9th StLFCA Awards
December 17, 2012
Best Film: Argo
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