Chicago Film Critics Association 2011
Best Picture
The Artist
The Descendants
Drive
Hugo
The Tree of Life
Best Director
Michel Hazanavicius (The Artist)
Terrence Malick (The Tree of Life)
Alexander Payne (The Descendants)
Nicolas Winding Refn (Drive)
Martin Scorsese (Hugo)
Best Actor
George Clooney (The Descendants)
Jean Dujardin (The Artist)
Michael Fassbender (Shame)
Gary Oldman (Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy)
Michael Shannon (Take Shelter)
Best Actress
Kirsten Dunst (Melancholia)
Elizabeth Olsen (Martha Marcy May Marlene)
Anna Paquin (Margaret)
Meryl Streep (The Iron Lady)
Michelle Williams (My Week with Marilyn)
Best Supporting Actor
Albert Brooks (Drive)
Nick Nolte (Warrior)
Patton Oswalt (Young Adult)
Brad Pitt (The Tree of Life)
Christopher Plummer (Beginners)
Best Supporting Actress
Jessica Chastain (The Tree of Life)
Melissa McCarthy (Bridesmaids)
Carey Mulligan (Shame)
Octavia Spencer (The Help)
Shailene Woodley (The Descendants)
Best Adapted Screenplay
The Descendants (Nat Faxon, Alexander Payne, Jim Rash)
Drive (Hossein Amini)
Hugo (John Logan)
Moneyball (Aaron Sorkin, Steven Zaillian)
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (Bridget O’Connor, Peter Straughan)
Best Original Screenplay
The Artist (Michel Hazanavicius)
Martha Marcy May Marlene (Sean Durkin)
Midnight in Paris (Woody Allen)
A Separation (Asghar Farhadi)
The Tree of Life (Terrence Malick)
Best Cinematography
Drive (Newton Thomas Sigel)
Hugo (Robert Richardson)
Melancholia (Manuel Alberto Claro)
The Tree of Life (Emmanuel Lubezki)
War Horse (Janusz Kaminski)
Best Original Score
The Artist (Ludovic Bource)
Drive (Cliff Martinez)
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross)
Hanna (The Chemical Brothers)
Hugo (Howard Shore)
Best Animated Feature
The Adventures of Tintin
Arthur Christmas
Puss in Boots
Rango
Winnie the Pooh
Best Documentary
Cave of Forgotten Dreams
The Interrupters
Into the Abyss
Pina
Project Nim
Tabloid
Best Foreign Language Film
In a Better World
Incendies
A Separation
The Skin I Live In
Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives
Most Promising Performer
Liana Liberato (Trust)
Brit Marling (Another Earth)
Hunter McCracken (The Tree of Life)
Elizabeth Olsen (Martha Marcy May Marlene)
Shailene Woodley (The Descendants)
Most Promising Filmmaker
J.C. Chandor (Margin Call)
Simon Curtis (My Week with Marilyn)
Drake Doremus (Like Crazy)
Sean Durkin (Martha Marcy May Marlene)
Tate Taylor (The Help)
