It’s like The Hurt Locker all over again, by now The Artist seems as inevitable as a Sunday (at the Oscars). There were no major surprises, though a handful of Oscar nominees did lose this year, but for the most part, this could be considered the Academy Awards, Part 1. Matter of fact, if I didn’t know these were the Spirit Awards, I might look at the main category winner list and think these were actually the Oscar winners. In the last five years, the best the Spirit Awards have ever done aligning with the Oscars was three winners in 2006. However, I see at least five of these carrying over, with two or three more slight possibilities.

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.

Award Tallies

(4) The Artist
(2) The Descendants / Margin Call
(1) Beginners / The Interrupters / Pariah / A Separation / Take Shelter / Where Soldiers Come From

The Awards

Best Feature

The Artist

Best Director

Michel Hazanavicius – The Artist

Best Male Lead

Jean Dujardin – The Artist

Best Female Lead

Michelle Williams – My Week with Marilyn

Best Supporting Male

Christopher Plummer – Beginners

Best Supporting Female

Shailene Woodley – The Descendants

Best Screenplay

The Descendants

Best Cinematography

The Artist

Best Foreign Film

A Separation

Best Documentary

The Interrupters

John Cassavetes Award

Pariah

Robert Altman Award

Margin Call (previously announced)

Best First Feature

Margin Call

Best First Screenplay

50/50

Piaget Producers Award

Sophia Lin – Take Shelter

AVEENO Truer Than Fiction Award

Heather Courtney – Where Soldiers Come From

Acura Someone to Watch Award

Mark Jackson – Without

Spirit Awards Data

First Awards: 1985 (27)

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: 0 (0-0-0-0-0) W / 4 (1-1-0-1-1) N / 1 (0-0-1-0-0) I
Director: 0 (0-0-0-0-0) W / 3 (1-1-0-1-0) N / 2 (0-0-1-0-1) I
Actor: 1 (0-1-0-0-0) W / 4 (1-1-1-0-1) N / 1 (0-0-0-1-0) I
Actress: 1 (1-0-0-0-0) W / 4 (1-1-1-1-0) N / 1 (0-0-0-0-1) I
Supporting Actor: 1 (0-0-0-0-1) W / 4 (1-1-1-0-1) N / 1 (0-0-0-1-0) I
Supporting Actress: 2 (0-1-1-0-0) W / 3 (0-1-1-1-0) N / 2 (1-0-0-0-1) I
Original/Adapted Screenplay: 0 (0-0-0-0-0) W / 2 (1-0-0-1-0) N / 3 (0-1-1-0-1) I
Cinematography: 1 (0-0-0-0-1) W / 3 (1-0-0-1-1) N / 2 (0-1-1-0-0) I
Foreign Film: 1 (0-0-0-0-1) W / 2 (0-0-1-0-1) N / 3 (1-1-0-1-0) I
Documentary: 1 (0-0-1-0-0) W / 2 (1-0-1-0-0) N / 3 (0-1-0-1-1) I