2017 San Diego Film Critics Society Award winners
The San Diego Film Critics Society had a mixed-bag of genres to chose from this year in their determination for the year’s best in cinema. From comedy to drama, and yes even horror, the critics have made their choices and the only thing to do now is wait to see if The Academy of Arts and Sciences agrees with them.
Here is the complete list of 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: Tie
Allison Janney I, TONYA
Laurie Metcalf, LADY BIRD
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: Tie BEAUTY AND THE BEAST/DUNKIRK
Best Costume Design: Tie
Jacqueline Durran, BEAUTY and the BEAST
Mark Bridges, PHANTOM THREAD
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
