18th Critics' Choice Awards

The 18th Critics' Choice Awards were presented on January 10, 2013 at the Barker Hangar at the Santa Monica Airport, honoring the finest achievements of 2012 filmmaking.

[1] The ceremony was broadcast on The CW and hosted by Sam Rubin.

[2] The nominees were announced on December 11, 2012.

[3] Argo Ben Affleck – Argo Daniel Day-Lewis – Lincoln as Abraham Lincoln Jessica Chastain – Zero Dark Thirty as Maya Harris Philip Seymour Hoffman – The Master as Lancaster Dodd Anne Hathaway – Les Misérables as Fantine Quvenzhané Wallis – Beasts of the Southern Wild as Hushpuppy Silver Linings Playbook Django Unchained – Quentin Tarantino Lincoln – Tony Kushner Wreck-It Ralph Skyfall Daniel Craig – Skyfall as James Bond Jennifer Lawrence – The Hunger Games as Katniss Everdeen Searching for Sugar Man Silver Linings Playbook Bradley Cooper – Silver Linings Playbook as Patrizio "Pat" Solitano Jr. Jennifer Lawrence – Silver Linings Playbook as Tiffany Maxwell Looper Amour • Austria / France / Germany Anna Karenina – Sarah Greenwood (Production Design) / Katie Spencer (Set Decoration) Life of Pi – Claudio Miranda Anna Karenina – Jacqueline Durran Zero Dark Thirty – William Goldenberg and Dylan Tichenor Lincoln – John Williams "Skyfall" – Skyfall Cloud Atlas Life of Pi (Public voting category) The Twilight Saga [4] Judd Apatow [5] (years are of film release; ceremonies are the next year)

Ben Affleck , Best Director winner
Daniel Day-Lewis , Best Actor winner
Jessica Chastain , Best Actress winner
Philip Seymour Hoffman , Best Supporting Actor winner
Anne Hathaway , Best Supporting Actress winner
Quentin Tarantino , Best Original Screenplay winner
Tony Kushner , Best Adapted Screenplay winner
Daniel Craig , Best Actor in an Action Movie winner
Jennifer Lawrence , Best Actress in an Action Movie and Best Actress in a Comedy Movie winner
Bradley Cooper , Best Actor in a Comedy Movie winner