2011 Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards
# 2011 Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards

The 37th Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards, given by the Los Angeles Film Critics Association (LAFCA), honored the best in film for 2011.

## Winners

* Best Picture:
   * The Descendants
   * Runner-up: The Tree of Life
* Best Director:
   * Terrence Malick – The Tree of Life
   * Runner-up: Martin Scorsese – Hugo
* Best Actor:
   * Michael Fassbender – A Dangerous Method, Jane Eyre, Shame, and X-Men: First Class
   * Runner-up: Michael Shannon – Take Shelter
* Best Actress:
   * Yoon Jeong-hee – Poetry (Shi)
   * Runner-up: Kirsten Dunst – Melancholia
* Best Supporting Actor:
   * Christopher Plummer – Beginners
   * Runner-up: Patton Oswalt – Young Adult
* Best Supporting Actress:
   * Jessica Chastain – Coriolanus, The Debt, The Help, Take Shelter, Texas Killing Fields, and The Tree of Life
   * Runner-up: Janet McTeer – Albert Nobbs
* Best Screenplay:
   * Asghar Farhadi – A Separation (Jodaeiye Nader az Simin)
   * Runner-up: Nat Faxon, Jim Rash, and Alexander Payne – The Descendants
* Best Cinematography:
   * Emmanuel Lubezki – The Tree of Life
   * Runner-up: Cao Yu – City of Life and Death (Nanjing! Nanjing!)
* Best Production Design:
   * Dante Ferretti – Hugo
   * Runner-up: Maria Djurkovic – Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
* Best Music Score:
   * The Chemical Brothers – Hanna
   * Runner-up: Cliff Martinez – Drive
* Best Foreign Language Film:
   * City of Life and Death (Nanjing! Nanjing!) • China
   * Runner-up: A Separation (Jodaeiye Nader az Simin) • Iran
* Best Documentary/Non-Fiction Film:
   * Cave of Forgotten Dreams
   * Runner-up: The Arbor
* Best Animation:
   * Rango
   * Runner-up: The Adventures of Tintin
* New Generation Award:
   * Antonio Campos, Sean Durkin, Josh Mond, and Elizabeth Olsen – Martha Marcy May Marlene
* Career Achievement Award:
   * Doris Day
* The Douglas Edwards Experimental/Independent Film/Video Award:
   * Bill Morrison – Spark of Being
