title: Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Awards 2011
text: # Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Awards 2011
  
  The 10th Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Awards were given out on December 5, 2011.
  
  ## Winners and nominees
  
  Best Film
  
  * The Artist
  
     * The Descendants
  
     * Drive
  
     * Hugo
  
     * Win Win
  
  Best Director
  
  * Martin Scorsese – Hugo
  
     * Woody Allen – Midnight in Paris
  
     * Michel Hazanavicius – The Artist
  
     * Alexander Payne – The Descendants
  
     * Nicolas Winding Refn – Drive
  
  Best Actor
  
  * George Clooney – The Descendants as Matt King
  
     * Jean Dujardin – The Artist as George Valentin
  
     * Michael Fassbender – Shame as Brandon Sullivan
  
     * Brad Pitt – Moneyball as Billy Beane
  
     * Michael Shannon – Take Shelter as Curtis LaForche
  
  Best Actress
  
  * Michelle Williams – My Week with Marilyn as Marilyn Monroe
  
     * Viola Davis – The Help as Aibileen Clarke
  
     * Elizabeth Olsen – Martha Marcy May Marlene as Martha
  
     * Meryl Streep – The Iron Lady as Margaret Thatcher
  
     * Tilda Swinton – We Need to Talk About Kevin as Eve Khatchadourian
  
  Best Supporting Actor
  
  * Albert Brooks – Drive as Bernie Rose
  
     * Kenneth Branagh – My Week with Marilyn as Laurence Olivier
  
     * John Hawkes – Martha Marcy May Marlene as Patrick
  
     * Christopher Plummer – Beginners as Hal
  
     * Andy Serkis – Rise of the Planet of the Apes as Caesar
  
  Best Supporting Actress
  
  * Octavia Spencer – The Help as Minny Jackson
  
     * Bérénice Bejo – The Artist as Peppy Miller
  
     * Melissa McCarthy – Bridesmaids as Megan
  
     * Carey Mulligan – Shame as Sissy Sullivan
  
     * Shailene Woodley – The Descendants as Alexandra King
  
  Best Adapted Screenplay
  
  * The Descendants – Nat Faxon, Jim Rash, and Alexander Payne
  
     * The Help – Tate Taylor
  
     * Hugo – John Logan
  
     * Moneyball – Steven Zaillian and Aaron Sorkin
  
     * Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy – Bridget O'Connor and Peter Straughan
  
  Best Original Screenplay
  
  * 50/50 – Will Reiser
  
     * The Artist – Michel Hazanavicius
  
     * Bridesmaids – Annie Mumolo and Kristen Wiig
  
     * Midnight in Paris – Woody Allen
  
     * Win Win – Tom McCarthy
  
  Best Cast
  
  * Bridesmaids
  
     * Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2
  
     * The Help
  
     * Hugo
  
     * Margin Call
  
  Best Animated Film
  
  * Rango
  
     * The Adventures of Tintin
  
     * Arthur Christmas
  
     * Puss in Boots
  
     * Winnie the Pooh
  
  Best Documentary Film
  
  * Cave of Forgotten Dreams
  
     * Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey
  
     * Buck
  
     * Into the Abyss
  
     * Project Nim
  
  Best Foreign Language Film
  
  * The Skin I Live In • Spain
  
     * 13 Assassins • Japan
  
     * Certified Copy • France
  
     * I Saw the Devil • South Korea
  
     * Pina • Germany
  
  Best Art Direction
  
  * Hugo
  
     * The Artist
  
     * Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2
  
     * The Tree of Life
  
     * War Horse
  
  Best Cinematography
  
  * The Tree of Life
  
     * The Artist
  
     * Hugo
  
     * Melancholia
  
     * War Horse
  
  Best Score
  
  * The Artist – Ludovic Bource
  
     * Drive – Cliff Martinez
  
     * The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo – Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross
  
     * Hugo – Howard Shore
  
     * War Horse – John Williams
  