Los Angeles, Feb 26 (Reuters): The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences on Sunday handed out the Oscars - the highest honors in the movie industry       

Following is a list of winners in leading categories for the 84th annual Academy Awards.

BEST PICTURE - ”The Artist”

BEST ACTOR - Jean Dujardin,“The Artist”

BEST ACTRESS - Meryl Streep,“The Iron Lady”

BEST DIRECTOR - Michel Hazanavicius,“The Artist”

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR - Christopher Plummer,“Beginners”

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS - Octavia Spencer,“The Help”

ANIMATED FILM - ”Rango”

FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM - ”A Separation,” Iran        

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY - ”The Descendants,” by Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon and Jim Rash

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY - ”Midnight in Paris,” by Woody Allen

DOCUMENTARY - ”Undefeated”

ORIGINAL SCORE - ”The Artist,” Ludovic Bource

ORIGINAL SONG - ”Man or Muppet” from“The Muppets,” music and lyric by Bret McKenzie

ART DIRECTION - ”Hugo,” production design: Dante Ferretti; set decoration: Francesca Lo Schiavo

CINEMATOGRAPHY - ”Hugo,” Robert Richardson

COSTUME DESIGN - ”The Artist,” Mark Bridges

FILM EDITING - ”The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo,” Kirk Baxter and Angus Wall  

MAKEUP - ”The Iron Lady,” Mark Coulier and J. Roy Helland

VISUAL EFFECTS - ”Hugo,” Rob Legato, Joss Williams, Ben Grossman and Alex Henning  

Short Film (Live Action) - ”The Shore” Terry George and Oorlagh George

Short Film (Animated)  - ”The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore” William Joyce and Brandon Oldenburg

Documentary (Short Subject) - ”Saving Face”

SOUND EDITING  - ”Hugo” Philip Stockton and Eugene Gearty 

SOUND MIXING  - ”Hugo”  Tom Fleischman and John Midgley