# San Diego Film Critics Society Awards 2011

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

Arthur Christmas
* Happy Feet Two
* Kung Fu Panda 2
* Rango
* Winnie the Pooh

### 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

Nicolas Winding Refn – Drive
* Woody Allen – Midnight in Paris
* Michel Hazanavicius – The Artist
* Terrence Malick – The Tree of Life
* Martin Scorsese – Hugo

### Best Documentary

Project Nim
* Buck
* Cave of Forgotten Dreams
* Into the Abyss
* Page One: Inside the New York Times

### 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
* Carnage
* The Help
* Margin Call
* Midnight in Paris

### Best Film

The Artist
* Drive
* Hugo
* Midnight in Paris
* The Tree of Life

### Best Foreign Language Film

Le Quattro Volte • Italy
* 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

Hugo – Dante Ferretti
* 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
* 50/50 – Will Reiser
* The Artist – Michel Hazanavicius
* Beginners – Mike Mills
* Win Win – Tom McCarthy

### 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

* Jessica Chastain