title: Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Awards 2012
text: # Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Awards 2012
  
  The 11th Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Awards were held on December 10, 2012.
  
  ## Winners and nominees
  
  Best Film
  
  * Zero Dark Thirty
  
     * Argo
  
     * Les Misérables
  
     * Lincoln
  
     * Silver Linings Playbook
  
  Best Director
  
  * Kathryn Bigelow – Zero Dark Thirty
  
     * Ben Affleck – Argo
  
     * Paul Thomas Anderson – The Master
  
     * Tom Hooper – Les Misérables
  
     * Steven Spielberg – Lincoln
  
  Best Actor
  
  * Daniel Day-Lewis – Lincoln
  
     * John Hawkes – The Sessions
  
     * Hugh Jackman – Les Misérables
  
     * Joaquin Phoenix – The Master
  
     * Denzel Washington – Flight
  
  Best Actress
  
  * Jessica Chastain – Zero Dark Thirty
  
     * Marion Cotillard – Rust and Bone
  
     * Jennifer Lawrence – Silver Linings Playbook
  
     * Helen Mirren – Hitchcock
  
     * Emmanuelle Riva – Amour
  
  Best Supporting Actor
  
  * Philip Seymour Hoffman – The Master
  
     * Alan Arkin – Argo
  
     * Javier Bardem – Skyfall
  
     * Leonardo DiCaprio – Django Unchained
  
     * Tommy Lee Jones – Lincoln
  
  Best Supporting Actress
  
  * Anne Hathaway – Les Misérables
  
     * Amy Adams – The Master
  
     * Samantha Barks – Les Misérables
  
     * Sally Field – Lincoln
  
     * Helen Hunt – The Sessions
  
  Best Adapted Screenplay
  
  * Silver Linings Playbook – David O. Russell
  
     * Argo – Chris Terrio
  
     * Life of Pi – David Magee
  
     * Lincoln – Tony Kushner
  
     * The Perks of Being a Wallflower – Stephen Chbosky
  
  Best Original Screenplay
  
  * Looper – Rian Johnson
  
     * Django Unchained – Quentin Tarantino
  
     * The Master – Paul Thomas Anderson
  
     * Moonrise Kingdom – Wes Anderson and Roman Coppola
  
     * Zero Dark Thirty – Mark Boal
  
  Best Ensemble
  
  * Les Misérables
  
     * Argo
  
     * Lincoln
  
     * Moonrise Kingdom
  
     * Zero Dark Thirty
  
  Best Animated Film
  
  * ParaNorman
  
     * Brave
  
     * Frankenweenie
  
     * Rise of the Guardians
  
     * Wreck-It Ralph
  
  Best Documentary Film
  
  * Bully
  
     * The Imposter
  
     * The Invisible War
  
     * The Queen of Versailles
  
     * Searching for Sugar Man
  
  Best Foreign Language Film
  
  * Amour • Austria
  
     * The Intouchables • France
  
     * I Wish • Japan
  
     * A Royal Affair • Hungary
  
     * Rust and Bone • Belgium
  
  Best Art Direction
  
  * Cloud Atlas
  
     * Anna Karenina
  
     * Les Misérables
  
     * Lincoln
  
     * Moonrise Kingdom
  
  Best Cinematography
  
  * Life of Pi
  
     * Les Misérables
  
     * The Master
  
     * Skyfall
  
     * Zero Dark Thirty
  
  Best Score
  
  * The Master – Jonny Greenwood
  
     * Beasts of the Southern Wild – Dan Romer and Benh Zeitlin
  
     * The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey – Howard Shore
  
     * Lincoln – John Williams
  
     * Moonrise Kingdom – Alexandre Desplat
  
  Best Youth Performance
  
  * Quvenzhané Wallis – Beasts of the Southern Wild
  
     * Jared Gilman – Moonrise Kingdom
  
     * Kara Hayward – Moonrise Kingdom
  
     * Tom Holland – The Impossible
  
     * Logan Lerman – The Perks of Being a Wallflower
  