| Best Picture | Best Director |
| The Artist – Thomas Langmann - The Descendants – Jim Burke, Jim Taylor, and Alexander Payne
- Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close – Scott Rudin
- The Help – Brunson Green, Chris Columbus, and Michael Barnathan
- Hugo – Graham King and Martin Scorsese
- Midnight in Paris – Letty Aronson and Stephen Tenenbaum
- Moneyball – Michael De Luca, Rachael Horovitz, and Brad Pitt
- The Tree of Life – Dede Gardner, Sarah Green, Grant Hill, andBill Pohlad
- War Horse – Steven Spielberg and Kathleen Kennedy
| Michel Hazanavicius – The Artist - Woody Allen – Midnight in Paris
- Terrence Malick – The Tree of Life
- Alexander Payne – The Descendants
- Martin Scorsese – Hugo
|
| Best Actor | Best Actress |
| Jean Dujardin – The Artist as George Valentin - Demián Bichir – A Better Life as Carlos Galindo
- George Clooney – The Descendants as Matt King
- Gary Oldman – Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy as George Smiley
- Brad Pitt – Moneyball as Billy Beane
| Meryl Streep – The Iron Lady as Margaret Thatcher - Glenn Close – Albert Nobbs as Albert Nobbs
- Viola Davis – The Help as Aibileen Clark
- Rooney Mara – The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo as Lisbeth Salander
- Michelle Williams – My Week with Marilyn as Marilyn Monroe
|
| Best Supporting Actor | Best Supporting Actress |
| Christopher Plummer – Beginners as Hal Fields - Kenneth Branagh – My Week with Marilyn as Laurence Olivier
- Jonah Hill – Moneyball as Peter Brand
- Nick Nolte – Warrior as Paddy Conlon
- Max von Sydow – Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close as The Renter
| Octavia Spencer – The Help as Minny Jackson - Bérénice Bejo – The Artist as Peppy Miller
- Jessica Chastain – The Help as Celia Foote
- Melissa McCarthy – Bridesmaids as Megan Price
- Janet McTeer – Albert Nobbs as Hubert Page
|
| Best Writing – Original Screenplay | Best Writing – Adapted Screenplay |
| Midnight in Paris – Woody Allen - The Artist – Michel Hazanavicius
- Bridesmaids – Kristen Wiig and Annie Mumolo
- Margin Call – J.C. Chandor
- A Separation – Asghar Farhadi
| The Descendants – Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon, and Jim Rash from The Descendants by Kaui Hart Hemmings - Hugo – John Logan from The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick
- The Ides of March – George Clooney, Grant Heslov, and Beau Willimon from Farragut North by Beau Willimon
- Moneyball – Screenplay by Steven Zaillian and Aaron Sorkin; Story by Stan Chervin from Moneyball by Michael Lewis
- Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy – Bridget O'Connor and Peter Straughan from Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy by John le Carré
|
| Best Animated Feature | Best Foreign Language Film |
| Rango – Gore Verbinski - A Cat in Paris – Alain Gagnol and Jean-Loup Felicioli
- Chico and Rita – Fernando Trueba and Javier Mariscal
- Kung Fu Panda 2 – Jennifer Yuh Nelson
- Puss in Boots – Chris Miller
| A Separation (Iran) in Persian – Asghar Farhadi - Bullhead (Belgium) in Dutch and French – Michaël R. Roskam
- Footnote (Israel) in Hebrew – Joseph Cedar
- In Darkness (Poland) in Polish – Agnieszka Holland
- Monsieur Lazhar (Canada) in French – Philippe Falardeau
|
| Best Documentary – Feature | Best Documentary – Short Subject |
| Undefeated – TJ Martin, Dan Lindsay, and Richard Middlemas - Hell and Back Again – Danfung Dennis and Mike Lerner
- If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front – Marshall Curry and Sam Cullman
- Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory – Joe Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsky
- Pina – Wim Wenders and Gian-Piero Ringel
| Saving Face – Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy and Daniel Junge - The Barber of Birmingham: Foot Soldier of the Civil Rights Movement – Robin Fryday and Gail Dolgin
- God Is the Bigger Elvis – Rebecca Cammisa and Julie Anderson
- Incident in New Baghdad – James Spione
- The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom – Lucy Walker and Kira Carstensen
|
| Best Live Action Short Film | Best Animated Short Film |
| The Shore – Terry George and Oorlagh George - Pentecost – Peter McDonald and Eimear O'Kane
- Raju – Max Zähle and Stefan Gieren
- Time Freak – Andrew Bowler and Gigi Causey
- Tuba Atlantic – Hallvar Witzø
| The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore – William Joyce and Brandon Oldenburg - Dimanche – Patrick Doyon
- La Luna – Enrico Casarosa
- A Morning Stroll – Grant Orchard and Sue Goffe
- Wild Life – Amanda Forbis and Wendy Tilby
|
| Best Original Score | Best Original Song |
| The Artist – Ludovic Bource - The Adventures of Tintin – John Williams
- Hugo – Howard Shore
- Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy – Alberto Iglesias
- War Horse – John Williams
| "Man or Muppet" from The Muppets – Bret McKenzie - "Real in Rio" from Rio – Sérgio Mendes, Carlinhos Brown, andSiedah Garrett
|
| Best Sound Editing | Best Sound Mixing |
| Hugo – Philip Stockton and Eugene Gearty - Drive – Lon Bender and Victor Ray Ennis
- The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo – Ren Klyce
- Transformers: Dark of the Moon – Ethan Van der Ryn and Erik Aadahl
- War Horse – Richard Hymns and Gary Rydstrom
| Hugo – Tom Fleischman and John Midgley - The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo – David Parker, Michael Semanick, Ren Klyce, and Bo Persson
- Moneyball – Deb Adair, Ron Bochar, David Giammarco, and Ed Novick
- Transformers: Dark of the Moon – Greg P. Russell, Gary Summers, Jeffrey J. Haboush, and Peter J. Devlin
- War Horse – Gary Rydstrom, Andy Nelson, Tom Johnson, andStuart Wilson
|
| Best Art Direction | Best Cinematography |
| Hugo – Dante Ferretti and Francesca Lo Schiavo - The Artist – Laurence Bennett and Robert Gould
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 – Stuart Craig andStephanie McMillan
- Midnight in Paris – Anne Seibel and Hélène Dubreuil
- War Horse – Rick Carter and Lee Sandales
| Hugo – Robert Richardson - The Artist – Guillaume Schiffman
- The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo – Jeff Cronenweth
- The Tree of Life – Emmanuel Lubezki
- War Horse – Janusz Kamiński
|
| Best Makeup | Best Costume Design |
| The Iron Lady – Mark Coulier and J. Roy Helland - Albert Nobbs – Martial Corneville, Lynn Johnson, and Matthew W. Mungle
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 – Nick Dudman,Amanda Knight, and Lisa Tomblin
| The Artist – Mark Bridges - Anonymous – Lisy Christl
- Hugo – Sandy Powell
- Jane Eyre – Michael O'Connor
- W.E. – Arianne Phillips
|
| Best Film Editing | Best Visual Effects |
| The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo – Angus Wall and Kirk Baxter - The Artist – Anne-Sophie Bion and Michel Hazanavicius
- The Descendants – Kevin Tent
- Hugo – Thelma Schoonmaker
- Moneyball – Christopher Tellefsen
| Hugo – Rob Legato, Joss Williams, Ben Grossmann, and Alex Henning - Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 – Tim Burke, David Vickery, Greg Butler, and John Richardson
- Real Steel – Erik Nash, John Rosengrant, Danny Gordon Taylor, and Swen Gillberg
- Rise of the Planet of the Apes – Joe Letteri, Dan Lemmon, R. Christopher White, and Daniel Barrett
- Transformers: Dark of the Moon – Scott Farrar, Scott Benza,Matthew E. Butler, and John Frazier
|
