2012 Awards - Dallas/Ft. Worth Film Critics

The Dallas/Ft. Worth critics have announced their winners, and LINCOLN takes home it's first Best Picture prize of the year. Interesting that it had been nominated for and runner-up for so many other groups, but hadn't won anything until now. It also takes 3 of the four acting prizes, as well as score, and Spielberg was the runner-up for Best Director.

BEST PICTURE
1. LINCOLN
2. Argo
3. Zero Dark Thirty
4. Life of Pi
5. Les Miserables
6. Moonrise Kingdom
7. Silver Linings Playbook
8. Skyfall
9. The Master
10. Beasts of the Southern Wild

BEST DIRECTOR
1. KATHRYN BIGELOW - "ZERO DARK THIRTY"
2. Steven Spielberg - "Lincoln"
3. Ben Affleck - "Argo"
4. Ang Lee - "Life of Pi"
5. Wes Anderson - "Moonrise Kingdom"

BEST ACTOR
1. DANIEL DAY-LEWIS - "LINCOLN"
2. Joaquin Phoenix - "The Master"
3. John Hawkes - "The Sessions"
4. Hugh Jackman - "Les Miserables"
5. Denzel Washington - "Flight"

BEST ACTRESS
1. JESSICA CHASTAIN - "ZERO DARK THIRTY"
2. Jennifer Lawrence - "Silver Linings Playbook"
3. Helen Mirren - "Hitchcock"
4. Emmanuelle Riva - "Amour"
5. Quvenzhane Wallis - "Beasts of the Southern Wild" (tie)
5. Naomi Watts - "The Impossible" (tie)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
1. TOMMY LEE JONES - "LINCOLN"
2. Philip Seymour Hoffman - "The Master"
3. Christoph Waltz - "Django Unchained"
4. Alan Arkin - "Argo"
5. Robert De Niro - "Silver Linings Playbook"

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
1. SALLY FIELD - "LINCOLN"
2. Anne Hathaway - "Les Miserables"
3. Amy Adams - "The Master"
4. Helen Hunt - "The Sessions"
5. Ann Dowd - "Compliance"

BEST SCREENPLAY
1. ZERO DARK THIRTY
2. Django Unchained

BEST ANIMATED FILM
1. PARANORMAN
2. Frankenweenie
3. The Pirates: Band of Misfits

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
1. LIFE OF PI
2. Skyfall

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
1. LINCOLN

BEST FOREIGN FILM
1. AMOUR
2. A Royal Affair
3. The Intouchables
4. Holy Motors
5. The Kid with a Bike

BEST DOCUMENTARY
1. SEARCHING FOR SUGAR MAN
2. Bully
3. How to Survive a Plague
4. West of Memphis
5. The Invisible War

RUSSELL SMITH AWARD (Low-Budget or Indi)
1. BEASTS OF THE SOUTHERN WILD