My Final 2013 Oscar Nomination Predictions

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scene from Lincoln courtesy of
screenrant.com

Well, the final balloting is being submitted this week by the Academy members to determine who are deemed this year "Oscar nominees." So, in keeping with the same time table, I'm finalizing my predictions in this post. All my research and my attempt to stay as close to the race as I could have brought me here. There can be anywhere from five to ten nominees for Best Picture - I settled on eight. The bigger awards are at the top, followed by the rest after the cut. If my count is correct, Lincoln is my prediction for the most nominations with 12. Any disagreements? Post away - always nice to hear from anyone and discuss the awards season.

Best Picture
Lincoln
Zero Dark Thirty
Argo
Silver Linings Playbook
Les Miserables
Life of Pi
Moonrise Kingdom
Amour

Best Actor
Daniel Day-Lewis, Lincoln
Hugh Jackman, Les Miserables
Denzel Washington, Flight
Bradley Cooper, Silver Linings Playbook
Joaquin Phoenix, The Master

Best Actress
Jennifer Lawrence, Silver Linings Playbook
Jessica Chastain, Zero Dark Thirty
Marion Cotillard, Rust & Bone
Naomi Watts, The Impossible
Emannuelle Riva, Amour

Best Supporting Actor
Tommy Lee Jones, Lincoln
Alan Arkin, Argo
Christoph Waltz, Django Unchained
Robert De Niro, Silver Linings Playbook
Phillip Seymour Hoffman, The Master

Best Supporting Actress
Sally Field, Lincoln
Anne Hathaway, Les Miserables
Helen Hunt, The Sessions
Maggie Smith, The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Amy Adams, The Master

Ben Affleck directing Argo courtesy of
collider.com

Best Director
Kathryn Bigelow, Zero Dark Thirty
Steven Spielberg, Lincoln
Ben Affleck, Argo
Ang Lee, Life of Pi
Michael Haneke, Amour

Best Original Screenplay
Mark Boal, Zero Dark Thirty
Michael Haneke, Amour
Paul Thomas Anderson, The Master
Quentin Tarantino, Django Unchained
Wes Anderson & Roman Coppola, Moonrise Kingdom

Best Adapted Screenplay
Tony Kushner, Lincoln
Chris Terrio, Argo
David O. Russell, Silver Linings Playbook
David Magee, Life of Pi
Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower

Best Editing
William Goldenberg & Dylan Tichenor, Zero Dark Thirty
Fred Raskin, Django Unchained
Michael Kahn, Lincoln
Tim Squyers, Life of Pi
Melanie Oliver & Chris Dickens, Les Miserables

Best Cinematography
Greig Fraser, Zero Dark Thirty
Cloudio Miranda, Life of Pi
Roger Deakins, Skyfall
Janusz Kaminski, Lincoln
Frank Griebe & John Toll, Cloud Atlas

Best Production Design (formerly Art Direction)
Lincoln
Life of Pi
The Master
Anna Karenina
Les Miserables

Best Sound Mixing
Zero Dark Thirty
Les Miserables
Django Unchained
Skyfall
Argo

Best Sound Editing
Zero Dark Thirty
Les Miserables
Argo
Skyfall
The Avengers

Best Costume Design
Lincoln
Les Miserables
Django Unchained
Cloud Atlas
The Hobbit

Best Original Score
Beasts of the Southern Wild
Argo
Cloud Atlas
Lincoln
Anna Karenina

scene from Amour courtesy of
guardian.co.uk

Best Foreign Language Film
Amour (Austria)
The Intouchables (France)
No (Chile)
A Royal Affair (Denmark)
Barbara (Germany) not on the short list; wasn't thinking
War Witch (Canada)

Best Documentary Feature
The Gatekeepers
How to Survive a Plague
Searching for Sugarman
The Invisible War
This is not a Film

Best Animated Feature
Frankenweenie
Brave
Rise of the Guardians
Wreck it Ralph
Paranorman

Best Visual Effects
Life of Pi
The Hobbit
Cloud Atlas
The Dark Knight Rises
The Avengers

Best Makeup
Lincoln
Les Miserables
The Hobbit

Best Song
"Suddenly" (Hugh Jackman, from Les Miserables)
"Skyfall" (Adele, from Skyfall)
"Learn Me Right" (Birdy/Mumford & Sons, from Brave)
"Touch The Sky" (Julie Folis, from Brave)
"From Here to the Moon and Back" (Dolly Parton, from Joyful Noise)

Best Live Action Short
Curfew
Death of a Shadow (Dood van een Schaduw)
A Fábrica (The Factory)
The Night Shift Belongs to the Stars
when you find me

Best Animated Short
Adam and Dog
Combustible
Maggie Simpson in The Longest Daycare
Paperman
Tram

Best Documentary Short
The Education of Mohammad Hussein
Inocente
Kings Point
Open Heart
Redemption