38th Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards (2012)

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 (TIE):

	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 Editing:

	Dylan Tichenor and William Goldenberg - Zero Dark Thirty
	Runner-up: William Goldenberg - Argo

Best Cinematography:

	Roger Deakins - Skyfall
	Runner-up: Mihai Mălaimare Jr. - The Master

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 (Hearat Shulayim) • 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