15th Hollywood Film Awards

The 15th Hollywood Film Awards were held on October 24, 2011. The ceremony took place at The Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, California.

Winners

• Best Actor: George Clooney – The Descendants
• Best Actress: Michelle Williams – My Week with Marilyn
• Best Supporting Actor: Christopher Plummer – Beginners
• Best Supporting Actress: Carey Mulligan – Shame
• Breakthrough Actor Award: Joseph Gordon-Levitt – 50/50
• Breakthrough Actress Award: Jessica Chastain – The Tree of Life, Take Shelter, The Help, The Debt, and Coriolanus
• Breakthrough Director: Michel Hazanavicius – The Artist
• Best Director: Bennett Miller – Moneyball
• Best Producer: Letty Aronson – Midnight in Paris
• Best Editor: Stephen Mirrione – The Ides of March
• Best Screenwriter: Diablo Cody – Young Adult
• Best Composer: Alberto Iglesias – The Skin I Live In
• Best Visual Effects: Scott Farrar – '
• Best Cinematographer: Emmanuel Lubezki – The Tree of Life
• Best Animation: Gore Verbinski – Rango
• Best Production Design: James J. Murakami – Heareafter
• Best Movie: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2
• New Hollywood Award: Felicity Jones
• Career Achievement Award: Glenn Close
• Best Ensemble Cast: Viola Davis, Jessica Chastain, Emma Stone, Octavia Spencer, Allison Janney, Bryce Dallas Howard, Mary Steenburgen, Ahna O'Reilly, and Cicely Tyson – The Help
• Spotlight Award: Amber Heard – The Rum Diary, Bérénice Bejo – The Artist, Elle Fanning – Super 8, Jean Dujardin – The Artist, Andrea Riseborough – W.E., Anton Yelchin – Like Crazy, Shailene Woodley – The Descendants