The Artist is a 2011 French romantic comedy-drama film directed and written by Michel Hazanavicius. The film is set in Hollywood between 1927 and 1932 and focuses on a declining film star (played by Jean Dujardin) and a rising actress (played by Berenice Bejo), as silent cinema falls out of fashion and is replaced by the talkies. The film premiered at the 64th Cannes Film Festival on 15 May 2011, where Dujardin won the Best Actor Award. It was released in France on 12 October 2011. Following successful screenings at the Telluride Film Festival, the Toronto International Film Festival, and the New York Film Festival, The Artist was released on 23 November 2011 in the United States. The film earned a worldwide box office total of more than $133 million. Rotten Tomatoes, a review aggregator, surveyed 320 reviews and judged 95% to be positive.
The Artist became the most honoured French film in history. The film garnered several awards and nominations with particular praise for the direction, the acting of its cast, the screenplay, the score, the cinematography, the editing, and the costumes. The film garnered ten nominations at the 84th Academy Awards, and went on to win five awards, including Best Picture, Best Director (Hazanavicius), and Best Actor (Dujardin). It is the first silent feature to win Best Picture after Wings at the inaugural ceremony in 1929 and the first black and white film to win the award since 1993's Schindler's List. Dujardin became the first French actor to win an Oscar. The film was named Best Feature at the 27th Independent Spirit Awards. It received twelve nominations at the 65th British Academy Film Awards, winning seven awards, including Best Film, Best Director, and Best Actor. At the 37th César Awards ceremony, the film earned six awards, including Best Film and Best Actress (Bejo).
The Artist received six nominations at the 69th Golden Globe Awards, winning three, including Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy and Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy (Dujardin). At the 18th Screen Actors Guild Awards, Dujardin won the award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role. The film won the Best Theatrical Motion Picture at the 23rd Producers Guild of America Awards; Hazanavicius won Best Director at the 64th Directors Guild of America Awards. The 17th Critics' Choice Awards, 77th New York Film Critics Circle Awards, and the 32nd London Film Critics' Circle Awards named the film Best Picture.
Accolades Award Date of ceremony Category Recipients Result AACTA International Awards27 January 2012 Best Film – International Best Direction – International Best Actor – International Best Screenplay – International AARP Movies for Grownups Awards20 January 2012 Best Movie for Grownups Best Comedy Academy Awards 26 February 2012 Best Picture Best Director Best Actor Best Supporting Actress Best Original Screenplay Best Art Direction and Robert Gould Best Cinematography Best Costume Design Best Film Editing and Michel Hazanavicius Best Original Score Alliance of Women Film Journalists 10 January 2012 Best Film Best Director Best Actor Best Supporting Actress Best Original Screenplay Best Cinematography Best Editing and Michel Hazanavicius Best Film Music or Score Unforgettable Moment Award ALMA Awards 16 September 2012 Favorite Movie Actress – Comedy/Musical American Cinema Editors 18 February 2012 Best Edited Feature Film – Comedy or Musical and Michel Hazanavicius American Film Institute 11 December 2011 AFI Special Awards American Society of Cinematographers 12 February 2012 Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Theatrical Releases Art Directors Guild 4 February 2012 Period Film , Greg Hooper, Joshua Lusby, Adam Mull, Jamie Rama, Martin Charles, and Robert Gould Austin Film Critics Association28 December 2011 Best Film Belgian Syndicate of Cinema Critics 7 January 2012 Grand Prix BMI Film & TV Awards 17 May 2012 Film Music Award Boston Society of Film Critics 11 December 2011 Best Picture Best Director Best Use of Music in a Film British Academy Film Awards 12 February 2012 Best Film Best Direction Best Actor Best Actress Best Original Screenplay Best Music Best Cinematography Best Editing and Michel Hazanavicius Production Design and Robert Gould Costume Design Best Sound , Gérard Lamps, and Nadine Muse Best Make-up and Hair Cydney Cornell and Julie Hewett Cannes Film Festival 22 May 2011 Palme d'Or Best Actor Palm Dog Award Uggie Casting Society of America 29 October 2012 Feature – Studio or Independent – Comedy and Michael Sanford César Awards 24 February 2012 Best Film Best Director Best Actor Best Actress Best Original Screenplay Best Cinematography Best Editing and Michel Hazanavicius Best Production Design Best Costume Design Best Music Written for a Film Chicago Film Critics Association7 January 2012 Best Film Best Director Best Actor Best Original Screenplay Best Original Score IFF Cinematik Piešťany12 September 2012 Meeting Point Europe Award Audience Award The Comedy Awards6 May 2012 Comedy Film Performance by an Actor – Film Comedy Director – Film Costume Designers Guild 21 February 2012 Excellence in Period Film Critics' Choice Movie Awards12 January 2012 Best Picture Best Actor Best Supporting Actress Best Acting Ensemble Best Director Best Original Screenplay Best Cinematography Best Art Direction and Gregory S. Hooper Best Editing and Michel Hazanavicius Best Costume Design Best Composer Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association 16 December 2011 Best Film Best Director Best Actor Best Supporting Actress David di Donatello 4 May 2012 Best European Film Detroit Film Critics Society 16 December 2011 Best Film Best Director Best Actor Best Supporting Actress Best Screenplay Directors Guild Awards 28 January 2012 Outstanding Directing – Feature Film Dublin Film Critics' Circle 21 December 2012 Best Film European Film Awards 3 December 2011 Best Film Best Composer Best Cinematographer Florida Film Critics Circle 19 December 2011 Best Original Screenplay Gay and Lesbian Entertainment Critics Association 16 January 2012 Film of the Year Georgia Film Critics Association 17 January 2012 Best Supporting Actress Best Original Screenplay Best Art Direction Golden Eagle Award 25 January 2013 Best Foreign Language Film The Artist Golden Globe Awards15 January 2012 Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture Best Director – Motion Picture Best Screenplay Best Original Score Golden Trailer Awards31 May 2012 Best Independent TV Spot Goya Awards 19 February 2012 Best European Film Grammy Awards 10 February 2013 Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media Houston Film Critics Society14 December 2011 Best Picture Best Director Best Actor Best Screenplay Best Cinematography Best Score Best Foreign Film Independent Spirit Awards25 February 2012 Best Film Best Director Best Screenplay Best Actor Best Cinematography Leeds International Film Festival 21 November 2011 Official Selection Audience Award London Film Critics' Circle 19 January 2012 Film of the Year Actor of the Year Director of the Year Screenwriter of the Year Lumière Awards 13 January 2012 Best Film Best Director Best Actor Best Actress Best Screenplay National Board of Review 4 February 2012 Top Ten Films National Society of Film Critics Awards 7 January 2012 Best Actor New York Film Critics Circle 29 November 2011 Best Film Best Director Best Actor New York Film Critics Online 11 December 2011 Best Picture Best Director Best Original Score Online Film Critics Society2 January 2012 Best Picture Best Director Best Actor Best Cinematography Producers Guild of America Awards 21 January 2012 Best Theatrical Motion Picture San Sebastián International Film Festival 25 September 2011 Audience Award Santa Barbara International Film Festival 4 February 2012 Cinema Vanguard Award San Diego Film Critics Society 14 December 2011 Best Film Best Director Best Actor Best Supporting Actress Best Original Screenplay Best Cinematography Best Editing and Michel Hazanavicius Best Production Design Best Score Satellite Awards19 December 2011 Best Film Best Director Best Original Screenplay Best Cinematography Best Art Direction and Production Design and Gregory S. Hooper Best Costume Design Screen Actors Guild Awards29 January 2012 Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture , James Cromwell, Jean Dujardin, John Goodman, and Penelope Ann Miller Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association 19 December 2011Best FilmBest DirectorBest Supporting ActressBest Original ScreenplayBest MusicSpecial Merit (for best scene, cinematic technique or other memorable aspect or moment)Toronto Film Critics Association 14 December 2011Best Picture Best DirectorVancouver Film Critics Circle9 January 2012 Best Film Best Actor Best Director Best Screenplay Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association5 December 2011 Best Picture Best Director Best Actor Best Supporting Actress Best Art Direction and Gregory S. Hooper Best Cinematography Best Original Score Women Film Critics Circle19 December 2011 Best Actor Best Screen Couple and Bérénice Bejo
See also 2011 in film List of Academy Award records
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