Well… the year’s awards season is finally over. Argo yang sebelumnya mendapatkan tujuh nominasi Academy Awards, meskipun gagal untuk mendapatkan nominasi Best Director untuk Ben Affleck, berhasil keluar sebagai pemenang utama dan memenangkan Best Picture – yang diproduseri oleh Affleck, Grant Heslov dan George Clooney. Argo juga berhasil memenangkan penghargaan Best Writing – Adapted Screenplay untuk Chris Terrio dan Best Film Editing untuk William Goldenberg. Namun, adalah Life of Pi yang pada tahun ini keluar sebagai pemenang penghargaan terbanyak. Film arahan Ang Lee tersebut berhasil memenangkan empat Academy Awards termasuk memenangkan Best Director untuk Lee.
Tidak banyak kejutan yang terjadi ketika banyak nama yang telah diprediksikan akan memenangkan penghargaan berhasil muncul sebagai pemenang: Daniel Day-Lewis memenangkan Best Actor in a Leading Role untuk perannya di Lincoln, Jennifer Lawrence memenangkan Best Actress in a Leading Role untuk perannya di Silver Linings Playbook, Christoph Waltz memenangkan Best Actor in a Supporting Role untuk perannya di Django Unchained dan Anne Hathaway memenangkan Best Actress in a Supporting Role untuk perannya di Les Misérables. Selain Argo dan Life of Pi yang memenangkan beberapa penghargaan, Skyfall, Django Unchained, Les Misérables dan Lincoln juga berhasil memenangkan lebih dari satu penghargaan di The 85th Annual Academy Awards..
Berikut daftar lengkap pemenang The 85th Annual Academy Awards:
Best Picture
Argo – Grant Heslov, Ben Affleck, and George Clooney
- Amour – Margaret Menegoz, Stefan Arndt, Veit Heiduschka, and Michael Katz
- Beasts of the Southern Wild – Dan Janvey, Josh Penn, and Michael Gottwald
- Django Unchained – Stacey Sher, Reginald Hudlin, and Pilar Savone
- Les Misérables – Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Debra Hayward, and Cameron Mackintosh
- Life of Pi – Gil Netter, Ang Lee, and David Womark
- Lincoln – Steven Spielberg and Kathleen Kennedy
- Silver Linings Playbook – Donna Gigliotti, Bruce Cohen, and Jonathan Gordon
- Zero Dark Thirty – Mark Boal, Kathryn Bigelow, and Megan Ellison
Best Director
Ang Lee – Life of Pi
- Michael Haneke – Amour
- Ang Lee – Life of PiDavid O. Russell – Silver Linings Playbook
- Steven Spielberg – Lincoln
- Benh Zeitlin – Beasts of the Southern Wild
Best Actor
Daniel Day-Lewis – Lincoln
- Bradley Cooper – Silver Linings Playbook
- Hugh Jackman – Les Misérables
- Joaquin Phoenix – The Master
- Denzel Washington – Flight
Best Actress
Jennifer Lawrence – Silver Linings Playbook
- Jessica Chastain – Zero Dark Thirty
- Emmanuelle Riva – Amour
- Quvenzhané Wallis – Beasts of the Southern Wild
- Naomi Watts – The Impossible
Best Supporting Actor
Christoph Waltz - Django Unchained
- Alan Arkin – Argo
- Robert De Niro – Silver Linings Playbook
- Philip Seymour Hoffman – The Master
- Tommy Lee Jones – Lincoln
Best Supporting Actress
Anne Hathaway – Les Misérables
- Amy Adams – The Master
- Sally Field – Lincoln
- Helen Hunt – The Sessions
- Jacki Weaver – Silver Linings Playbook
Best Writing – Original Screenplay
Django Unchained – Quentin Tarantino
- Amour – Michael Haneke
- Flight – John Gatins
- Moonrise Kingdom – Wes Anderson and Roman Coppola
- Zero Dark Thirty – Mark Boal
Best Writing – Adapted Screenplay
Argo – Chris Terrio
- Beasts of the Southern Wild – Lucy Alibar and Benh Zeitlin
- Life of Pi – David Magee
- Lincoln – Tony Kushner
- Silver Linings Playbook – David O. Russell
Best Animated Feature
Brave
- Frankenweenie
- ParaNorman
- The Pirates! Band of Misfits
- Wreck-It Ralph
Best Foreign Language Film
Amour
- Kon-Tiki
- No
- A Royal Affair
- War Witch
Best Documentary – Feature
Searching for Sugar Man
- 5 Broken Cameras
- The Gatekeepers
- How to Survive a Plague
- The Invisible War
Best Documentary – Short Subject
Inocente
- Kings Point
- Open Heart
- Redemption
- Mondays at Racine
Best Live Action Short Film
Curfew
- Asad
- Buzkashi Boys
- Death of a Shadow (Dood Van Een Schaduw)
- Henry
Best Animated Short Film
Paperman
- Adam and Dog
- Fresh Guacamole
- Head over Heels
- The Longest Daycare
Best Original Score
Life of Pi – Mychael Danna
- Anna Karenina – Dario Marianelli
- Argo – Alexandre Desplat
- Lincoln – John Williams
- Skyfall – Thomas Newman
Best Original Song
“Skyfall” from Skyfall – Adele Adkins and Paul Epworth
- “Before My Time” from Chasing Ice – J. Ralph
- “Everybody Needs a Best Friend” from Ted – Walter Murphy and Seth MacFarlane
- “Pi’s Lullaby” from Life of Pi – Mychael Danna and Bombay Jayashri
- “Suddenly” from Les Misérables – Claude-Michel Schönberg, Herbert Kretzmer and Alain Boublil
Best Sound Editing
Skyfall – Per Hallberg and Karen Baker Landers and Zero Dark Thirty – Paul N. J. Ottosson
- Argo – Erik Aadahl and Ethan Van der Ryn
- Django Unchained – Wylie Stateman
- Life of Pi – Eugene Gearty and Philip Stockton
- Skyfall – Per Hallberg and Karen Baker Landers
Best Sound Mixing
Les Misérables – Andy Nelson, Mark Paterson and Simon Hayes
- Argo – John Reitz, Gregg Rudloff and Jose Antonio Garcia
- Life of Pi – Ron Bartlett, D. M. Hemphill and Drew Kunin
- Lincoln – Andy Nelson, Gary Rydstrom and Ronald Judkins
- Skyfall – Scott Millan, Greg P. Russell and Stuart Wilson
Best Production Design
Lincoln – Rick Carter & Jim Erickson
- Anna Karenina – Sarah Greenwood & Katie Spencer
- The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey – Dan Hennah, Ra Vincent and Simon Bright
- Les Misérables - Eve Stewart & Anna Lynch-Robinson
- Life of Pi – David Gropman & Anna Pinnock
Best Cinematography
Life of Pi – Claudio Miranda
- Anna Karenina – Seamus McGarvey
- Django Unchained – Robert Richardson
- Lincoln – Janusz Kaminski
- Skyfall – Roger Deakins
Best Makeup and Hairstyling
Les Misérables
- Hitchcock
- The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Best Costume Design
Anna Karenina – Jacqueline Durran
- Les Misérables – Paco Delgado
- Lincoln – Joanna Johnston
- Mirror Mirror – Eiko Ishioka
- Snow White and the Huntsman – Colleen Atwood
Best Film Editing
Argo – William Goldenberg
- Life of Pi – Tim Squyres
- Lincoln – Michael Kahn
- Silver Linings Playbook – Jay Cassidy and Crispin Struthers
- Zero Dark Thirty – Dylan Tichenor and William Goldenberg
Best Visual Effects
Life of Pi – Bill Westenhofer, Guillaume Rocheron, Erik-Jan De Boer and Donald R. Elliott
- The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey – Joe Letteri, Eric Saindon, David Clayton and R. Christopher White
- Marvel’s The Avengers – Janek Sirrs, Jeff White, Guy Williams and Dan Sudick
- Prometheus – Richard Stammers, Trevor Wood, Charley Henley and Martin Hill
- Snow White and the Huntsman – Cedric Nicolas-Troyan, Philip Brennan, Neil Corbould and Michael Dawson