San Diego Film Critics Society Awards 2011

Winners and nominees

Best Actor

• George Clooney - The Descendants as Matt King
• Jean Dujardin - The Artist as George Valentin
• Brendan Gleeson - The Guard as Gerry Boyle
• Brad Pitt - Moneyball as Billy Bean

  Best Actress

• Viola Davis - The Help as Aibileen Clarke
• Elizabeth Olsen - Martha Marcy May Marlene as Martha
• Tilda Swinton - We Need to Talk About Kevin as Eve Khatchadourian
• Michelle Williams - My Week with Marilyn as Marilyn Monroe

  Best Animated Film

• Happy Feet Two
• Kung Fu Panda 2
• Rango
• Winnie the Pooh

  Best Cinematography

• The Artist - Guillaume Schiffman
• Drive - Newton Thomas Sigel
• Hugo - Robert Richardson
• Take Shelter - Adam Stone

  Best Director

• Woody Allen - Midnight in Paris
• Michel Hazanavicius - The Artist
• Terrence Malick - The Tree of Life
• Martin Scorsese - Hugo

  Best Documentary

• Buck
• Cave of Forgotten Dreams
• Into the Abyss

• Best Editing

• The Artist - Anne-Sophie Bion and Michel Hazanavicius
• Drive - Mat Newman
• Hugo - Thelma Schoonmaker
• The Tree of Life - Hank Corwin, Jay Rabinowitz, Daniel Rezende, Billy Weber and Mark Yoshikawa

  Best Ensemble Performance

• Carnage
• The Help
• Margin Call
• Midnight in Paris

  Best Film

• Drive
• Hugo
• Midnight in Paris
• The Tree of Life''

  Best Foreign Language Film

• The Double Hour • Italy
• Happy, Happy • Norway
• Of Gods and Men • France
• A Somewhat Gentle Man • Norway

  Best Production Design

• The Artist - Laurence Bennett
• - Stuart Craig
• Midnight in Paris - Anne Seibel
• The Tree of Life - Jack Fisk

  Best Score

• The Artist - Ludovic Bource
• Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close - Alexandre Desplat
• Hugo - Howard Shore
• The Tree of Life - Alexandre Desplat

  Best Original Screenplay

• 50/50 - Will Reiser
• The Artist - Michel Hazanavicius
• Beginners - Mike Mills
• Win Win - Tom McCarthy

  Best Adapted Screenplay

• The Descendants - Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon and Jim Rash
• Drive - Hossein Amini
• - Steve Kloves
• Hugo - John Logan

  Best Supporting Actor

• Albert Brooks - Drive as Bernie Rose
• Christopher Plummer - Beginners as Hal Fields
• Andy Serkis - Rise of the Planet of the Apes as Caesar
• Max von Sydow - Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close as The Renter

  Best Supporting Actress

• Bérénice Bejo - The Artist as Peppy Miller
• Jessica Chastain - The Help as Celia Foote
• Mélanie Laurent - Beginners as Anna
• Carey Mulligan - Shame as Sissy Sullivan

  Body of Work

• Jessica Chastain