With the Oscars approaching and a recent Grammy win by Steinhardt professor Herschel Garfein, it’s time to once again to stroke our NYU egos and take a look at which award categories feature NYU faculty and alums. In accordance with last year’s awards hosted by the NYU-associated Anne Hathaway and James Franco, this year’s Oscars will be hosted by Tisch alum and seasoned Academy Awards host Billy Crystal. Check out NYU’s scorecard for 2012:

Best Documentary Short:

Best Documentary Feature:

• Hell and Back Again: Danfung Dennis and Mike Lerner
• If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front: Marshall Curry and Sam Cullman
• Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory: Charles Ferguson, Bruce Sinofsky (Tisch ’78, BFA, Kanbar, Film & TV), and Audrey Marrs
• Pina: Wim Wenders and Gian-Piero Ringel
• Undefeated: TJ Martin, Dan Lindsay and Richard Middlemas

Best Short Film (Live Action):

• Pentecost: Peter McDonald and Eimear O’Kane
• Raju: Max Zähle and Stefan Gieren
• The Shore: Terry George and Oorlagh George
• Time Freak: Andrew Bowler (Tisch ’96, BFA, Kanbar, Film & TV) and Gigi Causey
• Tuba Atlantic: Hallvar Witzø

Best Costume Design:

• Anonymous: Lisy Christl
• The Artist: Mark Bridges (Tisch ’87, MFA, Design)
• Hugo: Sandy Powell
• Jane Eyre: Michael O’Connor
• W.E.: Arianne Phillips

Best Actress:

• Albert Nobbs: Glenn Close
• The Help: Viola Davis
• The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo: Rooney Mara (Gallatin ’10)
• The Iron Lady: Meryl Streep
• My Week with Marilyn: Michelle Williams

Best Directing:

• The Artist: Michel Hazanavicius
• The Descendants: Alexander Payne
• Hugo: Martin Scorsese (CAS ’64, Tisch ’66, MFA)
• Midnight in Paris: Woody Allen
• The Tree of Life: Terrence Malick

Best Picture:

• The Artist: Thomas Langmann
• The Descendants: Jim Burke, Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor
• Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close: Scott Rudin (Tisch Dean’s Council Member)
• The Help: Brunson Green, Chris Columbus (Tisch ’80, BFA, Kanbar, Film & TV), and Michael Barnathan(Tisch ’80, BFA, Kanbar, Film & TV)
• Hugo: Graham King and Martin Scorsese(CAS ’64, Tisch ’66, MFA)
• Midnight in Paris: Letty Aronson and Stephen Tenenbaum
• Moneyball: Michael De Luca (Tisch ’95, BFA, Kanbar, Film & TV), Rachael Horovitz, and Brad Pitt
• The Tree of Life: Sarah Green, Bill Pohlad, Dede Gardner, and Grant Hill
• War Horse: Steven Spielberg and Kathleen Kennedy

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