Chicago Film Critics Association Awards 2012
At the 25th Chicago Film Critics Association Awards on December 17, 2012, film critics honored the best achievements of the 2012 film year .
Winners and nominees
Best movie
Best Director
Kathryn Bigelow for Zero Dark Thirty
- Ben Affleck for Argo
- Benh Zeitlin for Beasts of the Southern Wild
- Paul Thomas Anderson for The Master
- Steven Spielberg for Lincoln
Best Actor
- Denis Lavant in Holy Motors
- Denzel Washington in Flight
- Joaquin Phoenix in The Master
- John Hawkes in The Sessions - When words touch
Best main actress
Jessica Chastain in Zero Dark Thirty
- Emmanuelle Riva in love
- Helen Hunt in The Sessions - When words touch
- Jennifer Lawrence in Silver Linings
- Naomi Watts in The Impossible
- Quvenzhané Wallis in Beasts of the Southern Wild
Best supporting actor
Philip Seymour Hoffman in The Master
- Dwight Henry in Beasts of the Southern Wild
- Jason Clarke in Zero Dark Thirty
- Leonardo DiCaprio in Django Unchained
- Tommy Lee Jones in Lincoln
The best supporting actress
- Anne Hathaway in Les Misérables
- Emily Blunt in Looper
- Judi Dench in James Bond 007: Skyfall
- Sally Field in Lincoln
Best original script
- Django Unchained by Quentin Tarantino
- Looper by Rian Johnson
- The Master by Paul Thomas Anderson
- Moonrise Kingdom by Wes Anderson and Roman Coppola
Best adapted script
- Argo by Chris Terrio
- Beasts of the Southern Wild by Lucy Alibar and Benh Zeitlin
- Silver Linings by David O. Russell
- Maybe better tomorrow from Stephen Chbosky
Best foreign language film
- The taste of rust and bones - France , Belgium
- Holy Motors - France
- Once Upon a Time in Anatolia - Turkey , Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Pretty best friends - France
Best documentary
Best animated film
- Arrietty - The wondrous world of borrowers
- Frankenweenie
- Merida - Legend of the Highlands
- Ralph is enough
Best camera
The Master for Mihai Malăimare, Jr.
- James Bond 007: Skyfall for Roger Deakins
- Life of Pi: Shipwreck with Tiger for Claudio Miranda
- Lincoln for Janusz Kamiński
- Zero Dark Thirty for Greig Fraser
Best film score
- Argo by Alexandre Desplat
- Beasts of the Southern Wild by Dan Romer and Benh Zeitlin
- Moonrise Kingdom by Alexandre Desplat
- Zero Dark Thirty by Alexandre Desplat
Best production design
Best cut
Zero Dark Thirty for William Goldenberg and Dylan Tichenor
- Argo for William Goldenberg
- Cloud Atlas (film) for Alexander Berner and Claus Wehlisch
- James Bond 007: Skyfall for Stuart Baird
- The Master for Leslie Jones and Peter McNulty
Most Promising Filmmaker
Benh Zeitlin for Beasts of the Southern Wild
- Colin Trevorrow for Safety Not Guaranteed
- Drew Goddard for The Cabin in the Woods
- Nicholas Jarecki for arbitrage
- Stephen Chbosky for Maybe better tomorrow
Most promising actor
Quvenzhané Wallis in Beasts of the Southern Wild
- Dwight Henry in Beasts of the Southern Wild
- Kara Hayward in Moonrise Kingdom
- Samantha Barks in Les Misérables
- Tom Holland in The Impossible
Web links
- Chicago Film Critics Association website ( English )
- The winners and nominees 2012 Overview (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ The Master and Beasts of the Southern Wild Lead Chicago Film Critics Nominations . In: Award Daily of 14 December 2012. Retrieved on February 4, 2013 ( english )
- ^ "Zero Dark Thirty" tops the Chicago Film Critics Awards . In: Indie Wire December 17, 2012. Retrieved February 4, 2013 ( english )