St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association Awards 2011



8th SLGFCA Awards December 12, 2011

Best Film: The Artist

Best Director: Michel Hazanavicius The Artist The nominees for the 8th St. Louis Film Critics Association Awards were announced on December 12, 2011.

Best Actor
George Clooney – The Descendants as Matt King
 * Jean Dujardin – The Artist as George Valentin
 * Michael Fassbender – Shame as Brandon Sullivan
 * Ryan Gosling – Drive as The Driver (Runner-up)
 * Gary Oldman – Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy as George Smiley
 * Brad Pitt – Moneyball as Billy Beane

Best Actress
Rooney Mara – The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo as Lisbeth Salander
 * Viola Davis – The Help as Aibileen Clarke
 * Elizabeth Olsen – Martha Marcy May Marlene as Martha
 * Saoirse Ronan – Hanna as Hanna
 * Meryl Streep – The Iron Lady as Margaret Thatcher (Runners-up)
 * Michelle Williams – My Week with Marilyn as Marilyn Monroe (Runners-up)

Best Animated Film
The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn
 * Kung Fu Panda 2
 * Puss in Boots
 * Rango (Runner-up)
 * Rio

Best Cinematography
The Tree of Life – Emmanuel Lubezki
 * The Artist – Guillaume Schiffman
 * Drive – Newton Thomas Sigel
 * The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo – Jeff Cronenweth (Runners-up)
 * War Horse – Janusz Kamiński (Runners-up)

Best Director
Michel Hazanavicius – The Artist
 * David Fincher – The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
 * Terrence Malick – The Tree of Life (Runner-up)
 * Alexander Payne – The Descendants
 * Nicolas Winding Refn – Drive

Best Documentary Film
Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey
 * Buck
 * Conan O'Brien Can't Stop
 * The Interrupters
 * Tabloid (Runner-up)

Best Film
The Artist
 * The Descendants (Runner-up)
 * Drive
 * My Week with Marilyn
 * The Tree of Life

Best Comedy
Bridesmaids
 * Crazy, Stupid, Love
 * Midnight in Paris (Runner-up)
 * The Muppets
 * Paul
 * Rango

Best Foreign Language Film
13 Assassins (Jūsannin no Shikaku) • Japan
 * I Saw the Devil (Akmareul boattda) • South Korea
 * Point Blank (À bout portant) • France
 * Trollhunter (Trolljegeren) • Norway
 * Winter in Wartime (Oorlogswinter) • Netherlands (Runner-up)

Best Music
The Artist
 * Drive (Runner-up)
 * The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
 * The Muppets
 * The Tree of Life

Best Original Screenplay
The Artist – Michel Hazanavicius
 * 50/50 – Will Reiser (Runner-up)
 * Hanna – Seth Lochhead and David Farr
 * Midnight in Paris – Woody Allen
 * The Tree of Life – Terrence Malick
 * Win Win – Tom McCarthy and Joe Tiboni

Best Adapted Screenplay
The Descendants – Nat Faxon, Jim Rash and Alexander Payne
 * Drive – Hossein Amini
 * The Help – Tate Taylor
 * Moneyball – Steven Zaillian and Aaron Sorkin (Runner-up)
 * The Muppets – Jason Segel and Nicholas Stoller

Best Supporting Actor
Albert Brooks – Drive as Bernie Rose
 * John Goodman – The Artist as Al Zimmer
 * John Hawkes – Martha Marcy May Marlene as Patrick
 * Jonah Hill – Moneyball as Peter Brand
 * Alan Rickman – Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 as Severus Snape (Runner-up)

Best Supporting Actress
Bérénice Bejo – The Artist as Peppy Miller
 * Cate Blanchett – Hanna as Marissa
 * Jessica Chastain – The Tree of Life as Mrs. O'Brien
 * Octavia Spencer – The Help as Minny Jackson (Runners-up)
 * Shailene Woodley – The Descendants as Alexandra King (Runners-up)

Best Visual Effects
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2
 * Captain America: The First Avenger
 * Rise of the Planet of the Apes (Runner-up)
 * Super 8
 * The Tree of Life

Best Art-House or Festival Film
We Need to Talk About Kevin
 * Beginners
 * Martha Marcy May Marlene
 * Tucker & Dale vs Evil
 * Win Win (Runner-up)

Best Scene (favorite movie scene or sequence)
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo: opening credits
 * The Artist: dance scene finale (Runner-up)
 * Drive: the elevator beating scene
 * Drive: opening get-away scene
 * Hanna: Hanna’s escape from captivity sequence
 * Melancholia: the last scene