Oscar nominations: Martin Scorsese’s Hugo up for 11 Academy Awards

Published on Tuesday 24 January 2012 14:50

Martin Scorsese’s family epic Hugo leads the pack at this year’s Academy Awards with eleven nominations, including Best Picture and Best Director.

It is closely followed by black and white silent film The Artist with ten nominations, including best film, best actor for French star Jean Dujardin and supporting actress for Berenice Bejo.

War Horse, based on the National Theatre play inspired by Michael Morpurgo’s novel, is up for six gongs, and is also among the movies vying for best film.

As well as The Artist, Steven Spielberg’s War Horse is up against The Descendants, Extremely Loud And Incredibly Close, The Help, Hugo, Midnight In Paris, Moneyball, and The Tree Of Life.

Cold War thriller Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy has been nominated for best adapted screenplay.

However, there was no recognition for We Need To Talk About Kevin, the critically acclaimed film from Scottish director Lynne Ramsay. Ramsay and lead actress Tilda Swinton had both received nods in the Golden Globes recently but the Academy decided to look elsewhere.

In the best actress category two-time Oscar winner Meryl Streep landed a record 17th nomination for her performance as Margaret Thatcher in The Iron Lady.

Britons Gary Oldman, Kenneth Branagh and Janet McTeer are also in the running for Academy Awards.

Oldman, 53, is up for best actor for his role as George Smiley in Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy.

It is his first Oscar nomination.

Branagh, 51, is in the running for best supporting actor for his performance as Sir Laurence Olivier in Marilyn Monroe biopic My Week With Marilyn.

The nominations for the 84th Academy Awards were announced in Beverly Hills by actress Jennifer Lawrence and Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences president Tom Sherak.

Nominations: Key categories

Best Picture

The Artist

The Descendants

Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close

The Help

Hugo

Midnight in Paris

Moneyball

The Tree of Life

War Horse

Actor In a Leading Role

Demián Bichir, A Better Life

George Clooney, The Descendants

Jean Dujardin, The Artist

Gary Oldman, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

Brad Pitt, Moneyball

Actress In a Leading Role

Glenn Close, Albert Nobbs

Viola Davis, The Help

Rooney Mara, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

Meryl Streep, The Iron Lady

Michelle Williams, My Week With Marilyn

Actor In a Supporting Role

Kenneth Branagh, My Week With Marilyn

Jonah Hill, Moneyball

Nick Nolte, Warrior

Christopher Plummer, Beginners

Max von Sydow, Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close

Actress In a Supporting Role

Bérénice Bejo, The Artist

Jessica Chastain, The Help

Melissa McCarthy, Bridesmaids

Janet McTeer, Albert Nobbs

Octavia Spencer, The Help

Animated Feature Film

A Cat in Paris

Chico & Rita

Kung Fu Panda 2

Puss in Boots

Rango

Best Cinematography

The Artist

The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo

Hugo

The Tree of Life

War Horse

Directing

Michel Hazanavicius, The Artist

Alexander Payne, The Descendants

Martin Scorsese, Hugo

Woody Allen, Midnight in Paris

Terrence Malick, The Tree of Life

Foreign Language Film

Belgium, Bullhead

Canada, Monsieur Lazhar

Iran, A Separation

Israel, Footnote

Poland, In Darkness

Writing (Adapted Screenplay)

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

Hugo: Screenplay by John Logan

The Ides of March: Screenplay by George Clooney & Grant Heslov and Beau Willimon

Moneyball: Screenplay by Steven Zaillian and Aaron Sorkin. Story by Stan Chervin

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy: Screenplay by Bridget O’Connor & Peter Straughan

Writing (Original Screenplay)

The Artist: Written by Michel Hazanavicius

Bridesmaids: Written by Annie Mumolo & Kristen Wiig

Margin Call: Written by J.C. Chandor

Midnight in Paris: Written by Woody Allen

A Separation: Written by Asghar Farhadi

• The full list of nominations (opens as PDF)

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