Saturday, January 12, 2013

2013 Oscar Nominations: "Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role"

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role:

Alan Arkin for Argo

Robert De Niro for Silver Linings Playbook

Philip Seymour Hoffman for The Master

Tommy Lee Jones for Lincoln

Christoph Waltz for Django Unchained   *Of note is that all five nominees in this category have previously won Oscars, including four of whom have won in this category.  

2013 Oscar Nominations: "Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role"

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role:

Amy Adams for The Master

Sally Field for Lincoln

Anne Hathaway for Les Misérables

Helen Hunt for The Sessions

Jacki Weaver for Silver Linings Playbook  

2013 Oscar Nominations: "Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen"

Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen:

Amour: Michael Haneke

Django Unchained: Quentin Tarantino

Flight: John Gatins

Moonrise Kingdom: Wes Anderson, Roman Coppola

Zero Dark Thirty: Mark Boal  

2013 Oscar Nominations: "Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published"

Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published:

Argo: Chris Terrio

Beasts of the Southern Wild: Lucy Alibar, Benh Zeitlin

Life of Pi: David Magee

Lincoln: Tony Kushner

Silver Linings Playbook: David O. Russell

2013 Oscar Nominations: "Best Animated Feature Film of the Year"

Best Animated Feature Film of the Year:

Nominated film: director(s)

Brave: Mark Andrews, Brenda Chapman

Frankenweenie: Tim Burton

ParaNorman: Sam Fell, Chris Butler

The Pirates! Band of Misfits: Peter Lord

Wreck-It Ralph: Rich Moore  

2013 Oscar Nominations: "Best Foreign Language Film of the Year"

Best Foreign Language Film of the Year:

Amour (Austria)

War Witch (Canada)

No (Chile)

A Royal Affair (Denmark)

Kon-Tiki ((Norway)  

Friday, January 11, 2013

2013 Oscar Nominations: "Best Achievement in Cinematography"

Best Achievement in Cinematography:

Anna Karenina: Seamus McGarvey

Django Unchained: Robert Richardson

Life of Pi: Claudio Miranda

Lincoln: Janusz Kaminski

Skyfall: Roger Deakins