Academy awards@ 2012

Silent romance "The Artist" won five Oscars on - best film, best director, best actor, best costume design, best music





Composer Ludovic Bource,actress Penelope Ann Miller, producer Thomas Langmann, director Michel Hazanavicius and actress Berenice Bejo accept the Best Picture Award for 'The Artist'



Best Actor Jean Dujardin for The Artist Jean Dujardin won the best actor Oscar on Sunday for silent film "The Artist," becoming the first Frenchman to win the coveted accolade and beating out frontrunners George Clooney and Brad Pitt.

French actor Jean Dujardin accepts the Oscar for Best Actor for his role in the film "The Artist" from actress Natalie Portman 


Best Actress
Meryl Streep for The Iron Lady Meryl Streep won the Oscar for best lead actress on Sunday for her portrayal of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in "The Iron Lady."





Michel Hazanavicius for The Artist@ Best director






Animated Short 
The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris 






Saving Face Pakistani filmmaker and first-time Oscar nominee Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy won an Academy Award @ Documentary film

Angelina Jolie accepts the Oscar for Best Original Screenplay on behlaf of Woody Allen 





Alexander Payne and Nat Faxon & Jim Rash for The Descendants




Bret McKenzie, "Man or Muppet" from The Muppets


Christopher Plummer, Beginners

1. 

   Actress Meryl Streep accepts the Oscar forBest Actress for her role in "The Iron Lady" at the 84th Academy Awards in Hollywood

2. Best Director 
   Michel Hazanavicius for The ArtistFrenchman Michel Hazanavicius won the Oscar for best directing on Sunday for "The Artist." "I am the happiest director in the world right now, thank you for that," Hazanavicius said.

3. Micahel Douglas presents the Oscar for Best Director to French Director, Michel Hazanavicius, for his film "The Artist", at the 84th Academy Awards in Hollywood, California, February 26, 2012. REUTERS/Gary Hershorn

4. Animated Short
   The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore

5. William Joyce (L) and Brandon Oldenburg accept the Oscar for the Best Animated Short Film for "The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore" at the 84th Academy Awards in Hollywood, California, February 26, 2012. REUTERS/Gary Hershorn

6. Documentary Short
   Saving Face Pakistani filmmaker and first-time Oscar nominee Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy won an Academy Award