25th Chicago Film Critics Association Awards (2012)

Best Film

	Zero Dark Thirty - Kathryn Bigelow, Mark Boal, and Megan Ellison
	Argo - Ben Affleck, George Clooney, and Grant Heslov
	Beasts of the Southern Wild - Dan Janvey, Josh Penn, and Michael Gottwald
	Lincoln - Steven Spielberg and Kathleen Kennedy
	The Master - JoAnne Sellar, Daniel Lupi, Paul Thomas Anderson, and Megan Ellison

Best Director

	Kathryn Bigelow - Zero Dark Thirty
	Ben Affleck - Argo
	Paul Thomas Anderson - The Master
	Steven Spielberg - Lincoln
	Benh Zeitlin - Beasts of the Southern Wild

Best Actor

	Daniel Day-Lewis - Lincoln as Abraham Lincoln
	John Hawkes - The Sessions as Mark O'Brien
	Denis Lavant - Holy Motors as Mr. Oscar / Various Characters
	Joaquin Phoenix - The Master as Freddie Quell
	Denzel Washington - Flight as William "Whip" Whitaker, Sr.

Best Actress

	Jessica Chastain - Zero Dark Thirty as Maya
	Helen Hunt - The Sessions as Cheryl Cohen-Greene
	Jennifer Lawrence - Silver Linings Playbook as Tiffany Maxwell
	Emmanuelle Riva - Amour as Anne Laurent
	Quvenzhané Wallis - Beasts of the Southern Wild as Hushpuppy
	Naomi Watts - The Impossible as Maria Bennett

Best Supporting Actor

	Philip Seymour Hoffman - The Master as Lancaster Dodd
	Jason Clarke - Zero Dark Thirty as Dan
	Leonardo DiCaprio - Django Unchained as "Monsieur" Calvin J. Candie
	Dwight Henry - Beasts of the Southern Wild as Wink
	Tommy Lee Jones - Lincoln as Thaddeus Stevens

Best Supporting Actress

	Amy Adams - The Master as Peggy Dodd
	Emily Blunt - Looper as Sara
	Judi Dench - Skyfall as M
	Sally Field - Lincoln as Mary Todd Lincoln
	Anne Hathaway - Les Misérables as Fantine

Best Original Screenplay

	Zero Dark Thirty - Mark Boal
	Django Unchained - Quentin Tarantino
	Looper - Rian Johnson
	The Master - Paul Thomas Anderson
	Moonrise Kingdom - Wes Anderson and Roman Coppola

Best Adapted Screenplay

	Lincoln - Tony Kushner based in part of the book Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln by Doris Kearns Goodwin
	Argo - Chris Terrio based on a selection from The Master of Disguise by Antonio J. Mendez and the Wired magazine article The Great Escape by Joshuah Bearman
	Beasts of the Southern Wild - Lucy Alibar and Benh Zeitlin based on the play
	The Perks of Being a Wallflower - Stephen Chbosky based on his novel
	Silver Linings Playbook - David O. Russell based on the novel by Matthew Quick

Best Editing

	Zero Dark Thirty - William Goldenberg and Dylan Tichenor
	Argo - William Goldenberg
	Cloud Atlas - Alexander Berner and Claus Wehlisch
	The Master - Leslie Jones and Peter McNulty
	Skyfall - Stuart Baird

Best Cinematography

	The Master - Mihai Mălaimare Jr.
	Life of Pi - Claudio Miranda
	Lincoln - Janusz Kamiński
	Skyfall - Roger Deakins
	Zero Dark Thirty - Greig Fraser

Best Production Design

	Moonrise Kingdom - Production Design: Adam Stockhausen; Set Decoration: Kris Moran
	Anna Karenina - Production Design: Sarah Greenwood; Set Decoration: Katie Spencer
	Les Misérables - Production Design: Eve Stewart; Set Decoration: Anna Lynch-Robinson
	Lincoln - Production Design: Rick Carter; Set Decoration: Jim Erickson
	The Master - Production Design: David Crank and Jack Fisk; Set Decoration: Amy Wells

Best Original Score

	The Master - Jonny Greenwood
	Argo - Alexandre Desplat
	Beasts of the Southern Wild - Dan Romer and Benh Zeitlin
	Moonrise Kingdom - Alexandre Desplat
	Zero Dark Thirty - Alexandre Desplat

Best Foreign Language Film

	Amour (Austria) in French - Directed by Michael Haneke
	Holy Motors (France) in French - Directed by Leos Carax
	The Intouchables (France) in French - Directed by Éric Toledano and Olivier Nakache
	Once Upon a Time in Anatolia (Turkey) in Turkish - Directed by Nuri Bilge Ceylan
	Rust and Bone (France) in French - Directed by Jacques Audiard

Best Documentary Film

	The Invisible War - Kirby Dick
	The Central Park Five - Ken Burns, Sarah Burns, and David McMahon
	The Queen of Versailles - Lauren Greenfield
	Searching for Sugar Man - Malik Bendjelloul
	West of Memphis - Amy J. Berg

Best Animated Film

	ParaNorman - Sam Fell and Chris Butler
	Brave - Mark Andrews and Brenda Chapman
	Frankenweenie - Tim Burton
	The Secret World of Arrietty - Hiromasa Yonebayashi
	Wreck-It Ralph - Rich Moore

Most Promising Filmmaker

	Benh Zeitlin - Beasts of the Southern Wild
	Stephen Chbosky - The Perks of Being a Wallflower
	Drew Goddard - The Cabin in the Woods
	Nicholas Jarecki - Arbitrage
	Colin Trevorrow - Safety Not Guaranteed

Most Promising Performer

	Quvenzhané Wallis - Beasts of the Southern Wild
	Samantha Barks - Les Misérables
	Kara Hayward - Moonrise Kingdom
	Dwight Henry - Beasts of the Southern Wild
	Tom Holland - The Impossible