Early Oscar Predictions Results

In June 2012, I predicted 7 Oscar nods for The Master.

For the past few years, I've predicted the Oscar nominations several months before the nominees are announced. I didn't publish these June 2012 predictions in a post, but, thankfully, I found them in my page drafts. So, here's how I did predicting the 85th Academy Award nominees (original predictions included) seven months ahead of time.

Best Picture:
--Anna Karenina
--Argo
--The Dark Knight Rises
--Django Unchained
--Les Miserables
--Life of Pi
--Lincoln
--The Master 
--The Sessions 
--Zero Dark Thirty 

Results: Argo, Django Unchained, Les Miserables, Life of Pi, Lincoln, and Zero Dark Thirty were nominated. (6/9)

Best Director:
--Ben Affleck, Argo
--Paul Thomas Anderson, The Master
--Tom Hooper, Les Miserables
--Christopher Nolan, The Dark Knight Rises 
--Joe Wright, Anna Karenina 

Results: None of these directors were nominated, but Affleck seemed like a no-brainer. (0/5)

Best Actor:
--Daniel Day-Lewis, Lincoln 
--John Hawkes, The Sessions 
--Hugh Jackman, Les Miserables
--Bill Murray, Hyde Park on the Hudson 
--Joaquin Phoenix, The Master 

Results: Day-Lewis, Jackman, and Phoenix were nominated. (3/5)

Best Supporting Actor:
--Russell Crowe, Les Miserables
--Leonardo DiCaprio, Django Unchained
--Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Lincoln
--Philip Seymour Hoffman, The Master 
--Jude Law, Anna Karenina 

Results: Only Hoffman was nominated. (1/5)

Best Actress:
--Marion Cotillard, Rust and Bone
--Helen Hunt, The Sessions
--Keira Knightley, Anna Karenina 
--Jennifer Lawrence, The Silver Linings Playbook
--Carey Mulligan, The Great Gatsby 

Results: Lawrence was nominated here, and Hunt wound up in the Supporting Actress category. (1/5)

Best Supporting Actress:
--Amy Adams, The Master 
--Samantha Barks, Les Miserables 
--Isla Fisher, The Great Gatsby
--Anne Hathaway, Les Miserables
--Olivia Williams, Hyde Park on the Hudson 

Results: Adams and Hathaway were nominated. (2/5)

Best Adapted Screenplay:
--Anna Karenina 
--Argo
--Les Miserables
--Life of Pi
--Lincoln 

Results: Argo, Lincoln, and Life of Pi were nominated. (3/5)

Best Original Screenplay:
--Amour
--Beasts of the Southern Wild
--Django Unchained 
--The Master
--The Sessions 

Results: Amour and Django Unchained were nominated here, and Beasts showed up in Best Adapted Screenplay. (2/5)

Best Art Direction:  
--Anna Karenina
--Dark Shadows
--The Great Gatsby
--The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
--Les Miserables 

Results: Anna Karenina, The Hobbit, and Les Miserables were nominated. (3/5)

Best Cinematography: 
--The Dark Knight Rises
--Django Unchained
--The Great Gatsby
--Les Miserables
--Life of Pi 

Results: Django Unchained and Life of Pi were nominated. (2/5)

Best Costume Design:  
--Anna Karenina
--Dark Shadows
--The Great Gatsby
--Les Miserables
--Mirror Mirror 

Results: Anna Karenina, Les Miserables, and Mirror Mirror were nominated. (3/5)

Best Film Editing:  
--Argo
--The Dark Knight Rises
--Les Miserables
--The Master
--Zero Dark Thirty 

Results: Argo and Zero Dark Thirty were nominated. (2/5)

Best Original Score:  
--Anna Karenina
--Brave
--Life of Pi
--Lincoln 
--Moonrise Kingdom 

Results: Anna Karenina, Life of Pi, and Lincoln were nominated. (3/5)

Best Original Song: 
TBA 

Results: N/A

Best Makeup:  
--The Dark Knight Rises
--The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
--Lincoln 

Results: Only The Hobbit was nominated. (1/3) 

Best Sound Mixing:
--The Dark Knight Rises
--Les Miserables
--Prometheus
--Skyfall
--Zero Dark Thirty 

Results: Les Miserables and Skyfall were nominated. (2/5)

Best Sound Editing:  
--The Avengers 
--The Dark Knight Rises 
--Prometheus 
--Skyfall
--Zero Dark Thirty 

Results: Skyfall and Zero Dark Thirty were nominated. (2/5)

Best Visual Effects: 
--The Avengers 
--Cloud Atlas 
--The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey 
--Life of Pi
--Prometheus 

Results: The Avengers, The Hobbit, Life of Pi, and Prometheus were nominated. (4/5)

Best Animated Feature Film:
--Brave
--Frankenweenie 
--The Pirates! Band of Misfits

Results: All of these films were nominated, but I didn't predict five nominees. (3/5)

Overall Results: 43/93, or 46% (includes the hypothetical 10 Best Picture nominees I predicted)