Chicago Film Critics Association Winners

Best Film: Zero Dark Thirty
Best Director: Kathryn Bigelow, Zero Dark Thirty
Best Actress: Jessica Chastain, Zero Dark Thirty
Best Actor: Daniel Day-Lewis, Lincoln
Best Supporting Actor: Philip Seymour Hoffman, The Master
Best Supporting Actress: Amy Adams, The Master
Best Original Screenplay: Zero Dark Thirty
Best Adapted Screenplay: Lincoln
Best Foreign Film: “Amour”
Best Documentary: “The Invisible War”
Best Animated: “Paranorman”
Best Cinematography: “The Master” – Mihai Malaimare Jr.
Best Editing: “Zero Dark Thirty” – William Goldenberg & Dylan Tichenor
Best Art Direction: “Moonrise Kingdom” – Adam Stockhausen & Gerald Sullivan
Best Score: “The Master” – Jonny Greenwood
Most Promising Newcomer: Quvenzhane Wallis, “Beasts of the Southern Wild”
Most Promising Filmmaker: Benh Zeitlin, “Beasts of the Southern Wild”