2012 Critics Awards: Los Angeles Film Critics Association
Best Picture: Amour
Runner-up: The Master
Best Director: Paul Thomas Anderson, The Master
Runner-up: Kathryn Bigelow, Zero Dark Thirty
Best Foreigh Language Film: Holy Motors
Runner-up: Footnote
Best Actor: Joaquin Phoenix,The Master
Runner-up: Denis Lavant, Holy Motors
Best Actress, tie: Jennifer Lawrence, Silver Linings Playbook; Emmanuelle Riva, Amour
Best Supporting Actor: Dwight Henry, Beasts of the Southern Wild
Runner-up: Christoph Waltz, Django Unchained
Best Supporting Actress: Amy Adams, The Master
Runner-up: Anne Hathaway, The Dark Knight Rises/Les Misérables
Best Screenplay: Chris Terrio, Argo
David O. Russell, Silver Linings Playbook
Best Cinematography: Roger Deakins, Skyfall
Runner-up: Mihai Malaimare Jr., The Master
Best Production Design: David Crank and Jack Fisk, The Master
Runner-up: Adam Stockhausen, Moonrise Kingdom
Best Editing: Dylan Tichenor and William Goldenberg, Zero Dark Thirty
Runner-up: William Goldenberg, Argo
Best Music Score: Dan Romer and Benh Zeitlin, Beasts of the Southern Wild
Runner-up: Jonny Greenwood, The Master
Best Documentary: The Gatekeepers
Runner-up: Searching for Sugar Man
Best Animation: Frankenweenie
Runner-up: It’s Such a Beautiful Day
Douglas Edwards Experimental-Independent Film-Video Award: Lucien Castaing-Taylor and Véréna Paravel’s Leviathan
“New Generation” Award: Benh Zeitlin, Beasts of the Southern Wild