After four hours of pomp and prestige, last night’s/this morning’s 85th Academy Awards finally offered up a full roster of Oscar winners. As predicted, Ben Affleck’s Argo walked away with the award for Best Picture, whilst also picking up the Oscars for Adapted Screenplay and Film Editing (3). Leading the field amongst the main winners on the night were Ang Lee’s Life of Pi (4), Tom Hooper’s Les Misérables (3) and Quentin Tarantino’s Django Unchained (2). Overall, it was a largely successful ceremony, galvanised by moments of brilliance (courtesy mostly of host for the night Seth MacFarlane), yet also encumbered by long stretches of musical numbers – the Academy’s chosen theme for the night being movie soundtracks.
A full list of 2013 Academy Award winners can be found below:
BEST PICTURE
ARGO – Ben Affleck
BEST DIRECTOR
LIFE OF PI – Ang Lee
BEST ACTRESS
JENNIFER LAWRENCE – Silver Linings Playbook
BEST ACTOR
DANIEL DAY-LEWIS – Lincoln
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
ANNE HATHAWAY – Les Misérables
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
CHRISTOPH WALTZ – Django Unchained
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FEATURE
AMOUR – Austria
BEST ANIMATED FILM
BRAVE – Mark Andrews, Brenda Chapman
PRODUCTION DESIGN
LINCOLN – Rick Carter, Jim Erickson
ACHIEVEMENT IN CINEMATOGRAPHY
LIFE OF PI – Claudio Miranda
ACHIEVEMENT IN COSTUME DESIGN
ANNA KARENINA – Jacqueline Durran
BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
SEARCHING FOR SUGAR MAN – Malik Bendjelloul, Simon Chinn
BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT
INOCENTE – Sean Fine, Andrea Nix Fine
ACHIEVEMENT IN FILM EDITING
ARGO – William Goldenberg
ACHIEVEMENT IN MAKE UP
LES MISÉRABLES – Lisa Westcott
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
LIFE OF PI – Mychael Danna
BEST ORIGINAL SONG
SKYFALL – Adele Atkins, Paul Epworth
BEST ANIMATED SHORT FILM
PAPERMAN – JOHN KAHRS
BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM
CURFEW – Shawn Christensen
ACHIEVEMENT IN SOUND EDITING (TIE)
SKYFALL – Stuart Wilson, Scott Millan, Greg P. Russell
ZERO DARK THIRTY – Paul N.J. Ottosson
ACHIEVEMENT IN SOUND MIXING
LES MISÉRABLES – Simon Hayes, Andy Nelson
ACHIEVEMENT IN VISUAL EFFECTS
LIFE OF PI – Bill Westenhofer, Guillaume Rocheron, Erik-Jan De Boer
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
ARGO – Chris Terrio
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
DJANGO UNCHAINED – Quentin Tarantino
What do you make of the 85th Oscar winners? Do you agree with the Academy’s choices? Are there any films you would have liked to have seen walk away with specific awards? Let us know using the comment box below.
Daniel Green
