2011 New York Film Critics Circle Awards
# 2011 New York Film Critics Circle Awards

77th NYFCC Awards

January 9, 2012

Best Picture:

The Artist

The 77th New York Film Critics Circle Awards, honoring the best in film for 2011, were announced on 29 November 2011 and presented on 9 January 2012.

## Winners

* Best Film:
   * The Artist
   * Runners-up: Melancholia and Hugo
* Best Director:
   * Michel Hazanavicius – The Artist
   * Runners-up: Martin Scorsese – Hugo and Lars von Trier – Melancholia
* Best Actor:
   * Brad Pitt – Moneyball and The Tree of Life
   * Runners-up: Michael Fassbender – Shame and Jean Dujardin – The Artist
* Best Actress:
   * Meryl Streep – The Iron Lady
   * Runners-up: Michelle Williams – My Week with Marilyn and Kirsten Dunst – Melancholia
* Best Supporting Actor:
   * Albert Brooks – Drive
   * Runners-up: Christopher Plummer – Beginners and Viggo Mortensen – A Dangerous Method
* Best Supporting Actress:
   * Jessica Chastain – The Help, Take Shelter, and The Tree of Life
   * Runners-up: Carey Mulligan – Shame and Vanessa Redgrave – Coriolanus
* Best Screenplay:
   * Aaron Sorkin and Steven Zaillian – Moneyball
* Best Cinematography:
   * Emmanuel Lubezki – The Tree of Life
* Best Foreign Language Film:
   * A Separation (Jodaeiye Nader az Simin) • Iran
   * Runner-up: Incendies • Canada
* Best Non-Fiction Film:
   * Cave of Forgotten Dreams
* Best First Film:
   * J. C. Chandor – Margin Call
* Special Award:
   * Raúl Ruiz
