84th Academy Awards Facts for Kids

The 84th Academy Awards was a big event that celebrated the best movies of 2011. It happened on February 26, 2012, at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood. The famous comedian Billy Crystal hosted the show, making everyone laugh.

The movie The Artist was a huge winner, taking home five important Oscars. These included the award for Best Picture, Best Actor for Jean Dujardin, and Best Director for Michel Hazanavicius. Another popular movie, Hugo, also won five Oscars. The Iron Lady won two awards. Many other movies won one Oscar each, like Beginners, The Descendants, The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, The Help, Midnight in Paris, The Muppets, Rango, Saving Face, A Separation, The Shore, and Undefeated.

Who Won at the 84th Oscars?
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Who Won at the 84th Oscars?

The Academy Awards honor the best in filmmaking. Here are some of the main winners from the 84th ceremony. The winners are listed first in each group.

Top Movie and Director Awards

Main Winners of the 84th Academy Awards
scope="col" style="background:#EEDD82;" ! Best Picture	scope="col" style="background:#EEDD82;" ! Best Director
Thomas Langmann - The Artist The Descendants Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close The Help Hugo Midnight in Paris Moneyball The Tree of Life War Horse	Michel Hazanavicius - The Artist Woody Allen - Midnight Paris Terrence Malick - The Tree of Life Alexander Payne - The Descendants Martin Scorsese - Hugo

Best Actors and Actresses

scope="col" style="background:#EEDD82;" ! Best Actor	scope="col" style="background:#EEDD82;" ! Best Actress
Jean Dujardin – The Artist Demián Bichir - A Better Life George Clooney - The Descendants Gary Oldman - Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy Brad Pitt - Moneyball	Meryl Streep – The Iron Lady Glenn Close – Albert Nobbs Viola Davis - The Help Rooney Mara - The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Michelle Williams - My Week with Marilyn
scope="col" style="background:#EEDD82;" ! Best Supporting Actor	scope="col" style="background:#EEDD82;" ! Best Supporting Actress
Christopher Plummer - Beginners Kenneth Branagh – My Week with Marilyn Jonah Hill - Moneyball Nick Nolte - Warrior Max von Sydow - Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close	Octavia Spencer - The Help Bérénice Bejo – The Artist Jessica Chastain – The Help Melissa McCarthy – Bridesmaids Janet McTeer – Albert Nobbs

Writing and Animated Film Awards

scope="col" style="background:#EEDD82;" ! Best Original Screenplay	scope="col" style="background:#EEDD82;" ! Best Adapted Screenplay
Woody Allen - Midnight in Paris Michel Hazanavicius - The Artist Kristen Wiig and Annie Mumolo - Bridesmaids J. C. Chandor - Margin Call Asghar Farhadi - A Seperation	Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon, and Jim Rash - The Descendants John Logan - Hugo George Clooney, Grant Heslov, and Beau Willimon - The Ides of March Steven Zaillian and Aaron Sorkin - Moneyball Bridget O'Connor and Peter Straughan - Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
scope="col" style="background:#EEDD82;" ! Best Animated Feature	scope="col" style="background:#EEDD82;" ! Best Foreign Language Film
Gore Verbinski - Rango A Cat in Paris Chico and Rita Kung Fu Panda 2 Puss in Boots	Asghar Farhadi - A Separation (Iran) Bullhead (Belgium) Footnote (Israel) In Darkness (Poland) Monsieur Lazhar (Canada)

Music and Sound Awards

scope="col" style="background:#EEDD82;" ! Best Original Music Score	scope="col" style="background:#EEDD82;" ! Best Song
Ludovic Bource - The Artist John Williams - The Adventures of Tintin Howard Shore - Hugo Alberto Iglesias - Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy John Williams - War Horse	Bret McKenzie - The Muppets ("Man or Muppet") Sérgio Mendes, Carlinhos Brown, and Siedah Garrett - Rio ("Real in Rio")
scope="col" style="background:#EEDD82;" ! Best Sound Effects Editing	scope="col" style="background:#EEDD82;" ! Best Sound Mixing
Philip Stockton and Eugene Gearty - Hugo Drive The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Transformers: Dark of the Moon War Horse	Tom Fleischman and John Midgley - Hugo The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Moneyball Transformers: Dark of the Moon War Horse

Visual and Technical Awards

scope="col" style="background:#EEDD82;" ! Best Production Design	scope="col" style="background:#EEDD82;" ! Best Cinematography
Dante Ferretti and Francesa Lo Schiavo - Hugo The Artist Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 Midnight in Paris War Horse	Robert Richardson - Hugo Guillaume Schiffman - The Artist Jeff Cronenweth - The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo Emmanuel Lubezki - The Tree of Life Janusz Kamiński - War Horse
scope="col" style="background:#EEDD82;" ! Best Makeup	scope="col" style="background:#EEDD82;" ! Best Costume Design
Mark Coulier and J. Roy Helland - The Iron Lady Albert Nobbs Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2	Mark Bridges - The Artist Anonymous Hugo Jane Eyre W.E.
scope="col" style="background:#EEDD82;" ! Best Film Editing	scope="col" style="background:#EEDD82;" ! Best Visual Effects
Angus Wall and Kirk Baxter - The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo The Artist The Descendants Hugo Moneyball	Rob Legato, Joss Williams, Ben Grossmann, and Alex Henning - Hugo Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 Real Steel Rise of the Planet of the Apes Transformers: Dark of the Moon