2012 St. Louis Film Critics Association Awards

<div style="float: right; font-size: smaller; background-color:#E6E6FA; padding: 12px; margin-left: 5em; margin-bottom: 2em; width: 180px" align="center"> <big>9th StLFCA Awards</big><br> <div style="padding-left: 2px"> December 17, 2012 </div>

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Best Film: <br> <big>Argo</big>

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Best Director: <br> <big>Ben Affleck</big><br> Argo </div>

The nominees for the 9th St. Louis Film Critics Association Awards were announced on December 11, 2012. The winners were announced on December 17, 2012.

Winners, runners-up and nominees

Best Actor

• Daniel Day-Lewis &ndash; Lincoln
• Runner-up: John Hawkes &ndash; The Sessions
• Bradley Cooper &ndash; Silver Linings Playbook
• Jamie Foxx &ndash; Django Unchained
• Joaquin Phoenix &ndash; The Master
• Denzel Washington &ndash; Flight

Best Actress

• Jessica Chastain &ndash; Zero Dark Thirty
• Runner-up: Jennifer Lawrence &ndash; Silver Linings Playbook
• Helen Mirren &ndash; Hitchcock
• Aubrey Plaza &ndash; Safety Not Guaranteed
• Quvenzhané Wallis &ndash; Beasts of the Southern Wild

Best Adapted Screenplay

• Lincoln &ndash; Tony Kushner (TIE)
• Silver Linings Playbook &ndash; David O. Russell (TIE)
• Argo &ndash; Chris Terrio
• Beasts of the Southern Wild &ndash; Lucy Alibar and Benh Zeitlin
• Life of Pi &ndash; David Magee
• The Perks of Being a Wallflower &ndash; Stephen Chbosky

Best Animated Film

• Wreck-It Ralph
• Runner-up: ParaNorman
• Brave
• Frankenweenie
• Rise of the Guardians

Best Cinematography

• Skyfall &ndash; Roger Deakins
• Runner-up: Life of Pi &ndash; Claudio Miranda
• Beasts of the Southern Wild &ndash; Ben Richardson
• Cloud Atlas &ndash; Frank Griebe and John Toll
• Django Unchained &ndash; Robert Richardson
• The Master &ndash; Mihai Mălaimare Jr.

Best Comedy Film

• Moonrise Kingdom (TIE)
• Ted (TIE)
• The Cabin in the Woods
• Seven Psychopaths
• Wreck-It Ralph

Best Director

• Ben Affleck &ndash; Argo
• Runner-up: Quentin Tarantino &ndash; Django Unchained (TIE)
• Runner-up: Benh Zeitlin &ndash; Beasts of the Southern Wild (TIE)
• Wes Anderson &ndash; Moonrise Kingdom
• Kathryn Bigelow &ndash; Zero Dark Thirty
• Ang Lee &ndash; Life of Pi

Best Documentary Film

• Searching for Sugar Man
• Runner-up: ' (TIE)
• Runner-up: Bully (TIE)
• Runner-up: How to Survive a Plague (TIE)
• Jiro Dreams of Sushi

Best Film

• Argo
• Runner-up: Life of Pi (TIE)
• Runner-up: Lincoln (TIE)
• Django Unchained
• Moonrise Kingdom
• Zero Dark Thirty

Best Foreign Language Film

• The Intouchables (Intouchables) • France
• Runner-up: The Fairy (La fée) • Belgium / France (TIE)
• Runner-up: Headhunters (Hodejegerne) • Norway (TIE)
• Holy Motors • France / Germany
• The Kid with a Bike (Le gamin au vélo) • Belgium / France / Italy

Best Music

• Django Unchained (TIE)
• Moonrise Kingdom (TIE)
• Beasts of the Southern Wild
• Cloud Atlas
• The Dark Knight Rises
• Not Fade Away

Best Original Screenplay

• Zero Dark Thirty &ndash; Mark Boal
• Runner-up: Django Unchained &ndash; Quentin Tarantino
• The Cabin in the Woods &ndash; Joss Whedon and Drew Goddard
• Moonrise Kingdom &ndash; Wes Anderson and Roman Coppola
• Seven Psychopaths &ndash; Martin McDonagh

Best Supporting Actor

• Christoph Waltz &ndash; Django Unchained
• Runner-up: Tommy Lee Jones &ndash; Lincoln
• Alan Arkin &ndash; Argo
• John Goodman &ndash; Argo
• William H. Macy &ndash; The Sessions
• Bruce Willis &ndash; Moonrise Kingdom

Best Supporting Actress

• Ann Dowd &ndash; Compliance (TIE)
• Helen Hunt &ndash; The Sessions (TIE)
• Amy Adams &ndash; The Master
• Sally Field &ndash; Lincoln
• Anne Hathaway &ndash; Les Misérables
• Emma Watson &ndash; The Perks of Being a Wallflower

Best Visual Effects

• Bill Westenhofer – Life of Pi
• Runner-up: The Avengers
• Cloud Atlas
• Prometheus
• Snow White and the Huntsman

Best Arthouse or Festival Film

• Compliance (TIE)
• Safety Not Guaranteed (TIE)
• Bernie
• The Fairy (La fée)
• Sleepwalk with Me
• Take This Waltz

Best Scene

• Django Unchained: The "bag head" bag/mask problems scene (TIE)
• Hitchcock: Anthony Hopkins in lobby conducting to music/audience's reaction during Psycho shower scene (TIE)
• The Impossible: Opening tsunami scene (TIE)
• The Master: The first "processing" questioning scene between Philip Seymour Hoffman and Joaquin Phoenix (TIE)
• Beasts of the Southern Wild: The hurricane (and Wink shooting at it)
• Flight: The plane crash

References

External links

• Official website