Best Motion Picture of the Year
Nominees:
Amour
Argo
Beasts of the Southern Wild
Django Unchained
Les Misérables
Life of Pi
Lincoln
Silver Linings Playbook
Zero Dark Thirty

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
Nominees:
Bradley Cooper for Silver Linings Playbook
Daniel Day-Lewis for Lincoln 
Hugh Jackman for Les Misérables
Joaquin Phoenix for The Master
Denzel Washington for Flight

 

 

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
Nominees:
Jessica Chastain for Zero Dark Thirty 
Jennifer Lawrence for Silver Linings Playbook
Emmanuelle Riva for Amour
Quvenzhané Wallis for Beasts of the Southern Wild
Naomi Watts for The Impossible

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role
Nominees:
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

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
Nominees:
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

 

Best Achievement in Directing
Nominees:
Michael Haneke for Amour
Ang Lee for Life of Pi 
David O. Russell for Silver Linings Playbook (2012)
Steven Spielberg for Lincoln
Benh Zeitlin for Beasts of the Southern Wild

Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the ScreenNominees:
Amour: Michael Haneke
Django Unchained: Quentin Tarantino
Flight: John Gatins
Moonrise Kingdom: Wes Anderson, Roman Coppola
Zero Dark Thirty: Mark Boal 

Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published
Nominees:
Argo: Chris Terrio
Beasts of the Southern Wild: Lucy Alibar, Benh ZeitlinLife of Pi: David Magee
Lincoln: Tony Kushner
Silver Linings Playbook: David O. Russell 

Best Animated Feature Film of the Year
Nominees:
Brave
Frankenweenie
ParaNorman
The Pirates! Band of Misfits
Wreck-It Ralph 

Best Foreign Language Film of the Year
Nominees:
Amour: Michael Haneke (Austria) 
War Witch: Kim Nguyen (Canada)No: Pablo Larraín (Chile)
A Royal Affair: Nikolaj Arcel (Denmark)
Kon-Tiki: Joachim Rønning, Espen Sandberg (Norway)

Best Achievement in Cinematography
Nominees:
Anna Karenina: Seamus McGarvey
Django Unchained: Robert Richardson
Life of Pi: Claudio Miranda 
Lincoln: Janusz KaminskiSkyfall: Roger Deakins

Best Achievement in Editing
Nominees:
Argo: William Goldenberg
Life of Pi: Tim Squyres
Lincoln: Michael Kahn
Silver Linings Playbook: Jay Cassidy, Crispin Struthers
Zero Dark Thirty: William Goldenberg, Dylan Tichenor 

Best Achievement in Production Design
Nominees:
Anna Karenina: Sarah Greenwood, Katie Spencer
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey: Dan Hennah, Ra Vincent, Simon Bright
Les Misérables: Eve Stewart, Anna Lynch-Robinson 
Life of Pi: David Gropman, Anna PinnockLincoln: Rick Carter, Jim Erickson

Best Achievement in Costume Design
Nominees:
Anna Karenina: Jacqueline Durran
Les Misérables: Paco Delgado 
Lincoln: Joanna Johnston
Mirror Mirror: Eiko Ishioka
Snow White and the Huntsman: Colleen Atwood

Best Achievement in Makeup Nominees:
Hitchcock
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey 
Les Misérables

Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original ScoreNominees:
Anna Karenina: Dario Marianelli
Argo: Alexandre Desplat
Life of Pi: Mychael DannaLincoln: John Williams
Skyfall: Thomas Newman

Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Song
Nominees:
Chasing Ice: J. Ralph (“Before My Time”)
Life of Pi: Mychael Danna, Bombay Jayshree (“Pi’s Lullaby”) 
Paul Williams Still Alive: Paul Williams (“Still Alive”)
Stand Up Guys: Jon Bon Jovi (“Not Running Anymore”)
Ted: Walter Murphy, Seth MacFarlane (“Everybody Needs a Best Friend”)

Best Achievement in Sound Mixing
Nominees:
Argo
Les MisérablesLife of Pi
Lincoln
Skyfall

Best Achievement in Sound Editing
Nominees:
Argo
Django UnchainedLife of Pi
Skyfall
Zero Dark Thirty

Best Achievement in Visual EffectsNominees:
The Avengers
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey 
Life of Pi
Prometheus
Snow White and the Huntsman

Best Documentary, Features
Nominees:
5 Broken CamerasThe Gatekeepers
How to Survive a Plague
The Invisible War
Searching for Sugar Man 

Best Documentary, Short Subjects
Nominees:
Inocente
Kings Point
Mondays at Racine
Open Heart 
Redemption

Best Short Film, Animated
Nominees:
Adam and Dog: Minkyu Lee
Fresh Guacamole: PES
Head Over Heels: Timothy Reckart, Fodhla Cronin O’Reilly
Paperman: John Kahrs 
The Simpsons: The Longest Daycare: David Silverman

Best Short Film, Live Action
Nominees:
Asad: Bryan Buckley, Mino Jarjoura
Buzkashi Boys: Sam French, Ariel Nasr
Curfew: Shawn Christensen
Death of a Shadow: Tom Van Avermaet, Ellen De Waele
Henry: Yan England