Academy Award Predictions: 2012

The nominations for the best films of the year have been announced, and we here at the Double Reel are ready to give you our predictions for the winners of the most outstanding achievements in film for the past year. 

Last year, Mark guessed 12 correct, and Josh guessed 13 correct, for a combined 17 correct predictions. Will we do any better this year?

The 84th Academy Awards will be held on Sunday, Febuary 26th at 6pm (CST) on ABC. 

Hit the jump to see the nominees, and our predictions for all 24 categories this year.

Josh's Predictions

Mark's Predictions

Agreed Upon Predictions

Best Motion Picture of the Year

The Artist

The Descendants

Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close

The Help

Hugo

Midnight in Paris

Moneyball

The Tree of Life

War Horse

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role

Glenn Close - Albert Nobbs

Viola Davis - The Help

Rooney Mara - The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

Meryl Streep - The Iron Lady

Michelle Williams - My Week with Marilyn

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role

Demián Bichir - A Better Life

George Clooney - The Descendants

Jean Dujardin - The Artist

Gary Oldman - Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

Brad Pitt - Moneyball

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role

Bérénice Bejo - The Artist

Jessica Chastain - The Help

Melissa McCarthy - Bridesmaids

Janet McTeer - Albert Nobbs

Octavia Spencer - The Help

Best Performance by and Actor in a Supporting Role

Kenneth Branagh - My Week with Marilyn

Jonah Hill - Moneyball

Nick Nolte - Warrior

Christopher Plummer - Beginners

Max von Sydow - Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close

Best Achievement in Directing

Woody Allen - Midnight in Paris

Michel Hazanavicius - The Artist

Terrance Malick - The Tree of Life

Alexander Payne - The Descendants

Martin Scorsese - Hugo

Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen

The Artist - Michel Hazanavicius

Bridesmaids - Kristen Wiig, Annie Mumolo

Margin Call - J.C. Chandor

Midnight in Paris - Woody Allen

A Separation - Asghar Farhadi

Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material previously Produced or Published

The Descendants - Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon, Jim Rash

Hugo - John Logan

The Ides of March - George Clooney, Grant Heslov, Beau Willimon

Moneyball - Steven Zaillian, Aaron Sorkin, Stan Chervin

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy - Bridget O'Connor, Peter Straughan

Best Achievement in Cinematography

The Artist - Guillaume Schiffman

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo - Jeff Cronenweth

Hugo - Robert Richardson

The Tree of Life - Emmanuel Lubezki

War Horse - Janusz Kaminski

Best Achievement in Editing

The Artist - Anne-Sophie Bion, Michel Hazanavicius

The Descendants - Kevin Tent

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo - Angus Wall, Kirk Baxter

Hugo - Thelma Schoonmaker

Moneyball - Christopher Tellefsen

Best Achievement in Art Direction

The Artist - Laurence Bennett, Robert Gould

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 - Stuart Craig, Stephenie McMillan

Hugo - Dante Ferretti, Francesca Lo Schiavo

Midnight in Paris - Anne Seibel, Hélène Dubreuil

War Horse - Rick Carter, Lee Sandales

Best Achievement in Music written for Motion Pictures, Original Score

The Adventures of Tintin - John Williams

The Artist - Ludovic Bource

Hugo - Howard Shore

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy - Alberto Iglesias

War Horse - John Williams

Best Achievement in Music written for Motion Pictures, Original Song

Man or Muppet (The Muppets) - Bret McKenzie

Real in Rio (Rio) - Sergio Mendes, Carlinhos Brown, Siedah Garrett

Best Achievement in Sound Mixing

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo - David Parker, Michael Semanick, Ren Klyce, Bo Persson

Hugo - Tom Fleischman, John Midgley

Moneyball - Deb Adair, Ron Bochar, David Giammarco, Ed Novick

Transformers: Dark of the Moon - Greg Russell, Gary Summers, Jeffrey Haboush, Peter Devlin

War Horse - Gary Rydstrom, Andy Nelson, Tom Johnson, Stuary Wilson

Best Achievement in Sound Editing

Drive - Lon Bender, Victor Ray Ennis

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo - Ren Klyce

Hugo - Philip Stockton, Eugene Gearty

Transformers: Dark of the Moon - Ethan Van der Ryn, Erik Aadahl

War Horse - Richard Hymns, Gary Rydstrom

Best Achievement in Visual Effects

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 - Tim Burke, David Vickery, Greg Butler, John Richardson
Hugo - Robert Legato, Joss Williams, Ben Grossmann, Alen Henning
Real Steel - Erik Nash, John Rosengrant, Danny Gordon Taylor, Swen Gillberg

Rise of the Planet of the Apes - Joe Letteri, Dan Lemmon, R. Christopher White, Daniel Barrett

Transformers: Dark of the Moon - Scott Farrar, Scott Benza, Matthew Butler, John Frazier


Best Achievement in Costume Design

Anonymous - Lisy Christl

The Artist - Mark Bridges

Hugo - Sandy Powell

Jane Eyre - Michael O'Connor
W.E. - Arianne Phillips


Best Achievement in Makeup

Albert Nobbs - Martial Corneville, Lynn Johnson, Matthew Mungle

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 - Nick Dudman, Amanda Knight, Lisa Tomblin

The Iron Lady - Mark Coulier, J. Roy Helland


Best Animated Feature Film of the Year

A Cat in Paris - Alain Gagnol, Jean-Loup Felicioli
Chico & Rita - Fernando Trueba, Javier Mariscal
Kung Fu Panda 2 - Jennifer Yuh
Puss in Boots - Chris Miller

Rango - Gore Verbinski

Best Foreign Language Film of the Year

Bullhead (Belgium) - Michael R. Roskam
Footnote (Israel) - Joseph Cedar
In Darkness (Poland) - Agnieszka Holland
Monsieur Lazhar (Canada) - Philippe Falardeau

A Separation (Iran) - Asghar Farhadi

Best Documentary, Feature

Hell and Back Again - Danfung Dennis, Mike Lerner
If a Tree Falls: The Story of the Earth Liberation Front - Marshall Curry, Sam Cullman

Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory - Joe Berlinger, Bruce Sinofsky

Pina - Wim Wenders, Gian-Piero Ringel
Undefeated - Daniel Lindsay, T.J. Martin, Rich Middlemas


Best Documentary, Short

The Barber of Birmingham: Foot Soldier of the Civil Rights Movement - Robin Fryday, Gail Dolgin

God is the Bigger Elvis - Rebecca Cammisa, Julie Anderson
Incident in New Baghdad - James Spione
Saving Face - Daniel Junge, Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy
The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom - Lucy Walker, Kira Carstensen


Best Short Film, Live Action

Pentecost - Peter McDonald
Raju - Max Zähle, Stefan Gieren
The Shore - Terry George, Oorlagh George

Time Freak - Andrew Bowlder, Gigi Causey

Tuba Atlantic - Hallvar Witzø


Best Short Film, Animated

Dimanche - Partick Doyon

The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore - William Joyce, Brandon Oldenburg
La Luna - Enrico Casarosa
A Morning Stroll - Grant Orchard, Sue Goffe
Wild Life - Amanda Forbis, Wendy Tilby


Feel like we're totally off on some of our predictions? Leave a comment with your opinions!

Don't forget, the Oscars will be airing at 6pm (CST) on Sunday, February 26th, on ABC.