The 85th Academy Awards ceremony (referred to as The Oscars), honoring the best films of 2012 in the United States, took place February 24, 2013. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) presented its annual Academy Awards to honor the best films of 2012 in the United States. The ceremony was held at the Dolby Theatre in the Hollywood district of Los Angeles, California Seth MacFarlane hosted the Academy Awards for the first time.
Life of Pi won four awards (the most for the evening) including Best Director for Ang Lee,and Argo won three awards including Best Picture. Les Misérables also won three awards; Django Unchained, Lincoln and Skyfall won two awards each. Jennifer Lawrence won the Best Actress award for her role in Silver Linings Playbook. Daniel Day-Lewis won a third Best Actor (the most for any actor) for his role as President Abraham Lincoln in Lincoln.
ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Christoph Waltz, Django Unchained
ANIMATED SHORT FILM
Paperman
John Kahrs
ANIMATED FEATURE
Brave
Mark Andrews and Brenda Chapman
CINEMATOGRAPHY
Claudio Miranda, Life Of Pi
VISUAL EFFECTS
Life Of Pi
Bill Westenhofer, Guillaume Rocheron, Erik-Jan De Boer and Donald R. Elliott
COSTUME DESIGN
Jacqueline Durran, Anna Karenina
MAKEUP & HAIRSTYLING
Les Misérables
Lisa Westcott and Julie Dartnell
LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM
Curfew
Shawn Christensen
DOCUMENTARY SHORT SUBJECT
Inocente
Sean Fine and Andrea Nix Fine
DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
Searching For Sugar Man
Malik Bendjelloul and Simon Chinn
FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
Amour (Austria)
Michael Haneke, director; Margaret Menegoz, Stefan Arndt, Veit Heiduschka and Michael Katz, Producers
SOUND MIXING
Les Misérables
Andy Nelson, Mark Paterson and Simon Hayes
SOUND EDITING
(tie)
Zero Dark Thirty
Paul N.J. Ottosson
Skyfall
Per Hallberg and Karen Baker Landers
ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Anne Hathaway, Les Misérables
FILM EDITING
Argo
William Goldenberg
PRODUCTION DESIGN
Lincoln
Production Design: Rick Carter; Set Decoration: Jim Erickson
ORIGINAL SCORE
Life Of Pi
Mychael Danna
ORIGINAL SONG
“Skyfall” from Skyfall
Music and Lyric by Adele Adkins and Paul Epworth
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Chris Terrio, Argo
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Quentin Tarantino, Django Unchained
DIRECTING
Ang Lee, Life Of Pi
ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
Jennifer Lawrence, Silver Linings Playbook
ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
Daniel Day-Lewis, Lincoln
BEST PICTURE
Argo
Grant Heslov, Ben Affleck and George Clooney, Producers