San Diego Film Critics Society Awards 2012
The 17th San Diego Film Critics Society Awards were announced on December 11, 2012.
Winners and nominees
[edit]Best Actor
[edit]- Bradley Cooper – Silver Linings Playbook
- John Hawkes – The Sessions
- Hugh Jackman – Les Misérables
- Joaquin Phoenix – The Master
Best Actress
[edit]Michelle Williams – Take This Waltz
- Jessica Chastain – Zero Dark Thirty
- Helen Hunt – The Sessions
- Jennifer Lawrence – Silver Linings Playbook
- Naomi Watts – The Impossible
Best Animated Film
[edit]Best Cinematography
[edit]- Beasts of the Southern Wild – Ben Richardson
- Django Unchained – Robert Richardson
- The Master – Mihai Mălaimare Jr.
- Les Misérables – Danny Cohen
Best Director
[edit]- Paul Thomas Anderson – The Master
- Kathryn Bigelow – Zero Dark Thirty
- Ang Lee – Life of Pi
- David O. Russell – Silver Linings Playbook
Best Documentary
[edit]Best Editing
[edit]- Killing Them Softly – Brian A. Kates and John Paul Horstmann
- Life of Pi – Tim Squyres
- The Master – Leslie Jones and Peter McNulty
- Zero Dark Thirty – William Goldenberg and Dylan Tichenor
Best Ensemble Performance
[edit]The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Best Film
[edit]Best Foreign Language Film
[edit]The Kid with a Bike (Le gamin au vélo) • Belgium / France / Italy
- Amour • Austria / France / Germany
- Headhunters (Hodejegerne) • Norway
- Holy Motors • France / Germany
- The Intouchables (Intouchables) • France
Best Production Design
[edit]Cloud Atlas – Hugh Bateup and Uli Hanisch
- Anna Karenina – Sarah Greenwood
- Argo – Sharon Seymour
- Les Misérables – Eve Stewart
- Moonrise Kingdom – Adam Stockhausen
Best Score
[edit]- Argo – Alexandre Desplat
- Beasts of the Southern Wild – Benh Zeitlin and Dan Romer
- Life of Pi – Mychael Danna
- Moonrise Kingdom – Alexandre Desplat
Best Original Screenplay
[edit]The Master – Paul Thomas Anderson
- The Cabin in the Woods – Joss Whedon and Drew Goddard
- Django Unchained – Quentin Tarantino
- Moonrise Kingdom – Wes Anderson and Roman Coppola
- Take This Waltz – Sarah Polley
Best Adapted Screenplay
[edit]- Life of Pi – David Magee
- Lincoln – Tony Kushner
- The Perks of Being a Wallflower – Stephen Chbosky
- Silver Linings Playbook – David O. Russell
Best Supporting Actor
[edit]Christoph Waltz – Django Unchained
- Alan Arkin – Argo
- Philip Seymour Hoffman – The Master
- Matthew McConaughey – Killer Joe
- Christopher Walken – Seven Psychopaths
Best Supporting Actress
[edit]Emma Watson – The Perks of Being a Wallflower
- Amy Adams – The Master
- Samantha Barks – Les Misérables
- Anne Hathaway – Les Misérables
- Rebel Wilson – Pitch Perfect