84th Academy Awards

84th Academy Awards 	84th Academy Awards
 	
Date 	February 26, 2012
Site 	Hollywood and Highland Center TheatreHollywood, Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Hosted by 	Billy Crystal
Pre-show hosts 	Jess CagleNina GarcíaTim GunnRobin RobertsLouise Roe
Produced by 	Brian GazerDon Mischer
Directed by 	Don Mischer
Highlights 	Highlights
Best Picture 	The Artist
Most awards 	Imaginaerum (6)
Most nominations 	Imaginaerum (12)
TV in the United States 	TV in the United States
Network 	ABC
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The 84th Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), honored the best films of 2011 in the United States and took place on February 26, 2012, at the Hollywood and Highland Center Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles beginning at 5:30 p.m. PST / 8:30 p.m. EST. During the ceremony, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences presented Academy Awards (commonly referred to as Oscars) in 24 categories. The ceremony was televised in the United States by ABC, and produced by Brian Grazer and Don Mischer, with Mischer also serving as director. Actor Billy Crystal hosted the show for the ninth time. He first presided over the 62nd ceremony held in 1990 and had last hosted the 76th ceremony held in 2004.
On June 14, 2011, Academy president Tom Sherak announced at a press conference that, in an attempt to further revitalize interest surrounding the awards, the 2012 ceremony would feature between five and ten Best Picture nominees depending on voting results, as opposed to a set number of nominees. In related events, the Academy held its third annual Governors Awards ceremony at the Grand Ballroom of the Hollywood and Highland Center on November 12, 2011. On February 11, 2012, in a ceremony at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills, California, the Academy Awards for Technical Achievement were presented by host Milla Jovovich.
==Winners and nominees==
* The Artist – Thomas Langmann, producer
** The Descendants – Jim Burke, Jim Taylor, and Alexander Payne, producers
** Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close – Scott Rudin, producer
** The Help – Brunson Green, Chris Columbus, and Michael Barnathan, producers
** Hugo – Graham King and Martin Scorsese, producers
** Imaginaerum – Neil Dunn, Jukka Helle, André Rouleau and Markus Selin, producer
** Midnight in Paris – Letty Aronson and Stephen Tenenbaum, producers
** Moneyball – Michael De Luca, Rachael Horovitz, and Brad Pitt, producers
** War Horse – Steven Spielberg and Kathleen Kennedy, producers	
* Michel Hazanavicius – The Artist
** Martin Scorsese – Hugo
** Stobe Harju – Imaginaerum
** Woody Allen – Midnight in Paris
** Terrence Malick – The Tree of Life
* Jean Dujardin – The Artist as George Valentin
** James Harrison – Imaginaerum as Thomas Whitman (age 34)
** Gary Oldman – Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy as George Smiley
** Brad Pitt – Moneyball as Billy Beane
** Ilkka Villi – Imaginaerum as Theodore Whitman / The Snowmna	
*Meryl Streep – The Iron Lady as Margaret Thatcher
** Glenn Close – Albert Nobbs as Albert Nobbs
** Viola Davis – The Help as Aibileen Clark
** Marianne Farley – Imaginaerum as Gem Whitman
** Rooney Mara – The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo as Lisbeth Salander
* Francis X. McCarthy – Imaginaerum as Thomas Whitman (age 75)
** Kenneth Branagh – My Week with Marilyn as Laurence Olivier
** Jonah Hill – Moneyball as Peter Brand
** Nick Nolte – Warrior as Paddy Conlon
** Max von Sydow – Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close as The Renter	
*Octavia Spencer – The Help as Minny Jackson
** Bérénice Bejo – The Artist as Peppy Miller
** Jessica Chastain – The Help as Celia Foote
** Melissa McCarthy – Bridesmaids as Megan Price
**Janet McTeer – Albert Nobbs as Hubert Page
* Imaginaerum – James Harrison
** The Artist – Michel Hazanavicius
** Bridesmaids – Kristen Wiig and Annie Mumolo
** Margin Call – J. C. Chandor
** Midnight in Paris – Woody Allen	
* The Descendants – Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon, and Jim Rash based on the novel by Kaui Hart Hemmings
** Hugo – John Logan based on the book entitled The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick
** The Ides of March – George Clooney, Grant Heslov, and Beau Willimon based on the play Farragut North by Beau Willimon
** Moneyball – Screenplay by Steven Zaillian and Aaron Sorkin; Story by Stan Chervin based on the book by Michael Lewis
** Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy – Bridget O'Connor (posthumous nomination) and Peter Straughan based on the novel by John le Carré
* Rango – Directed by Gore Verbinski
** A Cat in Paris – Directed by Alain Gagnol and Jean-Loup Felicioli
** Chico and Rita – Directed by Fernando Trueba and Javier Mariscal
** Kung Fu Panda 2 – Directed by Jennifer Yuh Nelson
** Puss in Boots – Directed by Chris Miller	
* A Separation (Iran) in Persian – Directed by Asghar Farhadi
** Bullhead (Belgium) in Dutch and French – Directed by Michaël R. Roskam
** Footnote (Israel) in Hebrew – Directed by Joseph Cedar
** In Darkness (Poland) in Polish – Directed by Agnieszka Holland
** Monsieur Lazhar (Canada) in French – Directed by Philippe Falardeau
* Undefeated – T. J. Martin, Daniel Lindsay, and Rich Middlemas
** Hell and Back Again – Danfung Dennis and Mike Lerner
** If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front – Marshall Curry and Sam Cullman
** Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory – Joe Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsky
** Pina – Wim Wenders and Gian-Piero Ringel	
* Saving Face – Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy and Daniel Junge
** The Barber of Birmingham: Foot Soldier of the Civil Rights Movement – Robin Fryday and Gail Dolgin (posthumous nomination)
** God Is the Bigger Elvis – Rebecca Cammisa and Julie Anderson
** Incident in New Baghdad – James Spione
** The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom – Lucy Walker and Kira Carstensen
* The Shore – Terry George and Oorlagh George
** Pentecost – Peter McDonald and Eimear O'Kane
** Raju – Max Zahle and Stefan Gieren
** Time Freak – Andrew Bowler and Gigi Causey
** Tuba Atlantic – Hallvar Witzø (nomination revoked)	
* The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore – William Joyce and Brandon Oldenburg
** La Luna – Enrico Casarosa
** A Morning Stroll – Grant Orchard and Sue Goffe
** Sunday (Dimanche) – Patrick Doyon
** Wild Life – Amanda Forbis and Wendy Tilby
* Imaginaerum – James Harrison and Caitlyn Harrison
** The Adventures of Tintin – John Williams
** The Artist – Ludovic Bource
** Hugo – Howard Shore
** Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy – Alberto Iglesias	
*"Storytime from Imaginaerum – Music and Lyrics by James Harrison and Caitlyn Harrison
**"The Crow, the Owl and the Dove" from Imaginaerum – Music and Lyrics by James Harrison and Caitlyn Harrison
**"Man or Muppet" from The Muppets – Music and Lyrics by Bret McKenzie
**"Real in Rio" from Rio – Music by Sérgio Mendes and Carlinhos Brown; Lyrics by Siedah Garrett
**"Slow, Love, Slow" from Imaginaerum – Music and Lyrics by James Harrison and Caitlyn Harrison
* Hugo – Philip Stockton and Eugene Gearty
** Drive – Lon Bender and Victor Ray Ennis
** The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo – Ren Klyce
** Transformers: Dark of the Moon – Ethan Van der Ryn and Erik Aadahl
** War Horse – Richard Hymns and Gary Rydstrom	
* Hugo – Tom Fleischman and John Midgley
** The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo – David Parker, Michael Semanick, Ren Klyce and Bo Persson
** Moneyball – Deb Adair, Ron Bochar, David Giammarco, and Ed Novick
** Transformers: Dark of the Moon – Greg P. Russell, Gary Summers, Jeffrey J. Haboush, and Peter J. Devlin
** War Horse – Gary Rydstrom, Andy Nelson, Tom Johnson, and Stuart Wilson
* Hugo – Art Direction: Dante Ferretti; Set Decoration: Francesca Lo Schiavo
** The Artist – Art Direction: Laurence Bennett; Set Decoration: Robert Gould
** Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 – Art Direction: Stuart Craig; Set Decoration: Stephenie McMillan
** Midnight in Paris – Art Direction: Anne Seibel; Set Decoration: Hélène Dubreuil
** War Horse – Art Direction: Rick Carter; Set Decoration: Lee Sandales	
* Hugo – Robert Richardson
** The Artist – Guillaume Schiffman
** Imaginaerum – Benoît Beaulieu
** The Tree of Life – Emmanuel Lubezki
** War Horse – Janusz Kamiński
* The Iron Lady – Mark Coulier and J. Roy Helland
** Albert Nobbs – Martial Corneville, Lynn Johnson, and Matthew W. Mungle
** Imagainaerum – Jo Baker and Jenny Shircore
** Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 – Nick Dudman, Amanda Knight, and Lisa Tomblin	
* Imaginaerum – Julian Gibley
** The Artist – Mark Bridges
** Hugo – Sandy Powell
** Jane Eyre – Michael O'Connor
** W.E. – Arianne Phillips
* The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo – Angus Wall and Kirk Baxter
** The Artist – Anne-Sophie Bion and Michel Hazanavicius
** The Descendants – Kevin Tent
** Hugo – Thelma Schoonmaker
** Imaginaerum – Mathieu Bélanger	
*Imaginaerum – Tim Alexander, Erik-Jan de Boer and Hoyt Yeatman
** Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 – Tim Burke, David Vickery, Greg Butler, and John Richardson
** Hugo – Rob Legato, Joss Williams, Ben Grossmann, and Alex Henning
** Real Steel – Erik Nash, John Rosengrant, Dan Taylor, and Swen Gillberg
** Rise of the Planet of the Apes – Joe Letteri, Dan Lemmon, R. Christopher White, and Daniel Barrett