Houston Film Critics Society Awards 2012

6th Houston Film Critics Society Awards

Date| January 5, 2013 (2013-01-05)
Location| Museum of Fine Arts
Houston, Texas
Country| United States
Presented by| Houston Film Critics Society
Website| houstonfilmcritics.com/awards
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The 6th Houston Film Critics Society Awards were given out at a ceremony held at the Museum of Fine Arts on January 5, 2013.[1][2][3] The nominations were announced on December 15, 2012.[4]

## Winners and nominees

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Winners are listed first and highlighted with boldface.

Best Picture | Best Foreign Language Film

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* Argo
* Beasts of the Southern Wild
* Cloud Atlas
* Django Unchained
* Lincoln
* The Master
* Les Misérables
* Moonrise Kingdom
* Silver Linings Playbook
* Zero Dark Thirty

* Holy Motors • France/Germany
* Amour • French
* The Intouchables • French
* A Royal Affair • Denmark
* Rust and Bone • France/Belgium

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role | Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role

* Daniel Day-Lewis – Lincoln
* John Hawkes – The Sessions
* Hugh Jackman – Les Misérables
* Joaquin Phoenix – The Master
* Denzel Washington – Flight

* Jennifer Lawrence – Silver Linings Playbook
* Jessica Chastain – Zero Dark Thirty
* Emmanuelle Riva – Amour
* Quvenzhané Wallis – Beasts of the Southern Wild
* Naomi Watts – The Impossible

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role | Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role

* Tommy Lee Jones – Lincoln
* Alan Arkin – Argo
* Javier Bardem – Skyfall
* Philip Seymour Hoffman – The Master
* Matthew McConaughey – Magic Mike

* Anne Hathaway – Les Misérables
* Amy Adams – The Master
* Judi Dench – Skyfall
* Sally Field – Lincoln
* Helen Hunt – The Sessions

Best Direction of a Motion Picture | Best Cinematography

* Ben Affleck – Argo
* Quentin Tarantino – Django Unchained
* Steven Spielberg – Lincoln
* Tom Hooper – Les Misérables
* Kathryn Bigelow – Zero Dark Thirty

* Skyfall – Roger Deakins
* Life of Pi – Claudio Miranda
* Lincoln – Janusz Kamiński
* The Master – Mihai Mălaimare Jr.
* Les Misérables – Danny Cohen

Best Animated Feature Film  | Best Documentary Feature

* Wreck-It Ralph
* Brave
* Frankenweenie
* ParaNorman
* Rise of the Guardians

* Searching for Sugar Man
* Bully
* The Central Park Five
* The House I Live In
* The Imposter
* The Queen of Versailles

Best Original Score  | Best Original Song

* Cloud Atlas – Reinhold Heil, Johnny Klimek, and Tom Tykwer
* Life of Pi – Mychael Danna
* Hitchcock – Danny Elfman
* The Master – Jonny Greenwood
* Skyfall – Thomas Newman
* Beasts of the Southern Wild – Dan Romer and Benh Zeitlin
* Lincoln – John Williams

* "Skyfall" by Adele – Skyfall
* "Learn Me Right" by Mumford & Sons and Birdy – Brave
* "Song of the Lonely Mountain" by Neil Finn – The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
* "Suddenly" by Claude-Michel Schönberg – Les Misérables
* "Touch the Sky" by Alex Mandel and Mark Andrews – Brave

Best Screenplay | Worst Film

* Lincoln – Tony Kushner
* Argo – Chris Terrio
* Looper – Rian Johnson
* Silver Linings Playbook – David O. Russell
* Zero Dark Thirty – Mark Boal

* That's My Boy
* Anna Karenina
* Battleship
* Prometheus
* The Three Stooges

### Individual awards

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#### Lifetime Achievement Award

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* Robert Duvall

#### Humanitarian Award

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* Adam Yauch

#### Outstanding Achievement

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* Jeff Millar

#### Technical Achievement

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* The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

## References

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1. ^ Knegt, Peter (6 January 2013). "'Argo' Leads Houston Film Critics' Society Awards". IndieWire. Retrieved 27 August 2017.
2. ^ Leydon, Joe (5 January 2013). "Houston film critics honor Argo, Bernie, Daniel Day-Lewis and Jennifer Lawrence as year's best". Houston Culture Map. Retrieved 27 August 2017.
3. ^ Leydon, Joe (5 January 2013). "Houston critics fete 'Argo'". Variety. Retrieved 27 August 2017.
4. ^ Adam, Ryan (December 15, 2012). "Lincoln leads Houston Film Critic Society Awards with eight nominations". AwardsDaily.com. Retrieved January 25, 2014.

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