title: 2011 New York Film Critics Circle Awards
text: # 2011 New York Film Critics Circle Awards
  
  77th NYFCC Awards
  
  January 9, 2012
  
  Best Picture:
  
  The Artist
  
  The 77th New York Film Critics Circle Awards, honoring the best in film for 2011, were announced on 29 November 2011 and presented on 9 January 2012.
  
  ## Winners
  
  * Best Film:
     * The Artist
     * Runners-up: Melancholia and Hugo
  * Best Director:
     * Michel Hazanavicius – The Artist
     * Runners-up: Martin Scorsese – Hugo and Lars von Trier – Melancholia
  * Best Actor:
     * Brad Pitt – Moneyball and The Tree of Life
     * Runners-up: Michael Fassbender – Shame and Jean Dujardin – The Artist
  * Best Actress:
     * Meryl Streep – The Iron Lady
     * Runners-up: Michelle Williams – My Week with Marilyn and Kirsten Dunst – Melancholia
  * Best Supporting Actor:
     * Albert Brooks – Drive
     * Runners-up: Christopher Plummer – Beginners and Viggo Mortensen – A Dangerous Method
  * Best Supporting Actress:
     * Jessica Chastain – The Help, Take Shelter, and The Tree of Life
     * Runners-up: Carey Mulligan – Shame and Vanessa Redgrave – Coriolanus
  * Best Screenplay:
     * Aaron Sorkin and Steven Zaillian – Moneyball
  * Best Cinematography:
     * Emmanuel Lubezki – The Tree of Life
  * Best Foreign Language Film:
     * A Separation (Jodaeiye Nader az Simin) • Iran
     * Runner-up: Incendies • Canada
  * Best Non-Fiction Film:
     * Cave of Forgotten Dreams
  * Best First Film:
     * J. C. Chandor – Margin Call
  * Special Award:
     * Raúl Ruiz
  