2012 Critics Choice Awards Nominations List

BEST PICTURE

• The Artist
• The Descendants
• Drive
• Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
• The Help
• Hugo
• Midnight in Paris
• Moneyball
• The Tree of Life
• War Horse

BEST ACTOR

• George Clooney (The Descendants)
• Leonardo DiCaprio (J. Edgar)
• Jean Dujardin (The Artist)
• Michael Fassbender (Shame)
• Ryan Gosling (Drive)
• Brad Pitt (Moneyball)

BEST ACTRESS

• Viola Davis (The Help)
• Elizabeth Olsen (Martha Marcy May Marlene)
• Meryl Streep (The Iron Lady)
• Tilda Swinton (We Need to Talk About Kevin)
• Charlize Theron (Young Adult)
• Michelle Williams (My Week With Marilyn)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

• Kenneth Branagh (My Week With Marilyn)
• Albert Brooks (Drive)
• Nick Nolte (Warrior)
• Patton Oswalt (Young Adult)
• Christopher Plummer (Beginners)
• Andrew Serkis (Rise of the Planet of the Apes)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

• Berenice Bejo (The Artist)
• Jessica Chastain (The Help)
• Melissa McCarthy (Bridesmaids)
• Carey Mulligan (Shame)
• Octavia Spencer (The Help)
• Shailene Woodley (The Descendants)

BEST YOUNG ACTOR/ACTRESS

• Asa Butterfield (Hugo)
• Elle Fanning (Super 8)
• Thomas Horn (Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close)
• Ezra Miller (We Need to Talk About Kevin)
• Saoirse Ronan (Hanna)
• Shailene Woodley (The Descendants)

BEST ACTING ENSEMBLE

• The Artist
• Bridesmaids
• The Descendants
• The Help
• The Ides of March

BEST DIRECTOR

• Stephen Daldry (Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close)
• Michel Hazanavicius (The Artist)
• Alexander Payne (The Descendants)
• Nicolas Winding Refn (Drive)
• Martin Scorsese (Hugo)
• Steven Spielberg (War Horse)

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

• The Artist – Michel Hazanavicius
• 50/50 – Will Reiser
• Midnight in Paris – Woody Allen
• Win Win – Screenplay by Tom McCarthy, Story by Tom McCarthy & Joe Tiboni
• Young Adult – Diablo Cody

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

• The Descendants – Alexander Payne and Nat Faxon & Jim Rash
• Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close – Eric Roth
• The Help – Tate Taylor
• Hugo – John Logan
• Moneyball – Steven Zaillian and Aaron Sorkin, Story by Stan Chervin

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

• The Artist – Guillaume Schiffman
• Drive – Newton Thomas Sigel
• Hugo – Robert Richardson
• The Tree of Life – Emmanuel Lubezki
• War Horse – Janusz Kaminski

BEST ART DIRECTION

• The Artist – Production Designer: Laurence Bennett, Art Director: Gregory S. Hooper
• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 – Production Designer: Stuart Craig, Set Decorator: Stephenie McMillan
• Hugo – Production Designer: Dante Ferretti, Set Decorator: Francesca Lo Schiavo
• The Tree of Life – Production Designer: Jack Fisk, Art Director: David Crank
• War Horse – Production Designer: Rick Carter, Set Decorator: Lee Sandales

BEST EDITING

• The Artist – Michel Hazanavicius and Anne-Sophie Bion
• Drive – Matthew Newman
• The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo – Kirk Baxter and Angus Wall
• Hugo – Thelma Schoonmaker
• War Horse – Michael Kahn

BEST COSTUME DESIGN

• The Artist – Mark Bridges
• The Help – Sharen Davis
• Hugo – Sandy Powell
• Jane Eyre – Michael O'Connor
• My Week With Marilyn – Jill Taylor

BEST MAKEUP

• Albert Nobbs
• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2
• The Iron Lady
• J. Edgar
• My Week With Marilyn

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS

• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2
• Hugo
• Rise of the Planet of the Apes
• Super 8
• The Tree of Life

BEST SOUND

• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2
• Hugo
• Super 8
• The Tree of Life
• War Horse

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE

• The Adventures of Tintin
• Arthur Christmas
• Kung Fu Panda 2
• Puss in Boots
• Rango

BEST ACTION MOVIE

• Drive
• Fast Five
• Hanna
• Rise of the Planet of the Apes
• Super 8

BEST COMEDY

• Bridesmaids
• Crazy, Stupid, Love
• Horrible Bosses
• Midnight in Paris
• The Muppets

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM

• In Darkness
• Le Havre
• A Separation
• The Skin I Live In
• Where Do We Go Now

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE

• Buck
• Cave of Forgotten Dreams
• George Harrison: Living in the Material World
• Page One: Inside the New York Times
• Project Nim
• Undefeated

BEST SONG

• "Hello Hello" – performed by Elton John and Lady Gaga/written by Elton John and Bernie Taupin – Gnomeo & Juliet
• "Life's a Happy Song" – performed by Jason Segel, Amy Adams and Walter/written by Bret McKenzie – The Muppets
• "The Living Proof" – performed by Mary J. Blige/written by Mary J. Blige, Thomas Newman and Harvey Mason, Jr. – The Help
• "Man or Muppet" – performed by Jason Segel and Walter/written by Bret McKenzie – The Muppets
• "Pictures in My Head" – performed by Kermit and the Muppets/written by Jeannie Lurie, Aris Archontis and Chen Neeman – The Muppets

BEST SCORE

• Ludovic Bource (The Artist)
• Cliff Martinez (Drive)
• Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross (The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo)
• Howard Shore (Hugo)
• John Williams (War Horse)