15th Hollywood Film Awards

The 15th Hollywood Film Awards were held on October 24, 2011. The ceremony took place at The Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, California.

Winners

 * Best Actor: George Clooney – The Descendants
 * Best Actress: Michelle Williams – My Week with Marilyn
 * Best Supporting Actor: Christopher Plummer – Beginners
 * Best Supporting Actress: Carey Mulligan – Shame
 * Breakthrough Actor Award: Joseph Gordon-Levitt – 50/50
 * Breakthrough Actress Award: Jessica Chastain – The Tree of Life, Take Shelter, The Help, The Debt, and Coriolanus
 * Breakthrough Director: Michel Hazanavicius – The Artist
 * Best Director: Bennett Miller – Moneyball
 * Best Producer: Letty Aronson – Midnight in Paris
 * Best Editor: Stephen Mirrione – The Ides of March
 * Best Screenwriter: Diablo Cody – Young Adult
 * Best Composer: Alberto Iglesias – The Skin I Live In
 * Best Visual Effects: Scott Farrar – Transformers: Dark Side of the Moon
 * Best Cinematographer: Emmanuel Lubezki – The Tree of Life
 * Best Animation: Gore Verbinski – Rango
 * Best Production Design: James J. Murakami – Heareafter
 * Best Movie: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2
 * New Hollywood Award: Felicity Jones
 * Career Achievement Award: Glenn Close
 * Best Ensemble Cast: Viola Davis, Jessica Chastain, Emma Stone, Octavia Spencer, Allison Janney, Bryce Dallas Howard, Mary Steenburgen, Ahna O'Reilly, and Cicely Tyson – The Help
 * Spotlight Award: Amber Heard – The Rum Diary, Bérénice Bejo – The Artist, Elle Fanning – Super 8, Jean Dujardin – The Artist, Andrea Riseborough – W.E., Anton Yelchin – Like Crazy, Shailene Woodley – The Descendants