St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association Awards 2012

 9th StLFCA Awards December 17, 2012

Best Film: Argo

Best Director: Ben Affleck Argo

The nominees for the 9th St. Louis Film Critics Association Awards were announced on December 11, 2012. The winners were announced on December 17, 2012.

Best Actor

 * Daniel Day-Lewis – Lincoln
 * Runner-up: John Hawkes – The Sessions
 * Bradley Cooper – Silver Linings Playbook
 * Jamie Foxx – Django Unchained
 * Joaquin Phoenix – The Master
 * Denzel Washington – Flight

Best Actress

 * Jessica Chastain – Zero Dark Thirty
 * Runner-up: Jennifer Lawrence – Silver Linings Playbook
 * Helen Mirren – Hitchcock
 * Aubrey Plaza – Safety Not Guaranteed
 * Quvenzhané Wallis – Beasts of the Southern Wild

Best Adapted Screenplay

 * Lincoln – Tony Kushner (TIE)
 * Silver Linings Playbook – David O. Russell (TIE)
 * Argo – Chris Terrio
 * Beasts of the Southern Wild – Lucy Alibar and Benh Zeitlin
 * Life of Pi – David Magee
 * The Perks of Being a Wallflower – Stephen Chbosky

Best Animated Film

 * Wreck-It Ralph
 * Runner-up: ParaNorman
 * Brave
 * Frankenweenie
 * Rise of the Guardians

Best Cinematography

 * Skyfall – Roger Deakins
 * Runner-up: Life of Pi – Claudio Miranda
 * Beasts of the Southern Wild – Ben Richardson
 * Cloud Atlas – Frank Griebe and John Toll
 * Django Unchained – Robert Richardson
 * The Master – Mihai Mălaimare Jr.

Best Comedy Film

 * Moonrise Kingdom (TIE)
 * Ted (TIE)
 * The Cabin in the Woods
 * Seven Psychopaths
 * Wreck-It Ralph

Best Director

 * Ben Affleck – Argo
 * Runner-up: Quentin Tarantino – Django Unchained (TIE)
 * Runner-up: Benh Zeitlin – Beasts of the Southern Wild (TIE)
 * Wes Anderson – Moonrise Kingdom
 * Kathryn Bigelow – Zero Dark Thirty
 * Ang Lee – Life of Pi

Best Documentary Film

 * Searching for Sugar Man
 * Runner-up: Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry (TIE)
 * Runner-up: Bully (TIE)
 * Runner-up: How to Survive a Plague (TIE)
 * Jiro Dreams of Sushi

Best Film

 * Argo
 * Runner-up: Life of Pi (TIE)
 * Runner-up: Lincoln (TIE)
 * Django Unchained
 * Moonrise Kingdom
 * Zero Dark Thirty

Best Foreign Language Film

 * The Intouchables (Intouchables) • France
 * Runner-up: The Fairy (La fée) • Belgium / France (TIE)
 * Runner-up: Headhunters (Hodejegerne) • Norway (TIE)
 * Holy Motors • France / Germany
 * The Kid with a Bike (Le gamin au vélo) • Belgium / France / Italy

Best Music

 * Django Unchained (TIE)
 * Moonrise Kingdom (TIE)
 * Beasts of the Southern Wild
 * Cloud Atlas
 * The Dark Knight Rises
 * Not Fade Away

Best Original Screenplay

 * Zero Dark Thirty – Mark Boal
 * Runner-up: Django Unchained – Quentin Tarantino
 * The Cabin in the Woods – Joss Whedon and Drew Goddard
 * Moonrise Kingdom – Wes Anderson and Roman Coppola
 * Seven Psychopaths – Martin McDonagh

Best Supporting Actor

 * Christoph Waltz – Django Unchained
 * Runner-up: Tommy Lee Jones – Lincoln
 * Alan Arkin – Argo
 * John Goodman – Argo
 * William H. Macy – The Sessions
 * Bruce Willis – Moonrise Kingdom

Best Supporting Actress

 * Ann Dowd – Compliance (TIE)
 * Helen Hunt – The Sessions (TIE)
 * Amy Adams – The Master
 * Sally Field – Lincoln
 * Anne Hathaway – Les Misérables
 * Emma Watson – The Perks of Being a Wallflower

Best Visual Effects

 * Bill Westenhofer – Life of Pi
 * Runner-up: The Avengers
 * Cloud Atlas
 * Prometheus
 * Snow White and the Huntsman

Best Arthouse or Festival Film

 * Compliance (TIE)
 * Safety Not Guaranteed (TIE)
 * Bernie
 * The Fairy (La fée)
 * Sleepwalk with Me
 * Take This Waltz

Best Scene

 * Django Unchained: The "bag head" bag/mask problems scene (TIE)
 * Hitchcock: Anthony Hopkins in lobby conducting to music/audience's reaction during Psycho shower scene (TIE)
 * The Impossible: Opening tsunami scene (TIE)
 * The Master: The first "processing" questioning scene between Philip Seymour Hoffman and Joaquin Phoenix (TIE)
 * Beasts of the Southern Wild: The hurricane (and Wink shooting at it)
 * Flight: The plane crash