San Diego Film Critics Society Awards 2012



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.

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