2015 Chicago Film Critics Association Awards
BEST PICTURE
Mad Max: Fury Road
Carol
Inside Out
The Revenant
Spotlight
BEST DIRECTOR
George Miller – Mad Max: Fury Road
Todd Haynes – Carol
Alejandro González Iñárritu – The Revenant
Tom McCarthy – Spotlight
Adam McKay – The Big Short
BEST ACTOR
Leonardo DiCaprio – The Revenant
Christopher Abbott – James White
Michael Fassbender – Steve Jobs
Eddie Redmayne – The Danish Girl
Jason Segel – The End of the Tour
BEST ACTRESS
Brie Larson – Room
Cate Blanchett – Carol
Charlotte Rampling – 45 Years
Saoirse Ronan – Brooklyn
Charlize Theron – Mad Max: Fury Road
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Benicio del Toro – Sicario
Sam Elliott – Grandma
Mark Rylance – Bridge of Spies
Michael Shannon – 99 Homes
Sylvester Stallone – Creed
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Alicia Vikander – The Danish Girl
Jennifer Jason Leigh – Anomalisa
Jennifer Jason Leigh – The Hateful Eight
Cynthia Nixon – James White
Kristen Stewart – Clouds of Sils Maria
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Spotlight – Tom McCarthy and Josh Singer
Bridge of Spies – Matt Charman and Joel and Ethan Coen
Ex Machina – Alex Garland
The Hateful Eight – Quentin Tarantino
Inside Out – Pete Docter, Meg LeFauve and Josh Cooley
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
The Big Short – Adam McKay and Charles Randolph
Anomalisa – Charlie Kaufman
Brooklyn – Nick Hornby
Room – Emma Donoghue
Steve Jobs – Aaron Sorkin
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
Son of Saul
The Assassin
The Look of Silence
Phoenix
White God
BEST DOCUMENTARY FILM
Amy
Cartel Land
The Hunting Ground
The Look of Silence
Where to Invade Next
BEST ANIMATED FILM
Inside Out
Anomalisa
The Good Dinosaur
The Peanuts Movie
Shaun the Sheep Movie
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Mad Max: Fury Road – John Seale
Carol – Edward Lachman
The Hateful Eight – Robert Richardson
The Revenant – Emmanuel Lubezki
Sicario – Roger Deakins
BEST EDITING
Mad Max: Fury Road – Jason Ballantine and Margaret Sixel
The Big Short – Hank Corwin
The Martian – Pietro Scalia
The Revenant – Stephen Mirrione
Spotlight – Tom McArdle
BEST ART DIRECTION/PRODUCTION DESIGN
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Assassin
Brooklyn
Carol
Crimson Peak
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
The Hateful Eight – Ennio Morricone
Carol – Carter Burwell
Inside Out – Michael Giacchino
It Follows – Disasterpeace
Mad Max: Fury Road – Junkie XL
MOST PROMISING FILMMAKER
Alex Garland – Ex Machina
Marielle Heller – The Diary of a Teenage Girl
Josh Mond – James White
Laszlo Nemes – Son of Saul
Bill Pohlad – Love & Mercy
MOST PROMISING PERFORMER
Jacob Tremblay – Room
Christopher Abbott – James White
Bel Powley – The Diary of a Teenage Girl
Geza Rohrig – Son of Saul
Amy Schumer – Trainwreck