2011 New York Film Critics Circle Awards

The 77th New York Film Critics Circle Awards, honoring the best in film for 2011, were announced on November 29, 2011.

Winners

Michel Hazanavicius, Best Director winner

Brad Pitt, Best Actor winner

Meryl Streep, Best Actress winner

Jessica Chastain, Best Supporting Actress winner

• Best Actor:
  • Brad Pitt – Moneyball and The Tree of Life
  • Runners-up: Michael Fassbender - Shame and Jean Dujardin - The Artist

• Best Actress:
  • Meryl Streep – The Iron Lady
  • Runners-up: Michelle Williams - My Week with Marilyn and Kirsten Dunst - Melancholia

• Best Cinematography:
  • Emmanuel Lubezki – The Tree of Life

• Best Director:
  • Michel Hazanavicius – The Artist
  • Runners-up: Martin Scorsese - Hugo and Lars von Trier - Melancholia

• Best Film:
  • The Artist
  • Runners-up: Melancholia and Hugo

• Best First Film:
  • J.C. Chandor – Margin Call

• Best Foreign Language Film:
  • A Separation (Jodaeiye Nader az Simin) • Iran

• Best Non-Fiction Film:
  • Cave of Forgotten Dreams

• Best Screenplay:
  • Aaron Sorkin and Steven Zaillian – Moneyball

• Best Supporting Actor:
  • Albert Brooks – Drive
  • Runners-up: Christopher Plummer - Beginners and Viggo Mortensen - A Dangerous Method

• Best Supporting Actress:
  • Jessica Chastain – The Tree of Life, The Help and Take Shelter
  • Runners-up: Carey Mulligan - Shame and Vanessa Redgrave - Coriolanus

• Special Award:
  • Raúl Ruiz

External links

• 2011 Awards

References

• 'The Artist' Leads New York Film Critics' Circle Awards indieWire
• Oscar Watch: 'The Artist,' Streep, Pitt take top awards from NYFCC as big-name directors get largely snubbed New York Post