Phoenix Film Critics Society Nominees

Best Picture
· Argo
· The Avengers
· Beasts of the Southern Wild
· Life of Pi
· Lincoln
· Les Misérables
· Moonrise Kingdom
· Silver Linings Playbook
· Skyfall
· Zero Dark Thirty

Best Director
· Ben Affleck (Argo)
· Kathryn Bigelow (Zero Dark Thirty)
· Tom Hooper (Les Misérables)
· Ang Lee (Life of Pi)
· Steven Spielberg (Lincoln)

Best Actor in a Leading Role
· Daniel Day-Lewis (Lincoln)
· John Hawkes (The Sessions)
· Anthony Hopkins (Hitchcock)
· Hugh Jackman (Les Misérables)
· Joaquin Phoenix (The Master)

Best Actress in a Leading Role
· Jessica Chastain (Zero Dark Thirty)
· Jennifer Lawrence (Silver Linings Playbook)
· Quvenzhané Wallis (Beasts of the Southern Wild)
· Mary Elizabeth Winstead (Smashed)

Best Actor in a Supporting Role
· Javier Bardem (Skyfall)
· Robert De Niro (Silver Linings Playbook)
· Philip Seymour Hoffman (The Master)
· Tommy Lee Jones (Lincoln)
· Ezra Miller (The Perks of Being a Wallflower)

Best Actress in a Supporting Role
· Judi Dench (Skyfall)
· Sally Field (Lincoln)
· Anne Hathaway (Les Misérables)
· Helen Hunt (The Sessions)
· Emma Watson (The Perks of Being a Wallflower)

Best Original Screenplay
· Paul Thomas Anderson (The Master)
· Wes Anderson and Roman Coppola (Moonrise Kingdom)
· Mark Boal (Zero Dark Thirty)
· Nicholas Jarecki (Arbitrage)

Best Adapted Screenplay
· Stephen Chbosky (The Perks of Being a Wallflower)
· William Nicholson (Les Misérables)
· David O. Russell (Silver Linings Playbook)
· Chris Terrio (Argo)

Best Cinematography
· Danny Cohen (Les Misérables)
· Roger Deakins (Skyfall)
· Greig Fraser (Zero Dark Thirty)
· Janusz Kaminski (Lincoln)
· Claudio Miranda (Life of Pi)

Best Film Editing
· Stuart Baird (Skyfall)
· William Goldenberg (Argo)
· William Goldenberg and Dylan Tichenor (Zero Dark Thirty)
· Lee Smith (The Dark Knight Rises)
· Tim Squyres (Life of Pi)

Best Production Design
· Hugh Bateup and Uli Hanisch (Cloud Atlas)
· Sarah Greenwood (Anna Karenina)
· Dan Hennah (The Hobbit: an Unexpected Journey)
· Eve Stewart (Les Misérables)
· Adam Stockhausen (Moonrise Kingdom)

Best Costume Design
· Bob Buck, Ann Maskrey and Richard Taylor (The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey)
· Paco Delgado (Les Misérables)
· Jacqueline Durran (Anna Karenina)
· Joanna Johnston (Lincoln)
· Manon Rasmussen (A Royal Affair)

Best Visual Effects
· The Avengers
· Cloud Atlas
· The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
· Life of Pi
· Prometheus

Best Original Score
· Mychael Danna (Life of Pi)
· Danny Elfman (Hitchcock)
· Thomas Newman (Skyfall)
· John Williams (Lincoln)

Best Original Song
· Adele Adkins and Paul Epworth – ‘Skyfall’ (Skyfall)
· Alain Boublil and Claude-Michael Schönberg – ‘Suddenly’ (Les Misérables)
· Adam Young – ‘When Can I See You Again’ (Wreck-It Ralph)

Best Ensemble Acting
· Argo
· Les Misérables
· Moonrise Kingdom
· Silver Linings Playbook

Best Stunts
· The Avengers
· The Bourne Legacy
· The Dark Knight Rises
· Looper
· Skyfall

Best Animated Film
· Brave
· Frankenweenie
· ParaNorman
· Wreck-It Ralph

Best Documentary
· Bully
· Jiro Dreams of Sushi
· The Queen of Versailles
· Searching for Sugar Man

Best Foreign Language Film
· Amour
· Headhunters
· The Intouchables
· Jiro Dreams of Sushi
· A Royal Affair

Best Live Action Family Film
· Big Miracle
· Chimpanzee
· Life of Pi
· The Odd Life of Timothy Green

Most Overlooked Film
· The Cabin in the Woods
· Jeff, Who Lives at Home
· The Perks of Being a Wallflower
· Safety Not Guaranteed
· Sound of My Voice

Best Breakthrough Performance Behind the Camera
· Stephen Chbosky (The Perks of Being a Wallflower)
· Seth MacFarlane (Ted)
· Benh Zeitlin (Beasts of the Southern Wild)
· Craig Zobel (Compliance)

Best Breakthrough Performance on Camera
· Mark Duplass (Safety Not Guaranteed)
· Dwight Henry (Beasts of the Southern Wild)
· Suraj Sharma (Life of Pi)
· Quvenzhané Wallis (Beasts of the Southern Wild)

Best Performance by a Youth in a Lead or Supporting Role – Female
· Isabelle Allen (Les Misérables)
· Maude Apatow (This Is 40)
· Kara Hayward (Moonrise Kingdom)
· Quvenzhané Wallis (Beasts of the Southern Wild)

Best Performance by a Youth in a Lead or Supporting Role – Male
· CJ Adams (The Odd Life of Timothy Green)
· Jared Gilman (Moonrise Kingdom)
· Tom Holland (The Impossible)
· Daniel Huttlestone (Les Misérables)