2013 Academy Awards Nominations

Nominations for the 85th Academy Awards were announced by the show’s host, Seth MacFarlane, and actress Emma Stone on Thursday, January 10. This was the first time since 1972 that an Oscar show host has participated in the nominations announcement. The awards red carpet and ceremony will be broadcast live on February 24th.

Best Director

• Michael Haneke for Amour
• Benh Zeitlin for Beasts of the Southern Wild
• Ang Lee for Life of Pi
• Steven Spielberg for Lincoln
• David O. Russell for Silver Linings Playbook

Best Writing – Original Screenplay

• Michael Haneke for Amour
• Quentin Tarantino for Django Unchained
• John Gatins for Flight
• Wes Anderson, Roman Coppola for Moonrise Kingdom
• Mark Boal for Zero Dark Thirty

Best Writing – Adapted Screenplay

• Chris Terrio for Argo
• Lucy Alibar, Benh Zeitlin for Beasts of the Southern Wild
• David Magee for Life of Pi
• Tony Kushner for Lincoln
• David O. Russell for Silver Linings Playbook

Best Foreign Language Film

• Amour
• Kon-Tiki
• No
• A Royal Affair
• War Witch

Best Documentary – Feature

• Emad Burnat and Guy Davidi for 5 Broken Cameras
• Dror Moreh, Philippa Kowarsky and Estelle Fialon for The Gatekeepers
• David France and Howard Gertler for How to Survive a Plague
• Malik Bendjelloul and Simon Chinn for Searching for Sugar Man
• Kirby Dick and Amy Ziering for The Invisible War

Animated Feature Film

• Mark Andrews and Brenda Chapman for Brave
• Tim Burton for Frankenweenie
• Sam Fell and Chris Butler for ParaNorman
• Peter Lord for The Pirates! Band of Misfits
• Rich Moore for Wreck-It Ralph

Best Cinematography

• Seamus McGarvey for Anna Karenina
• Robert Richardson for Django Unchained
• Claudio Miranda for Life of Pi
• Janusz Kaminski for Lincoln
• Roger Deakins for Skyfall

Best Film Editing

• William Goldenberg for Argo
• Michael Kahn for Lincoln
• Tim Squyres for Life of Pi
• Jay Cassidy and Crispin Struthers for Silver Linings Playbook
• Dylan Tichenor and William Goldenberg for Zero Dark Thirty

Best Music – Original Score

• Dario Marianelli for Anna Karenina
• Alexandre Desplat for Argo
• Mychael Danna for Life of Pi
• John Williams for Lincoln
• Thomas Newman for Skyfall

Best Music – Original Song

• “Suddenly” from Les Miserables
• “Everybody Needs a Best Friend” from Ted
• “Pi’s Lullaby” from Life of Pi
• “Before My Time” from Chasing Ice
• “Skyfall” from Skyfall

Best Production Design

• Sarah Greenwood (Production Design); Katie Spencer (Set Decoration) for Anna

  Karenina

• Eve Stewart (Production Design); Anna Lynch-Robinson (Set Decoration) for Les

  Misérables

• David Gropman (Production Design); Anna Pinnock (Set Decoration) for Life of Pi
• Rick Carter (Production Design); Jim Erickson (Set Decoration) for Lincoln
• Dan Hennah (Production Design); Ra Vincent and Simon Bright (Set Decoration) for The

  Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

Best Costume Design

• Jacqueline Durran for Anna Karenina
• Eiko Ishioka for Mirror Mirror
• Paco Delgado for Les Misérables
• Joanna Johnston for Lincoln
• Colleen Atwood for Snow White and the Huntsman

Best Sound Editing

• Wylie Stateman for Django Unchained
• Erik Aadahl and Ethan Van der Ryn for Argo
• Eugene Gearty and Philip Stockton for Zero Dark Thirty
• Paul N.J. Ottosson for Life of Pi
• Per Hallberg and Karen Baker Landers for Skyfall

Best Sound Mixing

• John Reitz, Gregg Rudloff and Jose Antonio Garcia for Argo
• Andy Nelson, Gary Rydstrom and Ronald Judkins for Lincoln
• Andy Nelson, Mark Paterson and Simon Hayes for Les Misérables
• Ron Bartlett, D.M. Hemphill and Drew Kunin for Life of Pi
• Scott Millan, Greg P. Russell and Stuart Wilson for Skyfall

Best Visual Effects

• Cedric Nicolas-Troyan, Philip Brennan, Neil Corbould and Michael Dawson for Snow White and the Huntsman
• Joe Letteri, Eric Saindon, David Clayton and R. Christopher White for The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
• Bill Westenhofer, Guillaume Rocheron, Erik-Jan De Boer and Donald R. Elliott for Life of Pi
• Janek Sirrs, Jeff White, Guy Williams and Dan Sudick for Marvel Avengers Assemble
• Richard Stammers, Trevor Wood, Charley Henley and Martin Hill for Prometheus

Best Makeup and Hairstyling

• 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 Misérables

Best Short Film – Live Action

• Asad
• Buzkashi Boys
• Curfew
• Death of a Shadow
• Henry

Best Short Film – Animated

• Adam and Dog
• Fresh Guacamole
• Head Over Heels
• Maggie Simpson in “The Longest Daycare”
• Paperman

Best Documentary Short

• Inocente
• Kings Point
• Mondays at Racine
• Open Heart
• Redemption