Movie Geek - 2012 Academy Awards Winners

Last night, the Hollywood crowd gathered at the Kodak Theatre in LA for the 84th Academy Awards show.

The Artist went home with Best Picture and Best Director awards; with Jean Dujardin receiving the award for Best Actor for the film. Meryl Streep finally got her third Oscar (no surprise there), while Octavia Spencer also nabbed an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress for her role in The Help. Hugo, which I still haven't seen, went home with a number of non-acting awards.

Check out the full list of winners after the cut.

2012 Academy Awards Winners

Best Motion Picture of the Year:
The Artist

Best Achievement in Directing:
Michel Hazanavicius for The Artist

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role:
Jean Dujardin for The Artist

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role:
Meryl Streep for The Iron Lady

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role:
Christopher Plummer for Beginners

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role:
Octavia Spencer for The Help

Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published:
The Descendants – Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon, Jim Rash

Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen:
Midnight in Paris – Woody Allen

Best Achievement in Sound Mixing:
Hugo – Tom Fleischman, John Midgley

Best Achievement in Sound Editing:
Hugo – Philip Stockton, Eugene Gearty

Best Achievement in Editing:
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo – Angus Wall, Kirk Baxter

Best Foreign Language Film of the Year:
A Separation – Asghar Farhadi (Iran)

Best Achievement in Makeup:
The Iron Lady – Mark Coulier, J. Roy Helland

Best Achievement in Costume Design:
The Artist – Mark Bridges

Best Achievement in Art Direction:
Hugo – Dante Ferretti, Francesca Lo Schiavo

Best Achievement in Cinematography:
Hugo – Robert Richardson

Best Documentary, Features:
Undefeated – Daniel Lindsay, T.J. Martin, Rich Middlemas

Best Animated Feature Film of the Year:
Rango – Gore Verbinski

Best Achievement in Visual Effects:
Hugo – Robert Legato, Joss Williams, Ben Grossmann, Alex Henning

Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Score:
The Artist – Ludovic Bource

Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Song:
The Muppets – Bret McKenzie, “Man or Muppet”

Best Short Film, Live Action:
The Shore – Terry George, Oorlagh George

Best Documentary, Short Subjects:
Saving Face – Daniel Junge, Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy

Best Short Film, Animated:
The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore – William Joyce, Brandon Oldenburg