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
  1. Tom Tykwer and the Wachowskis, Cloud Atlas
  2. Kathryn Bigelow, Zero Dark Thirty
  3. Stpehen Chobsky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower
  4. Christopher McQuarrie, Jack Reacher
  5. Chris Butler and Sam Fell, ParaNorman
Actor

  1. Logan Lerman, The Perks of Being a Wallflower
  2. Joaquin Phoenix, The Master
  3. Richard Gere, Arbitrage
  4. Matthew Wilkas, Gayby
  5. Jean-Louis Tritingant, Amour

Actress

  1. Jessica Chastain, Zero Dark Thirty
  2. Jenn Harris, Gayby
  3. Kiera Knightley, Anna Karenina
  4. Emmanuelle Riva, Amour
  5. Kara Hayward, Moonrise Kingdom

Supporting Actress

  1. Doona Bae, Cloud Atlas
  2. Olivia Munn, Magic Mike
  3. Helen Hunt, The Sessions
  4. Sally Field, Lincoln
  5. Scarlett Johansson, The Avengers

Supporting Actor

  1. Nate Parker, Arbitrage
  2. Matthew McCounaghey, Magic Mike
  3. Jude Law, Anna Karenina
  4. Tom Sturridge, On the Road
  5. Sam Jackson, Django Unchained

Original Screenplay

  1. Zero Dark Thirty
  2. Gayby
  3. Magic Mike
  4. Seven Psychopaths
  5. Cabin in the Woods

Adapted Screenplay

  1. The Perks of Being a Wallflower
  2. Cloud Atlas
  3. Lincoln
  4. Argo
  5. The Hunger Games

Editing

  1. Cloud Atlas
  2. Argo
  3. Magic Mike
  4. Zero Dark Thirty
  5. How to Survive a Plague

Production Design

  1. Cloud Atlas
  2. The Impossible
  3. Les Miserables
  4. Prometheus
  5. Moonrise Kingdom

Cinematography

  1. The Master
  2. Anna Karenina
  3. Moonrise Kingdom
  4. Life of Pi
  5. On the Road

Visual Effects

  1. Looper
  2. Life of Pi
  3. Cloud Atlas
  4. ParaNorman
  5. Prometheus

Costume

  1. Snow White and the Huntsman
  2. Moonrise Kingdom
  3. Cloud Atlas
  4. Les Miserables
  5. Django Unchained

Makeup

  1. Cloud Atlas
  2. MIB3
  3. The Impossible

Sound Design

  1. Sinister
  2. Zero Dark Thirty
  3. Les Miserables
  4. Cloud Atlas
  5. The Hunger Games

Original Song

  1. Breath of Life, Snow White and the Huntsman
  2. Freedom, Django Unchained
  3. Who Did That To You, Django Unchained
  4. Skyfall, Skyfall
  5. Misty Mountains, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

Original Score

  1. Cloud Atlas
  2. Zero Dark Thirty
  3. The Impossible
  4. ParaNorman
  5. Looper

Animated Film

  1. ParaNorman
  2. Rise of the Guardians
  3. Chico & Rita
  4. Frankenweenie
  5. Hotel Transylvania

Documentary

  1. How to Survive a Plague
  2. Central Park 5
  3. Hungry for Change
  4. Bully
  5. The Invisible War

Foreign Language

  1. Chico & Rita
  2. Amour
  3. The Intouchables
  4. A Royal Affair
  5. Holy Motors

Ensemble

  1. Cloud Atas
  2. Magic Mike
  3. The Perks of Being a Wallflower
  4. Les Miserables
  5. Zero Dark Thirty

Breakthrough Performance

  1. Doona Bae, Cloud Atlas
  2. Logan Lerman, The Perks of Being a Wallflower
  3. Jenn Harris, Gayby
  4. Bradley Cooper, Silver Linings Playbook
  5. Zachary Booth, Keep the Lights On

Body of Work

  1. David Oyelowo (Red Tails, Lincoln, Middle of Nowhere, The Paperboy, Jack Reacher)
  2. Joseph Gordon Levitt (Looper, Lincoln, Premium Rush, The Dark Knight Rises)
  3. Alexandre Desplat (Moonrise Kingdom, Argo, Rise of the Guardians, Zero Dark Thirty)
  4. Dane Dehan (Lawless, Lincoln, Chronicle)
  5. James Ransone (Sinister, Red Hook Summer, Starlet)