2013 Oscar Winners

Christoph Waltz, Best Supporting Actor for Django Unchained

Also Nominated:
Alan Arkin, Argo
Robert De Niro, Silver Linings Playbook
Philip Seymour Hoffman, The Master
Tommy Lee Jones, Lincoln

Read our review of Django Unchained.

Paperman, Best Short Film (Animated)

Also Nominated:
Adam and Dog by Minkyu Lee
Fresh Guacamole, PES
Head over Heels, Timothy Reckart and Fodhla Cronin O'Reilly
Maggie Simpson in "The Longest Daycare", David Silverman

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Brave, Best Animated Feature Film

Also Nominated:
Frankenweenie
ParaNorman
The Pirates! Band of Misfits
Wreck-It Ralph

Read our review of Brave.

Claudio Miranda, Life of Pi, Best Achievement in Cinematography. Miranda opened this acceptance speech by remarking, "this movie really was a beast to make."

Also Nominated:
Seamus McGarvey, Anna Karenina
Robert Richardson, Django Unchained
Janusz Kaminski, Lincoln
Roger Deakins, Skyfall

Read our review of Life of Pi.

Bill Westenhofer, Guillaume Rocheron, Erik De Boer, Donald Elliott, Life of Pi, Best Achievement in Visual Effects. Westenhofer thanked his crew by noting the use of a "wave tank that kept us from having to go out into the real ocean." When his speech ran over, the Jaws theme grew louder and louder until his mic was killed.

Also Nominated:
Joe Letteri, Eric Saindon, David Clayton and R. Christopher White, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Janek Sirrs, Jeff White, Guy Williams and Dan Sudick, Marvel's The Avengers
Richard Stammers, Trevor Wood, Charley Henley and Martin Hill, Prometheus
Cedric Nicolas-Troyan, Philip Brennan, Neil Corbould and Michael Dawson, Snow White and the Huntsman

Read our review of Life of Pi.

Jacqueline Durran, Anna Karenina, Best Achievement in Costume Design

Also Nominated:
Paco Delgado, Les Miserables
Joanna Johnston, Lincoln
Eiko Ishioka, Mirror Mirror
Colleen Atwood, Snow White and the Huntsman

Read our review of Anna Karenina.

Lisa Westcott, Julie Dartnell, Les Miserables, Best Achievement in Makeup and Hairstyling

Also Nominated:
Howard Berger, Peter Montagna and Martin Samuel, Hitchcock
Peter Swords King, Rick Findlater and Tami Lane, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

Read our review of Les Miserables.

Curfew, Best Short Film, Live Action

Also Nominated:
Asad
Buzkasahi Boys
Death of a Shadow (Dood van een Schaduw)
Henry

Read more: Feast of Appetizers: Gorge on This Year's Oscar-Nominated Short Films

Inocente, Best Documentary, Short Subject

Also Nominated:
Kings Point
Mondays at Racine
Open Heart
Redemption

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Searching for Sugar Man, Best Documentary, Feature

Also Nominated:
5 Broken Cameras
The Gatekeepers
How to Survive a Plague
The Invisible War

Read our review of Searching for Sugar Man.

Amour (Austria), Best Foreign Language Film of the Year

Also Nominated:
Kon-Tiki (Norway)
No (Chile)
A Royal Chair (Denmark)
War Witch (Canada)

Read our review of Amour.

Les Miserables, Andy Nelson, Mark Paterson, Simon Hayes, Best Achievement in Sound Mixing

Also Nominated:
Argo, John Reitz, Gregg Rudloff and Jose Antonio Garcia
Life of Pi, Ron Bartlett, D.M. Hemphill and Drew Kunin
Lincoln, Andy Nelson, Gary Rydstrom and Ronald Judkins
Skyfall, Scott Millan, Greg P. Russell and Stuart Wilson

Read our review of Les Miserables

Skyfall (Per Hallberg and Karen Baker Landers) tied with Zero Dark Thirty (Paul N.J. Ottosson) for the award for Best Achievement in Sound Editing

Also Nominated:
Argo, Erik Aadahl and Ethan Van der Ryn
Django Unchained, Wylie Stateman
Life of Pi, Eugene Gearty and Philip Stockton

Anne Hathaway in Les Miserables Actress in a Supporting Role.

Also Nominated:
Amy Adams, The Master
Sally Field, Lincoln
Helen Hunt, The Sessions
Jacki Weaver, Silver Linings Playbook

Read our review of Les Misérables.

William Goldenberg, Argo, Best Achievement in Editing

Also Nominated:

Life of Pi, Tim Squyres
Lincoln, Michael Kahn
Silver Linings Playbook, Jay Cassidy and Crispin Struthers

Read our review of Argo

Rick Carter and Jim Erickson for Lincoln, winner of Best Achievement in Production Design

Also Nominated:
Anna Karenina, Sarah Greenwood (Production Design); Katie Spencer (Set Decoration)
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, Dan Hennah (Production Design); Ra Vincent and Simon Bright (Set Decoration)
Les Misérables, Eve Stewart (Production Design); Anna Lynch-Robinson (Set Decoration)
Life of Pi, David Gropman (Production Design); Anna Pinnock (Set Decoration)

Read our review of Lincoln

Mychael Danna, Life of Pi, for Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Score

Also Nominated:
Anna Karenina, Dario Marianelli
Argo, Alexandre Desplat
Lincoln, John Williams
Skyfall, Thomas Newman


Read our review of Life of Pi

"Skyfall" from Skyfall, Music and Lyric by Adele Adkins and Paul Epworth, for the Oscar for Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Song

Also Nominated:
"Before My Time" from Chasing Ice, Music and Lyric by J. Ralph
"Everybody Needs A Best Friend" from Ted, Music by Walter Murphy; Lyric by Seth MacFarlane
"Pi's Lullaby" from Life of Pi, Music by Mychael Danna; Lyric by Bombay Jayashri
"Suddenly" from Les Miserables, Music by Claude-Michel Schönberg; Lyric by Herbert Kretzmer and Alain Bulbul

Read our review of Skyfall

Argo, written by Chris Terrio, Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published

Also Nominated:
Beasts of the Southern Wild, screenplay by Lucy Alibar & Benh Zeitlin
Life of Pi, Written by David Magee
Lincoln, written by Tony Kushner
Silver Linings Playbook, written by David O. Russell

Read our review of Argo

Django Unchained, Quentin Tarantino, Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen

Also Nominated:
Amour, written by Michael Haneke
Flight, written by John Gatins
Moonrise Kingdom, written by Wes Anderson and Roman Coppola
Zero Dark Thirty, written by Mark Boal

Read more: "Quentin Tarantino Emerges with His Most Daring Film Yet."