Houston Film Critics Society Awards 2012

6th Houston Film Critics Society Awards
Current: Houston Film Critics Society Awards 2012
Date	December 15, 2012 (2012-12-15)
Location	Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Texas
Country	United States
Presented by	Houston Film Critics Society
Website	houstonfilmcritics.com/awards

The 6th Houston Film Critics Society Awards nominations were announced on December 15, 2012. The 2012 awards were given out at a ceremony held at the Museum of Fine Arts on January 5, 2013. The awards are presented annually by the Houston Film Critics Society based in Houston, Texas.

Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first and highlighted with boldface.

Best Picture	Best Foreign Language Film
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 Quvenzhane 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 – Johnny 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 – 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

Lifetime Achievement Award

• Robert Duvall

Humanitarian Award

• Adam Yauch

Outstanding Achievement

• Jeff Millar

Technical Achievement

• The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

External links

• Houston Film Critics Society: Awards