
Oscars fête THE ARTIST and HUGO
THE ARTIST and HUGO tied for number of wins at the 84th Academy Awards, taking home five Oscars® each including Best Picture and Best Cinematography, respectively. Both movies highlighted the magic of filmmaking as central themes, yet each production used very different techniques to show their stories. A silent, black-and-white film, THE ARTIST was shot by cinematographer Guillaume Schiffman, AFC, in 35 mm utilizing the ARRIFLEX 435 Extreme. HUGO was lensed by Robert Richardson, ASC, in 3D stereoscopic, using ARRI ALEXA cameras supplied by Cameron Pace Group.
Further recognizing the visual wonder and technical brilliance of HUGO, the Academy bestowed its award for Visual Effects on the film, with the accolade shared between Rob Legato, Joss Williams, Ben Grossmann and Alex Henning. Rob Legato, who is at the very top of his field, was involved in preproduction tests of the ARRI ALEXA and this award justifies his belief that ALEXA was the ideal choice for a visual effects-heavy production of the highest caliber and quality.

In his acceptance speech, HUGO cinematographer Robert Richardson, ASC, thanked director Martin Scorsese for his genius and dedicated his award "to all the past, present, and future filmmakers ...This is for you."
The film painstakingly recreated the magical world of director George Méliès, utilizing ALEXA and 3D stereoscopic to engage audiences further into the story. The Oscar was Richardson's third out of seven career nominations; previously he won for THE AVIATOR and JFK. HUGO also won awards for Art Direction, Sound Editing and Sound Mixing.
Michel Hazanavicius garnered the Achievement in Directing award for THE ARTIST, which used techniques from the Silent Era to tell the story of an actor's troublesome transition into 'talkies.' "I'm the happiest director in the world right now," Hazanavicius said, thanking the crew, cast (including scene-stealing dog Uggie) and the film for "its life full of grace; it brings to us joy and happiness."
Additional awards for THE ARTIST included Best Actor, Costume Design and Original Score.

The awards telecast also presented an excerpt from the Scientific and Engineering Awards, where Franz Kraus, Johannes Steurer and Wolfgang Riedel were honored for the design and development of the ARRILASER with Academy Awards of Merit®.
ARRI congratulates all Oscar® winners and nominees for another memorable year at the movies.
The full list of winners:
Best Picture
THE ARTIST
Thomas Langmann, Producer
Shot on ARRIFLEX 435 Extreme
Serviced by Panavision
Directing
THE ARTIST
Michel Hazanavicius
Actor in a Leading Role
Jean Dujardin in THE ARTIST
Actress In A Leading Role
Meryl Streep in THE IRON LADY
Serviced by ARRI Lighting Rental
Actress In A Supporting Role
Octavia Spencer in THE HELP
Actor In A Supporting Role
Christopher Plummer in BEGINNERS
Foreign Language Film
A SEPARATION - Iran
Cinematography
HUGO
Robert Richardson, ASC
Shot on ARRI ALEXA
Serviced by Cameron Pace Group

Art Direction
HUGO
Production Design: Dante Ferretti; Set Decoration: Francesca Lo Schiavo
Costume Design
THE ARTIST
Mark Bridges
Music (Original Score)
THE ARTIST
Ludovic Bource
Sound Mixing
HUGO
Tom Fleischman and John Midgley
Sound Editing
HUGO
Philip Stockton and Eugene Gearty
Makeup
THE IRON LADY
Mark Coulier and J. Roy Helland
Serviced by ARRI Lighting Rental
Film Editing
THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO
Kirk Baxter and Angus Wall

Visual Effects
HUGO
Rob Legato, Joss Williams, Ben Grossmann and Alex Henning
Writing (Original Screenplay)
MIDNIGHT IN PARIS
Woody Allen
Shot on ARRICAMs
Serviced by Panavision
Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
THE DESCENDENTS
Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon & Jim Rash
Animated Feature Film
RANGO
Gore Verbinski
Documentary (Short Subject)
SAVING FACE
Daniel Junge and Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy
Documentary (Feature)
UNDEFEATED
TJ Martin, Dan Lindsay and Richard Middlemas
Short Film (Live Action)
THE SHORE
Terry George and Oorlagh George
Short Film (Animated)
THE FANTASTIC FLYING BOOKS OF MR. MORRIS LESSMORE
William Joyce and Brandon Oldenburg
Music (Original Song)
THE MUPPETS, "Man or a Muppet"
Music and Lyrics by Bret McKenzie
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