St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association Awards 2012

The nominees for the 9th St. Louis Film Critics Association Awards were announced on December 11, 2012. The winners were announced on December 17, 2012.^[1][2][3]

• Daniel Day-Lewis – Lincoln
  • Runner-up: John Hawkes – The Sessions
    • Bradley Cooper – Silver Linings Playbook
    • Jamie Foxx – Django Unchained
    • Joaquin Phoenix – The Master
    • Denzel Washington – Flight

• Jessica Chastain – Zero Dark Thirty
  • Runner-up: Jennifer Lawrence – Silver Linings Playbook
    • Helen Mirren – Hitchcock
    • Aubrey Plaza – Safety Not Guaranteed
    • Quvenzhané Wallis – Beasts of the Southern Wild

• Lincoln – Tony Kushner (TIE)
• Silver Linings Playbook – David O. Russell (TIE)
  • Argo – Chris Terrio
  • Beasts of the Southern Wild – Lucy Alibar and Benh Zeitlin
  • Life of Pi – David Magee
  • The Perks of Being a Wallflower – Stephen Chbosky

• Wreck-It Ralph
  • Runner-up: ParaNorman
    • Brave
    • Frankenweenie
    • Rise of the Guardians

• Skyfall – Roger Deakins
  • Runner-up: Life of Pi – Claudio Miranda
    • Beasts of the Southern Wild – Ben Richardson
    • Cloud Atlas – Frank Griebe and John Toll
    • Django Unchained – Robert Richardson
    • The Master – Mihai Mălaimare Jr.

• Moonrise Kingdom (TIE)
• Ted (TIE)
  • The Cabin in the Woods
  • Seven Psychopaths
  • Wreck-It Ralph

• Ben Affleck – Argo
  • Runner-up: Quentin Tarantino – Django Unchained (TIE)
  • Runner-up: Benh Zeitlin – Beasts of the Southern Wild (TIE)
    • Wes Anderson – Moonrise Kingdom
    • Kathryn Bigelow – Zero Dark Thirty
    • Ang Lee – Life of Pi

• Searching for Sugar Man
  • Runner-up: Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry (TIE)
  • Runner-up: Bully (TIE)
  • Runner-up: How to Survive a Plague (TIE)
    • Jiro Dreams of Sushi

• Argo
  • Runner-up: Life of Pi (TIE)
  • Runner-up: Lincoln (TIE)
    • Django Unchained
    • Moonrise Kingdom
    • Zero Dark Thirty

• The Intouchables (Intouchables) • France
  • Runner-up: The Fairy (La fée) • Belgium / France (TIE)
  • Runner-up: Headhunters (Hodejegerne) • Norway (TIE)
    • Holy Motors • France / Germany
    • The Kid with a Bike (Le gamin au vélo) • Belgium / France / Italy

• Django Unchained (TIE)
• Moonrise Kingdom (TIE)
  • Beasts of the Southern Wild
  • Cloud Atlas
  • The Dark Knight Rises
  • Not Fade Away

• Zero Dark Thirty – Mark Boal
  • Runner-up: Django Unchained – Quentin Tarantino
    • The Cabin in the Woods – Joss Whedon and Drew Goddard
    • Moonrise Kingdom – Wes Anderson and Roman Coppola
    • Seven Psychopaths – Martin McDonagh

• Christoph Waltz – Django Unchained
  • Runner-up: Tommy Lee Jones – Lincoln
    • Alan Arkin – Argo
    • John Goodman – Argo
    • William H. Macy – The Sessions
    • Bruce Willis – Moonrise Kingdom

• Ann Dowd – Compliance (TIE)
• Helen Hunt – The Sessions (TIE)
  • Amy Adams – The Master
  • Sally Field – Lincoln
  • Anne Hathaway – Les Misérables
  • Emma Watson – The Perks of Being a Wallflower

• Bill Westenhofer – Life of Pi
  • Runner-up: The Avengers
    • Cloud Atlas
    • Prometheus
    • Snow White and the Huntsman

• Compliance (TIE)
• Safety Not Guaranteed (TIE)
  • Bernie
  • The Fairy (La fée)
  • Sleepwalk with Me
  • Take This Waltz

• Django Unchained: The "bag head" bag/mask problems scene (TIE)
• Hitchcock: Anthony Hopkins in lobby conducting to music/audience's reaction during Psycho shower scene (TIE)
• The Impossible: Opening tsunami scene (TIE)
• The Master: The first "processing" questioning scene between Philip Seymour Hoffman and Joaquin Phoenix (TIE)
  • Beasts of the Southern Wild: The hurricane (and Wink shooting at it)
  • Flight: The plane crash

• Official website