IF I HAD AN OSCAR BALLOT

Best Picture


The Tree of Life
Drive
Shame
Take Shelter
Moneyball
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
Contagion
50/50
Young Adult
The Descendants

Best Director

Terrence Malick, The Tree of Life
Nicolas Winding Refn, Drive
Steve McQueen, Shame
Jeff Nichols, Take Shelter
Bennett Miller, Moneyball


Best Actor

Michael Fassbender, Shame
Michael Shannon, Take Shelter
Thomas Horn, Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
Brad Pitt, Moneyball/The Tree of Life
Joseph Gordon Levitt, 50/50
Demian Bechir, A Better Life
Jean Dujardin, The Artist
Gary Oldman, Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
Leonardo Di Caprio, J. Edgar


Best Actress

Rooney Mara, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Jessica Chastain, The Tree of Life, Take Shelter, The Debt, The Help
Charlize Theron, Young Adult
Kristen Wiig, Bridesmaids
Mia Wasikowska, Jane Eyre
Kiera Knightley, A Dangerous Method
Bernice Bejo, The Artist

Best Supporting Actor

Patton Oswalt, Young Adult
Jonah Hill, Moneyball
Hunter McCracken, The Tree of Life
Nick Nolte, Warrior
Andy Serkis, Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Michael Fassbender, A Dangerous Method, Jane Eyre, X-Men: First Class
Max Von Sydow, Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close

Best Supporting Actress

Carey Mulligan, Drive, Shame
Shailene Woodley, The Descandants
Saoirse Ronan, Hanna
Ellen Page, Super
Jennifer Ehle, Contagion
Anna Kendrick, 50/50
Melissa McCarthy, Bridesmaids


Best Original Screenplay

Terrence Malick, The Tree of Life
Steve McQueen & Abi Morgan, Shame
Will Reiser, 50/50
Diablo Cody, Young Adult
Scott Z. Burns, Contagion
Jeff Nichols, Take Shelter
Christopher Hampton, A Dangerous Method

Best Adapted Screenplay

Aaron Sorkin & Steven Zaillian, Moneyball
Steven Zaillian, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Hossein Amini, Drive
Peter Straughan, Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
Alexander Payne & Nat Faxon & Jim Rash, The Descendants
George Nolfi, The Adjustment Bureau


Best Cinematography

Emmanuel Lubezeki, The Tree of Life
Newton Thomas-Sigel, Drive
Sean Bobbit, Shame
Adriano Goldman, Jane Eyre
Robert Elswit, Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol
Jeff Cronenweth, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Robert Richardson, Hugo
Adam Stone, Take Shelter
Janusz Kaminski, War Horse


Best Original Score

Cliff Martinez, Contagion/Drive
Mychael Danna, Moneyball
Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Ludovic Bource, The Artist
Howard Shore, Hugo
Dario Marianelli, Jane Eyre


Best Film Editing

The Tree of Life
Drive
Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol
Contagion
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Shame


Best Costumes

Immortals
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
The Artist
J. Edgar
Captain America


Best Visual Effects

Transformers: Dark of the Moon
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Captain America
Immortals
Battle: Los Angeles


Best Animated Film

Rango
Tin Tin


Best Art Direction

The Tree of Life
Immortals
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Hanna
War Horse


Best Documentary

Forks Over Knives
Paradise Lost 3
Life In a Day
Bill Cunningham, New York
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