05 February 2013

My Oscar prediction list and Winners of 2013




Here are the actual winners of Academy awards, compared my my Oscar prediction list. In black are the winners I thought would win, and in blue are the actual winners. In short, if there's no blue, it means I got that one correct.

  1. Best Motion Picture of the Year : Lincoln (Original Winner: Argo)
  2. Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role: Daniel Day-Lewis for Lincoln 
  3. Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role:Jennifer Lawrence for Silver Linings Playbook
  4. Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role: Christoph Waltz for Django Unchained
  5. Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role: Anne Hathaway for Les Misérables
  6. Best Achievement in Directing: Steven Spielberg for Lincoln (Original Winner: Ang Lee for Life of Pi)
  7. Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen: Moonrise Kingdom: Wes Anderson, Roman Coppola (Original Winner: Django Unchained – Quentin Tarantino)
  8. Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published: Silver Linings Playbook: David O. Russell (Original Winner: Argo – Chris Terrio)
  9. Best Animated Feature Film of the Year: Wreck-It Ralph: Rich Moore (Original Winner: Brave)
  10. Best Foreign Language Film of the Year: Amour
  11. Best Achievement in Cinematography: Life of Pi: Claudio Miranda 
  12. Best Achievement in Editing: Life of Pi: Tim Squyres (Original Winner: Argo – William Goldenberg)
  13. Best Achievement in Production Design: Les Misérables: Eve Stewart, Anna Lynch-Robinson (Original Winner: Lincoln – Rick Carter and Jim Erickson)
  14. Best Achievement in Costume Design: Les Misérables: Paco Delgado (Original Winner: Anna Karenina – Jacqueline Durran)
  15. Best Achievement in Makeup and Hairstyling: The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey : Peter King, Rick Findlater, Tami Lane (Original Winner: Les Misérables – Lisa Westcott and Julie Dartnell)
  16. Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Score: Lincoln: John Williams (Original Winner: Life of Pi – Mychael Danna)
  17. Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Song: Skyfall (2012): Adele, Paul Epworth("Skyfall")
  18. Best Achievement in Sound Mixing: Les Misérables: Andy Nelson, Mark Paterson, Simon Hayes
  19. Best Achievement in Sound Editing: Skyfall: Per Hallberg, Karen M. Baker (Also Zero Dark Thirty – Paul N. J. Ottosson)
  20. Best Achievement in Visual Effects: Life of Pi: Bill Westenhofer, Guillaume Rocheron, Erik De Boer, Donald Elliott