Ben Affleck (Argo) Kathryn Bigelow (Zero Dark Thirty) Ang Lee (Life of Pi) Steven Spielberg (Lincoln) Quentin Tarantino (Django Unchained)
Best actor in a drama
Daniel Day-Lewis (Lincoln) Richard Gere (Arbitrage) John Hawkes (The Sessions) Joaquin Phoenix (The Master) Denzel Washington (Flight)
Best actress in a drama
Jessica Chastain (Zero Dark Thirty) Marion Cotillard (Rust and Bone) Helen Mirren (Hitchcock) Naomi Watts (The Impossible) Rachel Weisz (The Deep Blue Sea)
Best actor in a comedy or musical
Jack Black (Bernie) Hugh Jackman (Les Miserables) Bradley Cooper (Silver Linings Playbook) Bill Murray (Hyde Park on Hudson) Ewan MacGregor (Salmon Fishing in the Yemen)
Best actress in a comedy or musical
Emily Blunt (Salmon Fishing in the Yemen) Judi Dench (The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel) Jennifer Lawrence (Silver Linings Playbook) Maggie Smith (Quartet) Meryl Streep (Hope Springs)
Best supporting actress
Amy Adams (The Master) Sally Field (Lincoln) Anne Hathaway (Les Miserables) Helen Hunt (The Sessions) Nicole Kidman (The Paperboy)
Best supporting actor