The 19th Critic’s Choice Awards were held last night, January 16, 1014. The ceremony was hosted by comedian/actress Aisha Tyler. The nominees and winners are decided by the Broadcast Film Critics Association.
Best Visual Effects
Winner: Gravity
Other Nominees: The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, Pacific Rim, Star Trek: Into Darkness, Iron Man 3
Best Song
Winner: “Let It Go” – Robert Lopez and Kristen Anderson-Lopez, Frozen
Other Nominees: “Atlas”- Coldplay, The Hunger Games: Catching Fire; “Please Mr. Kennedy”- Ed Rush, George Cromarty, T Bone Burnett, Justin Timberlake, Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, Inside Llewyn Davis; “Ordinary Love”- U2, Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom; “Happy” – Pharrell Williams, Despicable Me 2; “Young and Beautiful” – Lana Del Rey, The Great Gatsby
Best Score
Winner: Steven Price – Gravity
Other Nominees: Arcade Fire, Her; Thomas Newman, Saving Mr. Banks; Hans Zimmer, 12 Years a Slave
Best Costume Design
Winner: Catherine Martin, The Great Gatsby
Other Nominees: Michael Wilkinson, American Hustle; Bob Buck, Lesley Burkes-Harding, Ann Maskrey, and Richard Taylor, The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug; Daniel Orlandi, Saving Mr. Banks; Patricia Norris, 12 Years a Slave
Best Makeup
Winner: American Hustle
Other Nominees: Rush; The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug; The Butler; 12 Years a Slave
Best Editing
Winner: Alfonso Cuarón and Mark Sanger, Gravity
Other Nominees: Alan Baumgarten, Jay Cassidy, and Crispin Struthers, American Hustle; Daniel P. Hanley and Mike Hill, Rush; Joe Walker, 12 Years a Slave; Thelma Schoonmaker, The Wolf of Wall Street; Christopher Rouse, Captain Phillips
Best Art Direction
Winner: Catherine Martin (Production Designer) and Beverley Dunn (Set Decorator), The Great Gatsby
Other Nominees: K.K. Barrett (Production Designer) and Gene Serdena (Set Decorator) — Her; Dan Hennah (Production Designer) and Ra Vincent (Set Decorator) — The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug; Andy Nicholson (Production Designer) and Rosie Goodwin (Set Decorator) — Gravity; Adam Stockhausen (Production Designer) and Alice Baker (Set Decorator) — 12 Years a Slave
Best Cinematography
Winner: Emmanuel Lubezki, Gravity
Other Nominees: Sean Bobbitt, 12 Years a Slave; Roger Deakins, Prisoners; Bruno Delbonnel, Inside Llewyn Davis; Phedon Papamichael, Nebraska
Best Documentary Feature
Winner: 20 Feet from Stardom
Other Nominees: The Act of Killing; Blackfish; Stories We Tell; Tim’s Vermeer
Best Foreign Language Film
Winner: Blue Is the Warmest Colour
Other Nominees: The Great Beauty; The Hunt; The Past; Wadjda
Best Sci-Fi/Horror Movie
Winner: Gravity
Other Nominees: The Conjuring; Star Trek Into Darkness; World War Z
Best Actress (Comedy)
Winner: Amy Adams, American Hustle
Other Nominees: Sandra Bullock, The Heat; Melissa McCarthy, The Heat; Greta Gerwig, Frances Ha; Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Enough Said
Best Actor (Comedy)
Winner: Leonardo DiCaprio, The Wolf of Wall Street
Other Nominees: Christian Bale, American Hustle; James Gandolfini, Enough Said; Simon Pegg, The World’s End; Sam Rockwell, The Way Way Back
Best Film (Comedy)
Winner: American Hustle
Other Nominees: Enough Said; The Heat; This Is the End; The Way Way Back; The World’s End
Best Actress (Action)
Winner: Sandra Bullock, Gravity
Other Nominees: Jennifer Lawrence, The Hunger Games: Catching Fire; Evangeline Lilly, The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug; Gwyneth Paltrow, Iron Man 3
Best Actor (Action)
Winner: Mark Wahlberg, Lone Survivor
Other Nominees: Henry Cavill, Man of Steel; Robert Downey Jr., Iron Man 3; Brad Pitt, World War Z
Best Film (Action)
Winner: Lone Survivor
Other Nominees: The Hunger Games: Catching Fire; Iron Man 3; Rush; Star Trek Into Darkness
Best Film (Animated)
Winner: Frozen
Other Nominees: The Croods; Despicable Me 2; Monsters University; The Wind Rises
Best Screenplay (Adapted)
Winner: John Ridley, 12 Years a Slave
Other Nominees: Steve Coogan and Jeff Pope, Philomena; Tracy Letts, August: Osage County; Richard Linklater, Ethan Hawke, and Julie Delpy, Before Midnight; Billy Ray, Captain Phillips; Terence Winter, The Wolf of Wall Street
Best Screenplay (Original)
Winner: Spike Jonze, Her
Other Nominees: Woody Allen, Blue Jasmine; Joel and Ethan Coen, Inside Llewyn Davis; Bob Nelson, Nebraska; Eric Warren Singer and David O. Russell, American Hustle
Best Acting Ensemble
Winner: American Hustle
Other Nominees: 12 Years a Slave; August: Osage County; The Butler; Nebraska; The Wolf of Wall Street
Best Young Actor/Actress
Winner: Adèle Exarchopoulos, Blue Is the Warmest Colour
Other Nominees: Asa Butterfield, Ender’s Game; Liam James, The Way Way Back; Sophie Nélisse, The Book Thief; Tye Sheridan, Mud
Best Supporting Actress
Winner: Lupita Nyong’o, 12 Years a Slave
Other Nominees: Scarlett Johansson, Her; Jennifer Lawrence, American Hustle; Julia Roberts, August: Osage County; June Squibb, Nebraska; Oprah Winfrey, Lee Daniels’ The Butler
Best Supporting Actor
Winner: Jared Leto, Dallas Buyers Club
Other Nominees: Barkhad Abdi, Captain Phillips; Daniel Brühl, Rush; Bradley Cooper, American Hustle; Michael Fassbender, 12 Years a Slave; James Gandolfini, Enough Said
Best Actress
Winner: Cate Blanchett, Blue Jasmine
Other Nominees: Sandra Bullock, Gravity; Judi Dench, Philomena; Brie Larson, Short Term 12; Meryl Streep, August: Osage County; Emma Thompson, Saving Mr. Banks
Best Actor
Winner: Matthew McConaughey, Dallas Buyers Club
Other Nominees: Christian Bale, American Hustle; Bruce Dern, Nebraska; Chiwetel Ejiofor, 12 Years a Slave; Tom Hanks, Captain Phillips; Robert Redford, All Is Lost
Best Director
Winner: Alfonso Cuarón, Gravity
Other Nominees: Paul Greengrass, Captain Phillips; Spike Jonze, Her; Steve McQueen, 12 Years a Slave; David O. Russell, American Hustle; Martin Scorsese, The Wolf of Wall Street
Best Picture
Winner: 12 Years a Slave
Other Nominees: Captain Phillips; Her; American Hustle; The Wolf of Wall Street; Gravity; Inside Llewyn Davis; Dallas Buyers Club; Saving Mr. Banks