Nominations for the 84th Annual Academy Awards were announced today (Tuesday, January 24) by Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences President Tom Sherak and 2010 Oscar nominee Jennifer Lawrence.
Hugo lead the pack with 11 nominations, while The Artist is close behind with 10 nominations. The Artist is also nominated in all five of the major categories (Best Picture, Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Actor, Best Actress). Moneyball and War Horse landed six nominations apiece.
The Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2011 will be presented on Sunday, February 26, 2012, at the Kodak Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center, and televised live by the ABC Television Network. The Oscar presentation also will be televised live in more than 200 countries worldwide.
- Woody Allen - Midnight in Paris
- Michel Hazanavicius - The Artist
- Terrence Malick - The Tree of Life
- Alexander Payne - The Descendants
- Martin Scorsese - Hugo
- Bérénice Bejo - The Artist
- Jessica Chastain - The Help
- Melissa McCarthy - Bridesmaids
- Janet McTeer - Albert Nobbs
- Octavia Spencer - The Help
- The Descendants - Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon, Jim Rash
- Hugo - John Logan
- The Ides of March - George Clooney, Grant Heslov, Beau Willimon
- Moneyball - Steven Zaillian, Aaron Sorkin
- Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy - Bridget O'Connor, Peter Straughan
- The Artist - Michel Hazanavicius
- Bridesmaids - Annie Mumolo, Kristen Wiig
- Margin Call - J.C. Chandor
- Midnight in Paris - Woody Allen
- A Separation - Asghar Farhadi
- Belgium, Bullhead, Michael R. Roskam, director
- Canada, Monsieur Lazhar, Philippe Falardeau, director
- Iran, A Separation, Asghar Farhadi, director
- Israel, Footnote, Joseph Cedar, director
- Poland, In Darkness, Agnieszka Holland, director
- A Cat in Paris
- Chico & Rita
- Kung Fu Panda 2
- Puss in Boots
- Rango
- 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
- 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
- Anonymous - Lisy Christl
- The Artist - Mark Bridges
- Hugo - Sandy Powell
- Jane Eyre - Michael O'Connor
- W.E. - Arianne Phillips
- 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
- 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 - Daniel Lindsay, and Richard Middlemas
- 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
- The Adventures of Tintin - John Williams
- The Artist - Ludovic Bource
- Hugo - Howard Shore
- Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy - Alberto Iglesias
- War Horse - John Williams
- "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
- The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo - David Parker, Michael Semanick, Ren Klyce and Bo Persson
- Hugo - Tom Fleischman and 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
- 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
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2 - Tim Burke, David Vickery, Greg Butler and John Richardson
- Hugo - Robert 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
- 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
- The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom - Lucy Walker and Kira Carstensen
- Dimanche - 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
- 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