'Hugo' sets tech pace with five wins

'Hugo'Martin Scorsese's three dimensional "Hugo" has obtained a quintet of technical wins for cinematography, art direction, visual effects, seem editing and seem mixing. It had been the 3rd Oscar for Robert Richardson in cinematography and also the third in art direction for that team of Dante Ferretti's production design and Francesca Lo Schiavo's set decoration. It had been the very first Oscar win for that "Hugo" seem teams -- Richard Hymns and Gary Rydstrom in seem editing, and Tom Fleischman and John Midgley for seem mixing. They of Take advantage of Legato, Joss Williams, Ben Grossmann and Alex Henning won for visual effects. Legato formerly won for "Titanic." "Hugo" arrived to the race having a leading 11 nominations Sunday. As the Vital film wasn't considered the favourite for the best picture, its strong early haul is using the Academy's periodic practice of giving below-the-line recognition to some broadly respected underdog this past year, "Beginning" required four Academy awards, as much as large champion "The King's Speech." Scorsese's imprimatur as ringmaster of the already heavily Oscar-laureled craft team without doubt assisted "Hugo's" sway with voters. "Marty, you are a genius as always," stated Richardson. Lo Schiavo stored her speech short, saying "To Martin and Italia." Richardson, who formerly won for "JFK" and "The Aviator." He capped Guillaume Schiffman for "The Artist," Shaun Chenoweth for "The Lady Using the Dragon Tattoo," Emmanuel Lubezki for "The Tree of Existence" and Janusz Kaminski for "War Equine." Lubezki have been preferred by many people to win after ruling the lensing precursors, such as the American Society of Cinematographers' top award earlier this year. Ferretti and Lo Schiavo, who won formerly for "Sweeney Todd" and "The Aviator." "Hugo" capped "The Artist," "Harry Potter and also the Deathly Hallows Part 2," "Night time in Paris" and "War Equine." Contact Dork McNary at dork.mcnary@variety.com