So last night was the 85th Academy Awards, which took place at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, California. There were tears, there was applause and for one winner, there was a slight tumble.
The highlights of the night included a perfect performance from Adele of ‘Skyfall‘, the theme tune to the latest James Bond film, which recently won Best British Movie at the BAFTA’s. The theme tune won Best Original Song this year, following it’s wins at the Golden Globes and Brit Awards in the previous weeks.
Other winners who have continued their lucky streak throughout the season include Anne Hathaway, who went with Best Supporting Actress for her performance as Fantine in Tom Hooper’s Les Miserables as well as Christoph Waltz for his absolutely stunning performance as Dr. King Schultz in Quentin Tarantino’s Django Unchained, which also walked away with Best Original Screenplay. Daniel Day Lewis also made Oscar history, by winning his third Best Actor gong, the first ever to do so for his role in Stephen Spielberg’s Lincoln.
A big winner of the night was Life of Pi, adapted from the novel by Yann Martel, which saw director Ang Lee walk away with Best Director, as well as Best Cinematography, Best Original Score and Best Visual Effects.
British film was lauded this year, with films including Les Miserables and Anna Karenina, walking away with awards.
But the Academy has spoken, and Best Film was handed over to Argo, directed by Ben Affleck (who missed out on a Best Director nod, one of the few times this award has been handed out to someone not even nominated) and produced by Affleck, alongside George Clooney and Grant Heslov. The film is a dramatization of the 1980 joint CIA-Canadian secret operation to extract six fugitive American diplomatic personnel out of revolutionary Iran.
For a full list of winners, check below.
BEST FILM
- Argo
- Amour
- Beasts Of The Southern Wild
- Django Unchained
- Les Miserables
- Lincoln
- Life Of Pi
- Silver Linings Playbook
- Zero Dark Thirty
BEST DIRECTOR
- Ang Lee – Life of Pi
- Michael Haneke – Amour
- David 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 Miserables
- Joaquin Phoenix – The Master
- Denzel Washington – Flight
BEST ACTRESS
- Jennifer Lawrence – Silver Linings Playbook
- Emmanuelle Riva – Amour
- Jessica Chastain – Zero Dark Thirty
- Naomi Watts – The Impossible
- Quvenzhane Wallis – Beasts of the Southern Wild
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
- Christoph Waltz – Django Unchained
- Alan Arkin – Argo
- Philip Seymour Hoffman – The Master
- Robert De Niro – Silver Linings Playbook
- Tommy Lee Jones – Lincoln
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
- Anne Hathaway – Les Miserables
- Amy Adams – The Master
- Helen Hunt – The Sessions
- Jacki Weaver – Silver Linings Playbook
- Sally Field – Lincoln
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
- Amour
- A Royal Affair
- Kon-Tiki
- No
- War witch
BEST ANIMATED FILM
- Brave
- Frankenweenie
- Paranorman
- Pirates! Band of Misfits (UK title: Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists)
- Wreck-it Ralph
BEST 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 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 CINEMATOGRAPHY
- Life of Pi – Claudio Miranda
- Anna Karenina – Seamus McGarvey
- Django Unchained – Robert Richardson
- Lincoln – Janusz Kaminski
- Skyfall – Roger Deakins
BEST SOUND MIXING
- Les Miserables – Andy Nelson, Mark Paterson and Simon Hayes
- Argo – John Reitz, Gregg Rudloff and Jose Antonio Garcia
- Life Of Pi – Ron Bartlett, DM Hemphill and Drew Kunin
- Lincoln – Andy Nelson, Gary Rydstrom and Ronald Judkins
- Skyfall – Scott Millan, Greg P Russell and Stuart Wilson
BEST SOUND EDITING (Joint winners)
- Skyfall – Per Hallberg and Karen Baker Landers
- Zero Dark Thirty – Paul NJ Ottosson
- Argo – Erik Aadahl and Ethan van der Ryn
- Django Unchained – Wylie Stateman
- Life Of Pi – Eugene Gearty and Philip Stockton
BEST ORIGINAL SONG
- Skyfall (Skyfall) – Music and Lyric by Adele Adkins and Paul Epworth
- Before My Time (Chasing Ice) – Music and Lyric by J. Ralph
- Everybody Needs A Best Friend (Ted) – Music by Walter Murphy, Lyric by Seth MacFarlane
- Pi’s lullaby (Life Of Pi) – Music by Mychael Danna, Lyric by Bombay Jayashri
- Suddenly (Les Miserables) – Music by Claude-Michel Schonberg, Lyric by Herbert Kretzmer and Alain Boublil
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
- Life Of Pi – Mychael Danna
- Anna Karenina – Dario Marianelli
- Argo – Alexandre Desplat
- Lincoln – John Williams
- Skyfall – Thomas Newman
BEST COSTUMES
- Anna Karenina – Jacqueline Durran
- Les Miserables – Paco Delgado
- Lincoln – Joanna Johnston
- Mirror Mirror – Eiko Ishioka
- Snow White and the Huntsman – Colleen Atwood
BEST DOCUMENTARY FILM
- Searching For Sugarman
- 5 Broken Cameras
- The Gatekeepers
- How To Survive A Plague
- The Invisible War
BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT
- Inocente
- Kings Point
- Mondays at Racine
- Open Heart
- Redemption
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 ANIMATED SHORT FILM
- Paperman
- Adam and the Dog
- Fresh Guacamole
- Head Over Heels
- Maggie Simpson in The Longest Daycare
BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM
- Curfew
- Asad
- Buzkashi Boys
- Death of a Shadow (Dood Van Een Schaduw)
- Henry
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 (UK title: Marvel’s Avengers Assemble) – 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
BEST MAKE-UP
- Les Miserables – Lisa Westcott and Julie Dartnell
- Hitchcock – Howard Berger, Peter Montagna and Martin Samuel
- The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey – Peter Swords King, Rick Findlater and Tami Lane
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
- Lincoln – Rick Carter and Jim Erickson
- Anna Karenina – Sarah Greenwood and Katie Spencer
- The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey – Dan Hennah, Ra Vincent and Simon Bright
- Les Miserables – Eve Stewart and Anna Lynch-Robinson
- Life Of Pi – David Gropman and Anna Pinnock