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BEST PICTURE (DRAMA) Argo (WINNER) Django Unchained Life of Pi Lincoln Zero Dark Thirty BEST PICTURE (COMEDY/MUSICAL) The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel Les Miserables  (WINNER) Moonrise Kingdom Salmon Fishing in the Yemen Silver Linings Playbook BEST ACTOR (DRAMA) Daniel Day-Lewis , Lincoln (WINNER) Richard Gere, Arbitrage John Hawkes, The Sessions Joaquin Phoenix, The Master Denzel Washington, Flight BEST ACTRESS (DRAMA) Jessica Chastain, Zero Dark Thirty (WINNER) Marion Cotillard, Rust and Bone Helen Mirren, Hitchcock Naomi Watts, The Impossible Rachel Weisz, The Deep Blue Sea BEST ACTOR (COMEDY/MUSICAL) Jack Black, Bernie Bradley Cooper, Silver Linings Playbook Hugh Jackman, Les Miserables (WINNER) Ewan McGregor, Salman Fishing in the Yemen Bill Murray, Hyde Park on Hudson BEST ACTRESS (COMEDY/MUSICAL) Emily Blunt, Salmon Fishing in the Yemen Judi Dench, The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel Jennifer Lawrence, Silver Linings ...

BEST PICTURE Amour Argo Beasts of the Southern Wild Django Unchained Les Miserables Life of Pi Lincoln Silver Linings Playbook Zero Dark Thirty BEST DIRECTOR Michael Haneke, Amour Ang Lee, Life of Pi David O. Russell, Silver Linings Playbook Steven Spielberg, Lincoln Benh Zeitlin, Beasts of the Southern Wild BEST ACTOR Bradley Cooper, Silver Linings Playbook Daniel Day-Lewis, Lincoln Hugh Jackman, Les Miserables Joaquin Phoenix, The Master Denzel Washington, Flight BEST ACTRESS Jessica Chastain, Zero Dark Thirty Jennifer Lawrence, Silver Linings Playbook Emmanuelle Riva, Amour Quvenzhané Wallis, Beasts of the Southern Wild Naomi Watts, The Impossible BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR Alan Arkin, Argo Robert de Niro, Silver Linings Playbook Philip Seymour Hoffman, The Master Tommy Lee Jones, Lincoln Christoph Waltz, Django Unchained BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS Amy Adams, The Master Sally Field, Lincoln Anne Hathaway, Les M...

BEST PICTURE Winner : Argo BEST ACTOR Winner : Daniel Day-Lewis – Lincoln BEST ACTRESS Winner : Jessica Chastain – Zero Dark Thirty BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR Winner : Philip Seymour Hoffman – The Master BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS Winner : Anne Hathaway – Les Miserables BEST YOUNG ACTOR/ACTRESS Winner : Quvenzhane Wallis – Beasts of the Southern Wild BEST ACTING ENSEMBLE Winner : Silver Linings Playbook BEST DIRECTOR Winner : Ben Affleck – Argo BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY Winner : Quentin Tarantino – Django Unchained BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY Winner : Tony Kushner – Lincoln BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY Winner : Life of Pi – Claudio Miranda BEST ART DIRECTION Winner : Anna Karenina – Sarah Greenwood/Production Designer, Katie Spencer/Set Decorator BEST EDITING Winner : Zero Dark Thirty – William Goldenberg, Dylan Tichenor BEST COSTUME DESIGN Winner : Anna Karenina – Jacque...

BEST PICTURE 1. Argo 2. Zero Dark Thirty 3. Lincoln 4. Les Misérables 5. Silver Linings Playbook 6. Beasts of the Southern Wild 7. Life of Pi 8. Django Unchained ------------------------ 9. Moonrise Kingdom 10. Amour. BEST DIRECTOR 1. Ben Affleck for Argo 2. Kathryn Bigelow for Zero Dark Thirty 3. Steven Spielberg for Lincoln 4. David O. Russell for Silver Linings Playbook 5. Tom Hooper for Les Misérables 6. Ang Lee for Life of Pi 7. Paul Thomas Anderson for The Master 8. Benh Zeitlin for Beasts of the Southern Wild BEST LEADING ACTOR 1. Daniel Day-Lewis for Lincoln 2. Hugh Jackman for Les Misérables 3. Bradley Cooper for Silver Linings Playbook 4. Joaquin Phoenix for The Master 5. John Hawkes for The Sessions 6. Denzel Washington for Flight 7. Richard Gere for Arbitrage 8. Omar Sy for The Intouchables BEST LEADING ACTRESS 1. Jessica Chastain for Zero Dark Thirty 2. Jennifer Law...

1. Ben Affleck for Argo Born:  August 15, 1972 - Berkeley, California, USA Previous Oscar directing recognition: none Oscar snubed directing work(s): none One of the biggest promises of filmmaking, Ben Affleck showed the world he may be not be one of best actors working today, but he's an outstanding director and Argo is the movie that estabilishes him as a director you have to respect. After doing an impression with Gone Baby Gone and The Town , award recognition came this year and he may be seen as the front-runner of the Best Director war (since Spielberg already has 2 Best Director golden men at home and Bigelow is... well, a woman who already won in this same category 3 years ago). With Golden Globe and Critics' Choice Award nominations and an honorable 3rd place in the Best Director category of NYFCC Award, Affleck's Oscar dream seems close to come true, specially since Argo is seen as a major contender for a Best Picture win and since Best Pi...

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Darryl F Zanuck Award for Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures ARGO (Warner Bros.) - Producers: Ben Affleck, George Clooney, Grant Heslov BEASTS OF THE SOUTHERN WILD (Fox Searchlight Pictures) - Producers: Michael Gottwald, Dan Janvey, Josh Penn DJANGO UNCHAINED (The Weinstein Company) - Producers: Reginald Hudlin, Pilar Savone, Stacey Sher LES MISÉRABLES (Universal Pictures) - Producers: Tim Bevan & Eric Fellner, Debra Hayward, Cameron Mackintosh LIFE OF PI (Fox 2000 Pictures) - Producers: Ang Lee, Gil Netter, David Womark LINCOLN (Touchstone Pictures) - Producers:  Kathleen Kennedy, Steven Spielberg MOONRISE KINGDOM (Focus Features) - Producers: Wes Anderson & Scott Rudin, Jeremy Dawson, Steven Rales SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK (The Weinstein Company) - Producers: Bruce Cohen, Donna Gigliotti, Jonathan Gordon SKYFALL (Columbia Pictures) - Producers: Barbara Broccoli, Michael G. Wilson ZERO DARK THIR...

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY Flight - Written by John Gatins Looper - Written by Rian Johnson The Master - Written by Paul Thomas Anderson; The Weinstein Company Moonrise Kingdom - Written by Wes Anderson & Roman Coppola Zero Dark Thirty - Written by Mark Boal BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY Argo - Screenplay by Chris Terrio; Based on a selection from The Master of Disguise by Antonio J. Mendez and the Wired Magazine article "The Great Escape" by Joshuah Bearman; Life of Pi - Screenplay by David Magee; Based on the novel by Yann Martel; Lincoln - Screenplay by Tony Kushner; Based in part on the book "Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln" by Doris Kearns Goodwin; The Perks of Being a Wallflower - Screenplay by Stephen Chbosky; Based on his book; Silver Linings Playbook - Screenplay by David O. Russell; Based on the novel by Matthew Quick; BEST DOCUMENTARY SCREENPLAY The Central Park Five - Written by Sarah Burns and Dav...