Independent Films Take 17 Oscars Including Best Picture for The Artist

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Tue, 02/28/2012 - 19:00 -- Nick Dager

Independent films captured 17 Oscars at the 84th Academy Awards including a Best Picture victory by The Artist. The award brings the number of independent films taking Best Picture honors to 20 over the past 31 years according to the Independent Film & Television Alliance.   Independent films collected 17 Academy Awards in the following categories:   Best Picture The Artist (Wild Bunch The Weinstein Company)   Directing Michel Hazanavicius – The Artist (Wild Bunch The Weinstein Company)   Actor in a Leading Role Jean Dujardin – The Artist (Wild Bunch The Weinstein Company)   Actress in a Leading Role Meryl Streep – The Iron Lady (Pathé International Goldcrest Pictures U.K. Film Council The Weinstein Company)   Actor in a Supporting Role Christopher Plummer – Beginners (Focus Features)   Writing (Original Screenplay) Woody Allen – Midnight In Paris   Foreign Language Film A Separation   Animated Feature Film Rango (GK Films)   Art Direction Hugo (GK Films) – Production Design: Dante Ferretti; Set Decoration: Francesca Lo Schiavo   Cinematography Robert Richardson – Hugo (GK Films)   Costume Design Mark Bridges – The Artist (Wild Bunch The Weinstein Company)   Documentary (Feature) Undefeated (The Weinstein Company)   Makeup Mark Coulier and J. Roy Helland – The Iron Lady (Pathé International Goldcrest Pictures U.K. Film Council The Weinstein Company)   Music (Original Score) Ludovic Bource – The Artist (Wild Bunch The Weinstein Company)   Sound Editing Philip Stockton and Eugene Gearty – Hugo (GK Films)   Sound Mixing Tom Fleischman and John Midgley – Hugo (GK Films)   Visual Effects Rob Legato Joss Williams Ben Grossman and Alex Henning – Hugo (GK Films)