Awards -- Los Angeles Film Critics Winners

Arguably the most well known and important precursor critics group (although New York and Broadcast might have an argument here as well) announced their winners tonight. Always interesting to see how the local "Hollywood Critics" vote. And here are their winners for 2009:

BEST PICTURE -- "The Hurt Locker"
Runner-up: "Up in the Air"

BEST DIRECTOR -- Kathryn Bigelow "The Hurt Locker"
Runner-up: Michael Hanake "The White Ribbon"

BEST ACTOR -- Jeff Bridges "Crazy Heart"
Runner-up: Colin Firth "A Single Man"

BEST ACTRESS -- Yolande Moreau "Seraphine"
Runner-up: Carey Mulligan "An Education"

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR -- Christoph Waltz "Inglourious Basterds"
Runner-up: Peter Capaldi "In the Loop"

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS -- Mo'Nique "Precious"
Runner-up: Anna Kendrick "Up in the Air"

BEST SCREENPLAY -- "Up in the Air" -- Jason Reitman & Sheldon Turner
Runner-up: "In the Loop" -- Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci & Tony Roche

BEST ANIMATION -- "Fantastic Mr. Fox"
Runner-up: "Up"

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY -- "The White Ribbon" -- Christian Berger
Runner-up: "The Hurt Locker" -- Barry Ackroyd

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN -- "District 9" -- Philip Ivey
Runner-up: "Avatar" -- Rick Carter & Robert Stromberg

BEST MUSIC/SCORE -- "Crazy Heart" -- T-Bone Burnett & Stephen Bruton
Runner-up: "Fantastic Mr. Fox" -- Alexandre Desplat

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM -- "Summer Hours"
Runner-up: "The White Ribbon"

BEST DOCUMENTARY/NON-FICTION FILM -- "The Beaches of Agnes" & "The Cove" (TIE)

DOUGLAS E. EDWARDS INDEPENDENT/EXPERIMENTAL FILM
"The Anchorage" -- C.W. Winters & Anders Edstrom