Awards for 2011

CFCA Award

Best Picture

WINNER

The Tree of Life: Bill Pohlad, Brad Pitt, Dede Gardner
NOMINEES

Hugo

The Artist

Drive

The Descendants

Best Actor

WINNER

Take Shelter: Michael Shannon
NOMINEES

The Artist: Jean Dujardin

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy: Gary Oldman

The Descendants: George Clooney

Shame: Michael Fassbender

Best Actress

WINNER

My Week with Marilyn: Michelle Williams
NOMINEES

Martha Marcy May Marlene: Elizabeth Olsen

Margaret: Anna Paquin

Melancholia: Kirsten Dunst

The Iron Lady: Meryl Streep

Best Supporting Actor

WINNER

Drive: Albert Brooks
NOMINEES

The Tree of Life: Brad Pitt

Young Adult: Patton Oswalt

Warrior: Nick Nolte

Beginners: Christopher Plummer

Best Supporting Actress

WINNER

The Tree of Life: Jessica Chastain
NOMINEES

The Descendants: Shailene Woodley

Shame: Carey Mulligan

The Help: Octavia Spencer

Bridesmaids: Melissa McCarthy

Best Director

WINNER

The Tree of Life: Terrence Malick
NOMINEES

Drive: Nicolas Winding Refn

Hugo: Martin Scorsese

The Descendants: Alexander Payne

The Artist: Michel Hazanavicius

Best Screenplay, Original

WINNER

The Artist: Michel Hazanavicius
NOMINEES

The Tree of Life: Terrence Malick

A Separation: Asghar Farhadi

Midnight in Paris: Woody Allen

Martha Marcy May Marlene: Sean Durkin

Best Screenplay, Adapted

WINNER

Moneyball: Aaron Sorkin, Steven Zaillian
NOMINEES

Drive: Hossein Amini

Hugo: John Logan

The Descendants: Nat Faxon, Alexander Payne, Jim Rash

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy: Peter Straughan, Bridget O'Connor

Best Cinematography

WINNER

The Tree of Life: Emmanuel Lubezki
NOMINEES

War Horse: Janusz Kaminski

Drive: Newton Thomas Sigel

Melancholia: Manuel Alberto Claro

Hugo: Robert Richardson

Best Original Score

WINNER

Drive: Cliff Martinez
NOMINEES

Hugo: Howard Shore

Hanna: Tom Rowlands, Ed Simons
as The Chemical Brothers

The Artist: Ludovic Bource

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

Best Documentary

WINNER

The Interrupters
NOMINEES

Tabloid

Into the Abyss

Pina

Project Nim

Cave of Forgotten Dreams

Best Foreign Film

WINNER

A Separation
NOMINEES

The Skin I Live In

In a Better World

Incendies

Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives

Most Promising Performer

WINNER

Martha Marcy May Marlene: Elizabeth Olsen
NOMINEES

The Tree of Life: Hunter McCracken

The Descendants: Shailene Woodley

Trust: Liana Liberato

Another Earth: Brit Marling

Most Promising Filmmaker

WINNER

Martha Marcy May Marlene: Sean Durkin
NOMINEES

Like Crazy: Drake Doremus

The Help: Tate Taylor

My Week with Marilyn: Simon Curtis

Margin Call: J.C. Chandor

Best Animated Feature

WINNER

Rango
NOMINEES

Puss in Boots

The Adventures of Tintin

Winnie the Pooh

Arthur Christmas