Awards for 2012

Critics Choice Award

Best Picture

WINNER

The Artist

NOMINEES

The Help
Hugo
Midnight in Paris
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
Drive
The Descendants
War Horse
The Tree of Life
Moneyball

Best Actor

WINNER

The Descendants: George Clooney

NOMINEES

Moneyball: Brad Pitt
The Artist: Jean Dujardin
Drive: Ryan Gosling
J. Edgar: Leonardo DiCaprio
Shame: Michael Fassbender

Best Young Actor/Actress

WINNER

Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close: Thomas Horn

NOMINEES

Super 8: Elle Fanning
The Descendants: Shailene Woodley
Hanna: Saoirse Ronan
Hugo: Asa Butterfield
We Need to Talk About Kevin: Ezra Miller

Best Actress

WINNER

The Help: Viola Davis

NOMINEES

We Need to Talk About Kevin: Tilda Swinton
Martha Marcy May Marlene: Elizabeth Olsen
Young Adult: Charlize Theron
My Week with Marilyn: Michelle Williams
The Iron Lady: Meryl Streep

Best Supporting Actor

WINNER

Beginners: Christopher Plummer

NOMINEES

Rise of the Planet of the Apes: Andy Serkis
Young Adult: Patton Oswalt
Drive: Albert Brooks
My Week with Marilyn: Kenneth Branagh
Warrior: Nick Nolte

Best Supporting Actress

WINNER

The Help: Octavia Spencer

NOMINEES

The Artist: Bérénice Bejo
Bridesmaids: Melissa McCarthy
The Descendants: Shailene Woodley
The Help: Jessica Chastain
Shame: Carey Mulligan

Best Director

WINNER

The Artist: Michel Hazanavicius

NOMINEES

Hugo: Martin Scorsese
War Horse: Steven Spielberg
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close: Stephen Daldry
The Descendants: Alexander Payne
Drive: Nicolas Winding Refn

Best Original Screenplay

WINNER

Midnight in Paris: Woody Allen

NOMINEES

The Artist: Michel Hazanavicius
Young Adult: Diablo Cody
Win Win: Joe Tiboni, Thomas McCarthy
50/50: Will Reiser

Best Adapted Screenplay

WINNER

Moneyball: Stan Chervin, Steven Zaillian, Aaron Sorkin

NOMINEES

The Descendants: Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon, Jim Rash
Hugo: John Logan
The Help: Tate Taylor
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close: Eric Roth

Best Cinematography

WINNERS

War Horse: Janusz Kaminski
Tied with Emmanuel Lubezki for The Tree of Life.
The Tree of Life: Emmanuel Lubezki
Tied with 'Janusz Kaminski' for War Horse.

NOMINEES

The Artist: Guillaume Schiffman
Drive: Newton Thomas Sigel
Hugo: Robert Richardson

Best Art Direction

WINNER

Hugo: Francesca Lo Schiavo (set decorator), Dante Ferretti (production designer)

NOMINEES

War Horse: Lee Sandales (set decorator), Rick Carter (production designer)
The Artist: Laurence Bennett (production designer), Gregory S. Hooper (art director)
The Tree of Life: Jack Fisk (production designer), David Crank (art director)
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2: Stephenie McMillan (set decorator), Stuart Craig (production designer)

Best Costume Design

WINNER

The Artist: Mark Bridges

NOMINEES

Jane Eyre: Michael O'Connor
Hugo: Sandy Powell
The Help: Sharen Davis
My Week with Marilyn: Jill Taylor

Best Sound

WINNER

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2

NOMINEES

The Tree of Life
War Horse
Super 8
Hugo

Best Editing

WINNER

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo: Angus Wall, Kirk Baxter

NOMINEES

The Artist: Anne-Sophie Bion, Michel Hazanavicius
War Horse: Michael Kahn
Drive: Matthew Newman
Hugo: Thelma Schoonmaker

Best Visual Effects

WINNER

Rise of the Planet of the Apes

NOMINEES

Super 8
Hugo
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
The Tree of Life

Best Makeup

WINNER

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2: Amanda Knight, Nick Dudman (Warner Bros.)

NOMINEES

My Week with Marilyn
Albert Nobbs
The Iron Lady
J. Edgar

Best Song

WINNER

The Muppets: Jason Segel (Performer), Amy Adams (Performer), Bret McKenzie (Writer)
For the song "Life's a Happy Song"

NOMINEES

Gnomeo & Juliet: Elton John (performer/writer), Bernie Taupin (writer), Lady Gaga (performer)
For the song "Hello Hello"
The Muppets: Jason Segel (Performer), Bret McKenzie (Writer), Peter Linz (Performer) (Credited as Walter the Muppet)
For the song "Man or Muppet"
The Help: Mary J. Blige (Performer/Writer), Thomas Newman (Writer), Harvey Mason Jr. (Writer)
For the song "Living Proof"
The Muppets: Aris Archontis (Writer), Kermit the Frog (Performer), Jeannie Lurie (Writer), Chen Neeman (Writer)
For the song "Pictures in My Head"

Best Score

WINNER

The Artist: Ludovic Bource

NOMINEES

Hugo: Howard Shore
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo: Atticus Ross, Trent Reznor
War Horse: John Williams
Drive: Cliff Martinez

Best Documentary Feature

WINNER

George Harrison: Living in the Material World

NOMINEES

Cave of Forgotten Dreams
Undefeated
Project Nim
Buck
Page One: Inside the New York Times

Best Foreign Language Film

WINNER

Jodaeiye Nader az Simin

NOMINEES

Le Havre
Et maintenant on va où?
La piel que habito
In Darkness

Best Acting Ensemble

WINNER

The Help: Allison Janney, Viola Davis, Jessica Chastain, Aunjanue Ellis, Mary Steenburgen, Mike Vogel, Ahna O'Reilly, Cicely Tyson, Chris Lowell, Bryce Dallas Howard, Emma Stone, Octavia Spencer

NOMINEES

The Artist: James Cromwell, Bérénice Bejo, John Goodman, Penelope Ann Miller, Bitsie Tulloch, Missi Pyle, Malcolm McDowell, Jean Dujardin
Bridesmaids: Kristen Wiig, Rose Byrne, Maya Rudolph, Wendi McLendon-Covey, Ellie Kemper, Chris O'Dowd, Melissa McCarthy, Jill Clayburgh
The Descendants: Matthew Lillard, Judy Greer, Shailene Woodley, Beau Bridges, Robert Forster, George Clooney
The Ides of March: Paul Giamatti, Marisa Tomei, Jeffrey Wright, Evan Rachel Wood, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Ryan Gosling, George Clooney

Best Comedy Movie

WINNER

Bridesmaids

NOMINEES

Crazy, Stupid, Love.
The Muppets
Horrible Bosses
Midnight in Paris

Best Animated Feature

WINNER

Rango

NOMINEES

Kung Fu Panda 2
The Adventures of Tintin
Arthur Christmas
Puss in Boots

Best Action Movie

WINNER

Drive

NOMINEES

Super 8
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Hanna
Fast Five

Joel Siegel Award

WINNER

Sean Penn

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