Online Film Critics Society Awards 2011



15th Online Film Critics Society Awards January 2, 2012

Best Picture:  The Tree of Life  The 15th Online Film Critics Society Awards, honoring the best in film for 2011, were announced on 2 January 2012.

Best Picture
The Tree of Life
 * The Artist
 * The Descendants
 * Drive
 * Hugo

Best Director
Terrence Malick – The Tree of Life
 * Michel Hazanavicius – The Artist
 * Martin Scorsese – Hugo
 * Lars von Trier – Melancholia
 * Nicolas Winding Refn – Drive

Best Actor
Michael Fassbender – Shame
 * George Clooney – The Descendants
 * Jean Dujardin – The Artist
 * Gary Oldman – Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
 * Michael Shannon – Take Shelter

Best Actress
Tilda Swinton – We Need to Talk About Kevin
 * Kirsten Dunst – Melancholia
 * Elizabeth Olsen – Martha Marcy May Marlene
 * Meryl Streep – The Iron Lady
 * Michelle Williams – My Week with Marilyn

Best Supporting Actor
Christopher Plummer – Beginners
 * Albert Brooks – Drive
 * John Hawkes – Martha Marcy May Marlene
 * Nick Nolte – Warrior
 * Brad Pitt – The Tree of Life

Best Supporting Actress
Jessica Chastain – The Tree of Life
 * Melissa McCarthy – Bridesmaids
 * Janet McTeer – Albert Nobbs
 * Carey Mulligan – Shame
 * Shailene Woodley – The Descendants

Best Original Screenplay
Midnight in Paris – Woody Allen
 * Martha Marcy May Marlene – Sean Durkin
 * A Separation – Asghar Farhadi
 * The Tree of Life – Terrence Malick
 * Win Win – Tom McCarthy

Best Adapted Screenplay
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy – Bridget O'Connor & Peter Straughan
 * The Descendants – Nat Faxon, Jim Rash & Alexander Payne
 * Drive – Hossein Amini
 * Moneyball – Steven Zaillian & Aaron Sorkin
 * We Need to Talk About Kevin – Lynne Ramsay & Rory Stewart Kinnear

Best Foreign Language Film
A Separation
 * 13 Assassins
 * Certified Copy
 * The Skin I Live In
 * Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives

Best Documentary
Cave of Forgotten Dreams
 * The Interrupters
 * Into the Abyss
 * Project Nim
 * Tabloid

Best Animated Feature
Rango
 * The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn
 * Arthur Christmas
 * Kung Fu Panda 2
 * Winnie the Pooh

Best Cinematography
The Tree of Life – Emmanuel Lubezki
 * The Artist – Guillaume Schiffman
 * Drive – Newton Thomas Sigel
 * Hugo – Robert Richardson
 * Melancholia – Manuel Alberto Claro

Best Editing
The Tree of Life – Hank Corwin, Jay Rabinowitz, Daniel Rezende, Billy Weber & Mark Yoshikawa
 * Drive – Matthew Newman
 * Martha Marcy May Marlene – Zachary Stuart-Pontier
 * Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy – Dino Jonsäter
 * We Need to Talk About Kevin – Joe Bini

Special Awards

 * To Jessica Chastain, the breakout performer of the year
 * To Martin Scorsese in honor of his work and dedication to the pursuit of film preservation