San Diego Film Critics Society Awards 2011 Explained

16th SDFCS Awards

December 14, 2011

----Best Film:
The Artist----Best Director:
Nicolas Winding Refn
Drive

The 16th San Diego Film Critics Society Awards were announced on December 12, 2011.^[1]

Winners and nominees

Best Actor

Michael Shannon  - Take Shelter as Curtis LaForche

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

Best Actress

Brit Marling  - Another Earth as Rhoda Williams

• Viola Davis  - The Help as Aibileen Clarke
• Elizabeth Olsen  - Martha Marcy May Marlene as Martha
• Tilda Swinton  - We Need to Talk About Kevin as Eve Khatchadourian
• Michelle Williams  - 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  - Emmanuel Lubezki

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

Best Director

Nicolas Winding Refn  - Drive

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

Best Documentary

Project Nim

• Buck
• Cave of Forgotten Dreams
• Into the Abyss

Best Editing

Beginners  - Olivier Bugge Coutté

• The Artist  - Anne-Sophie Bion and Michel Hazanavicius
• Drive  - Mat Newman
• Hugo  - Thelma Schoonmaker
• The Tree of Life  - 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  - Dante Ferretti

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

Best Score

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2  - Alexandre Desplat

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

Best Original Screenplay

Midnight in Paris  - Woody Allen

• 50/50  - Will Reiser
• The Artist  - Michel Hazanavicius
• Beginners  - Mike Mills
• Win Win  - Tom McCarthy

Best Adapted Screenplay

Moneyball  - Steve Zaillian and Aaron Sorkin

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

Best Supporting Actor

Nick Nolte  - Warrior as Paddy Conlon

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

Best Supporting Actress

Shailene Woodley  - The Descendants as Alexandra King

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

Body of Work

• Jessica Chastain

References

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2011-12-13 . San Diego Film Critics Select Top Films for 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121215163756/https://www.sdfcs.org/topfilms2011/ . 2012-12-15 . 2024-04-04 . San Diego Film Critics Society . en-US.