Steven Spielberg’s Lincoln and Ang Lee’s Life of Pi have earned multiple nods at the 2013 Oscar nominations on Thursday morning.
Lincoln seemed to be the clear favorite this year; the film garnered a total of 12 Oscar nominations. Director Ang Lee’s critically acclaimed drama Life of Pi snagged an impressive 11 nominations. Les Miserables and David O. Russell’s Silver Linings Playbook tied with eight nods.
While Spielberg received a Best Director nomination for Lincoln , Ang Lee was overlooked by the Academy for his work on the acclaimed drama. Tom Hooper and Ben Affleck were also passed over for their work on Les Miserables and Argo despite receiving several nominations.
The Best Picture category is loaded with critically acclaimed features, including Silver Linings Playbook , Best Exotic Marigold Hotel , and German director Michael Haneke’s Amour . Quentin Tarantino’s controversial western Django Unchained is also up for the award.
Emmanuelle Riva, the 85-year-old star of Amour , was recognized for her turn in the heartbreaking drama. This makes her the oldest actress to receive a Best Actress nomination. Quvenzhane Wallis, the nine-year-old who won over audiences in Beasts of the Southern Wild , is the youngest actress to be up for the Best Actress award.
Hunger Games star Jennifer Lawrence was also recognized by the Academy for her performance in David O. Russell’s drama. The actress was previously nominated for her turn in the 2010 thriller Winter’s Bone .
On the Best Actor front, Bradley Cooper also scored a nomination for his turn in Silver Linings Playbook . Daniel Day-Lewis, Denzel Washington, Hugh Jackman, and Joaquin Phoenix are up for the award as well.
You can check out the complete list of nominees below.
Best Picture Amour Argo Beasts of the Southern Wild Best Exotic Marigold Hotel Django Unchained Les Miserables Life of Pi Lincoln Silver Linings Playbook Zero Dark Thirty
Best Actor Bradley Cooper, Silver Linings Playbook Daniel Day-Lewis, Lincoln Denzel Washington, Flight Hugh Jackman, Les Miserables Joaquin Phoenix, The Master
Best Actress Emmanuelle Riva, Amour Jennifer Lawrence, Silver Linings Playbook Jessica Chastain, Zero Dark Thirty Naomi Watts, The Impossible Quvenzhane Wallis, Beasts of the Southern Wild
Best Supporting Actress Amy Adams, The Master Anne Hathaway, Les Miserables Sally Field, Lincoln Helen Hunt, The Sessions Jacki Weaver, Silver Linings Playbook
Best Supporting Actor Alan Arkin, Argo Christoph Waltz, Django Unchained Philip Seymour Hoffman, The Master Robert De Niro, Silver Linings Playbook Tommy Lee Jones, Lincoln
Best Director David O. Russell, Silver Linings Playbook Behn Zeitlin, Beast of the Southern Wild Michael Haneke, Amour Paul Thomas Anderson, The Master Steven Spielberg, Lincoln
Best Original Screenplay Amour Django Unchained Flight Moonrise Kingdom Zero Dark Thirty
Best Adapted Screenplay Argo Beasts of the Southern Wild Life of Pi Lincoln Silver Linings Playbook
Best Animated Feature Brave Frankenweenie ParaNorman The Pirates! Band of Misfits Wreck-It Ralph
Best Foreign Language Film Amour A Royal Affair No Kon-Tiki War Witch
Best Cinematography Anna Karenina Django Unchained Life of Pi Lincoln Skyfall
Best Costume Design Anna Karenina Les Miserables Lincoln Mirror Mirror Snow White and the Huntsman
Best Documentary Feature 5 Broken Cameras The Gatekeepers How to Survive a Plague The Invisible War Searching for Sugar Man
Best Documentary Short Inocente Kings Point Mondays at Racine Open Heart Redemption
Best Film Editing Argo Life of Pi Lincoln Silver Linings Playbook Zero Dark Thirty
Best Makeup And Hairstyling Hitchcock The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey Les Miserables
Best Original Score Anna Karenina Argo Life of Pi Lincoln Skyfall
Best Original Song “Before My Time” from Chasing Ice “Everybody Needs a Best Friend” from Ted “Pi’s Lullaby” from Life of Pi “Skyfall” from Skyfall “Suddenly” from Les Miserables
Best Production Design Anna Karenina The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey Les Miserables Life of Pi Lincoln
Best Animated Short Adam and Dog Fresh Guacamole Head Over Heels Maggie Simpson in ‘The Longest Daycare’ Paperman
Best Live Action Short Asad Buzkashi Boys Curfew Death of a Shadow (Dood van een Schaduw) Henry
Best Sound Editing Argo Django Unchained Life of Pi Skyfall Zero Dark Thirty
Best Sound Mixing Argo Les Miserables Life of Pi Lincoln Skyfall
Best Visual Effects The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey Life of Pi Marvel’s The Avengers Prometheus Snow White and the Huntsman
The 85th Annual Academy Awards ceremony will take place on February 24. What do you think about the 2012 Oscar nominations?
