2011 New York Film Critics Circle Awards

77th NYFCC Awards

January 9, 2012

Best Picture:
The Artist

The 77th New York Film Critics Circle Awards, honoring the best in film for 2011, were announced on 29 November 2011 and presented on 9 January 2012.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

Winners[]

Michel Hazanavicius, Best Director winner

Brad Pitt, Best Actor winner

Meryl Streep, Best Actress winner

Albert Brooks, Best Supporting Actor winner

Jessica Chastain, Best Supporting Actress winner

Aaron Sorkin, Best Screenplay co-winner

Best Film:
- The Artist
- Runners-up: Melancholia and Hugo
Best Director:
- Michel Hazanavicius – The Artist
- Runners-up: Martin Scorsese – Hugo and Lars von Trier – Melancholia
Best Actor:
- Brad Pitt – Moneyball and The Tree of Life
- Runners-up: Michael Fassbender – Shame and Jean Dujardin – The Artist
Best Actress:
- Meryl Streep – The Iron Lady
- Runners-up: Michelle Williams – My Week with Marilyn and Kirsten Dunst – Melancholia
Best Supporting Actor:
- Albert Brooks – Drive
- Runners-up: Christopher Plummer – Beginners and Viggo Mortensen – A Dangerous Method
Best Supporting Actress:
- Jessica Chastain – The Help, Take Shelter, and The Tree of Life
- Runners-up: Carey Mulligan – Shame and Vanessa Redgrave – Coriolanus
Best Screenplay:
- Aaron Sorkin and Steven Zaillian – Moneyball
Best Cinematography:
- Emmanuel Lubezki – The Tree of Life
Best Foreign Language Film:
- A Separation (Jodaeiye Nader az Simin) • Iran
- Runner-up: Incendies • Canada
Best Non-Fiction Film:
- Cave of Forgotten Dreams
Best First Film:
- J. C. Chandor – Margin Call
Special Award:
- Raúl Ruiz

References[]

^ "New York critics name 'The Artist' best film of the year". Times Union. 29 November 2011. Retrieved 26 December 2017.
^ Knegt, Peter (29 November 2011). "'The Artist' Leads New York Film Critics' Circle Awards". IndieWire. Retrieved 23 December 2017.
^ Corliss, Richard (29 November 2011). "New York Film Critics Can't Wait to Give Their Top Prizes to The Artist". Time. Retrieved 7 August 2016.
^ Lumenick, Lou (29 November 2011). "Oscar Watch: 'The Artist,' Streep, Pitt take top awards from NYFCC as big-name directors get largely snubbed". New York Post. Retrieved 23 December 2017.

External links[]

2011 Awards

[1] "New York critics name 'The Artist' best film of the year". Times Union. 29 November 2011. Retrieved 26 December 2017.

[2] Knegt, Peter (29 November 2011). "'The Artist' Leads New York Film Critics' Circle Awards". IndieWire. Retrieved 23 December 2017.

[3] Corliss, Richard (29 November 2011). "New York Film Critics Can't Wait to Give Their Top Prizes to The Artist". Time. Retrieved 7 August 2016.

[4] Lumenick, Lou (29 November 2011). "Oscar Watch: 'The Artist,' Streep, Pitt take top awards from NYFCC as big-name directors get largely snubbed". New York Post. Retrieved 23 December 2017.

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