2012 Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards – winners

The Los Angeles Film Critics Association held their 38th Annual LAFCA Awards today. Winners were led by Michael Haneke's Amour and Paul Thomas Anderson's The Master.

The foreign-language Amour was named Best Picture, but was oddly it did not win for Best Foreign-Language Film. It picked up an additional award for Emmanuelle Riva, who shared Best Actress with Jennifer Lawrence for Silver Linings Playbook.

The Master was runner-up for Best Picture. It captured more awards, however, taking Best Director, Actor (Joaquin Phoenix), Supporting Actress (Amy Adams), and Production Design. It was also runner-up for editing.

Documentary filmmaking legend Frederick Wiseman was presented with a Career Achivement Award.


Complete list of winners for the 2012 Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards

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 and 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 CINEMATOGRAPHY
Roger Deakins, Skyfall
Runner-up: Mihai Malaimare Jr., The Master

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
Jack Fisk and David Crank, The Master
Runner-up: Adam Stockhausen, Moonrise Kingdom

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

BEST MUSIC SCORE
Dan Romer & Benh Zeitlin, Beasts of the Southern Wild
Runner-up: Cliff Martinez, Drive

BEST FOREIGN-LANGUAGE FILM
City of Life and Death, Lu Chuan
Runner-up: A Separation, Asghar Farhadi

BEST DOCUMENTARY/NON-FICTION FILM
The Gatekeepers, Dror Moreh
Runner-up: Searching for Sugar Man, Malik Bendjelloul

BEST ANIMATION
Frankenweenie, Tim Burton
Runner-up: It's Such a Beautiful Day, Don Hertzfeldt

CAREER ACHIEVEMENT
Frederick Wiseman

THE DOUGLAS EDWARDS EXPERIMENTAL/INDEPENDENT FILM/VIDEO AWARD
Leviathan