We’re coming to the end of the 2012 superlatives! Normally I would try and make these into a fancy smancy chart but life sometimes tells you less is more and so, no pictures. I will be releasing my top 10 next week but since voting for the Circuit Awards at the site I write for, Awards Circuit, opens up today, I figured I share with everyone my nominees in all categories except Best Picture. So here you go!
The nominees are in ranked order, with the winners in bold.
Director
- Tom Tykwer and the Wachowskis, Cloud Atlas
- Kathryn Bigelow, Zero Dark Thirty
- Stpehen Chobsky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower
- Christopher McQuarrie, Jack Reacher
- Chris Butler and Sam Fell, ParaNorman
- Logan Lerman, The Perks of Being a Wallflower
- Joaquin Phoenix, The Master
- Richard Gere, Arbitrage
- Matthew Wilkas, Gayby
- Jean-Louis Tritingant, Amour
Actress
- Jessica Chastain, Zero Dark Thirty
- Jenn Harris, Gayby
- Kiera Knightley, Anna Karenina
- Emmanuelle Riva, Amour
- Kara Hayward, Moonrise Kingdom
Supporting Actress
- Doona Bae, Cloud Atlas
- Olivia Munn, Magic Mike
- Helen Hunt, The Sessions
- Sally Field, Lincoln
- Scarlett Johansson, The Avengers
Supporting Actor
- Nate Parker, Arbitrage
- Matthew McCounaghey, Magic Mike
- Jude Law, Anna Karenina
- Tom Sturridge, On the Road
- Sam Jackson, Django Unchained
Original Screenplay
- Zero Dark Thirty
- Gayby
- Magic Mike
- Seven Psychopaths
- Cabin in the Woods
Adapted Screenplay
- The Perks of Being a Wallflower
- Cloud Atlas
- Lincoln
- Argo
- The Hunger Games
Editing
- Cloud Atlas
- Argo
- Magic Mike
- Zero Dark Thirty
- How to Survive a Plague
Production Design
- Cloud Atlas
- The Impossible
- Les Miserables
- Prometheus
- Moonrise Kingdom
Cinematography
- The Master
- Anna Karenina
- Moonrise Kingdom
- Life of Pi
- On the Road
Visual Effects
- Looper
- Life of Pi
- Cloud Atlas
- ParaNorman
- Prometheus
Costume
- Snow White and the Huntsman
- Moonrise Kingdom
- Cloud Atlas
- Les Miserables
- Django Unchained
Makeup
- Cloud Atlas
- MIB3
- The Impossible
Sound Design
- Sinister
- Zero Dark Thirty
- Les Miserables
- Cloud Atlas
- The Hunger Games
Original Song
- Breath of Life, Snow White and the Huntsman
- Freedom, Django Unchained
- Who Did That To You, Django Unchained
- Skyfall, Skyfall
- Misty Mountains, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Original Score
- Cloud Atlas
- Zero Dark Thirty
- The Impossible
- ParaNorman
- Looper
Animated Film
- ParaNorman
- Rise of the Guardians
- Chico & Rita
- Frankenweenie
- Hotel Transylvania
Documentary
- How to Survive a Plague
- Central Park 5
- Hungry for Change
- Bully
- The Invisible War
Foreign Language
- Chico & Rita
- Amour
- The Intouchables
- A Royal Affair
- Holy Motors
Ensemble
- Cloud Atas
- Magic Mike
- The Perks of Being a Wallflower
- Les Miserables
- Zero Dark Thirty
Breakthrough Performance
- Doona Bae, Cloud Atlas
- Logan Lerman, The Perks of Being a Wallflower
- Jenn Harris, Gayby
- Bradley Cooper, Silver Linings Playbook
- Zachary Booth, Keep the Lights On
Body of Work
- David Oyelowo (Red Tails, Lincoln, Middle of Nowhere, The Paperboy, Jack Reacher)
- Joseph Gordon Levitt (Looper, Lincoln, Premium Rush, The Dark Knight Rises)
- Alexandre Desplat (Moonrise Kingdom, Argo, Rise of the Guardians, Zero Dark Thirty)
- Dane Dehan (Lawless, Lincoln, Chronicle)
- James Ransone (Sinister, Red Hook Summer, Starlet)