San Diego Film Critics Society Awards 2015 Explained

The 20th San Diego Film Critics Society Awards were announced on December 14, 2015.^{[1] [2]}

Winners and nominees

Best Film

• Brooklyn
• Ex Machina
• Room
• Spotlight

Best Director

George Miller  -

• Lenny Abrahamson  - Room
• John Crowley  - Brooklyn
• Alejandro G. Iñárritu  - The Revenant
• Tom McCarthy  - Spotlight

Best Male Actor

Leonardo DiCaprio  - The Revenant

• Bryan Cranston  - Trumbo
• Matt Damon  - The Martian
• Jason Segel  - The End of the Tour
• Jacob Tremblay  - Room

Best Female Actor

Brie Larson  - Room

• Charlotte Rampling  - 45 Years
• Saoirse Ronan  - Brooklyn
• Charlize Theron  -
• Alicia Vikander  - Ex Machina

Best Male Supporting Actor

Tom Noonan  - Anomalisa

• RJ Cyler  - Me and Earl and the Dying Girl
• Paul Dano  - Love & Mercy
• Oscar Isaac  - Ex Machina
• Mark Rylance  - Bridge of Spies

Best Female Supporting Actor

Jennifer Jason Leigh  - The Hateful Eight

• Olivia Cooke  - Me and Earl and the Dying Girl
• Helen Mirren  - Trumbo
• Kristen Stewart  - Clouds of Sils Maria
• Alicia Vikander  - The Danish Girl

Best Original Screenplay

Jemaine Clement and Taika Waititi  - What We Do in the Shadows

• Noah Baumbach  - Mistress America
• Alex Garland  - Ex Machina
• Tom McCarthy and Josh Singer  - Spotlight
• Quentin Tarantino  - The Hateful Eight

Best Adapted Screenplay

Emma Donoghue  - Room

• Drew Goddard  - The Martian
• Nick Hornby  - Brooklyn
• Charlie Kaufman  - Anomalisa
• Donald Margulies  - The End of the Tour

Best Animated Film

Anomalisa

• The Good Dinosaur
• Inside Out
• The Peanuts Movie
• Shaun the Sheep Movie

Best Documentary

Cartel Land

• Amy
• He Named Me Malala
• Meru
• The Wrecking Crew

Best Foreign Language Film

Taxi

• Goodnight Mommy
• Phoenix
• A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence

Best Cinematography

Roger Deakins  - Sicario

• Yves Bélanger  - Brooklyn
• Emmanuel Lubezki  - The Revenant
• John Seale  -
• Dariusz Wolski  - The Martian
• White God

Best Editing

Margaret Sixel and Jason Ballantine  -

• Michael Kahn  - Bridge of Spies
• Stephen Mirrione  - The Revenant
• Nathan Nugent  - Room
• Pietro Scalia  - The Martian
• Joe Walker  - Sicario

Best Production Design

François Séguin  - Brooklyn

• Mark Digby  - Ex Machina
• Colin Gibson  -
• Arthur Max  - The Martian
• Adam Stockhausen  - Bridge of Spies

Best Sound Design

• Ex Machina
• Love & Mercy
• The Martian
• Sicario

Best Visual Effects

The Walk

• Ex Machina
• Jurassic World
• The Martian

Best Use of Music in a Film

The Hateful Eight

• Love & Mercy
• Sicario
• Straight Outta Compton

Breakthrough Artist

Jacob Tremblay

• Abraham Attah
• Sean Baker
• Emory Cohen
• Alicia Vikander

Best Ensemble

What We Do in the Shadows

• The Big Short
• The Hateful Eight
• Inside Out
• Spotlight
• Straight Outta Compton

External links

• Official Site

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2015 San Diego Film Critics Society Award Winners. December 14, 2015. San Diego Film Critics Society. December 14, 2015.
2. Web site: 2015 San Diego Film Critics Society’s Award Nominations. December 11, 2015. San Diego Film Critics Society. December 11, 2015.