The San Diego Film Critics’ Society recently announced their annual awards winners.
Best Picture: “Get Out” (Runner Up: “Lady Bird”)
Best Director: Greta Gerwig – “Lady Bird” (Runner Up: Christopher Nolan – “Dunkirk”)
Best Actor: James McAvoy- “Split” (Runner Up: James Franco – “The Disaster Artist”)
Best Actress: Sally Hawkins- “Maudie” (Runner Up: Sally Hawkins – “The Shape of Water”)
Best Supporting Actor: Sam Rockwell – “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri” (Runner Up: Willem Dafoe – “The Florida Project”)
Best Supporting Actress: Allison Janney – “I, Tonya” & Laurie Metcalf – “Lady Bird” (TIE)
Best Comedic Performance: Daniel Craig – “Logan Lucky” (Runner Up: James Franco – “The Disaster Artist”)
Best Original Screenplay: Jordan Peele – “Get Out” (Runner Up: Greta Gerwig – “Lady Bird”)
Best Adapted Screenplay: Scott Neustadter & Michael H. Weber – “The Disaster Artist” (Runner Up: Virgil Williams & Dee Rees – “Mudbound”)
Best Documentary: “Jane” (Runner Up: “The Work”)
Best Animated Film: “My Life as a Zucchini” (Runner Up: “The Boss Baby”)
Best Foreign Language Film: “Thelma” (Runner Up: “BPM (Beats Per Minute)”)
Best Editing: Jonathan Amos & Paul Machliss – “Baby Driver” (Runner Up: Lee Smith – “Dunkirk”)
Best Cinematography: Hoyte Van Hoytema – “Dunkirk” (Runner Up: Darius Khondji – “The Lost City of Z”)
Best Production Design: Paul D. Austerberry – “The Shape of Water” (Runner Up: Alessandora Querzola and Dennis Gassner – “Blade Runner 2049”)
Best Visual Effects: “War for the Planet of the Apes” (Runner Up: “Beauty and the Beast” & “Dunkirk” (TIE))
Best Costume Design: Jacqueline Durran – “Beauty and the Beast” & Mark Bridges – “Phantom Thread” (TIE)
Best Use of Music: “Baby Driver” (Runner Up: “Call Me By Your Name”)
Breakthrough Artist: Timothee Chalamet (Runner Up: Barry Keoghan)
Best Ensemble: Mudbound
Body of Work: Michael Stuhlbarg , “The Post”, “Call Me By Your Name”, “The Shape of Water”