2012 25th Chicago Film Critics Awards BEST PICTURE * Zero Dark Thirty Argo Beasts of the Southern Wild Lincoln The Master BEST DIRECTOR * Kathryn Bigelow, Zero Dark Thirty Ben Affleck, Argo Paul Thomas Anderson, The Master Steven Spielberg, Lincoln Benh Zeitlin, Beasts of the Southern Wild BEST ACTOR * Daniel Day-Lewis, Lincoln John Hawkes, The Sessions Denis Lavant, Holy Motors Joaquin Phoenix, The Master Denzel Washington, Flight BEST ACTRESS * Jessica Chastain, Zero Dark Thirty Helen Hunt, The Sessions Jennifer Lawrence, Silver Linings Playbook Emmanuelle Riva, Amour Quvenzhane Wallis, Beasts of the Southern Wild Naomi Watts, The Impossible BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR * Phillip Seymour Hoffman, The Master Jason Clarke, Zero Dark Thirty Leonardo DiCaprio, Django Unchained Dwight Henry, Beasts of the Southern Wild Tommy Lee Jones, Lincoln BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS * Amy Adams, The Master Emily Blunt, Looper Judi Dench, Skyfall Sally Field, Lincoln Anne Hathaway, Les Miserables BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY * Zero Dark Thirty by Mark Boal Django Unchained by Quentin Tarantino Looper by Rian Johnson The Master by Paul Thomas Anderson Moonrise Kingdom by Wes Anderson & Roman Coppola BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY * Lincoln by Tony Kushner Argo by Chris Terrio Beasts of the Southern Wild by Lucy Alibar & Benh Zeitlin The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky Silver Linings Playbook by David O. Russell BEST FOREIGN-LANGUAGE FILM * Amour Holy Motors The Intouchables Once Upon a Time in Anatolia Rust and Bone BEST DOCUMENTARY * The Invisible War The Central Park Five The Queen of Versailles Searching For Sugar Man West of Memphis BEST ANIMATED FILM * ParaNorman Brave Frankenweenie The Secret World of Arrietty Wreck-It Ralph BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY * Mihai Milaimare Jr., The Master Claudio Miranda, Life of Pi Janusz Kaminski, Lincoln Roger Deakins, Skyfall Greig Fraser, Zero Dark Thirty BEST ORIGINAL SCORE * Jonny Greenwood, The Master Alexandre Desplat, Argo Dan Romer and Benh Zeitlin, Beasts of the Southern Wild Alexandre Desplat, Moonrise Kingdom Alexandre Desplat, Zero Dark Thirty BEST ART DIRECTION * Moonrise Kingdom Anna Karenina Les Miserables Lincoln The Master BEST EDITING * William Goldenberg and Dylan Tichenor, Zero Dark Thirty Willian Goldenberg, Argo Alexander Berner and Claus Wehlisch, Cloud Atlas Leslie Jones and Peter McNulty, The Master Stuart Baird, Skyfall MOST PROMISING PERFORMER * Quvenzhane Wallis, Beasts of the Southern Wild Samantha Barks, Les Miserables Kara Hayward, Moonrise Kingdom Dwight Henry, Beasts of the Southern Wild Tom Holland, The Impossible MOST PROMISING FILMMAKER * Benh Zeitlin, Beasts of the Southern Wild Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower Drew Goddard, The Cabin in the Woods Nicholas Jarecki, Arbitrage Colin Trevorrow, Safety Not Guaranteed