New Zealand's own Bret McKenzie has landed himself an Oscar nomination for his song Man or Muppet from the recent Disney hit The Muppets. Listen to the song here.

Martin Scorsese's 3D children's movie Hugo leads nominations with 12, followed by critical darling the silent film The Artist with 11. Moneyball, starring Brad Pitt and Steven Spielberg's War Horse are tied for third place with six nominations each.


Best Picture
The Artist
The Descendants
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
The Help
Hugo
Midnight in Paris
Moneyball
The Tree of Life
War Horse



Best Actor
Demian Bichir as Carlos Galindo
in A Better Life

George Clooney as Matt King
in The Descendants

Jean Dujarin as George Valentin
in The Artist

Gary Oldman as George Smiley
in Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

Brad Pitt as Billy Beane
in Moneyball



Best Actress
Glenn Close as Albert Nobbs
in Albert Nobbs

Viola Davis as Aibileen Clarke
in The Help

Rooney Mara as Lisbeth Salander
in The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

Meryl Streep as Margaret Thatcher
in The Iron Lady

Michelle Williams as Marilyn Monroe
in My Week with Marilyn



Best Supporting Actor
Kenneth Branagh as Laurence Olivier
in My Week with Marilyn

Jonah Hill as Peter Brand
in Moneyball

Nick Nolte as Paddy Conlon
in Warrior

Christopher Plummer as Hal Fields
in Beginners

Max von Sydow as The Renter
in Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close



Best Supporting Actress
Berenice Bejo as Peppy Miller
in The Artist

Jessica Chastain as Celia Foote
in The Help

Melissa McCarthy as Megan
in Bridesmaids

Janet McTeer as Hubert Page
in Albert Nobbs

Octavia Spencer as Minny Jackson
in The Help


Best Directing
Michel Hazanavicius, The Artist
Alexander Payne, The Descendants
Martin Scorsese, Hugo
Woody Allen, Midnight in Paris
Terrence Malick, The Tree of Life


Best Foreign Language Film
Bullhead (Belgium)
Footnote (Israel)
In Darkness (Poland)
Monsieur Lazhar (Canada)
A Separation (Iran)


Best Adapted Screenplay
Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon and Jim Rash
for The Descendants

John Logan
for Hugo

George Clooney, Grant Heslov and Beau Willimon
for The Ides of March

Steven Zaillian, Aaron Sorkin and Stan Chervin
for Moneyball

Bridget O'Connor and Peter Straughan
for Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy


Best Original Screenplay
Michel Hazanavicius
for The Artist

Annie Mumolo and Kristen Wiig
for Bridesmaids

J.C. Chandor
for Margin Call

Woody Allen
for Midnight in Paris

Asghar Farhadi
for A Separation


Best Animated Feature Film
A Cat in Paris
Chico & Rita
Kung Fu Panda 2
Puss in Boots
Rango


Best Art Direction
The Artist
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
Hugo
Midnight in Paris
War Horse


Best Cinematography
The Artist
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
Hugo
The Tree of Life
War Horse


Best Sound Mixing
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
Hugo
Moneyball
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
War Horse


Best Sound Editing
Drive
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
Hugo
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
War Horse


Best Original Score
The Adventures of Tintin - John Williams
The Artist - Ludovic Bource
Hugo - Howard Shore
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy - Alberto Iglesias
War Horse - John Williams


Best Original Song
"Man or Muppet" from The Muppets
by Bret McKenzie

"Real in Rio" from Rio
by Sergio Mendes, Carlinhos Brown and Siedah Garrett


Best Costume
Anonymous - Lisy Christl
The Artist - Mark Bridges
Hugo - Sandy Powell
Jane Eyre - Michael O'Connor
W.E. - Arianne Phillips


Best Documentary Feature
Hell and Back Again
If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front
Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory
Pina
Undefeated


Best Documentary (short subject)
The Barber of Birmingham: Foot Soldier of the Civil Rights Movement
God is the Bigger Elvis
Incident in New Baghdad
Saving Face
The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom


Best Film Editing
The Artist
The Descendants
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Hugo
Moneyball


Best Makeup
Albert Nobbs
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
The Iron Lady


Best Animated Short Film
Dimanche/Sunday
The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore
La Luna
A Morning Stroll
Wild Life


Best Live Action Short Film
Pentecost
Raju
The Shore
Time Freak
Tuba Atlantic


Best Visual Effects
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
Hugo
Real Steel
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Transformers: Dark of the Moon

Winners will be announced February 25, 2012 (NZ time).