The Artist won five Academy Awards on Sunday including best picture, becoming the first silent film to triumph at Hollywood’s highest honors since the original Oscar ceremony 83 years ago. Among other prizes for the black-and-white comic melodrama were best actor for Jean Dujardin and director for Michel Hazanavicius.(Associated Press). Here are the winners of the 84th Annual Academy Awards (Oscars Awards) 2012.
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Source: India Syndicate
![The Artist](http://wondrouspics.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/The-Artist.jpg)
Best Picture: ‘The Artist’
![Michel Hazanavicius](http://wondrouspics.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Michel-Hazanavicius.jpg)
Best Director: Michel Hazanavicius, ‘The Artist’
![Meryl-Streep](http://wondrouspics.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Meryl-Streep.jpg)
Best Actress: Meryl Streep, ‘The Iron Lady’
![Jean-Dujardin](http://wondrouspics.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Jean-Dujardin-540x433.jpg)
Best Actor: Jean Dujardin, ‘The Artist’
![Christopher-Plummer](http://wondrouspics.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Christopher-Plummer5-540x396.jpg)
Best Supporting Actor: Christopher Plummer, ‘Beginners’
![Octavia Spencer](http://wondrouspics.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Octavia-Spencer.jpg)
Best Supporting Actress: Octavia Spencer, ‘The Help’
![Woody Allen](http://wondrouspics.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Woody-Allen.jpg)
Best Original Screenplay: Woody Allen, ‘Midnight in Paris’
![William Joyce and Brandon Oldenburg](http://wondrouspics.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/William-Joyce-and-Brandon-Oldenburg.jpg)
Best Animated Short Film: ‘The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore’, William Joyce and Brandon Oldenburg
![Tom Fleischman and John Midgley](http://wondrouspics.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Tom-Fleischman-and-John-Midgley.jpg)
Best Sound Mixing: Tom Fleischman and John Midgley, ‘Hugo’
![TJ Martin, Dan Lindsay and Richard Middlemas](http://wondrouspics.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/TJ-Martin-Dan-Lindsay-and-Richard-Middlemas.jpg)
Best Documentary Feature: ‘Undefeated’, TJ Martin, Dan Lindsay and Richard Middlemas
![Terry George and Oorlagh George](http://wondrouspics.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Terry-George-and-Oorlagh-George.jpg)
Best Live Action Short Film: ‘The Shore’, Terry George and Oorlagh George
![Robert Richardson](http://wondrouspics.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Robert-Richardson.jpg)
Best Cinematography: Robert Richardson, ‘Hugo’
![Rob Legato, Joss Williams, Ben Grossman and Alex Henning](http://wondrouspics.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Rob-Legato-Joss-Williams-Ben-Grossman-and-Alex-Henning.jpg)
Best Visual Effects: ‘Hugo’, Rob Legato, Joss Williams, Ben Grossman and Alex Henning
![Philip Stockton and Eugene Gearty](http://wondrouspics.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Philip-Stockton-and-Eugene-Gearty.jpg)
Best Sound Editing: Philip Stockton and Eugene Gearty, ‘Hugo’
![Mark Coulier and J. Roy Helland](http://wondrouspics.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Mark-Coulier-and-J.-Roy-Helland.jpg)
Best Makeup: Mark Coulier and J. Roy Helland, ‘The Iron Lady’
![Mark Bridges](http://wondrouspics.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Mark-Bridges.jpg)
Best Costume: Mark Bridges, ‘The Artist’
![Ludovic Bource](http://wondrouspics.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Ludovic-Bource.jpg)
Best Original Score: ‘The Artist’, Ludovic Bource
![Kirk Baxter and Angus Wall](http://wondrouspics.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Kirk-Baxter-and-Angus-Wall.jpg)
Best Film Editing: Kirk Baxter and Angus Wall, ‘The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo’
![Gore Verbinski](http://wondrouspics.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Gore-Verbinski.jpg)
Best Animated Feature Film: ‘Rango’, Gore Verbinski
![Daniel Junge and Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy](http://wondrouspics.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Daniel-Junge-and-Sharmeen-Obaid-Chinoy.jpg)
Best Documentary (short subject): ‘Saving Face’, Daniel Junge and Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy
![Bret McKenzie](http://wondrouspics.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Bret-McKenzie.jpg)
Best Original Song: “Man or Muppet” from ‘The Muppets’, Bret McKenzie
![Asghar Farhadi](http://wondrouspics.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Asghar-Farhadi.jpg)
Best Foreign Language Film: Asghar Farhadi’s ‘A Separation’, Iran
![Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon and Jim Rash](http://wondrouspics.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Alexander-Payne-Nat-Faxon-and-Jim-Rash.jpg)
Best Adapted Screenplay: Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon and Jim Rash, ‘The Descendants’