16th San Diego Film Critics Society Awards (2011)
Best Film
The Artist
Drive
Hugo
Midnight in Paris
The Tree of Life
Best Director
Nicolas Winding Refn - Drive
Woody Allen - Midnight in Paris
Michel Hazanavicius - The Artist
Terrence Malick - The Tree of Life
Martin Scorsese - Hugo
Best Ensemble Performance
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2
Carnage
The Help
Margin Call
Midnight in Paris
Best Actor
Michael Shannon - Take Shelter as Curtis LaForche
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
Brit Marling - Another Earth as Rhoda Williams
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 Supporting Actor
Nick Nolte - Warrior as Paddy Conlon
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
Shailene Woodley - The Descendants as Alexandra King
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
Best Original Screenplay
Midnight in Paris - Woody Allen
50/50 - Will Reiser
The Artist - Michel Hazanavicius
Beginners - Mike Mills
Win Win - Tom McCarthy
Best Adapted Screenplay
Moneyball - Steve Zaillian and Aaron Sorkin
The Descendants - Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon and Jim Rash
Drive - Hossein Amini
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2 - Steve Kloves
Hugo - John Logan
Best Editing
Beginners - Olivier Bugge Coutté
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 Cinematography
The Tree of Life - Emmanuel Lubezki
The Artist - Guillaume Schiffman
Drive - Newton Thomas Sigel
Hugo - Robert Richardson
Take Shelter - Adam Stone
Best Production Design
Hugo - Dante Ferretti
The Artist - Laurence Bennett
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2 - Stuart Craig
Midnight in Paris - Anne Seibel
The Tree of Life - Jack Fisk
Best Score
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2 - Alexandre Desplat
The Artist - Ludovic Bource
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close - Alexandre Desplat
Hugo - Howard Shore
The Tree of Life - Alexandre Desplat
Best Foreign Language Film
Le Quattro Volte • Italy
The Double Hour (La doppia ora) • Italy
Happy, Happy (Sykt lykkelig) • Norway
Of Gods and Men (Des hommes et des dieux) • France
A Somewhat Gentle Man (En ganske snill mann) • Norway
Best Documentary
Project Nim
Buck
Cave of Forgotten Dreams
Into the Abyss
Page One: Inside the New York Times
Best Animated Film
Arthur Christmas
Happy Feet Two
Kung Fu Panda 2
Rango
Winnie the Pooh
Body of Work
Jessica Chastain