‘Life of PI’ won four Oscar award for Best Direction, Best Original Score, Best Cinematography and Best Visual Effects.
Argo, Ben Affleck's Iran hostage drama won the Oscar for best picture. This movie was nominated for the unique presentation done by Jack Nicholson in Hollywood and First Lady Michelle Obama by video link. This movie by putting all speculations to rest "Amour," "Beasts of the Southern Wild," "Django Unchained," "Les Miserables," "Life of Pi," "Lincoln," "Silver Linings Playbook," and "Zero Dark Thirty.
Affleck, a co-producer of the film said that I want to thank Canada. I want to thank our friends in Iran, who live under terrible circumstances.
The story of "Argo" is that in this movie a group of US diplomats who took refuge in the Canadian embassy in Tehran during the Iran hostage crisis were spirited out of the Islamic republic as members of a bogus movie crew.
Ang Lee, Director of 'Life of Pi’ has won the best director award second time at the 85th Academy Awards. His 'Life of Pi' won four Oscars, including best cinematography, best visual effects and best original score.
List of Oscar winners:
Best Picture
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Argo
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Best Actor
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Daniel Day-Lewis (Lincoln)
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Best Actress
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Jennifer Lawrence (Silver Linings Playbook)
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Best Director
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Ang Lee (Life of Pi)
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Best Animated Feature Film
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Brave
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Best Cinematography
| Claudio Miranda (Life of Pi) |
Best Short Film Animated
| Paperman (director John Kahrs) |
Best Short Film (Live Action)
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Curfew (Directed by Shawn Christensen)
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Best Original Screenplay
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Quentin Tarantino (Django Unchained)
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Best Adapted Screenplay
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Chris Terrio (Argo)
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Best Original Song
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Adele Adkins & Paul Epworth (Skyfall)
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Best Original Score |
Mychael Danna (Life of Pi)
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Best Actor In A Supporting Role | Christoph Waltz (Django Unchained) |
Best Visual Effects | Life of Pi |
Best Documentary Feature |
Searching For Sugarman
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Best Documentary Short |
Inocente (Directed by Sean Fine, Andrea Nix)
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Best Sound Mixing |
Les Miserables
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Best Sound Editing |
Zero Dark Thirty and Skyfall
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Best Film Editing |
William Goldenberg (Argo)
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Best Supporting Actress |
Anne Hathaway (Les Miserables)
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Best Foreign Language Film |
Amour
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Best Makeup & Hairstyling |
Lisa Westcott & Julie Dartnell (Les Miserables)
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Best Production Design |
Lincoln
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Best Costume Design
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Jacqueline Durran (Anna Karenina)
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