San Diego Film Critics Choose "Argo" as 2012 Best Film

The San Diego Film Critics Society (SDFCS) announced their top films list.  So far, Kathryn Bigelow and her film, Zero Dark Thirty, has been dominating critics' awards.  San Diego Critics, however, have gone with Argo, naming it tops in four categories, including the "Best Film" and "Best Director" awards.

San Diego Film Critics Society Top Films of 2012 Winners:

BEST FILM –
ARGO

BEST DIRECTOR –
Ben Affleck, ARGO

BEST ACTRESS –
Michelle Williams, TAKE THIS WALTZ

BEST ACTOR –
Daniel Day-Lewis, LINCOLN

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS –
Emma Watson, THE PERKS OF BEING A WALLFLOWER

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR –
Christoph Waltz, DJANGO UNCHAINED

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY –
Paul Thomas Anderson, THE MASTER

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY –
Chris Terrio, ARGO

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM –
THE KID WITH A BIKE (from Belgium)

BEST DOCUMENTARY –
THE INVISIBLE WAR

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY –
Claudio Miranda, LIFE OF PI

BEST ANIMATED FILM –
PARANORMAN

BEST EDITING –
William Goldenberg, ARGO

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN –
Hugh Bateup and Uli Hanisch, CLOUD ATLAS

BEST SCORE –
Jonny Greenwood, THE MASTER

BEST ENSEMBLE PERFORMANCE–
THE PERKS OF BEING A WALLFLOWER

BODY OF WORK FOR 2012–
Greig Fraser (cinematographer: ZERO DARK THIRTY, KILLING THEM SOFTLY, SNOW WHITE AND THE HUNTSMAN)

KYLE COUNTS AWARD–
Dan Bennett, Member Emeritus SDFCS, North County Times Film Critic, International Children’s Film Festival

http://www.sdfcs.org/