Academy Awards archive

Life of Pi Oscar Nominations & Wins

Life of Pi has 11 Academy Award records in the AwardWentTo archive, including 4 wins.

Wins recorded in the archive

All 11 award records

Counts reflect film-linked records in this archive. Historical, special and honorary awards may be included; these are not a verified competitive-award total. Years identify the source film eligibility year.

Life of Pi: all recorded nominations and wins
Film yearCategory / credited nomineeRecorded result
Film year2012Cinematography
Credited nominee / recipientClaudio Miranda
Win recorded
Film year2012Best Director
Credited nominee / recipientAng Lee
Win recorded
Film year2012Film Editing
Credited nominee / recipientTim Squyres
Nomination recorded
Recorded winner in this categoryArgo
William Goldenberg
Film year2012Original Score
Credited nominee / recipientMychael Danna
Win recorded
Film year2012Original Song
Credited nominee / recipientMusic by Mychael Danna; Lyric by Bombay Jayashri

Pi's Lullaby

Nomination recorded
Recorded winner in this categorySkyfallSkyfall
Music and Lyric by Adele Adkins and Paul Epworth
Film year2012Best Picture
Credited nominee / recipientGil Netter, Ang Lee and David Womark, Producers
Nomination recorded
Recorded winner in this categoryArgo
Grant Heslov, Ben Affleck and George Clooney, Producers
Film year2012Art Direction
Credited nominee / recipientProduction Design: David Gropman; Set Decoration: Anna Pinnock
Nomination recorded
Recorded winner in this categoryLincoln
Production Design: Rick Carter; Set Decoration: Jim Erickson
Film year2012Sound Editing
Credited nominee / recipientEugene Gearty and Philip Stockton
Nomination recorded
Film year2012Sound Mixing
Credited nominee / recipientRon Bartlett, D.M. Hemphill and Drew Kunin
Nomination recorded
Recorded winner in this categoryLes Misérables
Andy Nelson, Mark Paterson and Simon Hayes
Film year2012Visual Effects
Credited nominee / recipientBill Westenhofer, Guillaume Rocheron, Erik-Jan De Boer and Donald R. Elliott
Win recorded
Film year2012Adapted Screenplay
Credited nominee / recipientScreenplay by David Magee
Nomination recorded
Recorded winner in this categoryArgo
Screenplay by Chris Terrio

Who else was nominated?

Compare Life of Pi with the film-linked nominees recorded in the same category and ceremony. Each performance or song keeps its own credit; winners are marked in gold.

Comparisons are shown only for unambiguous competitive results. Honorary awards, ties and groups with unresolved source notes remain in the award history above.

Cinematography 2012 film year · Ceremony 85
Cinematography winner historyAll 2012 film-year results
Best Director 2012 film year · Ceremony 85
Best Director winner historyAll 2012 film-year results
Film Editing 2012 film year · Ceremony 85
Film Editing winner historyAll 2012 film-year results
Original Score 2012 film year · Ceremony 85
Original Score winner historyAll 2012 film-year results
Original Song 2012 film year · Ceremony 85
  • Chasing Ice

    Before My Time

    Music and Lyric by J. Ralph
    Nominee
  • Ted

    Everybody Needs A Best Friend

    Music by Walter Murphy; Lyric by Seth MacFarlane
    Nominee
  • Life of Pi This film

    Pi's Lullaby

    Music by Mychael Danna; Lyric by Bombay Jayashri
    Nominee
  • Skyfall

    Skyfall

    Music and Lyric by Adele Adkins and Paul Epworth
    ★ Winner
  • Les Misérables

    Suddenly

    Music by Claude-Michel Schönberg; Lyric by Herbert Kretzmer and Alain Boublil
    Nominee
Original Song winner historyAll 2012 film-year results
Best Picture 2012 film year · Ceremony 85
  • Amour
    Margaret Menegoz, Stefan Arndt, Veit Heiduschka and Michael Katz, Producers
    Nominee
  • Argo
    Grant Heslov, Ben Affleck and George Clooney, Producers
    ★ Winner
  • Beasts of the Southern Wild
    Dan Janvey, Josh Penn and Michael Gottwald, Producers
    Nominee
  • Django Unchained
    Stacey Sher, Reginald Hudlin and Pilar Savone, Producers
    Nominee
  • Les Misérables
    Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Debra Hayward and Cameron Mackintosh, Producers
    Nominee
  • Life of Pi This film
    Gil Netter, Ang Lee and David Womark, Producers
    Nominee
  • Lincoln
    Steven Spielberg and Kathleen Kennedy, Producers
    Nominee
  • Silver Linings Playbook
    Donna Gigliotti, Bruce Cohen and Jonathan Gordon, Producers
    Nominee
  • Zero Dark Thirty
    Mark Boal, Kathryn Bigelow and Megan Ellison, Producers
    Nominee
Best Picture winner historyAll 2012 film-year results
Art Direction 2012 film year · Ceremony 85
  • Anna Karenina
    Production Design: Sarah Greenwood; Set Decoration: Katie Spencer
    Nominee
  • The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
    Production Design: Dan Hennah; Set Decoration: Ra Vincent and Simon Bright
    Nominee
  • Les Misérables
    Production Design: Eve Stewart; Set Decoration: Anna Lynch-Robinson
    Nominee
  • Life of Pi This film
    Production Design: David Gropman; Set Decoration: Anna Pinnock
    Nominee
  • Lincoln
    Production Design: Rick Carter; Set Decoration: Jim Erickson
    ★ Winner
Art Direction winner historyAll 2012 film-year results
Sound Mixing 2012 film year · Ceremony 85
  • Argo
    John Reitz, Gregg Rudloff and Jose Antonio Garcia
    Nominee
  • Les Misérables
    Andy Nelson, Mark Paterson and Simon Hayes
    ★ Winner
  • Life of Pi This film
    Ron Bartlett, D.M. Hemphill and Drew Kunin
    Nominee
  • Lincoln
    Andy Nelson, Gary Rydstrom and Ronald Judkins
    Nominee
  • Skyfall
    Scott Millan, Greg P. Russell and Stuart Wilson
    Nominee
Sound Mixing winner historyAll 2012 film-year results
Visual Effects 2012 film year · Ceremony 85
  • The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
    Joe Letteri, Eric Saindon, David Clayton and R. Christopher White
    Nominee
  • Life of Pi This film
    Bill Westenhofer, Guillaume Rocheron, Erik-Jan De Boer and Donald R. Elliott
    ★ Winner
  • Marvel's The Avengers
    Janek Sirrs, Jeff White, Guy Williams and Dan Sudick
    Nominee
  • Prometheus
    Richard Stammers, Trevor Wood, Charley Henley and Martin Hill
    Nominee
  • Snow White and the Huntsman
    Cedric Nicolas-Troyan, Philip Brennan, Neil Corbould and Michael Dawson
    Nominee
Visual Effects winner historyAll 2012 film-year results
Adapted Screenplay 2012 film year · Ceremony 85
Adapted Screenplay winner historyAll 2012 film-year results
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