Ben Affleck's Iran rescue thriller "Argo" walked away with the Oscar for best picture and "Life of Pi" maker Ang Lee bagged a trophy for best director. This is the second time Lee won an Oscar for directing, at the 85th Academy Awards ceremony held at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood & Highland Center on Sunday.
[PHOTOS OF 2013 OSCAR AWARDS WINNERS]
"Argo" beat eight other competitors - "Amour," "Beasts of the Southern Wild," "Django Unchained," "Les Miserables," "Life of Pi," " Lincoln," "Silver Linings Playbook," and "Zero Dark Thirty" - to win the coveted award.
"Life of Pi" was the biggest winner with four titles - Best Direction, Best Original Score, Best Cinematography and Best Visual Effects, while "Argo" and "Les Miserables" won three Oscars each.
COMPLETE LIST OF OSCAR 2013 WINNERS:
Best Picture
"Argo"
Best Actor in a Leading Role
Daniel Day Lewis - "Lincoln"
Best Actress in a Leading Role
Jennifer Lawrence - "Silver Linings Playbook"
Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Christoph Waltz - "Django Unchained"
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Anne Hathaway - "Les Miserables"
Animated Feature Film
"Brave"
Cinematography
"Life of Pi" - Claudio Miranda
Costume Design
"Anna Karenina" - Jacqueline Durran
Directing
Ang Lee - "Life of Pi"
Documentary Feature
"Searching For Sugarman"
Documentary Short
"Inocente"
Film Editing
"Argo" - William Goldenberg
Foreign Language Film
"Amour"
Makeup and Hairstyling
"Les Miserables" - Lisa Westcott and Julie Dartnell
Music Original Score
"Life Of Pi" - Mychael Danna
Music Original Song
"Skyfall" from Skyfall - Music and Lyric by Adele Adkins and Paul Epworth
Production Design
"Lincoln" - Rick Carter and Jim Erickson
Short Film Animated
"Paperman"
Short Film Live Action
"Curfew"
Sound Editing
"Skyfall" - Per Hallberg and Karen Baker Landers
"Zero Dark Thirty" - Paul NJ Ottosson
Sound Mixing
"Les Miserables" - Andy Nelson, Mark Paterson and Simon Hayes
Visual Effects
"Life Of Pi" - Bill Westenhofer, Guillaume Rocheron, Erik-Jan De Boer and Donald R Elliott
Writing Adapted Screenplay
"Argo" - Chris Terrio
Writing Original Screenplay
"Django Unchained" - Quentin Tarantino