Monday, January 23, 2012

My 2011 Award winners

You've seen the nominees. Time to see my winners:

Best Picture:
THE TREE OF LIFE (Dede Gardner, Sarah Green, Grant Hill, Brad Pitt, Bill Pohlad, Terrence Malick)

Best Director:
TERRENCE MALICK, THE TREE OF LIFE

Best Actor:
BRAD PITT, MONEYBALL

Best Actress:
TILDA SWINTON, WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN

Best Supporting Actor:
CHRISTOPHER PLUMMER, BEGINNERS

Best Supporting Actress:
JESSICA CHASTAIN, THE HELP

Best Acting Ensemble:
A SEPARATION

Best Original Screenplay:
MIDNIGHT IN PARIS (Woody Allen)

Best Adapted Screenplay:
THE IDES OF MARCH (George Clooney, Grant Heslov, Beau Willimon)

Best Cinematography:
THE TREE OF LIFE (Emmanuel Lubezki)

Best Film Editing:
DRIVE (Matthew Newman)

Best Original Score:
WAR HORSE (John Williams)

Best Original Song:
“HELL AND BACK” from Hell and Back Again (J. Ralph)

Best Production Design, Set Decoration, and Art Direction:
HUGO (Dante Feretti, Francesca Lo Shiavo)

Best Costume Design:
CAPTAIN AMERICA (Anna B. Sheppard)

Best Sound Mixing:
WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN (Ken Ishii, Paul Davies, Robert Farr)

Best Sound Editing:
THE ADVENTURES OF TINTIN (Brent Burge, Chris Ward, Dave Whitehead)

Best Visual Effects:
RISE OF THE PLANET OF THE APES (Richard Darwin, Joe Letteri, Dan Lemmon, Chris White)

Best Makeup and Hair:
THE IRON LADY (Mark Coulier, Marese Langan)

Best Animated Feature:
CHICO & RITA (Fernando Treuba et.al.)

Best Foreign Film:
A SEPARATION (Asghar Farhadi)

Best Documentary:
HELL AND BACK AGAIN (Danfung Dennis)

That makes four wins for The Tree of Life, and two wins apiece for Hell and Back Again, A Separation, We Need to Talk About Kevin, and Chico & Rita.