The 6th Houston Film Critics Society Awards were given out at a ceremony held at the Museum of Fine Arts on January 5, 2013. The nominations were announced on December 15, 2012.
Winners and nominees Winners are listed first and highlighted with boldface.
Best Picture Best Foreign Language Film Argo Beasts of the Southern Wild Cloud Atlas Django Unchained Lincoln The Master Les Misérables Moonrise Kingdom Silver Linings Playbook Zero Dark Thirty Holy Motors • France/Germany Amour • French The Intouchables • French A Royal Affair • Denmark Rust and Bone • France/Belgium Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role Daniel Day-Lewis – Lincoln John Hawkes – The Sessions Hugh Jackman – Les Misérables Joaquin Phoenix – The Master Denzel Washington – Flight Jennifer Lawrence – Silver Linings Playbook Jessica Chastain – Zero Dark Thirty Emmanuelle Riva – Amour Quvenzhané Wallis – Beasts of the Southern Wild Naomi Watts – The Impossible Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role Tommy Lee Jones – Lincoln Alan Arkin – Argo Javier Bardem – Skyfall Philip Seymour Hoffman – The Master Matthew McConaughey – Magic Mike Anne Hathaway – Les Misérables Amy Adams – The Master Judi Dench – Skyfall Sally Field – Lincoln Helen Hunt – The Sessions Best Direction of a Motion Picture Best Cinematography Ben Affleck – Argo Quentin Tarantino – Django Unchained Steven Spielberg – Lincoln Tom Hooper – Les Misérables Kathryn Bigelow – Zero Dark Thirty Skyfall – Roger Deakins Life of Pi – Claudio Miranda Lincoln – Janusz Kamiński The Master – Mihai Mălaimare Jr. Les Misérables – Danny Cohen Best Animated Feature Film Best Documentary Feature Wreck-It Ralph Brave Frankenweenie ParaNorman Rise of the Guardians Searching for Sugar Man Bully The Central Park Five The House I Live In The Imposter The Queen of Versailles Best Original Score Best Original Song Cloud Atlas – Reinhold Heil, Johnny Klimek, and Tom Tykwer Life of Pi – Mychael Danna Hitchcock – Danny Elfman The Master – Jonny Greenwood Skyfall – Thomas Newman Beasts of the Southern Wild – Dan Romer and Benh Zeitlin Lincoln – John Williams | valign="top" | "Skyfall" by Adele – Skyfall "Learn Me Right" by Mumford & Sons and Birdy – Brave "Song of the Lonely Mountain" by Neil Finn – The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey "Suddenly" by Claude-Michel Schönberg – Les Misérables "Touch the Sky" by Alex Mandel and Mark Andrews – Brave Best Screenplay Worst Film Lincoln – Tony Kushner Argo – Chris Terrio Looper – Rian Johnson Silver Linings Playbook – David O. Russell Zero Dark Thirty – Mark Boal That's My Boy Anna Karenina Battleship Prometheus The Three Stooges
Individual awards Lifetime Achievement Award Robert Duvall
Humanitarian Award Adam Yauch
Outstanding Achievement Jeff Millar
Technical Achievement The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
References
External links Houston Film Critics Society: Awards