OSCAR Winners Predictions 2013

Here are the 85th Academy Awards / OSCAR Winners predictions on February 24, 2013.

BEST PICTURE, The nominees: “Amour” — “Argo” — “Beasts of the Southern Wild” — “Django Unchained” — “Les Misérables” — “Life of Pi” — “Lincoln” — “Silver Linings Playbook” — “Zero Dark Thirty”

And the winner is ……==> “Argo.”

DIRECTOR, The nominees:

• Michael Haneke, “Amour”
• Ang Lee, “Life of Pi”
• David O. Russell, “Silver Linings Playbook”
• Steven Spielberg, “Lincoln”
• Benh Zeitlin, “Beasts of the Southern Wild”

And the winner is ……==> Spielberg.

ORIGINAL SONG, The nominees:

• "Before My Time" from "Chasing Ice," music and lyric by J. Ralph
• "Everybody Needs a Best Friend" from "Ted," music by Walter Murphy; lyric by Seth MacFarlane
• "Pi’s Lullaby" from "Life of Pi," music by Mychael Danna; lyric by Bombay Jayashri
• "Skyfall" from "Skyfall," music and lyric by Adele Adkins and Paul Epworth
• "Suddenly" from "Les Misérables," music by Claude-Michel Schönberg; lyric by Herbert Kretzmer and Alain Boublil

And the winner is …..==> Skyfall.

ORIGINAL SCORE, The nominees:

• "Anna Karenina," Dario Marianelli
• "Argo," Alexandre Desplat
• "Life of Pi," Mychael Danna
• "Lincoln," John Williams
• "Skyfall," Thomas Newman

And the winner is …..==> "Life of Pi."

SOUND EDITING, The nominees:

• "Argo," Erik Aadahl and Ethan Van der Ryn
• "Django Unchained," Wylie Stateman
• "Life of Pi," Eugene Gearty and Philip Stockton
• "Skyfall," Per Hallberg and Karen Baker Landers
• "Zero Dark Thirty," Paul N.J. Ottosson

And the winner is …..==> "Life of Pi."

SOUND MIXING, The nominees:

• "Argo," John T. Reitz, Gregg Rudloff and José Antonio García
• "Les Misérables," Andy Nelson, Mark Paterson and Simon Hayes
• "Life of Pi," Ron Bartlett, D.M. Hemphill and Drew Kunin
• "Lincoln," Andy Nelson, Gary Rydstrom and Ronald Judkins
• "Skyfall," Scott Millan, Greg P. Russell and Stuart Wilson

And the winner is …..==> "Les Miserables."

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY, The nominees

• “Argo,” Chris Terrio
• “Beasts of the Southern Wild,” Lucy Alibar and Benh Zeitlin
• “Life of Pi,” David Magee
• “Lincoln,” Tony Kushner
• “Silver Linings Playbook,” David O. Russell

And the winner is …..==> "Argo."

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY, The nominees

• “Amour," Michael Haneke
• “Django Unchained,” Quentin Tarantino
• “Flight,” John Gatins
• “Moonrise Kingdom,” Wes Anderson and Roman Coppola
• “Zero Dark Thirty,” Mark Boal

And the winner is …..==> "Amour."

FILM EDITING, The nominees

• “Argo,” William Goldenberg
• “Life of Pi,” Tim Squyres
• “Lincoln,” Michael Kahn
• “Silver Linings Playbook,” Jay Cassidy and Crispin Struthers
• “Zero Dark Thirty,” Dylan Tichenor and William Goldenberg

And the winner is …..==> "Argo"

CINEMATOGRAPHY, The nominees:

• "Anna Karenina," Seamus McGarvey
• "Django Unchained," Robert Richardson
• "Life of Pi," Claudio Miranda
• "Lincoln," Janusz Kaminski
• "Skyfall," Roger Deakins

And the winner is …..==> "Life of Pi."

PRODUCTION DESIGN, The nominees:

• "Anna Karenina," production design: Sarah Greenwood; set decoration: Katie Spencer
• "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey," production design: Dan Hennah; set decoration: Ra Vincent and Simon Brigh
• "Les Misérables," production design: Eve Stewart; set decoration: Anna Lynch-Robinson
• "Life of Pi," production design: David Gropman; set decoration: Anna Pinnock
• "Lincoln," production design: Rick Carter; set decoration: Jim Erickson

And the winner is …..==> "Anna Karenina"

COSTUME DESIGN, The nominees:

• "Anna Karenina," Jacqueline Durran
• "Les Misérables," Paco Delgado
• "Lincoln," Joanna Johnston
• "Mirror Mirror," Eiko Ishioka
• "Snow White and the Huntsman," Colleen Atwood

And the winner is …..==> "Anna Karenina"

MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING, The nominees:

• "Hitchcock," Howard Berger, Peter Montagna and Martin Samuel
• "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey," Peter Swords King, Rick Findlater and Tami Lane
• "Les Misérables," Lisa Westcott and Julie Dartnell

And the winner is …..==> "The Hobbit."

VISUAL EFFECTS, The nominees:

• "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey," Joe Letteri, Eric Saindon, David Clayton and R. Christopher White
• "Life of Pi," Bill Westenhofer, Guillaume Rocheron, Erik-Jan De Boer and Donald R. Elliott
• "Marvel’s The Avengers," Janek Sirrs, Jeff White, Guy Williams and Dan Sudick
• "Prometheus," Richard Stammers, Trevor Wood, Charley Henley and Martin Hill
• "Snow White and the Huntsman," Cedric Nicolas-Troyan, Philip Brennan, Neil Corbould and Michael Dawson

And the winner is …..==> "Pi."

ANIMATED FEATURE, The nominees: "Brave" — "Frankenweenie" — "ParaNorman" — "The Pirates! Band of Misfits" — "Wreck-It Ralph"

And the winner is …..==> "Wreck-It Ralph."

DOCUMENTARY FEATURE, The nominees: "5 Broken Cameras" — "The Gatekeepers" — "How to Survive a Plague" — "The Invisible War" — "Searching for Sugar Man"

And the winner is …..==> "Sugar Man."

FOREIGN-LANGUAGE FILM, The nominees: "No", "A Royal Affair", "War Witch"

And the winner is …..==> "Amour."