85th Academy Award Nomination Predictions

With the Academy Award nominations out on Thursday, I thought I'd release my final predictions! So here goes:

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

(if more than 6, in order)
Django Unchainced
Beasts of the Southern Wild
Moonrise Kingdom
The Master

Best Director
Steven Spielburg
Ben Affleck
Kathryn Bigelow
Ang Lee
Tom Hooper

Best Actor
Daniel Day-Lewis
Bradley Cooper
Hugh Jackman
Denzel Washington
John Hawkes

Best Actress
Jessica Chastain
Jennifer Lawrence
Marion Cotillard
Naomi Watts
Quvenzhane Wallis

Best Supporting Actor
Tommy Lee Jones
Robert De Niro
Leonardo Di Caprio
Phillip Seymour Hoffman
Alan Arkin

Best Supporting Actress
Anne Hathaway
Sally Field
Helen Hunt
Amy Adams
Maggie Smith

Best Adapted Screenplay
Lincoln
Argo
Life of Pi
Silver Linings Playbook
Les Miserables

Best Original Screenplay
Django Unchained
Zero Dark Thirty
The Master
Moonrise Kingdom
Amour

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

Best Cinematography
Anna Karenina
Life of Pi
Skyfall
Zero Dark Thirty
The Master

Best Film Editing
Argo
Zero Dark Thirty
Lincoln
Life of Pi
Silver Linings Playbook

Best Original Score
Life of Pi
Anna Karenina
Lincoln
Zero Dark Thirty
The Dark Knight Rises

Best Original Song
Skyfall (Skyfall)
Suddenly (Les Miserables)
Learn Me Right (Brave)
Freedom (Django Unchained)
Pi's Lullaby (Life of Pi)

Best Sound Mixing
Zero Dark Thirty
Les Miserables
Flight
The Dark Knight Rises
Skyfall


Best Sound Editing
Zero Dark Thirty
Les Miserables
Flight
Skyfall
The Dark Knight Rises

Best Production Design
Anna Karenina
Life of Pi
Lincoln
Les Miserables
The Master

Best Visual Effects
Life of Pi
The Hobbit
The Avengers
Cloud Atlas
Prometheus

Best Costume Design
Anna Karenina
Lincoln
Les Miserables
Mirror Mirror
Moonrise Kingdom

Best Makeup & Hairstyling
Lincoln
The Hobbit
Cloud Atlas

Well, we'll see how well I do come Thursday morning. I probably won't do that well, but it's always fun making predictions and doing research!