Despite being snubbed for a best director nod, Ben Affleck’s Argo managed to go home with the top prize of the night, taking home the 2013 Academy Award for best picture.

Daniel Day-Lewis, meanwhile, made Oscar history with his best actor win, becoming the first actor to win three trophies for a leading role.  Lewis won the award for his work in Lincoln — the film for which Steven Spielberg lost best director honours to Life of Pi director Ang Lee.

Jennifer Lawrence took home the best actress prize for her work in Silver Linings Playbook, beating out the oldest actress to be nominated in that category (Emmanuelle Riva for Amour), as well as the youngest (Quvenzhane Wallis for Beasts of the Southern Wild).


BEST PICTURE
Beasts of the Southern Wild
Silver Linings Playbook
Zero Dark Thirty
Lincoln
Les Miserables
Life of Pi
Amour
Django Unchained
WINNER: Argo

BEST DIRECTOR
David O. Russell (Silver Linings Playbook)
WINNER: Ang Lee (Life of Pi)
Steven Spielberg (Lincoln)
Michael Haneke (Amour)
Benh Zeitlin (Beasts of the Southern Wild)

BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
WINNER: Daniel Day Lewis (Lincoln)
Denzel Washington (Flight)
Hugh Jackman (Les Miserables)
Bradley Cooper (Silver Linings Playbook)
Joaquin Phoenix (The Master)

BEST ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
Naomi Watts (The Impossible)
Jessica Chastain (Zero Dark Thirty)
WINNER: Jennifer Lawrence (Silver Linings Playbook)
Emmanuelle Riva (Amour)
Quvenzhané Wallis (Beasts of the Southern Wild)

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Flight
Zero Dark Thirty
WINNER: Django Unchained
Amour
Moonrise Kingdom


BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Beasts of the Southern Wild
WINNER: Argo
Lincoln
Silver Linings Playbook
Life of Pi

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
WINNER: Christoph Waltz (Django Unchained)
Philip Seymour Hoffman (The Master)
Robert DeNiro (Silver Linings Playbook)
Alan Arkin (Argo)
Tommy Lee Jones (Lincoln)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Sally Field (Lincoln)
WINNER: Anne Hathaway (Les Miserables)
Jacki Weaver (Silver Linings Playbook)
Helen Hunt (The Sessions)
Amy Adams (The Master)

BEST FOREIGN FEATURE
WINNER: Amour
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Rebelle (War Witch)
A Royal Affair
Contiki

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
Frankenweenie
The Pirates
Wreck-It Ralph
Paranorman
WINNER: Brave

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN WINNER
Anna Karenina: Sarah Greenwood (Production Design); Katie Spencer (Set Decoration)
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey: Dan Hennah (Production Design); Ra Vincent and Simon Bright (Set Decoration)
Les Misérables: Eve Stewart (Production Design); Anna Lynch-Robinson (Set Decoration)
Life of Pi: David Gropman (Production Design); Anna Pinnock (Set Decoration)
WINNER: Lincoln: Rick Carter (Production Design); Jim Erickson (Set Decoration)

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Skyfall
Anna Karenina
Django Unchained
WINNER: Life of Pi
Lincoln

BEST SOUND MIXING
Argo: John Reitz, Gregg Rudloff and Jose Antonio Garcia
WINNER: 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

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

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
Anna Karenina: Dario Marianelli
Argo: Alexandre Desplat
WINNER: Life of Pi: Mychael Danna
Lincoln: John Williams
Skyfall: Thomas Newman

BEST ORIGINAL SONG
Before My Time (Chasing Ice)
Everybody Needs a Best Friend (Ted)
Pi’s Lullaby (Life of Pi)
WINNER: Skyfall (Skyfall)
Suddenly (Les Miserables)

BEST COSTUME DESIGN
WINNER: Anna Karenina
Les Miserables
Lincoln
Mirror Mirror
Snow White and the Huntsman

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
WINNER: Searching for Sugar Man
How to Survive a Plague
The Gatekeepers
5 Broken Cameras
The Invisible War

BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT
Open Heart
WINNER: Inocente
Redemption
Kings Point
Mondays at Racine

BEST FILM EDITING
Lincoln
Silver Linings Playbook
Life of Pi
WINNER: Argo
Zero Dark Thirty

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

BEST ANIMATED SHORT FILM
Adam and Dog
Fresh Guacamole
Head over Heels
Maggie Simpson in “The Longest Daycare”
WINNER: Paperman

BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM
Asad
Buzkashi Boys
WINNER: Curfew
Death of a Shadow (Dood van een Schaduw)
Henry

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
WINNER: Life of Pi
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
The Avengers
Prometheus
Snow White and the Huntsman

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