In Contention's interviews with the nominees

Get to know this year's contenders

By Kristopher TapleyTuesday, Jan 24, 2012 7:04 PM

Bérénice Bejo, Michel Hazanavicius and Jean Dujardin at the AFI Fest gala screening of "The Artist"

Credit: AP Photo/Katy Winn

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Now that the nominations have been announced, it seems like a good time to go ahead and point you to our interviews with various individuals who woke up to good news this morning. This list is on-going as we still have things in the pipeline, so it will inevitably be added to throughout the rest of the month. Check out the list below and we'll update it as we go.

Bill Pohlad (Best Picture, "The Tree of Life")

Michel Hazanavicius (Best Picture, Best Director, Best Film Editing, "The Artist")

Jean Dujardin (Best Actor, "The Artist")

Gary Oldman (Best Actor, "Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy")

Glenn Close (Best Actress, "Albert Nobbs")

Kenneth Branagh (Best Supporting Actor, "My Week with Marilyn")

Bérénice Bejo (Best Supporting Actress, "The Artist")

Stuart Craig and Stephenie McMillan (Best Art Direction, "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2")

Janusz Kaminski (Best Cinematography, "War Horse")

Emmanuel Lubezki (Best Cinematography, "The Tree of Life")

Mark Bridges (Best Costume Design, "The Artist")

Mark Coulier (Best Makeup, "The Iron Lady")

Howard Shore (Best Original Score, "Hugo")

Bret McKenzie (Best Original Song, "The Muppets")

Joe Letteri (Best Visual Effects, "Rise of the Planet of the Apes")

Wim Wenders (Best Documentary Feature, "Pina")

And also worth conveying is our interview with Sony Pictures Classics honcho Michael Barker, whose studio saw key nominations for "Midnight in Paris" and "A Separation," among others.

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Kristopher Tapley
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Kristopher Tapley has covered the film awards landscape for over a decade. He founded In Contention in 2005. His work has also appeared in The New York Times, The Times of London and Variety. He begs you not to take any of this too seriously.

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Paul Outlaw

Any chance of future sit-downs with Streep or Farhadi? Would love to read write-ups of those.
January 24, 2012 at 10:25PM EST Reply to Comment
- Kristopher Tapley We'll see how phase two goes.
  January 24, 2012 at 10:47PM EST
cineJAB

Kris, any estimate on when your best shots of the year column will be? I hope you give us an opportunity to offer up suggestions before you put it together
January 24, 2012 at 11:09PM EST Reply to Comment
- Kristopher Tapley Next month.
  January 25, 2012 at 12:15AM EST
Zach

Janusz Kaminski (Best Costume Design, "War Horse")

That's not working for me...
January 24, 2012 at 11:59PM EST Reply to Comment
- Kristopher Tapley He pulled double duty. Didn't you know?
  January 25, 2012 at 12:15AM EST
Joe7827

No offense to you dog lovers out there, but... I am quite allergic to dogs. So seeing that adorable Uggie all over the place is literally making me sick! He even gets to awards shows??? Is nothing sacred?
January 25, 2012 at 8:41AM EST Reply to Comment
- Guy Lodge Kim Kardashian gets to go to award shows. Why shouldn't Uggie?
  January 25, 2012 at 2:25PM EST
- JJ1 khkhkhkhkh. ahhh, made my morning.
  January 26, 2012 at 11:19AM EST