Band of Misfits – Peter Lord Wreck-It Ralph – Rich Moore Amour ( Austria ) Kon-Tiki ( Norway ) No ( Chile ) A Royal Affair ( Denmark ) War Witch ( Canada ) Best Documentary – Feature Best Documentary – Short Subject Searching for Sugar Man – Malik Bendjelloul and Simon Chinn 5 Broken Cameras – Emad Burnat and Guy Davidi The Gatekeepers – Dror Moreh , Philippa Kowarsky, and Estelle Fialon How to Survive a Plague – David France and Howard Gertler The Invisible War – Kirby Dick and Amy Ziering Inocente – Sean Fine and Andrea Nix Fine Kings Point – Sari Gilman and Jedd Wider Mondays at Racine – Cynthia Wade and Robin Honan Open Heart – Kief Davidson and Cori Shepherd Stern Redemption – Jon Alpert and Matthew O'Neill Best Live Action Short Film Best Animated Short Film Curfew – Shawn Christensen Asad – Bryan Buckley and Mino Jarjoura Buzkashi Boys – Sam French and Ariel Nasr Death of a Shadow ( Dood Van Een Schaduw ) – Tom Van Avermaet and Ellen De Waele Henry – Yan England Paperman – John Kahrs Adam and Dog – Minkyu Lee Fresh Guacamole – PES Head over Heels – Timothy Reckart and Fodhla Cronin O'Reilly The Longest Daycare – David Silverman Best Original Score Best Original Song Life of Pi – Mychael Danna Anna Karenina – Dario Marianelli Argo – Alexandre Desplat Lincoln – John Williams Skyfall – Thomas Newman " Skyfall " from Skyfall – Adele Adkins and Paul Epworth "Before My Time" from Chasing Ice – J. Ralph "Everybody Needs a Best Friend" from Ted – Walter Murphy and Seth MacFarlane " Pi's Lullaby " from Life of Pi – Mychael Danna and Bombay Jayashri "Suddenly" from Les Misérables – Claude-Michel Schönberg , Herbert Kretzmer , and Alain Boublil Best Sound Editing Best Sound Mixing Skyfall – Per Hallberg and Karen Baker Landers Zero Dark Thirty – Paul N. J. Ottosson Argo – Erik Aadahl and Ethan Van der Ryn Django Unchained – Wylie Stateman Life of Pi – Eugene Gearty and Philip Stockton Les Misérables – Andy Nelson , Mark Paterson, and Simon Hayes Argo – John Reitz , Gregg Rudloff , and Jose Antonio Garcia Life of Pi – Ron Bartlett, D. M. Hemphill, and Drew Kunin Lincoln – Andy Nelson , Gary Rydstrom , and Ronald Judkins Skyfall – Scott Millan , Greg P. Russell , and Stuart Wilson Best Production Design Best Cinematography 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 Misérables – Eve Stewart and Anna Lynch-Robinson Life of Pi – David Gropman and Anna Pinnock Life of Pi – Claudio Miranda Anna Karenina – Seamus McGarvey Django Unchained – Robert Richardson Lincoln – Janusz Kamiński Skyfall – Roger Deakins Best Makeup and Hairstyling Best Costume Design Les Misérables – 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 Anna Karenina – Jacqueline Durran Les Misérables – Paco Delgado Lincoln – Joanna Johnston Mirror Mirror – Eiko Ishioka Snow White and the Huntsman – Colleen Atwood Best Film Editing Best Visual Effects 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 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 – 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 Notes Skyfall and Zero Dark Thirty tied for the Academy Award in Best Sound Editing.