The 84th Academy Awards' winners included at least one comedy film.
84th Academy Awards . The Artist won five awards , including Best Actor for Jean Dujardin , Best Director for Michel Hazanavicius , and Best Picture , the first silent feature to win an Academy Award for Best Picture since 1927 's Wings , the inaugural winner in 1929 . The Artist is a 2011 French romantic comedy-drama in the style of a black-and-white silent film written , directed , and co-edited by Michel Hazanavicius , produced by Thomas Langmann , and stars Jean Dujardin and Bérénice Bejo .