St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association Awards 2012
# St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association Awards 2012

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
