The Artist: Best Picture · Michel Hazanavicius: directing
Oscars 2012: winning films and award nominations
The Artist won Best Picture at the 2012 Oscars, with Michel Hazanavicius recognised for directing the same film. Meryl Streep received the leading actress award for The Iron Lady. Jean Dujardin won for The Artist.
- 60Films
- 24Categories
- 118Nomination entries
- 15Winners
- February 26, 2012Ceremony date
Winning films and category recognition at Oscars 2012
The Artist won Best Picture at the 2012 Oscars. Jean Dujardin won for The Artist, while Meryl Streep received leading actress recognition for The Iron Lady.
Nominated films and award entries at Oscars 2012
The Descendants and Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close competed for Best Picture alongside The Artist at the 2012 Oscars. Explore their other category entries as well: a film can have several nominations and win in a different category.
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Wins are included in nomination counts.
Explore Oscars 2012 nominations and winners by category
Hugo received Cinematography recognition at the 2012 Oscars, while The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo won Film Editing. Explore the other category shortlists and their credited winners within the same ceremony year.
Best Picture
9 nominations
Winner The Artist Thomas Langmann - Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close Scott Rudin
- Hugo Graham King, Martin Scorsese
- Midnight in Paris Letty Aronson, Stephen Tenenbaum
- Moneyball Michael De Luca, Rachael Horovitz, Brad Pitt
- The Descendants Jim Burke, Alexander Payne, Jim Taylor
- The Help Brunson Green, Chris Columbus, Michael Barnathan
- The Tree of Life Sarah Green, Bill Pohlad, Dede Gardner, Grant Hill
- War Horse Steven Spielberg, Kathleen Kennedy
Directing
5 nominations Winner The Artist Michel Hazanavicius Actor in a Leading Role
5 nominations Winner The Artist Jean Dujardin Actress in a Leading Role
5 nominations
Winner The Iron Lady Meryl Streep Actor in a Supporting Role
5 nominations
Winner Beginners Christopher Plummer Actress in a Supporting Role
5 nominations Winner The Help Octavia Spencer Animated Feature Film
5 nominations
Winner Rango Gore Verbinski Cinematography
5 nominations
Winner Hugo Robert Richardson Costume Design
5 nominations Winner The Artist Mark Bridges Documentary (Feature)
5 nominations
Winner Undefeated TJ Martin, Dan Lindsay, Rich Middlemas Documentary (Short Subject)
5 nominations
Winner Saving Face Daniel Junge, Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy Film Editing
5 nominations
Winner The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Kirk Baxter, Angus Wall Foreign Language Film
5 nominations
Winner A Separation Iran Makeup
3 nominations Winner The Iron Lady Mark Coulier, J. Roy Helland Music (Original Score)
5 nominations Winner The Artist Ludovic Bource Music (Original Song)
2 nominations
Winner Man Or Muppet The Muppets Bret McKenzie Art Direction
5 nominations Winner Hugo Dante Ferretti, Francesca Lo Schiavo Short Film (Animated)
5 nominations
Winner The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore William Joyce, Brandon Oldenburg Short Film (Live Action)
4 nominations
Winner The Shore Terry George, Oorlagh George Sound Mixing
5 nominations Winner Hugo Tom Fleischman, John Midgley - Moneyball Deb Adair, Ron Bochar, David Giammarco, Ed Novick
- The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo David Parker, Michael Semanick, Ren Klyce, Bo Persson
- Transformers: Dark of the Moon Greg P. Russell, Gary Summers, Jeffrey J. Haboush, Peter J. Devlin
- War Horse Gary Rydstrom, Andy Nelson, Tom Johnson, Stuart Wilson
Visual Effects
5 nominations Winner Hugo Rob Legato, Joss Williams, Ben Grossmann, Alex Henning - Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 Tim Burke, David Vickery, Greg Butler, John Richardson
- Real Steel Erik Nash, John Rosengrant, Dan Taylor, Swen Gillberg
- Rise of the Planet of the Apes Joe Letteri, Dan Lemmon, R. Christopher White, Daniel Barrett
- Transformers: Dark of the Moon Scott Farrar, Scott Benza, Matthew Butler, John Frazier
Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
5 nominations
Winner The Descendants Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon, Jim Rash Writing (Original Screenplay)
5 nominations
Winner Midnight in Paris Woody Allen Sound Editing
5 nominations Winner Hugo Philip Stockton, Eugene Gearty About these results
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- Ceremony date
- February 26, 2012
- Last verified
- October 29, 2026
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Oscars 2012: Winners and Nominees
Jean Dujardin won for The Artist, and Meryl Streep for The Iron Lady. Acting recognition at the 2012 Oscars sits alongside craft awards, including Cinematography for Hugo. Follow the individual categories to distinguish nominated entries from confirmed wins.
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