8th SLGFCA Awards
December 12, 2011
Best Film:
The Artist
Best Director:
Michel Hazanavicius
The Artist
The nominees for the 8th St. Louis Film Critics Association Awards were announced on December 12, 2011.
Winners and nominees
Best Actor
George Clooney – The Descendants as Matt King
- Jean Dujardin – The Artist as George Valentin
- Michael Fassbender – Shame as Brandon Sullivan
- Ryan Gosling – Drive as The Driver (Runner-up)
- Gary Oldman – Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy as George Smiley
- Brad Pitt – Moneyball as Billy Beane
Best Actress
Rooney Mara – The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo as Lisbeth Salander
- Viola Davis – The Help as Aibileen Clarke
- Elizabeth Olsen – Martha Marcy May Marlene as Martha
- Saoirse Ronan – Hanna as Hanna
- Meryl Streep – The Iron Lady as Margaret Thatcher (Runners-up)
- Michelle Williams – My Week with Marilyn as Marilyn Monroe (Runners-up)
Best Animated Film
The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn
- Kung Fu Panda 2
- Puss in Boots
- Rango (Runner-up)
- Rio
Best Cinematography
- The Artist – Guillaume Schiffman
- Drive – Newton Thomas Sigel
- The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo – Jeff Cronenweth (Runners-up)
The Tree of Life – Emmanuel Lubezki
- War Horse – Janusz Kamiński (Runners-up)
Best Director
Michel Hazanavicius – The Artist
- David Fincher – The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
- Terrence Malick – The Tree of Life (Runner-up)
- Alexander Payne – The Descendants
- Nicolas Winding Refn – Drive
Best Documentary Film
Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey
- Buck
- Conan O'Brien Can't Stop
- The Interrupters
- Tabloid (Runner-up)
Best Film
- The Descendants (Runner-up)
- Drive
- My Week with Marilyn
- The Tree of Life
Best Comedy
- Crazy, Stupid, Love
- Midnight in Paris (Runner-up)
- The Muppets
- Paul
- Rango
Best Foreign Language Film
13 Assassins (Jūsannin no Shikaku) • Japan
- I Saw the Devil (Akmareul boattda) • South Korea
- Point Blank (À bout portant) • France
- Trollhunter (Trolljegeren) • Norway
- Winter in Wartime (Oorlogswinter) • Netherlands (Runner-up)
Best Music
Best Original Screenplay
The Artist – Michel Hazanavicius
- 50/50 – Will Reiser (Runner-up)
- Hanna – Seth Lochhead and David Farr
- Midnight in Paris – Woody Allen
- The Tree of Life – Terrence Malick
- Win Win – Tom McCarthy and Joe Tiboni
Best Adapted Screenplay
The Descendants – Nat Faxon, Jim Rash and Alexander Payne
- Drive – Hossein Amini
- The Help – Tate Taylor
- Moneyball – Steven Zaillian and Aaron Sorkin (Runner-up)
- The Muppets – Jason Segel and Nicholas Stoller
Best Supporting Actor
Albert Brooks – Drive as Bernie Rose
- John Goodman – The Artist as Al Zimmer
- John Hawkes – Martha Marcy May Marlene as Patrick
- Jonah Hill – Moneyball as Peter Brand
- Alan Rickman – Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 as Severus Snape (Runner-up)
Best Supporting Actress
Bérénice Bejo – The Artist as Peppy Miller
- Cate Blanchett – Hanna as Marissa
- Jessica Chastain – The Tree of Life as Mrs. O'Brien
- Octavia Spencer – The Help as Minny Jackson (Runners-up)
- Shailene Woodley – The Descendants as Alexandra King (Runners-up)
Best Visual Effects
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2
- Rise of the Planet of the Apes (Runner-up)
- Super 8
- The Tree of Life
Best Art-House or Festival Film
- Win Win (Runner-up)
Best Scene (favorite movie scene or sequence)
- The Artist: dance scene finale (Runner-up)
- Drive: the elevator beating scene
- Drive: opening get-away scene
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo: opening credits
- Hanna: Hanna’s escape from captivity sequence
- Melancholia: the last scene