page_title: 2012 Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards
section_title: Winners
hierarchical_section_title: 2012 Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards / Winners
caption_attribution_description: English: Director Paul Thomas Anderson in New York on December 10, 2007
context_page_description: The 38th Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards, given by the Los Angeles Film Critics Association, honored the best in film for 2012.
context_section_description: Best Picture:
  Amour
  Runner-up: The Master
  Best Director:
  Paul Thomas Anderson – The Master
  Runner-up: Kathryn Bigelow – Zero Dark Thirty
  Best Actor:
  Joaquin Phoenix – The Master
  Runner-up: Denis Lavant – Holy Motors
  Best Actress (TIE):
  Jennifer Lawrence – Silver Linings Playbook
  Emmanuelle Riva – Amour
  Best Supporting Actor:
  Dwight Henry – Beasts of the Southern Wild
  Runner-up: Christoph Waltz – Django Unchained
  Best Supporting Actress:
  Amy Adams – The Master
  Runner-up: Anne Hathaway – The Dark Knight Rises and Les Misérables
  Best Screenplay:
  Chris Terrio – Argo
  Runner-up: David O. Russell – Silver Linings Playbook
  Best Cinematography:
  Roger Deakins – Skyfall
  Runner-up: Mihai Mălaimare Jr. – The Master
  Best Editing:
  Dylan Tichenor and William Goldenberg – Zero Dark Thirty
  Runner-up: William Goldenberg – Argo
  Best Production Design:
  David Crank and Jack Fisk – The Master
  Runner-up: Adam Stockhausen – Moonrise Kingdom
  Best Music Score:
  Dan Romer and Benh Zeitlin – Beasts of the Southern Wild
  Runner-up: Jonny Greenwood – The Master
  Best Foreign Language Film:
  Holy Motors • France/Germany
  Runner-up: Footnote (Hearat Shulayim) • Israel
  Best Documentary/Non-Fiction Film:
  The Gatekeepers
  Runner-up: Searching for Sugar Man
  Best Animation:
  Frankenweenie
  Runner-up: It's Such a Beautiful Day
  New Generation Award:
  Benh Zeitlin – Beasts of the Southern Wild
  Career Achievement Award:
  Frederick Wiseman
  The Douglas Edwards Experimental/Independent Film/Video Award:
  Lucien Castaing-Taylor and Véréna Paravel – Leviathan
caption: Paul Thomas Anderson, Best Director winner
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