85th Academy Awards Winners

So the red curtains have closed and as prestigious film folk continue their partying (perhaps for days) Film Doctor can now tally up this year’s Academy Award winners:

Here is the list:

Cinematography – Claudio Miranda (Life of Pi)
Art Direction – Rick Carter, Jim Erickson (Lincoln)
Costume Design – Jacqueline Durran (Anna Karenina)
Make Up – Lisa Westcott and Julie Dartnell (Les Miserables)
Supporting Actress – Anne Hathaway (Les Miserables)
Supporting Actor – Christoph Waltz (Django Unchained)
Film in Foreign Language – Amour
Editing – William Goldenberg (Argo)
Sound Editing – TIED between Paul N. J. Ottosson (Zero Dark Thirty) and Per Hallberg, Karen M. Baker (Skyfall)
Sound Mixing – (Les Miserables)
Animated Feature – Brave
Visual Effects – Life of Pi
Documentary Feature – Searching for Sugar Man
Live Action Short – Curfew
Documentary Short – Inocente
Animation Short – Paperman
Score – Mychael Danna (Life of Pi)
Song – Adele (Skyfall)
Leading Actor – Daniel Day-Lewis (Lincoln)
Leading Actress – Jennifer Lawrence (Silver Linings Playbook)
Director – Ang Lee (Life of Pi)
Adapted Screenplay – Chris Terrio (Argo)
Original Screenplay – Quentin Tarantino (Django Unchained)
Best Picture – Argo

To round up, there was no absolute big-hitter but in total Life of Pi won the most awards, totalling 4, all celebrating the excellent audio-visual experience the film offers, as well as the huge task of directing. Les Miserables and Argo came out with 3 each, Django Unchained, Lincoln and Skyfall all ended up with 2.