It had the best acting, best directing and best sound mix, but was not the best picture? These kinds of things always confused me, but hey, it’s their decision. This group’s winners don’t always match (rarely for most categories), but they have a fairly good track record for getting Oscar nominations: Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Costume Design have perfect records so far. Though, Ryan Gosling isn’t likely to pick up an Oscar nod, nor is Water for Elephants in Costume Design, so this should prove interesting.

In addition to the nominees and/or winners listed below, this year, we’re giving you a quick background on each individual precursor including founding year, first awards year and a glimpse at how many predictions the group has gotten right in the last five years. This data can be found below.

Nomination Tallies

(4) Drive
(2) – The Descendants / The Tree of Life

The Nominations

Best Picture

The Descendants

Best Animated or Mixed Media Film

The Adventures of Tintin

Best Director

Nicolas Winding Refn – Drive

Best Actor

Ryan Gosling – Drive

Best Actress

Viola Davis – The Help

Best Supporting Actor

Albert Brooks – Drive

Best Supporting Actress

Jessica Chastain – The Tree of Life

Best Original Screenplay

The Tree of Life

Best Adapted Screenplay

The Descendants

Best Original Score

Soul Surfer

Best Original Song

“Lay Your Head Down” – Albert Nobbs

Best Film Editing

The Guard

Best Cinematography

War Horse

Best Art Direction & Production Design

The Artist

Best Costume Design

Water for Elephants

Best Sound Mixing & Editing

Drive

Best Visual Effects

Hugo

Best Foreign Language Film

Mysteries of Lisbon

Best Documentary

Senna

Satellite Awards Data

First Awards: 1996 (16)

Precursor Accuracy

KEY:

• Winner won the corresponding Oscar
• Winner was nominated for the corresponding Oscar
• Winner was not nominated for a corresponding Oscar
• Total (2010-2009-2008-2007-2006)

Picture: 4 (0-1-1-1-1) W / 6 (1-1-1-2-1) N / 4 (1-1-1-0-1) I
Picture (Drama only): 4 (0-1-1-1-1) W / 5 (1-1-1-1-1) N / 0 (0-0-0-0-0) I
Picture (Comedy/Musical only): 0 (0-0-0-0-0) W / 1 (0-0-0-1-0) N / 4 (1-1-1-0-1) I
Animated Feature: 3 (1-0-1-1-0) W / 4 (1-1-1-1-0) N / 1 (0-0-0-0-1) I
Director: 3 (0-1-1-1-0) W / 4 (1-1-1-1-0) N / 2 (0-0-0-0-2) I
Actor: 3 (1-0-0-1-1) W / 5 (1-1-1-1-1) N / 5 (1-1-1-1-1) I
Actor (Drama only): 3 (1-0-0-1-1) W / 5 (1-1-1-1-1) N / 0 (0-0-0-0-0) I
Actor (Comedy/Musical only): 0 (0-0-0-0-0) W / 0 (0-0-0-0-0) N / 5 (1-1-1-1-1) I
Actress: 1 (0-0-0-0-1) W / 6 (0-1-1-2-2) N / 4 (2-1-1-0-0) I
Actress (Drama only): 1 (0-0-0-0-1) W / 3 (0-0-1-1-1) N / 2 (1-1-0-0-0) I
Actress (Comedy/Musical only): 0 (0-0-0-0-0) W / 3 (0-1-0-1-1) N / 2 (1-0-1-0-0) I
Supporting Actor: 2 (1-1-0-0-0) W / 4 (1-1-1-1-0) N / 1 (0-0-0-0-1) I
Supporting Actress: 2 (0-1-0-0-1) W / 4 (1-1-0-1-1) N / 1 (0-0-1-0-0) I
Original Screenplay: 2 (1-0-0-1-0) W / 3 (1-0-0-1-1) N / 2 (0-1-1-0-0) I
Adapted Screenplay: 3 (1-1-0-0-1) W / 5 (1-1-1-1-1) N / 0 (0-0-0-0-0) I
Original Score: 3 (0-0-1-0-1) W / 4 (1-0-1-1-1) N / 1 (0-1-0-0-0) I
Original Song: 1 (0-1-0-0-0) W / 1 (0-1-0-0-0) N / 4 (1-0-1-1-1) I
Editing: 1 (0-1-0-0-0) W / 1 (0-1-0-0-0) N / 4 (1-0-1-1-1) I
Cinematography: 2 (1-0-0-1-0) W / 2 (1-0-0-1-0) N / 3 (0-1-1-0-1) I
Art Direction: 0 (0-0-0-0-0) W / 1 (1-0-0-0-0) N / 4 (0-1-1-1-1) I
Costume Design: 3 (1-0-1-1-0) W / 5 (1-1-1-1-1) N / 0 (0-0-0-0-0) I
Sound Mixing: 2 (0-0-0-1-1) W / 3 (0-0-1-1-1) N / 2 (1-1-0-0-0) I
Visual Effects: 1 (0-0-0-0-1) W / 2 (1-0-0-0-1) N / 3 (0-1-1-1-0) I
Foreign Language Film: 0 (0-0-0-0-0) W / 0 (0-0-0-0-0) N / 6 (1-2-1-1-1) I
Documentary Feature: 1 (0-0-1-0-0) W / 4 (1-0-1-1-1) N / 2 (0-1-1-0-0) I