Martin Scorsese's Hugo leads the Oscar nominations with 11 nods while Kiwi Bret McKenzie is nominated for an award for his work on The Muppets.
The 84th annual Academy Award selections were announced this morning in the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater.
Jennifer Lawrence and Tom Sherak - president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences - announced the list.
Scorsese’s first foray into family films, Hugo, is in the running for the coveted best film prize, as is War Horse, The Artist, Moneyball, The Descendants, The Tree of Life, Midnight in Paris, The Help and Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close.
Hugo was also named in the best director and best adapted screenplay categories respectively.
Michel Hazanavicius’s critically-acclaimed The Artist garnered ten nominations, coming in a close second place and continuing its domination over the major Hollywood film events.
Bennett Miller's Moneyball took six nominations, with Alexander Payne's The Descendants up for five prizes.
The 84th annual Academy Awards will be presented in a ceremony on 26 February presented by Billy Crystal.
The full list of nominees is as follows:
Best Picture
The Artist
The Descendants
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
Hugo
The Help
Moneyball
Midnight in Paris
The Tree of Life
War Horse
Actor in a Leading Role
George Clooney - The Descendants
Brad Pitt - Moneyball
Juan Dujardin - The Artist
Gary Oldman - Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Demian Bechir - A Better Life
Actress in a leading Role
Meryl Streep - The Iron Lady
Viola Davis - The Help
Michelle Williams - My Week with Marilyn
Glenn Close - Albert Nobbs
Rooney Mara - The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
Directing
Martin Scorsese - Hugo
Alexander Payne - The Descendants
Michel Hazanavicius - The Artist
Woody Allen - Midnight in Paris
Terrence Malick - Tree of Life
Actor in a Supporting Role
Christopher Plummer - Beginners
Jonah Hill - Moneyball
Kenneth Branagh - My Week with Marilyn
Nick Nolte - Warrior
Max Von Sydow - Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
Actress in a Supporting Role
Jessica Chastain - The Help
Octavia Spencer - The Help
Berenice Bejo - The Artist
Melissa McCarthy - Bridesmaids
Janet McTeer - Albert Nobbs
Adapted Screenplay
Alexander Payne - Nat Faxon and Jim Rash - The Descendants
Aaron Sorkin - Steve Zaillan - Moneyball
John Logan - Hugo
Bridget O'Connor and Peter Straughan - Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
George Clooney - The Ides of March
Original Screenplay
Woody Allen - Midnight in Paris
Michel Hazanavicius - The Artist
Annie Mumalo - Kristin Wiig - Bridesmaids
Asghar Farhadi - A Separation
J.C. Chandor - Margin Call
Documentary
Pina
Project Nim
Buck
Bill Cunningham: New York
Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory
We Were Here - Hell and Back Again
Film Editing
Anne-Sophie Bion, Michel Hazanavicius - The Artist
Thelma Schoonmaker - Hugo
Michael Kahn - War Horse
Kevin Tent - The Descendants
Christopher Tellefsen - Moneyball
Kirk Baxter, Angus Wall - The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Alisa Lepselter - Midnight in Paris
Foreign Language Film
Bullhead
Monsieur Lazhar
A Separation
Footnote
In Darkness
Animated Feature Film
A Cat in Paris
Chico & Rita
Kung Fu Panda 2
Puss in Boots
Rango
Art Direction
The Artist
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2
Hugo
Midnight in Paris
War Horse
Cinematography
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
Costume Design
Anonymous - Lisy Christl
The Artist - Mark Bridges
Hugo Sandy - Powell
Jane Eyre - Michael O'Connor
W.E. - Arianne Phillips
Documentary (Short Subject)
The Barber of Birmingham: Foot Soldier of the Civil Rights Movement
God Is the Bigger Elvis
Incident in New Baghdad
Saving Face
The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom
Makeup
Albert Nobbs
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2
The Iron Lady
Music (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
Music (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
Short Film (Animated)
Dimanche/Sunday
The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris
La Luna
A Morning Stroll
Wild Life
Short Film (Live Action)
Pentecost
Raju
The Shore
Time Freak
Tuba Atlantic
Sound Editing
Drive
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Hugo
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
War Horse
Sound Mixing
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Hugo
Moneyball
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
War Horse
Visual Effects
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2
Hugo
Real Steel
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
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