2012 - Winners of the 23rd Annual Chicago Film Critics Awards (in bold) - Announced Dec. 17, 2012
| Best Picture |
Argo
Beasts of the Southern Wild
Lincoln
The Master
Zero Dark Thirty |
| Best Director |
Ben Affleck, Argo
Paul Thomas Anderson, The Master
Kathryn Bigelow, Zero Dark Thirty
Steven Spielberg, Lincoln
Benh Zeitlin, Beasts of the Southern Wild |
| Best Actor |
Daniel Day-Lewis, Lincoln
John Hawkes, The Sessions
Denis Lavant, Holy Motors
Joaquin Phoenix, The Master
Denzel Washington, Flight |
| Best Actress |
Jessica Chastain, Zero Dark Thirty
Helen Hunt, The Sessions
Jennifer Lawrence, Silver Linings Playbook
Emmanuelle Riva, Amour
Quvenzhane Wallis, Beasts of the Southern Wild
Naomi Watts, The Impossible |
| Best Supporting Actor |
Jason Clarke, Zero Dark Thirty
Leonardo DiCaprio, Django Unchained
Dwight Henry, Beasts of the Southern Wild
Phillip Seymour Hoffman, The Master
Tommy Lee Jones, Lincoln |
| Best Supporting Actress |
Amy Adams, The Master
Emily Blunt, Looper
Judi Dench, Skyfall
Sally Field, Lincoln
Anne Hathaway, Les Misérables |
| Best Original Screenplay |
Django Unchained by Quentin Tarantino
Looper by Rian Johnson
The Master by Paul Thomas Anderson
Moonrise Kingdom by Wes Anderson & Roman Coppola
Zero Dark Thirty by Mark Boal |
| Best Adapted Screenplay |
Argo by Chris Terrio
Beasts of the Southern Wild by Lucy Alibar & Benh Zeitlin
Lincoln by Tony Kushner
The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
Silver Linings Playbook by David O. Russell |
| Best Foreign Language Film |
Amour
Holy Motors
The Intouchables
Once Upon a Time in Anatolia
Rust & Bone |
| Best Documentary |
The Central Park Five
The Invisible War
The Queen of Versailles
Searching For Sugar Man
West of Memphis |
| Best Animated Feature |
Brave
Frankenweenie
ParaNorman
The Secret World of Arrietty
Wreck-It Ralph |
| Best Cinematography |
Claudio Miranda, Life of Pi
Janusz Kaminski, Lincoln
Mihai Malaimare Jr., The Master
Roger Deakins, Skyfall
Greig Fraser, Zero Dark Thirty |
| Best Original Score |
Alexandre Desplat, Argo
Dan Romer & Benh Zeitlin, Beasts of the Southern Wild
Jonny Greenwood, The Master
Alexandre Desplat, Moonrise Kingdom
Alexandre Desplat, Zero Dark Thirty |
Best Art Direction
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Anna Karenina
Les Misérables
Lincoln
The Master
Moonrise Kingdom |
Best Editing
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Willian Goldenberg, Argo
Alexander Berner, Cloud Atlas
Leslie Jones & Peter McNulty, The Master
Stuart Baird, Skyfall
William Goldenberg & Dylan Tichenor, Zero Dark Thirty |
| Most Promising Performer |
Samantha Barks, Les Misérables
Kara Hayward, Moonrise Kingdom
Dwight Henry, Beasts of the Southern Wild
Tom Holland, The Impossible
Quvenzhane Wallis, Beasts of the Southern Wild |
| Most Promising Filmmaker |
Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Drew Goddard, The Cabin in the Woods
Nicholas Jarecki, Arbitrage
Colin Trevorrow, Safety Not Guaranteed
Benh Zeitlin, Beasts of the Southern Wild |
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