The official 2013 Oscar nominations are in

The Oscar nominations are in, being announced by Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane and actress Emma Stone.

Dominating the shortlist is the historical drama Lincoln, produced by Steven Spielberg and Kathleen Kennedy. Life of Pi has managed to secure 11 nominations, including Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay. 

Other prevalent films appearing on the shortlist for a range of categories are: Silver Linings Playbook, Argo, Amour, Django Unchained and Les Misérables.

The most stand-out nomination is for the independent film Beasts of the Southern Wild, which has gained recognition for Best Picture, Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay. In addition, nine-year-old actress Quvenzhané Wallis has earned a nomination for Best Actress, the youngest nominee to have been featured in this category. 

Searching for Sugar Man, set in the 1970s, based on the ever elusive musician has been shortlisted for Best Documentary feature. Moonrise Kingdom, written by Wes Anderson and Roman Coppola, is up for Original Screenplay writing. 

Bond film Skyfall created much hype on its release, and although director Sam Mendes did not manage to secure a spot on the nominee list, Adele Adkins has been nominated for the soundtrack and Original Song in the Music category. 

The ceremony will be hosted by Dolby Theatre on 24^th February, for the 85^th year, to mark the Academy Awards for 2013. Until then, anticipation ensues until the winners are announced.

Natalya Paul

Here is the complete list of nominees

Best Picture

Amour
Argo
Beasts of the Southern Wild
Django Unchained
Les Misérables
Life of Pi
Lincoln
Silver Linings Playbook
Zero Dark Thirty

Actor

Bradley Cooper (Silver Linings Playbook)
Daniel Day-Lewis (Lincoln)
Hugh Jackman (Les Misérables)
Joaquin Phoenix (The Master)
Denzel Washington (Flight)

Actress

Jessica Chastain (Zero Dark Thirty)
Jennifer Lawrence (Silver Linings Playbook)
Emmanuelle Riva (Amour)
Quvenzhané Wallis (Beasts of the Southern Wild)
Naomi Watts (The Impossible)

Actor in a Supporting Role

Alan Arkin (Argo)
Robert De Niro (Silver Linings Playbook)
Philip Seymour Hoffman (The Master)
Tommy Lee Jones (Lincoln)
Christoph Waltz (Django Unchained)

Actress in a Supporting Role

Amy Adams (The Master)
Sally Field (Lincoln)
Anne Hathaway (Les Misérables)
Helen Hunt (The Sessions)
Jacki Weaver (Silver Linings Playbook)

Animated Feature Film

Brave
Frankenweenie
ParaNorman
The Pirates! Band of Misfits
Wreck-It Ralph

Cinematography

Anna Karenina (Seamus McGarvey)
Django Unchained (Robert Richardson)
Life of Pi (Claudio Miranda)
Lincoln (Janusz Kaminski)
Skyfall (Roger Deakins)

Costume Design

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

Directing 

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

Documentary Feature

5 Broken Cameras

The Gatekeepers

How to Survive a Plague

The Invisible War

Searching for Sugar Man

Documentary Short 

Inocente (Sean Fine and Andrea Nix Fine)

Kings Point (Sari Gilman and Jedd Wider)

Mondays at Racine (Cynthia Wade and Robin Honan)

Open Heart (Kief Davidson and Cori Shepherd Stern)

Redemption (Jon Alpert and Matthew O’Neill)

Film Editing

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)

Foreign Language Film

Amour (Austria)

Kon-Tiki (Norway)

No (Chile)

A Royal Affair (Denmark)

War Witch (Canada)

Make-up and Hair Styling

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)

Music (original score)

Anna Karenina (Dario Marianelli)

Argo (Alexandre Desplat)

Life of Pi (Mychael Danna)

Lincoln (John Williams)

Skyfall (Thomas Newman)

Music (original song)

Before My Time from Chasing Ice (Music and lyrics by J Ralph)

Everybody Needs A Best Friend from Ted (Music by Walter Murphy and lyrics by Seth MacFarlane)

Pi’s Lullaby from Life of Pi (Music by Mychael Danna and lyrics by Bombay Jayashri)

Skyfall from Skyfall (Music and lyrics by Adele Adkins and Paul Epworth)

Suddenly from Les Misérables (Music by Claude-Michel Schönberg and lyrics by Herbert Kretzmer and Alain Boublil)

Production Design

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)

Lincoln – Rick Carter (Production Design); Jim Erickson (Set Decoration)

Short Film (animated)

Adam and Dog (Minkyu Lee)

Fresh Guacamole (PES)

Head over Heels (Timothy Reckart and Fodhla Cronin O’Reilly)

Maggie Simpson in “The Longest Daycare” (David Silverman)

Paperman (John Kahrs)

Short Film (live action)

Asad (Bryan Buckley and Mino Jarjoura)

Buzkashi Boys (Sam French and Ariel Nasr)

Curfew (Shawn Christensen)

Death of a Shadow (Dood van een Schaduw) (Tom Van Avermaet and Ellen De Waele)

Henry (Yan England)

Sound Edition

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 NJ Ottosson)

Sound Mixing

Argo (John Reitz, Gregg Rudloff and Jose Antonio Garcia)

Les Misérables (Andy Nelson, Mark Paterson and Simon Hayes)

Life of Pi (Ron Bartlett, DM Hemphill and Drew Kunin)

Lincoln (Andy Nelson, Gary Rydstrom and Ronald Judkins)

Skyfall (Scott Millan, Greg P Russell and Stuart Wilson)

Visual Effects

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)

Writing – Adapted Screenplay

Argo (Written by Chris Terrio)

Beasts of the Southern Wild (Screenplay by Lucy Alibar and Benh Zeitlin)

Life of Pi (Written by David Magee)

Lincoln (Written by Tony Kushner)

Silver Linings Playbook (Written by David O Russell)

Writing Original Screenplay

Amour (Written by Michael Haneke)

Django Unchained (Written by Quentin Tarantino)

Flight (Written by John Gatins)

Moonrise Kingdom (Written by Wes Anderson and Roman Coppola)

Zero Dark Thirty (Written by Mark Boal)