2011 St. Louis Film Critics Association Awards

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<big>8th StLFCA Awards</big><br> <div style="padding-left: 2px"> December 12, 2011 </div>

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Best Film: <br> <big>The Artist</big>

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Best Director: <br> <big>Michel Hazanavicius</big><br> The Artist </div> The nominees for the 8th St. Louis Film Critics Association Awards were announced on December 12, 2011.

Winners and nominees

Best Actor

George Clooney &ndash; The Descendants as Matt King

• Jean Dujardin &ndash; The Artist as George Valentin
• Michael Fassbender &ndash; Shame as Brandon Sullivan
• Ryan Gosling &ndash; Drive as The Driver (Runner-up)
• Gary Oldman &ndash; Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy as George Smiley
• Brad Pitt &ndash; Moneyball as Billy Beane

Best Actress

Rooney Mara &ndash; The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo as Lisbeth Salander

• Viola Davis &ndash; The Help as Aibileen Clarke
• Elizabeth Olsen &ndash; Martha Marcy May Marlene as Martha
• Saoirse Ronan &ndash; Hanna as Hanna
• Meryl Streep &ndash; The Iron Lady as Margaret Thatcher (Runners-up)
• Michelle Williams &ndash; My Week with Marilyn as Marilyn Monroe (Runners-up)

Best Animated Film

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• Kung Fu Panda 2
• Puss in Boots
• Rango (Runner-up)
• Rio

Best Cinematography

• The Artist &ndash; Guillaume Schiffman
• Drive &ndash; Newton Thomas Sigel
• The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo &ndash; Jeff Cronenweth (Runners-up)

The Tree of Life &ndash; Emmanuel Lubezki

• War Horse &ndash; Janusz Kamiński (Runners-up)

Best Director

Michel Hazanavicius &ndash; The Artist

• David Fincher &ndash; The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
• Terrence Malick &ndash; The Tree of Life (Runner-up)
• Alexander Payne &ndash; The Descendants
• Nicolas Winding Refn &ndash; Drive

Best Documentary Film

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• Buck
• Conan O'Brien Can't Stop
• The Interrupters
• Tabloid (Runner-up)

Best Film

The Artist

• The Descendants (Runner-up)
• Drive
• My Week with Marilyn
• The Tree of Life

Best Comedy

Bridesmaids

• Crazy, Stupid, Love
• Midnight in Paris (Runner-up)
• The Muppets
• Paul
• Rango

Best Foreign Language Film

13 Assassins (Jūsannin no Shikaku) • Japan

• I Saw the Devil (Akmareul boattda) • South Korea
• Point Blank (À bout portant) • France
• Trollhunter (Trolljegeren) • Norway
• Winter in Wartime (Oorlogswinter) • Netherlands (Runner-up)

Best Music

The Artist

• Drive (Runner-up)
• The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
• The Muppets
• The Tree of Life

Best Original Screenplay

The Artist &ndash; Michel Hazanavicius

• 50/50 &ndash; Will Reiser (Runner-up)
• Hanna &ndash; Seth Lochhead and David Farr
• Midnight in Paris &ndash; Woody Allen
• The Tree of Life &ndash; Terrence Malick
• Win Win &ndash; Tom McCarthy and Joe Tiboni

Best Adapted Screenplay

The Descendants &ndash; Nat Faxon, Jim Rash and Alexander Payne

• Drive &ndash; Hossein Amini
• The Help &ndash; Tate Taylor
• Moneyball &ndash; Steven Zaillian and Aaron Sorkin (Runner-up)
• The Muppets &ndash; Jason Segel and Nicholas Stoller

Best Supporting Actor

Albert Brooks &ndash; Drive as Bernie Rose

• John Goodman &ndash; The Artist as Al Zimmer
• John Hawkes &ndash; Martha Marcy May Marlene as Patrick
• Jonah Hill &ndash; Moneyball as Peter Brand
• Alan Rickman &ndash; Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 as Severus Snape (Runner-up)

Best Supporting Actress

Bérénice Bejo &ndash; The Artist as Peppy Miller

• Cate Blanchett &ndash; Hanna as Marissa
• Jessica Chastain &ndash; The Tree of Life as Mrs. O'Brien
• Octavia Spencer &ndash; The Help as Minny Jackson (Runners-up)
• Shailene Woodley &ndash; The Descendants as Alexandra King (Runners-up)

Best Visual Effects

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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2

• Rise of the Planet of the Apes (Runner-up)
• Super 8
• The Tree of Life

Best Art-House or Festival Film

• Beginners
• Martha Marcy May Marlene
• Tucker & Dale vs. Evil

We Need to Talk About Kevin

• Win Win (Runner-up)

Best Scene (favorite movie scene or sequence)

• The Artist: dance scene finale (Runner-up)
• Drive: the elevator beating scene
• Drive: opening get-away scene

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo: opening credits

• Hanna: Hanna’s escape from captivity sequence
• Melancholia: the last scene

References

External links

• Official website