Utah Film Critics Winners

Best Picture

Winner: Zero Dark Thirty

(runner-up: Looper)

 

Best Achievement in Directing

Winner: Wes Anderson, Moonrise Kingdom

(runner-up: Kathryn Bigelow, Zero Dark Thirty)

 

Best Lead Performance by an Actor

Winner: Joaquin Phoenix, The Master

(runner-ups: Daniel Day-Lewis, Lincoln, & John Hawkes, The Sessions)

 

Best Lead Performance by an Actress

Winners: Jennifer Lawrence, Silver Linings Playbook & Jessica Chastain, Zero Dark Thirty (Tie)

 

Best Supporting Performance by an Actor

Winner: Dwight Henry, Beasts of the Southern Wild

(runner-up: Philip Seymour Hoffman, The Master)

 

Best Supporting Performance by an Actress

Winner: Anne Hathaway, Les Misérables

(runner-up: Ann Dowd, Compliance)

 

Best Original Screenplay

Winner: Rian Johnson, Looper

(runner-up: Joss Whedon & Drew Goddard, The Cabin in the Woods)

 

Best Adapted Screenplay

Winner: Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower

(runner-up: David O. Russell, Silver Linings Playbook)

 

Best Cinematography

Winner: Roger Deakins, Skyfall

(runner-up: Claudio Miranda, Life of Pi)

 

Best Documentary Feature

Winner: Indie Game: The Movie

(runner-up: The Invisible War)

 

Best Non-English Language Feature

Winner: Headhunters

(runner-up: Amour)

 

Best Animated Feature

Winner: ParaNorman

(runner-ups: Frankenweenie & Wreck-It Ralph)