2012 Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards

Winners

• 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 :
• *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 • 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