The Artist tops New York Film Critics Circle 2011 Winners
The New York Film Critics Circle today picked their winners for the 2011 awards held at the Film Society at Lincoln Center, which will be handed out at a ceremony taking place on Monday, January 9th.
Weinstein Co's critically-acclaimed The Artist, directed and scripted by Michel Hazanavicius, landed Best Picture, as well as Best Director.
Brad Pitt took home honors for his work in Moneyball and Terrence Malick's The Tree of Life, while Meryl Streep won Best Actress for The Iron Lady.
As announced, here's the complete list of 2011 New York Film Critics Circle winners:
Best Picture: “The Artist”
Best Director: Michel Hazanavicius for “The Artist”
Best Screenplay: Steven Zaillian and Aaron Sorkin for “Moneyball”
Best Actor: Brad Pitt for “Moneyball” and “Tree of Life”
Best Actress: Meryl Streep for “The Iron Lady”
Best Supporting Actor: Albert Brooks for “Drive”
Best Supporting Actress: Jessica Chastain for “Tree of Life,” “The Help” and “Take Shelter”
Best Foreign Language Film: “A Separation”
Best Cinematography: Emmanuel Lubezki for “Tree of Life”
Best Nonfiction Film: “Cave of Forgotten Dreams” (dir: Werner Herzog)
Best First Feature: “Margin Call”
Special Award to be given to filmmaker Raoul Ruiz
Founded in 1935, the New York Film Critics Circle is the oldest and most prestigious in the country. The circle’s membership includes critics from daily newspapers, weekly newspapers, magazines and the Web’s most respected on-line publications. Every year the organization meets in New York to vote
on awards for the calendar year's films. The Circle's awards are often viewed as harbingers of the Oscar nominations. The Circle's awards are also viewed — perhaps more accurately — as a principled alternative to the Oscars, honoring aesthetic merit in a forum that is immune to commercial and political pressures.