2012 Film Year: Oscar Winners & Nominees
The AwardWentTo archive contains 122 Academy Award records for the 2012 film year, covering 53 films and including 25 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
- ★ ArgoGrant Heslov, Ben Affleck and George Clooney, Producers
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.
- Life of Pi
4 wins from 11 award records
- Les Misérables
3 wins from 8 award records
- Argo
3 wins from 7 award records
- Lincoln
2 wins from 12 award records
- Django Unchained
2 wins from 5 award records
- Skyfall
2 wins from 5 award records
Category winners
Select a category to explore its history, or jump to this year's full records.
- ★ Argo
- ★ Lincoln — Abraham Lincoln
- ★ Django Unchained — Dr. King Schultz
- ★ Silver Linings Playbook — Tiffany
- ★ Les Misérables — Fantine
- ★ Brave
- ★ Lincoln
- ★ Inocente
- ★ Argo
- ★ Amour
- ★ Skyfall — Skyfall
- ★ Paperman
- ★ Curfew
- ★ Argo
Nominations and award records by category
Showing 122 of 122 archive records. Gold stars mark winning records.
Best Picture
- ★ Argo IMDB — Grant Heslov, Ben Affleck and George Clooney, Producers
- Amour IMDB — Margaret Menegoz, Stefan Arndt, Veit Heiduschka and Michael Katz, Producers
- Beasts of the Southern Wild IMDB — Dan Janvey, Josh Penn and Michael Gottwald, Producers
- Django Unchained IMDB — Stacey Sher, Reginald Hudlin and Pilar Savone, Producers
- Les Misérables IMDB — Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Debra Hayward and Cameron Mackintosh, Producers
- Life of Pi IMDB — Gil Netter, Ang Lee and David Womark, Producers
- Lincoln IMDB — Steven Spielberg and Kathleen Kennedy, Producers
- Silver Linings Playbook IMDB — Donna Gigliotti, Bruce Cohen and Jonathan Gordon, Producers
- Zero Dark Thirty IMDB — Mark Boal, Kathryn Bigelow and Megan Ellison, Producers
Best Actor
- ★ Lincoln IMDB — Daniel Day-LewisAbraham Lincoln
- Silver Linings Playbook IMDB — Bradley CooperPat
- Les Misérables IMDB — Hugh JackmanJean Valjean
- The Master IMDB — Joaquin PhoenixFreddie Quell
- Flight IMDB — Denzel WashingtonWhip Whitaker
Best Supporting Actor
- ★ Django Unchained IMDB — Christoph WaltzDr. King Schultz
- Argo IMDB — Alan ArkinLester Siegel
- Silver Linings Playbook IMDB — Robert De NiroPat Sr.
- The Master IMDB — Philip Seymour HoffmanLancaster Dodd
- Lincoln IMDB — Tommy Lee JonesThaddeus Stevens
Best Actress
- ★ Silver Linings Playbook IMDB — Jennifer LawrenceTiffany
- Zero Dark Thirty IMDB — Jessica ChastainMaya
- Amour IMDB — Emmanuelle RivaAnne
- Beasts of the Southern Wild IMDB — Quvenzhané WallisHushpuppy
- The Impossible IMDB — Naomi WattsMaria
Best Supporting Actress
- ★ Les Misérables IMDB — Anne HathawayFantine
- The Master IMDB — Amy AdamsPeggy Dodd
- Lincoln IMDB — Sally FieldMary Todd Lincoln
- The Sessions IMDB — Helen HuntCheryl
- Silver Linings Playbook IMDB — Jacki WeaverDolores
Animated Feature Film
- ★ Brave IMDB — Mark Andrews and Brenda Chapman
- Frankenweenie IMDB — Tim Burton
- ParaNorman IMDB — Sam Fell and Chris Butler
- The Pirates! Band of Misfits IMDB — Peter Lord
- Wreck-It Ralph IMDB — Rich Moore
Art Direction
- ★ Lincoln IMDB — Production Design: Rick Carter; Set Decoration: Jim Erickson
- Anna Karenina IMDB — Production Design: Sarah Greenwood; Set Decoration: Katie Spencer
- The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey IMDB — Production Design: Dan Hennah; Set Decoration: Ra Vincent and Simon Bright
- Les Misérables IMDB — Production Design: Eve Stewart; Set Decoration: Anna Lynch-Robinson
- Life of Pi IMDB — Production Design: David Gropman; Set Decoration: Anna Pinnock
Cinematography
Costume Design
Best Director
Documentary Feature
- ★ Searching for Sugar Man IMDB — Malik Bendjelloul and Simon Chinn
- 5 Broken Cameras IMDB — Emad Burnat and Guy Davidi
- The Gatekeepers IMDB — Dror Moreh, Philippa Kowarsky and Estelle Fialon
- How to Survive a Plague IMDB — David France and Howard Gertler
- The Invisible War IMDB — Kirby Dick and Amy Ziering
Documentary Short Subject
- ★ Inocente IMDB — Sean Fine and Andrea Nix Fine
- Kings Point IMDB — Sari Gilman and Jedd Wider
- Mondays at Racine IMDB — Cynthia Wade and Robin Honan
- Open Heart IMDB — Kief Davidson and Cori Shepherd Stern
- Redemption IMDB — Jon Alpert and Matthew O'Neill
Film Editing
- ★ Argo IMDB — William Goldenberg
- Life of Pi IMDB — Tim Squyres
- Lincoln IMDB — Michael Kahn
- Silver Linings Playbook IMDB — Jay Cassidy and Crispin Struthers
- Zero Dark Thirty IMDB — Dylan Tichenor and William Goldenberg
International Feature Film
Makeup and Hairstyling
- ★ Les Misérables IMDB — Lisa Westcott and Julie Dartnell
- Hitchcock IMDB — Howard Berger, Peter Montagna and Martin Samuel
- The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey IMDB — Peter Swords King, Rick Findlater and Tami Lane
Original Score
Original Song
- ★ Skyfall IMDB — Music and Lyric by Adele Adkins and Paul EpworthSkyfall
- Chasing Ice IMDB — Music and Lyric by J. RalphBefore My Time
- Ted IMDB — Music by Walter Murphy; Lyric by Seth MacFarlaneEverybody Needs A Best Friend
- Life of Pi IMDB — Music by Mychael Danna; Lyric by Bombay JayashriPi's Lullaby
- Les Misérables IMDB — Music by Claude-Michel Schönberg; Lyric by Herbert Kretzmer and Alain BoublilSuddenly
Animated Short Film
- ★ Paperman IMDB — John Kahrs
- Adam and Dog IMDB — Minkyu Lee
- Fresh Guacamole IMDB — PES
- Head over Heels IMDB — Timothy Reckart and Fodhla Cronin O'Reilly
- Maggie Simpson in \"The Longest Daycare\" IMDB — David Silverman
Live Action Short Film
- ★ Curfew IMDB — Shawn Christensen
- Asad IMDB — Bryan Buckley and Mino Jarjoura
- Buzkashi Boys IMDB — Sam French and Ariel Nasr
- Death of a Shadow (Dood van een Schaduw) IMDB — Tom Van Avermaet and Ellen De Waele
- Henry IMDB — Yan England
Sound Editing
- ★ Skyfall IMDB — Per Hallberg and Karen Baker Landers
Source context
NOTE: A tie. The other winning film in this category was Zero Dark Thirty.
- ★ Zero Dark Thirty IMDB — Paul N.J. Ottosson
Source context
NOTE: A tie. The other winning film in this category was Skyfall.
- Argo IMDB — Erik Aadahl and Ethan Van der Ryn
- Django Unchained IMDB — Wylie Stateman
- Life of Pi IMDB — Eugene Gearty and Philip Stockton
Sound Mixing
- ★ Les Misérables IMDB — Andy Nelson, Mark Paterson and Simon Hayes
- Argo IMDB — John Reitz, Gregg Rudloff and Jose Antonio Garcia
- Life of Pi IMDB — Ron Bartlett, D.M. Hemphill and Drew Kunin
- Lincoln IMDB — Andy Nelson, Gary Rydstrom and Ronald Judkins
- Skyfall IMDB — Scott Millan, Greg P. Russell and Stuart Wilson
Visual Effects
- ★ Life of Pi IMDB — Bill Westenhofer, Guillaume Rocheron, Erik-Jan De Boer and Donald R. Elliott
- The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey IMDB — Joe Letteri, Eric Saindon, David Clayton and R. Christopher White
- Marvel's The Avengers IMDB — Janek Sirrs, Jeff White, Guy Williams and Dan Sudick
- Prometheus IMDB — Richard Stammers, Trevor Wood, Charley Henley and Martin Hill
- Snow White and the Huntsman IMDB — Cedric Nicolas-Troyan, Philip Brennan, Neil Corbould and Michael Dawson
Adapted Screenplay
- ★ Argo IMDB — Screenplay by Chris Terrio
- Beasts of the Southern Wild IMDB — Screenplay by Lucy Alibar & Benh Zeitlin
- Life of Pi IMDB — Screenplay by David Magee
- Lincoln IMDB — Screenplay by Tony Kushner
- Silver Linings Playbook IMDB — Screenplay by David O. Russell
Original Screenplay
- ★ Django Unchained IMDB — Written by Quentin Tarantino
- Amour IMDB — Written by Michael Haneke
- Flight IMDB — Written by John Gatins
- Moonrise Kingdom IMDB — Written by Wes Anderson & Roman Coppola
- Zero Dark Thirty IMDB — Written by Mark Boal
Nominated films and other recorded entries
53 films represented in the 2012 archive selection.
- 5 Broken Cameras
- A Royal Affair
- Adam and Dog
- Amour
- Anna Karenina
- Argo
- Asad
- Beasts of the Southern Wild
- Brave
- Buzkashi Boys
- Chasing Ice
- Curfew
- Death of a Shadow (Dood van een Schaduw)
- Django Unchained
- Flight
- Frankenweenie
- Fresh Guacamole
- Head over Heels
- Henry
- Hitchcock
- How to Survive a Plague
- Inocente
- Kings Point
- Kon-Tiki
- Les Misérables
- Life of Pi
- Lincoln
- Maggie Simpson in \"The Longest Daycare\"
- Marvel's The Avengers
- Mirror Mirror
- Mondays at Racine
- Moonrise Kingdom
- No
- Open Heart
- Paperman
- ParaNorman
- Prometheus
- Redemption
- Searching for Sugar Man
- Silver Linings Playbook
- Skyfall
- Snow White and the Huntsman
- Ted
- The Gatekeepers
- The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
- The Impossible
- The Invisible War
- The Master
- The Pirates! Band of Misfits
- The Sessions
- War Witch
- Wreck-It Ralph
- Zero Dark Thirty
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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