Oscars 2012: Academy Award winners

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Oscars 2012: Director

Michel Hazanavicius won an Academy Award for directing "The Artist." Other director nominees were Terrence Malick for "The Tree of Life," Woody Allen for "Midnight in Paris," Alexander Payne for "The Descendants" and Martin Scorsese, who last month nabbed the Golden Globe for directing "Hugo."
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