The 38th Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards, given by the Los Angeles Film Critics Association (LAFCA), honored the best in film for 2012.
Winners
Best Picture: Amour Runner-up: The Master Best Director: Paul Thomas Anderson – The Master Runner-up: Kathryn Bigelow – Zero Dark Thirty Best Actor: Joaquin Phoenix – The Master Runner-up: Denis Lavant – Holy Motors Best Actress (TIE): Jennifer Lawrence – Silver Linings Playbook Emmanuelle Riva – Amour Best Supporting Actor: Dwight Henry – Beasts of the Southern Wild Runner-up: Christoph Waltz – Django Unchained Best Supporting Actress: Amy Adams – The Master Runner-up: Anne Hathaway – The Dark Knight Rises and Les Misérables Best Screenplay: Chris Terrio – Argo Runner-up: David O. Russell – Silver Linings Playbook Best Cinematography: Roger Deakins – Skyfall Runner-up: Mihai Mălaimare Jr. – The Master Best Editing: Dylan Tichenor and William Goldenberg – Zero Dark Thirty Runner-up: William Goldenberg – Argo Best Production Design: David Crank and Jack Fisk – The Master Runner-up: Adam Stockhausen – Moonrise Kingdom Best Music Score: Dan Romer and Benh Zeitlin – Beasts of the Southern Wild Runner-up: Jonny Greenwood – The Master Best Foreign Language Film: Holy Motors • France/Germany Runner-up: Footnote (Hearat Shulayim) • Israel Best Documentary/Non-Fiction Film: The Gatekeepers Runner-up: Searching for Sugar Man Best Animation: Frankenweenie Runner-up: It's Such a Beautiful Day New Generation Award: Benh Zeitlin – Beasts of the Southern Wild Career Achievement Award: Frederick Wiseman The Douglas Edwards Experimental/Independent Film/Video Award: Lucien Castaing-Taylor and Véréna Paravel – Leviathan
References
External links 38th Annual Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards