2012 St. Louis Film Critics Association Annual Award Winners

[Awarded December 11, 2012.]

• Best Film: Argo

• Best Director: Ben Affleck - Argo

• Best Actor: Daniel Day-Lewis - Lincoln

• Best Actress: Jessica Chastain - Zero Dark Thirty

• Best Supporting Actor: Christoph Waltz - Django Unchained

• Best Supporting Actress: Ann Dowd - Compliance; Helen Hunt - The Sessions [Tie]

• Best Original Screenplay: Mark Boal - Zero Dark Thirty

• Best Adapted Screenplay: Tony Kushner (Screenplay) and Doris Kearns Goodwin (Book) - Lincoln; David O. Russell (Screenplay) and Matthew Quick (Novel) - Silver Linings Playbook [Tie]

• Best Cinematography: Roger Deakins - Skyfall

• Best Visual Effects: Bill Westenhofer (Visual Effects Supervisor) - Life of Pi

• Best Music: Mary Ramos (Music Supervisor) - Django Unchained; Alexandre Desplat - Moonrise Kingdom [Tie]

• Best Foreign Language Film: The Intouchables

• Best Documentary Film: Searching for Sugar Man

• Best Animated Film: Wreck-It Ralph

• Best Comedy Film: Moonrise Kingdom and Ted [Tie]

• Best Arthouse Film: Compliance and Safety Not Guaranteed [Tie]

• Best Scene: Django Unchained - A problem with masks; Hitchcock - Conducting the audience; The Impossible - Opening tsunami sequence; The Master - Freddie is first processed.