The Descendants is a 2011 American tragicomedy film directed by Alexander Payne. The screenplay by Payne, Nat Faxon, and Jim Rash is based on the 2007 novel of the same name by Kaui Hart Hemmings. The film stars George Clooney in the main role, Shailene Woodley, Amara Miller in her film debut, Beau Bridges, Judy Greer, Matthew Lillard, and Robert Forster, and was released by Fox Searchlight Pictures in the United States on November 18, 2011, after premiering at the 2011 Toronto International Film Festival on September 10, 2011.
Michel Hazanavicius is a French film director, screenwriter, editor, and producer. He is best known for his 2011 film, The Artist, which won the Academy Award for Best Picture at the 84th Academy Awards. It also won him the Academy Award for Best Director. He also directed spy film parodies OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies (2006) and OSS 117: Lost in Rio (2009).
Martha Marcy May Marlene is a 2011 American psychological thriller-drama film written and directed by Sean Durkin, and starring Elizabeth Olsen, John Hawkes, Sarah Paulson, and Hugh Dancy. The plot focuses on a young woman suffering from delusions and paranoia after returning to her family from an abusive cult in the Catskill Mountains.
The 77th New York Film Critics Circle Awards, honoring the best in film for 2011, were announced on 29 November 2011 and presented on 9 January 2012.
The 83rd National Board of Review Awards, honoring the best in film for 2011.
The 10th Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Awards were given out on December 5, 2011.
The 37th Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards, given by the Los Angeles Film Critics Association (LAFCA), honored the best in film for 2011.
The 32nd Boston Society of Film Critics Awards, honoring the best in filmmaking in 2011, were given on December 11, 2011.
The 11th New York Film Critics Online Awards, honoring the best in filmmaking in 2011, were given on 11 December 2011.
The nominees for the 8th St. Louis Film Critics Association Awards were announced on December 12, 2011.
The 15th Toronto Film Critics Association Awards, honoring the best in film for 2011, were given on December 14, 2011.
The 16th San Diego Film Critics Society Awards were announced on December 14, 2011.
The 32nd London Film Critics Circle Awards, honouring the best in film for 2011, were announced by the London Film Critics Circle on 19 January 2012.
The 15th Online Film Critics Society Awards, honoring the best in film for 2011, were announced on 2 January 2012.
The 46th National Society of Film Critics Awards, given on 7 January 2012, honored the best in film for 2011.
The 6th Dublin Film Critics' Circle Awards, given on December 23, 2011, honored the best in film for 2011. The crime Drive became the most successful film of this year's ceremony, won three awards, including Best Film.
The 7th Austin Film Critics Association Awards, honoring the best in filmmaking for 2011, were announced on December 28, 2011.
The 15th Hollywood Film Awards were held on October 24, 2011. The ceremony took place at The Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, California.
Josh Mond is an American film director, screenwriter and producer. He is known for producing the feature films Martha Marcy May Marlene (2011) and Simon Killer (2012), and for writing and directing James White (2015).
