# 2011 St. Louis Film Critics Association Awards

8th StLFCA Awards
December 12, 2011
Best Film:
The Artist
Best Director:
Michel Hazanavicius The Artist
The nominees for the 8th St. Louis Film Critics Association Awards were announced on December 12, 2011.

## Winners and nominees
### Best Actor

George Clooney – The Descendants as Matt King
* Jean Dujardin – The Artist as George Valentin
* Michael Fassbender – Shame as Brandon Sullivan
* Ryan Gosling – Drive as The Driver (Runner-up)
* Gary Oldman – Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy as George Smiley
* Brad Pitt – Moneyball as Billy Beane

### Best Actress

Rooney Mara – The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo as Lisbeth Salander
* Viola Davis – The Help as Aibileen Clarke
* Elizabeth Olsen – Martha Marcy May Marlene as Martha
* Saoirse Ronan – Hanna as Hanna
* Meryl Streep – The Iron Lady as Margaret Thatcher (Runners-up)
* Michelle Williams – My Week with Marilyn as Marilyn Monroe (Runners-up)

### Best Animated Film

The Adventures of Tintin
* Kung Fu Panda 2
* Puss in Boots
* Rango (Runner-up)
* Rio

### Best Cinematography

* The Artist – Guillaume Schiffman
* Drive – Newton Thomas Sigel
* The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo – Jeff Cronenweth (Runners-up)
The Tree of Life – Emmanuel Lubezki
* War Horse – Janusz Kamiński (Runners-up)

### Best Director

Michel Hazanavicius – The Artist
* David Fincher – The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
* Terrence Malick – The Tree of Life (Runner-up)
* Alexander Payne – The Descendants
* Nicolas Winding Refn – Drive

### Best Documentary Film

Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey
* Buck
* Conan O'Brien Can't Stop
* The Interrupters
* Tabloid (Runner-up)

### Best Film

The Artist
* The Descendants (Runner-up)
* Drive
* My Week with Marilyn
* The Tree of Life

### Best Comedy

Bridesmaids
* Crazy, Stupid, Love
* Midnight in Paris (Runner-up)
* The Muppets
* Paul
* Rango

### Best Foreign Language Film

13 Assassins (Jūsannin no Shikaku) • Japan
* I Saw the Devil (Akmareul boattda) • South Korea
* Point Blank (À bout portant) • France
* Trollhunter (Trolljegeren) • Norway
* Winter in Wartime (Oorlogswinter) • Netherlands (Runner-up)

### Best Music

The Artist
* Drive (Runner-up)
* The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
* The Muppets
* The Tree of Life

### Best Original Screenplay

The Artist – Michel Hazanavicius
* 50/50 – Will Reiser (Runner-up)
* Hanna – Seth Lochhead and David Farr
* Midnight in Paris – Woody Allen
* The Tree of Life – Terrence Malick
* Win Win – Tom McCarthy and Joe Tiboni

### Best Adapted Screenplay

The Descendants – Nat Faxon, Jim Rash and Alexander Payne
* Drive – Hossein Amini
* The Help – Tate Taylor
* Moneyball – Steven Zaillian and Aaron Sorkin (Runner-up)
* The Muppets – Jason Segel and Nicholas Stoller

### Best Supporting Actor

Albert Brooks – Drive as Bernie Rose
* John Goodman – The Artist as Al Zimmer
* John Hawkes – Martha Marcy May Marlene as Patrick
* Jonah Hill – Moneyball as Peter Brand
* Alan Rickman – Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 as Severus Snape (Runner-up)

### Best Supporting Actress

Bérénice Bejo – The Artist as Peppy Miller
* Cate Blanchett – Hanna as Marissa
* Jessica Chastain – The Tree of Life as Mrs. O'Brien
* Octavia Spencer – The Help as Minny Jackson (Runners-up)
* Shailene Woodley – The Descendants as Alexandra King (Runners-up)

### Best Visual Effects

* Captain America: The First Avenger
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2
* Rise of the Planet of the Apes (Runner-up)
* Super 8
* The Tree of Life

### Best Art-House or Festival Film

* Beginners
* Martha Marcy May Marlene
* Tucker & Dale vs Evil
We Need to Talk About Kevin
* Win Win (Runner-up)

### Best Scene (favorite movie scene or sequence)

* The Artist: dance scene finale (Runner-up)
* Drive: the elevator beating scene
* Drive: opening get-away scene
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo: opening credits
* Hanna: Hanna’s escape from captivity sequence
* Melancholia: the last scene