8th SLGFCA Awards
December 12, 2011
Best Film: The Artist
Best Director: Michel Hazanavicius The Artist The nominees for the 8th St. Louis Film Critics Association Awards were announced on December 12, 2011.
Winners and nominees
Best Actor
George Clooney – The Descendants as Matt King
Jean Dujardin – The Artist as George Valentin
Michael Fassbender – Shame as Brandon Sullivan
Ryan Gosling – Drive as The Driver (Runner-up) Gary Oldman – Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy as George Smiley Brad Pitt – Moneyball as Billy Beane
Best Actress
Rooney Mara – The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo as Lisbeth Salander
Viola Davis – The Help as Aibileen Clarke
Elizabeth Olsen – Martha Marcy May Marlene as Martha
Saoirse Ronan – Hanna as Hanna
Meryl Streep – The Iron Lady as Margaret Thatcher (Runners-up) Michelle Williams – My Week with Marilyn as Marilyn Monroe (Runners-up)
Best Animated Film
The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn
Kung Fu Panda 2
Puss in Boots
Rango (Runner-up) Rio
Best Cinematography
The Artist – Guillaume Schiffman
Drive – Newton Thomas Sigel
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo – Jeff Cronenweth (Runners-up) The Tree of Life – Emmanuel LubezkiWar Horse – Janusz Kamiński (Runners-up)
Best DirectorMichel Hazanavicius – The Artist
David Fincher – The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Terrence Malick – The Tree of Life (Runner-up) Alexander Payne – The Descendants Nicolas Winding Refn – Drive
Best Documentary Film
Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey
Buck
Conan O'Brien Can't Stop
The Interrupters
Tabloid (Runner-up)
Best Film
The Artist
The Descendants (Runner-up) Drive My Week with Marilyn The Tree of Life
Best Comedy
Bridesmaids
Crazy, Stupid, Love
Midnight in Paris (Runner-up) The Muppets Paul Rango
Best Foreign Language Film
13 Assassins (Jūsannin no Shikaku) • JapanI Saw the Devil (Akmareul boattda) • South Korea Point Blank (À bout portant) • France Trollhunter (Trolljegeren) • Norway Winter in Wartime (Oorlogswinter) • Netherlands (Runner-up)
Best MusicThe Artist
Drive (Runner-up) The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo The Muppets The Tree of Life
Best Original Screenplay
The Artist – Michel Hazanavicius50/50 – Will Reiser (Runner-up) Hanna – Seth Lochhead and David Farr Midnight in Paris – Woody Allen The Tree of Life – Terrence Malick Win Win – Tom McCarthy and Joe Tiboni
Best Adapted ScreenplayThe Descendants – Nat Faxon, Jim Rash and Alexander PayneDrive – Hossein Amini The Help – Tate Taylor Moneyball – Steven Zaillian and Aaron Sorkin (Runner-up) The Muppets – Jason Segel and Nicholas Stoller
Best Supporting ActorAlbert Brooks – Drive as Bernie RoseJohn Goodman – The Artist as Al Zimmer John Hawkes – Martha Marcy May Marlene as Patrick Jonah Hill – Moneyball as Peter Brand Alan Rickman – Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 as Severus Snape (Runner-up)
Best Supporting ActressBérénice Bejo – The Artist as Peppy MillerCate Blanchett – Hanna as Marissa Jessica Chastain – The Tree of Life as Mrs. O'Brien Octavia Spencer – The Help as Minny Jackson (Runners-up) Shailene Woodley – The Descendants as Alexandra King (Runners-up)
Best Visual Effects
Captain America: The First AvengerHarry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2
Rise of the Planet of the Apes (Runner-up) Super 8 The Tree of Life
Best Art-House or Festival Film
Beginners
Martha Marcy May Marlene
Tucker & Dale vs Evil
We Need to Talk About Kevin
Win Win (Runner-up)
Best Scene (favorite movie scene or sequence) The Artist: dance scene finale (Runner-up) Drive: the elevator beating scene Drive: opening get-away scene The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo: opening credits Hanna: Hanna’s escape from captivity sequence Melancholia: the last scene