2011 St. Louis Film Critics Association Awards

8th StLFCA Awards

December 12, 2011

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Best Film:
The Artist

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Best Director:
Michel Hazanavicius
The Artist

The nominees for the 8th St. Louis Film Critics Association Awards were announced on December 12, 2011. ^[1]

Winners and nominees

Best Actor

George Clooney – The Descendants as Matt King ^[2]

• Jean Dujardin – The Artist as George Valentin
• Michael Fassbender – Shame as Brandon Sullivan
• Ryan Gosling – Drive as The Driver (Runner-up) ^[2]
• Gary Oldman – Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy as George Smiley
• Brad Pitt – Moneyball as Billy Beane

Best Actress

Rooney Mara – The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo as Lisbeth Salander ^[2]

• Viola Davis – The Help as Aibileen Clarke
• Elizabeth Olsen – Martha Marcy May Marlene as Martha
• Saoirse Ronan – Hanna as Hanna
• Meryl Streep – The Iron Lady as Margaret Thatcher (Runners-up) ^[2]
• Michelle Williams – My Week with Marilyn as Marilyn Monroe (Runners-up) ^[2]

Best Animated Film

The Adventures of Tintin ^[2]

• Kung Fu Panda 2
• Puss in Boots
• Rango (Runner-up) ^[2]
• Rio

Best Cinematography

• The Artist – Guillaume Schiffman
• Drive – Newton Thomas Sigel
• The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo – Jeff Cronenweth (Runners-up) ^[2]

The Tree of Life – Emmanuel Lubezki ^[2]

• War Horse – Janusz Kamiński (Runners-up) ^[2]

Best Director

Michel Hazanavicius – The Artist ^[2]

• David Fincher – The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
• Terrence Malick – The Tree of Life (Runner-up) ^[2]
• Alexander Payne – The Descendants
• Nicolas Winding Refn – Drive

Best Documentary Film

Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey ^[2]

• Buck
• Conan O'Brien Can't Stop
• The Interrupters
• Tabloid (Runner-up) ^[2]

Best Film

The Artist ^[2]

• The Descendants (Runner-up) ^[2]
• Drive
• My Week with Marilyn
• The Tree of Life

Best Comedy

Bridesmaids ^[2]

• Crazy, Stupid, Love
• Midnight in Paris (Runner-up) ^[2]
• The Muppets
• Paul
• Rango

Best Foreign Language Film

13 Assassins (Jūsannin no Shikaku) • Japan ^[2]

• I Saw the Devil (Akmareul boattda) • South Korea
• Point Blank (À bout portant) • France
• Trollhunter (Trolljegeren) • Norway
• Winter in Wartime (Oorlogswinter) • Netherlands (Runner-up) ^[2]

Best Music

The Artist ^[2]

• Drive (Runner-up) ^[2]
• The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
• The Muppets
• The Tree of Life

Best Original Screenplay

The Artist – Michel Hazanavicius ^[2]

• 50/50 – Will Reiser (Runner-up) ^[2]
• Hanna – Seth Lochhead and David Farr
• Midnight in Paris – Woody Allen
• The Tree of Life – Terrence Malick
• Win Win – Tom McCarthy and Joe Tiboni

Best Adapted Screenplay

The Descendants – Nat Faxon, Jim Rash and Alexander Payne ^[2]

• Drive – Hossein Amini
• The Help – Tate Taylor
• Moneyball – Steven Zaillian and Aaron Sorkin (Runner-up) ^[2]
• The Muppets – Jason Segel and Nicholas Stoller

Best Supporting Actor

Albert Brooks – Drive as Bernie Rose ^[2]

• John Goodman – The Artist as Al Zimmer
• John Hawkes – Martha Marcy May Marlene as Patrick
• Jonah Hill – Moneyball as Peter Brand
• Alan Rickman – Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 as Severus Snape (Runner-up) ^[2]

Best Supporting Actress

Bérénice Bejo – The Artist as Peppy Miller ^[2]

• Cate Blanchett – Hanna as Marissa
• Jessica Chastain – The Tree of Life as Mrs. O'Brien
• Octavia Spencer – The Help as Minny Jackson (Runners-up) ^[2]
• Shailene Woodley – The Descendants as Alexandra King (Runners-up) ^[2]

Best Visual Effects

• Captain America: The First Avenger

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 ^[2]

• Rise of the Planet of the Apes (Runner-up) ^[2]
• Super 8
• The Tree of Life

Best Art-House or Festival Film

• Beginners
• Martha Marcy May Marlene
• Tucker & Dale vs. Evil

We Need to Talk About Kevin ^[2]

• Win Win (Runner-up) ^[2]

Best Scene (favorite movie scene or sequence)

• The Artist : dance scene finale (Runner-up) ^[2]
• Drive : the elevator beating scene
• Drive : opening get-away scene

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo : opening credits ^[2]

• Hanna : Hanna’s escape from captivity sequence
• Melancholia : the last scene

References

1. "St Louis Film Critics". Awardsdaily. Retrieved March 11, 2025.
2. "STL Film Critics Annual Awards". February 9, 2014. Archived from the original on February 9, 2014. Retrieved March 11, 2025.

External links

• Official website