San Diego Film Critics Society Awards 2011

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<big>16th SDFCS Awards</big><br> <div style="padding-left: 2px"> December 14, 2011 </div>

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

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Best Director: <br> <big>Nicolas Winding Refn</big><br> Drive </div> The 16th San Diego Film Critics Society Awards were announced on December 12, 2011.

Winners and nominees

Best Actor

Michael Shannon &ndash; Take Shelter as Curtis LaForche

• George Clooney &ndash; The Descendants as Matt King
• Jean Dujardin &ndash; The Artist as George Valentin
• Brendan Gleeson &ndash; The Guard as Gerry Boyle
• Brad Pitt &ndash; Moneyball as Billy Bean

Best Actress

Brit Marling &ndash; Another Earth as Rhoda Williams

• Viola Davis &ndash; The Help as Aibileen Clarke
• Elizabeth Olsen &ndash; Martha Marcy May Marlene as Martha
• Tilda Swinton &ndash; We Need to Talk About Kevin as Eve Khatchadourian
• Michelle Williams &ndash; My Week with Marilyn as Marilyn Monroe

Best Animated Film

Arthur Christmas

• Happy Feet Two
• Kung Fu Panda 2
• Rango
• Winnie the Pooh

Best Cinematography

The Tree of Life &ndash; Emmanuel Lubezki

• The Artist &ndash; Guillaume Schiffman
• Drive &ndash; Newton Thomas Sigel
• Hugo &ndash; Robert Richardson
• Take Shelter &ndash; Adam Stone

Best Director

Nicolas Winding Refn &ndash; Drive

• Woody Allen &ndash; Midnight in Paris
• Michel Hazanavicius &ndash; The Artist
• Terrence Malick &ndash; The Tree of Life
• Martin Scorsese &ndash; Hugo

Best Documentary

Project Nim

• Buck
• Cave of Forgotten Dreams
• Into the Abyss
• '

Best Editing

Beginners &ndash; Olivier Bugge Coutté

• The Artist &ndash; Anne-Sophie Bion and Michel Hazanavicius
• Drive &ndash; Mat Newman
• Hugo &ndash; Thelma Schoonmaker
• The Tree of Life &ndash; Hank Corwin, Jay Rabinowitz, Daniel Rezende, Billy Weber and Mark Yoshikawa

Best Ensemble Performance

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2

• Carnage
• The Help
• Margin Call
• Midnight in Paris

Best Film

The Artist

• Drive
• Hugo
• Midnight in Paris
• The Tree of Life

Best Foreign Language Film

Le Quattro Volte • Italy

• The Double Hour (La doppia ora) • Italy
• Happy, Happy (Sykt lykkelig) • Norway
• Of Gods and Men (Des hommes et des dieux) • France
• A Somewhat Gentle Man (En ganske snill mann) • Norway

Best Production Design

Hugo &ndash; Dante Ferretti

• The Artist &ndash; Laurence Bennett
• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 &ndash; Stuart Craig
• Midnight in Paris &ndash; Anne Seibel
• The Tree of Life &ndash; Jack Fisk

Best Score

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 &ndash; Alexandre Desplat

• The Artist &ndash; Ludovic Bource
• Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close &ndash; Alexandre Desplat
• Hugo &ndash; Howard Shore
• The Tree of Life &ndash; Alexandre Desplat

Best Original Screenplay

Midnight in Paris &ndash; Woody Allen

• 50/50 &ndash; Will Reiser
• The Artist &ndash; Michel Hazanavicius
• Beginners &ndash; Mike Mills
• Win Win &ndash; Tom McCarthy

Best Adapted Screenplay

Moneyball &ndash; Steve Zaillian and Aaron Sorkin

• The Descendants &ndash; Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon and Jim Rash
• Drive &ndash; Hossein Amini
• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 &ndash; Steve Kloves
• Hugo &ndash; John Logan

Best Supporting Actor

Nick Nolte &ndash; Warrior as Paddy Conlon

• Albert Brooks &ndash; Drive as Bernie Rose
• Christopher Plummer &ndash; Beginners as Hal Fields
• Andy Serkis &ndash; Rise of the Planet of the Apes as Caesar
• Max von Sydow &ndash; Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close as The Renter

Best Supporting Actress

Shailene Woodley &ndash; The Descendants as Alexandra King

• Bérénice Bejo &ndash; The Artist as Peppy Miller
• Jessica Chastain &ndash; The Help as Celia Foote
• Mélanie Laurent &ndash; Beginners as Anna
• Carey Mulligan &ndash; Shame as Sissy Sullivan

Body of Work

• Jessica Chastain

References

• San Diego Film Critics Award The Artist Best Picture, Refn Best Director AwardsDaily