Awards for 2012

Critics Choice Award

Best Picture

WINNER

The Artist
NOMINEES

The Help

Midnight in Paris

Hugo

Moneyball

War Horse

The Descendants

The Tree of Life

Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close

Drive

Best Actor

WINNER

The Descendants: George Clooney
NOMINEES

Drive: Ryan Gosling

The Artist: Jean Dujardin

Moneyball: Brad Pitt

Shame: Michael Fassbender

J. Edgar: Leonardo DiCaprio

Best Young Actor/Actress

WINNER

Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close: Thomas Horn
NOMINEES

The Descendants: Shailene Woodley

Super 8: Elle Fanning

Hugo: Asa Butterfield

Hanna: Saoirse Ronan

We Need to Talk About Kevin: Ezra Miller

Best Actress

WINNER

The Help: Viola Davis
NOMINEES

The Iron Lady: Meryl Streep

Martha Marcy May Marlene: Elizabeth Olsen

My Week with Marilyn: Michelle Williams

We Need to Talk About Kevin: Tilda Swinton

Young Adult: Charlize Theron

Best Supporting Actor

WINNER

Beginners: Christopher Plummer
NOMINEES

Warrior: Nick Nolte

Young Adult: Patton Oswalt

Rise of the Planet of the Apes: Andy Serkis

My Week with Marilyn: Kenneth Branagh

Drive: Albert Brooks

Best Supporting Actress

WINNER

The Help: Octavia Spencer
NOMINEES

The Descendants: Shailene Woodley

Shame: Carey Mulligan

Bridesmaids: Melissa McCarthy

The Artist: Bérénice Bejo

The Help: Jessica Chastain

Best Director

WINNER

The Artist: Michel Hazanavicius
NOMINEES

The Descendants: Alexander Payne

Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close: Stephen Daldry

War Horse: Steven Spielberg

Drive: Nicolas Winding Refn

Hugo: Martin Scorsese

Best Original Screenplay

WINNER

Midnight in Paris: Woody Allen
NOMINEES

Young Adult: Diablo Cody

The Artist: Michel Hazanavicius

Win Win: Thomas McCarthy, Joe Tiboni

50/50: Will Reiser

Best Adapted Screenplay

WINNER

Moneyball: Aaron Sorkin, Stan Chervin, Steven Zaillian
NOMINEES

The Help: Tate Taylor

The Descendants: Jim Rash, Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon

Hugo: John Logan

Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close: Eric Roth

Best Cinematography

WINNERS

The Tree of Life: Emmanuel Lubezki
Tied with 'Janusz Kaminski' for War Horse.

War Horse: Janusz Kaminski
Tied with Emmanuel Lubezki for The Tree of Life.
NOMINEES

Hugo: Robert Richardson

Drive: Newton Thomas Sigel

The Artist: Guillaume Schiffman

Best Art Direction

WINNER

Hugo: Francesca Lo Schiavo (set decorator), Dante Ferretti (production designer)
NOMINEES

War Horse: Lee Sandales (set decorator), Rick Carter (production designer)

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2: Stuart Craig (production designer), Stephenie McMillan (set decorator)

The Tree of Life: David Crank (art director), Jack Fisk (production designer)

The Artist: Laurence Bennett (production designer), Gregory S. Hooper (art director)

Best Costume Design

WINNER

The Artist: Mark Bridges
NOMINEES

My Week with Marilyn: Jill Taylor

Jane Eyre: Michael O'Connor

Hugo: Sandy Powell

The Help: Sharen Davis

Best Sound

WINNER

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
NOMINEES

The Tree of Life

War Horse

Super 8

Hugo

Best Editing

WINNER

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo: Kirk Baxter, Angus Wall
NOMINEES

War Horse: Michael Kahn

Hugo: Thelma Schoonmaker

The Artist: Michel Hazanavicius, Anne-Sophie Bion

Drive: Matthew Newman

Best Visual Effects

WINNER

Rise of the Planet of the Apes
NOMINEES

Super 8

Hugo

The Tree of Life

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2

Best Makeup

WINNER

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2: Amanda Knight, Nick Dudman (Warner Bros.)
NOMINEES

J. Edgar

Albert Nobbs

My Week with Marilyn

The Iron Lady

Best Song

WINNER

The Muppets: Amy Adams (Performer), Bret McKenzie (Writer), Jason Segel (Performer)
For the song "Life's a Happy Song"
NOMINEES

The Help: Mary J. Blige (Performer/Writer), Thomas Newman (Writer), Harvey Mason Jr. (Writer)
For the song "Living Proof"

The Muppets: Bret McKenzie (Writer), Jason Segel (Performer), Peter Linz (Performer) (Credited as Walter the Muppet)
For the song "Man or Muppet"

The Muppets: Chen Neeman (Writer), Aris Archontis (Writer), Jeannie Lurie (Writer), Kermit the Frog (Performer)
For the song "Pictures in My Head"

Gnomeo & Juliet: Lady Gaga (performer), Bernie Taupin (writer), Elton John (performer/writer)
For the song "Hello Hello"

Best Score

WINNER

The Artist: Ludovic Bource
NOMINEES

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo: Atticus Ross, Trent Reznor

Hugo: Howard Shore

Drive: Cliff Martinez

War Horse: John Williams

Best Documentary Feature

WINNER

George Harrison: Living in the Material World
NOMINEES

Buck

Cave of Forgotten Dreams

Project Nim

Page One: Inside the New York Times

Undefeated

Best Foreign Language Film

WINNER

A Separation
NOMINEES

Le Havre

Where Do We Go Now?

The Skin I Live In

In Darkness

Best Acting Ensemble

WINNER

The Help: Cicely Tyson, Aunjanue Ellis, Allison Janney, Mary Steenburgen, Octavia Spencer, Viola Davis, Jessica Chastain, Chris Lowell, Mike Vogel, Bryce Dallas Howard, Ahna O'Reilly, Emma Stone
NOMINEES

The Artist: Bérénice Bejo, Bitsie Tulloch, Missi Pyle, Jean Dujardin, John Goodman, Malcolm McDowell, Penelope Ann Miller, James Cromwell

The Ides of March: Paul Giamatti, Ryan Gosling, George Clooney, Marisa Tomei, Evan Rachel Wood, Jeffrey Wright, Philip Seymour Hoffman

Bridesmaids: Rose Byrne, Ellie Kemper, Maya Rudolph, Kristen Wiig, Wendi McLendon-Covey, Jill Clayburgh, Melissa McCarthy, Chris O'Dowd

The Descendants: Shailene Woodley, Matthew Lillard, Judy Greer, George Clooney, Robert Forster, Beau Bridges

Best Comedy Movie

WINNER

Bridesmaids
NOMINEES

The Muppets

Crazy, Stupid, Love.

Midnight in Paris

Horrible Bosses

Best Animated Feature

WINNER

Rango
NOMINEES

Kung Fu Panda 2

Puss in Boots

The Adventures of Tintin

Arthur Christmas

Best Action Movie

WINNER

Drive
NOMINEES

Fast Five

Rise of the Planet of the Apes

Super 8

Hanna