The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences handed out their 84th annual Academy Awards (the “Oscars”) last night. The big winners were The Artist and Hugo, each of which took home five awards (The Artist was nominated for nine, Hugo for 11).
Last year, six sf/f/h films won a total of 11 awards (13 films were nominated for a total of 32 awards). This year, 13 sf/f/h films earned a total of 34 nominations (see this article). And this year, five different genre films won nine of the 24 awards on the block.
The winners this year are:
Best Picture: The Artist
Leading Actor: Jean Dujardin in The Artist
Leading Actress: Meryl Streep in The Iron Lady
Supporting Actor: Christopher Plummer in Beginners
Supporting Actress: Octavia Spencer in The Help
Animated Feature: Rango
Art Direction: Dante Ferretti and Francesca Lo Schiavo for Hugo
Cinematography: Robert Richardson for Hugo
Costume Design: Mark Bridges for The Artist
Directing: Michel Hazanavicius for The Artist
Documentary Feature: TJ Martin, Dan Lindsay, and Rich Middlemas for Undefeated
Documentary—Short Subject: Daniel Junge and Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy for Saving Face
Film Editing: Kirk Baxter and Angus Wall for The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Foreign Language Film: A Separation
Makeup: Mark Coulier and J. Roy Helland for The Iron Lady
Music (Original Score): Ludovic Bource for The Artist
Music (Original Song): Bret McKenzie for “Man or Muppet” (from The Muppets)
Short Film (Animated): The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore by William Joyce and Brandon Oldenburg
Short Film (Live Action): The Shore by Terry George and Oorlagh George
Sound Editing: Philip Stockton and Eugene Gearty for Hugo
Sound Mixing: Tom Fleischman and John Midgley for Hugo
Visual Effects: Rob Legato, Joss Williams, Ben Grossmann, and Alex Henning for Hugo
Writing (Adapted Screenplay): The Descendants by Alexander Payne and Nat Faxon & Jim Rash
Writing (Original Screenplay): Midnight in Paris by Woody Allen