16th SDFCS Awards
December 14, 2011
Best Film:
The Artist
Best Director:
Nicolas Winding Refn
Drive
The 16th San Diego Film Critics Society Awards were announced on December 12, 2011.
Winners and nominees
Best Actor
Michael Shannon – Take Shelter as Curtis LaForche
- George Clooney – The Descendants as Matt King
- Jean Dujardin – The Artist as George Valentin
- Brendan Gleeson – The Guard as Gerry Boyle
- Brad Pitt – Moneyball as Billy Bean
Best Actress
Brit Marling – Another Earth as Rhoda Williams
- Viola Davis – The Help as Aibileen Clarke
- Elizabeth Olsen – Martha Marcy May Marlene as Martha
- Tilda Swinton – We Need to Talk About Kevin as Eve Khatchadourian
- Michelle Williams – My Week with Marilyn as Marilyn Monroe
Best Animated Film
Best Cinematography
The Tree of Life – Emmanuel Lubezki
- The Artist – Guillaume Schiffman
- Drive – Newton Thomas Sigel
- Hugo – Robert Richardson
- Take Shelter – Adam Stone
Best Director
- Woody Allen – Midnight in Paris
- Michel Hazanavicius – The Artist
- Terrence Malick – The Tree of Life
- Martin Scorsese – Hugo
Best Documentary
Best Editing
Beginners – Olivier Bugge Coutté
- The Artist – Anne-Sophie Bion and Michel Hazanavicius
- Drive – Mat Newman
- Hugo – Thelma Schoonmaker
- The Tree of Life – Hank Corwin, Jay Rabinowitz, Daniel Rezende, Billy Weber and Mark Yoshikawa
Best Ensemble Performance
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2
Best Film
Best Foreign Language Film
- The Double Hour (La doppia ora) • Italy
- Happy, Happy (Sykt lykkelig) • Norway
- Of Gods and Men (Des hommes et des dieux) • France
- A Somewhat Gentle Man (En ganske snill mann) • Norway
Best Production Design
- The Artist – Laurence Bennett
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 – Stuart Craig
- Midnight in Paris – Anne Seibel
- The Tree of Life – Jack Fisk
Best Score
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 – Alexandre Desplat
- The Artist – Ludovic Bource
- Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close – Alexandre Desplat
- Hugo – Howard Shore
- The Tree of Life – Alexandre Desplat
Best Original Screenplay
Midnight in Paris – Woody Allen
Best Adapted Screenplay
Moneyball – Steve Zaillian and Aaron Sorkin
- The Descendants – Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon and Jim Rash
- Drive – Hossein Amini
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 – Steve Kloves
- Hugo – John Logan
Best Supporting Actor
Nick Nolte – Warrior as Paddy Conlon
- Albert Brooks – Drive as Bernie Rose
- Christopher Plummer – Beginners as Hal Fields
- Andy Serkis – Rise of the Planet of the Apes as Caesar
- Max von Sydow – Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close as The Renter
Best Supporting Actress
Shailene Woodley – The Descendants as Alexandra King
- Bérénice Bejo – The Artist as Peppy Miller
- Jessica Chastain – The Help as Celia Foote
- Mélanie Laurent – Beginners as Anna
- Carey Mulligan – Shame as Sissy Sullivan
Body of Work
References
- "San Diego Film Critics Select Top Films for 2011". San Diego Film Critics Society. 2011-12-13. Archived from the original on 2012-12-15. Retrieved 2024-04-04.
- San Diego Film Critics Award The Artist Best Picture, Refn Best Director AwardsDaily
- San Diego Film Critics Society Awards 2011 at IMDb
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