Oscars 2013: And The Winner is.....

As you know, The Academy Awards, or better known as the Oscars, is the pinnacle of movie awards. They recognize and celebrate great movies and movie performances for the past year, also including directors and writers. Sometimes you might not agree with their verdict but the Oscars usually get it right with their choice of winners. The Awards are held each year usually in the last week of February or early March. Oscar season usually gets under way in November and this usually when studios release their critically acclaimed films in hopes of winning awards. Check out the respective categories to see the nominees and respective winners of the 2013 Academy Awards.

Best Picture
Argo
Lincoln
Beasts Of The Southern Wild
Life of Pi
Zero Dark Thirty
Django Unchained
Silver Linings Playbook
Amour
Les Miserables

Winner: Argo




Best Director
Steven Spielberg, Lincoln
Michael Haneke, Amour 
Ang Lee, Life of Pi
Benh Zeitlin, Beasts of The Southern Wild
David O. Russell, Silver Linings Playbook

Winner: Ang Lee, Life of Pi


Best Actor in a Leading Role
Daniel Day-Lewis, Lincoln
Joaquin Phoenix, The Master
Bradley Cooper, Silver Linings Playbook
Denzel Washington, Flight
Hugh Jackman, Les Miserables

Winner: Daniel Day-Lewis, Lincoln




Best Actress in a Leading Role
Naomi Watts, The Impossible
Emmanuelle Riva, Amour 
Quvenzhane Wallis, Beasts of the Southern Wild
Jennifer Lawrence, Silver Linings Playbook
Jessica Chastain, Zero Dark Thirty

Winner: Jennifer Lawrence, Silver Linings Playbook



Best Supporting Actor
Phillip Seymour Hoffman, The Master
Tommy Lee Jones, Lincoln 
Alan Arkin, Argo
Robert DeNiro, Silver Linings Playbook
Christoph Waltz, Django Unchained 

Winner: Christoph Waltz, Django Unchained




Best Supporting Actress
Amy Adams, The Master
Helen Hunt, The Sessions
Sally Field, Lincoln
Jackie Weaver, Silver Linings Playbook 
Anne Hathaway, Les Miserables

Winner: Anne Hathaway, Les Miserables



Best Original Screenplay
Amour, Michael Haneke
Django Unchained, Quentin Tarantino
Moonrise Kingdom, Wes Anderson and Roman Coppola
Zero Dark Thirty, Mark Boal
Flight, John Gatins

Winner: Django Unchained



Best Adapted Screenplay

Beasts of The Southern Wild, Lucy Alibar
Life of Pi, David McGee
Silver Linings Playbook, David O. Russell
Argo, Chris Terrio
Lincoln, Tony Kushner

Winner: Argo




Best Animated Feature
Wreck-It Ralph
Paranorman
Frankenweenie 
Brave
The Pirates! Bands of Misfits.

Winner: Brave



Best Foreign Language Film
Kon-Tiki
A Royal Affair
War Witch
No 
Amour

Winner: Amour




Best Cinematography

Skyfall, Roger Deakins
Anna Karenina, Seamus McGarvey
Life of Pi, Claudio Mirando 
Django Unchained, Robert Richardson
Lincoln, Janusz Kaminski

Winner: Life of Pi




Best Film Editing
Argo
Zero Dark Thirty
Life of Pi
Lincoln
Silver Linings Playbook

Winner: Argo




Best Production Design
Lincoln
Anna Karenina 
Life of Pi 
Les Miserables
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

Winner: Lincoln



Best Sound Mixing
Life of Pi
Argo
Les Miserables 
Skyfall
Lincoln

Winner: Les Miserables



Best Sound Editing
Life of Pi
Django Unchained
Argo
Skyfall
Zero Dark Thirty

Winner: A Tie - Skyfall and Zero Dark Thirty



Best Original Score

Lincoln
Argo
Life of Pi
Anna Karenina
Skyfall


Winner: Life of Pi



Best Original Song
Chasing Ice, "Before My Time"
Ted, "Everybody needs a best friend"
Skyfall, "Skyfall" 
Les Miserables, "Suddenly"
Life of Pi, "Pi's Lullaby"

Winner: Skyfall, "Skyfall"


Best Visual Effects
Marvel's The Avengers
Snow White and The Hunstman
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey 
Prometheus
Life of Pi

Winner: Life of Pi




Best Makeup
Hitchcock
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Les Miserables


Winner: Les Miserables




Best Costume Design
Mirror Mirror
Lincoln
Les Miserables 
Snow White and the Huntsman
Anna Karenina

Winner: Anna Karenina


Best Documentary Feature
The Invisible War
5 Broken Cameras
Searching For Sugarman
How To Survive A Plague 
The Gatekeepers

Winner: Searching For Sugar Man

Other winners

Best Live Action Short Film - Curfew

Best Animated Short - Paperman

Best Documentary Short - Inocente