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.

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 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.

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, 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.
• Rango, Gore Verbinski.

Art Direction

• The Artist: production design - Laurence Bennett, set decoration - Robert Gould.
• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2: production design - Stuart Craig, set decoration - Stephenie McMillan.
• Hugo: production design - Dante Ferretti, set decoration - Francesca Lo Schiavo.
• Midnight in Paris: production design - Anne Seibel, set decoration - Hélène Dubreuil.
• War Horse: production design - Rick Carter, set decoration - Lee Sandales.

Cinematography

• The Artist, Guillaume Schiffman.
• The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Jeff Cronenweth.
• Hugo, Robert Richardson.
• The Tree of Life, Emmanuel Lubezki.
• War Horse, Janusz Kaminski.

Costume Design

• Anonymous, Lisy Christl.
• The Artist, Mark Bridges.
• Hugo, Sandy Powell.
• Jane Eyre, Michael O'Connor.
• W.E., Arianne Phillips.

Directing

• The Artist, Michel Hazanavicius.
• The Descendants, Alexander Payne.
• Hugo, Martin Scorsese.
• Midnight in Paris, Woody Allen.
• The Tree of Life, Terrence Malick.

Documentary (Feature)

• 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.
• Undefeated:TJ Martin, Dan Lindsay and Richard Middlemas.

Documentary (Short Subject)

• 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.
• Saving Face: Daniel Junge and Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy.
• The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom: Lucy Walker and Kira Carstensen.

Film Editing

• The Artist: Anne-Sophie Bion and Michel Hazanavicius.
• The Descendants: Kevin Tent.
• The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo: Kirk Baxter and Angus Wall.
• Hugo: Thelma Schoonmaker.
• Moneyball: Christopher Tellefsen.

Foreign Language Film

• Bullhead (Belgium).
• Footnote (Israel).
• In Darkness (Poland).
• Monsieur Lazhar (Canada).
• A Separation (Iran).

Makeup

• Albert Nobbs: Martial Corneville, Lynn Johnston and Matthew W. Mungle.
• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2: Nick Dudman, Amanda Knight and Lisa Tomblin.
• The Iron Lady: Mark Coulier and J. Roy Helland.

Music, Original Score

• The Adventures of Tintin: John Williams.
• The Artist: Ludovic Bource.
• Hugo: Howard Shore.
• Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy: Alberto Iglesias.
• War Horse: John Williams.

Music, Original Song

• Man or Muppet, from The Muppets: music and lyrics by Bret McKenzie.
• Real in Rio, from Rio: music by Sergio Mendes and Carlinhos Brown and lyrics by Siedah Garrett.

Best Picture

• The Artist: Thomas Langmann, producer.
• The Descendants: Jim Burke, Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor, producers.
• Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close: Scott Rudin, producer.
• The Help: Brunson Green, Chris Columbus and Michael Barnathan, producers.
• Hugo: Graham King and Martin Scorsese, producers.
• Midnight in Paris: Letty Aronson and Stephen Tenenbaum, producers.
• Moneyball: Michael De Luca, Rachael Horovitz and Brad Pitt, producers.
• The Tree of Life: Nominees to be determined.
• War Horse: Steven Spielberg and Kathleen Kennedy, producers.

Short Film, Animated

• Dimanche/Sunday: Patrick Doyon.
• The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore: William Joyce and Brandon Oldenburg.
• La Luna: Enrico Casarosa.
• A Morning Stroll: Grant Orchard and Sue Goffe.
• Wild Life: Amanda Forbis and Wendy Tilby.

Short Film, Live Action

• Pentecost: Peter McDonald and Eimear O'Kane.
• Raju: Max Zahle and Stefan Gieren.
• The Shore: Terry George and Oorlagh George.
• Time Freak: Andrew Bowler and Gigi Causey.
• Tuba Atlantic: Hallvar Witzo.

Sound Editing

• Drive: Lon Bender and Victor Ray Ennis.
• The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo: Ren Klyce.
• Hugo, Philip Stockton and Eugene Gearty.
• Transformers: Dark of the Moon, Ethan Van der Ryn and Erik Aadahl.
• War Horse: Richard Hymns and Gary Rydstrom

Sound Mixing

• The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo: David Parker, Michael Semanick, Ren Klyce and Bo Persson.
• Hugo: Tom Fleischman and John Midgley.
• Moneyball: Deb Adair, Ron Bochar, Dave 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 and Stuart Wilson.

Visual Effects

• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2: Tim Burke, David Vickery, Greg Butler and John Richardson.
• Hugo: Rob Legato, Joss Williams, Ben Grossman and Alex Henning.
• Real Steel: Erik Nash, John Rosengrant, Dan 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 Butler and John Frazier.

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.