The 84th Academy Awards are in the books and the two films that dominated the nominations came out on top. The Artist earned 10 nods and Hugo scored 11. By the end of the evening, The Artist was the Best Picture and nabbed a total of five Oscars while Hugo delighted in its own right by taking home its own five Oscars.
The Artist was the first silent film to win Best Picture since Wings. The film’s star Jean Dujardin scored the Best Actor award while Meryl Streep finally won her first Oscar in almost three decades.
Without further ado, we present the winners of the 2012 Academy Awards and stay with Movie Fanatic as we present more from this year’s Oscars!
2012 Oscar Winners:
Best Picture
The Artist
Best Actor
Jean Dujardin
Best Actress
Meryl Streep
Best Supporting Actor
Christopher Plummer
Best Supporting Actress
Octavia Spencer
Best Director
Michel Hazanavicius, The Artist
Best Adapted Screenplay
The Descendants
Best Original Screenplay
Midnight in Paris
Best Foreign Film
A Separation
Documentary Feature
Undefeated
Film Editing
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Documentary Short
Saving Face
Best Animated Film
Rango
Best Cinematography
Hugo
Best Art Direction
Hugo
Costume Design
The Artist
Makeup
The Iron Lady
Best Score
The Artist
Best Song
Man or Muppet, The Muppets
Short Film (Animated)
The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore
Short Film
The Shore
Sound Editing
Hugo
Sound Mixing
Hugo
Visual Effects
Hugo