Meryl Streep won her third acting Oscar, silent movie The Artist won the Academy Award for Best Picture. Jean Dujardin won the best actor award. Want to know more? Presenting the winners of 84th Acedemy Awards.
- Best supporting actor: Christopher Plummer in Beginners.
- Best supporting actress: Octavia Spencer in The Help.
Meryl Streep won Best Actress for The Iron Lady
- Best foreign language film: A Separation (Iran).
- Best animated feature: Rango.
- Best original screenplay: Midnight in Paris.
- Best adapted screenplay: The Descendants.
- Best original score: The Artist.
- Best original song: Man or Muppet from The Muppets.
- Best art direction: Hugo.
- Best cinematography: Hugo.
- Best costume design: The Artist.
- Best documentary feature: Undefeated.
- Best documentary short: Saving Face.
- Best film editing: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.
- Best makeup: The Iron Lady.
- Best short animated film: The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr Morris Lessmore.
- Best short live action film: The Shore.
- Best sound editing: Hugo.
- Best sound mixing: Hugo.
- Best visual effects: Hugo.
Hugo won five awards at the 84th Oscars.
Most Oscars won
The Artist - 5
Hugo - 5
The Iron Lady - 2
Beginners - 1
The Help - 1
Midnight in Paris - 1
The Descendants - 1
A Separation - 1
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo - 1
Undefeated - 1
The following nominated films failed to win any awards:
Albert Nobbs
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
The Tree of Life
Bridesmaids
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
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