Les Misérables is a 2012 English-language Drama Musical film written by William Nicholson, Alain Boublil, Claude-michel Schönberg, Herbert Kretzmer and Victor Hugo. The movie is directed by Tom Hooper and produced by Eric Fellner, Tim Bevan, Debra Hayward and Cameron Mackintosh under the banner of Working Title Films in collaboration with Relativity Media. Filming took place on locations in Greenwich, London, Chatham, Winchester, Bath, and Portsmouth, England in Gourdon, France and on soundstages in Pinewood Studios. Les misérables stars Hugh Jackman in the lead role along with an ensemble cast including Russell Crowe, Anne Hathaway, Amanda Seyfried, Eddie Redmayne, Helena Bonham Carter and Sacha Baron Cohen. The screenplay is written by William Nicholson, Alain Boublil, Claude-Michel Sch nberg and Herbert Kretzmer which is inspired from Les Mis rables by Claude-Michel Sch nberg Alain Boublil Jean-Marc Natel Les Mis rables by Victor Hugo. The music was composed by Claude-michel Schönberg along with Claude-michel Sch Nberg. Cinematography was done by Danny Cohen and editing by Melanie Oliver and Chris Dickens. The movie has a running time of 158 minutes. It was released on 25th December 2012. The Film was successful at box office. Les Misérables was made on a budget of $61 million and it was a super hit at box office gross of $442 million. Distribution rights for the motion picture were acquired by Universal Pictures. At the 2013 Oscar Awards It won 3 awards including: Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role (Anne Hathaway), Best Achievement in Makeup and Hairstyling and Best Achievement in Sound Mixing. Filming took place on locations in Greenwich, London, Chatham, Winchester, Bath, and Portsmouth, England in Gourdon, France and on soundstages in Pinewood Studios.