Why is the Academy tweeting mediocre jokes?
Anna Karenina, Seamus McGarvey
Les Miserables, Danny Cohen
Life of Pi, Claudio Miranda
Lincoln, Janusz Kaminski
Skyfall, Roger Deakins
Seamus McGarvey was nominated for an Academy Award in 2008 for his work on Atonement.
Danny Cohen was nominated for an Academy Award in 2010 for his work on The King’s Speech.
Claudio Miranda was nominated for an Academy Award in 2009 for his work on The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.
Janusz Kaminski has won two Academy Awards for his work on Schindler’s List and Saving Private Ryan, and was also nominated for Amistad, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly and War Horse.
Roger Deakins has been nominated for nine Academy Awards for his work on The Shawshank Redemption, Fargo, Kundun, O Brother, Where Art Thou?, The Man Who Wasn’t There, No Country For Old Men, The Assassination of Jesse James By The Coward Robert Ford, The Reader and True Grit.
thegoldknight asked: How many Best Picture nominees do you think there will be?
It’s hard to say but I think it will be either nine or ten.
- Ben Affleck, Argo
- Kathryn Bigelow, Zero Dark Thirty
- Tom Hooper, Les Misérables
- Ang Lee, Life of Pi
- Steven Spielberg, Lincoln
Notable exclusions include David O. Russell and Quentin Tarantino.
Best Picture
Roger Deakins (Skyfall)
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Flight, Written by John Gatins; Paramount Pictures
Looper, Written by Rian Johnson; TriStar Pictures
The Master, Written by Paul Thomas Anderson; The Weinstein Company
Moonrise Kingdom, Written by Wes Anderson & Roman Coppola; Focus Features
Zero Dark Thirty, Written by Mark Boal; Columbia Pictures
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Argo, Screenplay by Chris Terrio; Based on a selection from The Master of Disguise by Antonio J. Mendez and the Wired Magazine article “The Great Escape” by Joshuah Bearman; Warner Bros. Pictures
Life of Pi, Screenplay by David Magee; Based on the novel by Yann Martel; 20th Century Fox
Lincoln, Screenplay by Tony Kushner; Based in part on the book Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln by Doris Kearns Goodwin; DreamWorks Pictures
The Perks of Being a Wallflower, Screenplay by Stephen Chbosky; Based on his book; Summit Entertainment
Silver Linings Playbook, Screenplay by David O. Russell; Based on the novel by Matthew Quick; The Weinstein Company
DOCUMENTARY SCREENPLAY
The Central Park Five, Written by Sarah Burns and David McMahon and Ken Burns; Sundance Selects
The Invisible War, Written by Kirby Dick; Cinedigm Entertainment Group
Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God, Written by Alex Gibney; HBO Documentary Films
Searching for Sugar Man, Written by Malik Bendejelloul; Sony Pictures Classics
We Are Legion: The Story of the Hacktivists, Written by Brian Knappenberger; Cinetic Media
West of Memphis, Written by Amy Berg & Billy McMillin; Sony Pictures Classics
FYC: Best Original Score
Alexandre Desplat - Maya on Plane (Zero Dark Thirty)
NOMINEES FOR EXCELLENCE IN PRODUCTION DESIGN FOR A FEATURE FILM IN 2012:
Period Film
ANNA KARENINA Production Designer: Sarah Greenwood
ARGO Production Designer: Sharon Seymour
DJANGO UNCHAINED Production Designer: J. Michael Riva
LES MISÉRABLES Production Designer: Eve Stewart
LINCOLN Production Designer: Rick Carter
Fantasy FilmCLOUD ATLAS Production Designer: Uli Hanisch, Hugh Bateup
LIFE OF PI Production Designer: David Gropman
PROMETHEUS Production Designer: Arthur Max
THE DARK KNIGHT RISES Production Designer: Nathan Crowley
Kevin KavanaughTHE HOBBIT: AN UNEXPECTED JOURNEY Production Designer: Dan Hannah
Contemporary Film
FLIGHT Production Designer: Nelson Coates
SKYFALL Production Designer: Dennis Gassner
THE BEST EXOTIC MARIGOLD HOTEL Production Designer: Alan MacDonald
THE IMPOSSIBLE Production Designer: Eugenio Caballero
ZERO DARK THIRTY Production Designer: Jeremy Hindle
FYC: Skyfall
