2012 St. Louis Film Critics Association Awards

9th StLFCA Awards

December 17, 2012

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Best Film:
Argo

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Best Director:
Ben Affleck
Argo

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 – Lincoln
  • Runner-up: John Hawkes – The Sessions
    • Bradley Cooper – Silver Linings Playbook
    • Jamie Foxx – Django Unchained
    • Joaquin Phoenix – The Master
    • Denzel Washington – Flight

Best Actress

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

Best Adapted Screenplay

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

Best Animated Film

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

Best Cinematography

• Skyfall – Roger Deakins
  • Runner-up: Life of Pi – Claudio Miranda
    • Beasts of the Southern Wild – Ben Richardson
    • Cloud Atlas – Frank Griebe and John Toll
    • Django Unchained – Robert Richardson
    • The Master – 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 – Argo
  • Runner-up: Quentin Tarantino – Django Unchained (TIE)
  • Runner-up: Benh Zeitlin – Beasts of the Southern Wild (TIE)
    • Wes Anderson – Moonrise Kingdom
    • Kathryn Bigelow – Zero Dark Thirty
    • Ang Lee – Life of Pi

Best Documentary Film

• Searching for Sugar Man
  • Runner-up: Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry (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 – Mark Boal
  • Runner-up: Django Unchained – Quentin Tarantino
    • The Cabin in the Woods – Joss Whedon and Drew Goddard
    • Moonrise Kingdom – Wes Anderson and Roman Coppola
    • Seven Psychopaths – Martin McDonagh

Best Supporting Actor

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

Best Supporting Actress

• Ann Dowd – Compliance (TIE)
• Helen Hunt – The Sessions (TIE)
  • Amy Adams – The Master
  • Sally Field – Lincoln
  • Anne Hathaway – Les Misérables
  • Emma Watson – 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

External links

• Official website