# 2012 St. Louis Film Critics Association Awards

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