Best Picture & Directing
Best Picture
Best Director
Michael Haneke— Amour
David O. Russell— Silver Linings Playbook
Steven Spielberg— Lincoln
Benh Zeitlin— Beasts of the Southern Wild
Acting
Best Actor
Winner
Daniel Day-Lewis
Lincoln — record third Best Actor Oscar
Bradley Cooper— Silver Linings Playbook
Hugh Jackman— Les Misérables
Joaquin Phoenix— The Master
Denzel Washington— Flight
Best Actress
Winner
Jennifer Lawrence
Silver Linings Playbook — youngest Best Actress winner since 1986
Jessica Chastain— Zero Dark Thirty
Emmanuelle Riva— Amour
Quvenzhané Wallis— Beasts of the Southern Wild
Naomi Watts— The Impossible
Best Supporting Actor
Winner
Christoph Waltz
Django Unchained — as Dr. King Schultz; second Oscar
Alan Arkin— Argo
Robert De Niro— Silver Linings Playbook
Philip Seymour Hoffman— The Master
Tommy Lee Jones— Lincoln
Best Supporting Actress
Amy Adams— The Master
Sally Field— Lincoln
Helen Hunt— The Sessions
Jacki Weaver— Silver Linings Playbook
Writing
Best Original Screenplay
Best Adapted Screenplay
Technical Awards
Best Animated Feature
Best Foreign Language Film
Best Original Score
Best Cinematography
Best Film Editing
Best Visual Effects
Winner
Life of Pi
Bill Westenhofer, Guillaume Rocheron, Erik-Jan de Boer, Donald R. Elliott