My Oscar Choices

Best Picture

The Artist

Best Director

Michel Hazanavicius, The Artist

Best Actress

Viola Davis –The Help

Best Actor

Jean Dujardin, The Artist

Best Supporting Actor

Christopher Plummer, Beginners

Best Supporting Actress

Octavia Spencer, The Help

Writing (Adapted Screenplay)

"The Descendants" Screenplay by Alexander Payne and Nat Faxon & Jim Rash

Writing (Original Screenplay)

"The Artist" Written by Michel Hazanavicius

Animated Feature Film

"Rango"

Art Direction

"Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2" Production Design: Stuart Craig; Set 

Decoration: Stephenie McMillan

Cinematography

"The Artist"

Costume Design

"The Artist"

Documentary (Feature)

 Pina, Wim Wenders

Documentary (Short Subject)

Incident in New Baghdad

Film Editing

"The Artist"

Foreign Language Film

"A Separation" Iran

Makeup

"Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2"

Music (Original Score)

"The Artist" Ludovic Bource

Music (Original Song)

"Man or Muppet" from "The Muppets" Music and Lyric by Bret McKenzie

Short Film (Animated)

"The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore" William Joyce and Brandon Oldenburg

Short Film (Live Action)

"Tuba Atlantic" Hallvar Witzø

Sound Editing

"Transformers: Dark of the Moon" Ethan Van der Ryn and Erik Aadahl

Sound Mixing

"Transformers: Dark of the Moon" Greg P. Russell, Gary Summers, Jeffrey J. Haboush and Peter J. Devlin

Visual Effects

"Rise of the Planet of the Apes" Joe Letteri, Dan Lemmon, R. Christopher White and Daniel Barrett