San Diego Film Critics Society Awards 2011



16th SDFCS Awards December 14, 2011

Best Film: The Artist

Best Director: Nicolas Winding Refn Drive The 16th San Diego Film Critics Society Awards were announced on December 12, 2011.

Best Actor
Michael Shannon – Take Shelter as Curtis LaForche
 * George Clooney – The Descendants as Matt King
 * Jean Dujardin – The Artist as George Valentin
 * Brendan Gleeson – The Guard as Gerry Boyle
 * Brad Pitt – Moneyball as Billy Bean

Best Actress
Brit Marling – Another Earth as Rhoda Williams
 * Viola Davis – The Help as Aibileen Clarke
 * Elizabeth Olsen – Martha Marcy May Marlene as Martha
 * Tilda Swinton – We Need to Talk About Kevin as Eve Khatchadourian
 * Michelle Williams – My Week with Marilyn as Marilyn Monroe

Best Animated Film
Arthur Christmas
 * Happy Feet Two
 * Kung Fu Panda 2
 * Rango
 * Winnie the Pooh

Best Cinematography
The Tree of Life – Emmanuel Lubezki
 * The Artist – Guillaume Schiffman
 * Drive – Newton Thomas Sigel
 * Hugo – Robert Richardson
 * Take Shelter – Adam Stone

Best Director
Nicolas Winding Refn – Drive
 * Woody Allen – Midnight in Paris
 * Michel Hazanavicius – The Artist
 * Terrence Malick – The Tree of Life
 * Martin Scorsese – Hugo

Best Documentary
Project Nim
 * Buck
 * Cave of Forgotten Dreams
 * Into the Abyss
 * Page One: Inside the New York Times

Best Editing
Beginners – Olivier Bugge Coutté
 * The Artist – Anne-Sophie Bion and Michel Hazanavicius
 * Drive – Mat Newman
 * Hugo – Thelma Schoonmaker
 * The Tree of Life – Hank Corwin, Jay Rabinowitz, Daniel Rezende, Billy Weber and Mark Yoshikawa

Best Ensemble Performance
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2
 * Carnage
 * The Help
 * Margin Call
 * Midnight in Paris

Best Film
The Artist
 * Drive
 * Hugo
 * Midnight in Paris
 * The Tree of Life

Best Foreign Language Film
Le Quattro Volte • Italy
 * The Double Hour (La doppia ora) • Italy
 * Happy, Happy (Sykt lykkelig) • Norway
 * Of Gods and Men (Des hommes et des dieux) • France
 * A Somewhat Gentle Man (En ganske snill mann) • Norway

Best Production Design
Hugo – Dante Ferretti
 * The Artist – Laurence Bennett
 * Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 – Stuart Craig
 * Midnight in Paris – Anne Seibel
 * The Tree of Life – Jack Fisk

Best Score
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 – Alexandre Desplat
 * The Artist – Ludovic Bource
 * Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close – Alexandre Desplat
 * Hugo – Howard Shore
 * The Tree of Life – Alexandre Desplat

Best Original Screenplay
Midnight in Paris – Woody Allen
 * 50/50 – Will Reiser
 * The Artist – Michel Hazanavicius
 * Beginners – Mike Mills
 * Win Win – Tom McCarthy

Best Adapted Screenplay
Moneyball – Steve Zaillian and Aaron Sorkin
 * The Descendants – Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon and Jim Rash
 * Drive – Hossein Amini
 * Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 – Steve Kloves
 * Hugo – John Logan

Best Supporting Actor
Nick Nolte – Warrior as Paddy Conlon
 * Albert Brooks – Drive as Bernie Rose
 * Christopher Plummer – Beginners as Hal Fields
 * Andy Serkis – Rise of the Planet of the Apes as Caesar
 * Max von Sydow – Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close as The Renter

Best Supporting Actress
Shailene Woodley – The Descendants as Alexandra King
 * Bérénice Bejo – The Artist as Peppy Miller
 * Jessica Chastain – The Help as Celia Foote
 * Mélanie Laurent – Beginners as Anna
 * Carey Mulligan – Shame as Sissy Sullivan

Body of Work

 * Jessica Chastain