Best of 2012: Film: Directing, Writing, Ensemble, Technical

Kathryn Bigelow, ZERO DARK THIRTY

TOP 10 BEST DIRECTORS

1. Kathryn Bigelow for ZERO DARK THIRTY
2. Joe Wright for ANNA KARENINA
3. Michael Haneke for AMOUR
4. Paul Thomas Anderson for THE MASTER
5. Ben Affleck for ARGO
6. David O. Russell for SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK
7. Wes Anderson for MOONRISE KINGDOM
8. Benh Zeitlin for BEASTS OF THE SOUTHERN WILD
9. Sam Mendes for SKYFALL
10. Ang Lee for LIFE OF PI

Michael Haneke, Emmanuelle Riva, and
Jean-Louis Trintignant, AMOUR

TOP 10 BEST ORGINAL SCREENPLAYS

1. AMOUR by Michael Haneke
2. ZERO DARK THIRTY by Mark Boal
3. THE MASTER by Paul Thomas Anderson
4. MOONRISE KINGDOM by Wes Anderson
5. LOOPER by Rian Johnson
6. DJANGO UNCHAINED by Quentin Tarantino
7. MAGIC MIKE by Reid Carolin
8. YOUR SISTER’S SISTER by Lynn Shelton
9. THE INTOUCHABLES by Olivier Nakache & Eric Toledano
10. TAKE THIS WALTZ by Sarah Polley

Bradley Cooper, David O. Russell, and
Jennifer Lawrence, SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK

TOP 10 BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAYS

1. SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK by David O. Russell
2. ANNA KARENINA by Tom Stoppard
3. THE PERKS OF BEING A WALLFLOWER by Stephen Chbosky
4. LINCOLN by Tony Kushner
5. BEASTS OF THE SOUTHERN WILD by Lucy Alibar & Benh Zeitlin
6. ARGO by Chris Terrio
7. LIFE OF PI by David Magee
8. SKYFALL by Neal Pervis, Robert Wade, & John Logan
9. THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN by James Vanderbilt, Alvin Sargent, & Steve Kloves
10. LES MISÉRABLES by William Nicholson, Alain Boublil, Claude-Michel Schonberg, & Herbert Kretzmer

Ben Affleck and the cast of ARGO at the SAG Awards.

TOP 10 BEST ENSEMBLES

1. ARGO starring Ben Affleck, Bryan Cranston, Alan Arkin, John Goodman, Christopher Denham, Victor Garber, Tate Donovan, Clea DuVall, Scoot McNairy, Rory Cochrane, Kerry Bishe, Kyle Chandler, Chris Messina, Sheila Vand, and Zeljko Ivanek
2. LINCOLN starring Daniel Day-Lewis, Sally Field, Tommy Lee Jones, David Strathairn, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, James Spader, Hal Holbrook, John Hawkes, Jackie Earle Haley, Gloria Reuben, Jared Harris, Lee Pace, Gulliver McGrath, Michael Stuhlbarg, Colman Domingo, Elizabeth Marvel, Adam Driver, and S. Epatha Merkerson
3. ANNA KARENINA starring Keira Knightley, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Jude Law, Alicia Vikander, Kelly Macdonald, Matthew Macfayden, Olivia Williams, Ruth Wilson, and Shirley Henderson
4. MOONRISE KINGDOM starring Jared Gilman, Kara Hayward, Bruce Willis, Edward Norton, Bill Murray, Frances McDormand, Tilda Swinton, Jason Schwartzman, Bob Balaban, Jake Ryan, Tanner Flood, Wyatt Ralff, Lucas Hedges, Charlie Kilgore, Andreas Sheikh, Chandler Frantz, Rob H. Campbell, L. J. Foley, Gabriel Rush, Seamus Davey-Fitzpatrick, Tommy Nelson, Larry Pine, and Marianna Bassham
5. ZERO DARK THIRTY starring Jessica Chastain, Jason Clarke, Kyle Chandler, Joel Edgerton, Jennifer Ehle, Reda Kateb, Chris Platt, Harold Perrineau, Mark Duplass, and James Gandolfini
6. THE MASTER starring Joaquin Phoenix, Phillip Seymour Hoffman, Amy Adams, Laura Dern, Jesse Plemons, Ambyr Childers, and Rami Malek
7. SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK starring Bradley Cooper, Jennifer Lawrence, Robert De Niro, Jacki Weaver, Chris Tucker, Anupam Kher, John Ortiz, Shea Whigham, Dash Mihok, Brea Bee, and Julia Stiles
8. MAGIC MIKE starring Channing Tatum, Alex Pettyfer, MatthewMcConaughey, Olivia Munn, James Martin Kelly, Cody Horn, Joe Manganiello, and Matt Bomer
9. TO ROME WITH LOVE starring Woody Allen, Alec Baldwin, Jesse Eisenberg, Greta Gerwig, Penelope Cruz, Ellen Page, Judy Davis, Flavio Parenti, Roberto Benigni, Alison Pill, Alessandro Tiberi, and Alessandra Mastronardi
10. LES MISÉRABLES starring Hugh Jackman, Russell Crowe, Anne Hathaway, Amanda Seyfried, Eddie Redmayne, Samantha Barks, Aaron Tveit, Sacha Baron Cohen, Helena Bonham Carter, Daniel Huttlestone, and Colm Wilkinson

Roger Deakins, SKYFALL

TOP 10 BEST CINEMATOGRAPHERS

1. Roger Deakins for SKYFALL
2. Mihai Malaimare, Jr. for THE MASTER
3. Seamus McGarvey for ANNA KARENINA
4. Darius Khondji for AMOUR
5. Claudio Miranda for LIFE OF PI
6. Wally Pfister for THE DARK KNIGHT RISES
7. Rodrigo Prieto for ARGO
8. Greig Fraser for ZERO DARK THIRTY
9. Masanobu Takayanagi for SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK
10. Janusz Kaminski for LINCOLN

Keira Knightley and costume designer
Jacqueline Durran, ANNA KARENINA

TOP 10 BEST COSTUME DESIGNERS

1. Jacqueline Durran for ANNA KARENINA
2. Bob Buck, Ann Maskrey, & Richard Taylor for THE HOBBIT: AN UNEXPECTED JOURNEY
3. Paco Delgado for LES MISÉRABLES
4. Joanna Johnston for LINCOLN
5. Sharen Davis for DJANGO UNCHAINED
6. Kasia Walicka-Maimone for MOONRISE KINGDOM
7. Nic Ede for HYSTERIA
8. Jacqueline West for ARGO
9. Margot Wilson for LAWLESS
10. Lindy Hemming for THE DARK KNIGHT RISES

The soundtrack list of THE PERKS OF
BEING A WALLFLOWER

TOP 10 BEST SCORES/SOUNDTRACKS

1. Soundtrack of THE PERKS OF BEING A WALLFLOWER
2. Soundtrack of DJANGO UNCHAINED
3. Score by Mychael Danna for LIFE OF PI
4. Score by Alexandre Desplat for MOONRISE KINGDOM
5. Score by Jonny Greenwood for THE MASTER
6. Soundtrack of LES MISÉRABLES
   
7. Soundtrack of PITCH PERFECT
8. Score by Dario Marianelli for ANNA KARENINA
9. Soundtrack of SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK
10. Score by John Williams for LINCOLN

TOP 10 BEST VISUAL/SPECIAL EFFECTS

On set of LIFE OF PI

1. LIFE OF PI
2. LOOPER
3. THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN
4. ANNA KARENINA
5. THE DARK KNIGHT RISES
6. THE IMPOSSIBLE
7. DJANGO UNCHAINED
8. THE AVENGERS
9. THE HOBBIT: AN UNEXPECTED JOURNEY
10. SKYFALL

Set design of ANNA KARENINA

TOP 10 BEST ART DIRECTORS/SET DESIGNERS

1. ANNA KARENINA
   
2. BEASTS OF THE SOUTHERN WILD
   
3. MOONRISE KINGDOM
   
4. DJANGO UNCHAINED
5. LES MISERABLES
6. LINCOLN
   
7. THE HOBBIT: AN UNEXPECTED JOURNEY
8. HYSTERIA
9. THE HUNGER GAMES
10. LIFE OF PI