85th Annual Oscar Predictions

The following are my predictions for the 85th annual Academy Awards when the Oscar ceremonies are held February 24th 2013.

Best Picture:  Argo

Best Actor: Daniel Day-Lewis, Lincoln

Best Actress:  Jennifer Lawrence, Silver Linings Playbook

Best Supporting Actor: Robert De Niro, Silver Linings Playbook

Best Supporting Actress:  Anne Hathaway, Les Miserables

Best Director: Ang Lee, Life of Pi

Best Original Screenplay:  Zero Dark Thirty, Mark Boal

Best Adapted Screenplay:  Argo, Chris Terrio

Best Animated Feature:  Wreck-It Ralph

Best Cinematography:  Life of Pi, Claudio Miranda

Best Costume Design:  Anna Karenina, Jacqueline Durran

Best Documentary Feature: Searching for Sugar Man

Best Documentary Short:  Inocente

Best Film Editing:  Argo, William Goldenberg

Best Foreign Language Film:  Amour, Austria

Best Makeup and Hairstyling:  Les Misérables, Lisa Westcott and Julie Dartnell

Best Original Score:  Life of Pi, Mychael Danna

Best Original Song:  “Skyfall” from Skyfall, music and lyric by Adele Adkins and Paul Epworth

Best Production Design:  Life of Pi, Production Design: David Gropman; Set Decoration: Anna Pinnock

Best Animated Short:  Paperman

Best Live Action Short:  Curfew

Best Sound Editing:  Life of Pi, Eugene Gearty and Philip Stockton

Best Sound Mixing:  Les Misérables, Andy Nelson, Mark Paterson and Simon Hayes

Best Visual Effects:  Life of Pi, Bill Westenhofer, Guillaume Rocheron, Erik-Jan De Boer and Donald R. Elliott