San Diego Film Critics Society Awards 2012

The 17th San Diego Film Critics Society Awards were announced on December 11, 2012.

Winners and nominees[]

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

References[]

• San Diego Film Critics Select Top Films for 2012

External links[]

• Official Site