page_title: 2011 New York Film Critics Circle Awards
section_title: Winners
hierarchical_section_title: 2011 New York Film Critics Circle Awards / Winners
caption_attribution_description: English: Brad Pitt at the Cannes film festival
context_page_description: 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.
context_section_description: 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
caption: Brad Pitt, Best Actor winner
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