San Diego Film Critics Society Awards 2012 Explained

17th SDFCS Awards

December 11, 2012

----Best Film:
Argo----Best Director:
Ben Affleck
Argo

The 17th San Diego Film Critics Society Awards were announced on December 11, 2012.

Winners and nominees

Best Actor

Daniel Day-Lewis  - Lincoln

• Bradley Cooper  - Silver Linings Playbook
• John Hawkes  - The Sessions
• Hugh Jackman  - Les Misérables
• Joaquin Phoenix  - The Master

Best Actress

Michelle Williams  - Take This Waltz

• Jessica Chastain  - Zero Dark Thirty
• Helen Hunt  - The Sessions
• Jennifer Lawrence  - Silver Linings Playbook
• Naomi Watts  - The Impossible

Best Animated Film

ParaNorman

• Brave
• Frankenweenie
• Rise of the Guardians
• Wreck-It Ralph

Best Cinematography

Life of Pi  - Claudio Miranda

• Beasts of the Southern Wild  - Ben Richardson
• Django Unchained  - Robert Richardson
• The Master  - Mihai Mălaimare Jr.
• Les Misérables  - Danny Cohen

Best Director

Ben Affleck  - Argo

• Paul Thomas Anderson  - The Master
• Kathryn Bigelow  - Zero Dark Thirty
• Ang Lee  - Life of Pi
• David O. Russell  - Silver Linings Playbook

Best Documentary

The Invisible War

• Bully
• Jiro Dreams of Sushi
• The Queen of Versailles
• Samsara

Best Editing

Argo  - William Goldenberg

• Killing Them Softly  - Brian A. Kates and John Paul Horstmann
• Life of Pi  - Tim Squyres
• The Master  - Leslie Jones and Peter McNulty
• Zero Dark Thirty  - William Goldenberg and Dylan Tichenor

Best Ensemble Performance

The Perks of Being a Wallflower

• Argo
• Django Unchained
• Les Misérables
• Seven Psychopaths

Best Film

Argo

• Django Unchained
• The Master
• Silver Linings Playbook
• Zero Dark Thirty

Best Foreign Language Film

The Kid with a Bike (Le gamin au vélo) • Belgium / France / Italy

• Amour • Austria / France / Germany
• Headhunters (Hodejegerne) • Norway
• Holy Motors • France / Germany
• The Intouchables (Intouchables) • France

Best Production Design

Cloud Atlas  - Hugh Bateup and Uli Hanisch

• Anna Karenina  - Sarah Greenwood
• Argo  - Sharon Seymour
• Les Misérables  - Eve Stewart
• Moonrise Kingdom  - Adam Stockhausen

Best Score

The Master  - Jonny Greenwood

• Argo  - Alexandre Desplat
• Beasts of the Southern Wild  - Benh Zeitlin and Dan Romer
• Life of Pi  - Mychael Danna
• Moonrise Kingdom  - Alexandre Desplat

Best Original Screenplay

The Master  - Paul Thomas Anderson

• The Cabin in the Woods  - Joss Whedon and Drew Goddard
• Django Unchained  - Quentin Tarantino
• Moonrise Kingdom  - Wes Anderson and Roman Coppola
• Take This Waltz  - Sarah Polley

Best Adapted Screenplay

Argo  - Chris Terrio

• Life of Pi  - David Magee
• Lincoln  - Tony Kushner
• The Perks of Being a Wallflower  - Stephen Chbosky
• Silver Linings Playbook  - David O. Russell

Best Supporting Actor

Christoph Waltz  - Django Unchained

• Alan Arkin  - Argo
• Philip Seymour Hoffman  - The Master
• Matthew McConaughey  - Killer Joe
• Christopher Walken  - Seven Psychopaths

Best Supporting Actress

Emma Watson  - The Perks of Being a Wallflower

• Amy Adams  - The Master
• Samantha Barks  - Les Misérables
• Anne Hathaway  - Les Misérables
• Rebel Wilson  - Pitch Perfect

References

• San Diego Film Critics Select Top Films for 2012

External links

• Official Site