroll
- Wild Life
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
Written, Original Screenplay
- The Artist, by Michael Hazanavicius
- Bridesmaids, by Annie Mumolo & Kristen Wiig
- Margin Call, by J.C. Chandor
- Midnight in Paris, Woody Allen
- A Separation, by Asghar Farhadi
Art Direction
- The Artist, Laurence Bennett (Production Design) and Roubert Gould (Set Decoration)
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2, Stuart Craig (Production Design) and Stephenie McMillan (Set Decoration)
- Hugo, Dante Ferretti (Production Design), Francesca Lo Schiavo (Set Decoration)
- Midnight in Paris, Anne Siebel(Production Design) and Hélène Dubreuil (Set Decoration)
- War Horse, Rick Carter (Production Design) and Lee Sandales (Set Decoration)
Achievement in Cinematography
- The Artist, Guillaume Schiffman
- The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Jeff Cronenweth
- Hugo, Robert Richardson
- The Tree of Life, Emanuel Lubezki
- War Horse, Janusz Kaminski
Achievement in Costume Design
- Anonymous, Lisy Christl
- The Artist, Mark Bridges
- Hugo, Sandy Powell
- Jane Eyre, Michael O’Connor
- W.E., Arianne Phillips
Achievement in Film Editing
- The Artist, Anne-Sophie Bion & Michael Hazanavicius
- The Descendants, Kevin Tent
- The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Kirk Baxter & Angus Wall
- Hugo, Thelma Schoonmaker
- Moneyball, Christopher Tellefsen
Achievement in 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
Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures (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
Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures (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
Achievement in Sound Editing
- Drive, Lon Bender and Victor Ray Ennis
- The Girls 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
Achievement in 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
Achievement in 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, 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
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The Academy of Motion Picture Ares and Sciences presented the Oscars on February 27. In the science fiction genre, perhaps the biggest win was for Shaun Tan, who became the first Worldcon Guest of Honor to win a competitive Oscar for his short animated film The Lost Thing. A full list of genre winners appears below.
- Animated Feature: Toy Story 3
- Art Direction: Alice in Wonderland, Robert Stromberg (Production Design) and Karen O’Hara (Set Decoration)
- Achievement in Cinematography: Inception, Wally Pfister
- Achievement in Costume Design: Alice in Wonderland, Colleen Atwood
- Achievement in Makeup: The Wolfman, Rick Baker and Dave Elsey
- Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures (Original Song): “We Belong Together,” from Toy Story 3, music and lyrics by Randy Newman
- Best Animated Short Film: The Lost Thing, Shaun Tan and Andrew Ruhemann
- Achievement in Sound Editing: Inception, Richard King
- Achievement in Sound Mixing: Inception, Lora Hirschberg, Gary A. Rizzo, and Ed Novick
- Achievement in Visual Effects: Inception, Paul Franklin, Chris Corbould, Andrew Lockley, and Peter Bebb
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The nominees for this year’s Academy Awards have been announced and winners will be presented on February 27. This year’s nominees include Aussiecon 4 Artist Guest of Honor Shaun Tan for his short animated film The Lost Thing. Categories with nominees of genre interest are listed below.
Best Picture
- Black Swan
- The Fighter
- Inception
- The Kids Are All Right
- The King’s Speech
- 127 Hours
- The Social Network
- Toy Story 3
- True Grit
- Winter’s Bone
Animated Feature
- How to Train Your Dragon
- The Illusionist
- Toy Story 3
Adapted Screenplay
- 127 Hours, by Danny Boyle and Simon Beaufoy
- Social Network, by Aaron Sorkin
- Toy Story 3, Screenplay by Michael Arndt. Story by John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton, and Lee Unkrich
- True Grit, by Joel Coen and Ethan Coen
- Winter’s Bone, by Debra Granik and Anne Rosellini
Original Screenplay
- Another Year, by Mike Leigh
- The Fighter, Screenplay by Scott Silver and Paul Tamasy and Eric Johnson. Story by Keith Dorrington and Paul Tamasy and Eric Johnson
- Inception, Christopher Nolan
- The Kids Are All Right, Lisa Cholodenko and Stuart Blumberg
- The King’s Speech, by David Seidler
Art Direction
- Alice in Wonderland, Robert Stromberg (Production Design) and Karen O’Hara (Set Decoration)
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1, Stuart Craig (Production Design) and Stephenie McMillan (Set Decoration)
- Inception, Guy Hendrix Dyas (Production Design), Larry Dias and Doug Mowat (Set Decoration)
- The King’s Speech, Eve Stewart (Production Design) and Judy Farr (Set Decoration)
- True Grit, Jess Gonchor (Production Design) and Nancy Haigh (Set Decoration)
Achievement in Cinematography
- Black Swan, Matthew Libatique
- Inception, Wally Pfister
- The King’s Speech, Danny Cohen
- The Social Network, Jeff Cronenweth
- True Grit, Roger Deakins
Achievement in Costume Design
- Alice in Wonderland, Colleen Atwood
- I Am Love, Antonella Cannarozzi
- The King’s Speech , Jenny Beavan
- The Tempest, Sandy Powell
- True Grit, Mary Zophres
Achievement in Makeup
- Barney’s Version, Adrien Morot
- The Way Back, Edouard F. Henriques, Gregory Funk and Yolanda Toussieng
- The Wolfman, Rick Baker and Dave Elsey
Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures (Original Score)
- How to Train Your Dragon, John Powell
- Inception, Hans Zimmer
- The King’s Speech, Alexandre Desplat
- 127 Hours, A.R. Rahman
- The Social Network, Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross
Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures (Original Song)
- ”Coming Home” from Country Strong, Music and Lyric by Tom Douglas, Troy Verges and Hillary Lindsey
- ”I See the Light” from Tangled, Music by Alan Menken Lyric by Glenn Slater
- ”If I Rise” from 127 Hours, Music by A.R. Rahman Lyric by Dido and Rollo Armstrong
- ”We Belong Together” from Toy Story 3, Music and Lyric by Randy Newman
Best Animated Short Film
- Day and Night, Teddy Newton
- The Gruffalo, Jakob Schuh and Max Lang
- Let’s Pollute, Geefwee Boedoe
- The Lost Thing, Shaun Tan and Andrew Ruhemann
- Madagascar, carnet de voyage (Madagascar, a Journey Diary), Bastein DuBois
Achievement in Sound Editing
- Inception, Richard King
- Toy Story 3, Tom Myers and Michael Silvers
- Tron: Legacy, Gwendolyn Yates Whittle and Addison Teague
- True Grit, Skip Lievsay and Craig Berkey
- Unstoppable, Mark P. Stoeckinger
Achievement in Sound Mixing
- Inception, Lora Hirschberg, Gary A. Rizzo, and Ed Novick
- The King’s Speech, Paul Hamblin, Martin Jensen, and John Midgley
- Salt, Jeffrey J. Haboush, Greg P. Russell, Scott Millan, and William Sarokin
- The Social Network, Ren Klyce, David Parker, Michael Semanick, and Mark Weingarten
- True Grit, Skip Lievsay, Craig Berkey, Greg Orloff, and Peter F. Kurland
Achievement in Visual Effects
- Alice in Wonderland, Ken Ralston, David Schaub, Carey Villegas, and Sean Phillips
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1, Tim Burke, John Richardson, Christian Manz, and Nicolas Aithadi
- Hereafter, Michael Owens, Bryan Grill, Stephan Trojanski, and Joe Farrell
- Inception, Paul Franklin, Chris Corbould, Andrew Lockley, and Peter Bebb
- Iron Man 2, Janek Sirrs, Ben Snow, Ged Wright, and Daniel Sudick
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