17th SDFCS Awards December 11, 2012
Best Film: Argo
Best Director: Ben Affleck Argo
The 17th San Diego Film Critics Society Awards were announced on December 11, 2012.
Winners and nominees
Best Actor Daniel Day-Lewis – Lincoln Bradley Cooper – Silver Linings Playbook John Hawkes – The Sessions Hugh Jackman – Les Misérables Joaquin Phoenix – The Master
Best Actress 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 ParaNorman Brave Frankenweenie Rise of the Guardians Wreck-It Ralph
Best Cinematography Life of Pi – Claudio MirandaBeasts of the Southern Wild – Ben Richardson Django Unchained – Robert Richardson The Master – Mihai Mălaimare Jr. Les Misérables – Danny Cohen
Best DirectorBen Affleck – Argo Paul Thomas Anderson – The Master Kathryn Bigelow – Zero Dark Thirty Ang Lee – Life of Pi David O. Russell – Silver Linings Playbook
Best Documentary The Invisible War Bully Jiro Dreams of Sushi The Queen of Versailles Samsara
Best Editing Argo – William GoldenbergKilling 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 PerformanceThe Perks of Being a Wallflower Argo Django Unchained Les Misérables Seven Psychopaths
Best Film Argo Django Unchained The Master Silver Linings Playbook Zero Dark Thirty
Best Foreign Language Film The Kid with a Bike (Le gamin au vélo) • Belgium / France / ItalyAmour • Austria / France / Germany Headhunters (Hodejegerne) • Norway Holy Motors • France / Germany The Intouchables (Intouchables) • France
Best Production DesignCloud Atlas – Hugh Bateup and Uli HanischAnna Karenina – Sarah Greenwood Argo – Sharon Seymour Les Misérables – Eve Stewart Moonrise Kingdom – Adam Stockhausen
Best ScoreThe Master – Jonny GreenwoodArgo – Alexandre Desplat Beasts of the Southern Wild – Benh Zeitlin and Dan Romer Life of Pi – Mychael Danna Moonrise Kingdom – Alexandre Desplat
Best Original ScreenplayThe Master – Paul Thomas AndersonThe 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 ScreenplayArgo – Chris TerrioLife of Pi – David Magee Lincoln – Tony Kushner The Perks of Being a Wallflower – Stephen Chbosky Silver Linings Playbook – David O. Russell
Best Supporting ActorChristoph Waltz – Django Unchained Alan Arkin – Argo Philip Seymour Hoffman – The Master Matthew McConaughey – Killer Joe Christopher Walken – Seven Psychopaths
Best Supporting Actress Emma Watson – The Perks of Being a Wallflower Amy Adams – The Master Samantha Barks – Les Misérables Anne Hathaway – Les Misérables Rebel Wilson – Pitch Perfect
References San Diego Film Critics Select Top Films for 2012
External links Official Site