2011 Film Year: Oscar Winners & Nominees
The AwardWentTo archive contains 119 Academy Award records for the 2011 film year, covering 61 films and including 24 wins.
Years follow the source film eligibility/dataset year, which may differ from the ceremony calendar year. Counts describe film-linked archive records, including historical and special-award context where supplied.
Best Picture result
- ★ The ArtistThomas Langmann, Producer
9 Best Picture award records for this film year. See the full result · Best Picture history
Acting category results
Leading winning films
Ranked by winning records in this film-year selection.
- Hugo
5 wins from 11 award records
- The Artist
5 wins from 10 award records
- The Iron Lady
2 wins from 2 award records
- The Descendants
1 win from 5 award records
- The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
1 win from 5 award records
- Midnight in Paris
1 win from 4 award records
Category winners
Select a category to explore its history, or jump to this year's full records.
- ★ The Artist — George Valentin
- ★ Beginners — Hal
- ★ The Iron Lady — Margaret Thatcher
- ★ The Help — Minny Jackson
- ★ Rango
- ★ Hugo
- ★ Hugo
- ★ The Muppets — Man Or Muppet
- ★ Hugo
- ★ Hugo
- ★ Hugo
Nominations and award records by category
Showing 119 of 119 archive records. Gold stars mark winning records.
Best Picture
- ★ The Artist IMDB — Thomas Langmann, Producer
- The Descendants IMDB — Jim Burke, Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor, Producers
- Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close IMDB — Scott Rudin, Producer
- The Help IMDB — Brunson Green, Chris Columbus and Michael Barnathan, Producers
- Hugo IMDB — Graham King and Martin Scorsese, Producers
- Midnight in Paris IMDB — Letty Aronson and Stephen Tenenbaum, Producers
- Moneyball IMDB — Michael De Luca, Rachael Horovitz and Brad Pitt, Producers
- The Tree of Life IMDB — Sarah Green, Bill Pohlad, Dede Gardner and Grant Hill, Producers
- War Horse IMDB — Steven Spielberg and Kathleen Kennedy, Producers
Best Actor
- ★ The Artist IMDB — Jean DujardinGeorge Valentin
- A Better Life IMDB — Demián BichirCarlos Galindo
- The Descendants IMDB — George ClooneyMatt King
- Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy IMDB — Gary OldmanGeorge Smiley
- Moneyball IMDB — Brad PittBilly Beane
Best Supporting Actor
- ★ Beginners IMDB — Christopher PlummerHal
- My Week with Marilyn IMDB — Kenneth BranaghSir Laurence Olivier
- Moneyball IMDB — Jonah HillPeter Brand
- Warrior IMDB — Nick NoltePaddy Conlon
- Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close IMDB — Max von SydowThe Renter
Best Actress
- ★ The Iron Lady IMDB — Meryl StreepMargaret Thatcher
- Albert Nobbs IMDB — Glenn CloseAlbert Nobbs
- The Help IMDB — Viola DavisAibileen Clark
- The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo IMDB — Rooney MaraLisbeth Salander
- My Week with Marilyn IMDB — Michelle WilliamsMarilyn Monroe
Best Supporting Actress
- ★ The Help IMDB — Octavia SpencerMinny Jackson
- The Artist IMDB — Bérénice BejoPeppy Miller
- The Help IMDB — Jessica ChastainCelia Foote
- Bridesmaids IMDB — Melissa McCarthyMegan
- Albert Nobbs IMDB — Janet McTeerHubert Page
Animated Feature Film
- ★ Rango IMDB — Gore Verbinski
- A Cat in Paris IMDB — Alain Gagnol and Jean-Loup Felicioli
- Chico & Rita IMDB — Fernando Trueba and Javier Mariscal
- Kung Fu Panda 2 IMDB — Jennifer Yuh Nelson
- Puss in Boots IMDB — Chris Miller
Art Direction
- ★ Hugo IMDB — Production Design: Dante Ferretti; Set Decoration: Francesca Lo Schiavo
- The Artist IMDB — Production Design: Laurence Bennett; Set Decoration: Robert Gould
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 IMDB — Production Design: Stuart Craig; Set Decoration: Stephenie McMillan
- Midnight in Paris IMDB — Production Design: Anne Seibel; Set Decoration: Hélène Dubreuil
- War Horse IMDB — Production Design: Rick Carter; Set Decoration: Lee Sandales
Cinematography
Costume Design
Best Director
Documentary Feature
- ★ Undefeated IMDB — TJ Martin, Dan Lindsay and Rich Middlemas
- Hell and Back Again IMDB — Danfung Dennis and Mike Lerner
- If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front IMDB — Marshall Curry and Sam Cullman
- Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory IMDB — Joe Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsky
- Pina IMDB — Wim Wenders and Gian-Piero Ringel
Documentary Short Subject
- ★ Saving Face IMDB — Daniel Junge and Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy
- The Barber of Birmingham: Foot Soldier of the Civil Rights Movement IMDB — Robin Fryday and Gail Dolgin
- God Is the Bigger Elvis IMDB — Rebecca Cammisa and Julie Anderson
- Incident in New Baghdad IMDB — James Spione
- The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom IMDB — Lucy Walker and Kira Carstensen
Film Editing
- ★ The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo IMDB — Kirk Baxter and Angus Wall
- The Artist IMDB — Anne-Sophie Bion and Michel Hazanavicius
- The Descendants IMDB — Kevin Tent
- Hugo IMDB — Thelma Schoonmaker
- Moneyball IMDB — Christopher Tellefsen
International Feature Film
- ★ A Separation IMDB — Iran
- Bullhead IMDB — Belgium
- Footnote IMDB — Israel
- In Darkness IMDB — Poland
- Monsieur Lazhar IMDB — Canada
Makeup and Hairstyling
- ★ The Iron Lady IMDB — Mark Coulier and J. Roy Helland
- Albert Nobbs IMDB — Martial Corneville, Lynn Johnston and Matthew W. Mungle
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 IMDB — Nick Dudman, Amanda Knight and Lisa Tomblin
Original Score
Original Song
- ★ The Muppets IMDB — Music and Lyric by Bret McKenzieMan Or Muppet
- Rio IMDB — Music by Sergio Mendes and Carlinhos Brown; Lyric by Siedah GarrettReal In Rio
Animated Short Film
- ★ The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore IMDB — William Joyce and Brandon Oldenburg
- Dimanche/Sunday IMDB — Patrick Doyon
- La Luna IMDB — Enrico Casarosa
- A Morning Stroll IMDB — Grant Orchard and Sue Goffe
- Wild Life IMDB — Amanda Forbis and Wendy Tilby
Live Action Short Film
- ★ The Shore IMDB — Terry George and Oorlagh George
- Pentecost IMDB — Peter McDonald and Eimear O'Kane
- Raju IMDB — Max Zähle and Stefan Gieren
- Time Freak IMDB — Andrew Bowler and Gigi Causey
- Tuba Atlantic IMDB — Hallvar Witzø
Source context
NOTE: THIS IS NOT AN OFFICIAL NOMINATION. After the awards ceremony on February 26, 2012, the Academy was made aware that Tuba Atlantic had been shown on Norwegian television in 2010, making the film ineligible for the 84th Awards under the rules governing the category. In July 2012, the nomination was rescinded by the Board of Governors.
Sound Editing
Sound Mixing
- ★ Hugo IMDB — Tom Fleischman and John Midgley
- The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo IMDB — David Parker, Michael Semanick, Ren Klyce and Bo Persson
- Moneyball IMDB — Deb Adair, Ron Bochar, David Giammarco and Ed Novick
- Transformers: Dark of the Moon IMDB — Greg P. Russell, Gary Summers, Jeffrey J. Haboush and Peter J. Devlin
- War Horse IMDB — Gary Rydstrom, Andy Nelson, Tom Johnson and Stuart Wilson
Visual Effects
- ★ Hugo IMDB — Rob Legato, Joss Williams, Ben Grossmann and Alex Henning
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 IMDB — Tim Burke, David Vickery, Greg Butler and John Richardson
- Real Steel IMDB — Erik Nash, John Rosengrant, Dan Taylor and Swen Gillberg
- Rise of the Planet of the Apes IMDB — Joe Letteri, Dan Lemmon, R. Christopher White and Daniel Barrett
- Transformers: Dark of the Moon IMDB — Scott Farrar, Scott Benza, Matthew Butler and John Frazier
Adapted Screenplay
- ★ The Descendants IMDB — Screenplay by Alexander Payne and Nat Faxon & Jim Rash
- Hugo IMDB — Screenplay by John Logan
- The Ides of March IMDB — Screenplay by George Clooney & Grant Heslov and Beau Willimon
- Moneyball IMDB — Screenplay by Steven Zaillian and Aaron Sorkin; Story by Stan Chervin
- Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy IMDB — Screenplay by Bridget O'Connor & Peter Straughan
Original Screenplay
- ★ Midnight in Paris IMDB — Written by Woody Allen
- The Artist IMDB — Written by Michel Hazanavicius
- Bridesmaids IMDB — Written by Annie Mumolo & Kristen Wiig
- Margin Call IMDB — Written by J.C. Chandor
- A Separation IMDB — Written by Asghar Farhadi
Nominated films and other recorded entries
61 films represented in the 2011 archive selection.
- A Better Life
- A Cat in Paris
- A Morning Stroll
- A Separation
- Albert Nobbs
- Anonymous
- Beginners
- Bridesmaids
- Bullhead
- Chico & Rita
- Dimanche/Sunday
- Drive
- Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
- Footnote
- God Is the Bigger Elvis
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2
- Hell and Back Again
- Hugo
- If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front
- In Darkness
- Incident in New Baghdad
- Jane Eyre
- Kung Fu Panda 2
- La Luna
- Margin Call
- Midnight in Paris
- Moneyball
- Monsieur Lazhar
- My Week with Marilyn
- Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory
- Pentecost
- Pina
- Puss in Boots
- Raju
- Rango
- Real Steel
- Rio
- Rise of the Planet of the Apes
- Saving Face
- The Adventures of Tintin
- The Artist
- The Barber of Birmingham: Foot Soldier of the Civil Rights Movement
- The Descendants
- The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore
- The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
- The Help
- The Ides of March
- The Iron Lady
- The Muppets
- The Shore
- The Tree of Life
- The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom
- Time Freak
- Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
- Transformers: Dark of the Moon
- Tuba Atlantic
- Undefeated
- W.E.
- War Horse
- Warrior
- Wild Life
About these award records
This independent archive groups film-linked award records by film, credited name, category and eligibility year. The film year can differ from the year the ceremony took place. Ceremony numbers are shown where supplied by the records.
Each distinct performance, song or award credit remains a separate record, even when it belongs to the same film. Shared credits stay together. A person's page covers the name shown, without combining aliases or shared credits into a complete career total.
Totals can include honorary, special and historical awards alongside competitive nominations. Awards without a linked film are outside these page totals. Source notes and uncertain records are retained; category comparisons omit groups with unresolved notes, ties or conflicting identities.
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