The 2012 Hollmann Award Nominees!

My God, so we're here already.
Every year since 2006, usually after a bunch of Guilds but always before the Oscar nominations, I present my nominees for the Hollmann Awards. Here you will find Oscar front-runners and Oscar never-in-the-race-ers; veteran favorites and new faces; strange opinions (Best Picture) and indisputable facts (Best Actress). Yet no matter what odd mix you may find here, know that it all comes from a deep and sincere love of all things cinema.

It took a full week to whittle down those longlists into these nominees, and it will probably take a month to figure out winners. It hurt to leave movies off the Top 25, it hurt to leave movies off the longlists, and it hurt that I couldn't have ballots with six names. But you gotta make a choice, no matter what people may say.

So here, in the very order I figured out my feelings, are the nominees for the Seventh Annual Hollmann Awards:

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS

The Avengers

Chris Brenczewski/Daniel Sudick, special effects

Eric Nash/Janek Sirrs/Colin Strause/Greg Strause/Guy Williams, visual effects

Zack Judson/Nikos Kalaitzidis, digital effects
Kalaitzidis was previously nominated for TRON: Legacy

Cloud Atlas 

Dan Glass/Stephane Ceretti, visual effects
Glass was previously nominated for Speed Racer

Life of Pi 

Bill Westenhofer, visual effects

Prometheus 

Richard Stammers, visual effects

Ted

Blair Clark/Glenn Melenhorst, visual effects

James W. Brown, animation

Avi Goodman, CG

BEST MAKEUP

Cloud Atlas

Daniel Parker/Jeremy Woodhead, makeup/hair/prosthetics designers

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Peter Swords King, makeup/hair designer
Richard Taylor, makeup effects
Rick Findlater, makeup/hair supervisor
Richard Taylor previously won for District 9

Holy Motors

Bernard Floch, makeup/hair

Lincoln

Lois Burwell, makeup

Kay Georgiou, hair

 The Snowtown Murders
Marie-Lyne Morant

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE

21 Jump Street
Mark Mothersbaugh

Anna Karenina
Dario Marianelli
Marianelli was previously nominated for Atonement

Beasts of the Southern Wild
Dan Romer/Benh Zeitlin

Cloud Atlas
Reinhold Heil/Johnny Klimek/Tom Tykwer

On the Road
Gustavo Santaolalla

There's more after the jump, including nominees for Best Ensemble, Best Original Song, Acting, and Best Picture of the Year.....

BEST ENSEMBLE

21 Jump Street

Nicole Abellera/Jeanne McCarthy

Bernie
Beth Sepko/Sheila Steele

Damsels in Distress

Kerry Barden/Anya Colloff/Amy McIntyre Britt/Paul Schnee

The Paperboy

Leah Daniels/Billy Hopkins

The Snowtown Murders
Allison Meadows

BEST SOUND

Jack Reacher 

Jay Meagher, mixer

Anna Behlmer/Terry Porter, re-recording mixers

Alan Rankin/Mark P. Stoeckinger, supervising editors

Bruce Tanis, effects editor
Anna Behlmer celebrates her fourth nomination here, following Cloverfield, Star Trek and Super 8
Alan Rankin and Mark Stoeckinger are on their second, previously nominated for Star Trek

Life of Pi

Drew Kunin, mixer

Ron Bartlett/D.M. Hemphill, re-recording mixers

Eugene Gearty/Philip Stockton, supervising editors
Bartlett and Hemphill were previously nominated for Tropic Thunder
Magic Mike
 Dennis Towns, mixer
Larry Blake, re-recording mixer/editor

Not Fade Away

Matthew Price, mixers

Lee Dichter/Robert Hein/Eric Hirsch, re-recording mixers

Robert Hein, supervising editor

The Raid: Redemption

Bonar Abraham/Jack Arthur Simanjuntak/Sandika Widjaja, mixers

Aria Prayogi/Fahar Yuskemal, designer/mixers

BEST COSTUME DESIGN

Anna Karenina
Jacqueline Durran
Durran won last year for Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy

The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Louise Stjernsward

Cloud Atlas
Kym Barrett/Pierre-Yves Gayraud
Kym Barrett was previously nominated for Speed Racer

Moonrise Kingdom
Kasia Walicka Maimone

The Paperboy
Caroline Eselin

BEST EDITING

 21 Jump Street
Joel Negron

Anna Karenina
Melanie Oliver

Argo
William Goldenberg

Cloud Atlas
Alexander Berner

Zero Dark Thirty
William Goldenberg/Dylan Tichenor

BEST ACTOR

Daniel Day-Lewis as Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln
Day-Lewis previously won for There Will Be Blood

Jamie Foxx as Django
Django Unchained

Logan Lerman as Charlie
The Perks of Being a Wallflower

Matthias Schoenaerts as Alain van Versch
Rust and Bone

Christoph Waltz as Dr. King Schultz
Django Unchained

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

Doona Bae as Tilda/Mexican Woman/Sonmi-451
Cloud Atlas

Judi Dench as M
Skyfall
Judi Dench was previously nominated in Best Actress for Notes on a Scandal

Megalyn Echikunwoke as Rose
Damsels in Distress

Macy Gray as Anita Chester
The Paperboy

Spencer Locke as Ione
Detention

BEST ACTRESS

Jessica Chastain as Maya
Zero Dark Thirty
Chastain was previously nominated in Best Supporting Actress for The Help

Marion Cotillard as Stephanie
Rust and Bone
this is Cotillard's third nomination; she previously won Best Actress for La Vie en Rose

Judi Dench as Evelyn Greenslade
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel 
....and just as quickly, Dench gets her third nomination

Nicole Kidman as Charlotte Bless
The Paperboy 
Kidman was previously nominated for Rabbit Hole

Keira Knightley as Anna Karenina
Anna Karenina

BEST  ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Damsels in Distress
Whit Stillman
Django Unchained
Quentin Tarantino
Tarantino was previously nominated here for Inglourious Basterds
Hope Springs
Vanessa Taylor
Moonrise Kingdom
Wes Anderson/Roman Coppola
Wes Anderson previously won Best Adapted Screenplay for Fantastic Mr. Fox
ParaNorman
Chris Butler

BEST ORIGINAL SONG
 Django Unchained - "Who Did That to You?"
music and lyrics by John Stephens and Paul Epworth
Life of Pi - "Pi's Lullaby"
music and lyrics by Mychael Danna and Bombay Jayashri
Rise of the Guardians - "Still Dream"
music by Alexandre Desplat
lyrics by David Lindsay-Abaire
thus marks the 6th nomination for Alexandre Desplat, who previously won for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button's score
David Lindsay-Abaire was previously nominated for Best Adapted Screenplay for Rabbit Hole 
Skyfall - "Skyfall"
music and lyrics by Adele and Paul Epworth
Ted - "Everybody Needs a Best Friend" 
music by Walter Murphy
lyrics by Seth MacFarlane

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

James Gandolfini as Pat
Not Fade Away

Samuel L. Jackson as Stephen
Django Unchained 
after Best Actor citations for Snakes on a Plane and Black Snake Moan, this is Jackson's third nomination and first without snakes

Jude Law as Alexei Karenin
Anna Karenina

Alan Tudyk as King Candy
Wreck-It Ralph

Bruce Willis as Captain Sharp
Moonrise Kingdom

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

Lincoln
Janusz Kaminski
Kaminski was previously nominated for The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

On the Road
Eric Gautier

The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Andrew Dunn

Prometheus
Dariusz Khondji

Skyfall 
Roger Deakins
Deakins is on his third nomination, and previously won for The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford

BEST DIRECTOR

Kathryn Bigelow
Zero Dark Thirty

Leos Carax
Holy Motors

Quentin Tarantino
Django Unchained

Tom Tykwer/Andy Wachowski/Lana Wachowski
Cloud Atlas
The Wachowskis were previously nominated here for Speed Racer

Joe Wright
Anna Karenina

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
21 Jump Street
Michael Bacall, story by Bacall and Jonah Hill
from the television series
Michael Bacall was previously nominated in this category for Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
Cloud Atlas
Tom Tykwer/Andy Wachowski/Lana Wachowski
from the novel by David Mitchell
Lincoln
Tony Kushner
partly from Team of Rivals by Doris Kearns Goodwin
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Stephen Chbosky
from his novel
Rust and Bone
Jacques Audiard/Thomas Bidegain
from the short story collection by Craig Davidson

BEST ART DIRECTION

Anna Karenina
Sarah Greenwood, production designer
Niall Moroney, supervising art director
Katie Spencer, set decorator

Beasts of the Southern Wild
Alex DiGerlando, production designer
Dawn Masi, art director
Annie Evelyn/Erin Staub, set decorators

Cloud Atlas
Hugh Bateup/Uli Hanisch, production designers
Stephan O. Gessler/Kai Koch/Charlie Revai, supervising art directors
Rebecca Alleway/Peter Walpole, set decorators
Hugh Bateup and Peter Walpole were previously nominated for Speed Racer
also, Stephan O. Gessler was nominated last year for Anonymous

Moonrise Kingdom
Adam Stockhausen, production designer
Gerald Sullivan, art director
Kris Moran, set decorator
Adam Stockhausen previously won for Synecdoche, NY

Prometheus
Arthur Max, production designer
John King, supervising art director
Sonja Klaus, set decorator

BEST PICTURE

Anna Karenina 
Tim Bevan / Eric Fellner / Paul Webster

Cloud Atlas 
Stefan Arndt / Grant Hill / Tom Tykwer / Lana Wachowski / Lilly Wachowski

Django Unchained 
Reginald Hudlin / Pilar Savone / Stacey Sher

The Paperboy 
Ed Cathell III / Lee Daniels / Cassian Elwes / Avi Lerner / Hilary Shor

Zero Dark Thirty
Kathryn Bigelow / Mark Boal / Megan Ellison

[UPDATED: Producers nominated in Best Picture, as of 1/13/2017]

STATS 

Most Nominations: Cloud Atlas (9)

Triple Nominated: Tom Tykwer (Director/Adapted Screenplay/Score)

Double Nominated: Judi Dench (Actress/Supporting Actress), Paul Epworth (Original Song), William Goldenberg (Editing), Quentin Tarantino (Director/Original Screenplay), Andy Wachowski (Director/Adapted Screenplay), Lana Wachowski (Director/Adapted Screenplay)

Previous Nominees: 30

Any surprises? Disappointments? Movies you missed but now feel you should catch up on? I'm pumped for an argument, folks, don't let me down.